The four heroes helped the police gather up the captured and unconscious villains, delivering them one by one into the iron maidens the police had at the ready. Thankfully, Uyeda had shrunk back down to his normal size and the police were able to carry him easily.

Kia stood next to Bakugou as they watched the police load up the last of the villains. Kia turned to him while holding up her fist and smiling. Bakugou rolled his eyes before giving her a fist bump.

“See? It worked!” Kia said, crossing her arms.

“You could have gotten hurt,” Bakugou said, grabbing her chin and turning her face to see where Yuma had hit her.

“You know I can take a hit, B,” Kia replied.

“You are lucky you’re tougher than hell,” Bakugou told her.

“I’m going to go find that shop owner and tell them about the clothes I borrowed,” Kia said. “Unfortunately, they were not as fire proof as my costume,” she added before walking over towards a group of people talking to a policeman.

Bakugou watched her go, shaking his head about how reckless his partner had been.

“Dude, she is totally hot,” Kaminari said, walking up and putting a hand on Bakugou’s shoulder.

“Why won’t you give me a fist bump?” Kirishima asked, walking up on his other side.

“Both of you can go to hell,” Bakugou growled, shrugging Kaminari’s hand off.

“Seriously, man how did you score a partner like that?” Kaminari asked. “Oh, how I wouldn’t mind staring at her all day. I might just have to ask her out.”

“She’s more than something to stare at, and I doubt she would like to be treated that way. Besides, she is out of your league,” Bakugou warned.

Kaminari and Kirishima exchanged looks of surprise. “Ouch,” Kirishima winced. “Guess you don’t have a chance then,” he said as he gave Kaminari a shove. They watched as Kia talked to a middle-aged woman who must have been the owner of the shop. “So, are you going to introduce us?” Kirishima asked.

“Why would I do that?” Bakugou said, turning toward his friend.

“Come on, man! I have wanted to meet her,” Kirishima whined.

“Introduce yourself, then,” Bakugou retorted.

“Here comes our chance,” Kaminari said, nudging Kirishima.

They all looked up to see Kia walking back towards them. “Well, she wouldn’t let me pay for the clothes I borrowed.” Kia told Bakugou as she walked up to him. “She said that saving everyone and keeping the villains from burning down the place was enough.” Turning to look at Kirishima and Kaminari, she gave Bakugou a questioning look before sighing and introducing herself. “Hi, I’m Wildside,” she greeted.

“Hey, beautiful… how would you like to grab a bite sometime?” Kaminari flirted.

“You must be Dunce Face,” Kia said, raising a brow.

Kirishima snorted and laughed out loud at his partner’s crestfallen face. Bakugou grinned at Kia’s retort.

Clapping Kaminari on the shoulder, Kirishima introduce himself, “Don’t mind this idiot, he is harmless. They call him Chargebolt, and I’m Red Riot.”

“You are the one who caught me earlier, thanks for that,” Kia said, bowing to Kirishima. “So your name is Red Riot? That must mean you are B’s best friend.”

“Did he tell you that?” Kirishima said in disbelief.

“No, a lady at a restaurant did, actually,” Kia confessed.

“I should have known. There is no way he would outright admit that,” Kirishima laughed. “It is nice to finally meet you. I’ve heard some stories.”

“I’m surprised to hear that. Hopefully they have been all good stories,” Kia smiled.

“So far so good,” Kirishima grinned. Bakugou rolled his eyes from where he stood behind Kia.

“Hey, let me treat you to dinner,” Kia offered. “It could be my way of thanking you for catching me, and we can see if the stories do me any justice.” Kirishima blinked in surprise, as did Bakugou and Kaminari.

“Really? You don’t have to… just saying thanks is enough.” Kirishima blushed.

“I’m serious, you pick the place and I will pay. You seem like a really nice guy, and I haven’t gotten to know anyone except B since I got here. Maybe you could show me around the city sometime?” Kia asked.

Kirishima’s face was almost as red as his hair. “Alright, why don’t we exchange contact information, then?” He suggested. A deep frown overtook Bakugou’s face.

Kia pulled out her phone and gave Kirishima her e-mail and phone number. “I’m Kia by the way… Kia Hales,” she said, holding out her hand.

“Eijiro Kirishima,” he replied, shaking her hand.

“Eijiro… that’s a nice name. Do you mind if I call you that?” Kia asked.

“S-sure! Can I call you Kia?” Kirishima asked.

“Of course!” Kia beamed.

“I’m Denki Kaminari!” the electric hero butted in. “You can call me Denki if you want,” he said, wiggling his eyebrows at Kia.

“I think I might prefer Dunce Face,” Kia replied.

Kaminari’s face fell as Kirishima burst out laughing. A small smile graced Bakugou’s face before it slipped back into a frown.

