[why the hell would he hold back? obviously denji is having a conflict about some element of what they did. dammit, if he's got a problem, spit it out and say it to his face! bakugou doesn't want to keep doing this if the other boy is gritting his teeth or thinking this is some return favor done out of obligation. neither of them said this was a date, so that automatically disqualifies it as being a date! hell, they wouldn't have thought of it if denji hadn't brought the concept up in the first place. now it's awkward. bakugou scowls in his mind at the sudden change of pace. of all the people who could get into a mental mess over a "date," denji was the one he could least (and most) expect it to come from.
haa?! bakugou's version of "negotiating" with criminals was to threaten their lives for making him deal with their sorry attempts at crime, before promptly kicking their stupid asses across the street! though taking a hostage usually made him pause and grumble. he'd rather pass the negotiation off to another cop while leaving and preparing a surprise attack to protect the bystanders and take out the criminal in the same swoop. training denji on how to approach a situation WHILE taking into account civilian lives and collateral damage, however... yeah, that was a big test of his patience. but that's not here.
here, he's wanting to hear denji's opinion and thoughts, even if that makes the guy use his brain for something other than tits and violence and... denji things. the grumbling and pulled face make it pretty clear it was a good call. especially since denji was the one who brought it up first.
not that trying to factor if this was a date or not, whether it was romantic or not, was any easier on bakugou. he always threw that kind of crap out the window his entire life. too busy with school and heroes to think about something as distracting as dating and going out with someone, to say nothing of romance just being annoying as fuck to deal with. couldn't they just say it was "going out" as in a casual outing? like going to a restaurant with aki or kirishima back home, respectively. didn't mean they were out on some romantic date! the guys could eat a meal together without people thinking they were together like that, right? no one was even hear to think that of them! ... except them. maybe it was a really fortunate idea of denji to not get actual wine for the night.
in truth, bakugou never thought of this as a date, because denji's always been about boobs and bakugou's never shown any suggestion he was tolerant of something like a date. it was just getting dinner with the guy, nothing any more meaningful than them eating together in the cafeteria. but then there's the movie and dessert part... most people would consider it a typical teenage date, looking from the outside in. no damn doubt about it. if it makes denji feel any better, bakugou certainly hadn't gone into this thinking the half-devil was trying to get "more" out of it than a casual night with a good meal and movie.
"i get it" ... the fuck does that mean?! bakugou narrows his eyes at denji, wondering if this guy just thinks himself into a spiral and then has to bail out of his own self-made confusion. probably. it's kind of ironic that denji would give yuji a what-for about not recognizing a dating app, and then blindly set up a "date" with another guy without even considering the possibility it could be taken that way. it's only their frequent interactions and bakugou understanding denji more than others that he's patient enough to let the guy figure it out on his own, rather than snapping at him to spit it out.]
Haa? You think I make people nervous? [that doesn't sound nearly as badass as making people feel awed or intimidated by his awesome presence! also, is bakugou really asking that question? (yes, he is.) the sudden added clarification at the end, however, makes him pause, head twitching back in surprise. wait- did he... oh.] Phht.
[the blonde cracks a half-grin on one side of his face.] That's what you're worried about?
[i might want to get into a relationship with this person and i don't think i'm ready for that.
vs.
i hope he doesn't think i like guys.
bakugou slips his hands into his pockets and uses his elbow to turn off the kitchen light as he heads towards the common area. time to pick out a movie and hope it's something decent.] I didn't think you were for a second. You're always going on about tits and girls.
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haa?! bakugou's version of "negotiating" with criminals was to threaten their lives for making him deal with their sorry attempts at crime, before promptly kicking their stupid asses across the street! though taking a hostage usually made him pause and grumble. he'd rather pass the negotiation off to another cop while leaving and preparing a surprise attack to protect the bystanders and take out the criminal in the same swoop. training denji on how to approach a situation WHILE taking into account civilian lives and collateral damage, however... yeah, that was a big test of his patience. but that's not here.
here, he's wanting to hear denji's opinion and thoughts, even if that makes the guy use his brain for something other than tits and violence and... denji things. the grumbling and pulled face make it pretty clear it was a good call. especially since denji was the one who brought it up first.
not that trying to factor if this was a date or not, whether it was romantic or not, was any easier on bakugou. he always threw that kind of crap out the window his entire life. too busy with school and heroes to think about something as distracting as dating and going out with someone, to say nothing of romance just being annoying as fuck to deal with. couldn't they just say it was "going out" as in a casual outing? like going to a restaurant with aki or kirishima back home, respectively. didn't mean they were out on some romantic date! the guys could eat a meal together without people thinking they were together like that, right? no one was even hear to think that of them! ... except them. maybe it was a really fortunate idea of denji to not get actual wine for the night.
in truth, bakugou never thought of this as a date, because denji's always been about boobs and bakugou's never shown any suggestion he was tolerant of something like a date. it was just getting dinner with the guy, nothing any more meaningful than them eating together in the cafeteria. but then there's the movie and dessert part... most people would consider it a typical teenage date, looking from the outside in. no damn doubt about it. if it makes denji feel any better, bakugou certainly hadn't gone into this thinking the half-devil was trying to get "more" out of it than a casual night with a good meal and movie.
"i get it" ... the fuck does that mean?! bakugou narrows his eyes at denji, wondering if this guy just thinks himself into a spiral and then has to bail out of his own self-made confusion. probably. it's kind of ironic that denji would give yuji a what-for about not recognizing a dating app, and then blindly set up a "date" with another guy without even considering the possibility it could be taken that way. it's only their frequent interactions and bakugou understanding denji more than others that he's patient enough to let the guy figure it out on his own, rather than snapping at him to spit it out.]
Haa? You think I make people nervous? [that doesn't sound nearly as badass as making people feel awed or intimidated by his awesome presence! also, is bakugou really asking that question? (yes, he is.) the sudden added clarification at the end, however, makes him pause, head twitching back in surprise. wait- did he... oh.] Phht.
[the blonde cracks a half-grin on one side of his face.] That's what you're worried about?
[i might want to get into a relationship with this person and i don't think i'm ready for that.
vs.
i hope he doesn't think i like guys.
bakugou slips his hands into his pockets and uses his elbow to turn off the kitchen light as he heads towards the common area. time to pick out a movie and hope it's something decent.] I didn't think you were for a second. You're always going on about tits and girls.
[unless denji's compensating... or in denial.]