ice cream and internship decisions
Mei felt a hand grasp her shoulder and before she could twist the wrist into an excruciating position a bundle of red hair popped into Mei’s peripheral vision. “Hey you two, we’re getting ice cream are you coming with?”
“Or have you maybe got some love bird business to attend to?” Kaminari joked as he turned around while crossing his arms, rubbing them up and down his back pretending to be making out with someone.
“YOU BETTER SHUT UP BEFORE MY FOOT ENDS UP IN YOUR THROAT” the angry boy popped off.
“Now now lets not get so angsty the poor child is just jealous because the only person who is ever going to kiss him is his mother” Mei laughed.
“Can’t be so sure about that we don’t know what happens between him and Sero during boys night” Mina joked.
“HEY! What happens in Bakugou’s living room stays in Bakugou’s living room” Sero interjected.
“Or more specifically stays on his couch” Mina whispered before running away as Sero and Kaminari began to chase her.
“So are you two coming?” Kirishima said with a pout on his face.
“We wouldn’t miss it for the world baby!” Mei confirmed as she threw her arms around her friends shoulders.
The group remained split into 2 three’s during the remainder of the walk to the usual ice cream shop visited by most of the U.A kids. They all exchanged their regular loud conversations mixed with satire jokes and meme references, when Bakugou responded to the occasional meme it sent everyone into an ecstatic flurry where they all crowded around him and praised him. Which obviously pissed him off to an unbelievable extent so after his fourth explosion, all the members of the group has burn marks on their ties.
The ice cream shop was unusually empty for this time of day but Mei realised that most people were either still in the arena, at home in front of their TV’s or slowly making their way to said shop. Everyone got in line to order and got their regular flavours which for Kirishima was Rocky Road, Mina chose Bubble-gum with fresh raspberries, Bakugou got Vanilla with popping candy, all while Mei and Sero both got Pistachio being the legends they were.
Everyone settled down into their booth and we’re instantly bombarded with Mina demanding a group photo. Mei, of course, was always down for taking pictures with her friends though because of her lack of stamina after the tournament Recovery Girl hadn’t managed to completely fix her face instead she was just bandaged up until she could heal herself. She considered using her quirk to give her face the appearance of no bandages but she didn’t really care what anyone else thought so she embraced her bloody bandages and gave her best smile.
“Mei can I try some of your ice cream?” Kaminari asked.
“Absolutely not try some of Seros!” Mei put a hand around her ice cream to stop Kaminari’s wandering spoon.
“You two always get the same food, it’s so fuckin’ weird” Mina spoke with a mouth full of ice cream.
“It’s called having good taste pendeja” Sero casually answered “Kami if you touch my ice cream I’m going to tape your face to the table” the booth roared with laughter at how serious Sero was about his ice cream.
Once they all finished eating, everyone split off to go home for some much needed rest. As Mei was walking to the train station with Bakugou she decided it was the best time to being up the not so fun conversation they had to have.
“So do you want to talk about wha-“
“I told you once witch bitch I’m not going to talk to you about it because there’s nothing to fucking talk about” Bakugou cut Mei off.
“Obviously if you don’t want to talk about it now we can talk about it when you’re ready, but I cannot imagine how traumatising the incident must have been and then for those dick for brains to put those restraints on you, I’m here for you, you can trust me with your thoughts and feelings Suki” Mei spoke sincerely.
“And what do you want me to say Mei that it was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever experienced so that you can feel better about yourself because you think you’re helping me?” He stopped mis-walk forcing Mei to turn to look at him “Well it wasn’t, the bottom line is I was too weak to escape that fucker and that’s what I get. Them putting chains on me didn’t trigger shit so just leave me the FUCK ALONE!” Bakugou screamed the last bit after being eerily calm for the rest of it.
After he walked off, Mei stood in place for a minute or so as she mentally prepared herself for a few outcomes but him saying that completely threw her off. She knew that inside he was scarred by what had happened to him but because of the way he was dragging his real emotions out of him would be like trying to run in space, she would look stupid and get nowhere. So instead she thought it would be best for her to give him some time to cool down and eventually if they were on speaking terms she would be able to apologise for pushing him.
Instead of getting on the train and potentially running into Bakugou she decided to wait on a bench until she gained enough strength to teleport herself home.
