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"Thank you for the food Mom! I'll be back for Christmas break, I promise!" Inko smiled and waved her boy off. Midoriya walked out of the apartment and headed down the sidewalk, holding a small bag that held some leftovers of his mom's wonderful cooking. Having visited for a short period for her to be ensured he was still very safe and sound. He pulled out his phone and nearly dropped the food in his hand when he bumped into a young(er) teenage boy who squeaked and stumbled back. Izuku stretched a handout and caught the other by the arm. "Oh! I'm sorry, I really didn't see you. I was distracted, sorry!" The boy whimpered before looking at Izuku and then becoming pale. Izuku frowned, not entirely sure if the other boy was alright. "Are you alright? Is something wrong? Are you in trouble? Any danger?" The boy shook his head and Izuku became even further confused. "I-im sorry, I hit you with my quirk! I'm so sorry!!" The boy went around Izuku and bolted down the sidewalk and away from him. And suddenly Izuku was left to check his camera and see if the boys' quirk affected him physically. He saw nothing and now he was stumped, so as he walked he thought about what the quirk he was 'hit' with might have caused. There wasn't anything growing from his body and he felt perfectly fine, sure a little tired from visiting his mom and eating more than enough. But that was normal. At exactly an hour later, he was stepping into the Heights Alliance dorms inside of U.A., placing the bag of leftovers on a counter and grabbing a plate to serve some food for the others. Some were currently playing Mario Kart on the TV in the shared common room. There were cheers and then the loud sound of a crash and everything fell silent for a second before there was shuffling of feet. A light turned on and everyone currently in the vicinity stared down at a little boy with thick green moppy hair. Who was—. . . sniffling and silently crying at the broken bowl? "Oh my gosh! His little knees and hands!" It was Uraraka, and she immediately moved to help first, the others stayed back to not crowd. "Here, these should help any small cuts." The little boy sniffled and looked up, catching sight of a girl with round pink cheeks and another with long black silky hair. And then tears began to stream down his face and the little boy was crying as he was picked up from below the arms and gently placed down on a counter. "Uhm, can someone clean up the broken bowl, please?" "On it," The little boy watched as someone with yellow hair with a black lightning bolt in it and another with red hair began to help clean up the broken bowl... the bowl he broke?He sniffled and looked at the pink-cheeked girl in front of him, the one with black hair making something from her body and placing it beside him. "It's just a little cut, see, I'll put a bandaid on it and it'll be all good!" He watched as the girl grabbed a box of band-aids and then he saw the All Might symbol and face, and the color scheme and he began to smile. His little sniffling was long gone and his tears were wiped away by chubby little hands. "All Might!!" He said in awe, the girl in front of him smiled and opened the box of band-aids. Quickly pulling all of them out and putting them to the little boy's side so that he could pick which ones he wanted."This one! Oh! Look, look, I want this one too!" He ended up picking nearly half of them but he didn't seem to notice as only four were used on both his knees. His hands were already cleaned with some soft wet wipe that cleared away the dust from the bowl and anything else that could've clung to his little hands. He looked around and suddenly he felt anxious. "Up." He made grabby hands at the girl in front of him and she smiled before picking him up and hoisting him on her hip. He didn't smile as his arms clung around the girl's neck and he hid himself against her shoulder. Away from all the prying eyes that had appeared and that he had just taken notice of. "My name is Ochako Uraraka, what's your name?" He realized they were sitting on a couch, and he still clung close as he peered out of the safety of Ochako's shoulder. "I-izuku... Izuku Midoriya..." The girl hummed and rubbed his back, and Izuku felt his little arms begin to relax from around Ochako's neck. He began to look around at the other faces, watching how they all awed and cooed over him. He wanted to hide. He wanted Kacchan. His Kacchan. "I want Kacchan." A girl with pink hair gasped and she grabbed a phone and Izuku didn't know what happened. It was a good few minutes later, and him sitting against Ochako's side with a hand in his hair he saw Kacchan. He smiles and his eyes brighten as he catches sight of the tall, older, and still very obviously his Kacchan. "Kacchan!" The little green-haired boy bolted out from Ochako's side and jumped before clinging around Kacchan's torso and holding on as tightly as he could as he heard grumbling. A hand on his hair and he looked up, smile wide and eyes bright. Red eyes looked down, softer than any of the others around them had seen Bakugou ever express, and a slight grin on his face that had the softest turn upward caused everyone to go silent and watch. "Hey nerd, you're a lot smaller than I remember." Izuku giggled and let go, he was immediately picked up and he giggled loudly, raising his hands into the air and quickly wrapping around Kacchan's neck to cling like a baby koala. The blond grinned and ruffled messy green hair, and Izuku whined about it before ruffling it up himself and making no difference to it. Silence. "The hell are you all lookin' at?!" Mina took a picture before giggling and pocketing her phone. Ochako smiled and Izuku giggled and hid in Kacchan's shoulder. The blond held the little boy close, one hand around his little back and the other spread across higher up his back. "You know, I did call Mr. Aizawa about