A few days later, the police came and asked them questions about what happened, they didn't get in trouble for what happened, since they all had their provisional licenses, had acted in their own defense, and had contacted the heros and police right away.

Mina and Jirou were released from the hospital, though they still spent most of their time there anyways, checking on their friends that still remained.

Sero had been told that he would be able to use his quirk again, and that his arms would be ok, but that he would need to have them in a cast for a few months, and be kept in the hospital for a majority of that time, as the surgery they had done was risky and they had to check his arms often to make sure he was still stable and safe.

The other students of Class 1A came to visit pretty often as well, bringing smiles to those who truly needed it.

Kirishima himself though, spent most of his time in Bakugou's room, watching as he could slowly see more and more, crying when he saw the exact moment Bakugou stopped screaming and realized why he couldn't hear himself anymore, and listening to the doctors say that after further testing, Bakugou would in fact, never be able to hear again on his own, and would need glasses or contacts to see fully. They had already done the exam on his eyes while he was drugged to keep him calm.

"But why am I ok? Why is my hearing and vision fine?" He asked the doctor from his seat in Bakugou's room.

"Your quirk is hardening, correct?" The doctor asked as he glanced at a chart. Kirishima nodded. "Do your eyes harden as well?" He urged further.

"Yes sir, not as much as the rest of my body, but they do harden." He replied.

The doctor nodded once more. "Well then, your eyes have an extra shield to protect them when you closed them, and your ears- we don't exactly know why your hearing wasn't affected at all when the blast happened. Had any other pressure been placed on Bakugou's hearing throughout that day? If you can remember?" The doctor took out a pen and flipped to a page on his clipboard.

"Jirou- our friend, with the ear jack quirk, she had disoriented us while we were on the go karts ride just for fun, it wasn't painful, but it may have caused something... oh- and one of the villains, soundwave? He hit Bakugou with his quirk. Bakugou didn't even hear me call for him a few moments after that." Kirishima tried to explain it as best he could, it was the only way he could help Bakugou at this point. The doctor nodded.

"I'll add this to what we have and let the other doctors working with him know, thank you. That was really helpful. But also know, we're going to look into seeing if maybe Hearing Aids would work for him, we have been discussing it with his parents." He told him sincerely before he left the room.

The nurse that had been there when Kirishima woke up the other day entered the room with a small box in her hands. She looked at Bakugou nervously. The boy stared at the ceiling blankly. They had taken the muzzle off of him the day he realized he was deaf, and he hadn't made a sound since. He was awake, but he wasn't moving. He wasn't making a sound. It was like he'd given up.

"I... I'm scared to go near him... But I need him to put these on." She spoke as she opened the box to reveal his glasses. Kirishima stood up quickly.

"I can try. He's less likely to blow me up, and even if he doesn I have-" He hardened his arm to show her. She smiled weakly and nodded, giving him the box.

"I'll be right outside the door then." She whispered before she stepped out.

Kirishima moved towards the bed and waved a hand over where Bakugou was staring at the ceiling. The boy instantly began to thrash in his bindings and try to hit Kirishima.

"Bakugou!" Kirishima called before he remembered that it was pointless. He grabbed the side of Bakugou's face and hardened his hand, just to let Bakugou know it was him. The boy slowly stopped thrashing and let out a small hum that sounded like a whimper.

Kirishima stared at him as Bakugou looked right at him but only saw a blurry figure. He pressed a button on the bed to make it have Bakugou sit up, and then took off his bindings, one by one. He had been wanting to do this ever since the first day he saw the straps holding him down. He was probably terrified out of his mind.

Once he was sat up and let free, Kirishima sat on the bed and opened the box, taking the glasses out. There was nothing fancy about them, they were simple black-rimmed glasses.

He unfolded them and took a deep breath as he moved them to be in front of Bakugou's face and then slid them onto him.

"Sh*tty hair." Bakugou said quietly. It was obvious he didn't know how loud he was talking, so just aimed for quiet. It was a voice he'd never heard from Bakugou.

Kirishima smiled and nodded. He didn't say anything. He didn't want Bakugou to get upset that he couldn't hear.

The blonde slowly moved his hand up to his ear and did his popping thing, mini explosions going off in his hand. "I can't... hear..." Bakugou stated. Kirishima nodded again.

"It's hard.. To see..." He continued.

Another nod.

"Stop f*cking nodding! Talk to me d*mnnit!" He said, his voice raising, but it was still barely even yelling.

"Bakugou..." Kirishima said quietly. "We're going to have to teach you sign language. I'll have to talk to the others about trying to learn it too so that you can still yell about murdering us." He chuckled a small bit, even though he knew Bakugou couldn't understand any of it.

The blonde frowned deeply. "You better now be f*cking saying anything bad about me, sh*tty hair." He crossed his arms and leaned back

Kirishima shook his head quickly. "I'm not, don't worry. I wouldn't." He said lightly.

"And these look f*cking stupid don't they? Bet they're sh*t glasses that make me look like that d*ck from glass..." He grumbled quietly as he tapped the glasses on his head. With Bakugou's normal tone being yelling, and that being what he was trying to do, he was actually talking at a normal level of sound. Not yelling, not whispering. Just grumpy as hell.

