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Most people don't want to be buddies with their fucking childhood bullies, Deku.

You could've told me to fuck off and die plenty of times by now.

Why the hell do you still care about being friends?

Seriously??

I swear, talking to you is like talking to a brick wall sometimes, Kacchan

Look

Yes, it's complicated

I hate the way you treated me in primary and middle school

It sucked

But

I can't help it, I still admire you

This isn't even new information! I've said it before. You just don't listen!

I don't fucking get you, Deku.

I don't get it, because if I were you I'd hate my fucking guts.

But you don't.

God you're such fucking nerd.

Whatever. I'm done talking about old shit.

Let's just start the fuck over.

[Okay, now that does make him mad, for some reason he can't really work out. Isn't this what he wanted?]

That's what I've been saying for months!!

Listen Deku

I'm trying my fucking hardest not to flip my shit on you right now

We're fucking dropping the past right now or I'm done talking

No, you listen!

I've been trying to move forward from the past now and get you to drop it since the day we entered UA!

You're the one who's always been clinging onto it!

And now that it's convenient for you-- now you want to forget about it?

[Don't explode don't explode don't explode don't....]

I'm fucking sorry, okay????

[what]

[WHAT???]

[IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?

IS THIS JUST FANTASY--]

[caught in a landsliiiiiide

no escape from reALitYYYYYYyyyyyy............]

[Deku just stares at his phone some more

and stares

and stares

and then slaps himself in the face a couple of times to check that he's awake and not dreaming, because, this seems, suspiciously unreal]

Ow...

[Before finally texting back:]

... Thank you ...

But

I didn't say those thing because I wanted an apology

[TRUTHFULLY, HE JUST ASSUMED HE'D NEVER GET ONE, because that's just the way that Kacchan rolls, shruggo]

I said it because

If we're going to move forward, I don't want it to be because we have the kind of friendship where we just act like the past never happened and everything is fine and normal now

That would be weird

And fake

I'd prefer a friendship where both people can acknowledge the past honestly! And... see how far they've come, and grown, since then.

[Because, an apology from Bakugou is no small thing, that's for sure.]

[PHEWWWWWWW

Deku faceplants face first into his pillow]

[For a while, Bakugou doesn't answer, though Deku will see that he's definitely read every message. Why had he apologized? Why??? He swore he'd never apologize to anyone, let alone fucking Deku, and yet he'd typed it out and sent it. What the fuck. Is he coming down with something? That must be it. This is all just a fever dream. Yup. Must be it.

Except he knows damn fucking well that it isn't.

Finally, after seriously considering blowing his phone to pieces, he manages to type a response.]

Fine.

[ Deku, on the other hand, is positively beaming when he reads his phone again.

It's just a one word reply. Four letters. But he knows how difficult even just that much must have been for Kacchan to type. ]

So...

Is ... Saturday good?

For video games.

Yeah.

Cool.

I'll see you then.

[As Saturday approaches, it's hard not to feel a small sense of trepidation. Is he really doing the right thing here? Years of bullying taught him to be wary of Bakugou. But it's also true that he's mellowed out since the start of term. And Bakugou wouldn't go to the trouble of apologising just for some grand elaborate plan to humiliate him. That's too complex.

So, the best thing to do is to just! have faith and take it at face value!

Since they didn't set a time, he knocks on Bakugou's door after lunch-- a respectable time, he figures. Not too early in the day, not too late.]

Um. It's me.

[It's a good thing Bakugou has mellowed out some, because his old self would've never agreed to this, and he certainly never would've opened the door and actually let Deku in instead of exploding in his face. It's...odd, how he doesn't feel that usual spike of irritation when he lays eyes on Deku, and with a forced little huff he steps aside to let Izuku in, hands shoved in his pockets.]

Deku.

[It's as much of a greeted as Izuki is likely to get, and Bakugou doesn't waste time with unnecessary small talk. He doesn't invite Izuku to sit, or offer him a drink or anything. They're not quite there yet.

He does however point out a stack of games beside his television, and it's probably surprising just how many he owns. A couple are borrowed from Kirishima, but most of them are his, received as gifts or bought with whatever spare money he's saved up lately.]

Well, pick something. There's a racing game, a fighting game, and some other shit.

[Bakugou plops down on floor, arms folded. Anyone else might think he's being incredibly rude, but this is actually quite tame for Bakugou, and Izuku of all people should know that.]

Edited 2017-09-05 19:07 (UTC)

[Izuku looks at him with no small amount of surprise.]

Wait-- you want me to choose?

[He says, pointing to himself and clearly startled. In the entire history of the time they've known each other, he can't ever remember Bakugou letting him choose or take the lead on anything, not even on something as simple as which game to pick.]

[Bakugou grits his teeth in sheer frustration. Jesus fucking Christ, can't Deku tell he's trying to be fucking nice here? Why does he have to question every goddamn thing that comes out of Bakugou's mouth??]

Don't make me regret hanging out with you, Deku. I said you could fucking pick one, and I meant it.

[A little huff, and Bakugou crosses his arms, the perfect picture of restrained anger. Maybe he's being too nice, and it's confusing poor Deku's dumb brain. That must be it. He doesn't say it out loud though, because that'll only start a fight, and he'd been challenged to be nice. For how long, he doesn't know, but it is what it is, and he refuses to lose to Deku in anything, at least not gracefully.]

... You're really taking this seriously, huh ...

[Not that he's not glad.

He wanders over to the collection of games and sifts through them curiously, considering his options carefully. It's been a long time since he played a video game, though-- not owning any of the current generation consoles, all the titles are unfamiliar to him. Eventually, he finds what looks like a recent port-over of an old gen racing game they used to play when they were kids, and holds it up for Bakugou to see.]

... How about this one?

Shut up, Deku.

[There's a bit of the old Bakugou shining through. He glances up at the game Izuku had picked, and of course he'd pick one they used to play as kids. Fucking Deku, getting all sentimental about the past. Never mind the fact that Bakugou bought it with his own money because he specifically remembers enjoying it so much.]

Whatever.

[Bakugou hooks up the appropriate console and pops the game in before handing Deku a controller with a little scowl on his face. Deku touching his shit doesn't sit well with him at first, but if he really didn't want it to happen he never would've kinda sorta invited him to hang out.

He plops on the floor and picks out a track for them to start out on because fuck if he's going to let Deku pick everything.]

Remember when I kicked your ass at this game, Deku?

Edited 2017-09-07 16:28 (UTC)

Yeah!

[He grins at Bakugou, unbothered. Like the memory of it doesn't faze him in the slightest.]

I'm not the same as I was back then, though! I think I can give you a run for your money, now!

[Or-- well, he tries, anyway. But he hasn't played this game in a million years and even with his improved reflexes, it shows.]

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ok now i'm done roflsdfkjh sorry

HE IS JUST SO MAD ABOUT THIS

dhdhs is he ever not tho LOL

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