Bakari (Ikari x Bakugou)

[CRYBABY]

“I can’t just go talk to her, Shitty Hair!” Bakugou growled, eyes glued to the textbook in front of him. Bakugou sat on the floor with Kirishima in his dorm room, studying as they typically did after class.
“What do you mean, bro? Just ask her out! It worked for Mina.” The faux-redhead informed his distressed best friend.
“Mina was so down bad for you, you could’ve sneezed in her direction and she would’ve assumed you asked her on a date.” Bakugou snapped, irritated. Ikari was nothing like Mina, not that Katsuki disliked Mina, she was one of his friends after all, but she was excitable, friendly, immature… but Ikari was intelligent, rational, determined. And oh so incredibly beautiful. He sighed into his palms and slammed his book shut. “We’re done. I’m going to sleep.” As Kirishima left, Bakugou undressed to his boxers and under shirt and laid in bed. His thoughts raced with her most recent spar against shitty Deku, she almost had him, too, had he not used OFA to quick step out of the way. Katsuki often spent time watching her train… her quirk was more support based but she was powerful and never gave up. A true winner. And the few times he got to spar with her had been nothing short of amazing. His thoughts wandered to the time spent lusting and pining over her, all the times he had been so close to telling her how he felt only to be interrupted by Pikachu’s dumbass or that Half-and-Half Bastard. The worst part about crushing on Ikari was her suspiciously close relationship to IcyHot. They did pretty much everything together, the blond was aware that they were both accepted into UA on recommendation so they had to have known each other prior to starting school but it was still hard to watch her laughing and smiling at him while Bakugou sat on the sidelines with his heart in his hand. Every so often that IcyHot Fucker would glance at him, look the explosive boy dead in the eyes and smirk as if he knew exactly what he was doing, but in order to avoid his crush being found out, Katsuki would storm to his room leaving the subject alone. He recalled moments when they had been standing face to face, their eyes locked and yet he was too nervous to say anything; the fear of rejection in his heart overpowered his confidence and he awkwardly excused himself, nearly sprinting to his dorm. They didn’t sit near each other in class but Bakugou would steal small glimpses of her when he could. The only one who was remotely aware of the boys affection was Kirishima. As his thoughts surrounded his 3 year long crush, Katsuki fell asleep.

The next day was a Saturday and Bakugou was in the gym with Kirishima bright and early per usual. They had just finished cardio, about to set up for weight training when Mina burst through the gym doors.
“Kiri, baby! You’re not going to believe this!” her voice was high pitched causing the shark-toothed teen to drop was he was doing and rush over to her. “Wha-what is it, babe?!” He placed his hands on her shoulders, looking her over for possible physical damage. “Next week.. next week is the festival!” She explained, her hands waving excitedly as she caught her breath. “Baku, you have to come with us! I already know what colors to get for your Yukata.” The blonde rolled his eyes, scowling at Mina. “Tch. Whatever, Alien Queen.” He didn’t necessarily want to go to some stupid festival wearing a stupid, uncomfortable Yukata, but he had a small inclination that these three wouldn’t be the only ones from class 1-A attending and if that meant he had a small chance to see Ikari dressed in a Yukata…. “Stop drooling, lover boy! You know Mina will invite ‘kari.” Kirishima’s voice rang through his mind like an unpleasant alarm. “Shut the hell up, dumbass.” The blonde said swiftly returning to his workout.

After their post workout shower, the two friends returned to the dorms, entering the common area Bakugou saw Ikari sitting on the couch between Todoroki and Yaoyorozu. He could tell the trio had been talking but quickly hushed as the boys entered the dorms. Ruby eyes glaring into heterochromatic masterpieces, Bakugou snarled and headed to the kitchen leaving Kirishima behind. “Hey you guys!” Kirishima said happily, giving the trio his biggest, shark-tooth smile. Meanwhile, Katsuki was aggressively preparing breakfast for Kirishima and himself, banging pots and pans, slamming cabinets, almost as if he wanted attention and had no idea how to get it. He snarled, grumbling to himself a slew of profanities. It was way too early for this bullshit.

[Silver Wings]

Ikari had a habit of overcompensating.

Examples included, but not limited to: when she was four, she colored on the walls of her home. When she got in trouble for it, not only did she clean the wall, but she also cleaned her whole room. When she was in middle school someone told her she wouldn't amount to anything, so she decided to become a hero. And now in high school, she went from dating Todoroki to falling for Bakugou Katsuki.

Her and Shouto hadn't been together long. It had been encouraged by both of their families because they got along so well, but after about two months of dating, the both said they didn't feel that way towards each other, but decided to remain close friends. And the wolf girl couldn't even fathom why she liked that asshole! He was mean to everyone, even his best friend. Though, she knew he didn't really mean it, but still... It's not really someone who's just a year away from graduating to be a hero should act.

She immediately had a bad impression of him when they first met; the way he had talked to Midoria being absolutely appalling. Though, it was strange... He had never really been outright mean to her. Most of the time, it seemed as if he couldn't even stand to be around her. He would look at her, and when she would meet his gaze, he would just "tch." and walk away. So, why did she find herself thinking of no one else for hours on end every single day? Why did she always have to fall for the ones who wanted nothing to do with her?

This was what she had been talking to her two best friends about in the common area. Yeah, discussing it in a public space like this was pretty risky, but it was early on a weekend. Not many people were up, and there was no one in the common area.

"Maybe he likes you too, but is just bad at communicating?" Indeed, Shouto had noticed how the explosive blond stared at Ikari longer than was strictly necessary, and for someone who had literally all the senses of a wild animal, he couldn't quite understand how she didn't notice.

Ikari scoffed. "Oh please. Why would he like me?"

"For the same reasons we do. Just... a different way we do."

Ikari was about to open her mouth, when non other than the very person they were talking about walked in, and the trio immediately quieted. Good job, guys. Not suspicious at all... Ikari mused. Someone as quick witted as Momo could have at least come up with a change in topic. But if they were suspicious, they made no indication of it. Soon, Kirishima was over saying hi, and Mina was quick to follow.

"Hi guys!" Mina spoke in her usual jubilant tone. "you going to the festival next week?!"

"Oh, I don't kn-" But Mina cut her off.

"You have to go, 'Kari! There aren't enough girls in 1-A, and i don't want to go with just the boys!"

Ikari sighed. She was awful at saying no to her friends. "Ok, ok! I'll go!" But she was smiling to let her know that she wasn't being forced into it. Not really.