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"Kacchan?"
Katsuki's listless eyes drifted slowly to Izuku.
"Dissociating?"
Katsuki nodded, looking back in front of them.
"Do you wanna sit down?"
Katsuki wanted out of this crowd. The loudness of all these people was making his hearing aids turn off and it was in turn, making him dissociate. He nodded anyway.
Izuku held out his hand, and, out of instinct, Katsuki batted it away.
Izuku scoffed and grabbed the sleeve of Katsuki's jacket, dragging him through the crowd until they were a little ways away from the hubbub.
It was quieter here and Katsuki's hearing aids turned themselves back on.
Izuku made him sit on a bench, and Katsuki took that time to put his head in his hands his hands and just breathe.
Izuku poked his shoulder after a couple minutes, and Katsuki accepted the water bottle he was handed, taking a few sips.
Izuku walked him through his normal grounding techniques, and after a couple minutes, it was clear a switch was about to happen, Katsuki could feel himself slipping back into the headspace.
"I think I'm going to switch..." Katsuki warned.
"That's fine. Take your time, you're safe with me." Izuku placed his hand on Katsuki's knee, and Katsuki let himself slip into the headspace.
...
Bubba raised his head and blinked a couple times.
Izuku was next to him. He smiled at Izuku.
"Bubba?" Izuku guessed.
Bubba nodded. "Hi, Deku."
"Hey, Bubba. We're in an outdoor market right now and it's a little loud. Do you have a protector with you?"
Bubba shook his head. "Just me."
"Okay, then, I'll be your protector. Do you wanna continue shopping?" Izuku looked ready to stand.
"Yeah! I want tantanmen!" Bubba jumped up, excited. "Oops." He covered his mouth, realizing how loud he had been. "Sorry..."
"That's okay, Bubba. Being loud isn't bad." Izuku held out his hand, standing too, and this time, Bubba took it. "Let's get you some tantanmen, okay?"
"Yeah!"
Bubba walked closely to Izuku, holding on to Izuku's hand, and clinging to his arm anytime someone got too close.
They got to the closest noodle stall and got in line. Bubba clinged a little less, and Izuku was happy that he was more comfortable.
Suddenly, Bubba gasped happily and ran off.
"Bu- Kacchan! Come back!" Izuku took off after him, following him through the crowd until he found him clinging to Kirishima who was with Denki, Mineta, and Mina.
"Hi Kiri!" Bubba greeted.
"Hi..." Kirishima looked to Izuku who mouthed 'Bubba'. "Hi Bubba, how are you?"
"I'm hungry. Dekukun was gonna get me some tantanmen, but then I seen you so I guess we lost our place in line."
"I can make tantanmen..." Shoto sounded from behind Izuku, making him jump.
"Hi hi, Todo!" Bubba greeted.
"Hello, little Bubba, how are you?"
"I'm good."
"That's good. Let's go back to the dorms so I can make us food, how does that sound?"
The group cheered.
They went to the dorms, Shoto made them food, and around 7:30, Bubba, who had probably switched out seeing how little he was socializing now, started yawning.
"I'll do the washing up." 'Kacchan' said, standing.
Izuku, blinked. "I'll help you, Dadii."
"No need." Dadii blinked back, tilting his head. "Oh, Deku. I didn't realize it was you offering. Yeah, sure, you can help."
Izuku helped Dadii do the dishes, then he noticed Dadii was switching again, so he sat him down and got him more water until Mikey came forward.
He didn't realize right away, he'd honestly thought Kacchan had come back with how grumpy Mikey was, but after getting his hand swatted away with a tired mumbled of "Mikey doesn' wan' hewp..." Izuku knew who he was dealing with- a toddler who's bedtime had passed.
"Well, does Mikey want to go to bed?" Izuku asked, letting Mikey decide if he wanted to stand or not.
Mikey nodded passively "beh time..."
"Yeah, it's bed time. Let's go brush your teeth and get you in pajamas."
After Mikey was in bed, Izuku went to go chill in the common room.