Ch.20: Just the way you are

As time goes by, the pain of the loss starts to get more tolerable, thanks to all support Sisipho had in this hard period. After the comeback from Wakanda, she decided to reunite with her curious classmates and confirmed their theories about her origin.

Her friends were in ecstasy after hearing the truth, asking a lot of questions about it. Sisipho gladly shared her parents' love story, about the annual trips the whole family does, training with the Dora Milajes... But she kept their acknowledgment about Wakanda minimal.

The friends understood this choice and didn't press her too much, being grateful just for her trust in telling them her origin. Sisi asked them to keep this detail, about her wakandan blood, only between them.

The whole class made this promise to her.

The quartet of the squad, who was away, had to run a bit to catch up on all the content they missed in this meantime, yet this wasn't so hard too, thanks to this small family called Class 1-A.

However, after a few months of battles, challenges, intense internships and improvements the class changed, reaching finally the end of their first big step towards the pro hero dream.

As the new year came and March arrived, these dedicated students turned to something else. Now they'll be known as Class 2-A.

A big celebration is happening now due to all students have achieved good grades and are being approved to graduate in the next academic year.

After a lot of discussion about what kind of party they'll be doing, a costume party was the most voted option; the theme chosen was RPG Heroes.

In a big ballroom, rented only for this purpose, they decorated everything to look like a fantasy world coming straight out of an RPG/MMO game. Even snacks, sweets, and drinks are inspired by it, like the potions-like cups.

It was easy of doing it thanks to Sisipho, Shouto, and Momo sponsorship.

The friends made a deal to everyone to come to the party from their own homes, without spoiling anything from their costumes, to be a big surprise.

It has been a few days since they saw each other, because of the preparations, so it'll be a whole event the moment they all met again.

Katsuki is especially anxious, being one of the first to arrive at the place. Obviously, he's anxious to see what Sisipho's costume is about. The girl didn't want to spoil anything even for him.

The blonde chooses to be a solitary hunter, that lives running around the world defeating everyone and everything in his path, with some trophies from his successful hunts adorning his neck, a big red cape, and some leather pants. His bare and defined torso is out to display.

Soon the saloon started to be filled with his classmates, everyone eating, drinking, and joking around, having a fun time explaining their characters enthusiastically.

Now they're considering doing a tabletop RPG to play around along the next academic year, on the nights they usually spent together. That's possible due to them choosing such different characters.

Meanwhile, the group is talking about it, and the DJ of the party arrives, Jirou! Soon opening the dance floor with the playlist she created especially for this night.

"Wow, Bakubro! You're looking so cool, our costumes are very similar!" Kirishima approached him, analyzing both shirtless outfits. "I'm a shape-shifter red dragon!!"

"Damn cool, shithead! But mine is way better!" he smirked, doing their secret handshake. "Where are our girls?!"

"Dunno. Mina said that Bonbon asked her help, so they'll probably get here together."

The other boys from the squad arrived too, already goofing around. When are only the males of the squad together the chaos is even worst, yelling and cursing at each other, they always make a scene.

When the ballroom door opened again, the class celebrate that two more friends came, screaming, whistling, and wooing loudly. However, two specific boys are flabbergasted by the girls' costumes.

Mina is using a costume full of fake skin and scales of dragons, showing right away that she's a dragon hunter. Kirishima shuddered entirely, eyeing her leather miniskirt, tight corset over a low-cut blouse, gloves, boots, and ornaments full of parts of dragons only made her even more breathtaking.

'Gosh, I'm so ready to be pulled down by my Pinky...' it was the only thing on Kirishima's mind that night.

Meanwhile, Katsuki's eyes are running up and down Sisi's body, taking in every single detail, stunned by her beauty. Sisipho chooses to be an Enchantress, who seduces people wandering alone to steal their gold or even their lives. All adorned with jewels, gold, and gems; the strong makeup only gave her a more menacing presence.

