Chapter 15: Cheer Up
"Fill the tub!" The three boys carried Katsuki into the surprisingly big bathroom and strayed filling the bath tub with warm water.
They stripped the blank-faced Katsuki of his clothes and placed him in the tub full of water and bubbles. Eijiro took a bottle of shampoo and squeezed some into his hand. He started washing the stubborn and spiky hair.
Denki poored a cup of water on Katsuki to wash out the soap while Hanta scrubbed his back with a scrubby.
All Katsuki could do was stare into space blankly. He didn't even k ow how to react to this. It didn't feel relaxing but he didn't feel tense either. He just sat there. Maybe he felt a bit awkward.
(With the girls…)
"Mitsuki, do you have any carrots?" Mina asked as she chopped up a bit of celery.
"In the fridge." Mitsuki answered. "Also…" Mitsuki said, her eyebrow twitching a bit. "What is going on? How was I kicked out of my own kitchen?"
"Sorry," Kyoka washed some rice before putting it in a pot. "We don't mean to kick you out. We just wanted to do something for Kats."
"Cats? Like the animal?"
"No, Kats, with a K."
Mitsuki tilted her head to the side with confusion. Kats? What do they mean by that?
"Kats is a name we came up with for Katsuki." Mina raised a finger and explained. "And he's actually okay with it."
"Really?" Mitsuki asked just to confirm. "He's okay with it?"
"Probably because Eiji mainly came up with it." Kyoka said as she turned the stove off and put a peice of toast on a pan. "Somehow, Eiji found a way to give him a nickname."
"And somehow, Denki found a way to give Kyoka a nickname." Mina pointed the laddle at Kyoka.
"Mina, we don't talk about tha-"
"KoKo!" Denki came running down the hall with Hanta, Eijiro and Katsuki right behind him.
"Denki…" Kyoka slowly raised her fist. "I said we don't talk about that nickname."
"You just don't want to admit that you like it." Hanta pointed at Kyoka as Mina gave him a bowl of soup. He set it down on the table.
"That's a absolutely not up for discussion." Kyoka tossed a spoon from the drawer at Eijiro.
"It's not as bad as the last one Eiji tried coming up with." Denki scooped up some soup and put the spoonful in Katsuki's mouth.
"Oh, please, don't mention that." Mina facepalmed.
"Well, I thought it was pretty good." Eijiro shrugged.
Mitsuki had a dumbfounded look of her face. She had no idea what was going on or what they were talking about. She looked at Katsuki, which made her almost burst out laughing. There he was, the angry and stubborn, wearing a dog onesie that only the squad had ever seen him in.
"What are you looking at, old hag?" Katsuki stared at Mitsuki.
The corner of Mitsuki's lip twitched in annoyance as the words "old hag" echoed in her head.
"I'll let you off this once since your feeling like shit." She let out a sigh. "But you seem to be doing much better."
"Because we're making him be better." Hanta said as he shoved another spoonful of soup into Katsuki's mouth.
"As members of the Bakusquad, we have to take care of our leader," Mina said proudly.
"We love him!" The five of them said in unison, putting their hands around Katsuki and shaking them.
A look of happiness came to Mitsuki's eyes. She was definitely grateful to these chaotic children for befriending such a tempermental person. They found a way to get along with him without dying in two seconds.
"I can feed myself, Hanta!" Katsuki swatted Hanta's spoonful of soup.
"Oh, dude!" Hanta said. "You're gonna spill."
"At least it's not on Katsuki himself." Denki snickered.
"Yeah, but it's on him." Mina and Kyoka pointed at Eijiro, who was currently covered in hot soup, deadpanning as he stood there, slightly burnt.
"I'm okay."
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"Izu," Toga knocked on the door of Izuku's small room. "Come out with us. You've been locked up in here forever!"
"Toga, you're really loud. That's the reason why I'm in here." Izuku said.
"Won't even take the chance to get to know everyone?" Kiyo leaned against the doorframe. "It's not like you have anything left to lose by talking."
"I don't want to talk." Izuku leaned back against the wal and stared at the ceiling. "It's really none of your business."
"How cold. You only just joined a week ago and you've already lost sight of your positive side."
Kiyo sighed and walked into the room. He squatted down next to Izuku and pulled something from behind his back.
*splat*
Pie splattered all over Izuku's face. He jumped up, surprise and shock all in one expression. "Kiyo! Why would you do that?"
"Heh," Kiyo snickered. "Serves you right."
