COMFORT || K.BAKUGOU X READER

COMFORT || Morning Misunderstandings

The next morning, the sun was just beginning to stream through the windows of the UA Dormitories, casting a warm glow over the common room as the students al trickled in for breakfast. You'd woken up with a mixture of feelings, the conversation from last night with Bakugo replaying in your head and the awkward encounter with Kaminari. You weren't sure what to expect from him today- whether he'd brush it off, ignore it or maybe even forget about it all together. But you knew better than to accept a single, straight forward answer from the hothead that Bakugo is.

You caught sight of him already sitting at the table, his arms crossed, face as stony as ever, pretending to not notice you. You hesitated in the doorway, feeling an awkward flutter in your stomach as you recalled how vunerable he was and then your little comment: "if you're not anyone else's hero Bakugo, then you'll be mine" which is extremely embarrassing now that you look at it.

"Good morning Bakugo." You said, your voice a little quieter than usual. You tried to sound casual, but a slight blush crept up on your cheeks which got you suspicious looks from the girls in your class, especially Mina.

He glanced up, eyes narrowing a bit, but there was no malice in his expression.

"Morning Avatar." He mumbled, thinking of a nickname that suited your quirk which almost made you laugh. Your quirk was being able to bend the Four Elements and their sub elements, which was very powerful if used well. But your control in Fire and Water was lacking. Then- almost reflexively, he crossed his arms tighter, looking at his cereal bowl as if it was the most interesting thing on earth.

You felt the heat rising to your cheeks and as you made your way to breakfast, you couldn't help but sneak glances his way. Every so often, you'd catch him sneaking once back at you, his face unreadable and faintly pink.

Just as you were sitting down at the table with the rest of the class, the last person sauntered in, grinning mischievously between you and Bakugo.

"Hey Y/n." He greeted with a smirk as he sat next to you, arm draped over your shoulder. Oh no. "So you don't tell me you and explodo were in a relationship~." He teased.

You blinked and laughed awkwardly, "What do you mean Denki-kun?"

Kaminaris smirk widened as he leaned in, his voice carrying too much volume, "At three am whilst I was getting my late night snack, you came out of Bakugo's room!"

The room went silent.

A couple of heads turned, and you felt every ounce of blood in your body drain to your face and instinctively, you raised your hand and used the moisture in the air to splash Kaminari away, "I-It's not what you think!" You stammered, glancing around as several other students perked up at the news. Even the nonchalant Todoroki looked mildly curious, raising a single brow.

"Oh?" Kaminari teased, completely drenched in water, "So you're saying you weren't in Bakugo's room at three in the morning?"

You felt your face heat up, and you spluttered, unable to get the words out of your mouth.

Before you could gather yourself, Bakugo slammed his fist on the table, his voice exploding through the room, "Shut up Pikachu! She was just talking to me about... stuff!"

Kaminari backed off, laughing as he raised his hands defensively, "Woah Bakugo chill~ no need to blow up on me like that..." He said, laughing at his own joke.

Bakugo's outburst had only drawn more attention, and now people were looking between you and him, eyes intrigued. The fiery ash blonde looked around, his teeth clenched in frustration, cheeks flushed in embarrassment.

"Nothing happened!" You blurted, desperately trying to reclaim any scrap of dignity you had left, "We were just having a conversation right? Bakugo?"

"Yeah! Not that it's any of your DAMN BUSINESS YOU SHITTY EXTRAS!" He snapped, looking around the room.

The awkwardness of the room shifted to amusement and Kirishima couldn't help but laugh, "So when's the wedding ceremony?" He teased, grinning.

"DIE!" Bakugo yelled, staring up explosions in his hand and sending one to Kirishima who hardened his body to take the impact whilst laughing. You, on the other hand, were busy trying to hide your face in your hands absolutely mortified whilst your closest girl friends (Mina, Momo, Ochako and Tsu) were all frantically typing in the girls group chat going 'GIRL NIGHT ASAP'.

The rest of the students could hold back their laughter and even you couldn't help but smile through the embarrassment. Bakugo's reaction was so over the top- so Bakugo, that it felt oddly endearing in a way. He went back to his loud explosive self- but you noticed his ears were red and he refused to look in your direction.

"Alright, alright," Kaminari finally said, holding his hands up in surrender, "We'll drop it, no need to go boom boom boy on us, Bakugo."

"I'm gonna kill you, you shitty Pikachu!"

He muttered curses under his breath. You caught his eye for just a second and though he looked away quickly- there was the faintest smirk tugging in the corners of his mouth.

As the laughter and teasing gradually died down (not from the girls group chat), you couldn't help but feel a warmth in your chest. The awkwardness was still there but somehow- it felt lighter, more bearable. And though you knew that Bakugo would never admit it- you got the feeling that maybe, just maybe he didn't mind having you by his side after all.