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"So, All Might must be your favorite hero, right?" Bakugou asked. Isoya scoffed. "I don't have a hero. It's pure coincidence that the heroes even found me." Bakugou looked at him curiously.
"They only saw me because I had my quirk active. My eyes were glowing and gave me away. I was fighting against Kurogiri's portal." Isoya said.

"Huh. So do you have a favorite anyone?" Bakugou asked.
"Mm... My brother. And you." Isoya said. "Me?"
"Yeah. Despite how you talk, there's flaws and it makes you more human in my eyes. Everyone is striving for 'perfect'. You're striving for strong and it's honestly refreshing. So, yeah, you're my favorite." Isoya said, manifesting a flower and sticking it above his ear. "Night Baku."

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Isoya woke up later than he wanted the next day. "Oh shit! I'm late for the shift." Isoya scrambled to get dressed and narrowly avoided the edge of his bed while looking fr his shoes. "Of all the days! Shit!" He yelled, slipping on his rug and face planting into the door. "Ow." He checked for blood and was relieved when there was none.

"Hey, Isoya! Breakfast is ready." Kaminari said, knocking on the door to Isoya's room. "Ah, sorry Kami, I have to go to the cafe again. A server got sick and I said that I would cover her." Isoya said.

"Are you sure you should go? Your nose is turning purple." Kaminari said.
"What?" Isoya asked. He looked in a mirror and saw that, indeed, his nose was a bright violet. "Fuck me." Isoya put some medical tape on his nose and rushed out the door.

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"Sorry I'm late!" Isoya said, almost falling through the door. "Isoya, are you alright kiddo?"
"Yeah, I'm fine Pat." Isoya said.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Isoya was given a sympathetic look that he ignored.

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"Hey, Isoya. How was your shift?" Kami asked. Katsuki was sitting on the couch a couple feet away from him. Isoya groaned and plopped face down into the other couch. "Can I sleep forever?" He asked. "No, you idiot." Katsuki said. Isoya looked up at him, the circles under his eyes even more prominent. "Baku, you're mean." Isoya said, getting back up and curling up into Bakugou's side.

Kaminari expected Bakugou to explode, as he always did, but that didn't happen. "Dude, you're freezing. Where's your jacket, dumbass?"
"I gave it to someone else. He needed it more than I did. Along with my food." Isoya said. "What?" Baku asked.

"He was an older man, on the streets. He didn't look like he would make it if he didn't get somewhere warm and get some food, so I gave him my meal from today, which was actually the crepe special, and gave him my jacket. I can't exactly tell him he can live with me or anything, you know?" Isoya shivered.

Kaminari scooted closer and wrapped his arms around Isoya. "Mn. You guys are warm..." Isoya yawned.
"It's nice to be.... safe." Isoya mumbled, falling asleep. "One of us should probably get him to his bed." Kaminari said softly. "Just let him sleep, dumbass. He obviously needs it." Bakugou said.

"Okay." Kaminari whispered. "Oh, hey, what the flower on your desk? I only ask because I saw it when I came to get you for breakfast." Kaminari asked.
"I don't know. He gave it to me, but didn't tell me what it was."

"What was?" Another voice asked. Kaminari looked up to see Iida standing in the hallway. "A flower, is all." Kaminari said. "Oh, I actually know what multiple flowers mean. If I saw it, I would be able to tell you what it is and what it means." Iida said.

"Dunce face, go grab it. You know where it is." Bakugou said quietly.
"Okay." Kaminari gently removed himself from the sleeping figure and went to Bakugou's room to grab it.

"That's a gladiolus flower. It symbolizes strength of character, faithfulness and honor." Iida said. "The question is, why give something like this to you, Bakugou? You don't seem like he type to keep something like this."
"If this idiot wasnt asleep on me, I would blast you to hell." Bakugou said.
"Well, Bakugou is really strong." Kaminari said. "Maybe it his way of showing respect to you, Baku."

"You're not aloud to call me that, dunce face." Bakugou glared.
"Why not? Isoya gets to call you that."
"He's also a persistent bastard who wouldn't stop even if I did blow his ass up." Bakugou grumbled.

"Mn. Don't..." Isoya mumbled. Bakugou looked down. He was still out cold. Isoya shivered again. "Dunce face, he's cold." Bakugou muttered.
"On it." Kaminari wrapped his arms around Isoya again. "Maybe we should just sleep here. I mean, the couch isn't all that uncomfortable." Kaminari pointed out. "Plus, he'd probably wake up if we tried to move him."

Bakugou muttered about stupid extras, but shifted so that he was laying down with Isoya's head was on his chest. Kaminari layed on top of Isoya, trying to stay off of Bakugou as much as possible. "This... Isn't that bad." Bakugou muttered. "Hn... No, don't... hurt...." Isoya muttered.
"Shh. Isoya, You're safe."

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