In Which Bakugou Makes an Ass Out of Himself

Chapter Four

Bakugou woke up with the most mind splitting headache of all time. He lost track of how many shots he downed but he was sure that there was more than just rum in there. He was in his bed so at least he didn't pass out in the hallway. He groaned loudly when his phone went off.

"What?" He growled.

"Yikes, that bad?" Kaminari was on the other end. "Um well just thought you should know you're like two hours late for class."

Bakugou sat up and looked at the clock. Fuck .

"Yeah well," a low groan fell from his lips. "I'm taking a fucking sick day. Sue me." He hung up before he got a response.

Last night was an absolute blur but he was positive with how bad his head hurt that he laid everything on the table and told those two dip shits his feelings regarding the halfie quirk asshole. God, this was awful, he remembered throwing a bottle and then slumping down and almost crying. Two years with this crush was eating away at him. Bad. He could face villains no problem, but telling Todoroki Shouto that he was in love with him? Might as well hide and never come out. Bakugou laid back down after taking some aspirins, falling back asleep.

The next day at school, Shouto immediately noticed something amiss. The half-and-half user frowned as he looked around the room. Bakugou.... wasn't here? That was strange. Normally, he was here before most of the other students. That worried Shouto quite a bit. Walking over to his desk, he placed his bag to the side as he saw two shadows approach his desk.

"Hey, Todoroki..." started Kirishima with a sheepish grin. Kaminari looked like he wanted death. Shouto glanced back and forth between the two of them.

"Good morning... are you two alright?" he asked, concern lacing his voice. The two shared a look before turning back to Todoroki.

"We... drank last night. With Bakugou. He uh... he said some things to us, and like...." started Kirishima before Kaminari took over.

"Just how serious are you about getting with him? Because if you're not serious..." Shouto frowned.

"I'm entirely serious. I finally realized how I feel about him and would honestly like to pursue him," he said with such conviction, those around them that were listening in had their jaws dropping. One of them was Izuku, the green-haired hero walking up to him.

"You want to date Kacchan?" Shouto turned to his friend and nodded with determination. Kirishima and Kaminari shared another look before smiling.

"Hey, Midoriya. Want to help us get them together?" Midoriya's eyes widened as he stumbled over his words a bit.

"U-um. I mean, it's with Kacchan right? He's got pride the size of Japan, so this will be really hard to work with. But I know he's also got his own way of showing he cares, so there's a high possibility he actually does like Shocchan back. That means-"

"Midoriya, you're mumbling again. Are you in or out?" The green-haired hero looked at Todoroki who gave him a mildly pleading look, resulting in him nodding.

"Of course! Of course, I'll help! Speaking of, though, where is Kacchan?" He tilted his head with his inquiry. Kaminari explained what happened while Deku hummed and nodded, contemplating before snapping his fingers with a grin. "Shocchan should take him his homework! And lend him his notes! He'd love that because he honestly cares about his studies." The other three blinked at him, breaking out into smiles.

"I can do that. I'll make sure to take extra detailed notes today." With a plan in mind, Shouto did just that, making sure his handwriting was impeccable with as many notes taken as possible. At the end of the school day, Shouto gathered up his things as well as the work he collected for Bakugou, and darted off to the dorms, eyes bright. Taking a deep breath, the half-and-half went up to Bakugou's room and knocked on the door. He hadn't texted, thinking a surprise would work.