Darkside (BkDK)

~~** Does that make it a thrust trap? **~~

~~** Does that make it a thrust trap? **~~ 1573 (-44) 1529

One thing that All Might's secret heir forgot in his two weeks away at Might Tower without a partner was that a certain blonde had learned the greenette's tells in the months leading up to his disappearance two months ago. Bakugo had zero intention of letting his ex stew in his own negative thoughts alone. Having seen how the younger male had been slowly going quiet and physically separating himself from the group over the last half hour, the crimson-eyed teen took presumptive measures on a hunch. As Midoriya reached the third floor landing in the stairwell he was stopped in his tracks by a poised and scowling Katsuki complete with crossed arms looking for all the world like he was going to explode.

"The fuck you think you're going Nerd?" Though his words and expression were as harsh as ever, the tone he spoke with was devoid of malice. In fact, it almost sounded concerned. It was becoming common for the youth to show his true thoughts with his inflection rather than his words in recent months.

Baby steps.

"Hey Kacchan. I'm going to my room for a bit. I'll talk to you later." Izuku tried to walk around the slightly more built teen with no success. After several countered side-steps the emerald-eyed youth sighed in defeat but remained quiet.

Without a word the spiky haired boy stepped closer closing the space between them and wrapped his arms around the other. It took a moment for the freckled successor of One for All to return the hug but when he did, it was near bone crushing. No words were said as the two stood locked together for the better part of ten minutes. At that moment each needed reassurance from the other, but neither could fully understand why. Fucking complicated emotions!

After eventually and almost reluctantly separating they sat down against the wall, right there on the landing. Unconsciously interlocking their fingers they began talking about their weeks away. An hour went by without either noticing and it wasn't until a text alert chimed on Bakugo's phone that the pair saw the time. It was weird no one on the third or fourth floor had decided to take the stairs for any reason the whole time the two were talking, but they probably just took the elevator. Few people took the stairs this high anyway.

What the feisty youth and his former partner didn't know was that the other brain cell gatekeeper in the so-called Baku-squad had heard the pair's initial interaction and warned others away from interrupting the boys. Everyone in the class knew the two were officially broken up now but that didn't mean they were oblivious to their still close relationship. It was quite clear to the whole class that the two still harbored deeper personal feelings and had decided to deny themselves that attachment. While the slightly befuddles fellow students did not exactly understand they could acknowledge it was not their place to interfere. The two had explained that they were still planning to work together in the future but wanted to prepare separately and if the short-tempered Blasty is who their Broccoli Lord wanted as his future partner, that was fine by them. Besides, the greenette had become a balm on the explosive male's soul and no one wanted to derail Kacchan's progress toward being a more pleasant person to be around.

As the next two weeks on campus passed, the trade off of having two extra hours of classes each day started to seem like a bad idea. Hero training was reduced to only three times a week at the end of the day since everyone was gaining the same experience at their internships and only needed refinement now, though working with the former number one was still a crowd favorite. On the other hand, traditional classes as well as a new course like 'Political Impacts of Profesional Hero Ethics and Interpersonal Relationships' were seemingly endless.

The teachers were able to work more with the other classes as well as do more Pro work while the Hero course students were away so they were all a bit more eager to see their 3A and 3B menaces. Even Aizawa.