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Bakugo didn’t know when or why it started, but he was now noticing it more and more. He couldn’t ever recall being like this before, maybe when he was really young but that was it. Now he had these wants and urges, things he never acted upon or asked others about. No, he couldn’t do that, he’d spent a good chunk of the school year being a guy who wouldn’t want what he wanted now.
It was probably Kaminari’s fault, he’d let the electrical nuisance hang around too much, slapping him on the back for a job well done, throwing his arm around his shoulder... touching him… He should have yelled at Kaminari more often, Kirishima too, those two and the added Ashido and Sero to the group and now he had four idiots always trying to be friendly with him. The group of imbeciles had even dubbed themselves the ‘BakuSquad’.
And somehow, they had gotten him to go along with it, he hadn’t even really thought about how chummy he really was letting them get with him. Now he was paying the price he thought to himself as he was sitting on a couch in the commons area with them.
They had setup some kind of movie night for the ‘BakuSquad’. Somehow they had roped Bakugo into joining, he still didn’t know how he and his blanket got down here with the rest of them and their own blankets. But here he was, wrapped up in his blanket on the couch in between Sero and Ashido, the two of them had even complained that Kirishima and Kaminari always ‘hogged him’ and then pretty much pushed the two off the couch and stole their seats, and so now instead of Kirishima and Kaminari sitting on either side of him, it was Ashido and Hanta.
Maybe it was this change that really made Bakugo notice it, maybe it was the fact that these two tended to be a bit less touchy than the other two, maybe it was the fact that they weren’t sitting as close as Kaminari and Kirishima would have. Whatever it was, Bakugo realized how much he actually wanted the closeness, the warmth of another person close by, the touch of another person.
He wanted to move closer to one of the two sitting near him, or get up and sit between Kirishima and Kaminari on the other couch. But he couldn’t do that, he couldn’t let them know he was weak and craved head scratches, hugs, cuddles, all that shit. He was going to be the number one hero someday, he couldn’t let such stupid desires slow him down or get in the way. He’d made it this far rejecting any kind of affection and shit, he could go on without it.
But damn it was getting hard to ignore the thoughts and ignoring the voice in the back of his head telling him ideas like, pretend to fall asleep and lean on one of them, slowly just start to lean on them anyways, or even just straight up ask. There was no way he could do any of these things, he wasn’t exactly known as a touchy feely guy.
It wouldn’t hurt to try though, right?
All he had to do...was either ask or just go for it, like they always did...
But what if they didn’t like it? What if he fucked up somehow, what if they judged him and thought of him differently…
He really wanted to do it though, he’d seen them all cuddle up with each other before, during class movie nights, or with others from their class randomly it seemed. It seemed nearly everyone in the class did some platonic cuddling on the couches in the commons area from time to time, it was rare to have a week go by without seeing at least two or three people on the couch under a big blanket and just cuddling or something.
Why couldn’t he just let himself give into to these desires. It wasn’t like it was going to kill him if he let people touch him more often. Maybe he’d even feel less stressed and angry all the time if he just let himself accept the damn affection, stop seeing it as a weakness and get over it and let it happen.
Wait.
Was that snoring he heard now? They had been here for quite awhile, he wasn’t even sure how he was still awake, it was way past the time he normally went to bed. But that’s how it went, they would drag him to these BakuSquad movie nights, some of them would fall asleep, and he’d leave after whatever movie they were on ended, or if he felt way too tired he’d just leave.
Glancing over he noticed it was Sero who he heard snoring, though Kaminari and Kirishima looked like both of them were nodding off on the other couch. Looking over at Ashido, she seemed to be quite awake still. The pink acidic girl normally was the last to fall asleep, just his luck that she was like that. If Ashido had been asleep that would have made things a lot easier, he could have easily pretended to accidentally fall asleep on Sero or even her, and deal with the teasing and whatever in the morning.
Although...she wasn’t looking at him… he could do it anyways…
He just couldn’t fuck up and let anyone know he wasn’t actually accidentally falling asleep.
Since the bubbly pink girl wasn’t looking at him, focused on whatever movie was on, Bakugo closed his eyes. Not moving or doing anything else he stayed where he was, wrapped up in a blanket leaning against the couch. He couldn’t just lean against one of them right away, the better choice would probably be Sero since he was already asleep, Ashido might say something right away if he made an attempt to sleep on her.
