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𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝

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"𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞...?"

"...𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞."

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Third Person POV:

"Do you think they heard us?" Kirishima asked, making sure the girls were fully out of the room before he said anything risky. 

"I can't tell..." Sero said turning towards the group. 

Bakugou shifted uncomfortably in his seat.

"Anyways, it was your turn, dude," Denki said, looking up at Bakugou with an evil grin. 

"Yeah, Kacchan, who do you like?" Midoriya said, laughing playfully.

"I don't like anyone," Bakugou grumbled. He felt embarrassed to be put on the spot like that. It was silent in the room until the other boys burst into laughter. Bakugou shot them all a weird look. 

"What?" He scoffed, sinking back into the couch cushions.

"As if!" Denki said, wiping a tear from the corner of his eye. They liked watching Bakugou get freaked out at their sudden reaction.

"What do you mean you 'don't like anyone'?" Kirishima asked cocking his eyebrow playfully.

"I just don't have time for that kind of stuff," Bakugou replied, crossing his arms and averting eye contact with any of the boys.

"That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard come out of your mouth, and that's saying something!" Denki said, looking at the others.

"'Stupidest' isn't even a word, dumbass," Bakugou said, he was at loss for words, how was he supposed to weasel out of this one?

"Alright then..." Deku said, slightly shaking his head.

"Are you sure???" Sero taunted.

"Yeah," Bakugou lied through his teeth. 

"Not even Y/N?" Kirishima cooed. Bakugou swung his head to glare at Kirishima, almost giving himself whiplash. Just the use of your name made his guts twist.

"Oooh, what a fast reaction!" Sero taunted again. 

"She's my best friend, you guys are just fucking gross," Bakugou said, rubbing his neck.

"Kacchan, we see the way you look at her, it's painfully obvious. I don't think any of us have ever seen you care about anyone else the way you care about Y/N," Deku admitted. Bakugou looked up, seriously this time.

"Really...?" He muttered out. Everyone looked confused. It went silent for a quick moment. 

"Shit," Bakugou said, covering his forehead with his hand and bringing it down over his eyes. He let out a sigh.

"That's not a bad thing." Deku said, tilting his head.

"Of course it's a bad thing!" The ash blonde blurted out. He showed that he cared for someone for once in his life, and now people were on to him.

"Wait, wait, wait, before we go any further, I just wanted to say, we got you to admit it!" Denki said, laughing. 

"Oh my Goddd. I'LL KILL YOU, DUNCE FACE!" Bakugou said, glaring at him. Denki put both of his hands up in defense.

"She totally likes you back, dude," Sero said, smirking as all the other boys in the room nodded their head in agreement.

"That's not true," Bakugou said, looking down.

"There's no way she doesn't," Kirishima said.

"Yeah, what makes you think she doesn't?" Izuku asked.

"Because," Bakugou said, wanting to get this conversation over with.

"Because...?" Sero said, motioning for Bakugou to go on. 

"...She probably likes some other shitty dude," Bakugou said, biting his tongue.

"Huh?! Who?!" Denki asked, sitting up. All the boys looked at Katsuki with an intrigued look on their faces.

"I... I really have no idea, but it's definitely not me." He says shrugging, "And it's best that way!" All of the boy looked at him concerned. 

"What do you mean, dude?" Sero asked.

"I can't ruin our friendship," he said standing up.

"Where are you going?" Kirishima asked.

"I'm going to bed." Bakugou said, leaving the room. All the boys turned his way in disbelief. Of course Bakugou would go to such lengths to avoid his feelings.

"Are you sure?" Deku asked. Bakugou didn't respond, but instead walked away faster, getting into the elevator. 

Bakugou walked into his dorm, closing the door behind him. He leaned his back against the door and slid down, sitting on the floor. Rubbing his eyes, he pulled his knees into his chest and looked at the floor.

"What is the fuck wrong with me?" He thought.

Back in the other room, the rest of the boys were left completely shocked with the way that Katsuki had acted so genuine compared to the way he normally acted. He completely tensed up once they had brought you up.

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Meanwhile with the girls

"I'm starting to get tired..." Momo spoke through a yawn.

"We should probably go change and get ready for bed," Mina said, standing up.

"Good idea." You said, grabbing your bag. All the girls grabbed their bathroom supplies and pajamas, and walked out into the hallway.

They whispered to each other trying not to wake anyone up as they walked down the hallway to the elevator. Once they got down to the first floor, They took notice of the boys still awake, and playing on their phones.

"You guys are still up?" Uraraka asked.

"Huh? Oh, yeah," Denki said, not looking up from his phone.

"Where's Katsuki?" You asked, realizing he was missing from the group.

The boys looked at each other until Sero nodded and responded with "He went to his dorm, he's upset, you should go talk to him," Sero gave a small smirk to Kirishima, who smiled back. 

"Oh, I'll go see what I can do, I'll be right back, girls," You said, setting your stuff down by the bathroom door before walking towards the elevator again.

You arrived at Bakugou's door and knocked on it lightly. Bakugou opened the door, saw who it was, and then closed it again. 

"Katsuki?" You asked, confused as to why he was being so rude towards you. This hasn't happened in a serious manner before. 

"I'm coming in," You said, turning the door knob slightly, and revealing his dark room. 

"Go away, dumbass, shouldn't you be sleeping??" He grumbled, he was already back in bed, laying face down.

You walked to the end of his bed and sat down. "What happened?" You asked, putting a hand on his lower back.

"What are you talking about?" Bakugou said, rolling over to give you a fake confused face.

"The boys said you were upset," You said, tilting your head.

"They always think I'm upset, I'm fine, just tired," Bakugou said, lying again, he didn't want you to pity him and on top of that, he didn't want to have to explain why he was upset.

"That's true, you're always grumpy," You joked, nudging his leg. You could hear him grumble in response.

"You're gonna get in trouble for being in a boys dorm this late at night," He whispered.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," You shrugged. "I feel like a mom, sitting at the foot of her moody teenagers bed," You laughed. Bakugou smiled at that joke a little, but of course wouldn't let you know that.

"Why don't you kiss me goodnight and go pack me a lunch then?" He joked back.

"I just might!" You teased, sarcastically.

"You're weird," He said, rolling his eyes. You could barely see his action in the darkness of his room, the moon beaming through the window being the only source of light. 

"Keep rolling your eyes and you might just find a brain back there," You said, standing up.

"Fuck you," He said, closing his eyes. You walked over to the head of his bed and bent over him, smoothing back his hair before jokingly kissing his forehead.

"You just slobbered on me," He says, wiping his face roughly.

"My lips taste like sweat now-" You said, pretending to gag. 

"Oh shut up," He growled, you scoffing in response.

"Goodnight, idiot," You said, walking out of his room.

"Sleep well, dumbass." He responded, watching as you closed the door behind you. 

"Holy fuck," Bakugou thought, rolling over and burying his face into his pillow, taking a moment to let his heart slow down inside his chest.

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𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄

Wow! That's the longest part in this book so far! This part was so fun to write! I almost made a kissing scene between Y/N and Bakugou in his room but then I remembered this is supposed to be a slow burn- Thank you so much for reading!

Word Count: 1328

Edited: 2/1/23