Bakugou had a massive headache as he woke up. His muscles felt sore and he felt like there was a massive weight on his chest.

He opened his eyes and blinked in confusion when he was greeted with his living room. And with a sleeping Kirishima on top of him.

He scrunched his eyebrows up and tried to think, but he had almost no memory of last night. For all he knew, he was still dreaming. But the Kirishima snoring was so real.

Bakugou ignored his situation for a second and just stared at the beauty laying on him. A hesitant hand reached up and gently found its way to the natural red locks, slowly twisting a strand and playing with the surprisingly soft hair.

Bakugou smiled to himself and got absorbed in the moment. Right here and right now, it didn't matter what else was happening or what had happened. He knew Kirishima would never do something he didn't want to, so this was his choice. And if that choice changed, at least the two had this moment.

The peacefulness ceased when Kirishima started to stir, and the usually confident blonde started to panic. He didnt know what to react or what had happened, and he hated not knowing.

Kirishima yawned and stretched his arms before his beautiful red eyes opened, and landed right on Bakugou. The two stared at each other in silence, neither one knowing where to start.

"Morning," Kirishima gave a small smile. "How you feeling?"

Bakugou relaxed a bit and groaned. "Headache," his body relaxed and his hands found their way to rest on Kirishima's waist. "What happened?"

"So, um, do you want the whole story or the important part?"

"Cmon, dumb hair."

Kirishima then started with Bakugou and Kaminari having a drinking war. His story contained lots of concentration on his part and Bakugou's eyebrows grew closer and closer together. He froze when he heard about the kiss.

Kirishima chuckled nervously. "So that's where we are. And um...." he took a breath. "I like you, Bakugou. I have since we were first years."

Bakugou stared at Kirishima, both of their cheeks getting more flushed.

"And of course I don't expect an answer from you, and I don't need you to like me back. I understand! I mean, you're so strong and wonderful and manly and perfect and I love having you as a friend!" The words rushed out of his mouth. "It's important that you're in my life and I-"

The blonde gently cut off his roommate and pressed their lips together. This time it was perfect and purposeful. It was loving. And god was it a long time coming.

"S-sorry?" Kirishima was blushing like crazy, and giggling. He didnt know what to do.

"Shut up and kiss me again."

Kirishima didn't need to hear it twice, and he leaned in and it felt like fireworks. He wrapped his arms around the blondes shoulders and leaned into the kiss. Bakugou held onto Kirishima tightly, afraid this was a dream that would cease.

The door opened and both men froze as a certain pink haired girl squealed in delight with a phone in hand. Kirishima yelped and fell to the ground as sparks started to pop from Bakugou's hands.

"ASHIDO!" The blonde yelled as he stepped towards their friend.

Mina was unbothered as she saved the picture of them kissing and posted it to her close friends story on her official Pinky Instagram.

"IM SO GLAD YOU GUYS MADE UP!" The blonde dodged a small explosion launched at her.

Kirishima grabbed Bakugou from behind and the blonde seemed to ease, even just a little, at the touch of the other. He was still mad, but he had always found peace with his redhead.

"So I just came to make sure that you didn't burn the house down!" She laughed at Bakugou. "Now that I know you're safe, I'll leave you alone~" Mina laughed and winked at her friends before closing the door.

Kirishima's face was as red as his hair when Bakugou turned back around to see him. The blonde kissed the slightly taller one quickly before looking at him.

"Cmon, get ready. We're going on a date."

"But-"

"We can patrol later," Bakugou explained. He was in his room and the door was quickly closed.

Both men were a mess. They had never expected this to happen, and their pulses were beating so fast that they could hardly be felt. Kirishima got dressed in some casual but nice clothes, and topped the look off with some red crocs, because nobody looks at shoes. Bakugou dressed in his usual hiking gear and waited in the living room.

He sighed when the redhead emerged from his own room wearing crocs. "I hate you and I will be burning all of those damn shoes when I get the chance."

Kirishima gasped dramatically. "You wouldn't!"

***

After ten minutes of begging, Bakugou and Kirishima paused their commute to the hiking trail to get coffee. The line was long enough that Kirishima got antsy, so Bakugou let him grab a seat.

The red head immediately started to text Kaminari about everything that had happened, a huge smile on his face the whole time. Kaminari, who was with Sero at the time, was freaking out and hyping Kirishima up as hard as he could.

The seat across from Kirishima moved and he smiled widely at who he assumed to be Bakugou. His smile faltered when he was greeted with a girl with golden eyes and a short haircut.

"You're Red Riot right? I recognized you because you don't wear a mask! I'm such a huge fan!" She leaned closer to the red head.

Kirishima smiled and moved back slightly. "Oh that's awesome! Thank you so much! I was actually saving that seat for somebody-"

"Oh come on, I'm only sitting for a minute." The woman's eyes glanced down at Kirishimas pointy teeth. "I don't bite," she giggled.

A hand slammed down next to Kirishima, causing both parties sitting at the table to jump.

"I do," came the low growl.

Kirishima smiled up at Bakugou while the woman huffed and saw herself out.

"Thanks so much, man. That was awkward."

Bakugou huffed and handed Kirishima his drink, trying to hide his annoyance at the scene that had happened. The blonde hadn't gotten himself a drink, so he waited patiently for his date to finish his while pretending to be entertained on his phone. His face turned red when he saw Pinky's close friends story: the picture of the two kissing with the caption "OMG GUYS GUYS GUYS I WIN THE BET ITS HAPPENING"

The two eventually left the cafe and continued their walk to the hiking trail. Kirishima managed to avoid detection from fans and was glad to see they were the only ones on their respective trail.

Kirishima gasped. "Wait! I need to put my crocs in sport mode!"

Bakugou rolled his eyes and stared at Kirishima. "I'm burning them."

"Over my dead body!"

The two continued on the trail, and Kirishima found a large stick he picked up to use for walking. Bakugou made the first move and intertwined their fingers, taking note of the shade of blush on his redheads face.

The hike trail was about 4 miles long and took an hour for the two to finish. At the end, there was a beautiful cliff over looking a valley that was filled with lakes and flowers. Kirishima sat on the edge and invited the blonde to do the same.

They sat next to each other in silence, leaning on one another with their hands intertwined. It was pure bliss. Both men wondered why they had missed this their entire life. Kirishima leaned his head on Bakugous shoulder and closed his eyes.

This was it. This was their moment. He loved it.

They had stayed until the sun had set, and even then they stayed a little longer, exchanging kisses and loving the others presence.

Bakugou pressed their foreheads together and closed his eyes. "Thank you, Ei..."