♯ 𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘

TWENTY ONE

"how about we–"

"no, shitty hair."

l/n found herself laughing at the sight in front of her as she stuffed her face with the crepe of her choice that she ordered for their quick break from their little get together.

meanwhile, the two men just kept on talking about the possible things they could to keep their female companion by their side, which would be turned down by bakugou himself, earning a series of irritated groans from kirishima.

getting tired of the unchanging decision to stop the redhead from getting ideas, kirishima turned his head towards the female in question and flashed a small pout. "do you really have to go, sugar? i don't want to be stuck with katsuki again, you know?" he tried convincing l/n to stay with those puppy eyes of his, even if it was sure enough that the decision to move is now irreversible.

"bold of you to assume that i like being stuck with you." the ash blonde replied with his arms crossed, rolling his eyes during the process.

their female companion was still giggling due to the two's playful bickering. it took her a good minute to finally get a hold of herself and reply. "you know, you're always welcome to visit. no need to mope about it." she reassured with a smile.

bakugou scoffed. "don't give shitty hair some stupid ideas. i swear, you'll regret it."

"you're always mean to my best friend, aren't you?" l/n replied after downing a bottle of water.

the ash blond didn't reply anymore and just rolled his crimson eyes, averting his gaze away from his friends as they discussed he thought were nonsense.

however, despite his actions towards the situation, his mind said otherwise.

their college days is already nearing and bakugou would be lying if he said that he wouldn't miss l/n's presence near him.

there are times when the ash blond would mentally ask himself as to why she has to move, why she has to be enrolled in a different university, but obviously, unlike kirishima, bakugou wholeheartedly accepted that fact and just wants to go with the flow.

"are you seriously going to ignore us during my last few days here in shizuoka, katsuki? geez, you wound me." said l/n, intruding bakugou's depthless thoughts, which caused the ash blond to turn his head to face the female and raise a brow.

"no one's ignoring you, dumbass. you're just delusional." he replied, sighing out off frustration right after.

l/n huffed and rolled her eyes. "don't tag him along when you come and visit, eijirou."

bakugou's ears perked up upon hearing the declaration that l/n spoke, rising from his seat and furrowing his brows further.

"just you try, shitty hair!" he reacted violently. clearly, he opposed of the idea of being left out. he's not going to let that happen. not on his watch.

the sudden outburst caused his friends to result in laughter, totally expecting the reaction they just extracted out of the poor ash blond. they really knew how to get into bakugou's nerves, and yet they can't seem to stop.

despite the attitude that bakugou gave, his ruby eyes didn't miss the sight of several strands of l/n's hair that were hanging a little too close her eye.

the ash blond didn't know what came through him, but he just found himself reaching for the strands of hair and swiftly tucking them on the back of l/n's ear. "you'll hurt yourself if you don't look after yourself, dumbass. get yourself together."

like any other person who knew bakugou really well, kirishima's eyes widened at the sight as his mind processed the scene that just unfolded in front of him, slightly squealing right after when he realized what just happened.

being the only person that knew of the ash blond's true feelings towards their female friend, kirishima would be lying if he said that he wasn't proud of his best bro's development.

on usual occasions, fond of people or not, he found bakugou as someone who doesn't open up to his feelings, constantly putting up the tough shell that he has established for years, which he just broke for l/n and l/n alone.

however, on the other hand, the latter just smiled so sweetly and fixed her hair to her comfort. "oh. thanks, kat! it's kinda windy out today, isn't it?" she asked, which got the two men glancing towards each other in shock and disbelief, which is a gesture that the woman took notice of.

"is something the matter, you guys?" l/n asked, slightly tilting her head to the side as a sign of her curiosity.

"huh? oh, it's nothing, sugar!"

"kirishima's hair just looks shitty, that's why."

"that's mean, man!"

l/n refused to believe that it was just that. if it weren't for the buzzer that indicated that their food was ready to pick up from the counter, she would've still pressed on about the matter.

"well, alright. i'll go get the food. you two stay put." said l/n as she stood from her seat and walked away to grab what they ordered. something that she can bring to their table by herself, for sure.

when the said woman disappeared from their sights, both bakugou and kirishima once again faced each other and let out sighs of disbelief.

"i really thought that one would work! did you see me squealing!? did you hear me squealing!?" the redhead panicked from his seat, which caused bakugou to use force to make kirishima tone his voice down so that he can be assured that l/n wouldn't hear a thing.

"shut up, you dumbass! she'll hear you!" bakugou hurriedly shut kirishima up with the use of his hand so that they won't catch the attention of the woman, sighing in relief when he was sure that she didn't hear a thing.

as soon as he got out of bakugou's hold, kirishima inhaled for air and glared at his friend, only to be ignored when the latter decided to continue the conversation. "what is up with that woman?" he asked himself, rolling his own carmine eyes in annoyance.

"don't know. either she's really dense or she just takes your actions as something normal." responded the redhead with a sigh, his eyes eyeing the direction that l/n took to fetch their food.

bakugou didn't answer, which caught the attention of his redhead friend.

"too much? are you gonna stop trying?"

bakugou couldn't believe what he was hearing, but instead of arguing about it, he just let out a scoff as a smug smirk crept up his lips. "hell no."