Oh. Yeah, that's fair, I guess. I want you to be able to depend on me if we get assigned together too. I'll work harder. Next time, I'll be the one to carry you.
( ok now he's definitely laughing. text is the safest way to communicate with katsuki bakugo. )
Bet. Oh, before I forget. Thank you, Kacchan. When I got your first message ... I was really worried you would be really grossed out and hate me or not want to talk to me at all anymore. Well. More than you already do. Like maybe you would even ask to not be put on the same teams with me. I can't think of anything that'd be worse than messing things up that badly. So it's really nice to have you yelling at me, actually haha.
Well, it's just that, other than you, no one but my mom has ever touched it, so that kinda stings. Not that you have to say nice things about it when you didn't ask for that. I mean I know you didn't want to touch it. Sorry! I'll stop.
( predictably, he is indeed bright red, sputtering, and for a minute, at a total loss of what to type back. kacchan definitely thinks deku's a freak and a pervert. that just confirms it for him. stupid penis. stupid boner. )
I didn't, I swear! Even though I wanted to, I wouldn't do that without your permission. I was just shifting my weight because I was worried about if I was too heavy and if carrying me the same way was going to wear you out. That's the truth. Really.
[because deku is a freak and a pervert if he was getting a stupid danger boner being carried out of a burning building on someone's back. sheesh! what else would that be called?! KINKY?!]
DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME! I can carry five of you on one damn arm if I had to!
( years of being a nerd whose best friend was his stalker notebook made it simply too easy to write shit without it ever touching his thinking brain. text messaging, unfortunately, is in the same category. )
Well I guess if I had to pin it down Mostly I didn't think about the dog thing.
( that's all he's got. )
You know what it's like! It's uncomfortable and you just want to make it go away so if something feels good then you just want to you know keep doing it.
But the important thing is I didn't I really think we should focus more on that part and less on the wanting to or any of the other admittedly creepy things that I said that I'm sure have made you think I'm a total loser pervert who you should never speak to again.
[don't get him started on those creepy ass notebooks! he's pretty sure there's at least three tomes dedicated to HIM and it made his skin crawl! even if he was begrudgingly impressed at the detail...]
DON'T ANALYZE THE ANSWER, IDIOT!
[didn't katsuki just ask him to answer? welp, that's how he is.]
haa?! you can deal with a little discomfort instead of humping your boner on my back!
[ ... and suddenly izuku's rambling again. ]
why the hell are you insulting yourself for me? you think i can't do that on my own?!
Those aren't the only two choices! I don't have to be a jerk to be strong. Belittling people and judging them harshly isn't what makes you strong, either.
It's not just about words. It matters who's saying them.
( but of course kacchan wouldn't understand. he's never even liked having deku tailing after him. probably, the only person kacchan would take criticism so hard from would be all might, and he'd never say something just to be cruel. he probably doesn't even respect mr. aizawa enough. certainly not deku. not the way deku respects and looks up to kacchan. )
But ... yeah. If that's the only way to make you understand, I'll prove it to your face. That I can be just as strong as you are and just as good a hero ... without relying on hurtful words to demoralize someone. Then you'll see that you don't need to either!
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Date: 4/8/26 20:27 (UTC)Yeah, that's fair, I guess.
I want you to be able to depend on me if we get assigned together too.
I'll work harder. Next time, I'll be the one to carry you.
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Date: 4/8/26 20:45 (UTC)I'm never gonna depend on you!
[He has. A few times. Reluctantly.]
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Date: 4/8/26 20:49 (UTC)Right. Of course not. You're the best one of our class, so you wouldn't need anybody else's help.
I still want to be able to, though! Just in case.
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Date: 4/8/26 21:21 (UTC)The hell do you mean "probably"?! I DON'T NEED ANYONE!!
You better. No one's gonna want an unreliable hero.
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Date: 4/8/26 21:30 (UTC)Bet.
Oh, before I forget.
Thank you, Kacchan.
When I got your first message ... I was really worried you would be really grossed out and hate me or not want to talk to me at all anymore. Well. More than you already do. Like maybe you would even ask to not be put on the same teams with me. I can't think of anything that'd be worse than messing things up that badly.
