How many shrimps do you have to eat, before you make your skin turn pink?

[bakucchan]

[Bakugo's finally gotten his provisional license, but there were still things he-- and Deku both needed to learn. Save to win, win by saving people. That motto was something that the two of them had on their mind ever since, the seed All Might planted being nurtured and growing as the two went through more experiences and learned more about one another but All Might had an idea to help it grow more. Deku was of course doing great in strides of thinking about saving people before anything else-- but he was still too soft at times and needed to learn more about controlling his power better and being able to let loose without holding back. Bakugo was good at controlling his power and not holding back, but he still needed to learn to be softer around the edges and care more about the people around him. Of course it's easy to tell these two these things or teach them in more conventional ways.. but All Might wanted to teach them through experience. With something a little more hands-on.

So he called the both over to the lounge one afternoon to meet one of his hero friends, who held a hand out to both of them at the same time for a shake. They both took it, thinking nothig of it and as soon as they did something strange happened... they blacked out for a few seconds, and woke up on the opposite end of the couch.

Next to themself.

They had been switched to each other's bodies.

Of course Bakugo screamed, something along the lines of "YOU TRICKED ME?! YOU PIECE OF SHIT RETIRED HERO?!" but it was met with a stern look and All Might explained that it was special training to help the two better understand each other. They were told it also counted for extra credit but if they let it slip that their bodies were switched, they'd fail. So now.. the two of them are sitting in Deku's dorm in dead silence, as they both try to figure out how the fuck they're supposed to do this.

It's only for a week, but it's going to be the longest week of their entire life.]

Comments

[mightdoriya]

[Ah...the main thing he was worried about. Using their Quirks... Izuku's expression becomes considerably pressed, then. Or, perhaps it's better to say that Bakugou's does.] This isn't going to be easy or fun, you know. One For All... [He looks at his own right hand, scarred all the way up his arm.] It's almost killed me a bunch of times by now. You can't go all out like you do with your Quirk.

[bakucchan]

I'm not an idiot.

[Bakugo replies plainly, his own gaze trailing to the scarred up hand. He lifts it, clenching and unclenching his fist a couple of times before letting out a scoff.]

We're basically shitty four years old again. Just because my Quirk looks easy to use doesn't mean you can't hurt yourself by being a dumbass with it either.

[He kind of figures Deku already knows this, having watched Bakugo his entire life. But he goes over it anyway.]

There's recoil when you use explosions. The bigger the explosion, the more strain it puts on my arms. That's why I have braces with my costume in the first place-- besides them looking fucking cool.

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku watches, his own fists balled against his knees. Bakugou isn't all scarred up the same way he is, but he can already feel the subtle differences in their bodies. His arms are built like cinderblocks, and the palms of his hands and fingertips are rough and calloused from repeated explosions dealt from them over his lifetime.] We'll both just have to be careful, then. I don't know where we'll go to train though...we can't use the courtyard, someone might think we're trying to cause some kind of trouble again.

[bakucchan]

....we'll ask Aizawa if we can borrow the training grounds.

[Which Bakugo says reluctantly because he knows he'll have to ask since.. Bakugo would never be the one to actually. Ask.]

If we're there to spar, no one will try to butt in.

[mightdoriya]

Alright. [That was probably as good of a course to take as any...it would give them some breathing room as well to be away from the others. He just hoped that the fact he and Bakugou were training together wouldn't arouse some suspicion.] I guess, before I head to your room, then...is there anything else we need to cover?

1/2 if dw will let me

[bakucchan]

Go to bed at nine.

[What are you, his dad?]

I don't care if you're not tired yet, it'd be suspicious if you didn't. And when you brush your teeth, brush them as if you're killing your enemies! None of that pansy bullshit-- my teeth shine brighter than anyone else's in this damn school!

[Bakugo has to be the best at everything, even including hygiene apparently.]

