Healing Together

Part 16

Everyone sat in anticipation as Aizawa stepped into the class the next day to tell them about Mineta.

"Mineta will be expelled from the school. Another student will take his place soon. Until now we will just be a class with one less problem child. But I want to talk about that topic with you as well as it seems to be an issue. I don't want any of you to be scared to be who they are. I want an atmosphere of tolerance and acceptance. After all, all of you want to be heroes. There is no place for a hero that makes fun of others. It's about supporting each other. If anyone struggles with his feelings or something you are always allowed to come to me and talk to me about whatever it is you are struggling with. We all know how it feels to struggle we don't need to be alone with this feeling. Okay so... does anyone have a question or wants to say something related to this topic?"

"Are there a lot of gay heros we don't know about?", it was Midoriya who asked out of pure curiousity and had his note book open in front of him already.

"Yeah there are quite a few", Aizawa smiled and took a deep breath "there are more of us than you might think".

He told them about himself to build up trust to his students and he succeeded. They all smiled at their teacher.

"Are there a lot of heros keeping their relationship a secret?", Uraraka asked then "because I think that most don't have a partner. At least officially".

"Most keep it secret, yeah. You don't have to tell the public so they don't stress you too much about it. Also villains can't use your partner as a possible target if they don't know about them. That of course is something else if your partner is a hero as well. I am just saying that it is possible to have a known relationship", Aizawa told them matter of factly "I mean it's your own decision. It's not bad to be open about it. I just decided for me that I want to be quiet around my partner".

"It's Present-Mic-Sensei right?", Mina grinned at him brightly.

"He decided for himself not to be quiet about it", Aizawa chuckled "and I love him for that. What is most important is, make decisions together. Mic asked me if I was comfortable with him talking about us and I didn't care. But you should always respect a decision".

Kirishima saw Bakugo tense but he wasn't sure why.

"Are you okay?", Kirishima asked his boyfriend.

Bakugo just nodded but Kirishima didn't buy it.

It wasn't until later that he could actually ask him about it again.

"What made you tense back in class?", Kirishima spoke up as they sat in the common room with all the others.

"It's nothing", Bakugo avoided to look at him "well nothing new anyway".

"What do you mean?"

"I was an asshole. Fucking again. I promised not to be, Eiji. I really didn't want to be an asshole to you and I failed".

"What are you even talking about?"

"Aizawa said that the most important thing is to decide together if you want anyone to know about your relationship or not", Bakugo reminded him "and I didn't, okay? I just told everyone without asking you first and I feel like shit because of that".

"You are kidding me right?", Kirishima raised a brow.

"No, I am not. I was an asshole and I am sorry".

"Oh my god Katsuki", Kirishima started laughing loudly "you can't really mean this".

"What is it?", Mina focused on them as did most of the others "I want to laugh too".

"It's none of your business", Bakugo spat.

"Meanie! Tell us!", Mina pouted.

"I... can't", Kirishima kept on laughing.

"It's not funny, Eijiro!", Bakugo glared at him "I was being serious!"

"With what? Tell us already!"

"I... ugh...", Bakugo sighed and looked at the ceiling then grumbled out "I said I feel like an asshole because I just told you all about me and Eiji being together without asking him first and Aizawa said that is important".

The whole room was quiet. You could have heard a needle drop. Even Kirishima had stopped laughing.

"Did you just call him Eiji?", Mina gasped "this is the cutest shit ever".

"Babe", Kirishima turned to him now as he wiped away his tears from laughing "you do know that you told everyone because I was being harassed by a stupid homophobe and you just teached him the best lesson ever right? You didn't just go out here and told everyone because you were feeling like it but because you were trying to protect me by showing him that you were on my side because you loved me. Seriously there couldn't have been a better reason nor a better moment to come out as a pair to our friends and I am both happy and proud that you did it. So never ever again doubt it or think of yourself as an asshole because of it again. That's just ridiculous!"

"Are you sure?", Bakugo sounded so insecure.

"I am absolutely sure", Kirishima assured him but decided to be extra clear and said "I am more sure that you did the best thing than I am a fan of Crimson Riot".

"You didn't just say that!", Kaminari gasped.

"Oh my god they are so cute", Mina cooed.

"I love you, Katsuki", Kirishima leaned closer to his boyfriend.

"I love you too", he kissed him but pulled back when Mina made some inhuman noises "shut up Racoon Eyes, Jesus fucking Christ".

"Oh come on Bakubro, you know you love me!"

"Don't call me that!", Bakugo growled.

"You didn't deny it!"

"The only one I love is Eijiro!"

"Yeah but you like us, Don't you?"

Everyone stared at him waiting for an answer from the usually grumpy boy. But he had changed so much in the last couple of weeks that no one could be sure of what was coming next.

"Just a bit", he said and that was enough for everyone to cheer happily.

"I am so proud of you, babe", Kirishima smiled at him brightly when his stomach grumbled loudly.

"And obviously hungry", Bakugo chuckled and stood up "come on I am gonna make dinner for us".

"For us all?", Kaminari asked not really thinking he would do that.

"Ugh fuck it. Yeah I am gonna make dinner for everyone", he rolled his eyes and pulled a beaming Kirishima to the kitchen behind him.