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❒ title : pumpkin carving

❒ word count : 1616 words

❒ time taken : 2 days

❒ genre: comedy

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❒ tags: #CuratorReview

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❒ intro :

hello!! here’s a writing thingy i did for AWIC since it’s the month of october. i tried keeping it revolving around halloween, so initially and almost immediately, i thought a pumpkin carving competition would be great. anyways, i hope you guys enjoy it :D

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❒ synopsis :

There’s a pumpkin carving event, and Class 1-A and 1-B are grouped up with one another. Katsuki has been partnered with Nieto, and while the two could be an overpowered duo, their irritation for one another get in the way.

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pumpkin carving .

        “WHAT!? I’m paired up with that loser?!” The blond was yelling aggressively now. He had dealt with so much; even having to participate in this whole pumpkin carving competition was a real pain in the ass. Though, to make things even worse, Katsuki had been paired up with a real jackass. The almost lifeless teacher blinked at the boy who was just about ready to rip his head off. Instead of addressing why Katsuki got Neito as a partner for this competition, Shouta decided to speak to the class about what they’d be doing.

       “Vlad King and I chose partners for all of you. Your partners will be from class 1-B, as you can already tell. You guys will be carving a pumpkin. The best design wins. It’s not that hard to understand.” The teacher had said, more tired than usual. Maybe it was the fall feeling outside that was making nearly everyone in the room just a bit more drowsy than normal.

        “Mr. Aizawa, why couldn’t we choose our own partners?” Tsuyu had asked almost instantly, a finger was pressed up on her chin while her tongue crept to the corner of her mouth. “For the most part, partners were selected by relationship; good or bad.” Shouta replied promptly, he was just about to tumble to the side if it wasn’t for the huge cart of pumpkins right next to him. “Grab a pumpkin and head down to the cafeteria. 1-B should already be there.”

        The whole class shuffled to the front of the room, grabbing a pumpkin they thought looked best. For Katsuki, he had his eye on one that was sure enough to catch the judges’ eyes just because of its nearly circular and smooth exterior. Just as he leaned in to grab it, Tape Arms came out of nowhere and grabbed it. “This one looks great!”

        Katsuki’s eyes shot out almost instantly, beginning to grow angry that the possible ticket to win had just slipped from under him. “You got a lot of nerve, you damn idiot!” He said loudly, his hands clutching up into balls. The black haired male took a glance at Katsuki before a laugh stifled out. “Oh yeah. You’re all pissy because you got Monoma as a partner.” Sero said, holding the pumpkin close to his hip.

       Ever since the Sports Festival, Katsuki had truly hated the copy cat. Maybe it was due to the fact that both were very cocky and grew arrogant with one another. Strangely, he didn’t hate him as much as Izuku though, that was true. After grabbing the ugliest pumpkin in the batch, the blond’s legs moved slowly behind everyone else. The loudness from the cafeteria had made it straight into his ear, only irritating him more. Katsuki’s eye brows furrowed up, a frown with clenched teeth were quite evident on his face.

        Almost immediately, the students got into their assigned pairs. They all seemed pretty happy with their present partners, like Eijirou and Testsutetsu. They seemed to be fond of one another, befriending each other after the sports festival. How was that? The two seemed to hate each other in the beginning; much like Katsuki and Neito, though afterward they had shown such a good bond. Even if Katsuki and the blue eyes male were similar to one another, Neito really pissed him off.

        “You guys will have only thirty minutes to finish your pumpkins. Whoever gets last place has to clean up everyone’s mess. So, don’t be that final pair, got it?” Shouta had said, his voice still pretty tired compared to everyone else’s. He’d probably take a nap during the short competition.

       “I’m paired up with Bakugou, huh?” The self entitled brat spoke up, his voice sounding more annoying than usual. That was fine; it would make it easier to lash out at him. “Shut up, extra.” Katsuki said impulsively, placing the horrendous pumpkin with bumps on a nearby table. Neito laughed, clutching onto his stomach.

        “If I were you, I’d shut up. We’re trying to win this competition, ? Let’s blow them away.” The blue eyed boy said, the grin on his lips growing more. It was quite possible that Neito knew how to tick off Katsuki, or maybe he did actually want to win this lousy competition. Neito’s eyes wandered towards the pumpkin that was chosen by the blond. A face of disgust was very much present, clenching his teeth as he looked over at Katsuki. “Couldn’t you have grabbed a much more... appealing pumpkin for us?”