this, seeing as it's a quirk incident and all..." Sero says as he waves around his phone with an ended call with their teacher. The doors opened and in came their teacher, baggy black clothes, black hair kept up in a messy bun, and a capture scarf. Izuku turned to look and he gasped loudly, catching everyone's attention.The little boy didn't seem to notice all the eyes because he began to ramble. "I-its Eeaserhead! Kacchan! Kacchan look! It's Eraser!! Kacchan, Kacchan, he's so cool in person... just like All Might!!" The kid squealed and Kacchan grinned, softly flicking the little boy's forehead and immediately quieting him up. Aizawa looked like he wanted to leave and simply not deal with this in the first place. "Alright, Bakugo, follow me outside please." And so Izuku held on as Kacchan walked outside and held Izuku close. The big door closed behind them and Kacchan stopped at the bottom of the steps, facing the Erasure hero; Eraserhead. "Alright, lay out the details to me. What happened and how." And so Izuku listened as Kacchan spoke about how he was sent a message from Mina(he guessed it was the girl with pink skin, he wanted to know her quirk! What caused her skin to be pink! And if those little yellow horns on her head were real or not!)"I have no idea how he got like this, Rac— Mina simply said that they heard a bowl shatter and they found him suddenly a little kid." Izuku hummed, agreeing to the story before quickly going back to fiddle with strands of Kacchan's blond hair that he could reach. It was spiky from the outside, but he knew the blond spiky hair was always so soft no matter what. And he liked running his hands through the hair, every time they would play around Izuku would beg Kacchan to let him touch his hair. "Does he know?" Izuku was pulled away and he pouted at the loss of touching Kacchan's hair. He was turned and then placed down on the ground. Izuku stood and quickly clung to Kacchan's pants with one hand as Eraserhead stepped forward and squatted down. "Hey kid, can I ask you a small question?" Izuku smiled, the hero's voice had softened and Bakugou knew very well their teacher always had a soft spot for young children(young, not teenagers, Aizawa absolutely despised teenagers because they were such problem children. But young kids were little angels.) With Izuku's little nod, the hero spoke. "Do you know how you turned like this? A little kid?" Izuku fell silent as he thought about it, before shaking his head and smiling widely, he turned and immediately made grabby hands up to Kacchan— who bent down and picked the boy up and back into his arms. Hoisting him on one hip, Izuku nuzzled himself into Kacchan and sighed happily as he was held by the blond. Aizawa sighed and rubbed his forehead. "You children are the reason why I'm going to get white hair so early." Bakugou snorted and Aizawa only sighed again. "Alright, classes do start tomorrow but I'll make a small change for you... seeing as I don't think Midoriya will want to let go." Bakugou hummed softly and he could feel a small chubby hand playing with the hair near his neck. "You can bring Midoriya to classes or you can stay in the dorms and I'll assign one of the other students to give you all the work for you to work on here. You choose, I simply don't care what you pick." Aizawa rubbed his eyes and with a final look at both Bakugou and Izuku's tiny back, he said. "If anything else happens you personally call me. You're the one caring for the kid," And with that, Aizawa left and Bakugou was left to go inside and deal with all the extras stupid fucking questions... Or he could always— "Please, man! We just wanna see his little face! Pleaseee!!" Bakugou snarled and warning sparks came out of his left hand, many backed off but one was persistent. "Dude! Please! One just little picture of the cute little green-haired kid and we'll let you go! One! Picture!" Bakugou stopped, poked Izuku's side, and asked the little boy. "Do you want to take a picture Izu?" Izuku hummed before shaking his head and giggling into Bakugou's shoulder. "You better back the fuck up Kaminari or else you'll be needing some fu—" "No bad words Kacchan! Mommy says those are bad!!" And suddenly Bakugou was silent and the rest of the people around them were suddenly tame. The little boy dug his face into the blond's shoulder and he huffed before holding Izuku with both his arms and walking off. No one followed and he was silently thankful for that. No one to come and pester him on his way to Izuku's room. The door opened and Izuku stared at all the All Might merch hanging on walls, mini action figures, comics on a shelf, along with more quirk-analyzing books than he's ever made. He gasped in awe, catching sight of the All Might pillow on the bed and he began to kick wanting to run over and grab it. "Hold on kid, you're kicking me," Izuku was placed onto solid ground and he bolted to the bed. Jumping on it and reaching out for the pillow, he stared at it and quickly ran his stubby fingers over it feeling how soft it really was. He stared at it before hugging it and getting off the bed. Turning to see Kacchan looking through a drawer filled with shirts of many pastel and analogous colors that complimented each other in some way. He watched as Kacchan pulled out a shirt almost his size but still bigger, it had an All Might symbol on the back and it looked worn and unworn at the same time. And then he recognized it. "Kacchan! It's your old All Might shirt, I remember, Auntie got it for you but it was a bit big. And you still liked it! You gave it to me when I turned eight!" Kacchan turned and Izuku could see a look on the blond's face, it looked distant and he frowned softly when he saw Kacchan look down at the shirt and then up at him. "You kept the shirt..." Izuku was confused but smiled brightly, his little hands on his hips as he tried his best to puff out his chest and look very proud