meant to be. (KiriBaku/Bakushima Soulmate AU)

5

Kirishima

The bus ride was incredibly awkward. It wasn't crowded, which was one of the few reasons why.

It was like those things when there's three people in three seats next to each other, then the one in the middle leaves. Does one of them move so they still sit together? Is there a space in the middle forever?

Think that, but the whole bus was somewhat empty. Kirishima was wondering if he was supposed to sit next to Bakugou or not. Bakugou had settled on standing—Thank God—so Kirishima just stood next to him.

Actually, Kirishima had wondered what the heck happened to Bakugou—before the bus ride, that is. He's usually grumpy and angry and detached, but when Kirishima told him about the All Might shop, it was like Bakugou's inner... fanboy came out.

Hm. But seriously, how did Bakugou manage to memorise every single thing about the shop? Weird.

And they held hands. Sort of. Bakugou held Kirishima's forearm. It was nice. Not that Kirishima wanted him to hold his hand. Kirishima definitely wouldn't be thinking about having a relationship with Bakugou that wasn't being bros. Well, the thought had crossed his mind that they might be soulmates, but Bakugou's made it clear that he honestly didn't care about it.

The bus halted suddenly, causing Bakugou to fall onto Kirishima.

"Uh? Let go, Shitty Hair," said Bakugou.

Kirishima had to take some time to process that. Let go of what? He felt Bakugou pushing on him, so he looked down and found himself hugging said blond. "Oh. Sorry."

Bakugou looked up at him. "Let go, Shitty Hair!"

"Oh!" Kirishima said, his arms coming up in surrender. He swore Bakugou was about to blast his head off.

Bakugou muttered something that was probably an insult, and he went back to standing without looking at Kirishima.

Ugh, how did Kirishima end up hugging Bakugou, anyway? It was a small bump, it wasn't like Bakugou was gonna die. Plus, Bakugou could handle himself. Kirishima could've just caught him and let go immediately.

***

"Ah, Katsuki! It's been a while, hasn't it?" the man at the counter greeted. He had grey hair, and was quite short in height.

Kirishima pointed at Bakugou. "You know Ba—"

"Shut up, old man," Bakugou scoffed, and Kirishima hoped he was referring to the man in the counter and not him.

The man chuckled. "Haven't changed much."

"It's been a week since I last came here!" Bakugou shouted, miniature explosions shooting from his hands.

The man waved a hand in front of him. "You used to come here every day!"

"Whatever," Bakugou muttered, walking deeper into the shop.

Kirishima waved at the man. "Hello."

"Ah, you didn't bring Izuku today?" the man called to Bakugou.

"I don't bring Deku here!"

Kirishima furrowed his eyebrows, but decided not to question the weird relationship they have with each other. He walked up to the counter. "I'm Kirishima."

"Kirishima. Nice name! It's rare that Katsuki bring friends along. I've only seen Izuku with Katsuki," the man laughed. "Since they were kids, they never stopped coming here. You must be a lucky guy."

Kirishima laughed nervously. Lucky guy. "Are Midoriya and Bakugou soulmates?"

"Oh, no! Of course not. I don't think so," the man said. "Katsuki and Izuku never established it."