more than this // kiribaku

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Originally, Bakugou had mistaken it for a nasty cough. The recent rainy weather would always leave Bakugou with a type of sickness, so that's what he anticipated. Given time he knew it would eventually go away. Although, unlike all the other occasions, there was something off with his cough.

Bakugous cough came with a sudden throb in his chest followed by the pungent aroma of roses. The feeling made Bakugou reach for his chest. The sensation that the cough made wasn't normal. It felt like something inside Bakugou was trying to get out.

As he still refused to believe it was more than a mere cough, Bakugou found himself hunched over the kitchen sink. The kitchen sink that he shared with Kirishima. At the sudden remembrance of his roommate a forceful cough left Bakugous mouth along with something else that landed in the sink.

A red flower, an amaryllis with a cluster of funnel shaped petals. Bakugou felt his heart sink to his stomach, letting his anger almost get the better of him, he rushed to grab the flower away from the sink.

At that point he was unable to neglect the situation he was in and snickered.

But Bakugou wanted to keep neglecting. He didn't want to realize the cause of the flowering leaving his body. He didn't want to realize the person who had made him become like this. He didn't want to realize the affection he had would not be returned.

In his palm he looked down at the crimson red flower. The color reminded him of Kirishima.

Bakugou clicked his tongue in a response for his thought, never the less he didn't let the flower go.

Everyone thought they made a good pair, him and Kirishima. As much as he hated admitted it, Bakugou knew it was true. For that reason, after they graduated from UA and went into hero work together as a team, they decided to live together.

From then on, everyone knew the two for the admirable pair they had grown to be. They each had different tendencies, but that only helped to compliment their flaws while fighting. Everyone marveled at how compatible the two seemed.

Letting out a breath Bakugou didn't realize he was holding in, he dwindled on what he should do. He knew Kirishima would be back with cough medicine for him even after relentless yelling at him to not go out in the rain. Kirishima only laughed and left anyway mentioning he didn't want to stand still knowing he can help Bakugou get better by buying medicine. Cough medicine wasn't going to help Bakugou.

There was another sudden throb in his chest just like the last leaving him hunched over the sink waiting for another flower to leave his mouth. When nothing left his mouth Bakugou wiped the beads of sweat forming on his forehead with his palm.

He realized he had squished the crimson flower in his palm from the sudden throb he had felt. There was an ache from somewhere in Bakugou body from seeing the flower in that form. As much as he was resenting it, it did heavily remind him of his roommate.

Roommate. Just his roommate, nothing more.

Repeatedly thinking of the words "roommate" in his head, Bakugou was able to take the flower and use his quirk on it in his palm.

Knowing Kirishima, if Bakugou were to blurt out what happened to him, Kirishima would try anything to help Bakugou. Even dating him if it would help Bakugou. It was the type of person Kirishima was. It was the type of outcome Bakugou didn't want. He didn't want Kirishima to do anything for his sake like he's known to do for others, leaving himself last.

With a small cough leaving Bakugous mouth, he tossed the remains of the flower in the trash and patiently waited for Kirishimas return. As he sat on the couch waiting for him Bakugou took out his phone and searched for the popular surgery to get rid of the disease.