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Wish Upon a Starfish

Chapter 26: Something’s Fishy

Notes:

This took soooooooo long to write I’m soooooo sorry
Next chapter won’t be this long I promise! Super busy time atm
Thank you for all the kind comments and support, they give me life honestly.
Anyways, enjoy oxoxoxoxoxox

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Shitshitshitshitshitfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckshittingfuckingshitfacedickheadshit.”

Oh no.

He’d said he’d go back to Katsuki in a few hours. That’s what he’d told himself. But he fell a-fucking-sleep on Mina’s sofa.

They’d had a lovely day together, actually. They’d gone shopping, he’d brought some clothes for Katsuki, although he needed to remember to pay Mina back for those… And for lunch… And for snacks. Then they’d gone to visit Shoto and Izuku, who were both out of the infirmary now and in their own room.

They’d all had tea together, and then he’d gone back to Mina’s to watch her play the new Cyberpunk game and somehow, he’d fallen asleep. He was exhausted actually, so maybe the ‘why’ wasn’t as obvious as the ‘how’. How had he fallen asleep when he had an upset mermaid sitting in his room all on his own?!

Because he was a fucking moron. That’s how.

He spent too long fumbling with the spare door card Mina had cut for their room earlier, juggling with the shopping bags in his hands. It slipped from his grip and he struggled to pick it back up from the wooden floor. Then he smacked the back of his head on the door-handle as he stood up, momentarily dazing him. With one hand he rubbed the back of his throbbing skull while the other unlocked the door shakily.

“Kat?” He called, shouldering his way through the door, “Babe?”

There was a huge splash and a heavy thud, and suddenly there was water everywhere, blanketing the floor in a slick puddle.

“Eijiro!” Katsuki was in the middle of the puddle, several feet from the tank he’d just projected himself from and struggling to pick himself up from the floor. He winced and flopped again, clutching at his elbow.

“Hey, hey,” Kirishima dropped all his bags and slid to the floor in an instant, slipping his way towards the mermaid as he rolled lamely onto his back with a groan. “Did you hurt yourself? Did you just jump? That was so far, are you okay?”

The redhead’s hands were cupping at Katsuki’s face, pulling his head into his lap while the blond quite openly leant into the touch, eyes closing and lips in a sad pout.

“Fine now,” He muttered, eyelids fluttering open again to frown, “you’re back,” Then he hesitated, “right?”

“Right!” Eijiro pulled his mermaid up, shoving his face into the crook of the blond's neck, “I’m so sorry I was so long.”

Katsuki growled, arms coming up to squeeze around his neck almost startlingly tight, “I thought you weren’t coming back.”

The break in his voice broke Eijiro’s heart into a million pieces and he pulled away carefully, coming to press his forehead against Katsuki’s. He smiled earnestly, “Like you could get rid of me that easily.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about my tail,” Katsuki wormed out of his hold, a light blush over his cheeks. Obviously, Kirishima’s kindness made him feel awkward, “I didn’t want to worry you, and I knew what you’d say.”

“Oh, and what’s that?”

“You would tell me I didn’t need to get legs,” Katsuki huffed. He almost sounded annoyed, but by the way he was snaking his tail around Eijiro’s legs and pulling him closer told he wasn’t really. “You would say I’m good the way I am, that I don’t need to change.”

“Well, that’s true, Kat. You’re perfect the way you are.” Kirishima cupped the mermaid’s face again, smooshing his cheeks together. The end of Katsuki’s tail flickered warningly, but he made no move to remove himself from the redhead’s hold.

“I know I am,” He huffed, “but I wanted to do this for you. I don’t want you to be stuck here with me.”

Kirishima, who was slightly distracted with squeezing the blond's cheeks together over and over as he spoke, paused immediately, face falling, “Kat, I could never be ‘stuck’ anywhere with you. And even if I was, I would never be anything but happy because it’s you.”

The mermaid looked pissed off again, still blushing, “Shut up,” He smacked Kirishima’s hands away, “they’re gone now anyway.” He made a point of smacking Eijiro up the back of the head with a large fin.

“Is there a way you can get them back?” He may have said that a little too quickly. Katsuki raised a brow, “You know, I was wondering if you could, we could go out tomorrow. I could show you around.”

Katsuki blinked at him, “Like... Like a date?”

“Sure!”

“Like on that show?”

“What show?”

“That one you always cry over. Where those people try to fuck each other.”

Kirishima resisted the urge to slap his hand against his forehead, “Erm, I don’t think it’ll be quite like Love Island, it’ll be better. I hope.”

