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Katsuki asked himself this, ‘How could the price of going into UA be so damn high? Could this be fucking preventable from the start? Could I have done something different to never be in this horrific future?’
The reason, dear reader why Katsuki Bakugou is in total despair, is something horrific.
His classmates didn’t die from a villain attack, and he was the last standing.
He didn’t get kidnapped and was tortured into being a villain’s slave for the rest of his pitiful life.
He wasn’t even in a condition where he just couldn’t do Heroing anymore.
No, it’s even worse than all three combined.
Yes, that’s right.
Being in a harem anime as a Background character.
Or in his words ‘Why the absolute FUCK is Deku not reading the signs??’
It was really weird. Seeing Deku having no girls not even glancing at him back at Middle School then having 6 of his female peers flop themselves on the floor for Deku, pinning him so damn hard that he thought their might hearts will tear open.
He will admit that he was the reason why this oblivious piece of shit is wondering if people would even care to love him romantically after being a bigger turd than 1 million dogs together, though. But still, it was pretty damn fucking annoying to even notice when they try to remind Deku that they want to bounce on his dick.
At first, it was just Uraraka, considering how they fell in love was the old tale of the hero saving the princess from evil only this time the princess had swooned hard.
But then Tsuyu came in, and at that point, Katsuki should have seen the signs himself.
The signs of a harem coming up, but being the piece of shit he was, and only focusing on himself, he ignored them, thinking how much they were missing out trying to chase Deku.
It was thanks to their swooning that Deku was able to man up to girls earlier than usual, as most of the time he saw Deku, it would usually be with Round-Face or Froggie. Or even both. Seeing Deku going from so red that he probably thought he was an ancestor of the Tomato bloodline to then handling them very easily, which he was impressed with when looking back.
Then, there was Ponytail.
Yeah, he was pretty sure that Deku himself had cursed her over time and it was too much for her.
He could remember ignoring him at first, and to be fair, he didn’t show anything amazing, nor didn’t leave a good impression on the whole class.
But then came the Battle Trials on the second day of school, he was sure that’s when it started.
At first, she had done scolded him and Deku for their actions, however, she did seem to think over her analysis when Deku asked what happened and how well he did, telling them that it was on the fly and that couldn’t stand there thinking of a plan when he was coming at him like a bull.
Ponytail was shocked at this and did seem impressed with his smartness, and that was how it became a friendship, despite not being with Deku nor Ponytail a lot to see it bloom.
Then the Sports Festival came and further cursed the girl.
To be fair, it went in itself, after a very humiliating defeat to Dark Robin and his Shadow stand, she was nowhere to be found, but it seemed everyone either not noticed her shame in full view or was too distracted by the other fights.
Not Deku. Of course, he did notice.
Though it was stored at the back of that horrifying brain of his, and by the time he was done with Round-Face, he saw Deku wasn’t at the seats.
He was probably trying to comfort her, of fucking course he would corrupt her more by his friendship as if the crush didn’t need more ammo.
However it was totally strange when Deku had a bit of a delay with his and IcyHot’s battle, he didn’t know what was going on, but he also noticed Ponytail coming back.
As well as the tear streaks on her cheeks, but also the blush on her face.
Katsuki back then could only think of What the fuck happened??
But then his brain had connected the dots, and he could only wish he could smash his head down on the floor to end his pain.
Of fucking course, Deku decided to be the hero in a tournament and had comforted Ponytail about her defeat. But to give credit where it’s due, it seemed to work with how much she was just staring at him during the fight with her absolute attention.
But then again, Round-Face and Froggie were too.
Because that’s what “friends” do.
He was pretty sure at that time, that it was just at the very top, it needed one more thing to explode.
That one more thing was when he got kidnapped in the Forest and was rescued by Deku and his pals when he didn’t fucking ask in the first place. (He kinda did, but he would never say it to anyone. He was sure of it.)
He wasn’t sure what was going on with the class when he was unconscious in the League’s base, but thanks to Kirishima’s retelling, he could conclude that Ponytail had planted a tracker on one of the Nomu-freaks which the Heroes used to find the League, but then the Shit Hair decided that they needed to get them themselves for… manliness.
Yeah.
Anyways, of course, the class got divided, one side with this and the other against it. However, it didn’t matter when the side with rescuing his ass went without anyone knowing. Four-eyes was on the against, but a promise of not getting hurt and not fighting at all had seemed to win him over.
When shit was hitting the fan, Deku had devised a plan to get him out without getting hurt or hurting anyone, and he will admit it did work.
The problem was it worked TOO well, in Ponytail’s case. As it was what it needs for the lid to come out and burst out its things and the girl’s heart is a certified taken by Deku’s stupid heroism
As a result, in almost every study group that Ponytail creates, Deku was always going to be there. And she would be with him the most, out of anyone in the group, either helping others out or helping each other with problems that didn’t understand, but that didn’t mean she left them to fend off against themselves just so she could just listen to him muttering all the time.
