SWEETHEARTS [flufftober]

First Kiss (Katsuki Bakugo)

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One fateful night, Mina bumped into Kirishima outside of Bakugo's dorm room.

With a little laugh, she hugged him and said, "You got the text too?" She gestured at Bakugo's door with her thumb. Both of them wore pajamas, obviously prepared for bed and some much needed sleep and not... whatever this was.

Kirishima nodded, yawning. "He doesn't usually request help of any kind, so I thought it seemed import-"

Kaminari barreled around the corner, running straight into Kirishima; Kiri didn't even move, but Kami bounced off of him and hit the floor ass-first. "Fuck, man!" Kaminari whined, rubbing his butt cheek as Kiri helped him back to his feet.

"Sorry, I didn't know you were gonna run into me," Kirishima laughed.

The door flew open just then and Bakugo stood in the doorway, scowling. "Are you extras coming in or what?"

Sero jogged down the hall just in time to catch the brunt of Katsuki's anger. "We're all here, man," he said. "Just calm down."

"I AM FUCKING CALM!" Katsuki yelled back, stomping into his room and leaving the door open for his friends.

They followed in silence; Kaminari closed the door behind them.

"So, Baku-bro," Kirishima not-so-subtly prodded as he settled onto the floor, "Wanna tell us what this is all about? Give us a hint, maybe?"

Everyone else found their usual spots-Mina sat on Katsuki's bed, Denki perched on his dresser, and Sero sat backwards in the desk chair-and they all watched as Katsuki Bakugo paced back and forth, back and forth along the length of his room. He seemed to be muttering to himself, but what exactly? They couldn't hear a word of it. Katsuki clenched and unclenched his fists, crossing and uncrossing his arms. His brows furrowed so tightly that there was no space separating the two.

Something was seriously under his skin.

"Dude, it's the middle of the night," Denki whined. "I was studying-"

Mina scoffed, then choked on nothing, and managed to turn it into a laugh.

"Okay, fine, I was sleeping and using my history textbook as a pillow to absorb the stuff via osmosis. But still!" Denki said, leaning back on his hands. "What gives? What was so important that you needed us right now?"

"You can't study by osmosis, dude," Sero said softly, shaking his head at Denki. "You know that doesn't work."

"I know, but maybe this time-"

"I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO KISS, YOU IDIOTS!"

For a long moment, there was absolute silence in Katsuki's room. Shocked, Mina stared open-mouthed at him; Denki squinted, skeptical; Sero frowned at him, stroking an invisible mustache like he was a wizard or some shit; Kirishima simply beamed, all sharp teeth and excitement. "Dude, that's great!" Kiri blurted first, bursting the bubble of stun. "Is it...?" Their newest classmate had wormed their way into Katsuki's heart-and into their friend group-in no time flat, so Kirishima assumed, or rather hoped, Katsuki was talking about them.

"Yeah," Katsuki sighed, his face contorted with what seemed to be agony. His hands tore at his hair, making it stick up even more weirdly than usual. "Fuck. I just- I don't know what to do."

"Did you try asking the internet?" Denki said, "Reddit's a goldmine for-"

"I'm not asking the goddamned internet about how to kiss someone, you moron," Katsuki seethed, practically growling at Denki.