This seemed to please Katsuki, for he trilled excitedly, “Okay,” He grinned, but then it faltered as his vision slipped beyond Eijiro’s head. Suddenly he looked a little sheepish, “We might need a new bed though.”

“A new...” Kirishima began, following the blonds gaze until his eyes flew out of his head in a start, “Katsuki?! What did you do?!” He scrambled to his feet in an instant, nearly bowling over the blond in the process as he gaped at the bed. If you could even call it a bed anymore, it was more just a pile of strewn ruins. Sheets and fluff and fabric lay in tatters everywhere, even the mattress had a gaping hole out of it like someone had been burrowing inside. “Why?!” He spun, and that’s when he noticed the rest of the room. “Kat?!”

The room was like a bombsight. Splintered pieces of furniture lay around the floor; chair legs broken up, the tabletop snapped in half, the sofa cushions shredded, and the stuffing pulled free. Even the refrigerator doors were broken off their hinges, the contents plastered across the kitchen tiles and smeared everywhere.

By the looks of it, the only place Katsuki hadn’t torn to pieces was his tank. Although, as Kirishima squinted, he noticed a few of the black rocks that were once piled neatly into one corner were now strewn across the white sandy bed haphazardly as if someone was about to throw them around.

“I thought you weren’t coming back!” Katsuki shouted from the floor, crossing his arms over his chest defensively. “I got upset. I didn’t want to see any of it.”

Kirishima pinched the bridge of his nose. Could he be mad? He shouldn’t be really, and he was a little bit impressed, so he forced himself to take deep breaths instead.

“Kat...” He began slowly, “You know what this means right?”

“Hah?” The blond snapped, but then his eyes went wide, “No, I don’t want to go back to the kiddie pool!”


 

The good news was the damages weren’t docked from Kirishima’s wages. The bad news was they were back in the rehabilitation pool, and by the Gods was Katsuki not happy about it.

“We could always check into a hotel,” Kirishima scoffed playfully, dumping some of their luggage into the corner of the room and stretching his back, wincing at the pop, pop, pop. “You could just sleep in the bathtub again. I could even invite Denki.”

He was teasing, obviously, but apparently, the mermaid wasn’t in the mood to be teased as he snaked across the sandy bank of the pool, sneering the entire time.

“Hey, where are you going? Are you going to help me set up the bed?” At least this time he had an inflatable mattress and wouldn’t have to worry about Katsuki capsizing him in the night unexpectedly.

“No.”

“Kat,” Kirishima ran forward, splashing in the shallows to grab the mermaid's tail before he disappeared under the water, “you need to help, you’re the reason we’re back here.”

Katsuki growled as he was pulled backwards by his tail but allowed it to happen regardless.

“You’re on blow-up duty,” Eijiro told him, kicking the bundled-up inflatable towards the blond. It slid and ground across the floor before stopping before the mermaid, who scowled at it.

“You’re a blow-up duty,” He sneered back under his breath, but Kirishima caught it.

“The doesn’t even make sense.” Eijiro already had his back to Katsuki as he began rummaging through the bags. Despite the noise he was making, he was well aware of the silence behind him. “The faster you inflate the bed, the faster we can have sex.”

That got Katsuki moving, “I want to fuck you.”

Kirishima pulled a face, back still turned, “I don’t really fancy that. Besides, I thought I needed to be on top for you to get legs again.”

“I can suck you off after.”

“How about I top you and then suck you off.” Kirishima straightened and turned then, hands on hips, “I’m tired, me on the bottom is long.”

Katsuki glared at him viciously, “Hah? Sorry that having sex with me is such a burden.”

“You know it’s not like that, prepping takes ages, babe.”

“All you have to do is lay there and I’ll do all the work!”

“Kat, it’s 2 am, I’ve just lugged half our flat downstairs because someone destroyed it,” Kirishima then sighed, moving towards the mermaid and squatting down to his level, “Pluuuuuuuus,” He grinned, “I’ve got lots planned for tomorrow, so we need to have an early start.”

The blond still didn’t look happy, but his excited tail flapping was more than telling.

“Fine.” He huffed.

“Good boy,” Kirishima practically purred, leaning forward and catching the blond's lips in a quick, deep kiss. Katsuki did purr in response, and he leant forwards in an attempt to lengthen it, but Eijiro was pulling away and catching the mermaids reaching hand to briefly lace their fingers together, kissing across his knuckles playfully before letting go. “Come on, sea slugs move faster than you.”

