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[ He hears that grumbling and rolls his eyes in response, double checking the items going on to the conveyer belt against the haphazard list he'd created. The grocery bags get a side-eye but it's not like they won't use them, especially for beach trips or whatever else. Better than the bags breaking on the way home.

The two card packages Midoriya pockets after they're scanned for them to break into later and for once he doesn't fight Bakugou on the payment; he knows how much was on the receipt and can pay him back later. Sometimes that's the easiest way to win.

Idle chatter with the cashier gets them through til the end when they're hefting up bags of food and Midoriya waves at them cheerfully as he tosses one onto his shoulder and then turns to Bakugou as they exit. ]

Remind me to get those cards out so we can open them when I'm making dinner. I haven't bought a pack in years but they just did a re-release from when we were kids.

[ MORE HERO MERCH!!! ]

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[Pay him back later, binch? He ain't gonna take it. Midoriya will have to shovel the money in his open mouth while he sleeps.

Two of the heaviest bags get hiked up over each shoulder. He likes the idea of having a work out slipped into something normal. Carting the groceries back to the hotel won't be difficult, but it'll give him enough of a challenge to matter.] You and your fucking cards. You already have everything that's gonna be in there anyway. The originals more importantly. Damn. [But don't get him wrong. He's absolutely going to be perched on the stool opposite chef Midoriya at the kitchen to peel open the cards and have a look.

He likes heroes and hero merchandise just as much even if he pretends like it's a waste of time. Whose hat is he in again? That's right.]

It's a damn shame the fuzzball isn't here to rip them to shreds.

[Guess who misses the dOG.]

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Kacchan, you like her!!

[ It's an excited exclamation as they make their way down the sidewalk, with Midoriya double-checking the location and streets they pass along the way to make sure they're going the right direction. He's going to end up trying to keep this dog, he knows it, and it's only going to be half his fault.

Hefting the groceries up onto his shoulder, Midoriya tips his face into the sun while they walk, enjoying it even if the cards are burning a hole into his pocket as he walks.

Back into the hotel and Midoriya juggles the bags to get the keycard out to use but as soon as they're back he's toeing his shoes off and taking the groceries into the obscenely large kitchen, separating items into things for dinner and things for later. His stomach growls audibly. ]

I think the rice is in your bag?

[ A buff human torando is going through the kitchen to find a rice cooker, beware. ]

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Tch!!

[Midoriya is going to tearfully try to give the dog back before they leave, but Bakugou is going to be the one to intimidate them into letting them take her back to Japan. (And fork over the money for it, too.)]

I'm going, damn. Hold your fucking horses. [Or the Japanese equivalent. He's trying to balance the bags and get out of his stupid boots at the door. His socked feet lead him into the kitchen, and he starts taking things out of the bags so Midoriya can meticulously and mutteringly separate them.] Here. [He slides the bag of rice into a clearing so Midoriya can reach it.

It's amazing how much his skin looks slapped despite only being in the sun for such a short amount of time. The tops of his shoulders, his collar, and the peaks of his cheeks are red. It'll all turn a nice, creamy caramel when it fades into more of a tan, but for now, he's a pale fuck with a tiny bit of sunburn.

For a minute, he watches Midoriya, then he drops the cards on the raised breakfast area on the other side of the kitchen bar where he loops around to go sit.]

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[ Midoriya putters around the kitchen with no real order to which he's doing things. Chips are tossed lightly onto the counter so they can munch on them, the fish is settled off to the side and the rice is settled by the sink while he puts other things away. Rather than tearing the string that opens the bag, he simply pulls it apart with a wet rip, carefully spilling rice into a strainer to rinse under water. Before he gets his hands all fishy, he comes over and presses a kiss to a pink shoulder, lingering.

The bridge of his nose is just a little bit pink, but otherwise, he's all freckles. ] Open them while I get everything started?

[ Then he's sliding away before Bakugou can coerce him into kissing or distraction (or realistically: before he decides to try and start something, because the temptation is always there.) Bakugou's right, of course; they have most if not all cards already but he never grew out of being excited at the idea of opening them up. Plunking the rice cooker down, he starts that process, calling over his shoulder: ]

Tell me if there are any good ones. They added in new heroes, too, so maybe we'll get one of those. [ PRY A BAKUGOU OUT OF HIS SCARRED, DEAD HANDS. ]

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[Midoriya gets a mixture of a growl of displeasure and a whine when pulling away and abandoning Bakugou after teasing him. The skin on his shoulder is hot on the lips, but Bakugou doesn't jerk, so it must not smack quite yet.

