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Chapter 1: How It All Began

3rd year: Past

"Oh come on, Eij, don't be such a pussy! Just try it!" I smirk and mock one of my best friends, Eijiro Kirishima. 

It was near the end of our third year of being UA students and finally becoming Pro Heros. Today was our graduation dance, and the three of us decided to sneak away to the rooftop from the party to just be with each other. 

"Are you gonna really leave her hanging like that, Eijiro? Not manly, dude," Katsuki smirked as he encouraged, as he sat next to me, my other best friend.

"Stop peer pressuring me!" Eijiro whined.

"Alright, more for us then," Katsuki and I began to smoke the cigarettes I had found in my mom's bathroom. I'd figure she would think she finished her pack and essentially buy another pack.

"You guys are leaving me out," Eijiro whined. Pretty cute and common of him when he was with us.

"Hm? We told you if you wanted to try, and you declined. Not my fault you fell out." I said as smoke escaped my mouth. Eijiro goes silent for a minute, then speaks.

"Pass me one."

"Pass you what, baby?" I said with a smirk

"A cigarette."

Who knew this would be the beginning of an addiction.

Author's Note:

Hi! Thank you for reading! I just wanted to mention that Y/N in this is a cat hybrid, so I might mention things such as purring. Uhh, I'm not sure how many chapters this will be or if I'll finish it since I have high school homework and college homework to deal with. If I do manage to work on it, I'll try to make the chapters a little longer because this is a short ass 1st chapter. Alright, that's all I have to say. Have a great day or night!

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Chapter 2: Rooftop

Last Year:

It has been 2 years since that night on the rooftop. Our work has been stressful but rewarding; we love our job, despite its hardships. 

Lately, I've seen Katsuki take smoke breaks more than usual, poor guy. Since he's in the top five, the expectations he has of himself are harsh; thankfully, Eijiro and I always help him out.

I was working on my desktop when I saw Katsuki stand up I assumed it was for his smoke break, so I decided to follow him.

"Hey, Blasty! Mind if I join ya?" I follow close behind and catch up to him.

"Yes, I mind." He said with his usual annoyed voice.

"Aw, too bad, I'm still coming." 

We went to the rooftop, where it was always quiet, and we could see the city. It was our peaceful spot after a rough hero mission. Katsuki took his pack of ciggarates out of his pocket; this man always had the most expensive kind, compared to me or Eijiro, who always carried the normal-priced packs. This time, it was a different brand that had been advertised overseas. I wonder how the fuck he got his hands on it.

"New pack, huh? Isn't that brand from the US? How did you get it?" I asked curiously as I took my own regular brand pack and lit my cigarette.

"Mind your business, idiot." He said once again with annoyance.

-What's up with him? He's usually grumpy, but not this grumpy- I thought.

"Hey. You okay?" I said seriously

"I'm fine." He responded, so mysterious.

For however many years I've known him, he's always been like this. Whenever he feels upset, he shuts down and turns to annoyance or anger. He's gotten better at handling his emotions, but sometimes he just goes back to his old ways.

"...Sorry," He spoke softly, as if he talked any louder, the whole world would hear him.

My eyes widen slightly at his apology, and I smiled softly.

"Don't apologize, I get it, our jobs are tough on our mental and physical health. I'll be quiet for a bit."

We smoked together in comfortable silence for 15 minutes, while listening to the sounds of the busy city.

"Eijiro is coming back tomorrow, right?" He asked, breaking our silence.

"Yeah, he's coming back tomorrow."

Eijiro had gone overseas to work on a hero mission. He was especially picked due to his hardening quirk. And he was coming home after being gone for two weeks.

"Good. We're gonna go pick him up tomorrow." Katsuki said before turning around and leaving to go to his office.

Author's Note:

Ahh! Second chapter done! I'm so happy so many people are starting to read this. I wasn't expecting so many hits after a day of posting my first chapter. Thank you all so much for the support! Sorry for the short chapter! Still not sure how many chapters I wanna do, but I'm guessing 5 or 6 should be good enough. Anyway, have a great day or night!

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Chapter 3: Eijiro’s back!

"Should we make a poster for Eijiro?" I said excitedly

"No." He said with annoyance. 

