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The class had been put in pairs, they were supposed to do double battles.
Naturally Bakugou and Kirishima paired up, and they ended up against Mineta and Kaminari.
The fight had been going well for Bakugou and Kirishima, neither having trouble keeping up with Kaminari’s shocks.
But Mineta had been forgotten, and that was a mistake.
Using the sticky balls from his hair, Mineta managed to get the drop on Bakugou while he’d been facing Kaminari, and had gotten his feet stuck in the ground. He’d also thrown some at Bakugou’s hands, and forced them stuck together, not even his explosions could get rid of them.
Of course, Kirishima was still in the fight, preparing to take on the two by himself since Bakugou had been taken out.
But nobody had been prepared for what happened next.
“No way, are you wearing a bra? What’s that weird outline?” Mineta questioned when he got up close to Bakugou, eyebrows furrowed.
“Get away from me you grape fucker!” Bakugou hissed, trying to use his explosions again, but they were futile.
And then, without warning, Mineta reached a hand up and ripped Bakugou’s shirt open, which caused the other classmates to one by one stop what they were doing to stare at Mineta with genuine horror and disbelief.
But they were also staring at Bakugou, who was wearing a binder.
“AHHH- Y-YOU’RE A TRANNY!?” Mineta gasped in disgust, stepping away from him.
“MINETA!” Iida hissed. “How dare you do something like that, you could be expelled for such harassment-“
Midoriya cut him off, looking ready to cry. “Kacchan!”
Suddenly the balls trapping Bakugou where he stood fell off, and the others turned to see a furious Aizawa storming over to Mineta, quirk in use.
“Mineta you’re coming with me to the principals office, you’ll be lucky if suspension is all he decides to do. Bakugou, you’re welcome to head back to the dorms-“ Aizawa started.
“Huh? Why would I head back?”
Everyone turned to stare at the boy in questioned, mildly stunned at his casual tone.
Bakugou stood there fearlessly, binder still exposed and all. “Just give Kaminari another partner and let’s keep going!” He insisted, explosions forming once more with a sinister grin.
“B-Bakugou…” Uraraka teared up, unsure of what to say.
“Don’t be ridiculous. You shouldn’t even be wearing a binder during combat training. You’re taking the rest of the day off.” Aizawa told him shortly before dragging Mineta away, ignoring his complaints.
Bakugou scowled at this. “So lame…” He grumbled, completely oblivious to the horrified looks still on his classmates faces.
The moment Bakugou stepped into the dorms, he’d noticed an intense shift in the whole area. Conversations taking place in the living room had stopped, the show they were watching was paused and most of all, everyone was staring right at him.
He raised an eyebrow, really not in the mood to put up with any of them after finishing his evening workout, but it was obvious that they wanted something. “Why are you all staring at me?”
“Bakugou…” Uraraka trailed off softly, looking at him with pity. “I am…so sorry.” She told him, tearing up.
“All of us are.” Momo sniffed, wiping at her eyes. “That was so cruel.”
Kaminari winced. “Seriously man, like, if there’s anything we can do, let us know, and uh, sorry if any of us ever made you feel uncomfortable or something.”
“What the fuck are you guys on about?” Bakugou stared at them with disbelief. “I don’t know why you’re all freaking out, but I’m good.”
Kirishima looked ready to either hug him or strangle him; maybe both. “You’re…good?”
“Yeah, I’m good.” Bakugou headed for the kitchen area.
Iida pushed up his glasses. “Bakugou, Mineta’s actions were inappropriate and uncalled for, he’s been suspended.”
“Great, let’s enjoy it while we can.” Bakugou poured himself some juice.
Jirou scowled, slamming her fist down on the counter. “What the hell is wrong with you!? We’re trying to talk to you and you’re blowing us off!”
“Ha?” Bakugou raised an eyebrow. “Say something that interests me then.”
“We’re just worried-“ Sero started.
“Well don’t be.” Bakugou all but hissed before heading off to his room.
Kirishima chewed on his bottom lip with worry. “I think he’s really hurting guys…that sort of thing must have been…soul crushing.”
“What should we do?” Mina asked.
“Let him know that we accept him.”
The next week was…weird, to say the least, at least in Bakugou’s eyes it was.
Everywhere he went, it’s like his classmates were just waiting for him to be there. He went to the gym? Kirishima and Iida were there, instantly jumping at him with compliments about how strong and manly he was.
The classroom? The second he stepped inside nearly all of the girls were telling him he was looking particularly muscular and handsome that day, Mina even did this weird swoon motion.
It was bizarre, and honestly just made him uncomfortable.
The weirdest one was Todoroki, who’d slammed a hand next to Bakugou’s head in the locker room, stared him down intensely and just said, “You’re a boy.” Before walking away.
He wasn’t the only one who found that one particularly strange, the rest of the boys honestly looked horrified or just done with life.
Whatever was going on, Bakugou was getting really tired of it. This week was their vacation from Mineta, but it was hard to relax when his classmates practically followed him around like ducklings.
He just wanted some peace and quiet at this point.
“You realize you’re not fooling anyone right? You’re always gonna be a girl.” Mineta all but sneered the very same night of the day he returned from his suspension.
Everyone was gathered in the living room space watching a movie, but their happy mood had been completely ruined when Mineta came into the room and said that.