He wouldn't have to worry about the stupid ass cards if he could have pulled Midoriya up into his lap on the stool. Alas.

The plastic wrapper crinkles, but splits easily at the spine's seam when he tugs with some of his fingers. The cards are crisp and matte and colorful, lacking the late 90s and early 00s style in favor of something modern and flashy. Carefully, he shifts through them. There's a lot of classics. All Might has been so popular, it's easy to find him.

Bakugou lies them down one at a time in a pile on the right, the ones they've seen plenty of times, the ones not hard to get. The last few are the best in the pack. Decent, he supposes, the first two. He holds one out between two fingers at Midoriya, a Todoroki in traditional wear, but then he falters on the next one and slowly lowers Todoroki to the counter.

After a moment, he lifts the other one out to Midoriya, turning it around. A Nighteye foil.]

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[ He can't be kidnapped for cuddling on the stool or for making out when he has food to make. Especially not when he can smell the food and his stomach is protesting angrily at some street food being the only thing he's eaten. After a pause, he pulls the bell peppers out of the fridge and starts slicing them while Bakugou sorts through them. ]

Ahhh, too bad we sent everything out already! I don't think he has one yet.

[ He'll have to send Todoroki a photo, because it's really, really good and he'll just have to save it for when they're together in person again. It's the second one, the pause before it that makes him hesitate. It's such a specific response but he can't imagine what would cause that except -

Oh.

Midoriya's smile freezes on his face and the knife chopping vegetables slows. Of course. That makes...sense. Heroes that are injured in the line of duty always see a spike in merchandising profits, heroes killed in duty see...well, they don't see anything, but their estates often see a large enough bump it takes care of anyone who may need to handle their affairs.

It still aches. Even years later. Maybe Mirio should get this one. ] I'm not sure if he'd love or hate that it's a foil.

[ Nudging the vegetables closer to Bakugou he turns back to the cutting board, stomach twisted in knots. They can't fix the past, but they can grow from it. They can always be better than they were before. ]

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[The fallen hero's foil joins the stack of others, resting on top, but Bakugou doesn't take his eyes away from Midoriya's face. No one ever knows how great Midoriya's bubbly smile is until it's gone.

Bakugou hates it.

He hates it because it goes against a certain philosophy, hates it because the freckles look sadder for it.] Hey, fuckwad. [His voice is surprisingly gentle. It took a long while, but he finally learned the things he couldn't know that happened then. To Midoriya, to Kirishima. He didn't feel the same impact for Nighteye they did, but... He gets it.] Why you frownin'? Ain't Number One always supposed to be smiling for others...? [AKA, stop looking sad because it just makes Bakugou feel bad, dammit.

Plus, he can't reach Midoriya from here with the counter between them. Getting up and going around draws too much attention. He wants to be able to give comfort without it being obvious.]

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Ah...

[ No, he's right. Midoriya can't keep being sad, not about something from years ago. Number One's job is to make other people happy and safe and he can't do that if he's moping. It's like he physically shakes it off; one moment his eyes are a little watery and the next, he's rubbing his eyes and smiling again, nodding. ]

Hold onto that one for me, please. I know someone who I think would like it.

[ It's clear, what Bakugou's doing; Midoriya recognizes the attempt and a part of him wishes that he were more tactile but the rest of him gets it. They're different and handle things differently and that's okay; Bakugou's attempt still worked. ]

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[Carefully and quietly, Bakugou opens the second pack the same way he opened the first. The more common cards on top, he goes through somewhat fast, having seen them, having expected they would be there. Common, uncommon... He slows down at the rare, peering at the card on top.

Despite himself, he cracks a bit of a smile at one corner of his lips. He puts this card down on the opposite side, alone. The image is of two people in helmeted snorkeling masks. He knows a certain now eleven or twelve year old boy who would like it maybe.

He keeps going, finally at the end with the rarer cards.] Tch! [Give him a damn break! He tries to hide the small bit of comradery under irritation.] This is bullshit. [But when he pulls that card away and sees the one behind it, he balks.] What the fuck?

[He turns the two cards around in his palm and spreads them with his fingers for Midoriya to see.] You think you can fucking slip one in without me, huh, asshole? [They aren't foils, but might as well have been in how ridiculous:

two cards, one glimmering with a fiercely Full Cowled broccoli bastard in heavy-capped red shoes; the other, an exploding damn dandelion, all hard angles and bared teeth, screaming in the heat of battle.]