of himself. Kacchan smiled and Izuku melted when he saw it, it was a soft one, one he doesn't get often from the Kacchan he knows to be smaller, rougher, and much shorter. "You're pretty! I like you when you smile Kacchan!!" Izuku was scooped up and he giggled, he held the All Might pillow to his chest even though it was still a bit larger than him. "Alright kid, wanna sleep with me in my room? So that I can keep a close eye on you, and make sure you're safe." Izuku smiled and nodded eagerly, he was carried out of the All Might room and he watched as Kacchan walked into an elevator and then rose up another level, down a hall, and knocked on a door. The door opened and Izuku smiled when he saw the familiar black silky-haired girl standing in front of them. "Oh! Bakugou, do you need something?" Kacchan nodded and Izuku watched as they spoke and the girl made something from her body just like she had done earlier. Izuku watched, entirely fascinated as a small bag with All Might's little hair thingies, and fit for a little kid to wear. Izuku grabbed it when he was given the bag, and he stared down at the design and the feeling of it. "What do you say to the nice girl Izu?" Izuku giggled and looked back up at her. She smiled and Izuku wanted to hug her. She looked nice, very nice. He felt safe around her, just like he does with Kacchan right now. "Thank you, pretty lady!" The girl smiled and made a small 'aw' sound. "I'll pay you back at some point..." "No need, I'm always happy to help any of my classmates!" And with that Kacchan carried Izuku off and Izuku looked into the bag. He saw a small version of the U.A. uniform inside and he nearly squealed when he did, and then he saw little socks with All Might designs on them, some white and black, and then he saw other stuff he'd be using. "She's really nice and pretty Kacchan! What's her name?" Kacchan sighed and ruffled Izuku's hair. Izuku whined and looked up to see Kacchan looked a little tired. "Her name is Yaouyorozu, she's our class vice rep, really nice, good, safe, and strong in her own way. So if you accidentally get lost, look for her or me, or that pink-cheeked girl Uraraka. Alright?" Izuku hummed loudly and he watched as Kacchan stepped into a room less decorated. There were some posters on the wall that belonged to bands, and some photos Izuku noticed with another green-haired boy(it could be him... but he didn't know that. And he didn't want to guess anything that could end up being wrong.) "Think you can change in the bathroom while I change out here?" Izuku hummed and clung to the pillow and bag as he was set down. Kacchan gestured to a door and he opened it to see it was a bathroom with everything to the toilet, sink, and a nice little bathtub that could comfortably fit an adult. This was incredible!Izuku got changed and he wiggled on the light orange shirt with the All Might symbol on the back that Kacchan had pulled from the All Might filled room. "I'm done!" The door opened and Izuku smiled when he saw Kacchan standing in grey sweatpants and a black tank top. "Alright, grab your toothbrush. We're brushing those teeth of yours, kid," When they brushed their teeth, Izuku had crawled into bed with Kacchan and hugged the All Might pillow to his chest and he curled up into Kacchan's chest, his forehead pressing against a beating-filled chest, and his little knees pressing against a stomach. One arm rubbed his back and he fell asleep faster than he intended, entirely wrapped up with Kacchan on the bed and trapping the blond from ever getting up. Morning came faster than Bakugou wanted it to.
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The next morning, Bakugou wakes up first and turns the alarm off. He put it half an hour earlier due to the fact he now has a literal little Izuku to take care of, and he doesn't want to be late to class. He is never late. He'd rather hug that perverted ass of a grape than to be late to a class. And that says a lot of shit. "Hey, Izu, wake up kid..." His voice was soft, slightly gruff with the morning and the lack of water intake. "I've got classes and you're coming with me," Izuku whined, snuggling into the All Might pillow and trapping Bakugou further. He sighed loudly before getting up and rolling his eyes when Izuku whined a bit more louder this time, eyes cracking open and green ones met a stretching blond. "You'll be with me during my classes, you do remember were at U.A, right?" And Izuku was on his little feet as soon as possible, and Bakugou smiled and rolled his eyes playfully as the kid ran to the bathroom and began brushing his teeth. So much for waking up early to dress the little nerd. Bakugou and Izuku headed down to the common room, Izuku was placed down on one of the couches and given an All Might notepad and some colored pencils to draw with while Bakugou fixed them some breakfast. And... he might as well make breakfast for the rest of the class then. Izuku had moved from his spot when he began to smell rice, eggs, and the sweet smell of some good old orange chicken. He stepped into the kitchen and watched as Kacchan moved around, chopping some green long stick that looked tiny and wasn't celery. Kacchan moved over to the stove and began to part the eggs currently on the skillet onto several plates made for more than the two of them. Izuku recognized this as plates for the rest of the class and he giggled. It was another ten minutes before the first wave of the class came down from the smell of food. And when they saw Izuku they all gasped and Izuku was in arms he didn't recognize. Kacchan too busy in the kitchen to have noticed they had practically kidnapped Izuku away from Kacchan's space and into strangers spaces. He looked around frantically to try and look at them all but he was overwhelmed and he began to sniffle, the telltale sign that he was about to cry his absolute eyes out if he didn't get Kacchan. "Look at the little