She would also team up with Midoriya at some points during Hero Training and he just wanted to say why the FUCK they would ever do that at all.
It’s not because they would suck or they couldn’t work well, it was the opposite.
Thanks to the ability to create almost anything, and with two nerd brains, it was a definitive loss to anyone that wasn’t with Deku and Ponytail.
The things they were able to do… haunt even him sometimes. It also made him very glad that Deku didn’t snap and become a villain, the world would probably be a walking corpse as soon as that happens.
But then Ears and Raccoon came along and then he realized the danger the class was all in, but it was too fucking late at this point.
Izuku’s very big and stupid brain which allowed him to adapt things very easily and quickly was why those two had succumbed to the virus.
For Ears, it was pretty much a given when Deku had begun to sing.
He didn’t even fucking know Deku could sing, and he could sing.
He was pretty sure the dignity of Round-Face, Froggie, AND Ears was shaved off at the very least 50% when he began to sing Ear’s song before the School Festival.
God, he was pretty sure some of the boys had fallen a tiny bit. Only a tiny bit because they were (fortunately) straight and Kirishima had already traded spit with him.
They would have been all doomed if they weren’t.
Then Raccoon, and you would think it would never work. They are both entirely different in terms of personality, Raccoon’s energetic and excitement with Deku’s shyness and calming/reserved sound like mixing peanut butter with peanuts.
Thanks to the previous 4 girls, she would probably constantly be with Deku and when he was there to see it, he could see that it just wouldn’t mix at first.
But adding to Deku’s slowly but surely growing self-confidence and self-assertive, as well as Raccoon’s existence became a serious combo, as Deku would bring out the chaotic part of him, not even Katsuki was aware of.
Doing crazy pranks that would just work almost all the time (a guess on why), doing some insane, but also safe and admittingly fun challenges, and also just always knowing what the other is thinking.
But then again, Deku can have that with all of the girls as well somehow.
Then the school festival happened, and it was when Pinkie Pie found her dancing partner.
Deku did suck at dancing but also adapted and became honestly decent at it over time. Not AS good as the dancing queen herself but it was decent, nonetheless. But it did result in them having fun with dancing techniques during training when he finds them and also Dance Dance Revolution. How does he know? Pinkie told the ‘squad’ of course, it was his squad that he never made at all but whatever.
But also this is Pinkie Pie of course so Deku becomes the forefront of all of the teases, which he has to say how the fuck Deku was able to even still be standing after trying to deal with all of it for this long? It’s amazing that he hadn’t snapped from the pressure or snapped from having to touch into his apparent Tomato bloodline.
Thanks to his dancing though, he also figured out that he could use dancing during the fighting, and if that didn’t just boost his already insane fighting ability thanks to Full Cowl and the 7 quirks he was gifted with.
When he saw Deku fight against Ejirou, it wasn’t easy to spot at first, he and Raccoon could see it. Raccoon especially. It was honestly genius and was sure it just made him more unbeatable as he learns how to dance while fighting.
He wished he didn’t see her touched expression though.
Last, but not least, Ghostie.
And surprisingly it wasn’t something insane or downright heroic that caused her heart to be taken as well.
It was just a small thing called respect and awareness.
Now, just invisibility is not that bad, it’s main use was to be at a great advantage at stealth if nobody can see you.
It’s just how it’s implemented.
He will admit that some of his classmates can be a bit forgotten, however, this seems to be the biggest issue with Ghostie he has seen ever.
Sometimes, not even the girls could find out that she was with them until she made any kind of noise or does anything that takes their attention.
You can probably see where this is going.
Deku was always creepily aware of things very well, that not even the girl who was invisible can escape him.
However it’s when being creepily aware has been helpful for the both of them in the long run as Deku was able to find out the small details, like how she would move around to show off an emotion or use some objects she has on her to display it beside her voice and stance. Sometimes he could just guess, and it would no doubt be the correct answer.
He could know what she was feeling, and not only that, but he could understand how she feels at some points.
Being invisible and a bit forgettable. He was treated like that, no thanks to him and the entire school.
It was then that she had didn’t just become friends, as he began to notice her more and more as they all spent time together, that friendship became a crush.
Yet even with that point, Deku can’t see the signs of love which is probably baffling.
But yeah, that was how all girls of Class 1-A fell for this little shit, and the worse part is that he wasn’t even fucking trying, he was just being himself and that was enough to break them.
Of course, this also resulted in him being an ‘honorary girl’ in their Girls Night Out or just having them included. He did get used to it over time, and he seems to be very happy with it though as well as getting to know him more and vice versa.
It also explained why he hasn’t seen Deku that much in certain days ever since, and he knew he wouldn’t be training as somehow, they would both be in their training gyms at almost the same time alongside the other boys, but at least he had Shitty Hair.
