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Midoriya Izuku 
@izuku_m
Look what I just got… 👀
[ID: A selfie that shows the top of Midoriya’s face peeking out over a script. The visible half of the script’s cover page reads: MY HERO ACADEMIA / Episode 89: “All Hands On Deck!”]
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Uraraka Ochako @urarara · May 22
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looking forward to seeing you again 🫶
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tsumiki ♡ @tsuchanstan · May 22
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SEASON FIVE REAL LET’S GO
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BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥
@LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER
BUCKLE UP CHUCKLEFUCKS
[ID: A script lying on a table. The cover page reads: MY HERO ACADEMIA / Episode 89: “All Hands On Deck!” A protein shake and a pair of reading glasses can be seen in the background.]
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KIRISHIMA @manlykiri · May 22
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HELL YEAHHHH🔥
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suki 🪭ceo of creafroppy @kiyoshiwarrior · May 22
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dynamite redemption arc?? dynamite redemption arc king??
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧
@angelgxrl
page 1 says dynadeku kiss i can read it #notclickbait
BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥 @LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER · May 22
BUCKLE UP CHUCKLEFUCKS
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hyuna! @n1ghtdeku · May 22
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bro last time we saw them dynamite stabbed deku in the stomach 😭
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · May 22
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and? they were in love there.
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Katsuki is having a nice, relaxing, Saturday.
He’s reading through the scripts for season five of My Hero Academia, and he can already pick out several moments that will make the fans lose their minds. His character, Dynamite, is on his way through a rocky sort of redemption arc, which people have been rooting for since the beginning, and he’s looking forward to the challenge of portraying this new side of the character who has been with him for years now.
His only bone to pick so far is the amount of scenes he’s going to be forced to film with Izuku.
Look—he knows the fans love the dynamic between their characters. And he understands including more is a good way to boost views. But this seems excessive.
Especially when the writers and directors are fully aware that he and Izuku do not get along.
They can make it through their shared scenes, more or less, but it’s far easier when they’re on opposing sides. Now that Dynamite is being forcibly adopted into the good guys’ crew, he and Deku are supposed to be on better terms. The fans will love it.
Katsuki does not.
He sighs, tossing the script aside and turning to his phone instead. Kaminari has been live reacting in the group chat as he reads, and it seems he’s made it to the scene where his character throws himself in front of a bullet for Shinsou’s character.
Katsuki snorts as he skims through Kaminari’s crash out. He needs to grow a pair and just ask Shinsou out already, or Katsuki might finally snap and do it for him.
He’s about to type out a response when a text from Izuku comes through.
He groans, flipping to that instead.
tape
So does he die?
airpods
read it yourself. i’m not telling
Katsuki locks in after that, binge reading the rest of the season five scripts, staying awake late into the night, because he cannot go any longer without knowing what the hell has both Jirou and Izuku so up in arms. Surely the writers wouldn’t redeem Dynamite just to kill him off, right?
RIGHT?
That doesn’t seem to be where the plot is headed, at least. There might be a scare, but with Chargebolt’s survival already up in the air for several episodes leading up to the season finale, it seems odd to turn around and kill Dynamite out of nowhere.
Katsuki has just comforted himself with this conclusion when he flips to the next page and sees it.
Suddenly, he wishes they’d just killed his character instead.
Izuku’s life has been pretty good so far.
Sure, his middle school years were kinda shit, but that’s true for every middle schooler in the history of the world, pretty much. Once he started high school, he made friends and things started looking up. He got his first small acting gig not long after graduation, and now he’s playing the starring role of one of the most popular TV shows in Japan. He likes his life, actually! It’s pretty awesome!
And now it’s going to end!
He knew Kacchan hadn’t made it through all of his scripts before he texted him, because he was sort of expecting him to just show up on his doorstep with a pipe bomb and kill them both as soon as he read the season finale. Instead, and somehow worse, all he got was an “I’M GOING TO MURDER YOU” text followed by radio silence.
Izuku knows there’s more to come.
He just doesn’t know when. Or if it will come via text, via social media, or via Kacchan showing up outside of his apartment with a knife. If it’s the latter, Izuku might just ask Kacchan to end his suffering. It would be easier for both of them. Besides, Kacchan has practice stabbing him, since they had to film the stabbing scene at the end of season four eight times. With Kacchan on top of him, panting, fake blood smeared over both of their faces—
Everything is totally fine. For sure.
The doorbell rings.
Izuku is going to die.
A strangled yelp escapes his throat as he tumbles off the couch, covering his head like Kacchan is already here and ready to pounce. Even though Izuku can’t change the script! He’s just as upset about this as Kacchan is!
But instead of his door being broken down with a screaming threat of murder, the doorbell rings again. Which means it must not be Kacchan. So Izuku stands up, dusts himself off, and heads for the door. It’s probably his friends—Iida must be with them if they’re ringing the doorbell rather than just texting to let him know they’re here. He exhales, shaking the adrenaline out before he swings the door open.
“Hey—”
It’s not Iida. Or any of his friends.
Kacchan is standing there, held back by Yagi’s firm grip on the collar of his shirt. He’s practically growling and foaming at the mouth, like a feral dog held back by a leash that could snap at any moment. His arms are folded over his chest, fingers digging into his arms hard enough Izuku fears he may draw blood.
Yagi, on the other hand, is smiling pleasantly.
Belatedly, Izuku folds himself into a bow. “Uh– Hi, Yagi-san! I, um…didn’t expect to see you until the first group read through next week.”
“Hello, young Midoriya.”
Izuku straightens himself back up. His gaze falls on Kacchan. He was expecting him to force his way into the apartment and drag him to the gym, or maybe some abandoned parking lot, so they could fight this out. He’d rather not do it in his apartment. Also, he’d been hoping for a bit more time to prepare. He’s out of practice. Todoroki has been busy with family stuff, so they haven’t had any time to spar lately, so—
Ugh. He’s totally going to lose.
But, wait, hold on—
“Uh…” Izuku looks back to Yagi. “Why, exactly, are you here…?”
“Given the fact that the two of you have finished reading the scripts for this season, I figured we should talk! When I called Bakugou-kun, he was already on his way here, so I figured there’s no time like the present.”
“Oh,” Izuku says lamely. His gaze is drawn to Kacchan once more. Kacchan is looking at the ground. “Right.”
Which is how the three of them end up in Izuku’s living room, drinking tea in tense silence.
Izuku really doesn’t want to talk about this, actually. He was literally banking on the fact that he and Kacchan wouldn’t talk about it. They would just throw some punches, grit their teeth through filming, and then pray the show gets cancelled for showing a gay kiss on screen.
It’s not, like, an ideal plan. Izuku is well aware of this. But it’s not as if he and Kacchan have ever settled things another way. Not since they were kids, at least, and he’s not naïve enough to believe they could go back to playing on swing sets and jungle gyms together. They’re not four years old anymore.
Things can only settle between them when they have the other’s blood on their hands.
“So,” Yagi begins, acting as if he’s oblivious to the invisible heaviness cloaking the scene, “as the two of you are now aware, this season shows a major shift in your characters’ dynamics.”
Izuku hums.
Kacchan makes a sound that’s halfway between a grunt and a snort.
“We’ve been building up to this for a while now,” Yagi continues, only to be promptly cut off by—
“WHAT?” Kacchan demands. “No the fuck you have not! You’re just playing into the fans’ delusions! You’ve already got Pikachu and Mindjacker or whoever to be your shitty Hollywood romance; so why the hell are you pulling this same bullshit on us? Dynamite isn’t meant to be on the heroes’ side! You agree with me, don’t you, nerd?”
Izuku hesitates.
“WELL?!”
“I liked Dynamite’s development this season,” he admits. “But…yeah. I didn’t ever read him and Deku as…” he looks away, gesturing vaguely. “You know.”
Kacchan scoffs. “You just like that your character is the other star of this arc.”
“Not true!”
“Oh, really? Then tell me, nerd, why—?”
“Cut it out,” Yagi interrupts, apparently having had enough with their bickering. Both Izuku and Kacchan immediately fall silent. Despite all their differences, both of them have always held an immense respect for Yagi Toshinori. For as long as Izuku can remember, they shared a goal of starring in something under his direction.
Being cast in My Hero Academia was a dream come true for both of them.
And while Izuku was dismayed to find out Kacchan would be playing the antagonist opposite his hero, he can’t say he was shocked. He couldn’t imagine it being anyone else, honestly.
“Sorry,” he mumbles. Kacchan doesn’t apologize, because he never apologizes, but he looks almost vaguely guilty, which is about as close as he gets.
“Regardless of whether or not you agree with this writing decision, this is how the show was always meant to play out. The writers did briefly consider nixing Dynamite’s redemption arc when they saw how well you two played opposing characters, but your on-screen chemistry over these past four seasons convinced them to carry on with the original plan.”
