meant to be. (KiriBaku/Bakushima Soulmate AU)

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A/N: yo yo yo what's up guys

i played kahoot in class for bio AND I GOT ON THE PODIUM YAYYY

bio can SUCK IT

also i'm probably failing chinese language but who isn't right? lol... (*crying inside*) BUT I GOT 39/45 ON MY MOST RECENT TEST SO YAY

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Bakugou

"Not to be rude, Bakubro, but didn't you wear that same jacket for the Entrance Exam?" Sero asked, tugging on Bakugou's jacket.

Bakugou did wear the same jacket, he was surprised Sero noticed, but he honestly didn't care. "Yeah."

Mina looked at Bakugou. "Are you sure your favourite hero isn't Hawks?"

"What, got a problem with it?" Bakugou asked. They were outside, and Bakugou was looking for an All Might jacket, specifically. He recently found out about the awesomeness about jackets—from his Hawks jacket—and he was not gonna waste the chance to buy it.

"No, it's just that being an All Might fanboy is like, super basic," Kaminari answered for Mina, then nearly tripped on a pebble.

"I'm not a fanboy!" Bakugou yelled, then debated maybe buying the jacket another day.

Wait. No. Fuck all of them, he was getting an All Might jacket no matter what. He didn't care if they thought he was a fucking fanboy.

Kirishima burst out laughing. "That's what you were offended by?"

Kirishima was wearing a maroon jacket, probably to hide his SIM. His jacket was zipped, so Bakugou couldn't tell what he was wearing under it.

"Look, it's an ice cream shop!" Mina squealed, and Bakugou jolted from the loud noise. Was she a fucking pterodactyl? Did she keep a pterodactyl in her throat? He didn't know, but that noise was definitely not human. He glared at Mina, hands on his ears.

Kirishima put a hand on Bakugou's shoulder. "Dude, you okay?" Bakugou shifted his glare onto Kirishima, so Kirishima put his hands up in surrender. "Your quirk's really loud, so I was wondering if this was some side effect—"

"Ooo, the ice cream they sell has some spice in it." Sero pointed at the ice cream shop's side.

Want an ice cream? Show your SIM and get it free!

"Ugh, I'm not doing that," Bakugou groaned, turning to go find some other shops.

Mina pouted, pulling him back by the hood of the jacket. "But Blasty, it's free ice cream!"

"It's also not my problem," Bakugou retorted, stopping before he suffocated. He wasn't going to take his chances with the shop. If his fucking soulmate was really the person selling ice cream, he would kill himself for too many reasons. Firstly, he would have to actually get together with his soulmate. Secondly, his soulmate would be a fucking failure that sells ice cream. Thirdly—

That was enough reasons for Bakugou's book. But Kaminari poked him and said, "What, are you scared? Scared of your SIM?"

"I'm not fucking scared of anything!" Bakugou shouted, pushing Kaminari's hand away.

"Okay, then let's go get the ice cream," Kaminari said, shrugging.

They queued up, and all of them showed their SIM except Bakugou and Kirishima, who paid instead. Pinky's one was a raining cloud—but the droplets were white. Kaminari's was a pair of headphones, in purple. (Bakugou thought it kinda killed Kaminari's yellow aesthetic, but whatever.) He didn't get a close look at Sero's.

"So you were scared of your mark!" Kaminari said, licking his ice cream like a dog.

Bakugou bit his ice cream so Kaminari fucking knew he wasn't a coward. "I'm not scared, I just don't want to associate myself with it."

"The person manning the store looked really happy that we paid, though. Must be hard to earn with a requirement like that," Kirishima said, pointing at the text at the side of the shop.

Bakugou rolled his eyes. "It's their own fault."

Kirishima tilted his head. "Hey, Bakubro, why don't you wanna associate yourself with your SIM?"

"Relationships are a waste of time and soulmates are difficult to find," Bakugou said. Wasn't it obvious?

"That rhymes," Mina pointed out.

"Does that fucking matter?" Bakugou snapped.

Kirishima sighed. "Man, I feel sad for your soulmate."

"Imagine refusing to meet your soulmate because it's troublesome," Sero said. "Couldn't be me."

Bakugou rolled his eyes, walking towards an All-Hero Merch store. Kirishima ran after him while the three other people stayed outside so they could eat their ice cream in peace.

"What are you buying?" Kirishima asked. "I can pay."

Bakugou furrowed his eyebrows. "I can pay for my own stuff."

"But I wanna be a good friend!"

"I'm gonna pay for my own things."

"What are you buying?"

Bakugou looked down nervously. "All Might merch."

"Oh, really? Cool! I love All Might. But like what, exactly?" Kirishima asked.

He blinked. Oh. Of course Shitty Hair wasn't like the other three that makes fun of people for being a basic fanboy. Because Shitty Hair was some weird sunshine boy that just loves everything. "A jacket."

"Don't you already have one?"

"I don't have an All Might one."

"Oh," Kirishima said, then looked around. "Won't you wanna get that at an actual All Might Merch store? This store is for all heroes, so the quality wouldn't be as good and it's difficult to find—"

Bakugou grabbed Kirishima's forearm and walked out of the shop. "Okay, good call. We can go to that All Might Store just four bus stops away from here; I always go there when I want to buy something related to All Might's agency and the quality is definitely better. It's usually crowded, but today's a week day so probably not? I remember that they have a discount for students from hero schools, with additional 20% off after that one for Shinketsu and UA students. It's for 'the future of Japan' and stuff."

Kirishima chuckled. "You visit that store a lot, huh?"

"You can tell?"

Kirishima nodded. "Yes. But don't worry, no judgments here. I don't discriminate and I'm not some toxic fan."

"Okay, good. If you were I would have to blast you off a building."

"Right."

There was silence for a small while, then Bakugou looked at Kirishima, who was looking down at—

Bakugou was still holding Kirishima's forearm.

He quickly let go. "Sorry. Uh, I wasn't going to blast your hand off, though. So like, you don't have to be scared."

"No, no, I wasn't scared," Kirishima reassured.

There was an awkward silence again, so Bakugou cleared his throat before it got too intense. "Let's just go to the bus stop—"

"Yeah, definitely. All Might Merch store, here we come!" Kirishima cheered awkwardly, then they both ran towards the bus stop.