Kirishima opened his mouth to snap at him, but Bakugou rolled his eyes and spoke first.
“Duly noted.”
“BAKUGOU SHUT UP!” Kirishima all but hissed, making the blonde jump in surprise. “THIS GUY CAN’T JUST SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, IT’S HURTFUL AND CRUEL AND HE NEEDS TO BE PUNISHED!”
Bakugou snorted. “He was punished. Punishment doesn’t change beliefs. It’s fine, it doesn’t even bother me.”
“Well it bothers us.” Todoroki chimed in simply, surprising the blonde further.
“This class is a family, nobody can just insult one of us and get away with it!” Mina snapped.
Mineta gasped. “Hey, I’m in this class too!”
“But you shouldn’t be.” Momo hissed tearfully. “You should’ve never been accepted here, but you were and we can’t change that because the damn principal here can’t see reason.”
“We were having a nice night too, and then you showed up.” Uraraka snapped.
Mineta scoffed. “I’m just telling it like it is. Maybe I can change her, and then we’ll have another smoking hot babe to look at. Come on Kami, you get it right? Who knows what size she is under that binder.” He made groping motions.
Kaminari was horrified, and scowled angrily, trembling where he sat next to Mina. “Don’t lump me in with you. AND DON’T CALL HIM A HER!”
“You guys need to stop freaking out, I don’t give a fuck what he says.” Bakugou sighed heavily, standing up from the couch. “Let him say what he wants, it has nothing to do with any of you.”
“How can you say that?” Kirishima asked helplessly. “You’re our friend, so it has everything to do with us.”
Bakugou stared at him silently, raising an eyebrow.
“How can you guys even defend someone like her?” Mineta questioned. “She’s a freak. Kanako-“
Bakugou spun on his heel and blasted Mineta in the face with an explosion. “NEVER SAY THAT NAME!” He practically roared, eyes wide with rage and disgust.
Mineta was collapsed on the floor, passed out from the unexpected hit. Bakugou panted heavily but his eyes widened when he realized what he did.
He turned to see his classmates looking at him with pure pity. He scowled and shoved his hands in his pockets, storming off upstairs to the rooms.
A gentle knock on Bakugou’s door made him scowl.
“Shitty Hair I don’t want to talk to you, fuck off!” He yelled from his bed, where he was collapsed.
The door slowly opened and Midoriya slipped in sheepishly.
“Ughhhh…” Bakugou rolled over onto his side.
Midoriya smiled weakly and came over to sit at the edge of his bed. “When we were little, you used to cry whenever someone called you K-“ When Bakugou tensed, Midoriya corrected himself. “That name…”
“I was fucking there Deku, what’s your point?” Bakugou complained, refusing to look at him.
“I point is you…you can be real with me. I won’t…I won’t think less of you. It’s okay to be bothered by something like this Kacchan, Mineta was blatantly harassing you.” Midoriya told him gently.
Bakugou rolled his eyes, staring up at the ceiling. “What good does it do to be bothered? He wasn’t expelled for groping and harassing the girls, and he wasn’t for this either. The last thing I wanted was to give that fucker any satisfaction, and look what I did. I completely lost it.”
“For good reason.” Midoriya insisted.
“I don’t even know where he got that fucking name.” Bakugou’s eyes widened. “Wait, you didn’t-“
“Kacchan I would never!” Midoriya hissed. “I don’t even use that name in my notebooks, I never have.”
He huffed, relaxing a little. “Yeah I know, he probably just looked me up and found my middle school information.”
“Well however he did it, it was wrong. And you don’t need to be ashamed of feeling upset about it. You’ve got a whole class on your side, you know?” Midoriya grinned. “A whole family.”
“A family of nerds.” Bakugou smirked. Midoriya shoved his leg.
“Before we begin, I have an announcement, which I’m sure the entire class will handle with dignity and grace,” Aizawa started, barely fighting off his smirk. “Mineta Minoru has been expelled-“
The entire class burst into the loudest cheers ever, shrieking with excitement before he could even finish his sentence.
And honestly, Aizawa didn’t mind. He was just as happy, even if he wouldn’t show it.
“Wait wait wait, how?” Mina asked in awe. “I mean- we’ve tried for ages to get him expelled-“
“Well, the school recently got a complaint about him and because of…private circumstances, the school couldn’t afford to not listen to the demand of his expulsion.” Aizawa told them vaguely.
This had the entire class whispering and muttering, wondering who obviously threatened the principal (and by extension risked their education) to get Mineta kicked out.
Bakugou scoffed, shaking his head. “So lame. I can’t believe someone would be stupid enough to snap at the principal and risk getting expelled themselves.” As he went to his desk, he patted Midoriya on the shoulder before collapsing in his seat.
Midoriya smiled a little, thinking back to that morning, when he’d threatened to quit being a hero all together if something wasn’t done.
To say that had All Might freaked out would be an understatement, so naturally, he went with Midoriya and told Principal Nezu to do something about the situation.
With the promise of Midoriya going global with everything Mineta’s ever done to his classmates, along with the information that the principal did hardly anything to stop it, it wasn’t hard to convince him this time.
What can he say? When he gets determined to do something, he makes it happen.
That’s just how Midoriya is.