CHEMISTRY?!! Izuku’s brain screams. He can tell Kacchan has the exact same thought at the exact same time, but they both manage to keep their mouths shut, not wanting to be scolded again.
“So.” Yagi pushes himself to his feet. “I hope the two of you will work on improving your relationship off-screen in order to deliver a performance better than anything you’ve pulled off thus far for the season five finale.”
“Right!” Izuku agrees quickly, without thinking or even fully comprehending all of Yagi’s words. “W-wait—”
“Thank you for understanding, young Midoriya. I knew I could trust the two of you.”
Yagi doesn’t leave any more time for conversation before walking out of Izuku’s apartment.
For a moment, Izuku and Kacchan simply stare at each other in stunned silence.
Then Kacchan opens his mouth and all hell breaks loose.
jirou🎶
@soundtechjirou
yall are NOT ready for this season of mha
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nirei !! @dekusnotebook · May 31
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Can you give us an out of context spoiler? Please? 🙏
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jirou🎶 @soundtechjirou · May 31
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💚💥
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nirei !! @dekusnotebook · May 31
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DYNADEKU????
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nobara ; creati lovebot
@creatimarryme
no way did one of the mha crew members just say dynadeku canon. wtf
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yuuji @miidoriiya · May 31
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WE USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE
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Eri🦄💞
@aizawaeri
Me, eagerly waiting to look through all of the new Dynadeku and Nightbolt fics/art/edits over the next few months
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shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 3
Replying to @eriaizawa
don’t say this.
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choji 🔆
@dynamitings
imagine getting a notice only for them to tell you to stop shipping 💀
shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 3
Replying to @eriaizawa
don’t say this
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suo. @nyghthyde · June 3
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eri-san is shinsou-san’s sister.
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choji 🔆 @dynamitings · June 3
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WHAT
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Eri🦄💞
@aizawaeri
Please don’t cancel Hitoshi for not shipping Dynadeku and Nightbolt. Cancel them for things that are actually true, like the time they stole a cat.
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shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 3
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HEY?
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suki 🪭ceo of creafroppy @kiyoshiwarrior · June 3
Replying to @eriaizawa
does this mean they DO ship dndk and ntblt? 👀
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Eri🦄💞 @eriaizawa · June 3
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🤐
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Denki Kaminari
@CHARGEBOLTREAL
@hitoshinsou aww bro,, what if our characters kissed on-screen? 👉👈 haha jk…., unless..
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Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 3
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JIROU POSTED THIS FROM MY PHONE. STOP LIKING THIS TWEET
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jirou🎶 @soundtechjirou · June 3
Replying to @CHARGEBOLTREAL
lmao
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Eri🦄💞 @eriaizawa · June 3
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Cuteee💓
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higuchi
@myheroingenium
So…do we think Shinsou-san’s sister has an Ao3 account…?
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GIN🗡️ @dynanight · June 3
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drop ur dynadeku fics in her replies i dare u
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higuchi @myheroingenium · June 3
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NO
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michi(zou) @dynadekumemento · June 3
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if u dont i’ll do it for u
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My Hero Academia
@MHAOfficial
EXPLOSIVE News: My Hero Academia season 5 will premiere on December 15th!💥 Get ready, heroes, because the stakes are higher than ever before💚
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BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥
@LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER
it’s gonna be a fucking trip. that’s all I can say. because my PR team is holding me at gunpoint forcing me to shut my mouth—
My Hero Academia @MHAOfficial · June 5
EXPLOSIVE News: My Hero Academia season 5 will premiere on December 15th!💥 Get ready, heroes, because the stakes are higher than ever before💚
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Midoriya Izuku
@izuku_m
I can’t wait for everyone to see this season💚 You guys are going to love it!
My Hero Academia @MHAOfficial · June 5
EXPLOSIVE News: My Hero Academia season 5 will premiere on December 15th!💥 Get ready, heroes, because the stakes are higher than ever before💚
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“So,” Kirishima says, and Katsuki can’t see him right now because they’re in the car and he is not the sort of person to take his eyes off the road, but he can hear the smile in his voice, and he already hates it. He hates everything about this. Playing Dynamite was supposed to be fun—it is fun, always has been, but— Dynamite is fun because he’s diametrically opposed to everything Deku stands for. And because he gets to yell at people to die and blow things up. He’s not—
He’s not meant to be the soft, kissing type.
“Don’t start,” Katsuki grumbles. “I’ll stop the car and make you walk the rest of the way.”
He won’t, and they both know that. But only because that would make Kirishima late to the read through, and if he’s late, then they can’t start on time, and then Katsuki has to suffer for even longer. And, okay, the first episode isn’t going to be the problem, but— Still.
It’s about the principle of the matter.
And the principle of the matter is that he does not want to kiss Izuku.
Kirishima sighs, overdramatic. “C’mon, bro, I’m just trying to make some conversation!”
“Well. Don’t.”
Kirishima hmphs. He goes silently for approximately forty-five seconds before speaking up again, words spilling out of his mouth so fast Katsuki can hardly comprehend them, let alone demand he shut up. “So, are you like totally secretly excited to finally kiss Midoriya-kun after all these years or what? I mean it’s crazy that this is finally happening!”
“WHAT?!” Katsuki demands, slamming the breaks with too much distance left between his car and the stoplight. The person behind him blares their horn, but he hardly registers it. “What the FUCK,” he says, emphatically, taking his eyes off the road to whirl his head around and glare at Kirishima, “are you fucking talking about?”
Kirishima doesn’t falter under his blazing scowl. “I mean…the chemistry between you two is obvious.”
Katsuki blinks.
Chemistry.
Yagi had used that same word the other day, at Izuku’s apartment. But whatever he and Izuku have, chemistry is not the right word for it. They work well together in their scenes because the friction between them is real. Because Izuku is infuriating and too-good and always extending a pitying hand to those who don’t need it—exactly like Deku. And Katsuki is the one person who sees through all that bullshit, because he’s known Izuku since they were kids and he knows he’s not as nice as he seems. He knows it’s falsified, some pathetic attempt at making himself feel superior to those around him—at making himself feel superior to Katsuki.
Well. He’s fucking not.
And just like Katsuki, Dynamite is the one character who refuses to fall for Deku’s heroics. Because he knew Deku before they were Deku and Dynamite—when they were kids with big dreams in a world that treated them both with cruelty. Whatever “chemistry” Yagi and Kirishima have seen between Izuku and Katsuki is manufactured for the sake of playing the roles of their characters, and it has never been the romantic sort. It’s something bloodier than that.
Deku and Dynamite are narrative foils. They cannot exist without one another and, therefore, they are inevitably going to destroy one another.
Is that really equivalent to love?
(It can’t be. Because that would mean Katsuki—
No. He won’t entertain such a ridiculous notion.)
“That’s not—” Katsuki stammers, trying to figure out how the hell he’s even supposed to begin responding to this wildly misconceived notion. “We play Dynamite and Deku well because we draw from real hatred for one another. There’s nothing else there!”
The light turns green. Katsuki jerks the car back into motion.
“You’ve known each other since forever, though,” Kirishima points out. “There’s more to it, bro—whether you want there to be or not. That’s how knowing someone all your life works.”
And—
Okay. Kirishima has a point. But Katsuki will not give him the satisfaction of admitting he’s right, because he’ll just take it as evidence of the wrong conclusion he’s drawn about Katsuki and Izuku’s dynamic. The truth is that he doesn’t only feel pure unadulterated hatred for Izuku—they’ve known each other too long for it to be that simple. However. He can’t explain what he does feel towards Izuku in any way that would make sense to anyone apart from Izuku himself.
It’s exactly like Dynamite and Deku, really.
They understand one another in all the worst ways.
Instead of saying any of that, though, he just tells Kirishima, “You’re wrong. And even if you weren’t, Dynamite isn’t the type of character to fall in love.”
Kirishima hums. “I didn’t read it as something as simple as that,” he muses. “It didn’t seem to me like Dynamite fell in love with Deku over the course of this season, or even the course of the show. To me, it was more like he realized he’d always been in love with him.”
Katsuki grips the steering wheel so tightly he fears it may dent under the pressure.
“Shut the fuck up,” he hisses.
Surprisingly, Kirishima obliges.
Denki Kaminari
@CHARGEBOLTREAL
sitting at the readthrough table looking around and it’s like
🧍😏🤬😏😏😏🧍🧍😳😏🧍🧍
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KIRISHIMA @manlykiri · June 10
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Tag yourself I’m the first 😏
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jirou🎶 @soundtechjirou · June 10
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i’m the third 😏
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shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 10
Replying to @CHARGEBOLTREAL
why are you on your phone during the readthrough.
