He didn't know why, and not even Deku, who had grown considerably closer to her (as a friend, much to the blond's relief), could figure out why, or at least he didn't tell him.
Maybe show her things she'd only heard about in stories. Neptune's beard! He looked like a teenager desperate for his first skirt! But she was so much more than that. Bakugou wanted to take her with him, even knowing the dangers,
"Oh, that?" She looked at the pair of idiots slogging away from them. She shrugged, "I decided to take some combat lessons after what happened that time!"
"You were amazing, Uraraka-san!" Deku gave a thumbs-up in approval, as did the others.
She invited them in, offered them a table and drinks, but he could barely get a word out. His mind filled with the image of her effortlessly knocking out two men larger than her, it stirred something in him, a desire to challenge her, to see how far she could go,