Soft Baku is best Baku
Explosive, explosive love
Things have changed in the UA, well... actually it's just class A in particular; their explosive gremlin has softened a lot, but only when Midoriya is involved.
And everyone is aware of it and what it means... Except for the green haired boy himself.
Ochako and her friends are studying for finals; Midoriya is helping them with math because he's the best at solving equations. The thing is, he spent the day training without a pause and now the boy is clearly exhausted. He's about to fall asleep on the couch.
"Deku-kun, you should go to your dorm... We can finish this on our own," Ochako assures him.
"Uraraka is right," Iida agrees. "You look really tired."
"I'm fine! Don't worry about me!" Midoriya smiles, holding back a yawn. "This last problem is important, I don't want you to fail..."
Of course, he collapses on the couch a few seconds after that, in a position that looks almost painful.
"It looks like he's going to break his neck," Ochako comments with worry, although Todoroki is already standing before assuring the others he'll take the boy to his room.
But he doesn't get to do that. Out of nowhere, Bakugo walks in with a blanket in his arms, and carefully leans closer to Midoriya.
"Hey, Izuku," he whispers softly. Ochako didn't know his voice could sound like that until now. "I'm going to carry you to your bedroom, but you have to help me, okay?"
"Kacchan?" Midoriya blinks his eyes open for a second, prompting Bakugo to smile fondly at him. "Okay."
The explosive blond wraps the boy in the blanket and takes him in his arms with an expertise that tells Ochako he's done that more than once.
Everyone is too surprised to say anything, even after Bakugo leaves the common room with a sleepy green bean in his arms.
However, he comes back alone and sits on the floor in front of them, after taking Midoriya's notebook.
"So where were you? What was the nerd helping you with?"
"What?" She blurts out.
Bakugo rolls his eyes, getting slightly irritated.
"Are you going to help us?" Iida asks, looking as surprised as Ochako feels.
"What else, glasses?"
"I don't think we want your–"
"Stop, Todoroki," Ochako cuts him off. "We really need his help."
"I'll help you only if you don't mention this to the nerd," Bakugo says. "Tell him he did finish the lesson, okay?"
"Why?"
"DO YOU WANT MY HELP OR NOT?"
Ochako has noticed that Bakugo gets more "aggressive" when he's embarrassed.
"Yes, we do, but tells us why first," she insists, because she needs to know.
"Tch! Fine!" Bakugo growls, cheeks turning slightly pink. "Izuku will feel bad in the morning because he fell asleep before helping you idiots with all the math problems. I just want you to tell him that he did help you until the end."
Ochako turns around and notices that Iida and Todoroki are looking at Bakugo with the same shock she feels at the moment.
"So he doesn't feel bad?"
"Yeah, that's the damn point! Do you want to pass the test or not?"
"Yes!"
"Then shut up and listen!"
The next day, Midoriya sits on their table for breakfast and starts apologizing when Ochako interrupts him and assures him he finished explaining all the math problems to them.
"Really?" Midoriya smiles, hopeful and happy. "I don't remember..."
"That's because you were really tired," Todoroki adds, putting a hand on his shoulder to reassure him. "But you helped us a lot."
"I'm glad!" Midoriya beams and Ochako notices that even though Bakugo is telling something to Kaminari and Ashido, he is actually listening to their conversation as well. He immediately relaxes as soon as he sees Midoriya smiling.
He really cares about Midoriya, doesn't he?
***
Shota notices... It's his job to notice after all, because he needs to tell his students about their own strengths and weaknesses. And right now Bakugo is getting easily distracted by Midoriya.
It wouldn't have been a problem if he hadn't gotten hit by Kaminari's lighting twice in a row and almost lost the encounter because of it.
And all because Midoriya had hurt himself, trying to defeat Todoroki.
Bakugo clearly worries about him and it's almost like Midoriya's pain hurts him physically as well, at least judging by the way he grimaces every time he hears the other hiss in pain.
"Bakugo!" Shota calls. "Come here!"
Kaminari looks relieved and even sits on the ground while Bakugo grumpily stomps his way towards the teacher. Shota doesn't miss the way he keeps glancing in Midoriya's direction.
"Hey," Shota lowers his voice before looking at him in the eyes: "I know you care about him and that you worry a lot, but you need to trust him. Midoriya can take care of himself."
Bakugo looks at the ground, looking embarrassed for being caught staring at Midoriya, but he doesn't deny it.
"In a real battle you could've gotten yourself severely hurt because of it. And I know Midoriya wouldn't like that and you know it too."
