The day was going by pretty slowly. The streets were calm, the people were cheery and friendly as usual, and there wasn't a problem to be fixed in sight. Bakugo, who was sitting on top of a random building, sighed heavily when he came to the conclusion nothing interesting would happen today.

It's been a full year since bakugo has graduated from school and began his career as a full-fledged hero. At first he wasn't sure how his new life would treat him, but everything wasn't so bad. He was able to save lives, hang out with his friends, and take care of his family. He's was actually a really popular hero too, even though he wouldn't really boast about it. People from all over loved him and he received all sorts of gifts, but he was just mainly happy he could be of service to people. Right now he was #1, even though in his heart he was #2.

And he was okay with that. He did the best he could in this life so that in the next one, he'd have so much to tell to the person who was waiting for him.

Bakugo's eyelids were slowly closing and he jolted when he realized he was falling asleep. "Uuuugh! Why is everything so boring?!" he yelled in frustration.

"You'll never know how to contain those emotions of yours, will you?" he heard someone call out from behind him. He knew he was in no danger hearing the familiar voice and he turned around to face its owner.

Bakugo watched as his old high school friend, Uraraka float down onto the building he was sitting on. She landed and smiled at him. "Hiii Katsuki!"

Bakugo grunted and turned to face her. "Beat it I'm busy."

"Oh really? Then why'd you turn around?" Uraraka grinned.

"He knows he's bored and is happy to see us." Another voice spoke. Out of nowhere, kirishima popped up from the side of the building.

"As if I'd be happy to see you losers." Bakugo smirked. He looked around a bit before turning back to his other best friend. "Where's that other idiot?"

As if on cue, all three heroes could hear yelling. They looked around but weren't sure where it was coming from. When it got awfully closer, they realized it was coming from above. They all looked up and saw the one and only kaminari falling from the sky.

Kirishima cackled. "Here he comes!"

Kaminari fell onto the building with a loud thud. He landed right on his stomach causing him to wince in pain and cough before looking up at his friends. "Hey katsuki, how's it goin man," he wheezed out barely audible. He turned to kirishima with a scowl on his face. "If you saw me coming why didn't you help me?!"

"What was I suppose to do harden and let you fall on my back or something? Wouldn't that have made things worse?" kirishima tilted his head.

"What were you doing falling from the sky in the first place?" bakugo asked.

"I was jumping from building to building on my way here, I guess I miscalculated the height of this building compared to that one." He said as he stood up and pointed at the building next door, which was clearly much taller.

Kirishima laughed before grabbing his friend in a headlock. "You're an idiot, you know that?!"

Kaminari laughed and wrestled kirishima back. "No, you're an idiot!"

"No you!"

"Nah, that's you man!"

"They're both pretty much idiots." Uraraka said walking over to bakugo and taking a seat next to him.

"Pretty much." Bakugo agreed and he and uraraka turned around to face the city, ignoring the sounds of the boys playing.

At first they just sat in silence, just watching the people below walk by. Some stopped and noticed the heroes so they took pictures, some waved, and some gave them a thumbs up and continued on with their day. This is how it's been for the last year. Uraraka visiting bakugo randomly with two random friends from class. They did hang out outside of work when they have time, but Uraraka had always made an time to find bakugo and chat with him. Bakugo knew exactly why she did it in the beginning but he wasn't so sure why she kept up with it.

"So how's things going so far with work?" she asked swinging her legs. A child had noticed her and she waved down at him. He began to bounce around excitingly and waved back.

"Pretty good, there hasn't been much crime lately in my area so things have been kind of slow for me. What about you?" he asked.

"Kind of the same, I took down one guy the other day but I barely did it myself because that idiot showed up out of nowhere and shocked the guy half to death." Uraraka said and pointed at kaminari who was still messing around with kirishima.

Bakugo snorted and grinned. Of course he couldn't help but bud in. "Anyway, who's your nerd Tenya?"

Instantly Uraraka squeaked and covered her cheeks that were burning red. She and tenya had been seeing each other recently. Of course they started out as friends, but as they grew older they grew closer. "H-He's pretty good. You know, dealing with his share of the villains and all. Heheheh!" Uraraka cooed.

Bakugo smirked. "That's good." He replied. He knew Uraraka would get mushy and giddy about the topic. She used to tell everyone all the time that tenya and her were just friends and that nothing would ever happen, but look at them now. Bakugo was actually glad she found something other than hero work to look forward to.