guy!" "Move the hell out of my way! I'm getting a very needed picture!!" "His little baby fat, aww!" "His hands are so small and pudgy?" "He's absolutely adorable!!" Izuku gripped the hem of his baggy shirt, he had changed into the U.A uniform and was currently only wearing the shirt, the blazer was propped up on the couch with his coloring pencils. He looked around, his eyes wide as his little heart hamered in his chest.He was scared, Izuku wanted Kacchan. He wanted to be held by Kacchan and not these strangers he doesn't know yet. Why was he scared? "K-kacchan," Izuku said through wobbly lips, his bottom lip trembled as he sniffled and continued to try his best to hold back the oncoming tears of overstimulatiom he wanted to let out. The crowd parted and Izuku was being lifted into someone's arms, he clung on as tightly as he could and he recognized the smell of Kacchan's shampoo and cologne. The smell of nitro glycerin popping and the loud snaps and crackles that causes the crowd to slowly disperse.Izuku clung onto Kacchan as his little tears ran down his face as he pressed his face into Kacchan's chest, arms holding him close. "Shh, they're gone. Sorry I didn't notice bud," Izuku sniffled and stayed as still as he could as Kacchan walked back into the kitchen and began serving the rest of the plates with one hand. Izuku felt bad but he didn't want to let go of Kacchan, he didn't want to leave Kacchan's side again... not right now. "Calm down Izu, you're hearts beating like a little rabits." And Izuku breathed in—the smell of cologne he grew accustomed to at some point in his life he doesn't remember— and he held his breath—the smell of Kacchan's shampoo he's been using since forever to keep his spikes to soft yet hard looking— and he exhaled. He relaxed immensely and continued to watch as Kacchan filled the last bowl for the class and grabbed two easily with one hand and some chop sticks(which he struggled to get for a single second. Not five. Totally not more than five seconds.) "Sit there kid, if anyone else bothers you, tell me and I'll blast 'em..." Izuku smiled, staring up at Kacchan in awe as his hand gave mock explosions and Izuku simply giggled and kicked his feet as he lacks the height to touch the ground by a good foot or two. A girl with green hair sat across from Izuku and he stared at her before he began analyzing her hands, her eyes, and her wide mouth and slightly longer than average tongue. "I'm Tsu, nice to meet you little Midoriya," And Izuku smiled back, all teeth as he began to eat. Rice stuck to his cheeks and chin, some even managing to reach his nose. And before he knew it, the entire class was sitting at the large table and Izuku recognized Uraraka sitting beside him and Yaouyorozu sitting beside Uraraka. He recognized around three more people before his mind went blank and he settled on eating the rest of his food and subconsciously listening to the rest of the conversations. "Slow down, here, look at me." Izuku looked over at Kacchan and he huffed when the pieces of rice that stuck to his cheeks and his chin were removed before he was allowed to settle back to eating his very delicious bowl of breakfast. Izuku sat back as he finished his bowl and he felt stuffed, he rubbed his belly and he wiped his face with a napkin Kacchan had handed to him. And so he began his analyzing. The green haired girl in front of him seemed to have a long tongue, wide eyes, and bigger hands. So he guessed her quirk had something to do with moving around and her tongue, but he couldn't guess between a frog or a chameleon. Yaouyorozu had something to do with creating things with her body, but he didn't know if it used her fat or her actual energy(or maybe both, but he wasn't too sure with seeing it in action just twice.) Ochako had said something about being able to make things float, so something with removing ones gravitational pull to Earth. Mina, as he recalled, had pink skin, yellow horns, and a black sclera with yellow eyes. She looks more alien but he wasn't going to discriminate because of it, no, it rather intrigued him more than it should. By her looks, he really couldn't tell so he'll ask her later(he'd end up asking Kacchan instead because talking to anyone else scared him too much.) Then there was the guy with red spiky hair, he had something to do with strenght and his body, and Izuku didn't have a full guess yet. The one with yellow hair and a Pikachu bolt through his hair had an electrical quirk, if the USB stuck to his mouth said anything as he scrolled through his phone. Izuku found it interesting and cool at the same time. After that, he couldn't guess anyone else's quirks(besides Shoji, Hagakure, Ojiro, and Mineta. Theirs looked a little more obvious and he guessed their Quirks before moving on.)The class began to leave and Izuku watched as Kacchan took away their plates and placed then into a sink before coming back and scooping Izuku up into his arms. They reached the couch and Izuku grabbed his notepad and the colored pencils, sitting on one of Kacchan's legs he began to color. He never caught sight of the cameras pulled out to take pictures of the incredible once in a life time moment between Izuku Midoriya and Bakugou Katsuki. Izuku clung around Kacchan's neck as they neared U.A. the walk was a simple five minutes but he felt nervous with each step Kacchan took. He was going inside a highschool. U.A... Where All Might and so many other cool heroes have graduated from. How could a little eight year old boy be allowed into a prestigious school!? A hand on his lower back and he looked at Kacchan who simply gave a small smile and Izuku melted. He leaned in and took in the smell of cologne and shampoo, the distant smell of some type of soft mint. Izuku had dozed off for a few seconds and when he awoke they were in a class, a big door taking up as the entrance and Izuku clung close as many students entered. There