A reporter walked up to the group. “Can we get an interview with all of you?” he asked. Kia, Kirishima, and Kaminari stood there talking to the reporter and filled him in on the details of what went on in the building. Kia kept looking over at her partner, who stood a little ways off his with his arms crossed and a deep scowl on his face.

Kirishima noticed Kia’s confusion at Bakugou’s sour mood. Catching her eye, he gave her a questioning look but Kia merely shrugged in response.

Looking back at his friend, Kirishima wondered what had put him in such a bad mood. The reporter asked Bakugou a few questions and the hero answered them without any problems, much to the surprise of Kia and Kirishima. Bakugou seemed as though something was on his mind.

“Hey, B, are you ok?” Kia asked after the reporters walked away.

“Yeah man, your acting weird,” Kirishima added.

“I’m fine!” Bakugou snapped.

In Kirishima’s experience you left Bakugou alone until he was ready to talk. Otherwise, his short temper tended to flare up. So he was surprise when Kia walked over to his friend. Stepping in front of Bakugou, she looked him in the eyes.

“What pissed you off? I know you well enough by now to tell when you are angry. It feels like you are mad at me,” Kia confronted her partner.

“Back off and leave me the hell alone,” Bakugou warned.

Kia crossed her arms as she stared down the intimidating hero. “I have to fly the both of us back to the agency. I’d rather not have a pissed off grenade hanging from me while in the air.”

Kirishima watched as Kia and Bakugou argued. He still couldn’t believe the way she confronted him. Kia wasn’t backing down at all, no matter what Bakugou said.

Kaminari leaned in to whisper to Kirishima, “I think Jeanist found someone just as stubborn as Bakugou.”

“No kidding,” Kirishima whispered back. He had never seen anyone stand their ground against Bakugou’s rage and not even flinch.

“I’m not going anywhere until you tell me what I did to make you angry,” Kia told Bakugou.

“I’m not angry,” Bakugou growled.

“Could have fooled me… then what are you?” Kia replied.

Bakugou’s scowl deepened as looked at Kia. “You’re not going to let this go, are you?” he asked.

“Do I ever?” Kia replied.

What happened next had Kirishima and Kaminari’s jaws hitting the pavement. Taking a deep breath, Bakugou stepped closer to Kia and looked down at her. “I’m not mad at you,” he said in a calm voice.

“Ok then what is bothering you? Did we miss something?” Kia asked, concerned.

Bakugou mumbled something under his breath that Kirishima and Kaminari couldn’t hear. Shock appeared on Kia’s face at whatever Bakugou had said.

“You don’t have my number?” Kia repeated. Choking back a laugh she smiled up at her partner. “You could have just asked. Don’t tell me you are jealous?” Kia accused with a smirk.

“Jealous? Like hell I’m jealous of Kirishima!” Bakugou sputtered.

“I don’t know, B… it looks like your blushing a little,” Kia teased.

“GO TO HELL!” Bakugou bellowed, turning away from his partner. Looking up, he saw the other two heroes watching the whole scene with identical looks of disbelief on their faces. “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO LOOKING AT?!” he yelled at them.

“He is blushing!” Kaminari said in awe.

“Dude, you really don’t have her number?” Kirishima asked.

“SHUT UP!” Bakugou stomped off down the street. They could practically see the smoke rolling out of his ears.

Giggling, Kia moved to stand next to Kirishima and Kaminari, “Sometimes he really surprises me…” Looking at the other two heroes, she bowed. “It was nice to meet you both. I would like to talk more, but I better catch up with him.”

“It was nice to finally meet you too,” Kirishima replied, bowing.

“I don’t think I have ever seen Bakugou actually blush,” Kaminari said, amazed.

“Sounds like you two have known B for a while. We will have to hang out sometime,” Kia said as she took off after her partner. “See ya!”

They both watched as Kia ran off in the direction Bakugou had gone. “She is something, isn’t she?” Kaminari offered.

“You don’t think that he…?” Kirishima dropped off as he looked at Kaminari.

“Bakugou has never shown any interest in anyone before, so how are we supposed to know?” Kaminari replied. “But a guy would have to be blind not to be a little interested in her.”

“I wonder if she is interested in him?” Kirishima thought out loud.

“Bakugou’s good looking, which makes him popular with the ladies, but he usually runs them off with his shitty personality,” Kaminari replied.

“She doesn’t seem to mind. She really was worried about him being mad at her,” Kirishima added.

“I don’t know Red… she did ask you out on a date,” Kaminari said, winking.

Kirishima blushed. “Yeah, but it isn’t really a date.”

“You are going to have dinner with her. It’s a date,” Kaminari declared. “If Bakugou does have a thing for her I would hate to be you. That is some serious breaking of the bro code.”

“Maybe I can find out what she thinks of him?” Kirishima wondered.