        “Be grateful I even got one, you damn bastard.” Katsuki said, placing his hands on the table before looking back up at Neito. “You’re acting like we’re not gonna gut this thing.” The buffer male had said cunningly, grabbing the knife from the table before being stopped by Neito, who had taken a grasp on his wrist. “We have to choose a design first, you idiot. We can’t just go into this blindly. We’ll never win like that.” The boy said, only to be retorted by Katsuki’s famous “tch.”

        The blond pulled his wrist away instinctively. “I’ll blast you all the way to hell if you touch me again.” Katsuki said. His eyebrows were still furrowed, and angrier now. “I’d think before you act Bakugou. I have your quirk in me too, ?” Neito chuckled a bit before grabbing a piece of paper and a pencil that had been set on the table before the two even got there. Both knew they wouldn’t physically go after each other, though that wouldn’t stop verbal attacks.

        Neito began to sketch out possible designs for the pumpkin, most of them being a traditional scary jack-o’-lantern. At this point, Katsuki wasn’t minding it his hand was under his chin, his pointer finger gently rubbing at his own cheek.

        Multiple yawns from around the room was a giveaway that everyone was sleepy. It had to be this autumn weather; since Katsuki had felt much more tired than before. The crimson eyed male kept taking glances from Neito’s drawings and the pumpkin. “Your drawing skills are shit.” The male had grumbled before grabbing the knife once again.

        Before Neito could try to stop Katsuki, the sound of the knife plunging into the top of the pumpkin rang through their ears. “You dumbass! We have to know what we’re cutting out first. We have to make incisions into the outside of the pumpkin. If the pumpkin is hallow, we’ll mess up.” Neito growled, the pencil lead almost breaking due to the pressure he was placing on it; small shards of black lead were visible on the paper. Katsuki shook his head, his cheeks turning just a small hint of pink.

        “I know what I’m doing, moron.” The blond said, creating a circular opening and pulling at the stem. A small popping sound was created due to the tightness of the pumpkin. The blond stared grimly inside the pumpkin, the orange flesh and seeds looking rather disgusting. Well, here goes nothing.

        Katsuki began to dig the seeds out with his bare hands, sloppily placing them onto the table. Neito started, his eyes widening a bit with his nose scrunched up. The blue eyed male glanced around, watching as students happily carved their own pumpkins. Tsuyu was having a great time with Kinoko, their pumpkin turning out quite nicely. Neito didn’t even want to take a glance over at Momo and Yosetsu, already knowing that they were going to have an incredible looking pumpkin.

        Katsuki continued to throw out the blobs of pumpkin gut into the table. “Bakugou, do you see everyone else’s pumpkins? They’re almost finished and our is completely out of shape.” Neito said, grabbing onto the pumpkin and pulling it towards him.

        “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” Katsuki said, grabbing onto the pumpkin and pulling it towards him. “Let me finish doing this and then you can carve out your stupid design.” He said, his slimy hands making with Neito’s skin.

        “That’s fucking disgusting, stop touching me! Give me the damn pumpkin.” Neito said through gritted teeth, anger beginning to boil over. Katsuki stared at the male, frustration was already set over him. “No, I will finish gutting this damn pumpkin!” The blond said, pulling onto the circular object harder towards him.

        Sweat was beginning to reach down to his hands, and the anger in his body was taking control. Of course he wouldn’t blast up the pumpkin right there, at least, he was hoping it wouldn’t go that far. Katsuki and Neito tugged onto the pumpkin in different directions, both of their hands inside of the prominent hole on top. “Give it to me you bastard!” Katsuki yelled out once more, giving a final tug before the pumpkin split in half.

        The seeds and pumpkin flesh splattered on the table, pieces even making their way onto Katsuki’s face and Neito’s hair. The two blondes stared at each other and then at the split pumpkin that each other them were holding. “Look what you did!” Neito growled loudly, only getting Katsuki angrier.

        “Me? You’re the dumbass who started this.” Katsuki said, bringing his hand out, ready to just grab the male by the shirt and freak out on him. Instead of grasping onto the fabric, he gripped onto a broom stick instead. Katsuki looked up, as well as Neito, to see Vlad King and Shouta standing before the two.

        “We have our two losers. Work harder next time.” Shouta said, after handing Katsuki the broom and Neito the mop. With that, the teachers left and soon gathered the other students and their pumpkins to go outside and celebrate.

        “You damn idiot.” The two had said in unison as they began to clean up the mess they had both made.

FIN

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