𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 || ᵇ.ᵏᵃᵗˢᵘᵏⁱ

LXXVI

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It was absolute carnage in the dorms that evening, with Aeri screaming at people in Korean or broken English because they couldn't understand her, Kaminari getting up to Irish Jig and confusing everyone every time his name was mentioned, Jungwon almost smashing multiple glasses by walking around on his hands, Kirishima somehow finding a crown and getting literally everyone to call him the princess of UA, Mina playing a constant game of charades with everyone, and Sero snatching a mug of tea straight from Iida's hands and ended up getting yelled at.

No one really questioned the fact that Jirou would barely speak or that Bakugou was always brooding in the corner of whatever room Aeri was in—it was pretty average for him.

"Okay, what the hell is going on with you guys?" Uraraka yelled over the chaos, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over. "Mina?" The pink-haired girl shook her head and tried to mime that she couldn't talk. "What? Kaminari, explain?"

Kaminari sighed and sprung up, starting his poor rendition of the Irish jig once more.

"What is happening?" Uraraka cried, gripping her hair in frustration.

"Do you think they're all possessed?" Todoroki asked, keeping his face straight.

"No, we have challenges and we can't break them," Aeri informed them in Korean. Todoroki and Uraraka stared at her blankly and Aeri pursed her lips.

Jungwon grunted as he walked over on his hands. "She said, we have challenges and we can't break them or we have to do the dare," his face was red with all the blood rushing to his head.

"Seriously? How long are you gonna be acting like this?" Uraraka asked.

"Until curfew! That's when the challenges end!" Sero replied, using his tape to snatch Todoroki's phone out of his hand. The dual-haired boy frowned down at his empty hand.

"That's still an hour away..." Midoriya sighed.

"Sorry for the trouble." Aeri bowed slightly and stalked over to the couch, laying her head on Jirou's shoulder. She was tired. She hadn't had a nap today and all the fun was only tiring her out more.

"This game isn't fun anymore!" Kaminari whined, slouching back down onto the sofa next to Aeri.

"Wasn't fun in the first place dipshit," Bakugou grumbled in the corner of the room, his eyes fixed on Aeri, getting increasingly angry with how close Kaminari was to his girlfriend.

"Are we stopping? I'm gonna pass out if I'm upside down any longer." Jungwon added.

"I say we all stop and no one gets the dare," Jirou said and Aeri nodded.

"All in favour of stopping, raise a hand," Kirishima proposed, raising his hand. All participants raised their hands with no hesitation and Kirishima clapped. "Alright then, it's over. Let's never do that again."

"Agreed," Mina said, breathing out her first word in four hours.

Aeri stood up and stretched her arms above her head. "Nap time." She smiled sleepily and Bakugou was immediately trudging over, hands in his pockets.

"There's not really any point in a nap is there? It's 9 PM you might as just go to bed." Jungwon said, lying on the floor.

"Too early," Aeri replied, waving him off. She disappeared around the corner with Bakugou and Kaminari began to snicker.

"Not even a minute after the challenge ended and he's already following her around like a lost puppy again."

"You made him sit in a corner without talking or being near to her for four hours, of course he's gonna follow her." Mina rolled her eyes.

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"Can't believe that motherfucker kept me from you..." Bakugou pulled Aeri flush against him as soon as they entered her dorm room. Aeri snuggled into him, closing her eyes. "Are you that tired? I've never met anyone who actually needs a nap to get through the day." He teased.

"I never used to, I started napping when I met Dalnim. Might have something to do with that..." Aeri replied. She broke out of his grip and walked to her closet, stripping her clothes off as she went and dropping them on the floor for her to pick up in the morning before school. Bakugou followed her, grabbing his spare outfit from the desk to change into.

They headed down to the bathrooms together once they'd changed into comfier clothes so they could brush their teeth and wash their faces. They ignored the teasing yells from Kaminari who was making kissing noises and shouting jokes about marriage from the common room and separated into the girl's and boys' bathrooms respectively.

Bakugou was the first to emerge a few minutes later since his routine wasn't as long as Aeri's—The girl was meticulous about her skincare—so he had to put up with Kaminari's jokes until Sero finally smacked him upside the head and he fell silent. Aeri reappeared with a yawn and a wave to her friends before she teleported them back up to her room, straight onto the bed.

She crawled over him and slotted her lips onto his in a slow, sleepy kiss and Bakugou didn't give a second thought to reciprocating. He matched her pace instantly, moving his hands down to hold her hips whilst hers went to his hair, running her fingers through the strands.

"I missed you, got so used to you being next to me all the time," Aeri said once she pulled away, pressing kisses to each of his cheeks instead.

Bakugou hummed in agreement. "Fucking idiot didn't choose a good challenge, he just made it borin' for me by not letting me near you." He grumbled pulling Aeri down so she'd settle on his chest and go to sleep. If he was being honest, he needed to sleep too, they'd both woken up at 5 AM that morning to train, and the night before that, he was patrolling until 10 PM.

"At least you didn't get an embarrassing one like Kaminari or Kirishima," Aeri laughed softly, tangling her legs with his.

Bakugou scoffed but didn't reply, instead reaching over to click off the lamp and wrapping his arms around Aeri, both of them mumbling a quiet goodnight.

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