"What about you, Katsuki?" Uraraka stopped giggling and smiled at him. He turned to her in confusion.

"What about me?"

"Have you found something or someone you love other than being a hero?" she asked and bakugo stared at her in shock.

This was a question no ones really asked him in a real long time. He never really thought about such a thing. The main things he looked forward to in life was hero work, hanging out with his friends, and going home to his family.

"I already have someone I love waiting for me. I don't need anyone else." He stated and looked back down at the street.

"I know," Urarka smiled and looked back down too. "He's waiting really patiently for you, but you never thought about your life now? I used to feel…lonely, when I first came a hero. We weren't in classes together anymore, we don't see each other everyday and it scared me that I was going to be a hero alone."

Bakugo thought about what she was saying. She did have a point. Izuku wasn't exactly here with him physically. He could talk to him, but he wouldn't receive a response back. He could dream about taking care of him, but when he woke up he wasn't there. Sometimes, it did feel lonely. He did have his parents and Inko, but he still felt there could've been something missing. Then again, he didn't really want to see anyone else.

"If your saying meet someone for the life I have now, that's not as easy as you think for me." He said resting one hand in his palm.

"It doesn't even have to be a lover silly. For me it was tenya, but it was also you guys! I thought I lost my friends after school but I obviously didn't. I'm glad I have you guys and even if you won't admit it I know you're glad to have us too," Uraraka nudged Bakugo on the shoulder causing him to smirk, "But maybe one day you're gonna need something more. Something that'll give your life all new meaning, something that will make you look forward to every day, and something that will love you back unconditionally."

Bakugo looked at his hands. This was a conversation he started to wonder how he was even having. "Hey Uraraka…why are you still here?"

Uraraka's smile disappeared and she scrambled for words "Huh?! W-What do you mean? Am I interfereing with your shift or d-did you have something to do or something? Am-"

"No, you geek. I mean why are you still here beside me. Why are they beside me, why is everyone in our old class beside me. I used to be such a prick at times." Bakugo groaned.

Uraraka sighed in relief. "Well, you still are at times."

Bakugo growled and sneered at her. Uraraka laughed and nudged his arm again. When she stopped laughing he continued. "Do you guys put up with me…for him?"

"To be honest, in the beginning we did. We thought you'd shut us off completely and wouldn't want to speak to us. Your only connection to us was basically through deku, but after a while you showed us that you actually changed for the better. At first our visits were just to make sure you were okay, but now they're cause you're our friend. I only come all the time because I now consider you one of my best friends." Uraraka said.

She was staring at the street waiting for a response, but she was completely thrown off when she felt bakugo sling his arm over her shoulder and pull her in for a hug. He didn't look at her but she could tell from the view she had of his face, he was happy with her answer.

Little did she know he was more than happy. He wasn't just some charity case, he had actual friends and a whole lot of them. Uraraka started giggle and she rummaged threw bakugo's hair. "Don't scare me like that, I thought you were saying you were getting tired of me hanging around!"

"I couldn't get tired of any of you, you're my friends." Bakugo replied and Uraraka smiled warmly.

"Hey guys! I gotta start heading out, my break is almost over and I doubt mineta will cover me for much longer." Kaminari says while stretching his arms.

"Same, Ojiro's gonna kill me if I come back late again." Kirishima snickered. "Later guys!" And kirishima is off. Kaminari follows him and jumps off the building. Uraraka and Bakugo aren't surprised to hear him yelling for dear life on the way down.

Uraraka sighs. "I better go check on him and then get back to work." She stands up and stretches. "Oh by the way, do you wanna come out with a bunch of us tonight? It'll be fuuun!"

"Nah I can't I promised my mom and Inko that I'd watch some show they like with them."

"Awww you're a momma's boy for both of theeeem!" Uraraka cooes.

"You're so annoying! Just jump and die already!" Bakugo yells making uraraka laugh hard. "But next time though, for sure."

"Alright, next time then. But on you!" she says and hops up on the ledge of the building where her two other firedns jumped. But before she jumps, she looks back at bakugo. "Oh and bakugo?"

"Yup?"

"Think about what I said, okay?" she smiles at him and jumps off the ledge towards her friend. "I'm coming Denkiiii!"

Bakugo smirks and looks back at the people on the ground. He can't help but run Uraraka's words over and over in his head.

Something that gives my life a whole new meaning.