Funnily enough, after that, it took Katsuki nearly no time at all to get the blow-up mattress up. He didn’t even bother to use the pump Kirishima had given him, he fumbled with it for a bit before throwing it aside in disgust and just blowing it up with his breath. It was actually impressive, his gills flexed and shuddered as he puffed away, and with very little time and effort, he was pinching the nozzle of the mattress to secure the air inside.

“Done,” He announced rolling onto the bed and starfishing across the centre. He didn’t even flinch when Eijiro threw a sheet at him.

“Put that on,” Kirishima said, shoving a pillow into a case. Katsuki huffed and continued to roll about, fastening the elastic edges around the corners of the mattress. Before he even turned over, Kirishima was throwing a duvet at him.

“Stop throwing things at me,” Katsuki snapped, catching a pillow as it came tumbling through the air.

“Kind of feels like we’re camping,” Eijiro commented absently, turning back to root through one of the bags some more for another pillowcase.

“What’s camping?”

“When people stay in tents and sleep outside.”

“What’s a tent?”

“It’s like a little house made out of waterproof sheets.”

“Then how is that any different from being in a normal house?”

“Because you don’t have hot water and stuff, like you have to go get it or go to communal showers or something.”

“So you still have showers?” Katsuki looked so confused.

“Yeah.”

“So, you’re inside a house made out of sheets, with water still available?”

“Yeah.”

“I don’t get it.”

Kirishima rolled his eyes, finishing up with his pillow and tossing it towards the bed. Katsuki looked ridiculous in it, all tucked up with just his head poking out the top of the duvet, his fingers curled around the edges. His large tail popped out the end, literally looking like a fish out of water.

“I’ll take you camping and you’ll get it then. It’s nice, you’re out with nature and stuff.”

The mermaid looked sceptical, “No thanks.”

“You literally come from the ocean! You’ll like it, I promise! We can go for walks, light campfires, maybe even do some mountain climbing and stuff…” Kirishima trailed off, grinning so brightly to himself. Oh shit, now Katsuki had legs, they could do so much.

There was a loud wrenching noise, “Sounds dumb,” Katsuki was still scowling, “now get naked and come here.”

Kirishima rolled his eyes, bubble practically audibly bursting, “Goodness Kat, woo me why don’t you.”

He half expected the mermaid to snap at him to hurry up or tell him to come closer so he could undress him himself. However, when he crossed his arms and pulled his T-shirt over his head, he was met with a surprising trill of excitement. It made him pause, shirt still in his hands before he threw it aside.

Katsuki was settling further into the bed, eyes glued to Eijiro as he undressed, body wiggling excitedly under the blankets. Kirishima could just make out the movement of his tail snaking and shivering, and it made him raise a brow.

Slowly, painfully slowly, he slipped a hand down his hard abdomen, biting back a grin as Katsuki’s eyes watched that hand like a hawk. He then casually began to unfasten his belt, not missing how the blonds pupils blew so wide they swallowed up the whole of his iris. He looked like a cat getting ready to pounce on a toy.

He paused with his fingers over the buttons of his jeans, “You want a show, baby?”

Katsuki’s eyes made no effort to move from where they were fixated on the redhead's fingers, and it took him a long moment to reply, “Hah? Did you say something?”

It made Kirishima roll his eyes, and he made quick work of pulling his trousers down and stepping out of them. Katsuki’s tail flapped under the sheets as he moved closer, although his face was expressionless as he retreated further under the covers, pulling the blanket up to his nose. Eijiro stopped at the foot of the mattress, taking a moment to pointedly look down at the mermaids moving tail.

“Someone’s excited.”

That made Katsuki frown suddenly and his tail tried to stop too, although it twitched slightly. Kirishima dropped to his knees, grabbing the edges of the duvet and shoving himself under. He heard Katsuki squeal excitedly, tail lurching but Eijiro already had it pinned down, straddling it as he kissed up the scales.

“Stop wiggling!” He laughed, taking a big, soft bite. Katsuki raised his hips and trilled again, fins flashing and momentarily blinding Eijiro under the covers. Although it gave him enough clarity to work out where to go, and he continued kissing across the mermaid, pecks turning wet and open-mouthed as he moved higher. He slowed down too, and he felt the blond unfurl and relax beneath him, whining softly as hands found their way into his red hair and pulled gently at the strands.

Kirishima could feel the heat coming off the mermaid, especially as he moved towards his groin. He found the hard sheath amongst the scales, feeling the bulge beneath and he painted a stripe with his tongue from the base to the opening. Katsuki groaned loudly, hips pushing up again as his cock pushed out.