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[ He can't watch Bakugou and chop fish at the same time without risking losing a finger so he listens to the rustle of cards as Bakugou goes through them instead. A glance over reveals him smiling, but Midoriya doesn't dare comment on that because he doesn't want to risk it going away. Instead he focuses on rolling small balls of rice into neat circles, laughing when he sees the cards offered to him. ]

I dunno, Kacchan, they look accurate. You look so fierce! [ He looks gorgeous even on a card. He looks like he could fight and defend anyone and win without really trying, which is also pretty damn accurate. Midoriya loves it.

Coming over with little grains of rice sticking to his hand he offers a freshly made piece of sushi out so Bakugou doesn't have to reach out and take it and risk getting the cards dirtied. It also lets him peek at the cards more closely. Bakugou paid for the groceries so it's only fair he decides what to keep but he's not sure if Bakugou wants to keep the one of himself. ]

Can I convince you to let me have yours? [ BIG PUPPY EYES ]

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Tch... Shuddap.

[Listen. He might brush this off, but maybe there's some preening in hearing Midoriya compliment him even if he rejects it almost as much as he use to when they were younger. Hell yeah, he looks fierce. He'll kick everyone's ass. He'll kick his dog's ass, he'll kick his own ass!]

Like hell.

[Oh. Nevermind. He's being fed. His lips part so Midoriya can deposit the fishy rice in his mouth, but he's quick to close them over the fingers, probably with more teeth than he should be using. At least the sushi is fresh. God, it's good not being slathered with condiments.

The card hand he lowers to the counter. The other hand takes Midoriya by the wrist--gotcha.

He pulls back to chew, his eyes hopping over Midoriya's scarred hands from one rice to the next. Give him a minute. When he's swallowed, he pulls the hand to himself to vacuum the grains off with his lips.] Maybe if you gimme something. [He abandons the cards, needing both hands to tug Midoriya between his knees as he turns to the side.]

Give me a kiss, and I'll fucking think about it.

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[ Midoriya's eyes track the movement and he sucks in a sharp breath through his nose when Bakugou's mouth closes around his fingers. It's not a surprise, but his stomach still flips all the same, like he's doing the equivalent of sliding his hand into an alligator's mouth and is reasonably sure that the alligator won't bite his fingers too bad. Then, Bakugou's not-so-helpfully cleaning rice off of his fingers (his hands were clean!!! Bakugou!!!) but Midoriya can't bring himeslf to complain as he's tugged into the other man's orbit.

One arm drapes over Bakugou's shoulders, careful not to get his shirt dirty as he leans in and presses a quick kiss to the tip of his nose. ]

Technically, after your battle at the hotel, your cards went up in value. [ Another kiss, fleeting, though he darts away if Bakugou tries to deepen it, grinning because he knows he's being a pain. ] Are you saying my kisses worth twenty-three dollars?

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Ng. Not there, fuckhead. Kiss me like you're supposed to. [Don'T KISS HIS NOSE. STOP TEASING HIM. He's distractedly trying to chase other, better forms of ki--ah. That one. But it's there and gone in a matter of seconds.] Son of a bitch...

[Dammit. Midoriya keeps getting away, and Bakugou doesn't know whether to let it happen so he can get more food, or stop it so he can get more Midoriya Izuku. Ugh. He does try to get more of a kiss, and this only gets Midoriya to flee. He doesn't try nearly as hard as he can to drag Midoriya back.]

I didn't say your kisses were worth fucking twenty-three dollars! [He sounds offended? On Midoriya's behalf. Or maybe because his scruples were questioned. He's a GOOD BOY.] I said I would fucking think about it!

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I'm supposed to be making you dinner!

[ They both know that Midoriya's attention span is a mess when distracted and Bakugou is a very big, very loud distraction that he's all too happy to lose himself in. Laughing, he takes the hand Bakugou had teased earlier and presses a quick kiss to his palm before sliding back to finish slicing and arranging the fish onto the balls of rice.

It doesn't take long when he's focused, delicately trying to make sure each slice of fish is the same size as he starts layering and arranging the balls into some sort of pattern with the different types of fish he purchased. ]

Are you saying my kisses are worth more or less than that?