"I do know. He'd blame himself."
The fact that Bakugo worries more about Midoriya's feelings than his own well being concerns Shota, but he decides that's a conversation for another day.
"If you plan to become his hero partner, you need to work on that as well. If you get hurt during a fight against real villains then you'll leave Midoriya to deal with them on his own."
Bakugo tenses, but Shota knows that he finally understands the situation.
"I'll be more careful."
Bakugo has always been a fast learner and he adapts quickly to his surroundings. Sadly, for Kaminari, he's not longer distracted (well, not that much because he still makes sure Midoriya is alright every now and then, but he makes sure not let his guard down when he does it).
He wins his match and smirks when Midoriya wins his own and in front of the rest of the class, walks towards the green haired boy to make sure he's alright.
Then Bakugo starts cleaning some of the scratches on Midoriya's cheeks while glaring at Todoroki over the green bean's shoulder.
Shota sighs.
***
Class A keeps witnessing how much Bakugo cares about their Midoriya and they start wondering if they should help the blond out.
Midoriya gets sick right after the summer break starts and Bakugo makes soup and feeds it to him because the broccoli boy is too tired and shaky to do it himself. They go to recovery girl's office and after she gives them medicine, Bakugo makes sure he takes it.
Of course... Bakugo gets sick, but Midoriya is more than happy to return the favor; the only problem is that a Bakugo with fever has less inhibitions than his normal self.
He ends up looking like a cocoon (with a blanket wrapped around his body) and lying on Midoriya's lap while he demands headpats.
"Give me a kiss, nerd!"
This makes Midoriya blush to the tip of his ears, but he doesn't think much of it because (as he's constantly telling Uraraka) is probably because of Bakugo's fever that he's acting that way.
"Of course, Kacchan," he whispers, lovingly running his fingers through Bakugo's spiky hair before pulling it away to press his lips against the blond's forehead.
Mina is getting tired of them.
Bakugo gets better and he goes back to basically being Midoriya's perfect future husband.
He makes sure he eats and is constantly worrying about his training...
Mina finds them once in the common room; Midoriya is falling asleep as Bakugo reads something to him from his own notes.
Bakugo notices this, but he doesn't look upset, he just keeps reading in the softest tone of voice, Mina would've doubted it was actually him if she hadn't been watching him moving his lips the whole time.
Midoriya finally falls asleep and Bakugo puts a pillow on his own lap before helping Midoriya rest his head on it.
Then he starts running his fingers through his hair, not even flinching when Mina gets closer.
"If you wake him up–"
"I won't, I promise... It's just... why?"
"He's been having nightmares lately and he's afraid of sleeping now. But I just made him tea and I'm planning on keeping an eye on him so he should be fine."
Sometimes Mina wonders if Bakugo notices, if Bakugo can hear how besotted he sounds.
"Tell him how you feel."
For a second, Bakugo panics, but then relaxes as soon as he notices Midoriya is still fast asleep.
"I don't deserve–"
"Don't finish that sentence, Blasty... Or I'll tell Midoriya and I know he'll get very pissed at you for saying something like that."
Instead of getting angry at her, Bakugo chuckles and smiles fondly at Midoriya as he keeps running his fingers through his hair.
"You're right, he'd get mad."
***
It seems like Bakugo is going to actually follow Ashido's advice; yes, she told the others and class A has been impatiently waiting ever since.
Everyone's in the common room and suddenly Bakugo walks in with his cheeks slightly pink as he gets closer to Midoriya.
"Can we talk outside, Izuku?"
"Of course, Kacchan! Is this about our training session?"
"Not really..."
No one dares to follow them, but they certainly look through the windows and watch as Bakugo nervously stares at his own shoes and then looks back at Midoriya before telling him something.
Midoriya freezes, but his face starts turning pink until his freckles disappear for a moment.
Then, as they watch expectantly, the green bean jumps into Bakugo's arms and gives him a kiss on the lips that the blond returns with enthusiasm.
Then he stops before turning his head to glance at the window.
"I KNOW YOU'RE STILL WATCHING, PERVERTS. LOOK AWAY!" He yells right before Midoriya spots them and buries his head in the curve of Bakugo's neck in embarrassment. The blond puts one of his arms around him while he flips the rest of his classmates off.
Even though he's scowling at them, they all can tell he's very happy now. Midoriya is flustered but he's still enjoying himself because Bakugo starts kissing the top of his head to calm him down.
Everyone's very happy for them.
***
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