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Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 10
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RUNS AWAY
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Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 10
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wait ur literally on your phone too..
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shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 10
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🫥
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Deku’s side burns where Dynamite stabbed him mere days ago, the wound not yet fully healed. The stitches pull with each movement. The healers said it would scar. It’s far from the first permanent mark Dynamite has left on him, but it is the biggest. The most damning reminder.
Deku knows, he will spend the rest of his days tracing over the scar, fingers lightly dancing along the jagged line, reminiscing about how it felt to have Dynamite so close.
But now, facing Dynamite head on again, so soon, he can’t afford to dwell on that. If Dynamite is here, that means he isn’t going after Chargebolt and Ingenium. Deku has to keep him distracted so the others can successfully pull off their rescue mission, and then he’ll retreat.
That’s the plan.
He’s the bait.
He swallows thickly. Dynamite’s eyes track the movement.
“Didn’t think I’d see you on your feet again so soon,” he sneers. “I’ll have to dig the knife in deeper next time.”
Deku stands his ground. “What, am I not good enough for your explosions?”
Dynamite’s smile widens. There’s a wild glint in his eyes—one that would scare anyone else, but to Deku, it speaks to familiarity. He knows how to play games like this. “Nah, I just like to draw out your suffering.” He steps closer. “Get your blood on my hands, you know?”
Izuku’s breath catches in his throat.
“CUT!” Yagi shouts.
Kacchan breaks character, shaking out his shoulders. He turns to Yagi straight away, asking if the scene was good or if they’ll need to reshoot, and if so, what he needs to change for next time. He must not have noticed Izuku’s slip up at the end, then. Otherwise he’d be laying into him for it rather than discussing pointers with Yagi.
Izuku, however, finds himself unable to move.
He read over this scene hundreds of times before they filmed it. He read through it with Kacchan, enough that he could hear each of Dynamite’s lines in his voice when going over them in his head. So why—
Why did that last one break his focus now?
They’re at an indoor set, surrounded by a manufactured scene of destruction with pieces of rubble surrounding them and a greenscreen as the backdrop behind it. But changes of scenery don’t typically throw Izuku off. Which means, if it’s not hearing Kacchan say the lines and it’s not the set, that would mean it was—
Vaguely, in the back of his mind, he hears someone calling his name.
—that would mean it was seeing Kacchan bloody and bruised in his Dynamite costume.
“Izuku-kun!” Hatsume exclaims, about four centimeters from his face.
He jumps, yelping and turning to face her. “I— Was just— Um.” He frowns, his heartbeat slowing after the scare. “What are you doing?”
There’s fake blood smeared across her face—well, he hopes it’s fake—which is strange, because she typically sticks to working with sets and props and costumes. If the makeup department called her in for help, there must be something seriously wrong.
“I finished it!” She holds out…something, with a proud grin shining on her face.
Izuku takes the…thing. He wants to ask about the blood, but he figures it may be best not to. “Thanks…?” He turns the object over in his hands. “Er…what is this, exactly?”
She sighs, overdramatic. “The new support item for Deku, obviously! It’s a wrist brace—and, see, it expands if you press this button—” she leans closer, into his space, and presses the button to demonstrate. The cuff expands, creating a sort of funnel. “It’s to help direct his long-range wind attacks! Isn’t that SO COOL!?”
“Oh, right!” Izuku scratches the back of his neck. He takes a step away from Hatsume. She’s sort of really bad at realizing when she’s in someone’s personal space, her mind always running a hundred miles per hour, whizzing with various set, prop, and costume ideas. It’s like she hardly sees anything that isn’t directly in front of her because she’s too busy staring five kilometers ahead.
“Anyway,” Hatsume throws an arm over his shoulder, dragging him back in. Before he can argue, she’s guiding him off the set, past the cameras.
Izuku looks behind him for help, but all he sees is Kacchan laughing at his misfortune.
“I’ve been wanting to ask for ages,” she says, easily ducking around the various chords and leaving Izuku to fumble as he tries to keep up. “Are you and Bakugou-kun in a secret relationship?”
Izuku freezes.
What?!
“What.”
“Seriously? Playing dumb?” Hatsume stops as well, turning to face him now that they’ve cleared out of the way of the crew and all their various equipment. “Come on, you can tell me! I’ll keep your secret, I swear!” She mimes zipping her lips and throwing away the key, then grabs hold of Izuku’s shoulders and shakes him. “Just admit it! Because if you’re not, the pining is embarrassing. I could help you with the perfect confession! I’m thinking fireworks that spell out his name—”
“That’s not—” Izuku tries, only to be interrupted again, by a different voice this time.
“Hello, Midoriya-kun and Hatsume-san,” Todoroki greets.
Izuku breathes out a sigh of relief. He carefully extracts himself from Hatsume’s hold. “Todoroki-kun, thank God. It’s nice to see you.”
“It’s nice to see you, too,” he replies politely, though confusion is written in his expression. “What were the two of you talking about?”
“Nothing—!”
“How Izuku-kun and Bakugou-kun are totally secretly in love with one another.” Hatsume clasps her hands together, sighing dreamily. “Isn’t romance so wonderful? I love seeing other people fall in love!”
Izuku wants to scream I AM NOT IN LOVE!!!! but he knows a losing battle when he sees one, so he decides it’s best to just ignore Hatsume’s comments. If she wants to gossip, she can go find Ashido or Hagakure. He turns to Todoroki, fully expecting to take advantage of his appearance to turn the conversation away from himself and Kacchan and hopefully escape Hatsume altogether—
only for Todoroki to nod sagely and say, “I’ve been thinking the same thing.”
“WHAT?!” Izuku demands. “Todoroki-kun—”
“Think about it,” Todoroki insists, as if maybe Izuku isn’t aware of his own relationship status. “The two of you have known each other since you were kids, and you’re both talented actors, so it would be easy for you to keep up an appearance of rivals around others. Scenes with only the two of you generally need the least amount of reshoots, because you work so well together. You know a lot about one another. Not to mention, that one time Bakugou-kun got sick while filming on location, you were the one who helped him back to his hotel room.”
Hatsume’s eyes are practically sparkling.
“None of that is proof!” Izuku argues. “The only reason I took Kacchan back to the hotel is because I had to make sure he got the right medicine.”
“Because you have his allergies memorized,” Todoroki deadpans.
“Because my mom babysat him when we were four!”
“And you still know all of them?” Hatsume gasps. “Oh, Shouto-kun, I just know we’re going to be best friends.” She loops her arm around his shoulders, and he lets himself be pulled in, looking vaguely confused but not overly concerned about her declaration of attachment. “You have to tell me everything. In return, I will tell you about my other theory that Takami-san is hooking up with one of the crew members.”
Todoroki tilts his head. “Do you mean my brother? He has been over at our house recently, but I can’t tell if he’s there for Touya-nii or one of my other siblings.”
Hatsume squeals.
Izuku takes the opportunity to slip away, leaving Todoroki and Hatsume to swap conspiracy theories. He tries to just shake it off—it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, because he knows the truth. He and Kacchan aren’t secretly dating or anything of the sort. It’s not his fault no one understands they can dislike each other while also having known each other since they were kids. Like Dynamite and Deku!
Except—
Izuku’s face flushes.
Dynamite and Deku do have feelings that run deeper than their rivalry and resentment. Underneath all of that, there’s a part of them that will always care about the other, even if their opposing ideals have prevented them from showing it. It’s been obvious from the beginning, even if Kacchan won’t admit it. And while Izuku didn’t necessarily expect the writers to actually take Deku and Dynamite’s relationship in a romantic direction, he can’t deny that it makes sense.
Which is where he and Kacchan differ from their characters!
He fiddles with the cuff Hatsume gave him, turning it over in his hands once more. He doesn’t really let himself think about his feelings towards Kacchan much—there’s no reason to. Kacchan has made it obvious he doesn’t like Izuku, and so Izuku returns that fire. That’s how things have been between them since high school, when Izuku finally stood his ground and fought back. When they both began to bloom under the new challenges they presented to one another.
Well, okay. When Izuku thinks about it like that…
Maybe he and Kacchan do have more in common with Deku and Dynamite than he’d care to admit.
But—
When he arrives back on the set, he finds Kacchan seated on the ground, downing a water bottle as Kirishima talks to him. He has a glare etched into his features, which only hardens when he makes eye contact with Izuku.
Izuku, like the mature adult he is, sticks his tongue out in response.
(—but he knows Kacchan doesn’t feel the same.)
Uraraka?
wellll…
oh no
I’m sorry
I could be totally wrong though!
I mean, just because I have a girlfriend doesn’t mean I’m an expert on feelings or crushes or romance or anything!!
