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Elodie softly groaned, hearing the birds chirp to an open Saturday morning.

She never felt such a comfortable slumber, curled up in a warm, saccharose bed. Bursting with caramel goodness as she inhaled the irresistible smell, she was still dizzy but laggardly becoming conscious. She readjusted her field of vision and darted ahead to the alarm clock, it was almost eight in the morning. Then her eyes wandered around the orange walls of the room. Elodie quickly remembered she stayed over at Katsuki's place because of the random rainstorm last night, she peered her forest eyes at the balcony near the drum set, where the sun's morning rays welcomed themselves in. Seemed the rain had finally gone to pass, she thought. And the electricity finally came back on. But when she tried to move, her body suddenly felt...restrained. Followed by a deep groan and a hot breath at her neck rushing down her collarbone - Elodie quietly yelped. She felt something softly poke and graze over her neck, and arms tightly wrapped around her small waist. She slowly turned her head back and noticed Bakugou's sleeping figure behind her. Katsuki scooted closer to Elodie, embracing warmth and comfort just after she moved her legs lower. The blondette flustered to where she was as red as a tomato.

Katsuki began to groan in audible murmurs and leaned even closer, Elodie nervously squeaked. 'Oh man, oh man, oh man!' She was sure she could feel his lips were grazing by her neck. And she was pretty sure that her backside was in contact with his pelvic area. Her heart was running a mile a minute, knowing her face must be deep ruby by now. Elodie has watched a lot of romance to know that the female protagonist always ends up in this sort of predicament somewhere in the story. And now that she remembered, in the rom manga she got from Katsuki, Love Letters - the girl named Kanami, was in this exact situation with Shinji. Never had she thought she'd relive a character's situation. 'UNIVERSE! YOU SICK SON OF A TOOT!'

The blondette could practically feel his chest expand and contrast against her back, she looked below her torso, not ignoring the fact Katsuki's bulky strong arms made themselves home around her waist. Wiggling her way out became futile. And she didn't want to wake him up, imagine him being grumpy when someone woke him up from what was a peaceful sleep. She was so close to him. The closest she's ever been to a boy before. But his body felt heavy, and his nitro odor was somewhat intoxicating to her. Her nostrils were deeply engulfed by his alluring musk. It was immense yet not so overbearing. She suddenly felt...serene. Everything about it felt right. Like it was aromatherapy. It made her want to stay like that, maybe...just for a little longer.

Woah woah, hold the frick up! What the hell is she thinking!?! 'Argh, snap out of it! I have to get out of this.' She internally shouted to herself. The situation was just too weird right now! This whole thing...this whole thing was wrong! Elodie changed her mind, she didn't want this! She wanted...no...she needed to get out! "Ka...Katsuki?" She whispered to him. "Katsuki, wake up."

The only answer she got was continuous soft snoring. He was deep asleep. She wonders how he gets up every day for school, she guessed it was his mother. Elodie can imagine Mitsuki kicking her son out of bed in the morning. "Katsuki. Wake up..." she repeatedly poked his forearm. Katsuki furrowed his brows the more he felt the poking irritating him. "Katsuki, wake up!" She raised her voice. And finally, it worked.

"Ugh...five more minutes, damn old hag..." he growled with his eyes still closed, clearly still coming in and out of sleep - unaware of his current situation. "K-Katsuki..."

"What?" He immediately recognized Elodie's soft voice and answered with a dull groan. "C-could you maybe...please...m-mm-move your arms off my waist?" The ash blonde then shot his red eyes open. Most of his head was under her tied cloudy blonde hair and his nose and lips were touching her neck. Mostly that his body was pressed against hers. Little did Elodie know, Bakugou too became madly flustered. 'Shit...shit shit shit.' Bakugou clear coughed as he quickly moved his arms off her and got right up from bed - facing away from her.

'Dammit! Did I just relive a fucking cliché?!'

"I...sorry." He quietly coughed an apology. Elodie got up from bed, she slowly turned to him. "It's okay...y-you were just asleep. Y-you...you didn't know what you were doing." Elodie quietly acknowledged his mistake. It could've happened to anyone, if she honestly thought about it. The painful awkwardness was getting thick, making everything quiet between the two. Just like that day at school. Katsuki scratched the back of his neck and reticently looked away. "I'll go...take a shower. You can turn on the tv, or whatever it is you want."

