In More Ways Than One - Kiribaku

BONUS - Valentines Day (K)

"Please..?" I begged once again, pulling at the back of Bakugo's tee. I had been pleading for the past few hours, hanging onto his shirt like a monkey. I knew it looked weird to the rest of 1-A but I am not letting this slip by.

"Kiri, let go of my shirt." Bakugo groaned, somehow picking my hand off of it. I pouted, retreating from his back as he makes another cup of his favorite black coffee.

"What's with you and holidays?" I throw my hands up, quietly arguing with him. I was too forceful now to be worried if the guys on the couches were listening or not.

He scoffs, lifting the cup to his lips before saying, "Valentines Day is dumb. If I'm being honest, Christmas is better than that piece of crap." he scowls, giving me a bitter face. I squint, taking the cup out of his hand into mine. He goes wide eyed, "Kiri!"

I mock his little bitter face, taking a sip of the coffee. I bite my tongue at the taste, damn how could he drink this stuff? I still don't give it back, "Bakugo, if you love me, you would allow this whole Valentine thing to happen. It'll be over before you know it!" I defend.

He looks between me and the coffee, trying to see what I'm planning. "Valentines is just..not the best day for me, okay?" My suspicious look fades with my frown, I haven't felt that pit in my stomach in a long time. I sigh, setting down his cup of coffee. How could I be so forgetful? First Christmas, now this.

Kiu's memories were still drilled into mine, it was like a constant ghost around me, haunting me and Bakugo.I couldn't help but lash out, "Forget that, forget all of that." I sigh quickly, taking Bakugo's chin in my grasp to make him look towards me. His frown stayed with every movement to make sure he was listening.

I sucked on my lip and flipped my hands down to his, taking them together. "I know, I'm no Kiu, I won't ever try to be either. But..I'm here now Bakugo, I helped you get your life together. I cheered you on when you thought nobody would. I smiled when you were frowning, I was your backbone when you couldn't stand up.."

I take my hands away from his and bring them up to his face, holding his cheeks in my palms, I pressed our foreheads to each others, till our noses touched. "I never crushed you down. You did things on your own as well, you built yourself up! I really know that Kiu would want you to be happy, move on with your life,. To..stop looking back on your mistakes and see your bright new ones."

I chuckled, poking at my cheek at the dumb little joke. Bakugo smiled at it, gently kissing the tip of my nose, "Aww, Kiri. You're no mistake, you're my mistake." He grins, taking my hands off of his cheeks, "So what's Valentines all about for you? You just want me to gift you something back for the bracelet?"

I widen my eyes, nudgin his arm, "No silly.." I sigh, "I just wanna show my boyfriend how much I love him but that won't work if he's still in bed all day." I stuck my tongue ,teasing him. Bakugo rolls his eyes, finally taking a sip of his coffeee,

"Fine, what do you have planned, red hair?" He ruffles my flat hair before setting the cup down on the counter, his fingers through the handle space.

"No 'red haired loser' or 'shitty hair'?" I raised my eyebrow at his slightly calm face. He furrows his brows, poking my round cheek,

"I'm feeling nice today, don't ruin it."

I giggled in response, "Well, if you don't mind it just being us for once instead of Yaoyo and the rest." I shrugged as he looked suspicious.

His eyebrow raised, "Just us? Don't tell me you want to-"

"Cuddle?" I finished with a small, cute smile. He paused then mumbles into his cup,

"That's what you meant.."

I tilt my head, looking at him weirdly, "What do you think I meant?"

Bakugo pulls back from the coffee, staring straight at me as I processed our conversation.

Pink flashes upon my cheeks as I realized how I phrased the sentence, "B-Bakugo! Babe,, that's not what I meant!" I stammer quickly, hoping to fight back those god awful thoughts of doing something sexual.

My boyfriend grins at my cuteness, leaning over to kiss my overheating cheek, "I know, I know- you're too pure to do that." He teases, brushing past me.

My red eyes roll with his statement. I turn toward him where he's watching the students of our class.

I snake under his arm, wrapping my arms around his waist, "Mm- can we cuddle yet?" I ask, impatiently for once.

Bakugo chuckles, softly petting my long red hair, "Maybe- is someone getting impatient?"

I huff, my cheek presses against his shoulder, "Don't talk like that..I just want to hug you close to show you my love and affection." I admired in a sweet mumble.

The ash blonde seems happy with my words, setting his cup down to grab my hands and race up towards our still-shared room.

I giggle, sitting down on the bed with a bounce as Bakugo gets next to me. I hum, laying my head by his arm that's thrown over the pillow.

He smiles down at me, pulling me close by my waist. Our legs intertwine as my hand cups his cheek.

"I love these little moments with you, Kiri." He admits, lovingly kissing my forehead every few seconds.

I smiled, my shark teeth showing, "I do too, more than anything." I mumbled, my fingers running across his soft cheek.

"And I'm so grateful for you. You're such a blessing, babe." He smiles sweetly, voice getting softer with every confession.

I felt my heart melting at his loving words. If you ever met Bakugo, you'd probably think he'd never have this much love and niceness in him. But, don't be too surprised when it takes you a few months or more for him to respect you.

I nod back, leaning up to kiss the tip of his nose, "Thank you Bakubabe, but you're the real blessing here. Kiu was lucky to have you, you know. I love you as much as he loved you." I already felt tears pricking my eyes. I tried to say something else but it didn't want to come out that time.

I sigh shakily before pulling a smile, "And he loved you so fucking much." I assure before tightly hugging Bakugo.

The ash blonde exhales contently, hugging me back, softly stroking my hair. "Nothing is greater than us, Kiri. We are anything and everything, we have so much potential. You've treated me better than anyone ever could."

It felt so nice to hear your used-to-be-broken boyfriend talk some sense into your own self.

I nod and pull back, wiping under my eyes. "God damn it- I love you so much, Blasty." I sputter, hoping the words actually came out.

And they did. Bakugo smiled wide and placed his lips on mine, holding my cheeks in his palms. I snake my arms around his neck, hoping to keep the kiss going a little longer.

Somewhere in it, he finally whispers, "I love you fucking much too, Shitty Hair."

Those are the best words I've ever heard.

jayce, the professional procrastinator
**nervous laughter
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