And you two have a very…unique relationship
Which maybe isn’t romantic at all!
Idk!! It could be nothing!
Feel free to ignore me
i think i’m doomed
…Do you like him?
i dont wanna talk about it
Okay
How about Tsu and I come over with ice cream instead, and we have a movie night?
yes please
🫡
See you soon!
Tokuda Taneo
@TokudaTaneo
Candid shots from MHA 5x03 filming
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choji🔆 @dynamitings · July 11
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WHERE IS DEKUUUU
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · July 11
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DYNAMITE SPOTTED??!!!!!
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suki 🪭ceo of creafroppy @kiyoshiwarrior · July 11
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immediate save to camera roll
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@izuku_m
💚🩷
[ID: A picture of Asui Tsuyu and Uraraka Ochako on the set of My Hero Academia, in costume. Their arms are around each other and they both hold up peace signs, smiling.]
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nobara ; creati lovebot @creatimarryme · July 15
Replying to @izuku_m
SPACEFROG CANON???
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mahito @mahitothegoose · July 15
Replying to @creatimarryme and @izuku_m
bitch the green heart is Deku’s emoji. he and Uravity are both straight. die mad about it
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nobara ; creati lovebot @creatimarryme · Jul 15
Replying to @mahitothegoose
bitch i will kill you
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POWER 💥🩸 @demondeku · July 15
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imagine thinking deku is straight? 😭 be so fr
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@soundtechjirou
lol. lmao, even.
mahito @mahitothegoose · Jul 15
Replying to @creatimarryme and @izuku_m
bitch the green heart is Deku’s emoji. he and Uravity are both straight. die mad about it
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tsumiki ♡ @tsuchanstan · July 15
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OMG?
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hyuna! @n1ghtdeku · July 15
Replying to @soundtechjirou
DEKU AND URAVITY BOTH CONFIRMED QUEER?? THIS IS THE GREATEST DAY OF MY LIFE??
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@manlykiri
Hangin’ w the Bakubro ✌️
[ID: A selfie of Kirishima and Bakugou. Kirishima grins at the camera, dragging Bakugou into the frame with an arm around his shoulder. Bakugou glares at the camera. They’re both in costume for filming of My Hero Academia.]
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michi(zou) @dynadekumemento · July 19
Replying to @manlykiri
BROTP of all time fr
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reki !! mha skateboarders au 📌 @redredriot · July 19
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my dynariot heart can’t do this today omg
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Denji @chainsawman · July 19
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So manly…
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“So,” Katsuki says, looking anywhere besides Izuku.
“So,” Izuku repeats.
To say this is uncharted territory would be the understatement of the century. Katsuki has considered pulling the fire alarm to forcibly evacuate the building and get this whole thing cancelled at least twelve times in the past five minutes. It’s not that he and Izuku have never done any sort of acting exercises together—of course they have. They’ve been playing opposing characters for nearly five years now, and they’ve known each other their entire lives.
They have not, however, had to deal with an intimacy coordinator before.
Yagi insisted it was a good idea, and the aforementioned intimacy coordinator is apparently a friend of his who has worked on several projects with him before, so Katsuki and Izuku really couldn’t disagree with him, but…
Seriously?
It’s bad enough that Katsuki is going to have to kiss Izuku on-screen; why the hell do they need to spend any additional time dealing with this? He would like to limit acknowledgment of the Dynadeku elephant in the room as much as physically possible, thank you very much.
Unfortunately, his time on that has seemingly run out.
The door swings open, and in comes a woman Katsuki recognizes as none other than Kayama Nemuri, the industry’s most notorious intimacy coordinator. Known for her unorthodox methods which supposedly have even the most resistant of students bending to her whims, submitting to whatever it is she wishes for them to do. Despite on-and-off controversies about her work, she consistently delivers scenes that are widely considered to be the most authentic in terms of intimacy, so Katsuki supposes it makes sense to bring her in.
He just also has a feeling this is going to be the single worst experience of his entire life.
Fuck!!
Izuku shoots to his feet instantly, folding himself in half with his arms glued to his side. “Kayama-san!” he greets, voice pitched. He straightens up. “I– I’ve heard so much about you! But I had no idea that you were the person Yagi-san was talking about when he said—”
“Yes, yes,” Kayama cuts in, closing the door with her hip. She’s looking over the two of them like a meal she’s ready to devour, a malicious glint dancing in her eyes.
The fire alarm is, once again, sounding like Katsuki’s best option.
“Sit down,” she gestures vaguely towards Izuku. He goes to take the chair he’d previously been sitting in, but Kayama interrupts him with a brittle, “Not there.”
Izuku pauses.
“Sit together,” she instructs, pointing to the empty spot on the couch beside Katsuki. It’s not a very big couch. Katsuki glares at Izuku in warning.
Expectedly, it does nothing to deter him. He sits on the couch, as Kayama ordered, though he presses himself as far away from Katsuki as he can manage.
Kayama huffs out a weary sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose. “Toshinori really undersold this, didn’t he,” she muses, looking up at the ceiling. “I’ve got my work cut out for me this time.” Then, she lowers her gaze back to Katsuki and Izuku, and her face splits into a grin. “Good thing I’ve always adored a challenge!”
Mentally, Katsuki bashes his head against the wall until his skull cracks open.
Aloud, he says, “Can we just fucking get this over with?”
“Patience, Bakugou-kun,” Kayama purrs. She pulls up a chair, sitting across from them and resting her chin in her hands. She looks them over in silence for several moments longer. Izuku begins fidgeting immediately, and Katsuki manages to reign himself in for all of fifteen seconds before turning on him.
“Would you fucking stop—”
“Aha!” Kayama interrupts. She claps her hands together. “I see. We’ll start from the beginning, then.”
Both Katsuki and Izuku make vague noises of confusion.
Kayama reaches into her bag and pulls out a…stress ball?
She tosses it to Katsuki, who catches it easily. “The hell am I supposed to do with this?”
“Play catch,” she orders, like that’s a reasonable instruction for intimacy coordination class and not an order you give a dog. “Act like I’m not here.”
When Katsuki continues to simply stare at her in disbelief, she makes a shoo gesture with her hand. “Get on with it. I thought you said you wanted this over with as quickly as possible?”
Katsuki turns, and chucks the ball straight at Izuku’s chest.
He revels in Kayama’s sigh.
Kayama Nemuri🍑🍒
@MidnightStudios
What a job this is shaping up to be… ;)
[ID: a blurred picture of a script, held in Kayama’s hand.]
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ty lee @tyleeatthecircus · July 23
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give us the deets please 😭🙏
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aiura mikoto🔮 @psychicgirlie · July 23
Replying to @MidnightStudios
guys am i tripping or does this look like an MHA script….
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧
@angelgxrl
no but i think she’s onto something…
aiura mikoto🔮 @psychicgirlie · July 23
Replying to @MidnightStudios
guys am i tripping or does this look like an MHA script….
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dazai @nolongerhuman · July 23
Replying to @angelgxrl
yeah that page for sure has dynamite’s name on it
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · July 23
Replying to @nolongerhuman
SCREAM?
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POWER💥🩸
@demondeku
DYNADEKU CANON BITCHES
dazai @nolongerhuman · July 23
Replying to @angelgxrl
yeah that page for sure has dynamite’s name on it
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · July 23
Replying to @demondeku
I LITREALYL CATN BREATH EHLEP
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nirei !! @dekusnotebook · July 23
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ARE WE WINNING? ARE WE ACTUALLY WINNING?
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GIN🗡️ @dynanight · July 23
Replying to @demondeku
this is so insane wdym an intimacy coordinator is working on a scene with DYNAMITE???? life is a fever dream
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nobara ; creati lovebot
@creatimarryme
no way did i get back from a 2 hour exam just to immediately see the entire timeline screaming about dynadeku being canon. chat What Is Happening
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Kayama is making them go on a date.
She went from 0 to 100 a little too fast in Izuku’s opinion, considering they were doing silly games and answering surface-level get-to-know you questions last week, and then this morning, Izuku turned on his phone to find a message from Yagi alerting him that Kayama determined he and Kacchan were reading for the next step in their intimacy training.
Which is. Going on a date.
Izuku is feeling totally normal about this. He did not send Uraraka upwards of fifty messages in an absolute panic and then another ten apologizing for his breakdown, because he is a well-adjusted adult who can deal with a stupid little crush on his coworker. His coworker who he has known most of his life, who he literally can’t even remember a time without. His coworker who he is going to have to kiss.
His coworker who he is going on a date with in approximately—
“Hey. Nerd.”
—now.
Izuku yelps, straightening up. “Hi, Kacchan!”