Sisi and Mina got to their friends, talking excitedly about costumes' lore, etc. Both are feeling shivers on their backs, all because of their boyfriends, that still devouring them with their gaze.

Katsuki watched Sisi walking and greeting the whole class attentively. When she got closer to him, his first reaction was to hold her hand and make the black girl turn around herself, giving the blonde a perfect 360° view of the Goddess before him.

"Are you sure this is an Enchantress? You're looking like a fucking Goddess!" he smirked down at her, pecking from her lips until her ear, to whisper "You're hot as fuck, Sisi~!"

"Why thank you, my hunter. You better be careful, you're my favorite type of victim." she joked, playing with the necklaces over his bare chest. It was impossible not to bite her lips while admiring his muscles.

"I'll gladly be your victim, doll." his low husky voice sent shivers over her body once again.

The couple stayed together all night, dancing, singing, drinking... And teasing each other a lot, nonstop. If it was planned, their costumes won't match this much. Same with Mina and Eijirou.

Katsuki just can't keep his hand off of her tonight, always touching her exposed skin, letting kisses over her neck, face, lips... They celebrated a lot the graduation, but at some moment in the night, the couple disappeared from the party, going to a more private place, on the roof.

Pressing his body against hers, that's leaning on the wall, the blonde left no space for the black girl to escape, making out intensely. All the desire and heat between them took both breaths away.

Sisipho is delighted, running her fingers in his hair, caressing his nape and neck. They never got so close, with so much skin-to-skin contact and this is igniting both bodies. Both hands explore the exposed skins.

When Katsuki's wet kisses went down her neck, specifically to where it met with the shoulder, he felt Sisi's smaller body shake against his. The unique and new sound that came from her lips just did the same to his own body.

Her humming and timid moaning drove him insane.

"K-Katsuki..." he hugged her tighter, not able to speak a word. "It's hot..."

"Too hot..." the boy agreed, looking into her golden eyes, breathing hard. "Your fucking fault again."

"Me?" she laughed, hugging his neck. "You're the one all over me."

"Your fault again, so damn hot... You're the most beautiful woman I'll ever see in my life." his shining eyes, full of adoration, melted her heart. "I just can't get enough of you, Sisi..."

"You own my heart already, stop melting me away~!"

"So stop being so damn adorable!" they giggled, Katsuki giving tons of smooches on her face. "You're my everything, Sisi..."

"You're mine too, Kat. I..." he saw a quick flash of fear in her eyes, but it was gone as soon as it came, being replaced by a look of awe. "I love you so much, Katsuki."

All colors were drained off his face the minute his brain processed her words. Bakugou is short-circuited, looking frantically between her orbs, trying to comprehend if he heard right or...

"I'm being honest, I can't deny it anymore, Kat. We're together for almost six months and... M-Maybe I'm being silly or precocious, but you make me the happiest girl in the world! You're so special to me and... I just love you so much!"

Suddenly, Katsuki had to step away from the girl, because his hands started to make small explosions involuntarily, totally out of his control. His whole body is going crazy, with his heart beating hard and breathing kicking up, Katsuki is speechless.

When the realization finally hit, he broke down before her loveable gaze, unable to stop his happy tears. Sisipho got closer again, not caring about his explosive hands, caressing his cheek lovely, melting with his adorable reaction.

"I LOVE YOU SO DAMN MUCH!" he voiced out loud and clear, chucking between his cries, hugging the girl by her waist, and spinning both around. Katsuki hid his face in her neck to confess. "I love you so fucking much, Choco!! I can't believe you do too, I was so damn scared of telling you!"

"Why, my boo? Hey, look at me." she gently whipped his tears away.

"You're so damn perfect, Sisipho. I don't deserve you at all... You're so gentle, sweet, lovely, and... I'm just a stubborn hot-headed and rude boy! But I'm so fucking happy for having you in my life and because of this I feel like I'm turning to be a better man. Only thanks to everything I learn with you every day! You make me better!"