[bakucchan]

[And on that subject, Bakugo's expression shifts to a fierce glare, piercing Deku right in the eyes. His voice goes low, growling with barred teeth as he talks to show that he means Business.]

And if you even think about jacking off while you're in my body, your little friends are gonna wonder about why poor Deku's been buried in the back yard! Get it?!

[mightdoriya]

K-K-K-Kacchan!? [Welp there goes him actually pretending to be Bakugou in any sort of proper manner. He shoots to his feet and raises his hands in defense, shaking his head quickly.] I- I wasn't- I'd never-!! [AND EVEN IF HE DID....YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW ANYWAY BAKUGOU]

1/2 AGAIN

[bakucchan]

[HE'D FEEL A DISTURBANCE IN THE FORCE]

Damn fucking right.

[With that, Bakugo gets up to his feet as well, hands shoved into his pant pockets.]

I'm going to bed. We'll ask Aizawa in the morning if we can train, and then I'll kick your ass with your own Quirk.

[bakucchan]

[Bakugo moves to leave the dorm then, closing the door behind him just in time to run into Uraraka. "Where are you going Deku-kun?" "Oh, uh... it's.. getting kind of late so I was going to go to sleep, actually." "Eh? But you just left your room.." "......r-right. I was going to wash up." "Oh. Well, goodnight then Deku-kun!" "Goodnight!"


And after a few minutes, when she's out of sight Bakugo turns around and enters Deku's dorm again, looking flustered.]

Get out.

[He... forgot. He had to sleep in here now.]

[mightdoriya]

[This dummy...Izuku just sighs, rubbing the back of his neck when Bakugou walks back in in a huff. He at least waits until he's certain Ochako is probably gone before he makes his way out into the hallway, quickly making his way straight up to Bakugou's dorm without really stopping on the way there. It makes him realize he hasn't actually even seen his room yet...he didn't participate when they were doing their tour of everyone's rooms. He wonders what it's like...]

[bakucchan]

[Perhaps that's the one thing that really upsets Bakugo out of all of this. He doesn't let anyone in his room-- not even Kirishima. But it'd be extremely suspicious if Deku walked out of Bakugo's room and vice versa so it's just something he has to deal with.

There's no canon proof so I can make up what I want until otherwise-- so his room is.. surprisingly plain. There's a desk against the wall, a bookshelf, a bedside lamp.. pretty normal stuff. Everything looks sleek and cool, in blacks and greys and everything is mostly made of metal. Though there's one thing that Deku will notice right off the bat, before anything else.


...he has some All Might merchandise.

Not nearly anywhere close as Deku, but there's a few posters, a couple of figures and a worn plush that sits on the top of his bookshelf rather than on his bed. Everything's impeccably clean, as well. And surprisingly there's no burn marks anywhere, either. He's got a few candles on his desk that have been used, resulting in the room having a burnt wood kind of smell to it mixed with well... the sweet smell of nitroglycerine that Bakugo kind of Always Has.

All and all, it's nothing to write home about.]

[mightdoriya]

[By the time he's had a cursory look around, Izuku concludes that the room is...very Bakugou. Right down to the All Might memoribilia. After all, they both used to gush over him so much as kids, and had hero trading cards and toys...it's actually not much surprise to Izuku to see these things in here, though it would explain why he's never allowed anyone else to see. In the end, he ends up just falling into his bed and passing out anyway, too exhausted by the shock of the day to really bother with much else. They had a lot of work ahead of them over the weekend to try and pull this off, after all...]

[bakucchan]

[Sweet dreams, Deku... you've definitely got a rough time ahead of you.

At 4:30 the next morning, while everyone else is fast asleep in their rooms Deku get's a very rude awakening. His door is suddenly kicked open (after actually turning the knob and opening it, he doesn't want to break his own door) and it's accompanied by a loud yelling in his own shrill voice.]

WAKE UP, YOU FUCKING NERD!

