“B, wait up!” Kia yelled as she ran after her partner.

Bakugou ignored her as he stomped down the street trying to get in control of his emotions. Why the hell am I jealous? Bakugou thought to himself, She even called me out on it in front of Kirishima and Dunce Face. Fuck! If she wants him to show her around Tokyo that is her decision. Not like I want to anyway.

“B, I said wait!” Kia called out as she weaved through the foot traffic. Sighing, Bakugou stopped, not turning around as he waited for her to catch up.

“Jeez, do you plan on walking back?” Kia said as she caught up to him. Bakugou huffed and continued walking down the street. Kia followed beside him, glancing at the brooding hero every now and then. Quickly, she reached down and snatched Bakugou’s cell phone out of his pocket.

“What do you think you are doing?” Bakugou asked, trying to take his phone back.

“What is your passcode?” she asked, dancing out of his reach.

“Why the hell would I tell you?” Bakugou snarled.

“So I can put my number in, duh!” Kia replied, holding it out to him. Snatching his phone away, Bakugou unlocked it and handed it back to her. Opening his contacts, Kia entered her number and e-mail then called her own phone before handing it back.

Bakugou grabbed the phone and looked at the new contact info. He chuckled when he saw what she had put as the contact name. “I’m starting to think you like your nickname, Sunshine.”

“Figured it would be the only way you would know it was me. Besides, I’ve been called worse.” Kia grinned as she put Bakugou’s number into her contacts.

“Like what, Kitten?” Bakugou said sarcastically.

Kia faced darkened as she glared daggers at Bakugou. “I’m only going to tell you this once. Don’t ever call me Kitten,” she warned.

“Why?” Bakugou asked, intrigued by her immediate change in attitude.

“It’s what my mas… the man my kidnappers sold me to called me,” she answered darkly.

“Alright,” Bakugou said. He was shocked she had just shared a part of her past so willingly. Usually she would hesitate before deciding whether or not share details with him.

Kia finished entering his contact into her phone. “There, now we can get ahold of each other if we need to.” She smiled and Bakugou put his phone back in his pocket.

“So, are we walking back?” Kia asked, putting away her own phone. “I could fly us back, if you want. I would like to practice with another person more. If I could learn to carry someone while flying, I would be able to use it to get people out of dangerous situations.”

“It definitely would be useful but I don’t like the idea of being carried like some helpless loser,” Bakugou added.

“Oh, come on, B! I promise I won’t carry you like a princess or anything,” Kia said, spreading out her wings.

Bakugou watched as her scales and fangs appeared with her transformation. He wondered what her dragon form would look like. Her massive wings looked more like a bird than the usual bat wings you thought of when you imagined a dragon. Both her scales and feathers were so soft he wouldn’t have believed how strong they were if he hadn’t seen it for himself.

“Do you have horns?” he asked suddenly.

Kia hadn’t expected the forward question. “Yes, I do… Why?” she asked, but Bakugou just shrugged. “Do you want to head to the roof of this building?” Kia pointed, “I can pick you up there before we take off. That way we have more room.”

Using his explosions, Bakugou made his way to the roof of the building Kia had pointed to. Kia lifted herself into the air with her wings, following after him. He landed on the roof as she circled the building before swooping in to grab Bakugou’s hands. With a great sweep of her wings, she lifted him off the roof. She angled upward, taking them higher in the air.

Bakugou looked down at the city below them. The thrill of being so high up sent adrenaline coursing through his veins. He looked up at Kia and could see the excitement in her eyes.

“How fast can you go?” he asked.

Kia smiled down at him. “I’m going to need to get a better hold of you for that. You ready?” she said.

“Ready for what?” Bakugou asked right before Kia dropped him. Startled, Bakugou righted himself into a free fall. He looked around to give Kia a piece of his mind but didn’t see her. Until he felt her arms wrap around his chest from behind. With a sweep of her wings Kia caught him and took them back into flight.

Kia laughed as Bakugou cussed at her for dropping him. “Relax, B… I told you I would never let you fall,” she chuckled. “Well, I guess I should say I will never let you fall far.”

“That wasn’t funny, damn it!” he snapped. Looking back to where they were going, he relaxed. It was like flying with a living hang glider. Kia pulled him tighter to her chest, trying to streamline their bodies together.

