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"Your piercings are so manly, Bakubro." Kirishima was currently laying his head on Bakugou's lap while looking up at the fiery blonde. They were sitting on one of the couches in the living room of the apartment Kirishima shared with Kaminari and Sero. It had been a few months of implementing Jirou's advice to be a little more affectionate with Bakugou to try and get their relationship to move forward. It had taken many weeks of Bakugou pushing him off the bed to be able to finally lay on his lap. Bakugou always had a little tinge of red to his cheeks, but he stopped pushing Kirishima away as often.
"Of course they are dumbass."
"Should I get mine pierced? I've been thinking about getting little studs like yours!" Kirishima questioned, and Bakugou turned his attention from the book he was reading to the boy in his lap.
"Do whatever you want shitty hair." He grumbled.
"Oi! It's been a while since you've called me shitty hair. I thought you liked it when I left my hair down."
"I mean it's definitely less shitty when you don't spike it
with product, but you'll always be Shitty Hair in my mind." There was something unusually fond about the way Bakugou said it.
"Aw, Bakugbro, that's so cute!" Kirishima received a flick on the forehead, and Bakugou turned his head to the side to avoid Kirishima's eyes.
"Fuck off."
"Will you come with me?"
"To get your ears pierced?"
"Yeah! Come on bro it'll be fun!"
"What's in it for me?"
"I'll treat you to food afterward!"
"Fine, but I'm not holding your hand." Bakugou grumbled as he went back to reading his book. Kirishima just smiled up at him. Kirishima was whipped, that's for sure.
"What is up my dudes!" Kaminari burst through the doors with two angsty music lovers behind him.
"Perfect timing guys! Would I look good with my ears pierced?" Kirishima sat up from his spot and moved to the edge of the couch looking at the trio.
"I think you'd look really good with them Kiri." Jirou said as she moved to give Bakugou a fist bump before sitting on the other couch.
"Thanks, Jirou! What about you Shinsou? You're cool and edgy, you think I could pull them off?" Kirishima looked at Shinsou with pleading eyes. If anyone could pull off the angsty edgy vibe it was Shinsou. He was wearing loose fitted black pants with silver chains on the side and a black sweater tucked in. Shinsou had multiple ear piercings consisting of his lobes and three cartilage piercings on each ear. He kept his purple hair shaggy but stylish. No wonder Kaminari was so enthralled by him.
"Yeah, I think you could. I mean you can come to the shop I work at, and I’ll do them." Shinsou responded before joining Jirou on the couch.
"Hell yeah! Thanks, man! I'm gonna do it!" Kirishima declared.
"Awesome dude! You want us to come with?" Kaminari offered, leaning against the wall.
"No need, I'm already taking him." Bakugou said, still looking at his book. No one commented on his behavior. Everyone knew there was an unspoken thing between the two, and if Bakugou wanted alone time with Kirishima, they all knew it was best to let it happen.
"Nice! Hey Shinsou, can you help me grab some snacks?" Kaminari asked, and the purple head just nodded as he got up and followed the energetic blonde out of the room.
"You guys have to save me. Those two have been flirting all day! Well, I guess Kaminari's been flirting and Shinsou’s been awkwardly responding, but anyways, I cannot sit next to them during another movie night!" Jirou complained, staring at the two on the couch. Kirishima just laughed as he swung his legs off the couch and moved closer to Bakugou to allow more room for Jirou to sit. She thanked them and practically ran to the other couch. Kirishima was pushed up against Bakugou's side, and the blonde only seemed to lean into it.
"Sup bitches! I brought the movies!" Mina yelled as she strolled in with Momo and Tsu who were both holding blankets.
"Oh, nice! Sero should be getting off work right about now, so he should be back soon, and we can start!" Kaminari said as him and Shinsou walked out of the kitchen, both with arms full of snacks. They set them down on the coffee table and the two moved to the free couch. Mina jumped onto the bean bag in the corner of the room and Tsu joined her while Momo sat on the ground, leaning back against Jirou's legs. The group ended up in an argument about who would become tik tok famous the fastest. It was between either Mina or Kaminari.
“Are you kidding me! Sparky over there could never be as good at the dances as me!” Mina yelled, launching herself off the beanbag and started doing the renegade.