[It's fine everyone's asleep they probably won't even notice.]

[mightdoriya]

[Ah. Izuku startles awake with a barely muffled scream, sitting upright in bed as he witnesses himself bursting through the door, screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night and for a second he feels like he's lost his mind. But then he remembers.] K-kacchan!! You'll wake everyone!

[bakucchan]

Are you kidding?

[Bakugo closes the door behind him-- very quietly, so Deku doesn't rag him more, before he walks over to his own bed. He looms over Deku, arms crossed with a sneer set on his face.]

I couldn't sleep and found them all watching stupid zombie flicks until three in the morning.

[he mightve been called over by denki and mightve watched with them but hell never admit it]

[mightdoriya]

[Figures...Izuku sighs, running his hand through the back of his hair.] Listen...you can't just go around yelling like that...it's fine if it's you, but people might get worried if they hear my voice- [He knows he's beating a dead horse at this point, Bakugou knows this, yet he still feels compelled to remind him since it's going to get them caught long before not being able to fool anyone will.] Anyway...if you couldn't sleep, why'd you come here?

[bakucchan]

Tch.

[Is all Bakugo has to say to the first part there. How is he supposed to not yell??? That's like habit at this point????????]

We're going to ask Aizawa about the training grounds. Did you already forget?

[yes its early but surely a teacher cant be mad getting woken up if its by students wanting to further their skills?????????]

[mightdoriya]

[IZUKU DOES NOT YELL, THEREFORE YOU DO NOT YELL Izuku yawns, rubbing at his eye with the back of a knuckle.] No, it's just early...it's the weekend, so we could have gone to ask about it any time... [And the others would likely be busy doing other things, like extra studies or just. You know, having the weekend off.] But if you want to go now, fine. I was probably not going to get much more sleep anyway.

[bakucchan]

Yeah, it's early-- classes resume Monday. We're starting that day off with combat training.

[Bakugo grumbles that, moving aside so Deku has room to actually get up from bed.]

If you want to snuggle up in bed and look like a fucking idiot in front of everyone, fine. But I can't afford to lose this extra credit, so I'm not gonna let you drag me down.

[He needs all the time he can get to master One for All enough to not break his body while using it. Honestly, he's really nervous about it and it's probably not hard to notice it with Deku's naturally more expressive face.]

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku makes a face, which looks a lot fiercer with Bakugou's face than he means for it to as he moves to get up out of bed.] It isn't just extra credit, you know. We're supposed to be learning something from this...All Might wants us to learn enough about each other to be able to not just use a different Quirk freely, but to make it seem like nothing ever even happened. It's about understanding each other, I think.

[bakucchan]

[Bakugo watches Deku move out of bed, and the look he gives him definitely comes off a lot harsher than meant-- which just ticks Bakugo off. It's not like he's aware he just Looks Angry All The Time, after all. That kind of thing is hard to notice by yourself.]

...what the fuck is with that expression? You wanna die?

[Of course it does make sense that this would be training to understand each other better.. but that's definitely going to be easier said than done.]

[mightdoriya]

...eh? E-expression? [He blinks, all trace of his previous irritation...or, at least most of it, vanishing into a look that Bakugou almost never adopts. Something only Izuku could pull.]

[bakucchan]

...............nevermind.

[Bakugo brings a hand up to his face, covering it to hide how embarrassed he was. If Deku has no idea then it's just something that happened naturally... he's not sure if he should be glad he looks so intimidating all the time or upset because people will think he's angry when he's not. Ah, well. When is he ever NOT angry in the first place anyway?]

Let's get this over with.

[He's just gonna head for the door already.. this is awful.]

[mightdoriya]

[Izuku nods, starting to feel glad that he specifically went to bed in Bakugou's training clothing. It made it easier to get moving without needing to waste time doing anything else...hopefully Bakugou doesn't freak out about him having done that, though... After all, as "Deku", it was up to him to get this training this morning secured.]