Pop Rocks

Chapter 12: Promposals Part 2

(A/N: i sincerely apologise for how incredibly cringey and cheesy this chapter is about to be.)

Him: meet me outside

Confused, I type back something quickly.

Me: where outside? Like, in front of the dorms?

Not long after, I get a text back.

Him: no, dumbass, around the side of the dorms. I'm literally standing under your window if you walk out onto the balcony

Even more confused now, I practically fall off my bed trying to get to the balcony. Once I'm outside, I look down and sure enough, Baku is standing on the ground underneath my window. He has something in his hand but I can't tell exactly what it is. Other than that, though, he looks like his normal self.

Once he notices me standing on the balcony staring down at him, he motions for me to come down. So, still really confused as to what he has up his sleeve here, I run back into my room and make my way downstairs and out the front door of the dorms.

I find him still standing where he was a second ago. When he notices me coming around the corner into the little alley formed between the two dorm buildings, he gives me a little smile and says, "Fucking finally, you were being difficult to get down here."

With a confused laugh, I respond, "Well, what exactly are we doing down here?"

As I say this, I realize what he's holding that I couldn't identify from up on the balcony. It's a small red rose. I feel like that should give me answers as to what he's got me here for, but it really just makes me even more confused.

Taking a deep breath and letting it out into a sigh, he says, "So, uh, Kirishima, I was just wondering if maybe you'd like to go to prom with me."

I stare at him, not sure exactly how to respond. Eventually, I force myself to say something, so I stutter, "But... I thought... You said...."

He chuckles a little and then explains, "Well, uh, I feel really stupid now, but I didn't realize how much this whole prom thing really means to you until a couple nights ago, when we were in your dorm doing homework. After you got that text from pink cheeks, about four eyes asking her to prom, you got all quiet and sad and stuff for the rest of the night, and that made me realize that I've kinda been a jerk with all this prom stuff so far. So, uh, I decided that'd I'd try and make it up to you by promposing, or whatever the hell it's called."

I smile at him. "Baku, you don't have to go to prom just 'cause of me. I know you don't want to, and it's fine."

"But I told you I would that first day after Aizawa announced it. And then I just went back on that 'cause I decided I didn't want to, which was stupid. Look, Kiri, I feel bad, and you know that doesn't happen often, so let me do this, okay?" he says. He sounds legitimately upset about all of this, which I find insanely sweet, because, as he said, that doesn't happen often.

My smile widens and I pull him into a hug. "Fine, I'll just be happy about it then," I say, smiling into his shoulder.

After a few seconds, I pull away from the hug to find him smiling, which doesn't happen often, either. I look down at the rose in his hand, which is now slightly smashed from the hug. Chuckling, I motion to the flower and ask, "This for me?"

He looks down at the rose in his hand as if he's just now remembering he's been holding it this whole time. "Oh, yeah, here," he says, holding it out to me and going red from embarrassment. As I take it, he continues, "Sorry, I didn't really have a lot of time to plan for this, so it's not as big or romantic or whatever as it could be."

I grin and hold the rose close to my chest. "No, it's great, Baku. Thank you," I say, giving him a light kiss on the cheek, causing him to go even redder.

After a second or two, he asks, "So, uh, I take it that's a yes, you'll go to prom with me?"

"Duh, dumbass, of course I will," I say, laughing.

Smiling again, he says, "Alright, great."

After that, we head back into the dorms together, hand in hand. Once I'm back in my room, I lay the rose down on my desk and then flop onto my bed, sighing happily. Slowly, I fall asleep, thinking about how great prom is gonna be now. Now that I actually have a date and will get to have the prom experience I really want.
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A/N: aaaaaahhhh this chapter is sooo baaaad
I'm legitimately sorry you had to sit through that, I promise the next chapter is gonna be better lol. I honestly just didn't know what to do with this chapter, cause it was originally written a little differently but I didn't like it that way so I changed it but somehow ended up making it worse, but anyways, at least Kiri and Baku get to go to the prom together, so I guess it ended well
anyway, I'll see y'all at the end of the next one, ✌️