He’s dressed nicely, which is strange—it’s not that he can’t dress nice; it’s just that he doesn’t. Out of spite. His mom texts him every time the paparazzi catch him, without fail, to berate him for dressing like a slob whenever he goes out in public. And Kacchan just laughs because the whole point is to piss her off.
“You’re paying, right?”
“Um—”
Kacchan doesn’t wait for a response before pushing past Izuku and into the café Kayama decided they should go to. It’s out of the way, typically not very busy, and Izuku recalls Yaoyorozu citing it as one of her favorites. Hopefully they won’t be noticed—by too many people, at least—and they can do this date thing without any crazy fan theories popping up.
God knows there’s plenty of those swarming Twitter already.
“We’re supposed to be here together,” Izuku hisses once he’s caught up with Kacchan.
Kacchan sneers at him. “What, do you want to hold my hand so you don’t get lost?”
“No!” Izuku squeaks. “It’s just—”
Kacchan tilts his head, looking at Izuku out of the corner of his eye. “You’re acting fucking weird. You know we’re just getting breakfast, right? I don’t give a shit what Kayama-san says; this is pointless. Don’t forget that.”
“Right!” Izuku agrees.
They order their food, and Izuku pays for both of them even though Kacchan insists he was joking and then gets mad because Izuku did exactly what he asked of him. Izuku takes the anger with a smile as he hands his card over to the cashier.
She giggles as she takes it. “Seeing couples fight over who pays never gets old,” she tells him.
That makes Kacchan shut up.
“He’s not my fucking boyfriend,” he growls, then stomps off to find a table.
The cashier winces as she hands Izuku’s card back. “Sorry.”
Izuku shakes his head. “Don’t be. He’s a jerk.” He turns, watching as Kacchan plops down in a chair and immediately pulls his phone from his pocket. Terrible date etiquette. Izuku is absolutely telling Kayama about all of this. Maybe she’ll make Kacchan do extra “intimacy exercises” like practicing being nice to strangers.
“Well,” the cashier says, pulling him from his thoughts. She gives him his receipt, a knowing smile on her face. “I wish you luck.”
Izuku doesn’t bother asking what she means by that. He has a really unfortunate feeling that he knows. And luck isn’t going to help him.
What he needs is a miracle.
IT’S CAMIE 💋
@slaymecamie
TOTES FREAK OUT MOMENT? GIRL #HELP
[ID: A photo of Bakugou Katsuki and Midoriya Izuku seated across from each other at a table in a café. They’re both smiling.]
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higuchi @myheroingenium · July 29
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is this dynadeku or bakuizu??? i can’t tell anymore..
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@thisisnttogahimiko
what even is the difference anymore #tbh #mytruth
higuchi @myheroingenium · July 29
Replying to @slaymecamie
is this dynadeku or bakuizu??? i can’t tell anymore..
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bloodsucker🩸 @thisisnttogahimiko · July 29
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forgot i took this account off priv oopsies
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higuchi @myheroingenium · July 29
Replying to @thisisnttogahimiko
TOGA HIMIKO??? AS IN URARAKA-SAN’S GIRLFRIEND?????
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@nolongerhuman
what does toga himiko know about the depths of dynadeku stan twitter
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bloodsucker🩸 @thisisnttogahimiko · July 29
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this u?
dazai @nolongerhuman · 02/03/21
posting ice cold takes on twt just to feel something. dynamite is abusing deku and deku should kill him for it #mha
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dazai @nolongerhuman · July 29
Replying to @thisisnttogahimiko
girl.
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Katsuki and Izuku eat in silence for a blissful thirty seconds before Izuku starts talking. Katsuki lets him go for a second, thinking maybe he just needs to get over this outburst of nervous energy, and because he’s tired. He had to skip his morning run to get ready for this fucking joke of a “date” that he’s only going on because Yagi insisted, not because Kayama wanted it, so he hasn’t had a chance to properly wake up yet.
But when Izuku’s rambling just keeps going, he kicks his shin under the table and growls, “Shut the hell up.”
Izuku stomps on his foot in response. “I’m just trying to do what Kayama-san wants!”
Katsuki rolls his eyes so hard it hurts. “Can you do it quieter, at least.”
“You do realize this isn’t just going to go away if we ignore it, right?”
“Duh. But that doesn’t mean we gotta think about it before it’s necessary.”
“Well—”
“Just shut up!” Katsuki barks. It gets them several wary looks, which he responds to by whirling his head around and glaring at all of the idiot extras who have dared to exist in the same spot as him right now. If he has to suffer, he’s going to make damn sure no one else in the vicinity is happy either.
Izuku snaps his mouth shut, but he’s obviously not happy about it. Typical fucking nerd, rolling over in submission to appease the masses. He’s such a pushover it makes Katsuki sick. He thinks he’s being so good and kind, but really, he’s just—
He kicks Katsuki’s leg.
Katsuki’s grip on his chopsticks tightens. He kicks back, harder.
Izuku doesn’t flinch. He sips on his drink, a smile in his eyes as he kicks Katsuki again. Like he’s getting off on this or something. Fucking weirdo. Katsuki hates his guts.
He kicks Izuku. Izuku kicks him.
They go back and forth, silently, kicking each other’s shins and stomping on each other’s toes while they eat their meals. Katsuki is about 99% sure this is not what Kayama had in mind when she set up this date for them, which only serves to reignite the fire with which he’s fighting Izuku. He is absolutely determined to be the worst project she’s ever taken on.
Izuku is nearly done with his food when he finally breaks, letting a soft groan escape from his lips at a particularly hard kick. His head drops, bangs falling in his eyes, but Katsuki can still see the grimace he attempts to hide. He doesn’t get to laugh for long, though, because Izuku sends the toe of his boot directly into the bruise beneath Katsuki’s kneecap from where he fell during filming the other day.
“Shit,” he hisses.
Izuku hums innocently, shoving another bite in his mouth.
Katsuki times his next hit so it lands right when Izuku is swallowing, and he chokes on the food as it goes down. His placid expression devolves into a coughing fit, and Katsuki can’t bite back his laughter. Izuku glares at him half-heartedly as he attempts to soothe the fit with gulps of water. And while he’s able to get a handle on the hacking, he seems to be having a far harder time reigning in the red in his cheeks.
Briefly, Katsuki wonders if he’ll look like that when he has to kiss him.
And then he immediately shuts that thought down, because his decision was to avoid thinking about that at all until it’s time to film The Scene.
He kicks Izuku again, while he’s down, if only to distract himself from staring at the flush of Izuku’s face.
“Hey!” he exclaims. “It was my turn!”
Katsuki shrugs. “You were taking too long.”
Izuku goes for the bruise on his knee again. Katsuki tries to move out of the way, but he only succeeds in slamming his knee against the underside of the table, rattling their dishes and knocking over Izuku’s glass of water.
“Kacchan!”
He throws a napkin at Izuku. “Clean it up.”
“You spilled it!”
“It’s your water!”
“It’s your fault!”
“I wouldn’t have moved my leg if you weren’t pulling dirty tricks!”
“You cheated first!”
“No, I took an opportunity—”
A displeased clearing of a throat interrupts Katsuki. He and Izuku both turn to look in time, finding an older gentleman who looks like he might be the manager of the café standing at their table. His arms are crossed, and he’s glaring at them. “I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask the two of you to leave, as you are disturbing the peace of this establishment,” he says, his tone leaving no room for argument. There’s an unspoken or else at the end of his statement, and while Katsuki could definitely take him in a fight, he’d rather not deal with that PR meeting again.
So they leave.
As soon as the door has shut behind them, Izuku bursts into a fit of laughter.
Katsuki kicks his leg, for good measure, but that doesn’t deter him. “The hell is your problem, nerd?”
Izuku gasps for breath, eyes crinkling at the edges. “We’re no better at this than Deku and Dynamite would be,” he giggles.
“We’re—” A boiling heat bubbles up in the pit of Katsuki’s stomach. “We’re not fucking Deku and Dynamite. And those two would never go on a date in the first place!”
“Yeah, ‘cause they’d get kicked out like we just did!”
Izuku says it with a smile shining on his face, glowing under the morning sunlight. His cheeks are still tinted pink, and Katsuki’s legs ache where he’d been kicking them mere moments earlier, and it’s not particularly warm out, but Katsuki’s body feels oddly hot anyway. Izuku is looking at him like—
Like—
Like when they’re playing their characters, when Deku insists on seeing the good in Dynamite, even when everyone else has given up on him. Like he truly believes Dynamite has good inside of him that he can draw out. It’s pathetic, it’s a display of pity, and Dynamite and Katsuki both loathe it, but…
To refuse to give up on someone even when they’ve given you a thousand reasons to turn your back can’t be called anything other than stupidity.
Or, perhaps, love.