“Fuck,” Kirishima heard the wet slide, and it suddenly dawned on him he’d never sucked Katsuki off; he didn’t really know what to do with a mermaid dick. Although, he’d actually never sucked a dick full stop before, mermaid or human. “Tell me what you like, okay?” He whispered, breathing laboured as Katsuki’s tail flashed again, leaving behind a slight glow this time.

Oh, shit. Katsuki’s dick really wasn’t human. Maybe that shouldn’t have made him as excited as it did, but he found himself quickly shoving a hand down his boxers to palm over his own cock, while the other hand came up to give Katsuki’s length a stroke. It was way warmer than his own dick, way softer too, almost rubbery, silky and wet.

Jesus, what would it taste like?

Surprisingly not as salty as he’d assumed.

He took a taste, tongue coming out to flick over the tapered tip. He felt the cock squirm in his hand, in time with the movement of Katsuki’s muscles under his tail.

Interesting

He took the tip into his mouth and began to slide down. It was made easy by the slick of Katsuki’s cock, and the smooth, tapered shape made the whole experience easy to swallow.

From beneath him, Katsuki whined again, hands fisting into Eijiro’s unstyled hair. The mermaid's cock wasn’t all the big despite his size, only being truly a stretch towards the base. Kirishima slid his tongue across the underside as he began to bob up and down, picking up speed. He paused for a few moments when he jaw began to ache to circle his tongue around the tip, tasting the zing of precum dribble out.

Meanwhile, Katsuki was making the most wonderful nonsense noises. He gargled and trilled and mewed pathetically, fingers combing through Eijiro’s hair desperately. Until one disappeared, and then the covers were thrown off Kirishima’s face. He squinted up, pulling his face off the blonds cock upon seeing those hot red eyes and downright predatory expression looking back at him.

He leant back onto his haunches, still straddling Katsuki’s tail and he grinned down at the mermaid, fisting his cock and getting his fingers covered in slick. Katsuki’s pupils shook up and down as they followed Eijiro’s hand, licking his lips and puffing. His pupils blew wide when they looked past to where Kirishima was working away to zone in on the redhead's erection tenting his boxers.

Kirishima didn’t miss that, and he switched hands, shoving his slicked up one down his underwear to grab his own cock with it. His entire body jolted, a little taken aback by the sudden pleasure that he almost wasn’t expecting.

What he also didn’t expect was Katsuki’s entire body to roll before he tried twisting from side to side.

“What are you doing?” Kirishima asked.

The blond stopped and reached forward in an attempt to tug at Eijiro’s boxers, trying to pull them down, but the redhead just batted his fingers away with his free hand, his other one still moving below the fabric of his underwear.

“Don’t touch what you can’t afford,” He grinned, but Katsuki just scowled even harder and once against started to wiggle.

Kirishima sat up a little, somewhat confused, but he gave the blond the room to roll onto his front completely.

Oooh!”

Katsuki’s entrance was wet and raised, and the blond rolled his shoulders, trying to arch back towards Eijiro but struggled from the latter still being sat on him.

“Someone’s very excited,” That earned him a smack up the back of the head with a frilly tail.

“Hurry up,” Katsuki snapped, shooting a dangerous look over his shoulder, “I thought you were tired.”

Kirishima didn’t feel very tired anymore now he was practically drooling over the blonds back, jacking off to his body. He wanted to shove his face right in there and kiss and lick at those silky folds. But another slap across the back of the head reminded him they had a job to do.

He rather ungraciously flopped down against the mermaids back, pulling out his cock with one hand while the other wound around Katsuki’s waist. He rolled them over until they were on their sides.

He half expected for Katsuki to start complaining, but he was rubbing the head of his cock over that slicked up entrance in moments, the mermaid going limp in his arms with a whimper.

Eijiro kissed across the blond's shoulder as he pushed in slowly, and he groaned loudly, feeling the stretch around his shaft. It was tight, and he felt a little bad he hadn’t stretched the blond out at all. Not that any of that seemed to matter when the mermaid pulsed around him, sucking greedily at his dick.

“Fucking move.” Katsuki seethed, and Eijiro had no choice but to do as he was told. He began rolling his hips at a steady pace, pushing further and further in with each movement until his hips were smacking against Katsuki’s backside.