Kirishima shook his head again and took out his phone, moving to take a picture so he could look at himself. He looked from his phone, to the boy. He smiled and motions to his face, trying to get Bakugou to smile, but his frown only deepened. Kirishima huffed and took a picture, handing his phone to Bakugou.

"At least I don't look like Glasses..." He grunted. He then swiped to take the picture down and looked at himself in the front camera, brushing his fingers over the fresh scars on his face. "F*ck..." He mumbled. "I have more scars than sh*tty Deku." He added before he tossed Kirishima's phone back to him and pulled out his own.

Kirishima's phone vibrated and he opened it to see a message from the blonde in front of him.

(Separate messages indicated with a - )

'just text me ~B'

'Ok, that works. How are you feeling? Do your ears hurt? Can you see clearly with the glasses? ~K'

'd*mn you text a lot - none of your business ~B'

Kirishima looked up from his phone at the boy, who was already glaring at him.

'But I can talk to the doctors and try to get you some help... ~K'

'u think im some weakling that needs help - im fine ~B'

'Aside from the fact that you can't hear and you can barely see? I'm just trying to help, bro. ~K'

Bakugou growled and turned his phone off and put it to the side. "It's so f*cking stupid to text someone that's sitting right in front of me." He hissed, slightly loud now. "My ears are still ringing. They f*cking echo with noise, but it's not actually noise. It's just f*cking static. This is bullsh*t. My vision. It's pretty clear with the glasses. But I f*cking hate these dumba*s glasses." He answered aloud instead of in text.

'But, at least they help, bro. And the Doctor told me they might be able to do hearing aids. They just have to get a yes from your parents. - On top of that, I'm going to talk to Kam, Mina and Sero about learning sign language so we can talk to you until you get the aids. ~K'

Bakugou made a small 'heh' sound and grinned as he looked at the texts. "Maybe there is a plus to this; I never have to hear your voices again. It'll be so much easier to ignore you b*stards." He put his phone down. "And you text too much. D*mn annoying."

Kirishima frowned a bit.

Though he looked up to the door when there was a small knock. "Midoriya! Iida!" He greeted as he stood up and smiled at them. He waved at Bakugou to get his attention and motioned to the door.

Bakugou didn't make a sound. He looked to Kirishima and put a finger over his own lips and then tapped his ear.

He didn't want Kirishima to tell them he was deaf.

"Kachaan!? We heard what happened at the Arcade, we've gotten to see everyone but you so far. How are you feeling?" Midoriya asked. Bakugou glared at him silently.

'translate and tell me if im yelling or not ~B'

Kirishima glanced at his phone and then at Bakugou. He quickly typed out what Midoriya said.

"It's none-"

'Not yelling. ~K'

"-of your f*cKING BUSINESS DEKU!"

'Definitely yelling. ~K'

Midoriya winced and nodded. Kirishima stepped towards them and gave them another small smile. "He's got glasses now, the doctors said he's going to have to have them to see. The explosion I told you about the first time you guys came, remember it? Bakugou was at the center of it. So he took the most damage." Kirishima explained.

"He seems pretty normal though, aside from the glasses obviously. I'm glad he's alright and not affected too badly, emotionally." Iida commented.

Kirishima nodded but sighed. "And, class rep, I think we'll have to talk to the class about learning sign language..." He began, both of their brows furrowed together.

"Why? Is there going to be a new student? Did something happen to Sero that we missed?" They asked worriedly. Kirishima looked at Bakugou, staring at his phone, clearly waiting for a translation.

"No. Sero is doing ok, but Bakugou-"

"-You're telling them aren't you, sh*tty hair?" Bakugou interrupted him. "That's why you went over there so I couldn't see your lips. And you're purposely standing in front of f*cking Deku so I can't see him crying like the dumba*s he is." He continued quietly.

Kirishima looked back at him and rubbed the back of his neck.

"It's not your f*cking right to tell anyone sh*tty hair. We're not even friends. You don't get to speak for me a*shole." Bakugou snapped. Kirishima stared at him quietly, remembering his own words from the day they were in Recovery girl's office a few weeks ago. 'We're not friends, Bakugou, we're bros, that's way cooler!'.

Kirishima smiled at him softly. "Yeah, you're right. Sorry, bro. It was none of my business." He rubbed the back of his neck again and looked to Midoriya and Iida once more with a nod before he stepped out of the room, his phone vibrating instantly.

'dont leave me alone with f*cking deku and glasses ~B'

'You literally just said you didn't want me there, Bakugou. ~K'

'get your a*s back in here ~B'

Kirishima sighed and turned to walk back when his phone went off again. "Fat Gum..?" He whispered as he opened the message.

'Red! How's your recovery going? Amajiki and I have been worried. But haven't been able to visit since the first night you guys arrived. ~FG'

'Fat Gum! Sir! I'm doing well, I should only have to stay in the hospital another day or two. They just want to be sure my burns are completely healed. ~K'

'Good to hear. We hope to see you again soon. We've been knee deep in work since saving Eri. Will be good to have you back. Be sure to eat well. ~FG'

'Thank you! I will! ~K'

Kirishima paused for a moment and looked back to the door of Bakugou's room.

'Can I ask you a favor though? ~K'