Deku looks at Dynamite like he loves him, despite everything.
And Izuku looks at Katsuki like—
Oh, Katsuki thinks numbly. Because in the late morning light, after an absolute failure of a fake date to inspire intimacy between them even though they’ve known each other since longer than Katsuki can remember, Izuku is grinning at him, and it hits him all at once:
Of course Dynamite and Deku’s story is culminating in a bloody, desperate, kiss at the end of this season. Whether intentionally or not, they’ve been playing the characters as enemies in love from the very beginning.
Because Katsuki has been in love with Izuku from the very beginning, too.
thx
Approximately fifty hours after their “date,” Kacchan shows up at Izuku’s apartment.
He offers a courtesy knock—which is just him slamming his fist against the door a couple times—before barging in and calling out, “NERD! Where are you at?!”
Izuku is in the kitchen, washing dishes, doing normal person activities instead of breaking into someone’s apartment at 11 a.m. They’re not filming anything until this evening, so there’s no reason for Kacchan to be here. Actually, last Izuku checked, he and Kacchan aren’t even filming any scenes together for the rest of the week, so—
Why is he here?
Izuku sets down the plate he was scrubbing and turns around in time to find Kacchan standing directly across from him. No more than three steps away.
He yelps, banging his elbow back against the counter. “Ow!”
Kacchan laughs.
“Hey! You— This is your fault! You can’t just break into my home!”
“I didn’t break in,” Kacchan tells him sincerely. “I have a key. I unlocked the door through perfectly legal means.”
“You only have a key ‘cause you made a copy of your mom’s,” Izuku reminds him. Because that definitely was not legal
“Semantics,” Kacchan waves Izuku’s perfectly valid point aside. “Anyway, we’re going out again.”
“We’re—” Izuku blinks. He reaches for his phone, only to remember it’s not in his pocket because it’s charging in his bedroom. Did he miss something from Yagi? He thought he turned the ringer on, and had the volume up loud enough that he’d be able to hear if someone was trying to call him.
“Not because of Kayama-san.” Kacchan grabs Izuku’s arm, dragging him towards his bedroom. He shoves him through the doorway, orders him to, “Put on something at least semi-decent,” and then pulls the door shut, leaving Izuku in the room alone.
What. Is. Happening?
In a haze, Izuku grabs clothes from his dresser and tugs them on. He ducks into his bathroom, runs a comb through his hair, then picks up his phone on. There are no missed messages from Yagi, Kayama, or Kacchan. There’s no indication of what Kacchan may be playing at, from anyone. Not even a courtesy warning text from Kirishima.
Izuku has never been more confused in his life.
He pockets his phone and steps out of his bedroom. Kacchan is still standing there, waiting for him, with his arms crossed. He looks Izuku over. “Good enough, I suppose.”
“Wh—” He grabs Izuku’s arm again, stomping towards the door. “Kacchan! Wait! What are we— What??”
“I told you,” he says, not even looking back at Izuku as he speaks. “We’re going out.”
“Out,” Izuku repeats flatly.
“Yes. Put your shoes on.”
Izuku does as he’s told, because he has a feeling no amount of arguing is going to get him out of this. Kacchan didn’t bother taking his own shoes off before storming into the apartment, because he’s rude, so he just stands there and watches Izuku clumsily shove his feet into his sneakers. He’s hardly even gotten them on when Kacchan is pulling him out of the apartment. He at least locks the door behind him, using the key he obtained through illegal means, and he continues to offer absolutely no explanation for any of this through the entire journey outside.
He marches them to his car in silence, yanks the passenger door open, and tells Izuku to get in.
“I feel like you’re kidnapping me,” Izuku tells him. And he gets in the car anyway because he never said he was smart when it comes to Kacchan. Maybe they’re finally going to get their parking lot brawl he was expecting after reading the kiss scene. Although, those tend to happen at night, so fans won’t see them duking it out in broad daylight.
Kacchan laughs at him, then slams the door shut.
“Where are we going?” Izuku tries, once Kacchan is settled in the drivers’ seat.
“‘s a surprise,” he grumbles. He puts the car into reverse, then braces his arm behind Izuku’s seat as he looks behind them. Izuku stares down into his lap to avoid ogling Kacchan’s bicep. He thinks, maybe, he could be a bit more logical about this whole being kidnapped thing if he weren’t, like, stupidly pining for the guy who has hated his guts since they were five. He briefly wonders if this is how Deku feels around Dynamite.
Then, he chides himself. Deku is smart enough to not just get in Dynamite’s car without any questioning.
While Kacchan drives, Izuku watches him. He waits for the outburst of anger where Kacchan yells at him to stop staring, but it never comes. So. He just keeps watching. Lets his eyes trace the sharp lines of his jaw, the smoothness of his skin, the way his fingers curl around the steering wheel. Despite knowing Kacchan for upwards of two decades, Izuku has rarely just looked at him.
Not without purpose, at least—he’s spent plenty of time gazing at Dynamite. He’s known for years that Dynamite is attractive; everyone knows Dynamite is attractive. It’s a pretty major part of his appeal to fans.
But it has taken Izuku far too long to realize Kacchan is even more handsome than the character he plays.
When they arrive at their destination, Kacchan barks out an order for Izuku to not get out yet, and then he climbs out and circles the car to open the door for him.
Izuku’s heart flutters in his chest. He feels, somehow, like he’s losing a game he never agreed to play.
They’re at a restaurant Izuku has never heard of before, but before he ask about it, Kacchan tells him, “Pikachu said this place has the best katsudon in the city. If he’s lying, I’m gonna kill him.”
“Oh,” Izuku says, because how else is he supposed to respond to Kacchan saying he asked a friend for advice on which restaurants make the best rendition of Izuku’s favorite dish? “Um. Are you, like…sure this isn’t Kayama-san—”
“Do you think fucking Kayama-san knows your favorite foods?” Kacchan scoffs. He opens the door and gestures harshly for Izuku to go inside. “Give me a break. I’d never do a single thing she told me to willingly. Don’t be dumb.”
Izuku grumbles under his breath. “If I didn’t know better, I’d say you like me or something.”
“You are the biggest idiot I’ve met in my life,” Kacchan tells him.
“Why do you always say I’m a nerd, then?”
“Should I call you something else? Maybe Deku, since you’re as useless as your character? Or—”
Izuku stops, turning to face Kacchan, close enough that they’re almost nose-to-nose. “You could just call me Izuku, you know.”
Kacchan has never shut up so fast in his life.
He shoves Izuku the rest of the way into the restaurant, but he’s not quite quick enough about it to prevent Izuku from seeing the faint flush in his cheeks.
They order food, and Kacchan pays before Izuku can even think to get his wallet out, which makes him think maybe this is just…repayment for the other day? Does he think he owes Izuku for buying him breakfast? He hadn’t been planning to hold that over his head, but Kacchan hates feeling like he’s indebted to anyone. So.
He could’ve just waited for Kayama to send them out on another date, though. Izuku is pretty sure that’s going to happen again, despite them literally getting kicked out during their first one. Or maybe she’ll step up her game to locking them in a closet. She’s used that method before. Allegedly.
Once they’ve sat down, Izuku attempts to get answers yet again. “So…can I ask what the point of this is?”
“You can—”
“What is the point of this!?”
“—but I’m not going to answer,” Kacchan finishes, grinning at Izuku with an evil glint in his eyes. “Figure it out yourself if you’re so smart, nerd.”
Izuku slumps. He traces out the lines in the table with his index finger, trying to come up with any possible explanation for this sudden outing that doesn’t cater to his wildest fantasies. Honestly, the best he’s got is the thought that it’s nothing more than repayment. Izuku bought Kacchan breakfast, so Kacchan forcibly buys him lunch, and then they’re even.
Or he’s trying to beat Kayama to coordinating intimacy between them.
Hm.
Izuku nudges Kacchan’s foot under the table. Kacchan glares, and nudges him back. Izuku catches Kacchan’s foot between his own, and just keeps it there.
Kacchan rolls his eyes, scoffing, but lets him.
Okay.
Their food arrives, and true to Kaminari’s word, the katsudon is delicious. Not quite the best Izuku has ever had, though—he’d have to say that prize, unfortunately, goes to Kacchan himself. But Kacchan doesn’t need the ego boost, so he keeps his mouth shut about that.
Halfway through the meal, Kacchan’s free foot knocks against one of Izuku’s. He tenses, expecting another fight, but instead, Kacchan simply traps one of Izuku’s feet between his like Izuku has done to him. There’s no acknowledgement of it in his expression, but his hold is too secure for it to be an accident.
Izuku smiles around his chopsticks.
My Hero Love Story?