After 10 or so minutes she was back at home where to no ones surprise Hina was waiting in the living room for Mei while laying on the couch and talking to Mei’s mother like she was family, which she effectively was at this point.
“THERE IS OUR SECOND PLACE SUPERSTAR” Her mouther yelled as she ran up to her “OH BABY I’M SO PROUD OF YOU”
“Mum please you’re going to burst my ear drum and open up some of my wounds if you carry on” Mei laughed.
“I’m sorry I can’t help it, its so terrifying watching you fight even though I know you’re more than capable” She wiped the few tears flowing from her eyes.
“Second place isn’t first but I’m still proud of you kid” Kenji embraced his sister.
“We’ll just have to wait and see what place you get won’t we?” Mei jabbed his side.
After they all sat down and ate dinner, with Mei having seconds and thirds with no regret because she deserved all the food she wanted. Mei and Hina went upstairs to her room where she was greeted with an assortment of cooling and heating pads.
“Well I didn’t know which you would need so I got you a few of each just in case” Hina sat on the edge of the bed and gestured for Mei to lie down on said bed.
“I could’ve whipped some up with my quirk and then you wouldn’t have had to waste any money on me” Mei laid down and let out a groan as she did so.
“What happened to ‘Thank you Hina you’re the best’ huh?” She scoffed while cracking one of the pads and handing it to Mei.
“Thank you Hina you’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me and im so glad you’re in my life” Mei positioned the heat pack at the bottom of her back.
“Well that was a nice addition and you’re most certainly welcome, now what did you get up to after the thingy” Hina asked.
“The thingy? Wow way yo make it seem insignificant” Mei placed a cooling pack on her stomach which felt weird considering there was a significant amount of heat coming from her back, but she had phantom pains in the areas she had stiches, which were healed shortly after getting to the dinner table.
“Well it doesn’t really have an impact on me soooo” Hina got a light kick from Mei “I joke of course”
“We got ice cream and I asked Bakugou about something and he flipped out and now its going to be weird seeing him at school” Mei was now covered from head to toe in a flurry of different temperatures.
Hina laid next to Mei carefully, insuring she didn’t move any of her packs. “Doesn’t he normally freak out over anything and everything though?”
“Yes but it’s a little different this time I brought up an event that probably was traumatising and how he could talk to me about it if he wanted to and he just went off saying he didn’t want to talk about it and that I should leave him the fuck alone”
The timid-until-you-get-to-know-her girl beside Mei took a second to think before responding to her friend “Well that is a pretty normal reaction to that kind of stuff being brought up, obviously it’s a topic he doesn’t like to think about so as long as you aren’t the one to bring it up in the future and apologise for bringing it up it should all be okay”
“God I really fucked it by talking about it didn’t I” Mei’s eyes began to get cloudy with tears.
“Oi no no none of this okay, what you did wasn’t the end of the world man, you only wanted to help and I’m sure it came across that way, it’ll be okay bub just give him a hot minute to cool down”
Mei, completely forgetting about the existence of all the packs on her turned on her side to hug Hina, which the best friend gladly returned. The pair soon fell asleep only to be woken up by Mei’s mother the following morning with the announcement that breakfast was ready. After breakfast the two best friends had the perfect girls day and did nothing but lounge around and watch films all day.
Once Hina reluctantly left Mei’s house, Mei returned to her room and finally checked her phone only to see that her notifications have been flooded with the both the Bakusquad and class 1A group chats going on non-stop from 10am that day to what was now 10pm. She responded not wanting to anger the GC gods by being a silent observer and not participating in any conversation.
After having to explain her absence Mei moved on to other texts, mainly the ones from Shinsou.
New Message From “The (eye) Bags are Couture”
The (eye) Bags are Couture
i didn’t get to see you after the festival
but I’ve got to say you almost attacking
that guy was the greatest and scariest
thing I have ever seen in my life
Mei-Mei
Oh god was it that bad?
PS soz for the late reply, had a girls day
The (eye) Bags are Couture
Its chill my love and I can guarantee no
one will be coming up to you unless they
consider you their idol or they have a death
wish
Mei-Mei
Silver lining I guess but fuckkkkk that is not
going to be fun to deal with at school
The (eye) Bags are Couture
you will be splitting the crowds even better
than moses
Mei-Mei
Are you going to be associating with me
or are you going to pretend you don’t
know me?
