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And fail miserably
It all started a few months ago, when they were about to graduate
She was panicking, and not because she hadn’t found an agency to work with, oh no, that wasn’t the issue. Her old mentor, the Dragon Hero, requested her to be a rookie at her agency, and Ochako said yes faster than when she says yes to mochi
Some of her classmates, Momo, Todoroki and Iida, were starting their own agency and invited her to participate, but she declined. She felt the need to work under someone who knows exactly what they’re doing, and she wouldn’t be comfortable joining a new and fresh agency. She couldn’t afford that uncertainty and chaos
So yeah, she had a job already waiting for her as soon as she graduated
The issue was that she couldn’t find a place to live
Because pretty much everyone was joining the “Prodigy” agency (she thinks that the name is a little lame and braggy but who is she to judge her classmates), they will all be living near the agency building, which is on the other side of the town, far away from her workplace
Apparently, the building belonged to Momo’s parents, and they will let them use it to start their new agency and begin their hero lives in the best way possible
Life goes so well when you’re so privileged
The resentment she felt was kept in the deepest part of her heart, it’s not her fault that her parents couldn’t give her a whole ass building and all the money she needed to start an agency of her own
Anyway, she digresses
So that was a problem, she couldn’t afford a whole apartment by herself, nor could she ask one of her girlfriends to live with her, since Momo, Jirou and Mina would be working at the Prodigy agency, and Hagakure and Tsuyu would move abroad and work with foreign heroes and gain some more experience
When all of that started to bottle up inside of her, just one week before graduating, she nearly called the Dragon Hero to say that she would not be working with her anymore because she needed to move back into her parent’s house and work in construction
And then an angel appeared before her
Well, more like a devil that disguised himself as an angel, at least in her wildest fantasies, but that wasn’t important
One day, the Monday before their graduation on Saturday, her best friend came to her with his eyes shining with excitement and his hands folded like he was about to request something something
He asked her, no, begged her to move in with him
That confused her, because one of the reasons why she didn’t ask him to room with her in the first place was that he was also moving abroad
He told her then that he had changed his mind and needed a little more time in Japan. All Might advised him to become a pro hero while he was still in a place he was already used to, so then he could go and gain more experience in other countries
That had delighted her. Of course, she didn’t like the idea of being away from one of her best friends in the entire world, but she had already accepted that she would have to enter her adult life without his support
So it was obvious that she was so glad when he told her that he wasn’t going to do it anymore, and that he wanted to share a living space with her
And she said yes
In that same conversation, she asked him if he had already found an apartment for them and he said yes, only there was a little problem
The rent was too expensive for just two people because the apartment had four bedrooms, but he told her that it was the best option he could find and that they only needed to find two more people to live with them
They could even be from other classes or other courses! They just had to find them
They didn’t
The two of them spent the entire week asking people to room with them, but since it was already the end of the school year, some already had plans to live with other people, and others told them that their workplace was not near their apartment
On the day before graduation, they were both panicking, because the landlord of the apartment said that he would rent it to someone else unless they paid the first rent by the end of that week
She had been crying in the kitchen late at night, just a few hours away from their graduation, when god descended on earth and answered her prayers
But not before she humiliated herself
Her face was all flushed, her eyes were all wet, and her nose was running when Kirishima entered the kitchen and immediately grabbed her by the face to ask her what was wrong, or if anyone had hurt her
She had wailed like a baby and clung to him like one as well, and told him that house searching was a bitch. His strong, huge, and delicious arms around her unfortunately were doing nothing to make her feel better, but she could appreciate them nonetheless
After he let her cry for ten more minutes, he pulled her back to ask her what was really wrong
Sniffing, she managed to tell him that both she and Deku were fucked because they couldn’t find anyone to room with them, and that they would be losing the apartment if they didn’t pay the first month of rent by the end of the week
Kirishima had blinked, and asked her if they were still looking for people to move in with them, and how many
When she said two, it was like angels started to sing in the sky, that’s how she felt when the gentle giant beamed at her and started to shake her shoulders in exciment
“ME AND KAT NEED A PLACE TO STAY TOO”
So that’s how it went. After a lot of convincing, the blond agreed to share the apartment with her and with Deku, “as long as my room is the furthest away from the nerd’s”
So that next Monday, after a whole weekend of partying and saying goodbyes, they moved to their new house, and because she was the only girl and the boys were gentlemen, they let her stay in the only room that had a bathroom in it, so that she could have that extra privacy
The first week of living together was chaotic. They barely saw each other because of their schedules, and when they did, somehow it always turned into a fight. When they lived at the dorms it never happened, but something about sharing a smaller space with just four people made them too aware of each other and sometimes their nerves would get the best of them
That’s why at the end of that week she called for a house meeting, and they agreed that they should plan their chores ahead, so that the house wasn’t always a mess and they could live at peace with each other
Thankfully, it worked
A few mishaps still happened over the first month, but after a while, they settled on their hero/work routine at the same time they settled into their house routine, so it didn’t take long for their fights to end and went back to their friendships
But, just when things started to settle down, some feelings in her started to rise up
You see, Kirishima had a problem. It’s a problem that has been following him since the start of their dorm life, and he has not been able to stop it
That boy is the definition of If I don’t have to wear a shirt I won’t
So it’s completely normal that he would do it in his own house, right? Where he knows it’s safe and where he shouldn’t have any problem at all exposing himself like that because there are no weirdos to stare at him in their home
Except for the fact that she had to stop herself from salivating every time she walked into the apartment and he wasn’t wearing a shirt, or every time he walked into the apartment and immediately took off his shirt, or even when they were just talking and that motherfucker decided that he didn’t want to wear his shirt anymore
Somehow, someway, she always managed to keep a straight face when he showed up in front of her with his chest and biceps and lickable abs in full display, and she was proud of herself for that
Until the other two started to do the same
Look, she was used to Kirishima. Like it was said, the boy has been doing this shit since they were in high school, and even though they were in closer quarters now, she could handle him
But she could not handle the addition of them
She had never seen them without their shirts before. Unlike the redhead, the other boys always kept their clothes on, even when they were working out. She just had never come upon Deku and Bakugou without clothes
So when Deku walked out of the bathroom freshly showered after a long day of work without a shirt on, she nearly collapsed
And then he kept doing it
Not much longer after, she came home after going out to buy some groceries and found Bakugou on the couch with his chest completely bare
Her orange juices didn’t survive after she lost her strength in her arms for a second and they fell to the ground, earning a very nasty scolding from the half-naked blonde to get her shit together
After weeks of being tortured like that, she decided to “retaliate”
Her shorts suddenly became shorter and her shirts became tighter. Back at the dorms, she would’ve never dared to walk out of her room with just a pair of women’s boxers and a tight tank top, but this was her home, so she should be comfortable, right?
And comfortable she was, and a little smug every time she caught one of them, or even the three of them staring at her
It felt good, she felt powerful when they looked at her like she was a whole ass meal and they couldn’t wait to devour her
It was a nice change from all the shit the media, the press and the public said about her more curve body. More than once she has heard people talking about her weight, and some of them didn’t hold back their hatred of the way she looked in the comments of her social media posts
So, yeah, having three of the hottest most promising pro heroes looking at her like that felt pretty amazing, like she could conquer the world and have them at her beck and call
The atmosphere in the house began to change, there was a type of tension in the air that they could cut with a knife, and she had to hold her breath when she found herself in the same with one of them. It was worse when it was the four of them
It was like they were all waiting for someone to crack, or put an end to all the ridiculous tiptoeing they did to each other
Thankfully, it wasn’t long until someone actually did it