Izuku lunged at Kiyo, trying to grab him. Kiyo jumped up and used Izuku's head to keep him up in the air, then slapped another pie in his face. Toga pointed at the two and laughed her little socks off. It was a funny sight to look at.
"What are you three doing?" Shigaraki walked inside, only to have a pie mashed into his own face.
….
"I swear, I didn't mean to," Kiyo raised his hands, sweatdropped and nervous.
"Right," Shigaraki took the pan that held the pie off his face. It disintegrated in his hands as all five fingers touched the pan.
Name: Tomura Shigaraki
Villain Alias: Tomura Shigaraki
Quirk: Decay
Whatever he touches with all five fingers will decay.
"You're all lucky that I'm not in the mood to deal with you," Shigaraki wiped his face with a towel. "Quit throwing food around or I'll throw you into a cell."
Kiyo and Toga snickered as they left the room. Their plan to prank Izuku had gone absolutely amazing. They even managed to pull Shigaraki into it as well. Laughable yet dangerous, super fun.
"What're you so gloomy for?" Shigaraki took the hand off his face and looked at Izuku. "You're not regretting this, are you?"
"No, of course not." Izuku answered. "I just don't feel the need to interact for any reason other than planning."
Shigaraki rolled his eyes. "I 100 percent think you would be completely fine with interacting if your buddy 'Kacchan' were here."
Izuku turned his head to face Shigaraki. "Kacchan? Why do you bring him up?"
"Because as far as I'm concerned, he hasn't been showing up to school."
Izuku fidgeted with the lowered bunny ears in the side of his hood. Why wouldn't Katsuki be going to school? He would never skip school days if it gave him another stepping to becoming a hero.
"Why? Do you know why?" Izuku asked.
"Well, I would expect that it's because he's locking himself up in his house because you're no longer there, but I can't confirm anything."
Izuku didn't know what to think about this, but he knew that if Katsuki wasn't going participating in his classes, then something was definitely wrong.
"You've never confirmed this." Izuku said while his eyes met the floor.
"I don't get the chance to walk out in public often." Shigaraki answered. "I'm still a villain, after all. A wanted criminal."
Izuku faced the door and walked out of the room. If this was Katsuki they were talking about, he had to do something. If he were to show up to class randomly, it would be suspicious. If he never showed himself again, Katsuki would never feel any better.
"Izu, where are you going?" Toga said as she watched Izuku head for the exit, her eyes following him at all times.
"Out," Izuku answered, reaching for the doorknob.
"Hold on a second," Kiyo took hold of the doorknob before Izuku did. "She asked where you're going."
"Am I said, 'out.'"
"Are you dense? Or are you blind with words as well?"
"I'm not answering that question."
"You're going to approach Bakugo, aren't you? Look, as far as the heroes are concerned, you've been missing for over a week now. You can't just show yourself and barge into his room at a random time. If you are going to go and say you're a villain, you need to think of a plan first. It's not that simple."
"It is simple, as long as I can keep his mouth shut."
"You really think he'll stay quiet? Think ahead, Izuku. You're not thinking straight. You're rushing because this so called friend is feeling discomforted."
Izuku stared at Kiyo with a blank expression, just like always. In his mind, Katsuki was a friend that would never tell his secret. But in the others' minds, he's just another hero being led a hero's path.
"Learn to cheer up," Kiyo sighed, letting go of the doorknob. "If you always think rashly like that, trust me, it'll cost you."
….
"Aren't you two years younger than me?" Izuku deadpanned. "You're, like, fourteen years old, and your giving me advice like this?"
"That's not the point, you blind idiot." Kiyo slowly raised his fist in frustration. "Do I need to spell it out for you? We're all telling you it is way to early for you to be waltzing around the way you want. If you just relax, keep your mood in a positive tune, then things will go by more quickly."
Izuku looked Kiyo up and down. Was he seriously taking advice from this boy? Yes. Yes, he was. Kiyo always came off as quiet, smart and rational, at least that's what he says. But to everyone in the league, he likes to prank people. He usually keeps the mood on a positive side.
"Fine," Izuku said. "I'll wait."
"Pft," Kiyo rolled his eyes. "It only took forever. And don't judge based on my age, you moro-"
*splat*
"Oh, dude!" Kiyo said as pie filling slid down his shirt.
"Payback," Izuku said while rubbing the pie all over Kiyo's shirt. "You shouldn't have done that."
"Oh, I'm gonna murder you!"
Toga giggled to herself before jumping onto Izuku's back. She took hold of her drink and poured it into Izuku.
This just turned into a full on food fight…
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