asdfghjkl I’m gonna be honest, I don’t really have words to describe how much I freaking love this. Like, I knew distantly that you were writing a fic, but I was not prepared for the greatness you wrote. I actually cried, literal tears fell out my eyes, I was this close to sobbing. You’re writing style fit so freaking well for this story, and it just tied everything together in a prefect little package.
The part where Katsuki begins to worry about whether Kariage would want to stay with him - an embarrassment, a wild animal, a villain - and everything after practically tore my heart to shreds. How you describe Katsuki walking home after the festival, hiding to keep people from seeing his face was absolutely heartbreaking. The way Katsuki acknowledges that baths make him feel good enough that Kariage gave him stuff to make him happy, but thinks that he doesn’t deserve something like that after the Sports Festival, instead taking a shower so cold it piractically hurts? That’s where I really started to cry.
And, when he curls up with Kariage in bed and just starts sobbing? Yeah, I got shivers reading it. And, the atmosphere of the story when Kariage is comforting Katsuki felt so real, so personal, that I actually had to take a break in reading becuase I was feeling it. Feeling the hurt and desperation and love and validation, and, yeah, by the end of it I was full out sobbing. It was absolutely perfect, and I’m so freaking thankful that you decided to share it, because it was simply amazing. <33
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Bakugou Katsuki/Undercut-kun, Bakugou Katsuki/Kariage-kun Characters: Bakugou Katsuki, Kariage-kun, Undercut-kun, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, (mentioned) Additional Tags: Sports Festival Arc (My Hero Academia), Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Childhood Friends, Established Relationship, Bakugou Mitsuki’s Bad Parenting, (undercut is the childhood friend from middle school) Summary:
“You hurt, baby?”
The concern in Kariage’s voice nearly made his knees buckle. It wasn’t what he expected, it wasn’t what he deserved. Kariage shouldn’t worry about him; if he was hurting it was his own fault, his own weakness which caused it.
It was fine, he was fine.
But Kariage was looking at him in that knowing way he always wore whenever Katsuki didn’t voice his true feelings, brows furrowed and dark eyes sparkling in the room as he trailed his gaze over Katsuki’s face, hands still cupping his cheeks and the scent of cigarettes, leather and vanilla encompassing his senses.
Or:
The Sports Festival happens and Katsuki is falling apart.
Based on a hc I posted a while ago. I thought it was a sweet idea and wanted to write a full one-shot, the first in a series I’m planning on writing. Hope you like it!
I made this AU awhile back and first posted it in bunny’s server, so I decided to transfer it here!! It’s kind of long, so I’m separating the whole AU into four posts!! If KariBaku is your comfort ship and you don’t like angst or the if warnings below squick or trigger you, I don’t recommend reading through this! I’ll be writing this eventually, but hopefully it’ll be posted to my AO3 by the end of the month <33
Warning(s): Kidnapping, Emotional Manipulation, Non-con Drugging, Disassociation, Heavily Implied Physical Abuse, Dub-con Kissing and Non-sexual Touching, and, of course, Villain Kariage!!
Part [1], Part [2], Part [3], Part [4]
PICHUUUUU my beloved!!! 🥺👉👈 Darling how do u have the capacity for such sheer kindness and adoration i am. 😭💞💞💞 the amount of joy u bring me. simply insurmountable
love u guys
WOW, so I finally got around to rereading this and lemme tell you,, it is just as painful as the first time you talked about this concept on Discord. Like?? Wow, Gab, really tearing my heart to shreds here.
ANYways, yeah this is just?? So supremely sad, to be honest. There’s just something so depressing about reading stories and concepts where characters dying preventable deaths, and all I can think of is the build up to this, you know? How many times Katsuki must’ve asked, told, pleaded for Kari to give up his habit, only to have Kari laugh and tell him it’s not that serious as he lights up another cigarette, as his voice gets deep and scratchy, as he gains a cough that never really goes away, until he can barely breathe after a few steps and can’t laugh unless he wants to pass out.