"Where am I possibly gonna find that?" Bakugo says to himself and continues to people watch.

It's now late in the day and bakugo's shift is up. He is beyond tired and just wants to go home. It isn't exactly dark but the streetlights are on and there aren't people left in the street. Bakugo makes his way down from the building using his quirk and starts his walk home.

It's always around this time he can't help but think about izuku. He used to walk home, with the smaller boy running right behind him, spilling out all his hopes and dreams. The memory feels so fresh in his head, it's like he can almost hear izuku right behind him, telling him how he plans to make the world a better place.

He walks pass the stores where they used to play hero games together. Of course bakugo always won but izuku never seemed to mind. As long as he got to play with him that's all that mattered.

He walked over the bridge where izuku was the first to stretch his hand out to bakugo, showing him exactly how much he cared. He remembers how his heat swelled up that day but he refused to show it. Now he couldn't help but regret not showing it.

He walks by the park, where izuku would chase bakugo around in circles and then bakugo would chase him. Or they'd sit down and read All Might comic books together. It was the best thing in the world. Now all bakugo saw was these three boys running after this little girl who clearly didn't want to be bothered. When the girl trips, the boys surround her and start messing with her and bakugo knows he has to step in.

"Oh brother," he mumbles and walks towards the boys. They look up with mean faces, but once they see who it is there faces drop and they back away from the girl who was wrapped in a tight little ball. "Oi, you know you shouldn't pick on girls or bully. Now go home it's way past your bedtime. Your moms are probably looking for you."

The boys nod and take off. Bakugo turns on his heel and begins to walk off but stops once hehears sniffling. He mentally curses at himself. He forgot about the little girl. He turns and walks back to her and crouches so he's closer.

"Hey, are you alright?" he ask and the girl continues to sniff. He notices that she's wearing a dress that's kind of banged up, but he assumes it must've happened when she fell over. Another thing he noticed was her hair. It was light purple, but real long and scruffy looking. The scruffy-look looked way too familiar.

"Y-yea I'm fine," the little girl sat up a bit but didn't show her face. She started to rub a little spot in her hair. "I'll show those mean boys one day."

"Yea? And how are you going to do that?" bakugo asked making sure that she wasn't planning on bullying them back. Instead he received a better answer.

"I'm going to be…A GREAT HERO!" The little girl jumped up and yelled real loud while throwing her fist in the air. "I will! I will! I will!"

Bakugo jumps and falls back. He grunts at the contact of his back hitting the floor. This girl was crazy, that was the last reaction he thought he'd get. She nearly scared the crap out of him. Maybe this was all apart of her plan. He sat up and rubbed his head a bit before looking at the girl.

When he did, his eyes widened in shock. She was small, real small, maybe eight years old. Her long purple hair came down to her hips and she was breathing really heavy. Her face is what threw bakugo off. She had a round face, chubby cheeks, a couple of freckles, and big brown doughy eyes. Bakugo couldn't believe what he was seeing.

She almost looked like him.

"I'm gonna be a hero mister! And one of the best out there!" she yelled again. Her voice was high pitched and lovely.

"A-And why's that?" bakugo asked.

"Because I'll make sure no one can get hurt! Like how those boys hurt me!" she said. Now bakugo couldn't help but get mad at those boys, even thought they were just children.

"That sounds good." Bakugo spoke in a low voice as if she was a majestic creature he wasn't trying to scare away. He knew she probably had somewhere to be, but he just wanted a couple of more moments with her. "So what were you doing out here?"

"I was looking for food" she says and rubs her stomach under her filthy dress.

"So…you're hungry?"

She looks up at him with a sparkle in her eyes and it sends chills down his spine. "Very!"

Just like that, bakugo had decided to make it a personal mission to get this girl food. He noticed a convenient store right across the street that must've been new. "Okay hold on, I'll grab you some food right now, just stay here though, okay?"

"Okay, but don't steal it. That's bad." She says and bakugo can't help but pat her head.

"I promise I won't." he tells her and he runs to the store.

Less than three minutes he's back, with a whole bag of food. The little sees him with the bag and she jumps up in joy when he hands her a burger. He wasn't sure what she wanted exactly so he got her dinner foods, three different kinds of drinks, and some candy just in case.

"Thank you mister! You're so nice!" the little girl says. When bakugo smirks at her, she takes the opportunity to scoot closer and lean against him as she ate. He tensed up at the feeling of her body, but relaxed when he realized he didn't want to scare her off.