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[The hawkish look on his face says he knows he's being baited by this question. He's supposed to say yes, they're worth more. He wants to say no, they're worth less (just to be an ass).

But Midoriya has already almost become Niagara Falls, and Bakugou isn't about that life.]

...More. [It's muttered. He wants to dump his chin in his arms, but he has to put the cards together in an organized pile, the ones they want to save and keep on the top. He won't have to look at Midoriya, though, is the point.] Why would your fucking kisses be less than that? Stupid.

But even if they were, getting them would just rack up the value. [He finally does look up then, long enough to catch Midoriya's eyes.] Technically, after you fucking said you loved me, your kisses went up in value.

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[ Oh. He'd honestly thought that the teasing would take more time but no, he's just...saying it. Midoriya flushes, doing a rather impressive impression of a strawberry with messy green curls and bright red cheeks. He's smiling, though, not crying, warm down to his toes with affection so fierce it feels like he can't hope to hold it back. Ugh. ]

So, you're saying that a handful of kisses will get me that card?

[ Kisses and sushi painstakingly assembled. He brings the large plate over with its frankly absurd amount of sushi, along with two smaller plates that he sets on the counter, both with sashimi on them. Midoriya kisses Bakugou's shoulder on the way around the kitchen counter to grab drinks from the refrigerator, the rum pulled out as an afterthought and plunked down there as well.

Only when he's finished setting everything up does he come back, fitting himself up behind Bakugou to plant a kiss over his throat, smelling salt and the sugary sweet hint that always seems to linger around him. ]

If their worth goes up every time I say it, by the time we're forty that would make my kisses worth so much, Kacchan.

Edited (tfw u can't think of the right word) Date: 2019-02-08 06:37 pm (UTC)

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I said I'd think about it.

[What might get Midoriya the card on top of that, though, is the fish and rice being brought over. Hey, the rum will help, too.] Don't be fucking stupid. I didn't say the value went up after every damn kiss. Just that the value went up. [Is Midoriya trying to prepare to buy low and sell high when they're forty!! What the hell!

Twisting on the stool, Bakugou scoops his legs back around Midoriya and pulls the other man between himself and the edge of the counter. He tucks in close, propping his chin on Midoriya's shoulder so he can have a piece of the sashimi with his fingers while also getting to possessively keep a hold of his true prize.]

S'almost better than your kisses.

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I can be very convincing.

[ Very annoying and earnest, really. Midoriya grins, letting himself be dragged in by the long line of Bakugou's legs, sliding an openly appreciative hand up from a calve to a thigh, squeezing just shy of where it'd turn into his ass. It's all hard muscle underneath, but Midoriya's hand curls around it just as casually possessive and affectionate as the chin on his shoulder. ]

You know, Kacchan, it's much more difficult to eat like this.

[ He's not...really complaining because his cheeks are warm and he's a little flustered, stealing a quick cheek kiss since it's there. Midoriya doesn't miss that almost either, laughing quietly as he steals a piece to eat himself. ]

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Don't care.

[The point is he gets to snuggle and also vacuum the dinner made for him. Clearly, this is the best thing. He does relent just enough to let Midoriya have some, feeling it's only fair considering Midoriya prepared it all.

But one is enough. Or maybe two.

Once more, he weasels his head back in, but instead of putting his chin on Midoriya's shoulder, he kind of just... hovers expectantly. He peers at the food, at Midoriya, and then parts his lips in silent demand for Midoriya to put something delicious in his mouth. Feed him. Spoiled.

Watch out for the fingers, he'll probably try to nip them.]

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[ Really, the snuggling is one of the best parts of this whole endeavor. It's less likely to happen when suggested, but the impulse snuggling? That is great, and well worth the penalty of not being able to inhale thirty pieces of sushi in as many seconds. ]

Your hands are still free.

[ Like it matters, like Midoriya isn't wrapped around Bakugou's finger, like he's not going to pick up a piece of sushi and carefully feed him. The nipping isn't a surprise - it's Bakugou. Once he frees his finger, it traces over the swell of his lower lip and then he steals his hand back just to feed him another piece, leaning against the steady line of him on the stool. Besides, being this close affords him the ability to study Bakugou differently than from a distance in public, or asleep. There are the pink, sun-kissed parts of his shoulders that Midoriya desperately wants to kiss, the sharp line of his clavicle that Midoriya thinks about marking up at least ten times a day. Unfair.