Then, Kari gets the diagnosis and there’s,, there’s nothing they can do. No medicine is working, it’s too far along, they’re not given hope - they’re given a time limit. Maybe Katsuki’s mad, at first. After all, he told Kari time after time after time, looking out the corner of his eye as Kari smoked, breath raspy and fingers shaking: That’s gonna be the death of you.
He wished he wasn’t right, for once in his fucking life.
Kari dies and takes some part of Katsuki with him, some integral, important part of Katsuki that lets him feel, lets him live. It’s buried alongside Kari in a casket that won’t ever open, and Katsuki maybe feels a little like he, too, died.
But his heart still beats and his lungs still breathe and his stomach still grumbles, and Katsuki feels like his body has betrayed him. Because how can he still be alive, when the one person who actually saw him is gone, buried six feet under, never to be seen again, never to laugh or cry or love again?
Katsuki’s alive, but it doesn’t feel like it. Not when the colors he sees are dull, and he feels rooted to solid ground. Even when he becomes the Number One Hero, people cheering out all around him, he can’t muster up a smile, can barely mutter through a scripted speech before he’s beating it. He sits a home, dressed in his half-done up Hero Costume, and thinks about how he’d give it all up for Kari. He’d stop being a Hero, leave the people who call themselves his friends and family, shed his name and every aspect of his identity just to have a chance to talk to Kari even once.
But the real world doesn’t work that way, and he wakes the next day and continues the constant cycle of sorrow.
Anyways, yeah this broke my heart, hehe </3
[ original content, do NOT steal, i will write this ]
Kariage dies from lung cancer due to his smoking habits during Bakugou’s 2nd year and fuck, Bakugou knew this was coming, knew that it’ll be sooner that later but he still can’t wrap his mind around loosing one of the people that cared about him. (Bakugou cares about a lot of people, though they seldom care about him too).
Sometimes when he sees a cigarette bud on the street, he can’t help think about how they’re the reason he lost the one person in his life he truly loved. When he smells smoke, they bring tears in his eyes and his throat instantly gets tight because it smells so much like Kariage, it’s like he’s there beside him again. But that’s just it right? That smoke is the reason he’s gone. Funny how that works.
He can’t bring himself to wear the color black anymore because it reminded him of their high school sweetheart days and suddenly he feels numb, feels nothing because the love of his life isn’t there to watch him grow as a hero and as a person (like Kariage said he would). Can’t bring himself to sneak out of U.A. no matter how much he wants to because that used to be their secret thing. When he becomes number one hero, sure he’s proud he’s made it, he worked and bled for this. But the one person that supported him since day one wasn’t there to watch the stars with him until sunrise that night. He thought the day he’ll reach number one will be the best day of his life, but it’s not. Not without him, the only person that mattered. He realizes after everything that his greatest goal in life wasn’t victory, because he was already a winner with Kariage.
And now he isn’t.
[ original content, do NOT steal, i will write this ]
Okay first of all ur headcannons r so good,, second of all u seem so sweet wtf be my friend,, third of all when I saw u mention writing a spinoff just yeesssssss!!!
!! AHH, Anon, you’re so kind to me <33 Of course I’ll be your friend!!
And, yes!! I’m actually planning several spinoffs and AUs of this ‘verse, but the main ones are a Fantasy AU oneshot, the Training of the Dead OVA spinoff AU, a vigilante Katsucrew AU, and a future fic where Kariage is a police officer. If you wanna know more about any of these in detail, please do ask about them - I love answering asks!! <33
My name’s Jazmine, but you can call me either Hither or James!! I’m 19 years old and I really enjoy drawing and sharing my BNHA headcanons, fic ideas, and AUs!!
As of right now, my current hyperfixations are Bakubowl, Undercut-kun, and the various versions of Bakugou from my many AUs, so feel free to ask about them if you’re curious!!
My AO3 is: https://archiveofourown.org/users/hither_yon!
KariBaku Discord: https://discord.gg/A9G9T6cuCX!
