Knots in First Year | Bakugo x Deku

Chapter 1

"YOU TOUCH ME AND YOU DIE" Bakugo yelled at Ashido who was hovering above him with a Christmas coat in her hands.

"C'mon! Give in to peer pressure! It's CHRISTMAS! Where's your festive spirit?" Ashido exclaimed, landing on the ground behind him, fake pouting with the coat in her hands.

It was finally Christmas. Everyone in Class 1-A had been waiting for this party for days! Weeks even! They all planned everything together: what food they would make, what desserts they would have Sato make (because he was the best baker in the class), what decorations they'd have, etc. They had so much amazing food! With Bakugo being a huge help in the kitchen, it all tasted amazing. Midoriya's favorite part of dinner was the cake of course.

After dinner, it was finally time for some group activities. Jirou played some Christmas songs on her guitar, and Iida conducted everyone while singing Christmas carols. Who knew he was so good at keeping a tempo? Well, he is the class president after all, he's supposed to be a leader of the class. Conducting is literally leading a group with a tempo, so it's helpful that he's good at his job. By this time someone (most likely Ashido) had somehow convinced Bakugo to wear the Christmas jacket. Midoriya couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of Bakugo looking miserable in that jacket, with Kirishima and Kaminari chuckling as well.

After caroling came the mystery gift exchange, only there were long ribbons tied to each present. Each person had a ribbon, and all at once they would yank their ribbon to pull their mystery present towards them. Bakugo did not care for this extra addition, as he had the ribbon stuck to his foot and unenthusiastically walked away from the present pile, dragging his mystery present while everyone else yanked theirs towards them. Midoriya looked around at everyone so excitedly, trying to figure out what everyone got. It was kinda funny how a lot of the class had no clue what to do about their present considering how random it was for them. Kaminari practically stared into the nonexistent soul of the basketball he got. When was he ever going to use that? Bakugo was particularly unamused at the pair of glasses he got as his present. It was obvious who brought that present, considering no one else in the class wears glasses besides Iida. Also, unknown to Bakugo, Iida DOES in fact have several shelves of glasses in his dorm room. It was an easy present choice for him with all the extra pairs he had.

Midoriya, however, got a bag of sticky cut mochi. With the expression on his face, you honestly couldn't tell if he was happy about it or scared of it. Then, Uraraka opened her gift. It was a cute little All Might Christmas ornament. She had a huge smile on her face, and she tried not to show it but she was really excited to get such a gift because it was from one of her favorite people: Midoriya. Who else would put anything All Might related into the mystery presents other than the biggest All Might fanboy in the class? Uraraka treasured this ornament. She hadn't fully figured out her feelings yet, but at this moment, she felt like she really liked Midoriya. Deku. She was still confused about it, but for the time being she decided she liked him. Yes, like that. And with her big joyful smile at the ornament, she earned another's glare behind her...

      "Oi, Round Face! What are you so happy about?!" Bakugo exclaimed, not too loud but Bakugo was naturally loud so it still echoed in the common room. Uraraka's eyes quickly turned from full of joy to full of fear, still with that smile on her face (at this point out of nerves), and immediately blushed. She quickly pulled her hands into her lap, still holding the ornament, and bit her bottom lip out of nervousness. Midoriya blushed, seeing the All Might ornament he had brought as his mystery present for the group, and noticed her excitement before her panic.

      "IT'S NOTHING!" She said in a panicked tone, "I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO DO A GIFT EXCHANGE WITH MY FRIENDS THAT'S ALL." Uraraka rubbed the back of her neck, lightly sweating and blushing. Bakugo let out a "Tch" before turning his back to her. He felt anger build in his chest. Why? Why was he so angry? He couldn't pinpoint it. Was it the stupidity of the All Might ornament? Bakugo knew it had to have been from that nerd Deku. But why was he so mad about it? About seeing her... smile... at it... He got even angrier at the confusion and just decided it was because of the overwhelming positivity and happiness in the room and left it alone.

~ Midoriya's POV ~

I was practically internally squealing at Uraraka's reaction to my All Might ornament. She looked so happy! I mean a girl, Uraraka, looked so happy at a gift I gave them! (internal mutter mutter mutter) Well technically it WAS a mystery so obviously she doesn't know who it's from so I probably shouldn't get my hopes up but what if it was obvious that I gave it to her I mean maybe that's why she was so happy maybe she knows it's from me and blushed like that because- (internal mutter mutter mutter)

      "OWE, KACCHAN?" I exclaimed out loud. Kacchan had thrown the pair of glasses he got from the mystery gifts at my head for some reason. Why did he do that? Is he mad at me for something?

"You were staring off into space and it was creeping me out!" Kacchan yelled before leaving the room. Why would that creep him out? I wasn't even near him... Was he- watching me? He seemed like he was done with the party so I'm assuming he went up to his dorm room. Why'd he have to hit me though...

Well even though Kacchan left we still had some more activities to do as a class and we didn't want to disturb him with it so we just let him leave. We had Christmas movies to watch as well! We had everyone choose a movie they wanted to watch and then we voted on whose choice we liked better. I'm a little bummed no one wanted to watch the All Might Christmas special from a few years back, but I often forget how much of a fanboy I really am. Who else would want to watch that movie other than me? We ended up choosing Tokyo Godfathers. It's not the most lighthearted movie, but it IS a Christmas movie after all. I sat next to Iida and Uraraka on the couch, but she seemed so stiff the entire time. I couldn't help but blush, I'm not sure why though. Nerves? Do I... like her? I ended up almost falling totally asleep halfway through, as I drifted away to dreams my head landed on Iida's shoulder and I quickly jumped up and scratched the back of my neck while giving him a 'sorry' grin. He didn't seem to mind.

I hope we can have a fun Christmas party next year too! I wish that from the bottom of my heart.