Double the Trouble

The last thing the explosive blonde remembered was getting hit across the head with a stray pipe before knocking out. He didn't quite remember how he got to the abandoned pub, although his mind supplied the idea that it's where he originally heard Deku's voice when he disappeared. Oh well, Bakugou thought bitterly. He's got more pressing matters now.

Soon he felt his body slowly wake up, and even though he tried moving his arms to hold his head, he found that he couldn't move them. Actually… he couldn't move anything at all. He heard faint yelling and a slam of a door hard against it's frame. He shivered at the sound, suddenly feeling cold.

A blonde kid walked into his area, his eyes glued on a Nintendo Switch, the little console making low noises as he cursed at the screen in frustration. He didn't even notice Bakugou tied up on a chair.

Bakugou hissed at first, trying to grab the kid's attention. His middle school blazer was loosely buttoned around his neck, but his arms weren't inside the sleeves. "Psst! Kid!" Bakugou tried, his voice a little over a whisper.

The boy looked to Bakugou and his eyes widen with surprise. "Oh shit!" He cackled at Bakugou's current situation. "Oh my god! I thought Dabi was kidding about finding another blonde!" The boy moved near the bar counter to put the Switch down. His hands moved to grip the sides of his stomach as he continued to laugh. "Dabi! Dude! He's awake!"

It sounded like two sets of footsteps cascading down the wooden stairs to Bakugou, and it was actually three pairs instead. Dabi, Toga, and Twice joined the two younger blondes by the bar counter and stools. Toga squealed at Bakugou, giggling hysterically and a rosy blush appearing on her face. Twice had his mask on, but under his eyes were closed and tears leaking from how much he was laughing. Dabi groaned.

"Kid, I thought you'd be out a bit longer… Bunny's still here. He'd freak if he saw ya here," Dabi walked towards where he was, a scarred hand on his hip. "I guess I'll have to hide ya."

Dabi glanced at Mustard with a look and a thumbs up, to which the younger boy nodded, understanding. Dabi threw a dull bone-colored handkerchief at Mustard and pointed up with his index finger to everyone else. As the room cleared, Bakugou looked between his fleeting kidnapper and the kid, feeling confused out of his mind.

"So, before I do this, I'm Mustard and this is Jackass," he covered his nose and mouth quickly, his voice sounding muffled under it, "hopefully Boss doesn't kill me. He hates my gas."

"Gas?" Bakugou questioned. He went unanswered by Mustard, only because a pink-colored cloud surrounded both of them. He inhaled a gasp, and felt his body shut down again. His eyes felt heavier and heavier as he tried to keep them open, but the overwhelming gas made him sleep.

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The last thing the explosive blonde remembers is being knocked out by some cotton candy-colored sleep gas. He grudgingly opened his eyes again, a familiar feeling of deja vu striking him. Something was slapping his cheek softly but rushed and he groaned. He noticed only his hands were in cuffs, but he was still sitting on a chair. The plastic joints of the foldable chair creaked as he tried to move, but Twice just pushed him down softly.

"Hey, hey, don't move much. Mustard's gas may seem like a good cat nap sometimes, but it definitely kicks your ass if yer just waking up," Twice told him. Bakugou looked up to his mask, trying to focus on his words before coughing.

Dabi smiled. "Yeah, that kid's got spunk. Oh! Tell Toga that he's teaching her about vines and memes. He said you almost died of alcohol poisoning?"

Twice chuckled at the memory. "Oh man, I'd rather get punched in the gut by All Might and die than drink the concoction she made."

Mustard, who was sitting near the door, laughed at Twice's comment. Bakugou looked to him and saw that he got back the Switch and his focus was glued to it once again.

"Uh…," Bakugou started, not really sure where to start, "who are you?" His head pointed into the direction of Twice.

Dabi didn't give Twice the answer to respond since he blocked off Twice with his arm. "So, why'd ya come here?"

"None of ya shitty business, Licorice," Bakugou retorted.

