𝒞𝒽𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓂𝒶𝓈 𝒜𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑒 | 𝒜 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝑜𝐵𝒶𝓀𝓊 𝒮𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 |

| Chapter 10 |

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Katsuki was making some food for himself before Deku came down and gave him a small box. Shoto was in his dorm, sleeping and letting his body rest. It's only been a couple of days since Katsuki found out he was sick, and needless to say, his motherly side came out in him and began taking care of Shoto as if he was married to him.

"H-Hey Kacchan?" Izuku stuttered out. "What do you want, nerd?" he groaned out. He looked up from his book, and his eyes caught the small box in front of him. "I...I know the past couple of years have been difficult, and a few years back...before everything happened, I got you something...I hope you like it, Kacchan." he whispered out. Gently Katsuki picked up the box and unwrapped it. Though it was still a couple of weeks till Christmas, he knew the nerd wouldn't go away until he opened it.

Unwrapping the white and red Christmas paper, he sees a small black velvet box. His vision switches up, and he looks back at his childhood best friend. "This isn't something you're gonna kill me with later on, is it?" Katsuki joked. "No! Just open the damn present!" he shouted back. Katsuki felt a laugh rumble in his throat, and he let it out. It surprised Izuku to hear him laughing and smiling the way he was, but it also made him extremely happy to see him like this.

Once he opened the velvet box, there was a small chain with a dog tag on it. He slowly picked up the necklace and flipped it over to see the back of its words his mother used to say to him when he was a kid. 'Keep staring at the stars. You'll see that one star shining brighter than others, and you'll know it's me, sweetie. I love you.' -Love mom. He felt his eyes sting and brought it up to his lips. Kissing it, he leaves it there for a moment and sniffles.

For once, he lets the tears go. For once, he lets the emotions he'd been bottling up inside come out...and be shown to his childhood best friend. "I-I know your mom used to always say that when I would come over...including on the holidays. She would always point to one of the stars or to one of the lights on the Christmas tree and say this one shines brighter than all the others..." he told him.

Katsuki got up out of his seat and ran over to Izuku. Wrapping his arms around him and stuffing his face in his neck, he hugs Izuku. Izuku was shocked; he didn't see the hug coming. It took him a few minutes until he wrapped his arms around Katsuki as well.

"Thank you so much...I know I don't say it enough, but...thank you." Katsuki whispered out. His voice was wavery, and he was holding back so many tears at this point. Tears he still wasn't quite ready to let out. He still let out some and let Izuku see him vulnerable, just like how it used to be. But he still held some of those tears back.

He pulls away from him, wipes his tears, and looks at the tag in his hand, and smiles. Katsuki's phone goes off just a minute later, and he pulls it out to see Shoto texting him to come back. "Looks like your needed elsewhere. Merry Christmas, Bakugo. I know Auntie Mitsuki is proud of you." he says, stopping Katsuki in his tracks. He turns around and smiles before saying, "That means a lot...thank you, Deku. I'll see you in class."

____In Shoto's Dorm____

Once Katsuki gets to Todoroki's dorm, he puts on the necklace and gently sits on the bed. The dip in the bed made Shoto turn around and look at the ash-blonde sitting next to him. "How're you feeling?" Katsuki asked. Shoto yawned and opened his eyes slightly. "Mmm...I'm doing okay. Feel better now that I've gotten some rest." he muttered. "Good."

Katsuki slowly raised his hand, which in turn made Shoto flinch. That made Katsuki frown slightly, and he softly pressed his hand on Shoto's cheek reassuringly. When he did, Shoto smiled softly and leaned into the touch. The smile on Katsuki's face came back, and he softly brought his hand up to Shoto's forehead to see if he felt hot anymore and pressed his hand to his own to compare.

It didn't feel hot anymore, so that was a bonus. But just to be sure, he used the thermometer to check. "Open your mouth for me," he whispered. Sticking the thermometer under his tongue, he waits till he hears the beep. When he does, he takes it out and looks at the numbers on the small screen.

98.7 was his temperature. "What is it?" Shoto asked. "98.7. It's back to normal, but just to be safe, I'm gonna monitor it for today and see if it goes up at all," he responded. Leaning down, he presses a kiss to the top of Shoto's head and get's up. Feeling a tug on his wrist, he looks back and see's a smile on Todoroki's face. His body being dragged back onto the bed and Shoto's arms wrapping around Katsuki's torso. Katsuki giggled and continued to when Shoto began to press small kisses on his neck playfully.

"S-Stop! It ti-tickles!" he yells through his laughs. Shoto had an idea. He was going to take Katsuki out on a date. "Why don't we go out on a date?" he asked the small male. Katsuki being shorter than the dual haired male, looked up at him. "Sure. Why the fuck not. You're feeling better. Aizawa gave us the day off, and it's not snowing outside, so...hell yeah, let's go on a date!" he exclaimed happily.

"Where do you wanna go?" Shoto asked. "Nothing fancy. Let's just go to the coffee shop. They have great fucking lattes there. Their spicy mocha frap is really good." he commented.

____In the common room____

Most of the couples were all in the common room hanging out or playing video games. *cough cough* Kirishima and Denki. Shinso was in between Kaminari's legs, and Izuku was wrapped around Kirishima like a freaking koala. Which is not a surprise.

Momo and Jiro were making more cookies, and Ochako and Mina were putting some pretty decorations down the stair railing. On the other hand, Sero was hyping up his boyfriend and cuddling on the other side of Kaminari. Shinso had his body splayed across his two boyfriends laps and a fluffy grey blanket that had some lightning blots on it and a line from the harry potter movies covering him.

Sero was running his fingers through Shinso's purple locks and sometimes through Denki's hair too.

Katsuki came down with his jacket draped over his forearms, and his Gryffindor scarf wrapped closely around his neck. Some round gold-framed glasses were resting on the bridge of Katsuki's nose, and he was wearing a black turtle neck with some loose ripped denim jeans. And to top it all of, he wore a pair of black doc martins, and black wool felt bolero hat. The class all looked towards the male and kind of just stared at him. Not only because he looked absolutely amazing in this outfit but because he was SLAYING it!

He looked up from his phone and saw everyone staring at him with a weird-ass face and grumbled out a response of "What the hell are you asses looking at?" The video game Kirishima and Denki were playing was long gone. Denki being the absolute fashionista he was, ran up to his ash-blonde best friend and asked, "WHERE'D YOU GET SO STYLISH?!" to which Katsuki responded with, "It's called going to H&M, dummy."

Shoto came down a little bit after. He wore something similar to Katsuki's outfit, except he was wearing a darker colored version. Wearing a white turtleneck and some black suspenders with his checkered pants, he fits this outfit with a pair of white vans and his Slytherin scarf. His hair had gotten pretty long since the beginning of his first year here. It is down to his mid-shoulders now. So he decided to do a half up half down kind of look.

Half his being tied up into a loose bun and some loose strands pulled out to frame his face. He walked up to Katsuki after slipping his jacket on, and he gripped the shorters hand. Katsuki looked at his date and felt his jaw drop suddenly. "...holy shit..." he whispered underneath his breath.

"I could say the same thing, Bakugo." he shot back.

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Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I didn't know what I was doing with this chapter, so I hope it turned out well. Hope everyone is staying safe and healthy with everything that's been going on, and Happy holidays!

Stay safe and be careful out there!