"O-okay," she nodded. She watched him walk towards his bathroom suite and shut the door. Elodie held her chest, her heart was still thumping against it. Thinking about it still made her flustered. 'What just happened?'

All Elodie wanted to do now, was scream, but she was still trying to recover. Then realizing that the electricity was back on, she made a quick beeline for her phone. The device successfully opened and notifications started to blow up on her phone with constant bird chirps.

<<8 missed calls from Mom❤>>

<<1137 messages from The Divas of 1-A💋>>

Elodie scrolled through her texts from the girls. Most of them were talking about how their projects were going, then the blackout hit them. Toru was going to sleep over at Uraraka's apartment to work on the project. Mina and the girls tried to reach the blondette but she hadn't responded. And yet, not a single message has she got from Shouto.

She went over to his texts, and he was still online from yesterday.

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🌼Elodie |
Hey shouto.😊 |
Sorry i wasnt online |
My phone got |
drenched in the rain |
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Read✅

Elodie expected him to respond by now. But after a while. He just didn't. She tried texting him again.

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🌼Elodie|
hello? |
Shou are you there?😮 |
____________________|
Read✅

Elodie pursed her lips. Since yesterday, he was blatantly ignoring her. But what if he's busy? Or maybe Endeavor has been giving him a hard time lately. Being the son of the No.2 Hero might not be as easy as people thought.

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🌼Elodie|
is something wrong? |
y r u ignoring me. |
please talk to me |
____________________|
Read✅

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🌼Elodie|
i know youre |
just reading my texts😑 |
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Read✅

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🌼Elodie|
you suddenly bailed |
since yesterday😯 why arent |
you saying something |
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Read✅

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🌼Elodie |
😯youre scaring me now |
_____________________|
Read✅

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🌼Elodie |
😳did i do something wrong |
_________________________|
Read✅

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🌼Elodie |
PLEASE say something! |
______________________|
Read✅

He should've answered by now. Why was he not talking to her? Was he ignoring her? Deliberately? With how strange he acted yesterday, she was starting to believe so. No! It wasn't like that. It couldn't be! Shouto loves having her around. He said it himself. They like to sit with each other every day at lunch. They like to talk and share music together.

Then why does Elodie feel this strange tinge in her chest?

Maybe...it was Endeavor. It could be the reason. She doesn't know what was going on in Shouto's life, but she felt like his father must be involved. Endeavor always looked like the aggressive type.

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🌼Elodie |
if theres something wrong |
you know |
can always talk to me |
_______________________|
Read✅

He still hasn't responded. She hoped Shouto was okay. She left her phone aside for now and turned on the tv. Shouto will reply if he wants to. She decided to give him time. She grabbed the Love Letters comic from the beanbag seat before settling on Katsuki's unmade bed. She bookmarked to where she last read the manga. Her eyes were on the characters' lines, bit by bit. The main characters were a boy and a girl. Kanami and Shinji. It was love at first sight but they lived in different worlds.

Kanami was a famous model, with a busy schedule, a high lifestyle and a reputation. While Shinji worked as just the photographer. They had their own lives to live. But, something in their hearts told them to meet. There was a word that she got from the narratives when they described the two's deep emotions:

Forelsket.

'Forelsket? What does that mean? Is that an actual word or a typo?'

But after a while of going through the whole comic with her favorite music channel on - Cheap Thrills started playing. She tilted her head side to side, her legs were kicking the air to the catchy beat. Just after a while; the running shower went to a silent stop, and Elodie's attention was preoccupied with the music. Footsteps were walking out of the shower and exiting towards the bedroom. Bakugou walked with only a pair of pants on and using a towel one to dry out his spiky hair. The teen stared at the blondette teen reading his comic whilst lip-synching to the soundtrack. Katsuki moved the towel off his head and realized she hasn't noticed him yet. Which gave the dust blonde the idea to sneak up on her.

He stealthily tip-toed toward the unaware blondette. He reached out his hands and poked at both her lower sides under her arms.

"RAAAH!"

"EEEEP!"

From the sound, the blondette immediately jerked up and the sudden prickle to her sides caused her to unexpectedly tumble off the bed with a thump. Katsuki stifled back a snicker before collapsing to his bed and breaking out into a fit. Elodie slowly got up, hearing Katsuki laughing. "Man, you're such a scaredy cat!" He bellowed out.