Before Dabi could incinerate Bakugou with his blue flames, the door opened quickly. "Kacchan? What are you doing here?" Deku had sauntered in, leaving the door half open. Mustard looked up to the green-haired teen and snickered before focusing again on his game.

"Deku?" Bakugou felt queasy. Although he sought out this place to find Deku, he still would've liked it if he and Deku were alone. Even though both of them would beat the other to a pulp. Being cuffed and stuck to a chair surrounded by his villain friends was not the way he planned the meeting to go.

"Wha… What are you doing here?" Deku asked him, his green eyes glistened with innocence.

"Uh, we uh—," Bakugou looked at the other villains sitting in the room and gulped, "I need to talk to you. About… Everything."

Deku stared back at him, a small smile growing on his face. "You could've asked Shouto for my phone contact, though? Aren't you guys close?"

Bakugou tried reading his face but nothing gave anything away. Dabi tsked when he mentioned Shouto, and Bakugou remembered the dual quirk user say some things about his missing brother. "He doesn't talk to anyone much anymore."

"Hmpf, thats upsetting. He still messages me though. I guess I'm more special than Kacchan," Deku giggled.

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Midoriya had just hung up on another call with Todoroki, he seemed to be calling more often as he started collecting more information on Midoriya's relationship with Bakugou and bits and pieces about his older brother. Midoriya sighed, the warm air tickling his chest as he hung his head low with exhaustion.

He had heard some commotion downstairs in the pub while on the phone but dismissed it when he heard coughing, thinking Mustard had accidentally used his quirk again around Shigaraki. He chuckled to himself, Shigaraki's yelling about how the kid's quirk was "so fucking annoying all the damn time" and "he doesn't pay any of us to have cat naps".

Twice had jokingly added in, "You don't pay us at all, Boss," to which Shigaraki destroyed another glass from Kurogiri's liquor set. Midoriya could almost hear Kurogiri's sigh of defeat.

He slid off his bed like jelly, his body aching and sore from staying up the night before talking to Todoroki about his mother. He had admitted that he missed her, to which Todoroki had replied the same sentiment. Midoriya questioned him about it, and got his own shortened version of his life story. They ended up hanging up around 4 in the morning.

After cracking his neck and back with three loud snaps, Midoriya slid his feet into his slippers and opened his door, scratching at his torso with his unused hand. He noticed that Dabi's room door was opened halfway, which was odd to Midoriya. "Dabi hates having his door open," he mumbled out, quietly walking towards it.

As he got closer to the room he heard loud voices inside. Midoriya could easily figure out who's voice was whose. He heard Mustard's low chuckle, Twice's laugh, somebody that vaguely sounded like… Kacchan?

When he was in front of the door, he heard someone with his voice say, "…more special than Kacchan."

He figured that was that and he was going to end whatever circus show Dabi and crew were having in his bedroom. He swung open the door and choked out when he saw himself stare back at him with wide eyes. A voice cried out, "What… the actual shit?!"

The (real) Midoriya's eyes moved across the room, trying to find the owner of the very Kacchan-sounding statement, and locked eyes with Kacchan. "What are you doing here?!" He questioned the blonde, but he was stunned silent.

"There's… There's two Deku's," Bakugou quietly said.

The other Deku giggled wildly, his face melting to reveal Toga's own face underneath. Her voice seemed higher with excitement, "Aw, Bunny! You were supposed to leave already! You ruined our fun!"

Dabi seemed unfazed. "Yo, how's Shouto?"

Midoriya ignored Toga's complaints, focusing on Dabi's question instead. "Good, I guess? He's crossing into villain info territory now. He wants to know what happened with you."

The man chuckled, borderline darkly. "Another day, Bunny. I'll give you one helluva story time when I feel like it."

Midoriya seemed annoyed at the response, but accepted it. He moved his focus back to a cuffed Bakugou, who had watched the interaction without a peep. "If these shits would just leave everything alone, it would be great. But I guess even villains like butting into everyone's business, eh?"

Bakugou swallowed a bundle of nerves down. Midoriya smiled as he looked down at the blonde, "So ya wanted to talk, Kacchan? Let's talk then."