A Little Push

24. three, two, one

Bakugou

We were here, at the arcade. Everyone looked so excited... I almost wanted to take credit for the idea, but that would ruin my plan for tonight.

My plan to finally fucking tell Kirishima.

Raccoon eyes was the first to bounce on in, the rest of us following behind. I had never been here before, so I immediately started looking around. There was a whole room full of prizes, a bowling area, and then the arcade area, of course. Inspecting a little more, I noticed a dining section with pizza and shit.

Tape arms went over to the dining section immediately and we all just stared at him as he got all excited over the food. "Sero. We are playing games first," Raccoon eyes said, rolling her eyes and walking over to a pinball machine.

We all kinda followed her and then eventually wandered off. I didn't care for playing games, I just wanted to beat everyone when we went bowling. But, Kiri decided to drag me around the place for half an hour. He eventually had to start to use my coins for games.

After an hour of being dragged around by an overexcited shark boy, Raccoon eyes gathered us together again. She said we were going to go bowling, and eat while we bowl. That sounded fine to us, so we got a lane and each a pair of shoes. Ponytail said she didn't want to bowl, because she preferred watching. (watching people bowl is actually kinda fun if you like cheer them on and stuff. i've done it before)

The order was Tape arms, Raccoon eyes, Pikachu, Mind control (does he have a name for shinsou? if so can someone tell me please i wanna know lol), Me, Kirishima, then last was Ear girl.

Everyone kinda sucked at it, the only slightly good players were Raccoon eyes and Kirishima, who were right behind me at all times. I was just warming up, though.

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I guess those two were warming up too, since they both actually got ahead of me a couple times. In the end, I won though. The pizza arrived soon after and we all dug in. The losers wanted to bowl again but I didn't feel like it, so I sat out. I'm always up for beating these losers but sometimes I need a break.

At some point Kiri stepped out and I didn't realize, as I was still eating and the losers were so loud I couldn't hear anything over them. Raccoon eyes looked up from her seat across from me. "Where's Kiri- Ooo! Ooo! Now you can go through with your plan!" She smiled.

"No... It's, uh, too early," I huffed.

"Guys! Bakugou's neeeerrrvouuusssss,~" she sang.

"I am not!"

"OoooOooOoOoOO.~" They're all so annoying.

I stood up, "Fine! Fine! I'll do it."

They all got up and followed after me for a bit, and we soon found out Kirishima was outside sitting on a bench. I couldn't do it. "Nope. Nope. Never mind. Back to bowling everyone," I said turning around.

They all gave me a little push and eventually I was standing outside. "Oh, hey Bakugou. How's bowling going?" He smiled. Fuck that adorable ray of fucking sunshine smile.

"It's fine," I walked over and sat down next to him, "Raccoon eyes is in the lead right now."

He laughed, "I'm not surprised. She's been good at bowling since middle school."

I nodded.

He looked really good in the moonlight, his eyes reflecting the light as he turned and looked at me. There would never be a day where I would forget how he looked in that moonlight. He looked amazing.

"Hey I need to tell you something-"

"I gotta tell you something-"

We said at the same time. "Oh, sorry, you go first," he said as he smiled and waited.

"No, you go first. What I have to say isn't important."

"How about the same time?" He tilted his head.

I nodded, not really understanding how this was going to work, and he counted down, "3...2...1."

"I like you," we both said. We both looked at each other wide eyed and then looked back at the sky.

"Oh." Kiri's face flushed in red and I could tell mine was already a dark shade of one since I could feel my cheeks and ears burning up.

"That's not what I was expecting to happen," I said.

He rubbed the back of his neck with a laugh, "Yeah, me neither... but, we kinda have an audience. Want to go back inside? We can definitely talk later, though.."

"Y-Yeah. Let's talk later. I don't like a group of shit heads staring at me as I admit feelings."

Kirishima

We stood up and walked back inside. I couldn't believe that just happened. Did that just happen? I pinched my arm. That just happened.

Why did Bakugou like me back? That's something I never expected. Would we go on dates? Become boyfriends? Spend our lives together?

I was getting ahead of myself. First, I would have to ask him in a date. The question was where and when. I decided I'd ask Mina, because she's always been good at stuff like that. But, before that could happen, we had to make it through the rest of the night.

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The rest of the night was quite fun, but now we were heading back. Actually, we were almost to the dorm. Bakugou and I talked as normal, and it was like what happened earlier didn't even happen. I was glad he didn't make a big deal out of it. If we both got awkward and stopped talking, I don't think I would have been able to work up the confidence to ask him out.

I did start noticing the little things, though. Like the way his hair would ruffle when he scoffed, or the little eye twitch he would do when something even slightly pissed him off. It was so cute. Why I didn't notice these things before, I didn't know. I guess my senses were enhanced now that I knew he reciprocated the feelings I'd felt all this time. I decided, although it was fast, that tonight I was going to ask him on a date. I didn't care if it was planned or not.

When we arrived to my room, I unlocked the door and immediately tossed myself into my bed. Bakugou went into the bathroom and I waited. He came back out a minute later, "Hey, Kiri, can I borrow a tank to-"

"Hey Bakugou? Do you wanna go out on a date sometime?"

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no kisses yet i'm sorry :( but this is where the story really begins

okay i wrote the confession part at like 1:30am and i'm glad i'm here again, a couple nights later, on ft with my friend while we both write and edit our books at 2am.

quarantine has been tough.

also people didn't like my joke last chapter :,( it's okay i wasn't expecting people to-