He looked down at her and she was perfectly snuggled against him eating with her eyes closed. He couldn't help but wonder more about her. Where did she come from? How come he's never seen her before?

When she finished the burger she licked her fingers and looked up at bakugo. "I like you, I wish all people were like you."

"That's nice of you to say-"

"But your hair is silly!"

"…hm?" bakugo heard her but didn't know exactly how to respond. No ones had ever said that to him before.

"Your hair! It's spiky, like an urchin!" she says and when bakugo scowls at her she giggles and starts to climb up him.

"H-Hey! What're you-"

"I wanna touch it! Does it feel rough?!" she asked and latches on to his hair. She pulls him down from it and caresses his head. "Ooo It's kind of soft!"

"Why you little! Come here!" bakugo yells and tries to grab her but she's too quick and moves out the way.

Instantly she starts to take off for the jungle gym. Bakugo's heart drops when he thinks he might've scared her away, but when he sees her stop and look back for him, he realizes she actually expects him to chase her! Bakugo grits his teeth and gets up. He immediately dashes for the little girl and se squeals and takes off herself. They begin to run for a while and bakugo can't believe he's actually having fun. He chuckles when he hears her laugh. When bakugo gets close enough her scoops her up and hoists her in the air.

"Got you brat!" he yells and grins. The girl squeals and looks down at bakugo with her big eyes. Something in bakugo's heart leaps and it almost frightens him, because he hasn't felt something like that in such a long time.

When he puts her down they both sit to catch there breath. "That was so much fun!" she yells throwing her arms in the air once more. Bakugo is glad she had fun, but as much as he wanted to stay with her, he knew he couldn't. It was real late and time for her to go home.

"I'm glad you had fun. Could you tell me where you came from now?" he asked. Immediately the girls smile is gone and she goes still. Bakugo is afraid that he might've said something wrong.

"…I don't know. I don't know where I'm from." She says in a low voice. Bakugo wants to believe he heard wrong, but she was too clear for him to get to have mistaken her words. She didn't know where she was from? Maybe because she was young she doesn't know the area she lives in.

"Okay well…could you tell me where your parents are?" he asks. The girls facial expression doesn't change much. In fact, she looks even sadder.

"I don't have parents." She mumbles. "I look for some, but I could never find any."

Bakugo's heart drops at the tone of her voice. She was serious, she was all alone. But, who could've left such a beautiful child all alone like this? With no clothes, no food, no shelter, and no one to help her accomplish her dreams. Bakugo looked back at the girl and his eyes widened when he seen hers were full of tears.

She started to sniffle and wipe her face when she noticed bakugo seen her. "I'm sorry mister. It's just that you're the first person who's been nice to me in such a long time. I wanna be like you when I grow up. A nice hero who helps others. No one believes in me. Every kid I see tells me I'll always just be a weak little girl, but I don't believe that. I don't want to believe that. Tell me, do you think I can be a hero?" she asks and looks up at him with teary eyes.

Before answering, bakugo's brain immediately took him back to what Uraraka was saying earlier. This is what she meant. This was bakugo's sign and calling, and he'd be a fool to ignore such a perfect one.

Without saying a word, bakugo opens his arms and stares the little girl in the eyes. Is was up to her if she was going to trust him or not. Based off what she decided to do, he was going to make his move.

Immediately the girl ran and fell right into him, knocking him over a bit. She was strong that was for sure. Even though he hasn't seen her quirk yet, he knew she'd be a mighty hero.

Because he was going to help her become one.

"Would you like to come live with me?" bakugo asked looking down at the girl in his arms. She lifted her face immediately and looked at him with shock.

"Don't play! You mean it? Do you really mean it?" she asked and was on the verge of crying again. Bakugo chuckled and stood up.

"Come on, lets go home."

"But…but why?" she asked and he knew exactly what she was asking.

"My friend told me today that there's more to life than my everyday routine. She said I should try looking for something that gives my life all new meaning, but I don't need to search anymore, because I already found something to love."

The little girls heart felt as if it wa going to blow. "My…MY HERO!" she yelled and ran towards bakugo. She wrapped herself around one of his legs so he'd have to carry her while he walked. He didn't mind one bit. "My name is Kiko!"

"And my name is katsuki bakugo."

"…I'll call you papa." She smiled digging her face into his leg and bakugo couldn't help but pick her up in his arms and hug her as they walked home.

End

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