Though it does explain the stink eyes he was getting when he even gets across to one of them. It did slightly unnerve him as if they were actually going to jump him but something was just preventing them from doing that. Just barely though.
Though things are insane when Valentine’s Day came around and it was when the boys of Class 1-A realized that they had lost their chances, Dolt Brain and the Degenerate took this extremely hard.
It was very hard to see Deku not having an armful of chocolate boxes with colors representing a girl, however, thanks to their cowardly asses, they were always hidden so Deku wouldn’t know who gave them to them. As well as flowers. And teddy bears. And cards. And anything people give to their crushes on Valentine’s Day.
This also resulted in hatred from Dolt Brain and the Degenerate towards Deku, jokingly for the former, ESPECIALLY the latter.
He never really had a chance in the first place with his fucked-up personality though.
This was when Katsuki realized that the girls won’t have a chance as well with Deku being an oblivious dumbass, who also had fallen in love with them at some point, if only the girls had stopped being so focused on pinning on him to know that, (you can imagine all the things they done to try and get his attention).
It was clear that Deku had fallen hard on them, with how much time he was spending and while getting to know them more, he could see it with his own two eyes. Especially with how much he helps them and just acts around them in general.
How he would always smile brighter with one of them, when he talks to them much longer, and always spend more time at lunch with them while having a constant blush on his face. He could probably go on.
It was disgusting to look at, nonetheless.
But it was honestly the first time he has ever seen him fall in love with any girl, as sad as that was.
But this also came to another realization. Which was that he didn’t have to do any shit and figure that it was their problem, not his.
Unfortunately, he didn’t do that.
He found Deku when he was with Ponytail and Ears, probably studying about something or talking or seeing the latter listening to the former muttering about something about music, but he didn’t care as he just excused himself and take Deku dragging to somewhere, which was very easy to find somewhere to be alone, with it being a Sunday.
“Uh… okay Kacchan, we’re alone. Is there something you need?” The cause of this entire shitshow said as Katsuki got himself ready and took a deep breath and turned around.
“Honestly Deku, this is just fucking stupid, I can’t believe someone had to help you on this out of all things.” He growls as he glared at Deku as per usual without any hostility.
The dumbass looked confused as always. “H-Huh, what do you mean?”
“Don’t you think what the girls did were strange? Why the hell do you think they are around you so much?”
“Oh, that? I mean, we all are pretty good friends, aren’t we? They just have been great friends, that’s all!”
Katsuki blinked with a disbelief look. “You think that’s all you can see?”
The bitch dared to nod with a smile. “Well, yeah, why?”
“Deku, I-“ He pinched his nose. “Deku, they like you.”
Deku blushed at that, for some reason. “I mean, yeah, they d-“
“No, not like, they like like you.”
A few seconds of silence go by with Deku looking at him as if he had said something so out of character.
Then he intellectually said, while blushing harder, “W-what?”
“Deku, have you been aware of what you were doing to them? Your dumbass had made them fallen for you like a bag of bricks, and they have been trying to remind you that to that small brain of yours that could signify love.” He said, glaring at Deku harder.
“W-W-Wha… maybe you got it all wrong…? Maybe that isn-“
“It isn’t, and you need to wake the fuck up and ask them.”
“What?! How do you even k-k-know if they do like me?”
Jesus Christ. “It’s so painfully obvious, like can you not see the signs?”
“W-w-what signs?”
“Oh my fucking god… Just ask them out! If I have to spend more time seeing this happening, I will kill all seven of you!” Katsuki decided to walk away, ignoring Deku’s questions.
That should do the trick.
And it did do the trick, a few days after that talk, Deku ran at him with One for All.
“What the-“
“THEY SAID YES!”
“What the fuck do you me-“
“OCHAKO, TSUYU, MOMO, AND THE OTHERS! THEY SAID YES!”
Wait for what?
“You asked them out that fucking fast?”
“W-well yeah… I just, ever since that day, it had always distracted me if the girls liked me or not. Then remember the great times I had with them; how much they were so important to me. It was then I realized I liked them too… even if it made me feel very faint. So I just… had to tell them… and they said yes…!” He was smiling so hard he thought his face will tear apart.
Katsuki tried to. He did, he shouldn’t have tried to smile genuinely at that. He just lets out a smirk.
“Finally, it took you long enough you dumbass, now go ahead and do whatever you shitheads are going to do. I don’t want to hear a single fucking thing because I don’t give a fuck. Got it?” He said while a growl.
Deku only smiled and nodded, ignoring his growl. “Thank you so much Kacchan, I won’t forget this!” Then he ran back, probably to go back to them.
“Tch… this was so fucking stupid…” He said to himself as he rubs his face in annoyance.
But he didn’t regret it, unfortunately, and fortunately.