Actors Bakugou Katsuki and Midoriya Izuku reportedly spotted on a date
by Tokuda Taneo
In a newly-leaked photo, My Hero Academia stars Bakugou Katsuki and Midoriya Izuku appear to be on a date at local restaurant Shiketsu. This is the second time this week that the two have been spotted together outside of filming for season five of the widely popular action show, in which Midoriya plays protagonist Deku and Bakugou plays one of the series’ main villains, Dynamite.
Fans of the show have long since “shipped” the actors’ characters, and in the lead-up to the fifth season airing, there have been countless speculations on whether Deku and Dynamite’s relationship might prove to be taking a turn in the romantic direction. Is it possible that the actors’ relationship is mirroring their characters? Or could the characters be heading towards romance because of a new spark between their actors?…
Keep reading
Katsuki’s plan was simple. Take Izuku out to lunch, drop a few hints, let him pick up on them, and then maybe make out with him in the car before driving him back home. And then, preferably, not actually talk about it but keep making out off and on and just live like that forever. It seemed perfectly reasonable given their dynamic.
What he hadn’t planned on was Izuku being so unbelievably dense.
They sit in the restaurant long after they’ve finished eating, trading jabs back and forth and playing a—much calmer—game of footsie under the table. Izuku talks about some movie he watched with Uraraka and Tsu, and in return, Katsuki fills him in on everything he knows about the Kaminari and Shinsou thing. It’s…actually surprisingly nice.
But Izuku clearly has not figured out the real reason Katsuki dragged him out of his apartment.
So.
Plan B.
Instead of taking Izuku back home, he drives them to the aquarium. Because Izuku thinks fish are cool, and the darker lighting will make it harder for people to recognize them. And because Katsuki can point out all the dumbest-looking fish and tell Izuku they look like him.
Which Izuku responds to by calling him every sea urchin and puffer fish and other various spiky creatures they come across.
“Okay, okay,” Izuku comes to a stop in front of a tank full of small, brightly-colored fish. His hand is entwined with Katsuki’s, and he doesn’t drop it even when they’ve reached their destination. “What about these?”
Katsuki hums, considering for a moment. “You’re that one funky looking piece of coral.” He points. “The green one, that looks a bit like broccoli.”
Izuku laughs. “I was gonna say you’re that rock that the blue fish is hiding behind.”
“A rock?!”
“Mm,” Izuku hums in affirmation. He pushes himself onto his toes so he can knock his fist against the side of Katsuki’s head. “See? No brain in there; just rocks. It’s perfect for you.”
“HEY!”
Izuku darts away before Katsuki can whale on him for that comment. His fingers slip from Katsuki’s grasp, and Katsuki tries not to dwell on how empty his hand feels. “Get back here, nerd!”
“Noooo!” Izuku cries, darting into the next room. Katsuki chases after him, but he’s too blinded by his petty rage to realize Izuku pressed himself against the wall right next to the entrance, just out of sight. So when he barrels into the room, Izuku slams into him from the side.
“WHAT THE FUCK!” Katsuki screeches.
He earns himself a dirty glare from a mother who ushers her small kids out of the room as he’s pushed into the wall by the momentum of Izuku. Izuku follows, of course, his arms braced against Katsuki’s chest.
He’s looking up at him with pupils blown wide.
Katsuki very nearly says fuck it and just kisses him right there.
Instead, he clears his throat and looks away. “You’re the single most annoying person I’ve met,” he grumbles.
“Um,” Izuku says.
“Get your hands off of me.”
Izuku doesn’t move.
“I SAID—”
Izuku yanks himself back like he’s been burnt. Even though it’s exactly what Katsuki asked for, the loss almost physically hurts. Instinctively, he leans forward, as if to press himself back into Izuku’s space. He catches himself before he can go too far—and hopefully before Izuku could notice the desperation in the movement, too.
Izuku isn’t even looking at him, though. He’s looking just to Katsuki’s left, and when Katsuki follows Izuku’s gaze, he finds a tank displaying poison dart frogs built into the wall.
Izuku clears his throat, gesturing vaguely to the tank. “They’re kinda like Tsu-chan’s character, huh?”
Katsuki is going to bang his head against the glass until it breaks and the poison dart frogs kill him. It should not be this hard to get Izuku to understand what he’s going for here, right? The thing about them is that they know each other—they understand each other—even when they don’t want to. So why is he suddenly playing stupid?
Is it all just a ploy to force Katsuki to actually use his words?
Izuku steps closer to the tank, peering at the frogs with a curious expression. Like he’s forgotten Katsuki is there with him at all. “Your mom likes poison dart frogs, right? Maybe I should take a picture for her.”
It’s a simple statement, really. It’s the simplest thing in the world. Izuku has known Katsuki’s mother since they were both still learning to walk, so of course he knows random little things about her. It’s no different from Katsuki remembering Inko’s favorite foods and bringing her a serving or two when he has the chance to stop over for a visit.
But—
Izuku pulls out his phone and swipes to the camera, holding it up to the tank. He narrows his eyes, tongue just barely sticking out of the corner of his mouth as he concentrates, clearly trying to get the perfect shot.
Katsuki has heard love described as a missing puzzle piece finally being slotted into place. That’s not how Izuku is to him, though. Izuku is a piece that has always been there, right beside him, the perfect fit in his life from the very beginning no matter how Katsuki tried to resist it. He’s someone who could never be replaced.
Before that first group read through for season five, Kirishima said he didn’t believe Dynamite and Deku fell in love this season alone. He said that he believed Dynamite simply realized he’d always been in love with Deku.
Yeah, Katsuki thinks. Yeah.
“Izuku,” he says.
Izuku looks up at him, eyes wide, phone still on in his hands. He opens his mouth, but Katsuki doesn’t give him a chance to say anything. He’s done waiting, and he hates using his words anyways. Actions are always louder, right?
He reaches forward, cups Izuku’s face with both hands, and presses their lips together.
Izuku’s phone clatters to the floor.
And then he’s grabbing Katsuki back, looping his arms around his neck, dragging him in closer until their bodies are pressed flush against one another.
They kiss like they do everything else: as a competition. Katsuki digs his teeth into Izuku’s bottom lip, and Izuku bites back. Their tongues push against one another, and Izuku yanks on Katsuki’s hair, and Katsuki digs his fingers into Izuku’s face, and it’s simultaneously exactly like every fight they’ve had and nothing like anything Katsuki has ever experienced before in his life.
When they finally break apart, they’re both gasping for breath. Izuku’s face is red, and he’s staring at Katsuki like he wants to devour him. Katsuki doubts he’s faring much better.
“That,” Izuku starts.
“Shut up,” Katsuki instructs. And then he kisses him again.
Izuku does not have any complaints.
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They get kicked out of the aquarium, too.
Because they don’t have any scenes to film with each other today, Izuku doesn’t manage to get Kacchan alone until they’ve wrapped for the night. But as soon as they’ve both changed out of their costumes, he bounds up to him, taking him by the arm and dragging him outside. Kacchan hardly has time to bid Kirishima a startled farewell while Kirshima simply laughs at him.
Karma, Izuku thinks gleefully.
As soon as they’re away from the others, out in the cool night air, Izuku turns to face Kacchan and blurts out, “Be my boyfriend!”
Kacchan blinks at him.
For one moment, there’s blissful, stunned silence between them. Izuku is beaming. Uraraka is going to be so proud of him.
Then, Kacchan’s face twists into an expression of anger. “FUCKER!” he shouts. “YOU BEAT ME TO IT? TAKE IT BACK, WHAT THE HELL!!”
Izuku’s grin widens. Oh, this is even better than he thought!
“Nope!” He bounces on the balls of his feet. “I did it first, I win!”
Kacchan growls. “I never even accepted!”
“But you said you want to date me too! That’s as good as a yes!”
“I fucking did not!”
“You implied it. I’m taking my victory!” And then, before he can argue anymore, Izuku throws his arms around Kacchan, dragging him into a hug. He struggles against it for a moment, trying valiantly to push Izuku off of him, but Izuku refuses to give up so easily.
After a moment, Kacchan stiffly hugs him back. “I hate you. Nerd,” he says.
Izuku buries his laughter in Kacchan’s shoulder. “I’m planning our next date,” he says. “And you’re not allowed to get us kicked out this time.”
“It was NOT my fault!”
“You kissed me!”
“Yeah, ‘cause you were being so—” He breaks off into a groan.
Izuku lets Kacchan push him off this time, if only so he can look up with widened eyes and innocently ask, “I was being so what?”
Kacchan punches his arm.
Izuku pouts. He rubs it, even though it didn’t really hurt. “That’s not a very nice way to treat your boyfriend.”
Kacchan scoffs, turning away. “I still never said yes.”