"My boo, we're just so young, we have so much to learn yet. Don't worry about anything, I love you just the way you are, just like Katsuki Bakugou truly is. We both know how your personality works, however you never, ever, treated me wrong!"

"Because I don't want you away from me, never. I can't lose you because of my damn stupidity. The minute you walked into that damn classroom I just knew that I needed to spend my days with you. And now you're all mine..."

"Always, my love. I'll always be by your side because, before my lover, you're also my best friend."

"I'm all yours too, Choco. Everything you want me to be, my love." he kissed her again, now more calmly, but still full of passion.

The young couple is feeling accomplished with this new step they did in their relationship. One more proof that they care for each other, and that they're meant to be together.

Taking out his huge red cape, Katsuki put it over her shoulders, to protect the girl from the cold breeze, and smiled playfully at her.

"I was training to confess to you first, you damn Chocogirl... Ruining my plans."

"Training?! Were you that nervous?! Who said first doesn't matter, my boo~ You can just tell me again and it'll always be just like the first time." Sisipho giggled, pecking his lips again, but she didn't get what he truly meant.

"No, I trained to tell you... Tell that..." he closed his eyes, frowning, to remember how to say correctly, then faced the confused girl, smiling widely. "Ndiyakuthanda, Sisipho."

The black girl felt like falling on the floor after hearing him talking in isiXhosa, due to her weak legs. And she truly would've fallen if it wasn't for his strong arms around her waist.

Not only Katsuki said again, but also did it in her mother's language.

It's such a difficult language to learn and Katsuki put all his effort into it, even though it's only a phrase, Sisipho acknowledges this. He trained a lot and now, for him, everything was worth it just because of the way she was looking at him in awe.

"Oh my gods... Babe, tell me again..." she whispered, taking his face between her hands gently.

"Did I pronounce it right? Ndiyakuthanda."

"Oh my, I can't believe you learned this!! Your accent is just so cute~!" she's crying happy tears now, her heart warm. "Ndiyakuthanda, Katsuki!"

"I'll always love you, Sisi~" he whispered back, proud that he was able of declaring his love for her in both of her languages.

Ending the space between them, the couple shared more kisses full of passion, all night. The young love has any concerns, only focusing on the overwhelming feelings towards their special one and how to expose it all the time.

This confession about a new feeling only served to make Katsuki and Sisipho's bond, even stronger than before. And it'll only intensify over the years together.

Because they share true and pure love.

--✨--

"Nah~ I'm betting on the freckled kid, her quirk is fleshy!" Kirishima is full of conviction pointing at the tv.

"Nope, the one with blue skin is my favorite already, definitely the strongest!" Sero disagreed with him.

"Didn't you two participate in the last Festival?? Who won last year had a physical quirk?!" Denki's question silenced the duo, which now needs to redo their bets. "Talking about it, how is Bonbon?!"

"Kat sent a text saying she woke up better and is just taking a shower. Soon both will be here." Mina answered, typing on her phone. "Guess what? She's blaming herself because we didn't get to see the festival at the stadium."

"Bullshit! As if we would let her here alone." Sero scoffed rolling his eyes.

Months passed again and with this, it came to the officialization of the big group of friends becoming the Class 2-A. A lot of things changed, some of them left the course and new ones arrived, but nothing will ever change the strong friendship between them.

Now they're a bit older, more mature, and full of experiences, yet the squad is still the same goofy and silly group ever, always making everyone laugh with their odd interactions.

Now they're at the dorms watching the Yuei Sports Festival, where the new freshman are proving themselves to the world. Is kinda odd honestly, because just one year ago it was them in there.

However, the reason the squad is at the dorms instead of the stadium is that Sisipho is sick.

It's rare, but the sequels of her injuries caused by Gang Orca still appear from time to time. Mostly is a slight fever or some dizziness, but today is been a bit hard.