was some Izuku hadn't yet gotten the chance to analyze or learn the names of, so he watched carefully where everyone sat. "Nervous?" Izuku hummed and quickly rested his head on Kacchan's shoulder, yawning before getting comfortable and immediately falling asleep when the smell of shampoo hit him and he was relaxing before he knew it. The class began without a hitch. It ended without a hitch. And when Bakugou went to leave Aizawa stopped him. "How's it going so far problem child?" Bakugou huffed but rubbed Izuku's back to ensure he stayed asleep for as long as possible. "He was asleep the entire class, but I'll doubt the rest of my classes will go like this." Aizawa hummed and watched the little Midoriya breath in and back out. "If you ever need a break, call me and Eri will swing by and I can put them together. They'll get along," Bakugou nodded, the end of his lips quirking upward in a dainty smile. "Thank you Mr. Aizawa." The second class was English, and Bakugou wrote down as much as the sleeping little Izuku still I'm his arms and pressed against his chest allowed him to. Of course Present Mic mentioned he didn't need to worry due to the fact he was juggling caring for Izuku and writing, he'll catch up with something else. And so Bakugou still wrote as much as he could, only missing a few minutes when Izuku had stirred and nearly cried, the only thing that saved him the embarrassment was when he gave Izuku a glare and the kid frowned but fell back asleep right after that. So everything was well. Everything was perfectly fine. Until then it wasn't. And Bakugou had to let go of Izuku long enough for him to get some training... and so he called Mr. Aizawa and Eri was in their Foundational heroics class, or simply their heroics class training. "Hey, Izu, I seriously have to do this. But you can stand at the side with Eri here... see, she's seven and she can tell you everything about the future you. Alright?" Izuku then quieted in his crying at the mention of the future him, and he(very reluctantly) let go of Kacchan to head over to the side where the stands were higher up in the air. He sat besides a blue-grey-haired girl, she smiled and Izuku could see her eyes were almost like Kacchan's but redder. Her smile was wide and so he smiled back, a hand in his hair ruffled it and he looked over to see Eraserhead looking down at him with a softness in his eyes. Eri giggled and Izuku looked back at her. "My dad really likes you! Even though you cause a lot of problems, he says he loves each of his students like his own children! But shh, don't tell anyone I said that!!" Eri giggled and Eraserhead sighed heavily, taking a seat beside Izuku and watching over the training. Izuku gaped at the girl, and he scooted closer, head tilting to the side as if questioning what she meant. She did the same but she pulled away and smiled. Grabbing something from the pocket of her red dress. She pulled out a green bracelet and he watched it as it dangles from her fingers. "You gave it to me after I got to U.A. said, 'we are friends now and you need a friendship bracelet!' It was so cool and I wished I had made more for you. I have another one for Lemillion but I always keep that..." Eri moved and Izuku watched as she showed her ankle off, her little black shoes and white socks high up as she showed off the yellow accented bracelet around her ankle. "Around my ankle! It feels safer there but I like touching your bracelet, so I do." Izuku and Eri talked, Eri spoke about how the bigger Izuku saved her from this really mean guy. And Izuku talked about how cool and amazing Kacchan was, because who else could he talk about? That's the only person who he recognized and he will take every single second of being able to talk about him. "Kacchan is so cool and amazing! I love watching him fight with his quirk, it's so cool, and i-i wish I had one like that but I-I don't... but I'm not sad because I get to watch Kacchan and how amazing he is!" Eri nodded enthusiastically and Izuku continued rambling on, his little green eyes shinning with admiration and Eri seemed to copy him as she jutted in and mentioned stuff like little candies passed to her by the blond or extra food. Small stuff that meant a lot to a little child. When training ended, Bakugou changed before he even went up to grab the kid. And as he caught sight of the green hair he also saw Eri, the two kids talking with such enthusiasm he didn't want to but in. "You've got two more classes kid, you want to take him?" Bakugou nodded, walking forward and standing beside Izuku. He watched Eri look up and giggle, her eyes closed as she smiled. "Izu Izu! Look, it's Kacchan!" And Bakugou oofed as a little green haired child immediately clung to him like a koala. And he grinned and held on, fixing Izuku up onto his hip as he looked down at Eri who looked up with her wide smile. "See! He's so cool and strong!!" Bakugou rolled his eyes, his ears burning as he listened to Izuku ramble about how cool and amazing he is. "Alright, come on, can it. I've got two more classes kid," And so they left, and headed back into U.A to go to Bakugou's last few classes before the school day ends. Izuku did not fall asleep during modern literature... which was a huge issue because he kept prodding and trying to talk to Bakugou, but the blond was paying attention to the lecture and Izuku nearly blew up with tears at the lack of attention. "Here- Izuku, please quiet down. I have classes and I don't think you want me to fail, right?" Izuku shook his head and he looked down onto his lap as he held Kacchan's big hand in both of his. The class was as boring as any other, and he was growing impatient and tired with every passing second. "Kacchan..." Izuku whispered as he looked up, pouting when Kacchan didn't even look at him. "Kacchan?" Izuku stuck his tongue out but nothing happened, usually Kacchan would say that was immature and gross and scold