The explosive teen had just started to make his move on slowly moving towards leaning onto Sero when he heard a hushed voice.
“Holy shit did he actually fall asleep?”
“Dude he is, Ashido look at Bakubro.”
He had forgotten that the other two hadn’t quite fallen asleep yet, he’d only been thinking of the two people on the couch he was on…Luckily it seemed his falling asleep act worked, now he just had to finish it..
Then he felt it, and heard a giggle as someone pushed him towards Sero!
“Ashido he’ll kill you if he finds out you made him sleep on Sero!”
“I’ll be fine, just keep your voice down! Who knows when we’ll get another opportunity like this! Someone get a picture!”
Guess those consequences will be starting sooner than he thought, but he expected pictures to be taken if he’d gone through with his plan, it wasn’t like they didn’t have worse pictures. He could pretend to wake up now and yell at them… But he was resting on Sero, feeling the warmth of another just like he wanted…
And it was…
Nice.
He wanted to do this more often. How would he do it though? He had no idea, but he would have to find a way. For now, he would just be happy with this moment now, ignoring the quiet laughs and giggles from the other three as he kept his eyes closed.
But then he opened them.
It was morning, the sun was shining through the windows of the common area. Where Bakugo was still on Sero, even more than he remembered. He had actually fallen asleep on him, something he hadn’t planned on actually doing. Glancing around, Ashido was gone, but Kirishima and Kaminari were asleep on the other couch. Though not sleeping on each other like him and Sero. It seemed at some point in the night Sero had gone from simply sitting on the couch to more laying on the couch asleep, with Bakugo laying on top of him. This couldn’t of been comfortable for him, why was he allowed to sleep on the human tape dispenser like this? Why didn’t he wake Bakugo up and tell him to scram or something?
Maybe Sero wasn’t aware of their sleeping position, maybe dumb, dumber, and Ashido had moved them after he had actually fallen asleep without either of them waking. Yeah that had to be it.
Though no matter however they got into this position, Bakugo didn’t mind. They were all still asleep so he didn’t have to get off yet, right? He could try and go back to sleep, or pretend to sleep until Sero or someone woke up. They already had pictures of when he was faking being asleep the previous night, and he was sure that if they had been the ones to move Sero and him they had more pictures, and with his luck the pictures would probably get shared with the rest of their classmates. Nothing worse could happen right? So the blond closed his eyes again.
Soon after he heard someone yawn and stretch, shifting on the other couch, it sounded like Kaminari was up. Then he heard what sounded like the electrical teen summoning some of his electricity, and then a small yelp that sounded like Kirishima. Bakugo could only assume that Kaminari woke up Shitty hair with his quirk.
“What the hell was that for man!?”
“Shh! Look Sero actually let Bakubro sleep on him all night after he woke up!”
So, Sero was aware Bakugo had fallen asleep on him… That was one less thing he would have to deal with today.
“Haha, Bakugo looked so peaceful though, I didn’t even know his face could look like what we saw last night.”
“Me neither, we’ll have to get him to fall asleep on us more often perhaps!”
Bakugo instantly found himself hoping they were serious about that. He wanted to yell at them and himself, but…. Even if it was Sero, laying on someone felt quite nice and relaxing for some reason… It was like it had given him relief from something he didn’t even know was bothering him.
Then he heard the elevator, someone must be coming for breakfast. There was no school today so most people slept in and didn’t rush down to get food. But still just his luck that more people would be seeing him in this situation. He should get up now before more people gather and see him. Bakugo was still debating opening his eyes and getting up when he heard whoever had come from the elevator speak.
“You guys slept down here again? Wait is that Kacchan? Kacchan fell asleep this time too?”
Of course it’s fucking Deku.
“Heheh, yeah he did, then Ashido pushed him onto Sero and Sero woke up soon after with Bakugo asleep on him still, we’d never seen Bakugo look so at peace. So Sero let him be and went back to sleep.”
“Bakugo seems to be laying more on Sero than I remember though, last I remember before passing out was blasty simply leaning against him, but now he’s laying right on top of Sero.”
“Hm.. Well… Kacchan did tend to be a bit of a cuddler in his sleep when we were kids, He’d always pretend it didn’t happen when we woke up though...”
Wait what.
Bakugo didn’t remember anything like that… Did that happen? Was Deku making shit up? Why did the nerd sound sad about it?
