My Hero Academia Angst Shots

Memories - KiriBaku

This was originally in my one shot book but I figured it fit more here
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Bakugo's POV

When I first saw him, I thought Kirishima was nothing more than an extra, just like everyone else. In my eyes, he was a stupid, red haired guy who was beneath me in every way, and he just happened to be good enough to be in the same class as me.

I didn't start acknowledging him as anyone I should give a crap about until the U.S.J incident. Shitty Hair and I were forced into a situation where we had to fight together. He was strong, not nearly as strong as me, but still strong. His quirk was useful with both defense and offense. I didn't have to worry about hurting him, either. He could harden and my attack wouldn't harm him at all. On top of that, he was a pretty likable person. He was the ideal fighting partner.

Without even realizing it, Kirishima and I became closer. He wasn't like the others. Keeping my guard up wasn't easy like it was with everyone else. It was as if my subconscious wanted to get closer to him. Against my better judgement, I let Kirishima into my life.

Before I knew what was happening, Kirishima became more important to me than the others. Being around him was more tolerable, and less annoying than being around Mina, Kaminari, Sero and all the others. If anything, I wanted to be near him. I started tutoring him when I noticed he had bad grades, I invited him to go mountain climbing with me, and he even came to my house for dinner a few times. Suddenly, he was the only person I considered to be an equal. He was the only one I'd admit was a friend.

There were only two times in my life where I was genuinely scared I'd die. The first one was when I was attacked by the sludge villain, and the second time was when I was kidnapped by the League Of Villains. I would never say it out loud, but I was terrified that I'd die. I was fighting for my life, praying that some hero would come along before I died. It was around that time that I heard his voice.

"Bakugo, grab my hand!" Kirishima yelled with an outstretched hand, flying through the sky with some less important people.

I felt so relieved that he was there. All of a sudden, everything was fine. The hero I was waiting for arrived. Using my quirk, I flew through the sky and grabbed his hand. I could feel my face stretch into a wide smile.

"You stupid or something?"Was the best thing I could come up with. I meant for it to sound like an insult, but my voice betrayed me. My true feelings forced their way through. I was happy to see Kirishima, and I was happy that he was the one to save me. Despite all the things that happened that night, for some reason, holding Kirishima's hand through the air was the most memorable.

I remember the day Kirishima confessed his romantic feelings for me as one of my favorite memories. It was during one of our study sessions. He looked so nervous and could hardly focus. He was doing worse than usual in every subject.

I asked, "Is Something wrong, Dumb Hair?" I tried to make the question sound like I was casually asking because I felt like it, but I did care about him, and I'm sure he knew that.

I was expecting the redhead to tell me he was tired or something like that. Rather than that, he sprung a confession on me out of nowhere.

"Bakugo, I've been thinking about this for a really long time. I've known that you're really important to me for a while, but the last couple of weeks, I've been having these weird thoughts. Whenever I'm around you I-I get this...feeling. I don't really know how to describe it. I feel all fuzzy and warm inside, and I get so happy. No matter what mood I'm in, I feel really good the second I see you. I've been thinking about it for weeks and I think," Kirishima paused. He looked at me, possibly hoping I'd fill in the blanks, but I didn't. I wanted to hear him say it. In a quiet voice, Kirishima continued, "I think I like you. Like, in a romantic way."