him for it, but still nothing. "Kacchan." Izuku was a bit louder this time, maybe Kacchan hadn't heard him the first two times. Izuku grumbled, he crossed his arms and watched as Mr. Cementoss walked back and forth from the white board, crossing stuff out and writing new stuff in. It was boring. Izuku wanted attention. He wanted Kacchan's attention...And he was going to get it. "Kacchan, Kacchan, Kacchan, Kacchan," Izuku was whining, in a loud, higher pitched, tone that caused the class and Cementoss to just stop and watch. And Kacchan felt his ears burn. "Kacchan! Kacchan! I want attention!! I'm boreddd!" Izuku kept looking up, his head resting on Kacchan's collarbone as he swung his little feet, he was sitting on one of Kacchan's legs and he smiled when Kacchan looked down at him. And his smile was gone when he saw the annoyed glare he was being given, and him being a little kid and Izuku Midoriya, felt his little childish heart break at it. He sniffled. His eyes watered and— "Please excuse me Mr. Cementos." And Kacchan was picking Izuku up and carrying him out of the class and to who knew where. And suddenly then they were inside a room with a couch, a coffee table, a small shelf below a TV and just filing cabinets lying around near the huge window. Izuku smiled as he looked around, gasping and ooing at everything. Then his eyes landed on Kacchan and his annoyed scowl, Izuku could see the irritation behind Kacchan's face and he sniffled again. His little heart breaking as he felt the dissapointment at him coming off Kacchan like his cologne does. "Kid, I've told you to stay quiet during class because I'm trying to learn," And Izuku could hear the annoyance in Kacchan's voice and he cupped his hands in his lap. The couch seemingly very large now that he sunk into it. Little shoulders hunched and nearly at his ears as Kacchan scolded him. "If I don't pass my classes I won't turn into a hero and you don't want that, right?" Izuku nodded, he didn't want Kacchan to fail and not become a hero because he was a bother... and Kacchan had to care for him for something he had gotten himself into in the first place. "Look," Izuku didn't look. "I just felt a little frustrated, alright? I'm sorry, I forget how easily you cry at this age..." Izuku could see legs before he saw Kacchan's face and big fat tears ran down his face as he saw the soft look on Kacchan's face. He shook his head and quickly crawled further into the couch, grabbing a pillow and curling up, using the pillow to cover his head and just hide away from Kacchan. There was a small huff and Izuku slapped the hand that neared him away, and he felt bad, but at the same time he didn't want to be touched or seen, or even heard in the moment. "Okay... if that's what you want Izu," Izuku peeked out from the pillow to watch Kacchan get up and look around the room, he hid back under the pillow when Kacchan turned back around and walked back to the coffee table. "You know, All Might works here." Izuku twitched, his fingers digging into the pillow as he imagined All Might working at U.A, and then helping out the class he attends as a big kid! How amazing was that!? "R-really?" His voice was weak, and the smallest hiccup interrupted his sentence entirely. Kacchan hummed and Izuku peeked out from under the pillow, watching Kacchan fill an electric kettle up with a water bottle before turning it on and setting it down on the coffee table, and then Izuku noticed the three tea cups and he slowly sat up. Izuku hugged the pillow close to his chest, nervously watching as Kacchan waited for the water to boil before serving it into the tea cups and Izuku looked over at the door when it opened. Izuku squealed loudly and his chubby fingers dug into the pillow as he stared at... at All Might. All Might in the flesh!Izuku wasn't dreaming, he really wasn't!! "All Might!!" Izuku said through his long gasp, his eyes suddenly dispersed of water and instead growing wide with admiration and a lot of twinkle. All Might stepped in and Izuku buzzed nervously and excitedly as he watched All Might pat Kacchan on the back who only rolled his eyes. Izuku could die happy now. "Nice to see you're okay, Young Midoriya," Izuku gasped again and stared as All Might grabbed a seat from nowhere and sat on it. Izuku was still shell shocked the number one hero in the entire history of the entire world knew his name. His. Name.Izuku Midoriya!! "Kacchan, Kacchan, I can't believe it..." Kacchan grinned and walked over to ruffled Izuku's hair. And Izuku couldn't remember why he was ever mad or scared of Kacchan as he stared at All Might, who wore a suit amazingly perfectly tailored for him. Izuku didn't remember much of the talking because he didn't stop staring at All Might and then at Kacchan— because his Kacchan— came to U.A. AND, got to see All Might every day! And then he remembered he would never be able to be like Kacchan because he was just a quirkless eight year old. The food in the dorms was delicious, and Izuku was laughing and talking to the rest of the class who wasn't crowding him, and was rather giving him the distance Izuku needed. They listened and they talked along with him, and he felt so cool and... what was the word? Badass! For being able to talk to future heroes! "You! You, what's your quirk!" Izuku was gesturing to a boy with half his hair white and the other red, a nasty scar on his left side of the face. Everyone quieted, besides the other side conversations going on. "I can create fire and ice..." And Izuku watched as one hand held fire and the other had the little cloud that cold objects gave off. "That's. So. Cool! Amazing! Awesome! So many cool quirks!!" Izuku didn't notice how Mina, pulled her phone out and took a picture of Todoroki's face covered in awe as he looked down at his own hands. Izuku posed for some pictures, giggling when fingers poked and proved his sides, making him shriek and giggle. He