“Bakubro? A cuddler? If I didn’t see him right now with Sero I don’t think I would have believed you one bit.”
Then he felt Sero moving and sitting up a bit, fuck no he wasn’t ready to get up yet!
“Huh? Someone said my name? What’s all the chit chat about?”
“Oh we were just talking about Bakugo and how he looked happy sleeping on you, according to Midoriya, Bakugo was a sleep cuddler when they were little.”
“If he wasn’t asleep on me right now I’d say you were making that up.”
“Yeah that’s what I was saying haha.”
Bakugo then felt Sero move one of his arms.
“Dude what are you doing, he’ll kill you!”
“He’s already gonna kill all of us when he wakes up and realizes he fell asleep down here. His hair looks soft I wanna touch it.”
Then he felt Sero’s hand on his head. He didn’t mean to but his eyes shot open at the touch and he pushed himself up away from Sero and his hand. Bakugo had wanted the touch on his head but seemed to have made a split second to freak the moment Sero’s hand made contact with his head. Realizing that they were all staring at them now, he looked at Sero.
“The hell do you think you’re doing soy sauce face! Don’t fuckin’ touch me!” He yelled as he quickly scrambled off the Sero and the couch.
The black haired teen just simply blinked at him for a bit, before letting out a small chuckle. “Dude I let you sleep on top of me all night, but I touch your head and you wake up and get angry?”
“I didn’t fucking mean to, one of you shoulda have fucking woke me up! It’s your own damn fault that I slept on you!” Bakugo responded, stomping off to the elevator, abandoning his blanket on the floor next to the couch. He didn’t really mean to go off on Sero like that, he just didn’t know what else to do.
Stepping into the elevator he pressed the button for his floor as he got in. He heard someone get in with him and press a button too. Turning around he saw it was Deku, holding his blanket.
“U-uh you left this Kacchan!” The green nerd said, holding the blanket towards him.
Bakugo grumbled and took the blanket from him, at least he wouldn’t have to go back and get it later.
The elevator arrived at Deku’s floor first, and the green haired teen seemed to be getting off the elevator when he stopped looked at Bakugo. “U-um.. C-could we talk about something Kacchan?
What? What the hell did the nerd want to talk about now? The elevator doors closed and started heading to Bakugo’s floor. He was too tired to deal with this, but when Deku wanted to talk about something, he made it a priority to talk to Bakugo about whatever he wanted to speak with him about nowadays. Knowing that if he sent the nerd away now, he’d just come back later and keep coming back until they talked.
“Tch, fine, but you better make it quick.” the blond answered, stepping off the elevator once it got to his floor and making his way to his room with Deku trailing behind him. Entering his room he threw his blanket on his bed, he’d make the bed later, first he had to get rid of Deku. “Alright, spill, what the hell you wanna talk about now.”
Deku looked nervous about what he was going to say, twirling his fingers a bit before finally speaking. “You uh, weren’t asleep before Sero touched your head.”
How did he know! Did the nerd study how he sleeps or something? Probably did, he wouldn’t doubt that the nerd had a whole notebook just about him. “What the hell you mean? So what if I wasn’t, maybe I just didn’t want to deal with the idiots yet.
Deku shook his head, “I um, don’t think that’s why you were pretending to still be asleep. I noticed you would do a similar thing when we were kids and still had sleep overs…”
There it was again, stuff about when they were kids that Bakugo had no memory of. “The fuck you talking about, I don’t remember doing any shit like that.”
Deku seemed a bit surprised. “You really don’t remember do you?”
“Whatever you’re talking about, you must've dreamed. I don’t remember whatever you’re trying to tell me I did.”
“Kacchan… you could probably ask your old friends too. They seen it and might remember if you don’t believe me.”
Now he was bringing the old gang into this, surely if they remembered something like this they would have teased him or some shit about it. Though he was rather threatening to people in middle school… Maybe they wouldn’t have? Bakugo tried to remember the old sleepovers they used to have, trying to remember what Deku was insisting he did.
Wait…
He did do this same shit as a kid! Though he could only remember waking up cuddled up with someone, mostly damn Deku, He could only vaguely remember not getting up right away the mornings he found himself in those situations…. And how the group would tease him for being a ‘sleep hugger’ as they called it….
“Well I probably had the same reason back then! It was too early to deal with idiots!”