Warning(s): Kidnapping, Emotional Manipulation, Non-con Drugging, Disassociation, Heavily Implied Physical Abuse, Dub-con Kissing and Non-sexual Touching, and, of course, Villain Kariage!!
Part [1], Part [2], Part [3], Part [4]
breathes heavily Oh my God, they are just?? so?? freaking adorable??
The way Katsuki lets Kariage get so close and the fact that Kari has his eyes on Katsuki in both pictures?? I don’t know how to describe it,,, but you can practically see how Katsuki is just the center of his universe in those two moments?? And how Katsuki’s trying his best to make it seem like he personally doesn’t care if Kari’s there or not, but he’s still letting him close?? 😭 I love them so freaking muchhh.
Anyways, I’m pretty sure that’s what I’m trying to convey!! Also, this is maybe kinda off topic, but I really like how you draw their hair?? Katsuki’s is so perfectly spikey and Kari’s messy hair is just too adorable <33
刈り勝
asdfGHJKL??? I?? I CAN’T BELIEVE OMG??
Me, broke: oh yeah, Deku’s kinda neutral towards Kariage, and only a little bit jealous about the fact that despite knowing Katsuki for longer, he’ll never be as close to him as Kariage, who’s only known him a fraction of the time, is. However, because he has a good heart, he’s just happy that Katsuki has a good enough friend to be vulnerable with :)))
You, besoke: Oh No, Deku Is 100% Angry, Bitter, Jealous, And Hateful And Kariage Drinks His Tears Of Agony To Fuel His Possessive, Smug, Egotistical Self >:)))
I am a Fool for believing otherwise asdfghjk
Also???? future tattoo artist Kariage?? I am swooning.
Hc that deku hate undercut-kun with all his guts Because even though he is baku's childhood friend, undercut-kun is closer to baku than he is Undercut-kun knows about this so he will show a lot of affection to bakugou (if baku is okay with it) In front of deku while deku is glaring at him But bakugou doesn't know about any of this
Oh God, I love it so much, it has so many delicious elements - jealous/angry Deku, oblivious Bakugou and possessive/smug Kariage. Amazing.
During Middle School Kariage didn’t really notice anything amiss, him and Katsuki weren’t that keen on PDA or even revealing that they were in a relationship so to everyone else it just seemed like they were friends, not even close friends at that since they kept their distance while in public. Kariage often overheard people call them Katsuki’s followers and he couldn’t help but laugh at the title cause to him it was ridiculous. He couldn’t believe that people were so blinded by the front Katsuki put up that they really thought he couldn’t have any real friends. Ridiculous.
But then Katsuki and he go to separate High Schools - UA for Katsuki, of course, and an art school for Kariage - and the lack of PDA still doesn’t bother them.
Until the Sport’s Festival.
Katsuki got a spare ticket and of course he invited his boyfriend and Kariage was more than happy to watch him fight, he knew his Katsuki would win anyways and he wanted to be there and give him a congratulatory kiss when he did.
After the fights started he decided to leave his seat and go find Katsuki; it’s not like he wasn’t used to sneaking around into places he didn’t belong. He just wanted to wish him luck - not in those words, of course, he’d get his damn face blown off if he ever insinuated Katsuki needed stupid shit like luck.
And soon he found the booth Katsuki was in and he was surrounded by the 1A Class.
When he walked in he first saw Katsuki’s face, that adorable little frown was right in place and everyone seemed to be yelling over each other as they talked, seemingly making some stupid comments towards Katsuki. Kariage had no problem interrupting all that bullshit and calling out his name
And like magic, Katsuki’s frown disappeared and his features calmed down as everyone quieted down and watched as Katsuki turned his head while Kariage walked towards him.
“You’re not supposed to be here, dumbass.”
“Yeah, yeah, as if I care.”
And then he leaned in, placing his hand on Katsuki’s cheek and kissed him.
He was pretty sure someone fell of their seat but Kariage just sat down next to him and placed an arm around his shoulder.
With a glance to the side he noticed a pair of curious green eyes on them, those eyes got filled with something... strange, something a bit more angry, when Kariage squeezed Katsuki closer to his side.