was having fun. They all said he was friends with them and he couldn't believe he didn't just know them, but that he was also friends with them. Izuku Midoriya lived a great life. He met All Might today, he discovered he had very cool(badass) friends with equally amazing(badass) quirks, and he got to cling to Kacchan for the entire day. That... Izuku doesn't think anything could ever top any of today off. Izuku yawned, stretching and groaning as his head hit someone's bicep. "Heh, Bakugou! Your kid is falling asleep!" There was grumbling and Izuku was gently lifted up and pressed against a firm, warm chest and he nuzzled his cheek against a broad shoulder at the smell of Kacchan's cologne and the faint shampoo. "I better not hear any of you even dare touch my fucking food for tomorrow. Or you're all fucking dead—" "Bad words Kacchan, noooo," There was giggles and Kacchan sighed. Izuku smiled softly, his eyes falling shut as a broad hand spread across his back and an arm held him up from below. He loved this. Maybe today... can be topped off by being held by Kacchan. Maybe anything can be topped off by that. Izuku was woken up to change into his nighttime clothes, to wash his teeth, and then he was discarded in a bed before someone else joined him and he turned to nuzzle into a tank topped chest. He giggled and his little hands only reached Kacchan's back by a few inches. As long as he could hold and smell Kacchan, he felt safe and he could fall asleep. Even if the world was ending, he felt like if he was right at Kacchan's side he could still sleep through that and never wake up. It was a Tuesday morning and Izuku yawned as he woke up, his eyes blinking several times to wipe away the tears caused from the yawn. He caught the smell of cologne and he frowned before he realized he was holding onto someone, and then, he realized he wasn't in his room. He blinked several times before he looked up, his head hammering a thousand miles per hour as he caught sight of blond spiky hair, the most relaxed Kacchan he's ever seen, and then the sight of red eyes looking down at him. Izuku nearly yelped and crawled out of bed because—what the hell!— but he was stopped by two arms holding him against a warm chest filled with a strong beating heart, nearly as fast as his... Izuku held still, feeling one arm around his waist and then a hand holding his head against Kacchan's chest. And he felt warm, his ears and his cheeks burned with embarrassment. They stayed like that until the silence broke. Izuku clinging to Kacchan even though all he wanted to do was scramble away and beg for forgiveness. "You're not a little kid anymore..." Izuku frowned, catching the slightest hint of dissapointment in Kacchan's tone. He looked up, his chin touching the chest he had just been squished into seconds ago. And he nearly lost his breath when he saw red eyes looking down at him, all soft, no malice or annoyance, and Izuku suddenly felt very very special. "I... uhm, what?" Kacchan rolled his eyes and Izuku couldn't help but blush and smile. That big bright smile that made Kacchan falter for a second. "You got hit with a quirk and... it turned you into a kid for twenty four hours," Izuku hummed, urging Kacchan to go on. And so the blond did. Not noticing how an arm crawled up from his side and soon a hand was carding through his spiky blond hair and causing him to melt, the Kacchan auto-reset button Izuku only knows about. A deadly powerful weapon. Yet so intoxicating. "And you cried, a lot. You never let go of me, and when I got you to meet All Might you were so adorable—" "I was adorable...?" Kacchan fell silent and Izuku stopped everything he was doing, looking up with wide hopeful eyes, his breath catching as he watched Kacchan look away and give a soft nod. And Izuku felt his entire body soar through countless clouds. The hand in Kacchan's hair began to move and he let his hand card through the blond hair higher up rather than just the back. Kacchan seemed to melt even more and he held Izuku closer. "What are we?" Kacchan grumbled and pressed Izuku's face into his chest, only muffling the loud giggles and laughs for a fraction. Never really wanting to quiet them down in the first place. "Shut up nerd, you'll wake up someone else and I don't want to answer any shitty questions right now." Izuku quieted down, moving to be face to face with Kacchan instead of down at his chest. The blond looked right into Izuku's eyes, red and green, and Izuku gave a soft smile, his hand passing through the spiky hair that was beside Kacchan's ear, moving it and relishing the soft feeling of it. "Do you think I'm adorable though...?" Kacchan huffed and rolled his eyes, his arms tightening their hold around Izuku. "Who wouldn't. You've got that stupid bright smile, you're big eyes, your little cheeks, and those stupid ass freckles." Izuku blushed, but he gave a breathy chuckle, leaning in and pressing his forehead against Kacchan's(his Kacchan, no one else's, because the red cannot live without the green; as how the Earth cannot live without the Sun...) "And you've got your spiky yet soft hair, you're red eyes that remind me of red velvet- which is delicious in my opinion, you're strong brute personality, the smile only a few have seen, and the way your always so soft when it comes to children," Kacchan watched, wide eyed as Izuku giggled and pressed the softest kiss against the blonds forehead. And then his nose, below his eyes, at his chin, his cheek, the corner of his mouth, and then the most gentlest one against lips. It was... Breath taking. The softness, the care, the warmth left behind every soft kiss that caused the blond to stir and just hold on to the greenette so much more tightly. "You are one shitty ass nerd," Izuku smiled, eyes closing as he did so. "And you're one adorable pom pom." (Izuku left Kacchan's room with slightly poofier and darker hair, and several tingling spots on his face where warm buzzing kisses were placed.)