"That wasn't funny," Elodie puffed her cheeks. Bakugou remained jovial nonetheless. To her, this meant a declaration of war. She looked around the bed for something to use. She grabbed the pillow that fell off the bed. The second she had it, she wasted no time but hit his face with a throw pillow. Katsuki stopped laughing as soon as he felt a soft pillow on his face. Elodie softly chuckled at Katsuki's stunned face staring back at her inverted view.

"Looks who's laughing now," Elodie stuck her tongue out.

Katsuki irked with a creepy smile and an eye twitch coming along. The small blondette shivered at a sudden dark vigor coming from the red-eyed teen. He quickly equipped himself with a pillow. Elodie sweatdropped and slowly backed up, holding a pillow for her own protection. "Uh-oh. M-maybe that wasn't such a good idea?"

The blondette sprinted the second Katsuki went after her. She wanted to avoid being struck by a pillow. It wasn't a pillow fight anymore, it was a pillow war. "Get back here!"

"Nuh-uh! I don't wanna get pillowed!" Elodie swayed her head as she ducked from an incoming cushion attack. "I'm back at it again in the wrong hood!" She hollered. Elodie countered and threw her pillow at the tall ash blonde, only to miss. It became a cat-and-mouse chase in Bakugou's bedroom. "I'll get you, damn clown hair!"

"Screw you, I want no ravioli!" Katsuki snorted at her comeback. Of course, he knew that meme. The whole room was wide enough for a simple game of tag if necessary. "You can't catch me!" Elodie cheekily nattered. "Think again," then Katsuki pounced forward, just before the blonde jumped onto the bed for an escape. The blondette was immediately pinned to the bed. Katsuki's large body hovered over her petite form. "I win!"

"I didn't know we were playing a game!" Elodie protested, staring straight at his red eyes but then Elodie's pupils shrunk after becoming conscious of her current situation. It didn't take her a minute to momentarily gawk at Katsuki's exposed upper body.

And holy shit, the dude was ripped!

Has she really seen his body during Hero Training? If not, then she seriously must've not paid any attention to his usual bombastic temper at everyone he spits fire at. But right now, Elodie couldn't look away.

She wasn't even thinking of looking away!

Staring straight at his built form for almost a minute, Katsuki noticed Elodie seemed completely hypnotized. 'Damn...Daniel!' She mindlessly bit her bottom lip, lowering her sight towards his obliques, like she wanted to see more. Seeing her biting her lips like that made Katsuki...made him quite surprised. But at the same time...kind of flattered.

'Flower girl is physically attracted to abs, huh? Interesting...' he thought. That gave him a sudden dominating confidence and a scheming idea brewed in his subconscious. "My eyes are up here, idiot." The blondette quickly cut her sight from the view. She turned up to Katsuki's playful smirk before exploding into a red-faced mess, realizing she's been staring. "Like what you see?"

Elodie averted her eye contact someplace else while panickly muttering. "Wha--Tch--no, I wa--I-wasn't---! I- N-no! Uh- I--"

"You know..." His half-naked form lowered closer to the petite 15-year-old, Elodie met Katsuki's eyes once more and a devious wide grin appeared. 'Eeeeep!' The blondette aired out a high-pitched squeak. "...I might actually let you touch them."

Cheesus Crust! She might as well suffer from a nosebleed for how much blood was circling around her face right now. Her heart was pounding hard against her chest, her legs were visibly shaking. But she wasn't having any sort of panic attack! This was another emotion. She was trapped, his hands pinned her on both sides. But something was different about Katsuki.

There was something breathtaking about his eyes. The shade of his eyes changed, and his whole body language shifted. Elodie noticed it. It was like...he wasn't being a tease anymore but more serious - she couldn't put her finger on it. Was it lust?

She froze as he leaned in and lowly whispered into her ear. His hot breath was felt between her lobe and her neck. Hearing her yelp made him lowly chuckle. With a scent of coconut diminishing his caramel aroma. It must be the soap he used after taking a shower. His hair was shiny and still a little damp, making it limp over his forehead and his gorgeous rubies of his.

'His eyes...they're so...'

Elodie felt something from this, she wasn't sure what. She was too distracted by his red orbs to think. But whatever it was, she didn't want to deny it. She was starting to fall for it. Her hand became tempted to ghostly reach out, but she internally shook her brain to resist. "What's the matter?" He lowly whispered. Elodie quietly gasped at his motion as he leaned his head even closer. Small drips of water from his hair hit her cheek. At that very second, the tips of their noses touched.

"You're not...attracted to me, are you?"

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