He continued to kiss across his shoulder as the pace picked up. He wasn’t going to last very long. It was too wet and hot, and he snaked his free arm under the blond to grab at his chest, thumbing and lightly pinching at a pebbled nipple. Katsuki cried out, hips pushing in time with Eijiro’s, and he made the most pathetic gurgling noise when the redhead caught his throbbing cock as it kicked with their movements, and he held it tightly with his other hand.

Kirishima rolled his hips again, thrusting deep and slow suddenly before pulling out to the tip and going again. He pulled Katsuki’s hips with his, and within moments he felt the mermaid spasm around his buried cock. The blond jolted and swore, cum spraying out his dick to paint up his chest and onto the sheets.

It only took a few more, almost frantic thrusts before Eijiro was gritting his teeth in his own orgasm. His body locked up and his thighs cramped as he came balls deep in the blond, overwhelmed in that hot, wet heat.

“I love this butt,” He hummed, sliding his hand over the mermaids hip to grab a handful of his backside. It made Katsuki jolt, but he quickly settled again with a sleepy trill, snuggling back into Kirishima’s chest.

Eijiro kissed across the blond's shoulder again, closing his own eyes. They can worry about the mess in the morning.

“I love you,” Katsuki murmured through a yawn, a purr rumbling from deep within his chest as Kirishima reached over and kissed his temple.

“I love you too.”


 

Watching Katsuki walk around with shoes on was like watching Bambi on ice.

“I don’t like them,” He announced, flicking his foot up and nearly toppling backwards, “take them off me.”

“I can’t do that,” Kirishima told him for the millionth time, they hadn’t even left the U.A building yet and already the blond was having a meltdown, “I’ve told you, your feet are really soft, you’ll hurt yourself. What if you step in something?”

“I don’t like this either,” Katsuki was pulling on his t-shirt then, nearly getting it over his head too before Eijiro started wrestling with him over it.

“You can’t just get naked in public, Kat!”

“Why not?!”

“Because humans don’t do that!” He finally managed to slap the blond's hands away, and he quickly took one into his own and held it at his side, lacing their fingers tightly to secure him. “Now, tell me those three words I love hearing?”

They paused at the top of the steps leading down to the large, glass doors of U.A’s entrance. Sunlight blasted through the clear panes, painting warm stripes across the glossy floor. It was a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky.

But Katsuki was glaring, “I love you.”

“No, not those words...”

The blond looked hesitant, and he scoffed loudly, looking away, “Tsk, I will behave.

“That’s a good boy,” Eijiro leant in to plant a quick kiss on Katsuki’s angrily puffed out cheek. Slowly, Kirishima began to guide him down the steps. As it turned out, Katsuki picked up walking pretty quickly. He was a little wobbly, and Eijiro noticed him leaning on him quite a bit, but overall, he grasped putting one leg in front of the other pretty well. He was quite slow too, which was something Kirishima hadn’t factored into his schedule for the day, and already they were running behind. Not that it mattered too much, there were always other days if they couldn’t fit everything in.

Eijiro pretended not to see Katsuki nearly falling down the last step, and he caught him with a grin.

“Look how quickly you’re picking this up!” He praised, “It takes babies years to learn how to walk as well as you!”

It was supposed to be encouraging, but the words just seemed to piss the blond off, “Well, I’m not a fucking baby, am I?”

“Act like one sometimes- Ouch!” Katsuki had stuck his finger in his ear in annoyance. Kirishima didn’t mind, and with a grin he pulled the mermaid forward, walking him out through the automatic doors. Instantly they were blinded with sunlight, and it made Kirishima raise a hand like a visor, but Katsuki didn’t seem too fazed.

His head was busy turning left and right, watching cars and bicycles move past with uncertainty. When a car honked in the distance he jumped, turned on his heel, and tried to go back into U.A.

“Oh, no you don’t,” Kirishima laughed, “it’s just a car horn! Don’t worry about it. Stick with me and I’ll keep you safe, I promise.”

The blond still didn’t look convinced, but despite his scowl, he stepped back in line with Eijiro, “Fine.”

“Come on, this way,” Kirishima grinned, pulling Katsuki along again. “I’ve got to make a quick stop somewhere first.”

“Where?”

“It’s hard to explain, but I need you to wait outside for me, okay? So, you can’t wander off.”

Katsuki looked pissed all over again, “You just said you’d keep me safe.”

“I am! I promise!”

They paused at the roadside before crossing, and Eijiro could have sworn his fingers were about to fall off from Katsuki holding his hand so tightly when they walked in front of a stationary car. A noise came from the bonnet, and the blond jumped to step on Kirishima’s toes.

“Stupid fucking...” He muttered angrily, but it just made Kirishima smile.

