just bros being bros

todoroki shouto

They all sit in the common area, watching the TV as they watch Mount Lady walk down the aisle to Kamui Woods in their public wedding ceremony following the news of a whirlwind romance.

Mineta is going feral to one side, largely ignored as the girls sigh together.

"Wow," Hagakure says, "I hope I look that beautiful in my wedding dress someday."

"Oh, the venue is so beautiful," Yaoyoruzu gushes. "It must have cost them a fortune to set that all up on such short notice!"

"Damn," Jirou mutters, "If even Yaoyoruzu thinks that's expensive then that must seriously be one of the most epic weddings of the year."

Bakugou growls, "Tch, when I get married my wedding is going to top all superhero weddings. I'll have the number one fucking wedding, just you guys wait."

Midoriya frowns, turning to him, "Well you're going to have to find somebody who wants to marry you first."

"Yeah right, as if!" Sero howls, clapping Kaminari on the back.

"Honestly, I'm sorry to the poor girl who's going to have to put up with your temper someday," Kaminari continues.

Bakugou stares at them, but instead of the glare they expected, it's confusion. "What do you mean some poor girl," he bites out. "I'm obviously going to marry Kirishima."

At that, everybody gapes at him.

"Hey guys, what did I miss?" Kirishima says, returning from the bathroom right at that moment.

There is general silence as everybody continues to gape at Bakugou, before swiveling their heads to face Kirishima. Finally, Todoroki speaks up, breaking the silence. "Would you marry him for a Quirk marriage? It might make sense, considering Kirishima's hardening quirk is one of the few things indestructible to your explosions, but since you can't have children it wouldn't be an ideal match."

"The fuck, half and half?" Bakugou growls. "Why would I marry Kirishima for a Quirk marriage, that's fucking heartless even for me."

At that Sero wheezes out an attempt at a laugh, "Uh, haha? That's a really strange joke, man..."

Todoroki pauses, considering for a moment, "Then... is this a friendship ritual? A kind of brotherly wedding that friends do? A friendship marriage?"

"What kind of fucking friends get married?" Bakugou splutters.

"I wouldn't really know," Todoroki answers. "I haven't really had many friends to gauge that off of."

"Uh, guys, what's going on?" Kirishima asks, picking his way around the back of the couch.

"Get this," Kaminari weakly manages to get out, "Bakugou just said he'd marry you, and make it an even better wedding than Mount Lady and Kamui Woods."

Kirishima snorts at that as he settles down into Bakugou's lap. "That seems kind of far fetched."

"Right? Totally the most ridiculous thing we've ever heard," Sero nods.

"I barely have any fucking money, and I'm pretty sure Bakugou can't afford that much for a wedding either. Plus, we're still underage so it'll be a few years until we can actually get married."

And that's when they all notice the fact that Kirishima has so casually sat his ass down on Bakugou's lap. Bakugou, who is nuzzling his nose into the back of Kirishima's neck.

Suddenly, all the memories of the past year come flooding back. All of the casual hand holding, cuddling, hugging, dates, hell, even kissing that they had all dismissed as something friends would do. And all of those moments are revealed in perfect clarity with new meaning as they realize what had been presented before their very eyes all along.

Todoroki leans over to Midoriya and asks, "Is it typical friend behavior to press your nose into somebody's neck like that?"

"No... no it is not."