meant to be. (KiriBaku/Bakushima Soulmate AU)

6

Bakugou

Bakugou sighed, looking at the clock in his room. Kirishima had gone back to his own room; they went back to the dorms 13 minutes ago.

So of course, Bakugou just ended up looking at the clock for the whole of the 13 minutes. He's been doing nothing but that. He went into his dorm room, sat on the bed, cross-legged, while hugging both the jacket Kirishima bought and the new All Might soft toy.

All of which he shouldn't be doing. He should be studying! Their tests were on a weekly basis. Granted, it wasn't an exam, but their tests were important. Kind of. Bakugou was sure he'd wing it, though. But just in case, he was gonna study for the first few tests to see the difficulty level. To be honest, now that he's in UA, he's actually a bit scared for his marks. He has to come in first, or else he would be a failure. What would his mother think?

Bakugou frowned. He doesn't care about what his mother thinks.

But for some reason, Bakugou just kept looking at the clock—which made no sense whatsoever, because Bakugou didn't have anything scheduled. Maybe he just wanted something to look at. Maybe he was counting how long it was since Kirishima left for his room.

Speaking of Kirishima, Bakugou's stupid brain kept going back there. To him.

Should he pay him back for the jacket? Should he just take extra care of the jacket to show how much he appreciated the jacket? Should he give the jacket back? Should he wear the jacket more often to show he loved it?

Ah, who was he kidding? He was gonna wear that jacket everyday unless he had to wash it.

But Kirishima—

"—is so fucking annoying!" Bakugou yelled, holding the jacket tighter so he could throw it to the other side of the room. "No. Wait. I shouldn't throw this jacket."

He pulled the jacket closer to himself, wondering what he should do. The clock's minute hand went to another minute, and Bakugou debated if he should confront Kirishima about it.

After that super awkward "thank you", it was silent for the whole bus ride back. Again.

The bus ride there was also so fucking weird! Kirishima hugged him. Bakugou hasn't been hugged in months. The last time he was hugged, he accidentally activated his quirk to push more force into elbowing whoever was hugging him.

So Kirishima hugging him and Bakugou not doing anything as a reflex? Weird.

Plus, one other weird thing about it the hug: Bakugou liked—Bakugou didn't hate it. He usually hated hugs. They were always so warm and comforting and violating and suffocating.

Kirishima's hug was that, but worse. Just... better. It was like Kirishima just added too much 'warm and comforting' and added too little 'violating and suffocating' in it. It was nice.

Ew. Okay, he's never going to be cheesy ever again.

"Ugh, this is exactly why I fucking hate having relationships!" Bakugou yelled, throwing his—

Whoops. He put down the jacket and took the All Might soft toy instead, then threw it with as much force as he thought the soft toy could take. He might be 'aggressive', but All Might didn't deserve it.

"Relationships are asses," Bakugou complained, getting off the bed and picking up All Might. "Right, All Might? You agree with me."

All Might stared at him, so Bakugou threw it on the bed and got up after it.

Relationships sucked. And it wasn't just romantic relationships. Regular relationships sucked as well.

Deku and him? Bakugou would give the experience 3/10, maximum. His mom and him? The experience was 4/10. Maybe 4.5/10. His dad and him would be a 6/10.