So it's really nice to have you yelling at me, actually haha.
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Date: 4/8/26 23:00 (UTC)You talk too damn much!
You think I'm so weak I'd be scared off by your shitty dick?! Don't look down on me!!
Next time, I'll drag you out by your stupid ankle instead!
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Date: 4/9/26 01:02 (UTC)Not that you have to say nice things about it when you didn't ask for that.
I mean I know you didn't want to touch it.
Sorry! I'll stop.
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Date: 4/9/26 02:11 (UTC)If you're gonna get defensive, don't buckle the more you talk!
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Date: 4/9/26 02:15 (UTC)Sorry?
Uh, I mean.
I wish you wouldn't be a jerk about it.
( is that better??? he's trying. )
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Date: 4/9/26 02:36 (UTC)[At least he's standing up for himself, so improvement?]
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Date: 4/9/26 02:54 (UTC)( but kacchan is right, he thinks. he probably deserves to be bullied for being a creep like that. )
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Date: 4/9/26 04:34 (UTC)[and now he's definitely bullying him, smirking at the screen as he imagines deku's flushed face.]
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Date: 4/9/26 04:38 (UTC)I didn't, I swear!
Even though I wanted to, I wouldn't do that without your permission.
I was just shifting my weight because I was worried about if I was too heavy and if carrying me the same way was going to wear you out.
That's the truth. Really.
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Date: 4/9/26 21:51 (UTC)DON'T LOOK DOWN ON ME! I can carry five of you on one damn arm if I had to!
[unlikely, but braggart's bragging.]
the hell do you mean you WANTED to?
HUMP ME?! what are you, some kinda dog in heat?
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Date: 4/9/26 21:55 (UTC)No, of course not!
I didn't mean it like that.
( he has no alternative interpretation to provide because he did, in fact, mean it like that. )
Maybe we can just pretend I didn't say that.
Or that the whole thing never happened, actually.
Yeah, that sounds good.
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Date: 4/11/26 03:46 (UTC)HOW THE HELL ELSE COULD YOU MEAN IT?!
[does he read what he writes on the screen before sending it or just straight brain to fingers without a filter?]
YOU SAID IT ON THE FUCKING SCREEN!
AND YOU DID IT!
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Date: 4/11/26 03:58 (UTC)Well
I guess if I had to pin it down
Mostly I didn't think about the dog thing.
( that's all he's got. )
You know what it's like! It's uncomfortable and you just want to make it go away so if something feels good then you just want to you know keep doing it.
But the important thing is I didn't I really think we should focus more on that part and less on the wanting to or any of the other admittedly creepy things that I said that I'm sure have made you think I'm a total loser pervert who you should never speak to again.
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Date: 4/11/26 20:44 (UTC)DON'T ANALYZE THE ANSWER, IDIOT!
[didn't katsuki just ask him to answer? welp, that's how he is.]
haa?! you can deal with a little discomfort instead of humping your boner on my back!
[ ... and suddenly izuku's rambling again. ]
why the hell are you insulting yourself for me? you think i can't do that on my own?!
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Date: 4/11/26 20:56 (UTC)You're really good at it.
That's why ... it hurts more when it comes from you.
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Date: 4/12/26 02:25 (UTC)If it hurts, fight back, idiot.
Unless you wanna remain a defenseless weakling your entire life.
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Date: 4/12/26 02:28 (UTC)I don't have to be a jerk to be strong.
Belittling people and judging them harshly isn't what makes you strong, either.
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Date: 4/12/26 04:25 (UTC)Cause anyone who buckles under some fucking judgement and words can never be a hero.
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Date: 4/12/26 04:36 (UTC)It matters who's saying them.
( but of course kacchan wouldn't understand. he's never even liked having deku tailing after him. probably, the only person kacchan would take criticism so hard from would be all might, and he'd never say something just to be cruel. he probably doesn't even respect mr. aizawa enough. certainly not deku. not the way deku respects and looks up to kacchan. )
But ... yeah.
If that's the only way to make you understand, I'll prove it to your face.
That I can be just as strong as you are and just as good a hero ... without relying on hurtful words to demoralize someone.
Then you'll see that you don't need to either!
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