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[ He gets it; he might not understand it but after there's no reaction the first few seconds Midoriya rolls his eyes and lets himself get caught up in a conversation with Kirishima about classes.

Throughout it, though, he keeps half an eye on Bakugou; there's a part of him that desperately wants to get him to laugh out loud while he's pretending not to care or pay attention and while it's not quite that, it's still good. Midoriya gives him a shiteating grin in response and barely resists the urge to stick out his tongue.

Bakugou's response absolutely succeeds, though; Midoriya can't stifle the snicker which prompts everyone around him to demand to know what it is. He shows the picture to them which gets Sero's attention, and he shoves at Midoriya's shoulder playfully, loudly protesting that that's not what they're for!

In the meantime, Midoriya makes it his sworn mission to get at least a snicker, which means three are sent in quick succession and Midoriyais watching.

ok listen
this was Ashido's doing
:) ]

[dynamight]

[The first one almost does it, being a shitty All Might meme. He grits his teeth and sneers, daring to open the other two. Stupid. Fucking stupid!! The last one shouldn’t, not when it sends a ripple of irritation coursing through him too.

The chuckle comes out, and he turns his head away from the room to keep anyone from seeing the break in his face, and he masks the low sound with a cough. Midoriya gets Fucking weak. as a response regardless of what visibly happened. He can’t believe he cracked under some dumbass meme.

Looking up like before, Midoriya gets a heated glare. He raises a hand and drags a single finger across his neck, a silent threat. He’s going to murder this damn shrimp for thinking he could be one of the fodder for Internet memes.]

I’m gonna kill you. [It’s mouthed. He knows Midoriya can read his lips.] After the movie, you’re dead.

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[ He's not quite sure any of them are going to work; Bakugou's....well, Bakugou and Midoriya is fully aware he might not get any kind of reaction but he's nothing if not patient. When it comes, Midoriya is so pleased with himself it's downright ridiculous. He grins, wide and pleased, slouching back into the couch with the others as he watches Bakugou gesture and then mouth that he's going to kill him.

Yeah, about what he expected. Midoriya grins wider, which completely ruins the faux-innocent look he's going for right then and keeps to text so he doesn't draw attention to them. There's a line to walk here; too much attention and someone might notice and make a big deal and that'll just properly piss Bakugou off. ]

Try it.

[dynamight]

[As expected, Midoriya gets 🖕🖕🖕 in return for the challenge. Before he can do or say anything else in reply, Kirishima practically leaps on him to get his attention, and he has to shove a hand against the boy's face to obtain some of his own personal space back.

With popcorn and drinks scattered between the table and the couches, the movie is starting, and Kirishima manages to wrangle him over with everyone else. He's crushed between the end of one side couch and red-haired shark teeth, directly adjacent to Midoriya at the end of another. Two idiots, Kirishima and Kaminari, wedged between him and Tokoyami at the opposite side. Maybe bird boy is morosexual, too.

During the start, Midoriya gets a text. Bakugou has slouched so far down on the couch that just the top half of his spiked head from the eyes up peaks out. His red eyes shift over the arm to peer at Midoriya.]

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[ Midoriya doesn't pay a ton of attention to the movie; he's seen it before after Kirishima told him that he absolutely had to and just a few of them went to watch it when it was in theaters. It's good, but in a mindless way that he appreciates. He settles onto the couch firmly between Iida and Uraraka, lifting his legs so Sero can throw himself down on the ground in front of the couch to lounge with them.

It means he's close enough to others that when Bakugou sends the text, his whole body shakes and Uraraka leans over his shoulder to look and be cool be cool be cool. She's soft and smells nice and Midoriya is very quietly dying as he texts Bakugou back. ]

Kirishima picked this movie just for you and you're not even paying attention!! :(!

But also.

[dynamight]

[Unfortunately, the smirk Midoriya may like to see is hidden by the arm of the couch, though at least the edges of it just barely find Bakugou's eyes.]

Don't give a shit.

[Kirishima only glances back at him when something crazy happens anyway, looking like an expectant puppy. Otherwise, the boy is leaned all up on him, and it's not like he can see around the stupid ass hair anyway. To make the most of it, he uses the back of Kirishima's shoulders as a prop for his arm when texting.]

You and balloon girl got a thing going on? She's almost in your lap.

[Real rich coming from shark infested waters over here.]

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[ Midoriya's doing a rather impressive impression of a strawberry, all red cheeks and green hair, huddling down into the couch to text. ]

Shut up, she is not.