“Well.” Izuku reaches out, grabbing Kacchan’s hand. Kacchan lets him. “Maybe you didn’t say it, but I heard it anyway.”
“I’m breaking up with you,” Kacchan declares.
“Thought you never agreed to date me in the first place?”
“I’m agreeing, just so I can dump you.”
“Wowww,” Izuku deadpans. “At least drive me home first.”
“Don’t you usually ride the train with your girlfriend?”
“You can’t keep calling Uraraka my girlfriend now that you’re dating me,” Izuku grumbles. “And she’s going to Toga’s tonight anyway. So. I would be taking the train all by my lonesome…” He bumps his shoulder against Kacchan’s.
“You two planned this. Didn’t you?”
Izuku just laughs.
Kacchan tightens his hold on Izuku’s hand, and then drags him to where he parked his car.
Midoriya Izuku
@izuku_m
weirdo.
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BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥 @LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER · Aug 1
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FUCKER YOU SAID YOU WOULDNT POST THIS
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Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · Aug 1
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I lied 💚
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hyuna!
@n1ghtdeku
um. Hello?
Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · Aug 1
weirdo.
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suki 🪭ceo of creafroppy
@kiyoshiwarrior
what the actual fuck is going on here
Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · Aug 1
weirdo.
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michi(zou)
@dynadekumemento
not to conspiracy theorize on main but uhh… guys… this looks like midoriya-san’s apartment. and it was posted at. 7 in the morning..,
Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · Aug 1
weirdo.
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suo.
@nyghthyde
do they realize we can all see this.
Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · Aug 1
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I lied 💚
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BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥
@LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER
no one tell him I told you this but midoriya has three (3) photos of Yagi Toshinori in frames on the desk in his bedroom
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Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · Aug 1
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STOIPT
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nobara ; creati lovebot
@creatimarryme
oh they fucking for real
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yuuji @miidoriiya · Aug 1
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who???
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nobara ; creati lovebot @creatimarryme · Aug 1
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b****** and m*******
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧
@angelgxrl
dynadeku social media au resurgence is coming ohh i can feel it now
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MHA Cast Updates
@MHACastNews
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · Aug 1
dynadeku social media au resurgence is coming ohh i can feel it now
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MHA Cast Updates
@MHACastNews
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · Aug 1
dynadeku social media au resurgence is coming ohh i can feel it now
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MHA Cast Updates
@MHACastNews
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kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · Aug 1
dynadeku social media au resurgence is coming ohh i can feel it now
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MHA Cast Updates
@MHACastNews
Uraraka Ochako and her girlfriend Toga Himiko (via @/thisisnttogahimiko) liked this Tweet
kurusu hana *:･ﾟ✧ @angelgxrl · Aug 1
dynadeku social media au resurgence is coming ohh i can feel it now
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MHA Cast Updates @MHACastNews · Aug 1
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guys i’m getting scared
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MHA Season 5 Trailer Announcement
by Tokuda Taneo
It’s been two months since rumors of My Hero Academia actors Bakugou Katsuki and Midoriya Izuku’s alleged relationship began taking over social media. Since then, the two have been spotted in public together a handful of times, which has only served to encourage the wild fan theories.
But some are beginning to speculate this is nothing but a publicity stunt to promote the fifth season of My Hero Academia.
Director Yagi Toshinori announced on Twitter this morning that the first trailer for season five will be dropping next week, stirring up hype amidst an already overactive fanbase. Could these recent dating rumors simply be a way to add fuel to the fire?…
Keep reading.
Deku looks at Dynamite with tears in his eyes, blood and grime smeared across his face, beautiful as always despite the rough state he’s in. Dynamite cannot look away.
DEKU
You don’t…have to keep doing this. Please—
DYNAMITE
You still don’t get it, do you?! I know I don’t have to do this; I chose it!
DEKU
(desperately)
But…why?!
DYNAMITE
Because I—
He looks away.
DYNAMITE
I can never be good like you.
DEKU
I don’t want you to be good like me. I want you to be good like you.
DYNAMITE
I’m not good, though.
DEKU
You can be.
He reaches for Dynamite’s hand, hesitantly, as if scared he’ll be rejected. Dynamite doesn’t accept the hand, but he doesn’t smack it away either; he simply stares at it.
DYNAMITE
You still believe that? Even after all I’ve done?
DEKU
Of course. I believe in you.
Dynamite takes a step closer, stumbling. Deku is there to steady him. Just like he always has been, despite everything.
DYNAMITE
Deku…
Deku brings a hand to Dynamite’s face, caressing his cheek.
And something in Dynamite snaps.
He grabs Deku by the collar, yanking him forward into a messy, bloody, bruising kiss.
Midoriya Izuku
@izuku_m
MHA season five finale tonight! You’re not going to want to miss this one ;) 💚💥
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Midoriya Izuku @izuku_m · June 1
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You should also definitely grab a friend (or two) and force them to watch it with you, like I’m doing! :D
[ID: a photo of Bakugou taken from behind. He sits on the floor, back against the couch, facing the TV, with a bowl of popcorn beside him.]
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BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥 @LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER · June 1
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KIRISHIMA
@manlykiri
Watch party vibez
[ID: a selfie. Kirishima is in the middle. Uraraka and Toga are on his left while Bakugou and Midoriya are on his right. They’re all smiling, except for Bakugou, who just looks slightly less pissed off than usual.]
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Eri🦄💞
@aizawaeri
In terms of absolute cinema, nothing can beat the Nightbolt moments in the recent episodes… but I have a feeling this season finale might come pretty close…
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jirou🎶
@soundtechjirou
i just want you all to know @PresentationMichael and i spent literal weeks agonizing over the music for a certain Scene in the finale. so if you hate it i’m going to have to kill you.
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Yagi Toshinori
@YagiToshinori
This week’s episode is incredibly special to a lot of people, myself included. We had to fight in order to take this season in the direction we wanted, but I truly believe it paid off. I hope you all enjoy!
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Denki Kaminari
@CHARGEBOLTREAL
hey guys i’m still dead. btw if you even care
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shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 1
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you literally woke up last episode. i was there.
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Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 1
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i just want Chargebolt to get some attention, is that so wrong :(
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shinsou
@hitoshinsou
this idiot doesn’t know nighthide has never been interested in giving his attention to anyone else
Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 1
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i just want Chargebolt to get some attention, is that so wrong :(
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Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 1
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bro if you’re not careful i might start thinking you’re talking about us instead of our characters
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shinsou @hitoshinsou · June 1
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wow. you’re finally getting it.
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Denki Kaminari @CHARGEBOLTREAL · June 1
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WHAT
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bloodsucker🩸
@thisisnttogahimiko
literally VIBRATINGGGGG waiting to see the reactions to this ep
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Uraraka Ochako @urarara · June 1
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babe this account is still public
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bloodsucker🩸 @thisisnttogahimiko · June 1
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i know ^.^
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BAKUGOU KATSUKI💥💚
@LORDEXPLOSIONMURDER
T-minus five minutes. See you DynaDeku-ers on the other side
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Midoriya Izuku💚💥 @izuku_m · June 1
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<3
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Katsuki chuckles as the reactions to his Tweet begin rolling in at an alarming rate. Izuku laughs too, his chin hooked on Katsuki’s shoulder as he watches the notification stream on his phone screen.
“Well,” Katsuki says. “There’s that, I guess.”
And then he shuts his phone off completely.
“Stop flirting and get ready to watch!” Uraraka demands. “And try the cookies Himiko made, or else I’ll kill you before we ever get to the kiss scene.”
“I promise there’s no blood in them,” Toga sings. She forces a cookie into Katsuki’s hand, then dances off to Kirishima. “Probably.”
Katsuki holds the cookie towards Izuku. Instead of taking it from him, like a normal person, Izuku simply bites it while it’s still in Katsuki’s hand.
“What is your problem?”
Izuku grins. Then, he plucks the cookie from Katsuki’s fingers, breaks a piece off, and holds it out to him. “Try it,” he instructs. “It’s good, I promise. And also I don’t want to scrape your corpse off the sidewalk outside if you upset Toga.”
Katsuki rolls his eyes, but he obediently opens his mouth and lets Izuku feed him.
“Gross!” Uraraka scolds.
“CUTEEE,” Toga squeals.
“Quiet down,” Kirishima instructs. “It’s starting! And talking during the show is totally not manly.”
Izuku shoves the rest of the cookie into Katsuki’s mouth before he can make any snide comments. Then, he leans his head against Katsuki’s shoulder, and Katsuki finds he’s no longer interested in arguing with Kirishima at all.
He wraps an arm around Izuku, who takes it as a cue to snuggle even closer.
It’s almost too easy, how they’ve settled into this. Like it was always meant to be.
Like, in the same way as Dynamite and Deku, they were destined for each other from the very beginning.