“You ready to find out how fast I can fly?” Kia said, the excitement burning in her eyes.

Glancing at her Bakugou couldn’t help but smile, “Hell yeah!” With that, Kia’s wings swept through the air, beating harder and faster as they picked up speed. The wind whipped past them and Bakugou looked down to see how fast they were going. “We are going to reach the agency pretty fast like this,” he said.

“Let’s go a little farther. I want to try banking turns with the extra weight,” Kia replied.

Bakugou nodded as she banked left. Kia spiraled one way, then another… trying out long turns then attempted a tight turn with Bakugou as a passenger.

After spiraling down for a ways, Kia leveled out before climbing into the air again. Once they were high above, Kia dived and pulled her wings in around them as they spiraled towards the earth. Bakugou realized they were headed straight for the roof of the agency. Remembering their move earlier, he grabbed her hands. As Kia leveled out, Bakugou dropped to the roof and rolled into a standing position.

He looked up to see Kia flying up into the sky again. He watched as she flew around, just enjoying being in the air. Suddenly, she rocketed up into the sky, climbing higher and higher. Falling backwards into a dive she spun, dropping fast. Spreading her wings, she slowed her descent, leveling out into a barrel roll. Her circles got bigger as she passed by the building. Arcing up out of her roll, Kia came over to the building, righting herself and tucking her wings in so she dropped to the roof. She stood up from where she landed, rustling her feathers and her tail lashing in excitement.

Bakugou walked over to her, admiring the shimmer of her scales and feathers. “You done playing around? We have work to do.”

“Sorry, it has just been a long time since I’ve been able to stretch my wings like that,” she said as she brought a wing in front of her to brush a hand over her flight feathers.

“Are your bones hollow?” Bakugou asked, walking around behind her to look at where her wing bones met her back.

“No, but they are lighter than a regular person’s. They are also denser so it takes quite a bit more force to break one. Thankfully, I heal faster than normal,” Kia replied.

Bakugou nodded as he stepped forward to run a hand along the back of her wing to where they attached to her back. He could see the seam on the back of her costume that allowed her wings to slip through without exposing any skin.

“You have two shoulder blades,” Bakugou stated as he ran a hand over her shoulder. When she didn’t reply, he looked to see what was wrong. Kia had frozen. Her eyes were wide and her cheeks had a pink tinge to them. Realizing how he had been touching her without asking, he dropped his hands and backed away from his partner.

Clearing his throat, he tried to hide his own embarrassment. “So… you have two shoulder blades,” he said again.

“Uh, yeah… The second set sits on top of the first and connects to my wings.” She quickly moved away from him.

Bakugou noticed she was shaking a little, “I, um… are you ok Sunshine?” he asked.

“Yeah, you just startled me. I wasn’t expecting you to touch me,”

“I should have asked…” Bakugou started but Kia interrupted him.

“No, it is ok. I’m just going to go inside. I will see you in the office,” she said before quickly transforming to her human form, opening the roof door, and disappearing inside.

Bakugou ran a hand through his hair. He wasn’t sure exactly what he did to scare Kia, but that is exactly how she had looked: scared and confused. He knew it wasn’t the first time he had touched her. She said that she hadn’t been expecting it though. Maybe that was the difference.

It must have something to do with her past, he thought to himself. More and more, he wondered what his partner had gone through.

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Kia hurried down to the women’s locker room. Checking to see if anyone else was in the showers she took off her costume and stepped into one of the stalls. Turning the water on hot she let it run over her shoulders and back.

“Damn it!” she said out loud as she rested her head against the tile wall. Relaxing, she let herself transform so the water could run over her scales and feathers. Curling her tail around her feet, she brought her wings in and wrapped them around herself. She had never been so confused about what she was feeling. She hadn’t been expecting Bakugou to touch her. His touch had been soft and gentle but she had started to panic as her heartbeat raced. Placing a hand to her chest, she tried to slow her still rapidly beating heart.

She hadn’t felt threatened by Bakugou at all and yet she had frozen at his touch. Her mind had gone blank as she focused on feel of his hands. Her subconscious, however, had been waiting for pain. Gritting her teeth, she stood up straight, letting the spray hit her in the face.