The (eye) Bags are Couture
I’ll have to see which option provides me a
higher reward, you’ll see on Monday
Mei-Mei
You’re a dick -xoxo
The (eye) Bags are Couture
As advertised.
But don’t worry you wont be getting rid of
me that easily, im here to stay
Mei-Mei
Thank god what would I do without you
The (eye) Bags are Couture
Wither away into a ball of nothingness
Mei-Mei
How poetic, doesn’t actually sound that bad
you know, might have to try it
The (eye) Bags are Couture
Let me know how the withering goes
Mei-Mei
Will do babe <3
The weekend went by faster than Mei had hoped, luckily for her Kenji hadn’t forced her to a single training session probably due to the fact that his own sports festival drained him too. Monday came around and Mei teleported herself to class instead of taking the train. In the 5 minutes before the class started she spoke with her friends making casual conversation about how they all wish they could have another few days of relaxing, while simultaneously getting a dirty look from Bakugou.
“We’re having a special hero informatics class today in which you will be coming up with your hero names” Aizawa started off the lesson.
“Thank fuck we’re finally doing something exciting” Mei said looking over her shoulders to see her friends all grinning widely.
“Now here are your total internship offers, most years they are more spread out but it seems all eyes were on the Top 3, who clearly made quite the impact on people” He continued.
Mei got the third highest number of offers in the class with her number of 2357. Granted it was quite a bit lower than Bakugou’s and Todoroki’s but after her explosion she was impressed she got any at all.
“Bakugou’s and Todoroki’s placements are the opposite to their places in the festival” Kirishima pointed out.
“Most pros would be too scared to get a guy who had to be chained to the podium” Sero added on.
“WHAT WOULD THE PROS BE SCARED OF?!” Bakugou roared.
“Seems they were less scared of Bakugou than they were Mei, and she was way scarier trying to attack some random dude” Mina interjected.
“And I’d do it again bop bop bop” Mei joked getting a few chuckles from her peers “No but seriously if I ever see such blatant disrespect and sheer stupidity I will react the exact same way pro heros or not, you don’t get to do that shit and not face any consequences”
“Whether or not you got any offers you will all have internships with the pros” Aizawa informed the class “While these hero names are still temporary if you are not serious about it-”
“No one will take you seriously later!” Midnight made her dramatic entrance into the class.
“Midnight will be in charge of making sure your names are suitable because I can’t do stuff like that” Aizawa readied his sleeping bag.
After most people went up and got their hero names sorted it was finally Bakugou’s turn to go up and present, usually Mei would’ve asked him via mind-link what he was going to choose but without any hesitation Bakugou presented his hero name which was “King Explosion Murder”
Without wasting a second all the members of the Baku-squad burst out laughing and after Bakugou managed to stop yelling at Midnight telling her that her opinion is stupid, Mei simply butted in to say “It’s a stupid name bro everyone knows it just stop embarrassing yourself and change it”
“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME YOU BITCH ITS NOT LIKE YOUR STUPID SHITTY NAME WILL BE ANY BETTER” Bakugou was close to snapping his board in half.
“Actually I think it probably will be” she took that as a tip that it was her turn to present. It was an easy choice for her since her and her father already decided on her name a long time ago, before she was even applying for U.A. “I’ve gone with the ‘Reality Distortion Hero: Spectre” With a cheerful round of applause from Midnight, Mei made her way back while not forgetting to stick a middle finger up in Bakugou’s direction. Bakugou shot up only to be told by Aizawa to sit his ass back down, which made everyone in the class have to hold their breath to stop themselves from laughing.
You know you should pick something cool to be your name like Ground Zero maybe…
Shut the fuck up witch I don’t care
I’m just saying in case you can’t come up with anything else, its there
Die
“Have you guys decided who you’re going to intern with?” Mina asked clearly bored of looking through her list.
“Think im going to go with NovaStorm” Mei answered.
“Holy shit shes the No.5 pro isn’t she?” Kaminari exclaimed.
“Yeah she’s the highest ranking female, omg Mei that’s so cool!” Mina now seemed full of energy.
“What’s her quirk though?” Sero asked.