Deku just looked at him for a moment, looking not totally convinced. How was this fucking nerd so good at seeing through him!
“But is that really the reason Kacchan? I can’t help but feel like it’s not.”
Deku needed to mind his own business, so what if that wasn’t the reason! Couldn’t the damn nerd just leave him alone! He already was angry at himself for having the desire for human touch, he didn’t need Deku finding out about it too! Having these desires made him weak! Deku knew too much about his weaknesses, he didn’t need to know more!
“You like cuddling and stuff, right Kacchan?”
Fuck he knew, he knew he was weaker now.
“W-what! Fuck no! I don’t like that shit! Get out we’re done talking!”
Deku looked unconvinced, but turned and started to head towards the door. At least, that’s what it seemed liked. Bakugo had sat at the edge of the bed, looking down at the floor, waiting to hear the door close signaling Deku had left. But the sound never came.
Instead, he felt a hand touch his head and quickly start scratching. It sent shivers down his spine, a tingly sensation in his head. It was as if the whole world had stopped as the hand scratched his head. It felt so good he never wanted it to stop.
And then he realized.
It’s Deku’s hand.
Deku was scratching his head.
The explosive teen almost couldn’t bring himself to yell at the other teen in his room. Key word, almost.
“W-what the fucking hell do you think you’re d-doing! Quit touching my head!” He yelled at Deku, who looked to be unfazed by the sudden outburst.
“Kacchan, you just let me do this for quite awhile. You can’t tell me you don’t like it.”
How long had he let Deku scratch his head for? He realized he had no clue, he’d gotten lost in how it felt that he realized he had no idea how much time had passed.
“Why the hell did you fucking do it in the first place! What gives you the right to touch me out of nowhere!?” Bakugo continued on, demanding answers from the green haired teen. Why had he started scratching his head seemingly out of nowhere? Was he trying to prove Bakugo’s weakness so he could rub it in his face?!
“I know you wanted it… I don’t know how but I could just tell… It’s fine to want things Kacchan.”
There it was, trying to get him to think it was okay and then get everyone to-
No… Deku wouldn’t do that, Bakugo knew that, but that didn’t stop his mind from thinking people would down upon him and taunt him if they knew he craved physical contact, even something simple and dumb like his head being scratched. He knew they wouldn’t, hell the ‘BakuSquad’ would probably be overjoyed to hear about it and touch him more than they already did.
‘N-no it’s not! I don’t want y-you or anyone else touching me!”
He just couldn’t stop denying it and just admit it. It was clear Deku already knew, but that didn’t mean he had to admit he was right! Bakugo had just opened his mouth to yell some more when Deku then hugged him at that moment, why was he hugging him wasn’t scratching his head to prove his weakness enough! Bakugo was about to yell at Deku again when the nerd started moving his hands,gently scratching around in circles on Bakugo’s back, causing the blond teen to shudder at the sensation. The tingly feeling back in his brain as Deku continued.
“Do you really want me to stop? I won’t mention it to anyone.”
Why was he being so casual about this, why couldn’t Bakugo think about anything but how nice it felt. He wanted to push Deku away and threaten him to get out of his room,but he also didn’t want this moment to end…
“F-fucking fine! If you’re just going to keep on insisting on it! A little bit more then you’re out of here, tell anyone and you’re dead!”
Deku didn’t respond as he just continued on with what he was doing, Bakugo slipped back into a relaxed headspace as Deku kept it up. He barely noticed as Deku had them both lay on the bed while holding Bakugo, having the blond as a little spoon.
Maybe this wasn’t so bad… He could trust Deku right? Deku wasn’t going to look down on him just for wanting hugs and head scratches and shit… If it got him more of this maybe he could live with Deku knowing he thought to himself as they laid there.
Bakugo had nearly fallen back asleep when he heard his door open, but Deku was still on the bed with him, so that meant it had to be one of the idiots from his squad. There would be no time to jump off the bed and deny that he had been spooning with Deku, he barely even remember laying down. Instead, he closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep again. It worked once on them so why not again?
“Oh woah sorry,I didn’t realize you were here Midoriya, are… you two spooning? Did Bakugo fall back asleep?”
Yeah… He was just gonna let Deku deal with this. He had no idea how he would have explained this, he thought to himself as he once again drifted off to sleep as he listened to Deku, Kirishima, and Kaminari talking…