Since last night Sisi is suffering from a strong migraine, very sick and nauseous. Katsuki spent the night with her, helping with some ice packs and massages.

Sisipho is feeling bad for her friends because they insisted on staying close just in case she needs them. But the truth is that, for the squad, it wouldn't be the same without her there, so they just rather watch it at home.

They all are in Katsuki's dorm room, eating some snacks and making bets about who'll be the winner.

Kirishima and Mina are in each other's embrace, as always. A few weeks after the costume party, Mina was the one to ask him to be her boyfriend. The pink girl just couldn't wait anymore and got enough of Eijirou's insecurities.

Denki and Hanta are still single, with some shallow relationships here and there, but nothing serious. A date isn't their priority now and the others understand this, giving support to any choice they do about it.

Some minutes later, Katsuki came in with a very floppy Sisipho.

"You fucking pigs making a mess in my room! Y'all will be cleaning this shit later!" the blonde groaned at them, sitting on his armchair. "Did we miss something?"

"No, bro. Midnight still doing the ceremony's speech." Kiri answered, gazing at his childhood friend. "Are you feeling better, Bonbon?"

"Yeah, a bit. I took two Advils and the pain is decreasing a bit, but I'll keep my earphones just in case." Sisi kissed Mina's cheek and hug the others, as always when they met. "Bets on already?"

While the others talked enthusiastically about the students that seems more promissory, Sisi got comfortable on Katsuki's lap. It's the best way to deal with her hard days, leaning on his warmth and hearing his beating heart.

With the number of months together, they're less timid in expressing themselves and with touch one another, being more united as one.

Mina love seeing them like this and just couldn't let this moment pass blank, so she just took a picture of the cute couple, one more to the collection.

However, her silly friends just had to photobomb the cute moment.

"You sneak pinky~" Eijirou whispered in her ear, kissing his girlfriend.

"Ugh~ I'll have to cut the photo now, because of you two!" the boys only laughed. "Don't blame me tho, they're too cute. Also, Bonbon just does the same with us."

"Because we're also cute~!" Mina giggled, kissing his lips lovely.

"SINGLE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM!" Denki and Hanta yelled in sync, their way of always teasing the couples.

"Yell again and I'll fucking kill you two!" Katsuki whispered to them, noticing the almost sleeping black girl on his chest.

"Sorry, Kats.", "Sorry, Bonbon~!"

"Fuck you." he gives them his finger, turning to hug his girl closer. "You good, doll?"

"Good, just a bit sick. The pain is going away tho..." she murmured, kissing his bare shoulder to show gratitude. "We got so far. Look at us now, watching other kids at the festival."

"Yeah... Time is going too fucking fast. One year ago I wouldn't ever imagined we being like this."

"Hm, don't know if I can tell the same. We always were so good together..."

"Cursing each other is good?"

"Ever once your words carried hate?"

"Never... I just wanted to tease you and get your attention." she giggled seeing his little blush, always loving this reaction.

"And you did it. Even though you already had it, all because of your ruby eyes. Y'know I love red."

"And I love you." he gave her an eskimo kiss, feeling small explosions in his stomach, a thing he only feels when they're together.

"I love you more, my boo~!" looking down at his pink lips Sisi couldn't resist, putting her's over them.

Most of the time their kisses are just like this, slow and intense. Katsuki hands over her nape, bitting and teasing her lips, which always make both chuckles between the kiss.

"SINGLETONS ON THE ROOM~!!"

"I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, PIKACHU!!"

LET'S GO TO THE SECOND YEAR!! *twerk*

anyways just in case someone didn't get it: ndiyakuthanda = i love you

and yep, i'm doing this now, let's see how these kids will do until turning in the best heroes ever hehehehe!!

btw guys the images in my books are edits i do with illustrations i found, ok? maybe i'll start to post them on my Pinterest, but i own nothing beyond the edit! 

anyways, hope u all enjoy the new arc!!see ya~!