Brawls, Cowls, Cusses, and Confessions

“I AM HERE,” the classroom door slid open dramatically, revealing a muscular blonde man in a red/blue costume with a yellow cape. “COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!” All Might declared with a huge smile. Izuku tuned him out as he was busy biting his tie to keep from speaking. Sweat poured down his face, palms, and every portion of his skin. His irises and pupils had shrunken to the point Mei’s microscopic vision may have been required to find them.

“Of course, no hero is complete without their costume!” Shelves opened from the wall, revealing cases. “The school has spared no expense getting your designs ready! Go on, try them on!”

“Hey, where’s mine!?” Katsumi complained, as the slot with her name on it was empty. “And where’s Deku’s too!? You holding out All Might!?”

The Symbol of Peace started to sweat as the class started questioning him. Thankfully the door slid open again. “Sorry, sorry! Had to finish up some things for a paper and lost track of time. Forgot to get the cases back, sorry!” Mei walked in, carrying two cases and dressed in the U.A. female uniform. “Baku-chan, Izu-kun! Got your costumes!”

She passed Katsumi’s case into the explosive girl’s arms with barely a glance, then sat on Izuku’s desk and gently pushed his into his chest. It was then that Izuku noticed a single ring, a _diamond _ring, on her ring finger. “Sorry it took so long honey.” Mei leaned over the case and gave Izuku a quick but passionate kiss. “Gotta get back to class, see you at home after?” Izuku nodded slowly, got a peck on the cheek, and Mei left the classroom.

A small explosion dented Katsumi’s case and she stormed out to the lockers to change. “Well... that was something.” All Might commented, to which Izuku rushed out to the men’s lockers in a panic.

‘What the fuck what the fuck. What. The. Fuck.’ Izuku’s thoughts echoed through his mind.

‘Baby, calm down. It might not be what it looks like.’ Nana said, and First scoffed.

Izuku shook his head. ‘It is, I know it! I remember buying the ring! How?’

Third hummed. ‘She started acting sexual around you because of your comment of babies. Combined with her being able to work on your costume before her final year...’ He finished and Izuku could feel Third look at Izuku’s presence. ‘It must mean you are in a relationship, practically married.’

‘Okay, cool. But why Bakugou’s too?’ Second asked.

‘Mei moved in to our complex not long after Kaachan’s Quirk came in. We’ve been friends for years.’ Izuku thought in response. ‘Wait...’ Izuku pulled out his most recent analysis books. He opened it up and found more handwriting, Mei’s, making notes for equipment that can be added to enhance Quirk use. ‘One for All is mentioned here too.’

“Young Midoriya.” All Migh- no, Yagi Toshinori stepped into the locker room’s corner Izuku was hiding in after changing. “Is everything all right? When Young Mei came in, you seemed shocked to see her. Most men aren’t when their fiancée enters the room.”

“Just...” Izuku stopped short. “Getting used to the idea she said yes?”

Yagi nodded. “Yes, of course... though Young Bakugou’s reaction...”.

“I’ll deal with it.” Izuku cut his teacher off. “But you might want to...” Izuku flexed a little and All Might bulked up as the two went to join the class.

“It will be the same teams as the first time.” Izuku said to himself, then put on his mask. He chomped down on the obstruction he, and Mei, had designed. “Testing mask speaker.” He ran his tongue over the rubber triggers and moved his jaw to trigger it, just as he recalled Mei and him designing it to.

‘Only one other test baby.’ Nana said concerned.

Izuku took a deep breath and thought about his life. Right now he lived with Mei, not his mom, in the same complex he grew up in. It wasn’t cheap but his analytical skills had made some money by writing articles for a blog site. His mom and dad helped him until the U.A. student financial aid kicked in for the apartment.

Last night... Mei was out, her own side job at a Quirk Use Licensed car mechanic shop. He fucked Nana then, his ghostly lover vanishing before his fiancée got home. “I had sex with Mei as soon as she got home.” The speaker intoned exactly as it was supposed to. Nothing changed, Mei was so tired she cuddled up to Izuku and fell fully asleep as soon as her head touched his chest.