“Well, we all know I’d be the king of disaster bisexual tik tok which could overthrow you!” Kaminari argued, standing up to point accusingly at her.
“Do I even want to know?” Sero asked, walking into the room.
“It’s probably best you don’t ask. How was office depot?” Kirishima asked.
“Ah, it was fine. Some lady wouldn’t leave me alone for 20 minutes asking me about different types of tape. Like I fucking know. I’m just ready for a movie night.” Sero explained as he walked to his room. He quickly emerged in a black hoodie and some sweats before heading over to sit next to Kaminari on the couch.
“Alright! Let’s get this party started!” Mina exclaimed as she clicked play. They started off with a cheesy coming of age movie which was then followed by a trashy college comedy. By the middle of the second movie, Kirishima had shifted to where he was leaning against Bakugou’s chest and Bakugou had an arm slung over the back of the couch. Kirishima could tell he wasn’t used to being this close to someone, but Bakugou wasn’t pulling away which was a good sign. They were at least doing better than Kaminari and Shinsou. The two had started inching closer to each other, but Sero ended up stoned out of his mind and had flopped onto Kaminari’s lap. Shinsou didn’t seem to mind but was still awkward sitting next to the energetic blonde. Mina and Tsu were cuddled under a blanket while Jirou was braiding Momo’s hair. It was a calming night which everyone seemed to need. It wasn’t long until the movie finished and everyone seemed too tired for the next one.
“Ugh! I don’t wanna move! Our apartment is so faaaaaar!” Mina complained rolling over on the bean bag.
“Mi, you live two floors down.” Kirishima responded.
“Exactly!”
“Come on Mina, let’s leave the boys alone.” Jirou said, hauling Mina up by her wrists.
“Fine. Thanks for squad night! Goodnight babes!” They all said their goodbyes as the girls headed out.
“What are your plans for the rest of the night, wanna show me that band you were telling me about earlier?” Kaminari asked, turning to Shinsou. The latter had a slight blush as he nodded. The two got up and Shinsou followed the blonde into his room.
“Sero, dude, how ya doing?” Kirishima asked the boy on the couch who was staring at the ceiling. He giggled and looked over at Kirishima.
“Yeah.” Was all he said before looking back to the ceiling.
“Alrighty, time to get you to bed.” Kirishima said, getting up and pulling Sero off the couch. He walked Sero to his room and put him in bed. Sero was obviously in his own world and would fall asleep on the couch otherwise which was fine but maybe Kirishima wanted some alone time with the blonde on the couch.
“Hey, you wanna head out, or are you up for another movie? There’s this new zombie movie that just came out that I’ve been waiting to see!” Kirishima beamed as he moved back to the couch.
“Yeah, that sounds good. Just don’t jump on me when you get scared.” Bakugou agreed, and Kirishima settled back against Bakugou’s side. The movie was better than Kirishima expected. It wasn’t too gory for a zombie movie, but the plot was actually well written. Kirishima felt content snuggled up against Bakugou’s side and watching a movie. He felt really happy in the moment, and he knew he had fallen hard for the blonde at his side. The movie went by quickly, but Kirishima was mainly focused on the fact that Bakugou had wrapped his arm around his shoulder.
“Not gonna lie, the movie wasn’t that shitty.” Bakugou commented when the credits started to roll.
“Yeah, I thought it was good. Wow, it’s already pretty late.”
“Ugh, I don’t wanna walk home.”
“Bakubro, you live five minutes away.”
“I don’t care Shitty Hair, I’m comfortable and don’t wanna walk.”
“Stay then.” The words flew out of Kirishima’s mouth before he had time to think. He felt Bakugou tense for a second before relaxing.
“I don’t wanna sleep on your couch.”
“You can have my bed, I’ll take the couch.”
“That’s stupid.”
“Then walk home Bakugou.” Kirishima laughed at the blonde and noticed red on his cheeks.
“I mean you have a big bed, we could just share.” Bakugou mumbled as he turned his head to avoid looking at the redhead in his arms. Kirishima froze. Did Bakugou just offer that they share his bed? Holy shit, he thought the arm around his shoulder was new but this is actual progress.