Before Midoriya could answer the question Mei jumped in and told her friends that she has Psionic Energy Manipulation “Since I can manipulate energy as well I figure she’ll be able to help me control the mental part of it since her energy control isn’t physical”
“She’s friends with Hawks as well so you’ll get to meet him, omg if you do you have to introduce me to him, he’s so cool” Mina was practically jumping up and down.
“I think he’s gay you know, but if I do meet him I’ll send you a pic” Mei joked.
After finishing all their lessons for that day the whole gang walked to the train station and decided that the next day when they left for their internships they would all meet up and say goodbye.
Mei wasn’t able to sleep that night but she didn’t know whether that was because of nerves in regards to meeting the No.5 Pro Hero and having to keep up with her for a whole week, or whether it was her unresolved issues with Bakugou. It was almost as if it were planned but the moment Mei began to think about him her phone began to buzz.
She picked it up hesitantly and once she answered the call Bakugou simple asked if she was awake and once she responded with “obviously, if I was asleep I wouldn’t pick the phone up”, after that he just told her to meet him t the park they once ran to. She knew exactly which one, so the instance she hung the phone up she put some proper clothes on and teleported herself to the location before Bakugou could even put his phone in his pocket.
“Hey” she said timidly to the boy who stood up to greet her.
“Why have you been avoiding me?” He asked while staring so deep into her soul, she was worried she might fumble her words.
“Thought it was best to give you some space to cool down before I apologised” Mei fiddled with a coin in her coat pocket but showed no other indicator of her being nervous.
“Why do I need to cool down and what the fuck are you apologising for?” he stepped closer to her which only caused the coin in her hand to be rotated more.
Mei cleared her throat “You were really mad after the ice cream shop incident and I didn’t want to make it worse because I know I totally stepped out of line”
“Witchy I couldn’t give a smaller fucking shit about that, its not your fucking business but you are my friend so I guess I kinda get what went though your stupid head” he muttered.
“So you’re not mad and plotting my death?” Mei hesitantly asked.
“I do that normally because you piss me off on a daily but no not specifically because of that” He let out a quiet and short chuckle.
“Oh thank fuck I’ve been worried one night I’d wake up and you would be at the foot of my bed holding a gun” Mei let out a breath.
“Why the fuck would I use a gun when I have my fucking quirk?” HE said while contorting his face.
“Well I hope you could have some respect for my family and use a gun with a silencer so they can at least get a good nights sleep before they find me dead” The pair started to walk in sync.
Bakugou took a second to glance over at Mei and when he saw that she was back to her normal self he couldn’t help but feel relief flood him. He may hate to admit it and if anyone but Mei asked what she meant to him he would say she’s a piece who he sometimes hangs around, but the truth was she meant a great deal to him and having someone like that was new to him. His angry boom boom head didn’t know how to handle having real friends who he considers his equals and not just followers.
“I heard you’re going to the number 5 bitch” He changed the subject.
“She has a name but yes, who have you chosen?” Mei interlinked their arms since she started to feel the cold air around her and he was like a permanent heated blanket.
Mei linking arms or hands was something that caused a lot of internal anguish inside Bakugou when she first started doing it. The emotional turmoil was too much for the boy, he didn’t know whether he was taken a back by it because he has been severely touch starved and Mei was quite openly affectionate, or whether he just didn’t like anyone else touching him. In the end he decided not to say anything and just let her do what she wanted to do.
But now? Oh it had all changed, as much as he hates to admit it he’s gotten strangely addicted to her being attached to him. Her holding on to him impacted him more than any drug ever could, the more she clung on to him, the worse life was without her. In the moments where she decided to hold him, he would do anything possible to ensure she wouldn’t let go.
“Best Jeanist, he’s number 4 so that’s another thing I’ve beaten you in” Bakugou gloated.
“Must you seriously turn everything into a competition? Anyway I chose her because she could actually help me with my quirk development, you only chose him because he was the highest ranked hero on your list” Mei scoffed.
“That’s bullshit you don’t know my reasoning behind my decision, last time I checked you can’t read my mind” he objected.
“Okay fine let’s hear your reasoning then, I’m curious” Mei knew that he had no other explanation for it, so it was going to be interesting to see what he could come up with on the spot.