Katsuki and I went to the airport to pick up Eijiro from his 2-week-long trip. We were both excited, but I was the most visibly excited, while Kats hid his, although I knew he was just as excited since he had a slight smirk on his face.

We stood near a crowd of people who walked past us and lived their own lives just like us. It was near lunchtime, so the airport was bustling with hungry passengers who had just gotten off their flights or were waiting for their flights and killing time.

"I'm hungry.." I whined; my stomach growled softly. I hadn't eaten breakfast because I was called in earlier for work and didn't have the time to eat. Katsuki sighed

"We'll get something to eat later, I bet Eijiro is gonna be complaining that his hungry."

We waited for another five minutes, and there he was, with his happy, sharp and pointy smile.

I gasped excitedly once I saw him, “Eijiro!”

“Hey, you two! Missed me?” He pulled me into a tight hug, which I fucking missed, that’s for sure.

“Hey Blasty~” He jokingly flirted, Katsuki rolled his eyes and scoffed, Eijiro pulled him into a hug.

“Aw~ how cute of you!~” I cooed at the friendship hug.

“Let go, shitty hair!” He sounded annoyed yet he didn’t move to get Eijiro of him.

We were driving through the airport’s parking lot. Katsuki was “peacefully” driving.

“You hungry Ei?” I ask Eijiro who’s sitting next to me in the backseats.

“Holy shit, yeah I’m starving” He said in realization, like he forgot he was hungry.

“You’re always hungry, Ei” He said slightly annoyed, it had been a minute since we’ve left the airports parking lot.

Eijiro pouted like he did in high school, all cute with chubby cheeks despite he’s muscular appearance. I giggled and Eijiro huffed, not having a good comeback for Katsuki’s comment.

We arrived at Eijiro’s apartment, we dropped his stuff off, and went to have lunch.

Eijiro talked about his trip overseas, how frustrating it was to catch the bad guy, how his team and himself almost caught him before the bad guy escaped and they had to do their research all over again. He also said that if wouldn’t have been for the many times this guy sneaked away from their hands, he would’ve come have home sooner.

We finished eating our food plus dessert after begging Katsuki for too many times to count and the we payed the bill.

“Ya’ll down for some drinks at my house?” I ask casually

Author’s Note:

Ok, ok, ok chapter 3 is out! Lots of Timeskips, huh? I’m surprised I’m kinda consistent with this fan fic. I did/ will change the names of chapter 2. I’m probably also going to update my tags and put slowburn on it. Alright, hopefully this chapter is a little longer than my other two, but yeah, have a nice day or night!

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Chapter 4: Drinks at my Place!

It was around 8 pm, and I had just finished cleaning my house, especially my living room, which is where I usually crash after a long day of work. I bring out the cold drinks from the fridge and set them on my coffee table, along with some snacks we can munch on as we get tipsy. 8:30 appeared on my digital clock, which I have on one of my end tables next to my couch. Then I heard a loud knocking, indicating it was Katsuki knocking on the door. I opened the door for them and greeted them.

"Hey, guys! Come on in!" I said cheerfully

"Get out of my way," He said grumpily

"Aw, come on, Bakugo, why are you so upsety spaghetti?"

I closed the door behind them as both of them walked in and giggled at the friendly interaction.

"Shut up, shitty hair, I'm tired, is all." He huffed as he sat down on the couch and settled into the familiar space.

I stand in front of them and clap my hands with a determined look on my face.

"Alright, you two ready to get wasted?" I said with a smirk on my face.

"Hell yeah!" Eijiro said excitedly and raised his fist up in the air.

"Yeah, but not too wasted that we miss work tomorrow." He said with crossed arms and gave me a look of "You BETTER not overdo it"

"Alright, fine..., Let's dig in!"

We happily and peacefully drank our alcohol, and we talked about how our day had gone, which wasn't much; thankfully, today was a much calmer day, unlike other days of hero work. Just as we were getting tipsy, Katsuki had the "great" idea of watching a horror movie of his choice. Unfortunately, Eijiro and I were forced into it, and we held each other at every jumpscare as Katsuki laughed at us.

"You two are such babies!" He chuckled

"Shut up!" We both said in unison as we held together tightly.

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At some point throughout the night, we were about super drunk when Katsuki grabbed his phone and checked the time.

