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“Ah don’t think he realizes you got too cuddly with the villain too, sugah.” You divulge to the boy still beside you.
>"No, he does. All I got though was that I, and I am paraphrasing, 'should have punched Shigaraki's head off.' Didn't say anything about surviving."
>"Congratulations on doing the absolute bare minimum to live Deku, despite even your best effort not to with that so called quirk of yours, you wet pile of compost." Bakugo spits out over his shoulder after a deep sigh. It reminds you of Pa talking on the phone to some automated customer service program.
>"Huh. No swearing again." Deku comments without skipping a beat. He then notices your questioning expression and gives a shrug. "Compost is kind of an upgrade."
"Over wh- Nope. Ah ain't askin' that." You say, shaking your head and getting some hair in your eyes. "Anyways, glad to see you well sugah. Between your exam and the incident with Shiggy, Ah would have expected to see you still at least a little bruised…in spirit or physically Ah mean."
>"O-oh?" For some reason, he looks surprised that you are still talking with him, his face turns pink as you continue to give him your attention. "W-well, you know Recovery Girl’s quirk works particularly well on contusions… and I'm just glad nobody was harmed. There'll always be another chance to capture him, right? One that doesn't risk the lives of dozens."
"Took the words right outta mah mouth" You reaffirm with a nod. “And until then?”
> “...I won't let these incidents stop me or slow me down!" Deku announces, looking up to you with a wide innocent smile on his freckled face.
While not being much shorter than you, when Deku gets this way, <span class="mu-i">like Angus</span> with that look, you have a hard time keeping yourself from just picking him and cuddling him and- wait. No. Stop.
"’y-yuup." You eventually cough out while successfully keeping your hands to yourself. Luckily, he doesn't wait for a more elaborate answer from you, going to scrutinize his grades instead.
As with most emotions and thoughts you don't want to deal with, you take the first chance to push them back into the dark corners of your mind and replace it with unbridled enthusiasm. Thus, you twirl back towards the door to greet new arrivals with vigor.