[ She, and Iida, are both very close and Midoriya is nothing if not a certified bisexual disaster who loves his friends a lot and has no game, at all, whatsoever. He absolutely sees the way Bakugou's lounging on Kirishima, though, and gives him a very intentional once over, with a look at Kirishima. Kirishima notices and Midoriya freezes and then gives what's a very unconvincing smile mouthing good movie!!!. Blessedly, Kirishima doesn't question it. ]

Stones and glass houses or something, Kacchan.

[dynamight]

[The reply offers a lot of amusement, but it's the fact when he peeks over the couch arm to see some of Midoriya's red face that he really gets some entertainment. He's even more smug when Midoriya tries to hassle him only for Kirishima to see.]

Hope jet legs doesn't stick his hand in the popcorn bowl for your dick instead of her.

[His eyes peer wolfishly over the side of the couch, not looking away unless he has to keep texting. Teasing Midoriya is, like, the best thing in the world.]

You gonna kiss her during the movie? Do you even know how to fucking kiss a girl?

[pacifisting]

[ Oh, god. Midoriya makes a noise at the idea of it and promptly steals the blanket off the back of the couch like it's a shield he can use against Bakugou's teasing. ]

You are the actual worst??? Genuinely.

[ That's NOT A COMPLIMENT, Bakugou, even if he's probably going to take it as one. Midoriya gives him a look over the top of his phone, squinting. Kissing Kirishima is probably as close to frenching a shark as you get, he figures. ]

Why, do you want tips??

[dynamight]

Thanks, nerd. Why are you getting so worked up?

[Midoriya wasn't wrong; Bakugou assumes it's a compliment. Or, well, he takes it that way because being the Actual Worst is great. That's his quirk, being an asshole.]

I thought you fucking might need some.

[His eyes lift back over the couch, and they're practically grinning, especially since Midoriya has retreated into the blanket.]

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I'm NOT.

[ He says super convincingly, knowing that he's absolutely shit at lying about this. It feels like a loss, huddling under his blanket while Bakugou grins at him, Midoriya makes a face in response, rolling his eyes. ]

I don't need any tips on kissing.

[ Whether that's because there's no chance of anyone kissing him or because he's good at it remains to be seen. Has Bakugou kissed people? Midoriya had always assumed Bakugou was ahead of him in everything but in the least mean way possible he's ... not really sure Bakugou has. ]

[dynamight]

Oh yeah?

[It says he's typing something else, but Kirishima again turns to bust into his personal space, excited, and he has to stop and put his phone down while he's assaulted. He shoves a hand into the boy's face and then tries to push the head down, muttering and hissing curses, something about paying attention to the fucking movie and not worrying about him.

This moron. He's going to flip the guy over the back of the couch.

The rest of whatever Bakugou was going to say doesn't come for several long minutes, and he doesn't even glance over at Midoriya like he had been doing.]

Don't need any tips cause you never kissed anybody?

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[ Can't even sit still for five minutes Uraraka sighs, and Iida waves his hand back and forth like a director calling action, chastising them for distracting from the movie until the others "shhh" him for being the one to talk which makes him sit back down, cowed.

Only once everyone has settled again does Bakugou back to his phone and Midoriya does the same, typing, deleting and retyping a response. ]

You know someone can't be the best at kissing because it's a wholly objective rating right?

[ This can't ALSO be a competition. ]

[dynamight]

The hell you can't. [It's a competition. He's Bakugou; of course it is.] Sounds like something someone who can't fucking kiss would say.

You must be the shittiest kisser in world.

[At least now, there's no major disturbance during the movie except for the periodic whoop of excitement from the action that happens. Mostly from shark teeth and Pikachu, though darker parts get Tokoyami to lean forward. Revelry in the dark and all that.]

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Comparitively we're all pretty bad kissers, probably, but we have plenty of time to get better.

[ It's an absolutely bullshit response trying to deflect because the last thing he wants in the world is for anyone to see that he's talking about kissing via text with Bakugou; they'd never let them live it down.

Midoriya focuses on the movie for a bit, trying to at least pretend like he's paying attention. He fails after a few moments, unsurprisingly. ]

There's not even a way to have a rating system! Or a way to measure "being good at it".

[dynamight]

[Likewise, Bakugou is trying to do the same. Thankfully, he's got Kirishima's back and the end of the couch, so he lucked out. But keeping under wraps the fact he's chatting to Midoriya of all people about kissing--having an argument no less--would be something he couldn't live down.]