They walked in relative silence for a few minutes. Kirishima waited for Katsuki to take everything in. He asked a few questions, mostly about random noises and some shops they passed, but then he asked a particular question exceptionally loudly.

“Why are people looking at us?” He was staring at a couple as they walked past, heading in the opposite direction, who were staring right back at them. When the loud comment left his mouth they quickly turned away, looking sheepish.

“What?”

“People keep staring at us.”

“Well, maybe because you’re staring at them?”

“I’m not,” Katsuki huffed, scuffing his shoe on the floor as they walked, “I’m looking at them because they’re looking at us. Look, he’s staring too!” He added a pointing finger to that last part, but Kirishima was quick to grab at it and pull it back, smiling an apology at the man across the road who even he had noticed was outright staring.

He knew exactly why, and he was feeling more and more self-conscious by the second. After all, he wasn’t used to going out in public holding another man's hand. This was his first time too.

“Erm, don’t worry about it. Just don’t point and try to ignore them.”

“Hah? Just tell me.”

Kirishima shrugged, “There isn’t much point, it’s fine.”

“I want to go home.” Katsuki ground to a halt, snatching at the redhead’s arm and nearly pulling it clean out of his socket. Eijiro stumbled.

“What? It’s been, like, 5 minutes, Kat. Come on.”

“Stop being weird then. I don’t want to be here if I can’t trust you.”

Kirishima sighed, finally turning to face the blond. He offered a lazy shrug, “I don’t know what to tell you, babe,” He tried not to sound as nervous as he felt, but by the way Katsuki’s expression softened, he knew. “Humans can sometimes get a bit weird about people of the same sex being in a relationship. Don’t think about it too much though, yeah? It’s not worth it. Things are good and most people don’t care. But sometimes people still get curious about it, which is probably why they’re looking, I guess? It’s probably harmless, most people are just nosy.”

He didn’t really fancy getting into the technicalities of human sexuality today. The words seemed to take a moment to process through Katsuki’s mind, and then he was frowning all over again. “I don’t get it,” He said loudly, “Why does it matter that we both have dicks?”

Kirishima tried not to smirk, “It doesn’t.”

“Why do people care if it doesn’t affect them?”

“Your guess is as good as mine,” He shrugged, “Come on, I told you not to think about it too much. It doesn’t make sense and I don’t want you stewing over it.”

Katsuki was still frowning, and he looked down at where their fingers were laced together, “Does it bother you?”

“No.” Kirishima replied sharply, “If it bothered me, I wouldn’t let you put your dick in me. Now come on.” He tugged at the blond's arm, but Katsuki’s face slipped into a blissful smile.

“Yeah,” He licked his teeth, “you like it when I do that.”

Kirishima rolled his eyes, but he was smiling nonetheless, and he gave the blond's arm another tug. Finally, they kicked into motion, and Eijiro led Katsuki forward once more.

“The shop I want to go into is just around the corner. There’s a bench outside, I need you to sit on it and not move.”

“What if I see something I want to take a closer look at?”

“Then you wait for me and we can go together, okay? I’ll literally be 30 seconds; I just need to pick something up.”

They rounded the corner, and in the near distance Kirishima spotted the lightly swinging sign above the store entrance. He was glad Katsuki didn’t know how to read, otherwise he would be asking questions.

“I’m hot.”

“We will find you a place in the sha—Ouch! Kat, what--”

“What’s that?” Katsuki had stopped again and was pointing across the road once more, making Kirishima quickly follow his finger in a slight panic. Fortunately, the blonds accusing finger was aimed at a small dog, sat waiting patiently outside a store.

“It’s a dog.”

Katsuki looked hesitant, but then he made a step towards it, only held back by Kirishima holding his hand. “Can I touch it?”

“No,” Kirishima laughed, pulling at his arm again, “Come on, this way.”

Katsuki started moving again, although he was being led blindly by Kirishima as his eyes were glued to the small dog disappearing into the distance. He stayed compliant the whole time they neared the bench Eijiro was planning to leave him on for a few minutes, and the redhead pushed him down to sit by his shoulders. Katsuki’s eyes were still glued into the direction of the dog, but then another person walked past with a bigger one on a lead and his head was whipping around to that one.

“Right, you stay here and keep looking at dogs, I’ll be right back.” Kirishima told him, giving the blond's shoulders a firm press, “Okay?” He prompted.

Katsuki nodded lamely, eyes switching towards a third dog.

Kirishima backed off slowly, before running inside the jewellery store behind them.