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“Alright, standard squad rules are whoever loses the game has to go downstairs to make the popcorn for the movie. Tonight's game is never have I ever so we can learn more about Shinbro. Meens can go first.” Kirishima states as the rest of the group settles into a loose circle.
Shinsou has been in class 2-A for about two weeks now and still isn’t used to having people who actually want to hang out with him. Somehow he finds himself at the “Squad Game Night/Movie Night” as Sero had called it.
“We all know how the game works right? Someone says never have I ever done this thing and if you have done that thing you put down a finger. First person to put down all ten of their fingers is the loser.” Mina rushes through the rules getting nods from everyone in the circle. “Alright then I’ll start us off. Never have I ever drank alcohol.”
Silently Mina, Kaminari, Sero, Jirou, and Bakugou all put one finger down.
“I’m always the designated driver because Kaminari always pukes his guts up and someone has to take him home.” Kirishima shrugs.
“You make it sound way worse than it is.” Kaminari pouts.
“No. It is that bad. One time you tried to cuddle with me while covered in your own vomit. You’re lucky you were too pathetic for me to want to kill you.” Bakugou grumbles.
Kaminari continues to pout while Jirou says “Alright, never have I ever skipped school.”
Everyone puts a finger down and the game is back on track.
“Never have I ever cut my own hair.” Kirishima says smugly looking at Bakugou’s obnoxious spikes.
Bakugou, Shinsou, And Sero each put down a finger as Bakugou loudly proclaims that everyone else sucks at cutting his hair and if he wants it done right he has to do it himself.
Despite himself Shinsou finds himself amused by Bakugou’s antics. Maybe he’s getting too soft because he really should be annoyed by the volume.
“Well I could never take a risk like that. My hair's too gorgeous to not be taken care of by professionals.” Kaminari gasps, flipping his hair dramatically.
Shinsou realizes that he has to actively participate in the game and panics a bit for something to say and lands on “Never have I ever stayed awake for over 48 hours.”
Shinsou puts down one of his fingers at the same time as Bakugou and Kaminari.
“I stayed up for three days straight when Animal Crossing came out on the switch. Bakugou took my switch away so I would sleep.”
“I knew you were the mom friend.” Shinsou teases Bakugou.
“Shut the fuck up I’m not these extras mom.”
“Bakumom.” Kaminari giggles receiving the Bakugou patented death glare. “Anyways, never have I ever cursed in front of a child.”
“Fuck you. They’re just words I don’t know why everyone gets so pissy about it.” Bakugou grumbles while putting another finger down.
Shinsou puts another finger down and at everyone’s surprised faces reveals that he has a much younger sister.
At Mina’s excited squeals he pulls up a picture of Eri going to her first day of kindergarten for everyone to see.
“You two don’t really look alike. Are you guys half siblings or something?” Sero inquires.
“Oh, no we’re both adopted. My dad’s kinda have a knack for adopting problem children I guess”
“You have two dads! I have two moms! I wasn’t adopted though. My mom's bi and she had me before she got with my ma.” Kirishima rambles excitedly.
“I guess lots of us have non-conventional parents. My mom and dad started dating Deku’s mom last year. I had to learn to stop calling her auntie because it got very confusing for other people when I called my parent’s girlfriend auntie.” Bakugou rolls his eyes.
“That’s interesting. So you and Midoriya are kinda like step brothers?” Shinsou tries to clarify.
“Yeah I guess. I mean we’ll never actually be step brothers because you can only legally marry one person but given that Inko has been close to my parents since they were in college I doubt she’s going anywhere anytime soon. Alright, my turn extras. Never have I ever set something on fire while cooking.”
Kirishima, Kaminari, and Mina all shamefully lower a finger.
“Ah, another incompetent cook.” Bakugou states as Shinsou lowers his finger.
“I was like six, cut me some slack.”
“Who the fuck let you cook by yourself when you were six?”
“I told my biological father I was hungry and he told me to make something. I think he was expecting a sandwich or something but I tried for an omelet and almost burnt the house down.”
“Well, now we know where your stupidity comes from damn.”
“Play nice you feral bastard.” Sero chides “Now, never have I ever paid for something with nothing but pennies.”
“Shut up. We were supposed to be learning about eyebags not targeting me.” Bakugou barks while putting a finger down.
“No, I definitely wanna hear this story.” Shinsou huffs a laugh at Bakugou’s clear embarrassment.
“Okay so for context Bakubaby’s parents work in the fashion industry and so they go to New York a lot and sometimes they’ll take him along. He’s a big fan of buttermilk donuts and he can’t find them anywhere but one specific bakery in New York. So one time when he was there in middle school he bought two donuts using 214 pennies. Pretty sure the bakery secretly hates him now.” Mina retells the story as Bakugou practically foams at the mouth with rage.
