Down to Business | KiriBaku

XI - "Festival I"

Third Person

Bakugou sat with his classmates as they all wrote down notes on the hero course students and some of the general study students that stood out a bit.

"Katsuki!" Kirishima waved towards Bakugou as he made his way towards the blond, "do you have any request on what I say in the student pledge?"

The student who placed first place on the Hero Course entrance exams was supposed to give a pledge for the audience, wether or not it was for their future, or just for the festival, it didn't matter.

Bakugou shrugged, the two girls sitting by him eyeing down Kirishima, one of them started to whisper to the other and earned an "ooooh".

Ashido slid herself next to Bakugou on the bench, putting an arm on his shoulder and leaning onto him, "Bakubabe~ Are you gonna participate?" she asked, Bakugou looked at her a bit annoyed.

"I don't think business course students can even participate, Mina," Bakugou answered, shaking the girl off of him, "let alone quirkless ones."

"I thought you manifested a quirk?" the girl from his class asked, Bakugou moving his gaze towards her, "plus, any student can participate, but usually the business course just decides to sit out. If you wanna participate, you can."

Bakugou blinked, looking at the girls from his class's expression, and looked back at Mina, shrugging at her.

Bakugou stood up and grabbed his notebook, Kirishima and Mina following him as he made his way towards Midnight, who was talking with Cementoss.

"Ms. Kayama," Kirishima started, not letting Bakugou let a word out, he smiled a toothy smile as his pledge came to his mind, "could Katsuki Bakugou still participate in the tournament?"

Midnight looked away from the other hero and at the three teens in front of her, smiling, "why of course! All students can participate, it's simply the business course's choice to look over the students instead of participating. Feel free to join, Bakugou."

Kirishima nodded, Mina side hugged Bakugou and led him to the rest of the classes who were standing in a huge square, waiting for Midnight to start the event as people finally started flooding into the bleachers.

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"Would Eijirou Kirishima please step up to give a student pledge," Midnight called, most of the students yelling in encouragement at the redhead. He really was loved by everyone-

Kirishima stood in front of the microphone and smiled up at the pro-heroes and civilians who have turned up to watch the students absolutely obliterate one another.

He sighed and looked back at his fellow students, smiling as he saw his ash blond boyfriend, who was being annoyed by Ashido and Kaminari.

He pointed at the blond, the gaze of the audience following. "Watch him. He'll win. Wether or not he uses his quirk, he'll get to the end and win first place, because I believe in him, and if I didn't believe in my boyfriend, what kind of man would I be?" Kirishima looked back at the audience. He basically just outed himself and Bakugou to the entirety of Japan, but he didn't care. "Heroes should be able to be themselves, so it doesn't matter what you think about that last part. If you are against it, you are a menace."

Kirishima stepped off of the stage and walked back towards his friend group, putting his arms around Bakugou and giving him a soft kiss, to which Bakugou simply stared. "You really are amazing," Bakugou whispered to his boyfriend, wrapping his hands around his waist.

Kirishima's smile became even bigger as he looked at his boyfriend, knowing that the eyes of the audience and the rest of the school were probably still on him, "I love you."

Bakugou stiffened up. The first I love you... yeah it's been a few months and he loves Kirishima too, but in front of so many people...

Fuck it.

Bakugou smiled back at the redhead, moving his arms from his waist and putting his hands on the other's face, "I love you too," he responded, the two sharing another kiss and then pulling away from one another, "now I really have to win, huh?"

The rest of the group laughed at Bakugou's remark and patted his back, Ashido smiled as she crossed her arms, "put your extra training to the test."

Bakugou looked at the pink girl and chuckled, a smirk coming onto his lips, "I will."