"Holy shit, it's 1 in the morning." He said surprised 

"Huh, is it really? Guess time does really fly by when you're having fun." I said

Katsuki sighs and stands up. "Come on, Eijiro, we have to go."

"You're seriously thinking of driving drunk?" Eijiro asked in slight disbelief 

"...You two can just stay, I don't mind. Plus, I have spare bedrooms, ya'll can sleep in" 

"You sure, hun? We wouldn't wanna bother you." Eijiro turned to look at me and gave me a concerned look

"Yeah, I'm sure. We could have a sleepover!" I said cheerfully, drunk

"Omg yes!" Eijiro joined in my cheerfulness.

"Can we stay, Bakugo? Please?" Eijiro begged

"Ugh, fine, I guess this is better than driving home drunk."

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I told both of them to go to my laundry room. I usually steal their hoodies and pants when we change places to hang out. Sometimes it's my house, sometimes it's Katsuk's, and sometimes it's Eijiro's. I never give them back for possible cases like this. I have a specific place for the clothes I steal from them. After the two of them changed into more comfy clothes, I assigned them their rooms, and we all went to sleep, or so I thought. I keep tossing and turning for whatever reason, like the universe wasn't letting me sleep because something needed to happen. I got up from my bed and sat in my bed and stared at the floor for a second before standing up and opening the door, where I found both Eijiro and Katsuki standing in front of their doors.

"Couldn't sleep, huh?" Eijiro said sheepishly

"So.. what now?" Katsuki said with slight sleepiness in his eyes

"Hm..., Oh! We can make a pillow fort!" I said thrilled

"Oo~ Yes, we should do one!" Eijiro said brightly despite the hour, as Katsuki grunted in agreement.

We took all the blankets and pillows from all the rooms in my house and placed them in the living room. We watched a YouTube video on how to build a pillow fort, and halfway through the video, Katuski said he got it and that he would build it himself if we passed him the blankets and pillows. Eijiro and I agreed, plus he was the more sober one of the three. As we passed him the pillows, the fort started to look dark inside, so I went to my closet, where I have my seasonal decorations, and looked inside the boxes of decorations to look for some string lights I had saved from last year's Christmas. 

"Look, guys! I found some string lights we could use for the inside and outside of the port!"

"Oh, awesome! Omg this is going to look so cute!" He said, pumped up for our little fort.

Katsuki finally finished the pillow fort, and Eijiro and I hung the string lights around the fort. We laid down, exhausted from the drinking and building the fort. Eijiro lay on the left side, Katsuki was in the middle, and I was on the right side. Eijiro immediately became comfy and lay like a starfish and started snoring like a middle-aged man.

Katsuki's POV:

I kept on staring at you, y/n. I don't know why I kept on doing that; it's like your face, your smile, your voice, your body language seemed different. More relaxed, calmer. 

You had gone to look for the string lights.

"Hey, Bakugo?" 

"Yeah?"

"You okay? You keep on staring at y/n." 

"Tch, I'm fine."

You came back with the string lights, your smile looked so bright and pretty, and I felt stupid for even thinking these things. Once we laid down together, I turned to look at you, and you looked up, then you looked at me. We looked at each other's facial features for about 5 seconds before we realized what we were doing. You turned away and curled up into a comfy position. Unfortunately for me, I had to sleep on my back because fuck ass Eijiro sleeps like a fucking middle man with his loud ass snores. I closed my eyes and tried to get comfortable.

Eijiro's POV:

I had woken up in the middle of the night, slightly confused and super thirsty. I wanted to ask y/n if I could have some water, but decided not to since she looked pretty comfy. I got up, walked to the kitchen, and poured myself a glass of water.

"I wonder why Katsuki kept on staring at y/n. I mean, yeah, she's super pretty, but still."  I felt my cheeks warm up a little as I thought about her.

I sigh and wash the cup before putting it back where it belongs. I went back into our pillow fort, and before I looked at her for a second, all curled up and peacefully sleeping, I looked at Katsuki, poor guy, he looked so uncomfortable. He's not used to sleeping on his back. I went back to space and moved as much as I could so that Katsuki could have more space to get into his comfortable sleeping position.

Author's Note:

HOLY CRAP. Long ass chapter this was. I honestly thought I would never finish it. I kept on procasting it, but it's done now. Have a nice day or night!