Take Me Back

Truth or Dare

Izuku opened his eyes slowly and sat up. His back hurt a bit from sleeping on the hard floor. He looked next to him and saw that Bakugou was still sleeping. He looked so peaceful while he slept. It reminded Izuku of when they were kids and their moms would let them sleep over together. Izuku always woke up before Bakugou and he would just sit there and watch him sleep for a few minutes.

The way he breathed was so peaceful to Izuku. It made him relax whenever he woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep. Bakugou then stirred a bit before slowly opening his eyes. Izuku quickly looked away so Bakugou didn't know he was looking at him.

"You're already awake?" He asked sleepily as he slowly sat up.

"Yea, I haven't been for very long though." Izuku responded as he turned his head back.

When their eyes met, Izuku felt a rush of warmth all over his body and he had butterflies in his stomach. He quickly turned away again so Bakugou couldn't see how red his face became.

"You alright nerd?" Bakugou asked in confusion.

"Yep, totally fine. I'm gonna go on a walk." Izuku said frantically as he stood up and headed towards the door.

Bakugou had no time to respond with how fast Izuku moved so he was just left sitting there in utter confusion as to what just happened.

What the hell was that? You never get flustered around Kacchan so what was that about? Izuku thought to himself as he walked down the hallway.

His stomach was still swarming with butterflies and the only thing he could think about was Bakugou's face when he looked at him.

He looked so calm. It's rare to see Kacchan like that. It's actually kind of cute. Izuku began blushing and he shook his head when he noticed. Don't think like that Izuku. Kacchan is just a really good friend. You've told yourself this a dozen times. Besides, even if you did have a small crush on him, it would do you no good. Kacchan is straight. I know he is. I've never seen anything about him that would convince me otherwise. 

"Oi, Izuku. Wait up." 

Izuku froze in his tracks when he heard Bakugou's voice.

Oh come on, not right now.

He took a deep breath and turned around, making sure to put a smile on his face so Bakugou didn't suspect anything.

"Hey Kacchan."

"Why did you run off like that? That's not like you. Is everything alright?" Bakugou asked when he caught up to Izuku.

"Yea, I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Izuku responded, trying his best not to make eye contact.

He's not looking at me. Something must be wrong. Bakugou thought to himself.

"Will you please look at me so I know you're not lying?"

Izuku raised his head and looked at Bakugou. The second he did though his stomach began swarming with butterflies once again.

Why does he look so flustered? Did I do something wrong? Bakugou thought to himself blindly.

Dammit Izuku, get a hold of yourself. Izuku thought as he took a slow, deep breath.

Honestly, he's kind of cute when he's flustered. Bakugou thought. What the hell are you thinking? You don't have a crush on Izuku. Even if you did there's no way he likes you back. He likes Uraraka.

"What are you doing here Kacchan?" Izuku finally asked after a long period of silence and staring.

"I just wanted to check up on you and see how you were doing since you ran off so quickly." Bakugou responded as he finally drew his eyes away.