Kariage smirked.
Interesting.
It seemed as if after that Kariage saw Midoriya everywhere, he was almost concerned with how frequently he and Katsuki ran into him but he thought nothing of it. He was too busy pulling Katsuki closer and kissing him and revelling in the look of fury crossing Midoriya’s features whenever they saw him, after all.
It was exhilirating. It honestly did wonders for his ego, the fact that this sweet kid was angry that his childhood friend, the most explosive and stubborn person known to man, was letting himself be soft with someone that he’d only known half the amount of years he’d known Midoriya.
Soon he started to make sure Katsuki had his marks on him too, his neck and chest were always covered in hickeys, insuring that everyone, especially Midoriya, will know he’s spoken for.
Once they moved into the dorms (and Kariage stopped panicking whenever he didn’t see Katsuki for more than a day) it was harder for them to see each other but luckily Katsuki managed to get permission to both leave the dorms and have Kariage come visit him.
And so Kariage got the absolute pleasure of talking Katsuki into joining a movie night - a thing he’d never joined before - with minimal grumbling and then they took up a corner of the couch where Katsuki practically sat in his lap during the whole thing before finally falling asleep on his chest, his hand gripping Kariage’s hoodie and his face lax and completely calm; beautiful as always.
He looked up at that moment, watching as Midoriya lifted his jealous gaze from Katsuki’s face to Kariage’s. And as their eyes met Kariage smirked, leaning in close and pressing a kiss to Katsuki’s forehead before he winked.
He had to bite his lip to hold in a burst of laughter at the expression on Midoriya’s face.
Fucking amazing.
asdfghjk Gab, you’re an actual godsend for writing this, I literally have no words to express my love excepting screaming into the void, because this is simply too amazing for my mortal mind to comprehend <33
📁 do you have any more Undercut-kun stuff 🥺🥺
ya’ll it’s time for the love of my life, undercut-kun and tiny waist appreciation.
During Kariage (undercut-kun) and Bakugou’s middle school years, the hero in training could always be seen wearing baggy clothes, so they and consequently Kariage never saw Bakugou’s waist.
But, when Bakugou’s finally in his second year at U.A. and was more comfortable with everyone in the class, especially Kariage now that they’re officially together after years of pining. Bakugou starts wearing more crop tops and generally loose and short shirts for training because that’s what he always wore when he trains alone.
Yeah, abs, slim waist, crop tops, and Bakugou Katsuki? Everyone’s fucked.
The first time Kariage saw Bakugou like that was a week after they got together with Bakugou barging in the other’s room after a work out in a crop top and leggings. Kariage with a Not-So-Subtle-Tiny-Waist-Kink, shuts down. He accidentally drops the water he was holding and Cannot answer Bakugou when he asks why because “fuck I was too busy staring at your waist hitting all the right points for me fuck wait-”
They were supposed to study that night but well, Kariage thought of other things to do. (With minimal complaints from the other.)
After that, Bakugou never figures out why but Kariage always makes a point to hug him from behind and see the way his hands touch while wrapped around Bakugou’s waist. Also the fact that he could basically rest his chin on top of Bakugou’s head because of their size difference, especially in the shoulders because Bakugou may have muscle (i would kill for his biceps) but he’s small while Kariage is broad.
Now, Kariage is a functional gay, so he never thought tiny waists does it for him but apparently that’s his type and Bakugou simply exists.
[ i’ll make a bakubowl part 2 of this later, i WILL write, credits to @radrosesxx and @hitheryon for helping me with this ]
Idea: dadzawa gives kariage a shovel talk with the Aldera gang present. Katsuki is embarrassed and amused. Aldera gang are happily watching with popcorn. Mic, deku and inko join the talk. Do what you will with this.
asdfghjk I hope you know that I’m trying my absolute best to try and fit in at least one (1) shovel talk into the main fic, and understand that, if i can’t, it’s 100% going to be one of the interlude one-shot. Regardless, it’s going to happen.