“Sure, that works. You can borrow a pair of clothes.” Kirishima agreed as he moved out of Bakugou’s grasp. The blonde followed him into his room and sat at the end of the bed. Kirishima walked over to his dresser and grabbed a pair of sweats and a baggy shirt and threw them and Bakugou.
“There should also be a spare toothbrush in the second drawer in the bathroom.” Kirishima said as he pulled out his own sweats. Bakugou nodded before heading out of the room. Kirishima quickly changed into his grey sweatpants before debating whether or not to sleep with a shirt on. He usually doesn’t unless it’s really cold, but he doesn’t want to make Bakugou uncomfortable. He ended up deciding on taking his shirt off because it’s not like Bakugou hadn’t seen him shirtless and it wasn’t like they were going to be cuddling or anything. He took out his phone and texted the girls informing them of the development before silencing it knowing Mina was going to blow it up. Bakugou walked back into the room, and Kirishima’s heart skipped a beat. Here was the guy he is in love with, wearing his clothes about to sleep in his bed with him. What was happening?
“What?” Bakugou asked with a scowl while Kirishima was just staring at him.
“Nothing, did you find the toothbrush?” Bakugou nodded as he went to sit down on the bed. Kirishima gave him a thumbs up before heading out of the bathroom to go brush his teeth. When he got to the bathroom, he quickly locked the door before turning on cold water and splashing his face.
“It’s fine, everything’s fine. We’re just going to share a bed and that’s it.” Kirishima stared at himself in the mirror before taking a deep breath and grabbing his toothbrush. When he made it back to the bedroom, Bakugou was already laying under the covers fast asleep. It wasn’t surprising considering it was almost one in the morning which was way past Bakugou’s bedtime. Kirishima chuckled softly before going to lay on the other side of the bed. Kirishima turned on his side and just admired Bakugou for a minute. He looked so peaceful when he was sleeping. There was no scowl and his face looked relaxed. Kirishima smiled before going to turn off the lamp. When he closed his eyes, he realized he was also pretty exhausted from the past week. He was nervous he wouldn’t be able to sleep, but it wasn’t long before Kirishima drifted off.
Kirishima woke up to the sun slipping through his curtains. He rolled over to find an empty bed. Grumbling, he rubbed his eyes and checked his phone. It was already 11:30, so it was no surprise Bakugou was already gone. He was an early riser after all. Kirishima did see he had 67 messages from the group chat with the girls which mainly consisted of Mina yelling. He chuckled before going through and responding. Nothing happened except the two of them sleeping in the same bed which seemed to be a disappointing answer for Mina while Jirou congratulated him on the progress. He threw his phone on his bed before sitting up and stretching. He did feel well-rested and climbed out of bed. Walking into the kitchen, he saw Sero and Kaminari drinking coffee on the barstools.
“Morning sunshine.” Kaminari said with a smirk, and Sero just looked at him with a knowing smile.
“Morning. Is there more coffee?” Kirishima asked, and Kaminari nodded. The two waited until Kirishima poured himself a cup and leaned back against the counter facing them.
“So, we saw Bakugou trying to make a stealthy escape this morning. You two finally bang?” Sero asked, and Kirishima rolled his eyes.
“No, we just watched another movie, and it was late so he spent the night. Unfortunately, that’s it. Nothing happened, not even cuddling.”
“Well, that’s a start man. I mean you two seemed pretty comfortable on the couch last night.” Kaminari reassured.
“Yeah, I mean we are definitely making progress. What about you and Shinsou? You seemed all comfortable around each other last night.” Kaminari turned bright red from Kirishima’s comment.
“I mean I guess. We listened to music and talked till like 3 before he took off. I really like him guys, and I’m scared of fucking it up.”
“Chill Kami, it seems like he’s really into you, just a little awkward. Give it some time. I mean hopefully, it won’t take you two as long as it has and still is taking Kiri to get the angry pomeranian to make a move.” Sero said while rubbing Kaminari’s back.
“Yeah, I mean it took me a few weeks for Bakugou to actually carry a conversation with me. Shinsou obviously likes hanging out with you, so don’t sweat it.” Kirishima could see Kaminari visibly relax with that.
“Yeah, thanks guys.”
“No worries dude. Also, do you when Shinsou’s working? I want to go get my ears pierced soon.” Kirishima asked.