Dropping her head again, she literally growled in frustration. She thought she had gotten over the issue of being touched. Usually she was always aware of how close people got to her. That way she could move away if they were going to try and touch her. Of course, people had touched her before, but she had never had this kind of reaction. Why the hell did it make a difference that it was B? she thought.

Taking a deep breath, she calmed herself down before turning off the shower. Shaking the water from her wings, she used her quirk and heated up her body to dry off. Pulling on her spare uniform, she stowed the other in a backpack she had in her locker. She brushed and braided her hair before heading up to their office.

When she got to their office, Bakugou was already sitting in front of his computer loading the paperwork they needed to fill out for the day. He looked up when she walked in, wondering if she was all right.

Kia walked over to his desk and Bakugou leaned back in his chair, waiting for her to speak.

“I want you to try that again,” Kia said looking Bakugou straight in the eyes.

“What?” Bakugou asked, confused.

“I want you to touch my back like you did on the roof,” she clarified, getting up from her chair and walking to the middle of their office. “I don’t understand the way I reacted.”

“And that is supposed to make any sense to me how?” Bakugou asked.

“I was conditioned to react. It is something I’ve dealt with since my rescue and I thought I had it under control,” Kia replied. “You were seeing how my wings are attacked to my back, right? I can explain it if you want, but it is easier to feel it,” she said turning her back to him.

Bakugou didn’t really understand why she was being so adamant about it, but he was curious. Moving from behind his desk, he walked up to her. He could see the tension in her shoulders and back as she waited for his touch.

“You are not going to freak out on me again, are you?” Bakugou asked.

“No, I won’t. I’m not so damaged that I can’t handle being touched. I’m not weak,” Kia replied insistently.

Wondering what she meant by that, he reached out a hand and laid it on top of her shoulder. Kia took a deep breath, relaxing as he felt down her shoulder to her back. He could feel where the two shoulder blades sat one behind the other. Bringing his other hand up, he ran it down a thick set of muscles that seemed to attach to the second shoulder blade.

He ran two of his fingers along the top of her second shoulder blade, finding a joint where the wing bones attached. Kia transformed, letting her wings sprout from her back slowly under Bakugou’s hands. He had an up close view as the wings extended and feathers sprouted before his eyes.

“Does it hurt?” he asked.

“No, it feels like muscles stretching and pulling,” Kia replied, looking over her shoulder at him.

Stepping, back Bakugou let his hands fall to his sides but Kia turned around, grabbing one of his hands and holding it palm up in her own.

“My turn.” She smiled at him. “You sweat nitroglycerin right?”

“Yes,” Bakugou replied. He watched as she ran a finger from the heel of his palm down to his fingers. She softly ran her thumb over callouses on his hand.

“You can secrete it at will?” She asked as she felt down his wrist.

“Yes,” Bakugou said again, swallowing thickly as he watched her expressions. Her eyes were focused and she bit her bottom lip while she studied his hand.

“Have you ever burned yourself?”

He shook his head no before tensing his hand to secrete some of the nitro sweat for her to see. A look of surprise came across her face as she brought his hand to her face and breathed in deeply.

“It smells sweet!” she informed him, “I thought that smell might be your quirk. It mixes well with your natural scent.”

“Are you telling me I smell good?” Bakugou smirked.

“You have a unique smell.” Kia rolled her eyes, “I could find you easy just by your scent.”

“How good is your sense of smell?” Bakugou asked.

“Let’s just say I could easily out track a bloodhound,” Kia replied. “Strong smells can be overpowering though and make me dizzy, How bad is the recoil on your body?”

“Depends on the size of the blast and how much I use it,” he told her.

“What about today? You used a lot of blasts to capture those villains.”

“Those were mostly small blasts. It is the big ones that can cause problems.”

Kia glanced at the clock. “We had better get these reports filed before it gets any later,” she said as she moved to her own desk. “Did you want to patrol more when we are done?”

“No, we are going to have to submit paperwork for the job we did in both districts. We will be working on this shit for a while,” Bakugou grumbled.

“How about we go out for a drink afterwards then? It will be my treat,” Kia offered.

“Sounds good to me,” Bakugou said as he sat back down at his desk.