“You know curiosity killed the cat” Bakugou spat.
“And satisfaction brought it back, now what was your fucking reasoning Katsuki” Mei shouted.
“Fine you fucking angry bitch, you know that was my reasoning, you happy now?” He turned his head away from her as they continued walking arm in arm.
“You’re such an awful liar man, you couldn’t come up with a single fucking reason? You would be awful in an interrogation” Mei laughed.
“Yeah well honesty is the best fucking policy” He scoffed.
“Obviously but the ability to lie is pretty crucial, you might not need to use it often but there are moments when a little white lie is needed”
“Don’t you ever fucking try to lie to me witchy” Bakugou threatened, now looking her dead in the eye.
“oh don’t you worry my love I have no intention to, you’re equally as bitchy as I am so I know what ever I have to say you’ll be able to handle it.” Mei squeezed his bicep In reassurance.
“I don’t just mean that way witch, I mean like if you ever I don’t fucking know are going through something and I ask if you’re okay, don’t fucking lie to me then” He mumbled.
Mei stopped in her tracks and let go of his arm, a confused Bakugou turned around to face her. “I pinky promise if you ever as me if I’m okay I will tell you the whole truth and nothing but the truth”
“you really want me to fucking pinky promise you like a child?” Mei violently nodded while extending her pinky out even more “Fine I’ll do the fucking same… I promise”
Once their pinky promise was complete, Mei told him that they should probably get some rest before their big day tomorrow, Bakugou reluctantly agreed even though he could’ve killed to spend some more time with her before they were separated for a week. Mei grabbed his hand and teleported the pair back to Bakugou’s house.
“Fuck me that never gets any easier, how do you do that all the time” Bakugou grabbed his head in hopes to get the world to stop flying around him.
“Practice makes excellence, I’ll see you tomorrow boo thang” Mei shot up some finger guns before turning them into a heart.
“You’re so fucking weird witchy, goodnight though, I’ll see you at the train station” He said just before the girl disappeared before his eyes. That night the two of them fell asleep easily knowing that their friendship was back to normal.
The following morning after saying goodbye to her family Mei made her way to the train station to see her friends before being separated for a week. While narrowly avoiding crying they all hugged each other goodbye.
“You guys better reply to me when I put stuff into the group chat or you will all be personally responsible for my death” Kaminari pouted.
“Don’t count on it” Bakugou replied.
“If its some boring stuff I’m telling you cannot count on me” Mina laughed
“Don’t worry bro me, Sero and Mei will definitely respond no matter what!” Kirishima exclaimed.
“And that ladies and gentlemen is why you are my favourites” Kaminari picked up his suitcase as his train just arrived.
Soon after that the rest of the got on their trains leaving just Mei and Bakugou there. “You do know you have to call or at least text me every day or I will have a full blown mental breakdown and destroy half the city” Mei joked.
“Are you really that reliant on me that if I don’t talk to you, you’ll have a Godzilla moment?” Bakugou laughed.
Mei put down her bag and walked straight into Bakugou gripping her arms firmly around his waist. “I mean it Suki, you and the rest of the bitches better talk to me or I will wither away”
He stood motionless for a second before melting into her and wrapping his arms all the way round her, completely consuming her figure. They fit perfectly together, her chin rested against his shoulder while his head was leaned firmly against hers. “Don’t worry dumbass, I’ll call you as many times as you want for however long you want”
The pair stood there for a while until Mei’s train arrived and they were forced to let go of each other. When Mei got onto the train she took her seat by the window and waved to Bakugou, who was standing with his eyes fixed on her, until he was just a speck in the distance. It was time for her to get better and gain a deeper understanding of all she was capable of, there was nothing that could stop her once she reached this level of determination. After what felt like an eternity on a bunch of dull trains, with her only escape being her headphones blasting music, she arrived and was greeted by a tall purple haired woman.
She was wearing a skin tight white hero suit with gold embellishments running down her sides all the way from her shoulders to her feet. Her suit was sleeveless, showcasing her defined arms. Her hair was up in a high ponytail secured with a white scrunchy. She had intense facial features, striking orange eyes that were partially blocked out by the sunglasses perched on her nose.
“Mei! My sweet perfect intern are you ready for hell?!” Nova screamed.