“I came to get more the next day and I gave the lady a tip because she had to count that shit we’re cool now so shut up.” Bakugou grumbles crossing his arms.
“Okay hun. Now, never have I ever had braces.”
“Stop it, you just wanna show Shinsou pictures of me with braces!” Kirishima loudly complains while putting his finger down.
“No no, keep going. I definitely want to see his shark teeth in braces Mina.” Shinsou encourages.
Mina pulls up a picture of a black haired Kirishima in a middle school uniform flashing his teeth to the camera. I guess he was an emo kid judging by how he used to dye his hair black.
Kirishima is hiding his face in his hands as everyone teases him until Jirou takes pity on him and speaks up “Never have I ever owned an all might figure.” she teases looking at Bakugou.
“We don’t talk about that.” Bakugou huffs as he puts down his seventh finger.
“Hey I’ve got one. Never have I ever fought a classmate outside of training Bakugou.” Kirishima takes his turn.
“What did I say! We were supposed to be learning about eyebags not picking on me.” Bakugou complains now only having two fingers left up.
Mina also puts down a finger explaining that one time she couldn’t succeed in making a bully be nice like she usually could so she just beat the girl up after school.
“Okay um, Never have I ever dyed my hair.” Shinsou lands on.
Bakugou and Kirishima both put a finger down.
“Yeah, my hair isn’t actually red if you couldn’t tell by the middle school picture earlier.” Kirishima shrugs.
“Oh, I actually just assumed you dyed your hair black to be a rebellious teen or something. The red suits you well though.”
“Nah, Kacchan’s the one who dyed his hair black to be rebellious. His mom said he could dye his hair whatever colour he wanted except black so he went out and bought black box dye and did it himself. Made a giant mess and got grounded.”
“Whatever it was a stupid ass rule. Besides, the black looked cool.”
“Pics or it didn’t happen.”
Jirou grins mischievously and turns her phone around to show a picture of Bakugou with black hair and dressed like a walking hot topic ad.
“That’s a lip piercing. A fake one?” Shinsou notices.
“No, I did it myself with one of those piercing kits off amazon. Didn’t put it in the right spot though so now there’s a little spot on my lip that’s numb. I did it while my parents were on a work trip. When they got back they made me retire it. Still have a scar though look.” Bakugou says, leaning into Shinsou’s space and pointing at his lip.
Sure enough there was a little tiny scar right at the edge of his lip a little higher up then where a lip piercing should go.
How is he still pretty this close up? No. Bad Hitoshi. We like Baku not Bakugou. Stop being a useless gay. Now think of something to say before it gets awkward.
“Yeah definitely not where a lip piercing goes.” Not the worst thing that could’ve come out of my mouth.
“Yeah, anyway Kacchan only has one finger left and I would like to make him lose so, never have I ever had the stupidest rejected hero name.” Kaminari states trying to instigate some chaos.
“It was not fucking stupid! You’re all just too stupid to see my badass naming skills!” Bakugou shouts his defense.
“Bro all do respect but Bakusatsuou isn’t a very heroic name. I see what you were going for but heroes shouldn’t include things like murder in their hero name. It’s not manly.” Kirishima tries to reason but Shinsou’s already checked out.
Shinsou can hear everyone playfully arguing but he can’t pay it any attention because the only thing running through his mind on repeat is that Bakugou's rejected hero name was Bakusatsuou.
Once he calms down a bit he starts to go over the facts. Baku and Bakugou are the same age, both blonde, both in japan, both in hero course, Baku told him about his parents dating the mom of the kid he used to pick on, Baku’s radio silence that he didn’t wanna talk about lines up with when Bakugou got kidnapped, Baku getting a new kid in his class lines up with when Hitoshi entered into 2-A. All of that mixed with the name is just too many things to be a coincidence.
Baku is Bakugou.
They’re the same person. Should I tell him I know? No, I need to process this more before having that conversation. At least this solves the massive crush on Baku while thinking Bakugou’s really pretty issue.
“Eyebags, you good? You’ve been zoned the fuck out we’re gonna put on a movie you need to vote. The conjuring or Encanto?” Bakugou says, waving his hand in front of Shinsou’s face.
“Uh yeah, sorry, um The conjuring I guess.” Shinsou stumbles over his words still reeling from his new realization.
“Fuck yeah! We won the vote! Sparky come help me make the popcorn.”
Shinsou’s glad that he’s seen the conjuring a million times already because he doesn’t watch the movie at all. Bakugou leaves at 8:30 and everyone teases him about having the sleep schedule of an old man. Shinsou shoots out a message that he’s gonna run a little late because he’s watching a movie with some classmates.
When he finally gets to bed at 9:30 he gets into a voice chat and immediately recognizes Baku’s voice as being Bakugou’s voice and any doubt he had about them being the same person disappears.
I’ll tell him. Just…not right now.