Izuku and his predecessors all cheered. As long as he had that device, he could speak without changing anything! But that was when the happy thoughts soured, Katsumi looked ready to kill as their teams were called. “Deku...” she states. “You’re. Mine.”

Izuku let things play out as the previous time, drawing Katsumi into a direct fight so Ochako could get past Tenya to the target. However, instead of Katsumi simply charging him, she blew up the walls around him and created a ring. “You bastard.”

“What?”

“You bastard. Mei didn’t come back last night until eleven.” Katsumi slowly started stalking forward, her palms already letting off small sparks. “Yet my room is right next to you two. And I could feel you fucking someone!”

‘Izuku. Run.’ First ordered and Izuku obeyed, jumping back in Full Cowl.

“AND IT WASN’T ME!” Katsumi exploded after Izuku. “FIRST YOU PICK CROSSHAIR OVER ME, THEN YOU CHEAT ON HER!?” The non-destroyed walls of the building cracked and shook at the **** of her eruptions. Deku could barely keep ahead of the enraged woman. “YOU UTTER BASTARD! YOU BELONG TO ME, DEKUUUUU!”

“I’m sorry, but it’s not what you think!”

“STOP LYING! YOU HID YOUR QUIRK FROM ME, BUT SHE KNOWS DOESN’T SHE!?” She slammed a palm down, Deku barely rolling out of the way as the floor exploded. “YOU’VE ALWAYS LIED TO ME!”

“I haven’t! I swear!”

“Take off that dumbass mask and prove it Deku! STOP LYING TO ME!”

Deku fell back and let go of his mask, letting it dangle under his chin. “Kaachan... I have never lied to you.”

Katsumi sent a slow, barely projected kick over Izuku’s head to the undamaged floor. “I know that! But you cheated on her, and not even with me!” She lined up a shot with her gauntlet and pulled the pin slightly, forcing Izuku to roll away from the limited blast from her storage.

“I didn’t cheat!” Izuku yelled, barely dodging another blast and ducking behind a pillar. Deku heard sniffling and her carefully looked around the pillar. Katsumi was there, ready to pull the pin but her entire body was shaking. Her teeth were clenched in emotional agony, and tears were streaming down her face like rivers of sparklers.

“why wasn’t it me?” She muttered out. Deku slowly stepped to the crying girl. “Crosshair wants you to have multiple women... AND YOU NEVER CHOSE ME!” Katsumi screamed and unleashed everything she had stored.

On pure instinct, Deku returned to Full Cowl and dashed behind her. The dust settled and Katsumi was too shocked to turn around and react. “Kaachan... I’m sorry.”

“THE HEROES WIN!” All Might’s voice carried through the speakers and the rest of 1-A cheered over them as well.

Deku took Katsumi into his arms and gently guided her back to the class. “Can’t you just love me?” She mumbled, her stumbling guided walk clear she didn’t intend to say it out loud.

‘Izu-kun...’ Nana projected. ‘You haven’t said anything.’ He felt a comforting hand on his shoulder and a spectral, near invisible, yellow glove rested just inside of his vision. ‘I’m with you, whatever you say.’ Izuku said nothing until he, Katsumi, Ida, and Ochako returned to the class and the next four were picked.

He stepped into a corner and leaned against it. He thought back to his previous life, the bullying, the rivalry, the animosity, and the fire forged respect and friendship. Izuku could say that he did love Katsuki Bakugou, in the general sense. But thinking on his new life, with Katsumi Bakugou... there was bullying, but very little beyond trying to scare him away from heroics. She was closer, didn’t tell him to jump off a building (that was someone she punched for saying), but she was distant when Mei started dating him.

But even then, Katsumi was Izuku’s second crush. The first was her mom because she kept herself very fit, but Katsumi was more prominent. And thinking about the differences in the timelines, and the similarities, Izuku could come to only one. Objective. Truth.

“I do love you, Katsumi Bakugou.” She didn’t replace Mei, and nothing actively changed in his memories. Perhaps because it didn’t need to, but one thing was sure...

‘You’re getting a harem.’ Nana and First both said. Izuku slammed his mask back into his mouth in a panic. He did not want to risk his mumbling right now.