He sneaks the hand off of Bakugou's thigh to eat another two pieces in quick succession and then draws a glass over, washing it down with some water from earlier which he offers to Bakugou in turn. For once, he doesn't chatter, too focused on the task at hand with a side of wondering which shirt Bakugou's wearing tomorrow and how far he can leave marks on the pale skin of his throat. Hm. ]

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[Midoriya is too busy hungrily looking over the rest of him to notice Bakugou watching back. Even when he's lapping the sushi out of Midoriya's fingers, his red eyes are cut to Midoriya's face.

After he's finished swallowing, he reaches up to snap once in front of Midoriya's nose.] Oi. [If Midoriya likes the ropey, thick neck and the slanted collar bone, he'll love the swell of cleavage when Bakugou leans forward in Midoriya's face, letting the dipped tank top just fly open without a care in the world.] What the hell is your eyes looking at so hard?

[He takes the water without withdrawing, still suspiciously bouncing his eyes back and forth between Midoriya's own.] You're lookin' at me like I'm the fucking main course. [He leans back just so he can swig the water and lick his lips.] But I'm wonderin' if you've got the fucking balls to even take a bite.

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[ They are absolutely, positively not allowed to have sex before they eat dinner, no matter how much Bakugou looks like a whole fucking meal all on his own. They can't. The sushi will go bad and he spent so long on it that he refuses to let it happen, which means his options are limited. Being a hero is all about finding creative solutions, right? He shoves down the part of himself that wants to bicker back, because sometimes the best way to win a battle is to know how to fight. ]

Sometimes, it takes everything not to look at you. Doesn't matter who else is in the room, you're just... [ A confession, but it's uttered like a fact as Midoriya's eyes are drawn down to the swell of his chest, stomach going tight. Creative solutions. He's got this, especially when Bakugou offers the challenge. How can he not rise to it? ] It's what I was debating earlier, Kacchan.

[Hesitating just the briefest beat, he adjusts his position back by a step, pressing a kiss to a pink shoulder, sliding down until he has his lips against Bakugou's adam's apple and then further, grazing teeth over his clavicle. ]

I was trying to remember what you packed so I know where to leave the bruises. [ A quick glance up through messy curls and then Midoriya leans in and presses his teeth into the meat of his chest, just hard enough to be able to watch pale skin go white and then flush red. Probably not hard enough to bruise, but that's fine. Midoriya drags a hand up from his thigh, over his belly and palms over a nipple on his way up to skim over the teeth marks. ]

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[Yeah, okay. Midoriya thinks they aren't allowed to have sex before--during?--dinner, but here they are, clearly about to start having sex against the counter and on the stool in the middle of freshly made sushi.

Honestly, Bakugou didn't expect Midoriya to follow through because of this exact reason. He figured he'd be scolded or chided, that Midoriya would try to distract him by offering to shove more rice and fish into his mouth.

So color him shocked as hell when Midoriya gets fire in the blood. When Midoriya gets into his space, and he has to lean back enough to make room. Heat climb quickly up his jaws into his cheeks. He asked, but dammit, it's both embarrassing and attractive when Midoriya tells him so boldly.] The fuck? Don't be saying shit like that so... [His throat swallows between Midoriya's lips. The skin of his neck and the top of his chest is feverish.]

Fuck off. [Which is hard when one of Bakugou's big hands is cupping Midoriya's elbow. His face collapses for a brief few seconds from irritably enthralled to pleasantly tortured. His voice has gotten husky again. No... the biting... Why is the biting and Midoriya's dumbass big hand feeling him up one of the biggest turn ons in the world?] You're startin' some shit I'm gonna make you fucking finish.

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[ He'd be lying if he said he hadn't considered it. Of course he'd also had to weigh just how much marble countertops cost to replace if they ended up breaking them during sex and he'd decided it probably (probably) wasn't worth it. Bakugou's making him reconsider, though, because his voice is doing that thing and Midoriya wants to wring his name out of him when it sounds like this. ]

Hey, I fully intend on - [ As if to remind them that truck food, while delicious, wasn't the most filling, his stomach growls loudly between them and Midoriya thunks his head down onto Bakugou's shoulder pathetically. He's wasting away, Bakguou. ]

On finishing eating, and then um, everything else. You.

[ Yeah, smooth, absolutely fucking nailed it. Midoriya shoves a piece of sushi into his mouth and then picks up another to feed it to Bakugou. That is absolutely not what he meant, but it kind of is, which is the worst. ]