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Sero: Alright, they’ll be ready in about 10 minutes.

Kirishima sighed. He had been waiting outside the school limits for almost 30 minutes, but it was starting to feel like days had passed. The idea of a blind date had initially excited him, but his enthusiasm started to waver the closer it came to reality. It was thoughtful of his friends to put this together, and they seemed so happy that he had agreed to it. In hindsight, he should have said no. Blind dates were for people who were unable to find love on their own.

It wasn’t for someone who had already fallen for the wrong person.

Mina must have gotten the wrong idea when he told her about his feelings. She thought he was looking for love when really he was trying not to be in love. After all, how could she know? No one else saw what he saw in Baku-

Shit. There he is again; creeping into his subconscious even when he tries to push him out.

It was colder than he was expecting tonight, maybe he should have put more thought into his outfit, but his heart wasn’t in it. He looked down on his old Crimson Riot tank top, khakis, and flip-flops. Yeah, this was a mistake. Maybe he could make it back to his room and pick out a new-

Sero: I’d give them five more minutes, you had better be ready.

Too late. He looked like he was ready to eat a pizza for one, not dinner for two. He hoped that Mina and Kaminari hadn’t oversold him to whatever poor girl was being sequestered for Kirishima’s pity party. At least, he assumed it would be a girl. He hadn’t really brought up his sexuality before, it just didn’t seem something prestigious hero students should be discussing. Besides, he wasn’t sure how they would react, especially Baku-

SHIT. Kirishima looked down at the ground, his feet crunching into the autumn leaves as they flew through the air in a dazzling explosion of color. It seems there was nothing he could do to keep Bakugo off his mind. How could he? Going on a date with anyone else just felt wrong to him. He knew there was no way he could keep his feelings in check during this night, and that wouldn’t be fair to his date. After all, taking advantage of someone’s feelings is one of the least manly things you could do!

Neither is hiding from your own feelings.

Sero: Alright, they are on their way down. Hope you two have fun ;)

Kirishima couldn’t allow this to continue. To lead this person on would be cowardly and unmanly. When they got down here, he would have to let them down easy. If he let this continue...

He might be forced to move on.

He heard footsteps approaching. This was no sweat. He was sure they would understand. After all, it was just a silly little thing his friends put together.

“Shitty Hair?”