Kia made a quick exit as Bakugou lost his temper. Heading back to the locker room, she showered and changed before heading to the office she shared with her hotheaded partner. Opening the door, she saw the empty desk that was now hers. Looking over at Bakugou’s desk, she saw a large stack of papers waiting.

I will have to make it up to him somehow, she thought to herself, setting her bag down on her desk. She started setting up her things when she heard him coming.

BAAM! The door to the office blasted open revealing Bakugou standing there with his hair still dripping from his shower.

“WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?” Bakugou demanded. Stomping over to Kia’s desk, he slammed his palm down, activating his quirk to blow blackened dents in its shiny surface.

“Well, for one, it was hilarious,” Kia replied waving smoke out of her face. “And two, that guy needed to be taught a lesson.”

“NEXT TIME LEAVE MY ASS OUT OF IT!” Bakugou bellowed, “OR DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO GET SOMEONE ELSE TO FINISH YOUR FIGHTS?”

“I don’t need anyone to finish my fights,” Kia replied. “I figured it would be fun to mess with you. Why not kill two birds with one stone?”

“DIE, YOU BITCH!” Bakugou said, igniting another blast on her desk.

“Geeze, hothead, calm down! I didn’t think it was that bad of a prank,” Kia sighed. “Tell you what: to make it up to you, I’ll help you with that mountain of paperwork on your desk.”

“You think that will make us even?” Bakugou replied. “No one makes a fool out of me.”

“Alright, then how can I make it up to you?” Kia asked.

“You can do all my paperwork for the next month,” Bakugou said with a grin.

Kia gave him a huge smile. “Sounds good to me, but you are going to have to show me how to fill them out and where to take and file them. I don’t want to mess up and give you a bad name,” she said smirking.

“You planned this didn’t you?” Bakugou asked.

“What do you mean? There is no way I would use this opportunity to force my partner, who is reluctant to show me anything, how to do things in this agency,” Kia said sarcastically.

“DAMN YOU!” Bakugou yelled, igniting his palms on her desk again.

Standing up from her chair, Kia leaned over the desk and came nose to nose with Bakugou. “Go ahead and try to intimidate and scare me all you want. I’m a hell of a lot tougher than you think I am,” she said, looking him in the eyes.

Bakugou began to retort but the phone on Kia’s desk rang. Picking it up Bakugou answered. “WHAT?”

“You and Hales… in my office… now…” Best Jeanist said over the phone.

“Who the hell is Hales?” Bakugou bellowed.

“I am you butthead,” Kia said walking towards the door. Opening it, she stepped to the side and waited for Bakugou to lead the way. “You could at least learn your partner’s name.”

“What the hell did you call me?” Bakugou growled.

“You heard me, Butthead,” Kia glared.

“Listen here Sunshine; if you don’t want me to make your life hell I would suggest not calling me that.” Bakugou threatened.

“Sunshine?” Kia asked.

“Cause of that fucking smile of yours. You’re all sunshine and rainbows and its fucking annoying!” Bakugou replied, stomping out of their office.

“How would you know?” Kia said in a low voice. “You know nothing about me.”

She followed Bakugou to the top floor where Jeanist was waiting for them. The hero was sitting behind his desk with his hands folded. “Please tell me why you two thought it would be ok to destroy half of the gym?” Jeanist asked as the two young heroes sat down.

“It’s my fault,” Kia said.

“Damn right it is,” Bakugou huffed.

“Both of you will be paying for the damages,” Jeanist stated.

“But she…” Bakugou started.

“She may have initiated it, but you are the one who actually did the damage,” Jeanist interrupted. “Likewise, Brawn is getting a week long suspension and will be required to take sexual harassment classes. However, after the beating you two gave him, I think he learned his lesson well. In the future don’t use your partner to teach coworkers a lesson, Miss Hales. We do have an HR office that will handle any problems.”

“Yes sir, I’m sorry for my actions, I let my anger get the better of me.” Kia said with a bow.

“I believe the one you owe an apology to is Bakugou,” Jeanist replied.

“Oh no,” Kia said eyes going wide.

“Hell yeah,” Bakugou said with a smirk.

Gritting her teeth and turning towards her partner, Kia gave him a slight bow. “I’m sorry for using you like that, Bakugou…” she forced out.

“You should also say how I’m the best hero,” Bakugou teased.

“Don’t push your luck, Butthead.” Kia smiled.

“I told you never to call me that,” he snarled back.

“Whatever then, B,” Kia rolled her eyes.

“That is enough you two,” Jeanist said, “You will both go start cleaning up the gym and getting it ready for repairs. Bakugou knows where the janitor’s closet is, you should find all you need in there.”

“Yes, sir,” the two replied.

They both made their way down to the agency gym, stopping along the way to grab brooms and a garbage can. Opening the gym doors, Kia stopped. The mess was a lot bigger than she was expecting. Mirrors were shattered and almost all of the equipment was toppled over. One of the benches was a twisted mess and the bar was stuck in the wall.

“I think you went a little overboard,” Kia said, looking over at Bakugou.

He walked up to the bar and pulled it out of the wall. “He got what he deserved,” he said.

Blinking, Kia thought; does he mean for what Brawn did to me? Looking at the destruction of the gym she asked, “You didn’t almost kill him did you?”

“I’m a hero, Sunshine…we don’t try and kill people,” Bakugou replied.

Smiling, Kia walked over to an overturned bench and picked it up. Setting it right again on the mat she giggled. “The look on your face was priceless though,” she told him.

“Go die,” Bakugou grunted.

“Thanks B,” Kia said softly.

Bakugou merely grunted in response.

After a couple of hours, the two had picked up all of the broken glass and had been able to set the equipment upright. All that seemed to have gotten destroyed beside the glass was one workout bench and the mat it sat on.

“Well that didn’t take too long,” Kia said. Turning to Bakugou, she smiled.

“What the hell are you smiling about?” He asked.

“I think it was completely worth it,” Kia replied.

“Tch,” Bakugou turned to hide the smile pulling at his lips. “Let’s go dump this last barrel of garbage. You have a lot of paperwork to get done.”

“Still worth it,” Kia said grabbing the brooms.

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“HAHAHAHAHA!” Kirishima roared. “She actually got someone to slap you on the ass!”

“Shut up,” Bakugou said as he took a drink.

He had met up with Kirishima at one of their favorite bars that evening. Apparently the news had spread fast that Ground Zero’s new partner had gotten him to beat up another hero. Someone at the gym had been videoing the whole thing and it now had quite a few hits on YouTube.

“I want to meet her even more now. Maybe she is a good match for you,” Kirishima said as he started watching the video again. “She is pretty strong, what is her quirk?” he asked Bakugou.

Bakugou sat his drink down. “Don’t know, I never asked.”

“Seriously? What about her name? Did you even ask her that?” Kirishima asked.

“Who cares? I don’t need a partner anyway,” Bakugou said taking another drink.

“Dude, how are you going to work with her if you don’t know her name or what her quirk is?” Kirishima asked. “It’s nice to have someone to back you up. You should actually try to work with someone before you decide against it.”

“Shut up, Kirishima,” Bakugou glared at his friend. “Sunshine can go back to America for all I care.”

“Sunshine?” Kirishima said. “Well at least you’re calling her something decent.”

“Go to hell!” Bakugou hollered at his friend.

“Seriously, Bakugou, just give it a chance! It might not be so bad,” Kirishima told him. “I still want to meet her, too.”

“Whatever,” Bakugou said as he finished his drink. They were supposed to go on patrol tomorrow so he probably better give this partner thing a try.