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It never got less amusing to watch kirishima lose focus of the conversation around their table and stare at the blond senior who had just entered the college cafeteria. Attentive red eyes followed every movement and didn’t stop even after the blonde had sat down on a table with his meal, scrolling on his phone. Mina snapped her fingers in front of the red head to break him out of the spell he probably didn’t even realise he was under.
“Oh” Kirishima blinked and looked around at his friends grinning at him.
“How is it the same every time?”
“I swear it’s like you’re hypnotised.”
“What? No! I just….look at him…normally.” Kirishima denied their claims.
“Sure”
“We have to record him next time” Sero suggested.
“Oh man! How have we not done that already?”
Kirishima tried to disappear in his chair.
“KACCHAN!” In walked Izuku midoriya, the sweetest person to ever exist who probably didn’t notice being at the end of kirishima’s scathing glare. He skipped to bakugou and scooted a chair next to him (Too fucking close, in kirishima’s opinion) and excitedly babbled about something.
“Kirishima!” All of them whisper yelled to get his attention.
“You look like you’re gonna pounce on him man” Kaminari fretted.
“I’d have never thought I’d EVER see YOU so angry” Mina sighed out in disbelief.
Kirishima covered his face with his hands. This is all new for him too and he doesn’t know how to deal with it.
“There are rumours that they’re boy friends-” Kaminari started and immediately started sweating as Kirishima scowled (SCOWLED!)
“-but they’re just rumours! Someone did say they saw them kissing-” Kirishima's face contorted even more “- but they weren’t even sure if it was bakugou! You’ve nothing to worry about” Kaminari finished with a wobbly grin. Kirishima just stood up and grabbed his things. “It’s time for my next class. See you guys later”
They watched him go knowing full well there was still time for his next class.
“Kaminari you idiot!”
“I’m so sorry! Oh my god. I shouldn’t have said that. Why’d I say that?”
“Cuz you’re an idiot” Sero helpfully supplied.
Kaminari was sullen at his mess up and was being reprimanded by Sero for his big mouth that they didn’t notice someone looking at their friend’s retreating back. Mina did.
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It was dangerously close to their exams and kirishima was struggling with physics. He was going through a derivation when Mina placed a cup of coffee next to him.
“Thanks” He tiredly got out.
“I have good news for you” Mina beamed and sat next to him. How was she able to keep up with that bubbly energy even this close to exams? “Last time you were screeching about how you’d really like a tutor for this subject” Kirishima nodded and sipped the coffee. “Well I talked to someone and they agreed to tutor you!” Mina clapped her hands. “What? Seriously!? Oh my god that’s great. How’d they even agree? Do they even have time? Who are they?” A ‘shush’ was directed towards them and Kirishima realised he had raised his voice in his excitement.
“He’s a third year and he’s gonna be here in a bit. You might wanna….look a bit more put together”
“I’m stressed out of my mind. Looking presentable is the last thing on my mind” Kirishima chuckled.
Mina seemed to produce a comb out of thin air and ran it through his unruly hair that he had messed up while trying to figure out some equations. Next, she shrugged him out of his jacket that he didn’t even realise had ink stains. “There! A lot better”
“Thanks?”
“No problem buddy. You can do it!” and she was gone.
That was odd. Not giving it much thought he once again got lost trying to make sense of whatever the hell was on the paper. He didn’t even notice when someone sat in front of him.
“Need help with that?”
Looking up to see who spoke was a mistake. He froze, just stopped functioning. His brain was not working!
Bakugou waved his hand in front of his eyes. “You there?”
Oh my god. He has to say something right? A ‘Hi’ sounds alright. He moved his lips but nothing came out. Now the blonde was looking at him with concern, with his very very pretty eyes.
“Um Hi-Hello-Hi” Good god.
“Hi” Bakugou chuckled.
“What-Um What are you doing….here?” Kirishima squeaked out.
“Here to tutor you red. Physics right? What do you need help with?”
“Oh you’re…..you’re the tutor?”
“Yeah”
“You’re the senior who agreed to tutor me?”
“Yep”
“Oh…..oh!”
“Yeah oh. Hurry up or it’ll be time for me to leave.”
He didn’t know how but he somehow ended up concentrating. Bakugou was such a good teacher and all his queries were solved.
“Ok enough for today. We can go over the next part tomorrow since it’s tough. It’s better if you revise what we did today”
“Are you sure you want to keep teaching me? You’re probably very busy yourself”
“Nah, I'm way ahead of my class. These exams are gonna be a breeze.”Bakugou shrugged.
“Wow. You’re smart on top of being-” Pretty. Shit! He almost said that.
“On top of being?” Bakugou was smirking at him. He flushed red and not wanting to further embarrass himself, got up.
“Thank you so much bakugou san-”
“Katsuki”
“Huh?”
“Call me katsuki. Bakugou is too formal”
“K-....Katsuki-san” Yep. His face was definitely very red right now. “Ah I’m-”
“Kirishima eijirou. I know”
“Oh” Kirishima blinked dumbly.
“Gimme your phone. I’ll add my contact number”
“Ok” With clammy hands he handed it to the blonde.
“Done. See you next time red” Katsuki grinned and left.
Kirishima just stood there in a daze trying to process the whole evening. A ‘yoohoo’ startled him out of his reverie.
“Soo? How was it?” It was a very joyous mina.
“He told me to call him katsuki and even gave his phone number! AND he knew my name! How could you not tell me it was bakugou katsuki you asked to tutor me?”
“I knew you’d freak out”
“But I looked like a mess. Oh my god I look awful. Ahhh my dark circles!”
“This is what I mean. Calm down, you were probably fine.” She patted his back.
"I hope to god you're right!"
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'Hey, this is katsuki'
'I'm free to tutor you tomorrow. Are you free after 6 PM?'
Kirishima sat up so fast he gave himself a whiplash. Katsuki texted him! Tomorrow? Tomorrow's Friday.
'Hey!'
'(≧▽≦)'
'Yes, I'm free! Are you sure tho? It's the weekend. Don't you want to maybe chill and hangout with your friends?'
Throwing his phone on the bed, he furiously paced around. Realised his notifications weren't on and power walked back to his phone. There was already a reply!
'I've no other plans'
'At the college Library tomorrow?'
Kirishima's heart started beating at the thought of seeing him again. Mentally he started going through his wardrobe as he typed an 'ok'. Tomorrow couldn't come any sooner.