Can we be something again? (TodoBaku)

For You

Wednesday after class:
Bakugo POV:

   I'm sitting on my bed scrolling through Instagram when I hear someone knock on my door. I get up and open the door to see Todoroki standing there leaning on my door frame. "Hey" he says, smiling at me. "Hi, just give me a second" I say letting him in.

   I pull my shirt off walking over to my dresser. "Don't worry to much about dressing nicely. I'm gonna show you something" he says. "Ok." I pull a random white shirt out and throw it on. Leaving my black jeans on, slipping my black boots and pulling my leather jacket over my arms. I grab my keys, phone and a beanie. "Kay. Les go"

Walking on the sidewalk:

   We talk while we walk. Just about random stupid stuff that we thought about. He pulled me off the side walk and to the yellow park. "Remember when we used to play here when Fuyumi would babysit us?" "Yea. Momo broke her arm here" I say, both of us laughing. At the time it was terrifying to see one of your best friends in pain like that, but now even she laughs at how dumb it was.

   He pulls me down a path leading into the forest. "I don't remember this being here" I say confused, looking around at the beautiful fall colored leaves. "Because I never took you down here" he answered interlocking our fingers, my heart rate increasing a bit. It was a dirt path winding and twisting in every which way. The trees all stood still with no gusts of wind. The bright, vibrant oranges, reds, browns, and yellows of the fall leaves popped against the bright blue sky.

   I slip a bit but he catches me with his free hand. He pulls me up to eye level, "Careful. I like you a little to much for you to die" he chuckles. "Ha-ha, so funny" I say sarcastically, rolling my eyes. He let's go of me, but not my hand, "Come on. We're almost there." "Where are we even going?" "You'll see, it's a surprise." "Ugh!! What if I don't like surprises?" I actually don't like them very much. I don't like being in situations I can't control. I'm a bit OCD in that way. "You're gonna like it."

   He's still pulling me along until we stop at a grassy opening. There was a clear pond surrounded by cat-tails, except for the area that was facing us. The trees beyond that gave the whole thing a fairy-fantasy feel. There was a blanket placed in the grass nicely with a basket next to it. "Did.... did you do all of this?" I whispered, looking over at him. He nodded, a small smile appearing on his face. "For me?" "For you. You like it?" Honestly I couldn't say anything. I just hugged him tightly around the neck. With his face nuzzled into mine, his hands around my waist squeezing me tightly. "I love it" I say pulling my face away but staying in his arms. I kissed the tip of his nose like a five year old. He smiled and kissed my lips gently. It was drawn out but still shorter then I wanted it to be.

   He pulled me over to the blanket and sat me down, sitting down next to me. "Here" he handed me a container. I opened it up and it was a warm Chicken Pasta Salad. "I know you're a super picky eater so I made what I knew you liked. I just warmed it and melted some cheese" he shrugged, pulling his own out of the basket. "T-thank you" I say . "Of course" He said handing me a fork.

   After we ate, he also packed some fruit and sprite, I was sitting in his jacket with my hand in the pond. He was still sitting on the blanket but he had his sketch book in his lap. Every once in awhile I felt his eyes on me, I knew he was drawing me so I stayed there, gliding my fingers through the water. I watched the baby ducks following their mother around the perimeter of the pond. Two of them losing them because they were to busy chasing each other to keep up. The sound of frogs and crickets filled the silence.

   I heard him get up and walk over to me. His arms wrapped around my shoulders from behind and dropped the sketch book into my lap. "Holy shit!" I say looking down on it. Is was a perfect side profile of me and the pond. I looked calm and happy, not like me but it was... me. "This is awesome!" How is he so good at so many things? "When you have the perfect inspiration, you get something great" he said, kissing me on the cheek. I blushed a bit at his complement.

   "Come on, it's getting dark babe" he walked in front of me and pulled me up by the hands. I brushed myself off and grabbed the sketch book and jacket. He put his jacket on, placed the blanket and sketchbook in the basket, and reached out for my hand. I happily took it and we walked home in a comfortable silence.

Back at the dorms:

   We walk in the dorm building at about 8:35pm. I hear laughter and then a bang. We open the living room door to Denki pinned to the ground by Kirishima, him blushing to about the color of a fire-truck. "Come on! Let me up!" He pouts. "No, I finally pinned you and I won't let you up till you delete that picture" Kirishima says. Todoroki chuckles and walks into the kitchen, them not noticing we exist yet. "But I don't want to delete it" Denki refuses to delete whatever picture Kirishima is talking about. "Delete. That. Picture!" Kirishima says a bit aggressively. "Fine! I will I will!" Denki surrenders. But Kirishima didn't move, they stayed there staring at each other. Todoroki walks back into the room and plops down onto the couch. "Kiri, if you want him to delete it I suggest you get off" he says, smirking at the two. I laugh and sit down next to him.

    Kirishima nervously gets off of Denki like he did something wrong. "Where have you two been?" Denki asks sitting down on the love seat. "Out" we both say at the same time. Kirishima sits down in between me and Todoroki on the floor in front of us,  "Out on a date they mean." "No, separately. We just got here at the same time" I say quickly, obviously lying but they don't press the matter any farther.

   "Oh Todoroki bro, I passed our history test thanks to you. Thanks again man" Kirishima said high-fiving him. "No problem. I'll always help" he said shrugging. We stayed up for awhile just talking and watching TV.

30 minutes later:

   We eventually decided to go to bed considering we have school tomorrow. I stopped outside our doors. "Um, thank you... again. I had fun" I say rubbing the back of my neck nervously. "Me too" he took a couple of steps toward me. I stepped closer to him and wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. I pulled away and kissed him quickly. "Goodnight" I say not letting go. He smiled at me and reconnected our lips again. The feeling of tingly warmth spread through out me again. But it left when he pulled away.

   "Good night" he said walking to us door. "Um, Todoroki?" "Yea?" "Will you um... could you maybe... stay with me tonight?" I look up at him. He nodded and walked over to me. I don't like being alone at night. I hate the dark. I've hated the dark since I was little. The fact that I don't know AND can't see what is there scares the living hell out of me. So I like when someone is there. Someone I can literally hide behind. Someone who calms me down. "Thank you" I open my door and let him in. "Of course" he says.

   With him there, his arms wrapped around me protectively, it didn't really scare me. The dark. The sounds. They didn't scare me anymore. I wasn't scared of anything in the moment. "Hey Todoroki?" "Hmm?" He hummed. "Does this make us... boyfriends?" Silence. "We can be whatever you want us to be" he says quietly. I thought for a bit, "I like the sound of boyfriend." I say confidently. "Me too."

   I listened to his even breathing and steady heart beat and eventually fell asleep there. Happy. Calm. Peaceful. Like in his drawing.

(1464 words)
Hello! Chapter 4 all done! I'm super happy with this and love my story. This chapter could definitely use some work but I wanted a date scene in here so. I think I added an interesting twist to Bakugo's personality with the fear of the dark. I like writing in Bakugo's POV because I can easily relate to our explosion boy. But thank you for reading so far. Love you guys, girls, and non-binary pals and I'll see you in the next chapter ♥️♥️