“Well I know he’s working today, I can see if he has any availability.” Kaminari offered, pulling his phone out and typing out a text.
“That’d be dope if I could today. I just have to make sure Bakugou’s free.”
“Okay, it looks like he can get you in at 5. Does that work?” Kaminari asked, staring at his phone.
“Hell yeah! Tell him yes.” Kirishima agreed whipping his phone out to text Bakugou to see if the blonde was busy. His response came not even a minute later saying he’d be over at 4. Kirishima beamed at his phone before going to cook some breakfast. He ended up spending the day relaxing but also cleaning the apartment a bit. Kirishima was laying on the couch playing on his phone when Bakugou walked through the door. He was wearing a tight grey shirt and ripped jeans with black boots and damn did he look good.
“Sup.” Kirishima greeted him as he lifted his legs up to let Bakugou sit down before placing his legs down on the blonde’s lap. They sat in comfortable silence while each of them played on their phones.
“It’s 4:30, we should probably head out.” Kirishima suggested as he got up. Kirishima quickly ran to his room, putting on his shoes and grabbing his keys and wallet before the two exited the apartment. It wasn’t as awkward as Kirishima was scared it might be. They carried on with their usual banter which pleased Kirishima. Bakugou had even recently made a new playlist which Kirishima insisted he play in the car. It was only about a 20-minute drive to the tattoo shop, and Kirishima only started to get nervous when they pulled up.
“It won’t hurt that bad right?” Kirishima asked, gripping the steering wheel as he stared ahead at the shop.
“Jesus Shitty Hair, you’ll be fine. Let’s go.” Bakugou rolled his eyes as he exited the car. Kirishima took a deep breath before following the blonde. They got checked in and were led over to the piercing part of the shop where Shinsou was waiting.
“Hey guys, you ready?” Shinsou asked the two and motioned for Kirishima to sit in the chair.
“Yeah.” Kirishima responded nervously as he sat down.
“Alright, so what do you want done today?”
“I just want my lobes pierced. Can I just get some studs?”
“Sounds good. Here’s our stud options, so pick whichever ones you like.” Shinsou was holding a tray of earrings, and Kirishima just decided to go with a pair of medium-sized simple black studs. Shinsou nodded and started setting everything up.
“Relax dumbass, you’ll be fine.” Bakugou said smacking the back of Kirishima’s head.
“Ow.” Kirishima responded rubbing his head.
“I didn’t even hit you hard.”
“It was more of the shock.”
“You’re an idiot.”
“But I’m your idiot.” Kirishima smirked, and Bakugou just tsked before turning his head away, a blush covering his cheeks and neck.
“Alright, let’s get started. I’m just gonna mark your ears, let me know if you want to change the placement.” Shinsou proceeded to mark Kirishima’s ears and found an acceptable place.
“Okay, it’s gonna sting a little, but it’ll be over quick.” Shinsou reassured, but Kirishima was still nervous. It apparently showed because not long after, Bakugou slipped his hand into Kirishima’s giving it a little squeeze. Kirishima instantly relaxed and let Shinsou start. They were both right, it didn’t hurt too bad. Kirishima did squeeze Bakugou’s hand a little tighter when he felt the needle, but it was very manageable.
“Alright, done. Take a look.” Shinsou announced handing Kirishima a mirror. As he looked at himself, a smile appeared on his face.
“Oh hell yeah! They look awesome! What do you think Bakugou?” Kirishima grinned, turning to him. Bakugou’s eyes widened a little bit and a smile crept on his lips.
“They look good.” Bakugou said, and it made Kirishima’s heart flutter.
“Thanks dude!” Shinsou cut in, going over the proper care and how to clean the piercings. They finished up and paid before heading out of the shop.
“Thanks for coming Bakugou! I suppose I owe you dinner. Where do you want to go?”
“It’s whatever. I want spicy ramen. I think there’s a place down the street.” Bakugou announced as they started to walk down the street. They did find a ramen place and were quickly seated.
“They do look good Kirishima. You’re piercings I mean.” Bakugou said as they were waiting for their food. Kirishima looked up, it wasn’t often Bakugou actually called him by his name, but it always did things to Kirishima when he did. Bakugou was looking at him with something new, something a little less guarded.
“Thanks, Bakugou, that means a lot.” It really did.