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"Dude, c'mon, whats wrong?" Bakugou huffed and kept walking. He held the bag strap tightly, his hand smoking with the affects of his quirk being suppressed. The other four idiots followed him even when he threw back a deadly glance, that only seemed to encourage them and he gritted his teet in frustration and their stupidly huge determination. They followed him all the way to the training gym and he swore that if they didn't lay back right now he was going to turn around and simply blow them to fucking smitherins. "Leave me the fuck alone you shits!" He opened the door and immediately slammed it, it never slammed and he internally groaned in frustration. There was footsteps and he saw the familiar spiky red hair in his vision, he stopped in his tracks when Kirishima stepped in front of him. Stopping him from going any further into the training gym. "Come on bro, we just wanna know why you're all mad today. Usually you're a little more laid back," Sero came into view and he glanced up, catching that bastards wide grin. Hands behind his back as he acted all calm and smooth. "Yeah, usually you're like softer. Especially around Midoriya, ever since that quirk incident with him, the two of you have grown on eachother!" And Bakugou felt his ears warm uncomfortably and he swallowed. His hands popped and he bared his teeth. "Yeah! Even Midoriya seems to be a bit more calmer, he even stutters less when around you Bakugou... wait..." Mina gasped loudly and Bakugou understood what that meant, it was Mina's manner of showing she just discovered some really big secret and was either about to burst with it or was going to go to girls night and spread it there. And he wasn't going to allow it. Bakugou turned and glared at her, though it held way less heat and rather a threat. One she understood and immediately made a zipping motion with her mouth and smiled. "Wait- no, we wanna know! Mina what did you find out!!?" And with the other three shit heads distracted, Bakugou moved away and walked off. His sudden burst slowly cooling down and he breathed in, held it, and slowly breathed back out. "Bakugou! Come on! I wanna know, I'm your best bro, your best man, we're buddies! Please, I wanna know?" And Bakugou felt cornered again. He turned and looked right into Kirishima's eyes and spoke. "Absolutely not, Eijirou." And that caused the four to freeze and Bakugou was grinning, wide, and just prideful because he got them all to just stare at him in shock because he's never called any of them through their real names. Ever. "Wow... okay-... uhm," Kirishima seemed tame and began to back off, Sero and Mina followed. Leaving one damn blond to trut up and poke at Bakugou until his hands were stealing against his backpack strap and the other one popped as a warning. "You better leave me the fuck alone before I use you like a training dummy!" Kaminari grinned and laughed when Bakugou tried a slow swing, not dangerous, but a clear warning to back off. The blond persisted though."Aw come on, we wanna know, swear we won't tell anyone too!" Kaminari jumped back from another warning swing, and Bakugou tried a real swing this time but he froze when a hand passed through the back of his head and into his hair— and then fingers, blunt nails, began to scratch his scalp and he shivered. His arm dropped to his side and he bowed his head, Kaminari starring at him in shock and simply fear at the newcomer. "You damn nerd, shitty, ass, fucking, let go," There was no malice in his tone and it came out as a whisper, only where Kaminari and Izuku could hear. Izuku smiled up at Kaminari, though there seemed to be no real kindness behind it and rather a very clear simple threat. "Kaminari, will you be so kind to just drag those out too? I'll appreciate it a lot," And without saying anything the blond left and soon the two of them were the only ones left inside the training gym. Izuku glanced down and saw Kacchan's shoulders were tense, his head was bowed and his brows were stitched together in embarrassment and pent up anger. "Let's sit out for ten, then we'll train. Yeah?" And Kacchan nodded and Izuku smiled, his hand leaving the blond spiky hair to pull Kacchan into the changing room by the hand. No one was around, so no one would be able to see the simplest display of affection. Izuku sat Kacchan down on a bench and immediately sat down beside him, letting his hand run through blond hair, causing Kacchan's shoulders to begin to relax and fall down from beside his ears. It was a few more minutes until Izuku caught Kacchan leaning into his chest and just staying there in the silence, the only sound in the changing room was the soft patter of heart beats and the sound of Izuku's soft muttering as he ranted about some hero news on the internet Kacchan had no idea of. "You can... can stop now," Izuku did, letting his hand settle on a broad shoulder and giving a soft squeeze. "Everything all right?" Bakugou hummed and he didn't move, so they stayed like that for a little longer. "You know, I do still have some training to get in... right?" Bakugou sighed, sitting up and removing himself from Izuku's chest. And promptly looking annoyed at the fact his comfortable spot had been removed. Izuku flushed lightly, rubbing the back of his neck before getting up and turning to face Bakugou still sitting on the bench. "Gonna train with me or not?" Bakugou looked up and Izuku practically melted when he saw the softened red eyes simply looking at him. "Yeah, just let me change and I'll head out." Izuku hummed, he went to turn before stopping and facing Bakugou again. The blond was going to ask before Izuku bent down with great ease and gave Bakugou's cheek a light peck before patting the other peck-less cheek and leaving the changing rooms.
Izuku Midoroya was going to be the end of Katsuki Bakugou...