Dumbass.
The rating system is when the damn person you're kissing keeps kissing you.
Or turns as red as you did earlier when you were talking about Uraraka.

[This is now a challenge, and he isn't going to let it go. RIP.]

[pacifisting]

[ He'd probably win the argument if he did make a point about them discussing what they're discussing but it'd also be a nightmare because he'd never live it down and Bakugou would be pissed so he holds back. ]

Well, no one has complained, so.

[ He's still blushing furiously because his body is set on betraying him but he's texting something else after some furious searching. ]

ANYway

same face. ]

[dynamight]

[Look, he's an asshole and he's stupid, but he's not an idiot. The meme is hilarious, but it doesn't get anything out of him except the harsh narrowing of his eyes.]

DONT TRY TO CHANGE THE FUCKING SUBJECT
What the fuck do you mean no one has complained?

Deku
Who the fuck have you kissed???

[HM. Mistakes.]

[pacifisting]

[ Death would almost be kinder than being interrogated by Bakugou. ]

I mean no one has complained!!

And that's none of your business. Who have YOU kissed???

[dynamight]

[Bakugou glares at his phone. He glares at Midoriya up over the arm of the couch. He glares at his phone again. Then he glares at the television.

He hates this. But worse, he hates losing challenges and bets. He hates backing down or being scared. He hates the idea of Midoriya having accomplished more than him, especially sooner, and he has a point to prove.]

The dumbass sitting beside me and the dumbass sitting beside you.

[pacifisting]

[ It's the perfect plan! They're both pretty private people so there's no way that Bakugou's just going to tell him and they'll drop this conversation and it'll be fine and --

Shit.

Midoriya has absolutely no poker face; he stares at Kirishima, and then whips his head around to Iida and Uraraka trying to decide which one he means by dumbass. Give him a few minutes, he's processing. Fair's fair, he supposes, but he didn't think he'd actually have to fess up. ]

Two people you don't know, probably? From back home. Someone from here but I don't know if they want me to say so I shouldn't.

...You kissed Uraraka???

[dynamight]

That isn't fair you fucking coward.

SHUT THE HELL UP
She kissed me and it was fucking awful.
I don't think she wanted to so it was stupid.
Don't fucking tell her I told you.
It wasn't even a real fucking kiss anyway.

[Now he just feels cheated out of information, and he slumps further into the couch so the only thing visible is the top of his explosion of blond hair. Kirishima glances at him, but he won't acknowledge the look, and Kirishima thankfully goes back to the movie at the sight of Bakugou's grumpy expression.]

[pacifisting]

I mean, I'll tell you who the two were but I really, seriously doubt you know them? And I'm pretty sure it only happened because of UA.

[ Why would Uraraka kiss him if she didn't want to? He sneaks a look at her, but she's huddled on the couch, watching the movie and smiling. ]

I wouldn't tell her, I'm just surprised, really. It makes sense, though. She thinks you're amazing, too!

[ And loud, and kind of an asshole but she does like him and Midoriya's glad for that because Bakugou is awesome, if a loud asshole awesome person. ]

[dynamight]

Are you listening dumbass?
That isn't why she fuckin kissed me.
I wasn't the one she wanted to kiss.
Trust me I could fucking tell.

[The shame of it hits the already low limit of his Irritated meter. It feels like a sham, honestly. Getting a kiss that didn't exactly mean it, being swindled out of secrets and getting nothing in return. Not even a victory.

Shoving gently against Kirishima's back, he stands up and swings a hard right around the couch to keep going, refusing to look at anyone. Kirishima because he doesn't want to see the disappointment of his abandonment. Midoriya because he doesn't want to see the worried apology.

He keeps going without stopping, pace brisk and hands shoved down into the pockets of his sweatpants. At least the trajectory of his path doesn't seem to be leaving for the stairs or his room.]

[pacifisting]

[ Midoriya reads it a half-dozen times before it really hits him and then he's back to giving Uraraka a sideways look; she doesn't notice, but before he can decide on what he's going to do or not do, Bakugou's getting up and leaving. Kirishima looks worried for a moment meeting Midoriya's eyes and then Midoriya hauls himself up off the couch mouthing Let me.

Bakugou didn't run but he still has long legs and Midoriya has to jog a little to catch up to him, down the hallway until he sees Bakugou's slouched form striding down the hall. ]

Kacchan-