'The doctors called us this morning about your hearing aids, are you able to come home on Friday after school? Or meet us at the hospital to talk to the doctors?~ Old Man'

He stared at his phone blankly. The Old Man had been the one to text him? Normally it was his h*g of a mother that would text him while he was at school.

Last time he'd seen her she had been exhausted though, eyes pink and puffy as though she'd been crying all night. He didn't see things like that from her very often.

She was just as strong as he was, if not stronger, yet she had broken down when he finally came home from the hospital.

He huffed to pull himself from his thoughts and sat up, rubbing his eyes. He looked around his room. Everything was blurred.

He couldn't figure out what items on the other side of the room were. His vision had improved more since he got out of the hospital, yes, but not by much.

He slipped his glasses on and watched as everything came into view accept for- "F*CKING D*MNNIT YOU F*CKING GLASSES ALWAYS F*CKING SMUDGED I SWEAR TO F*CKING G*D!" He shouted as he yanked off his glasses cleaned and wiped those suckers clean /again/. He never never touched the lenses yet they constantly were dirty. He swore he needed contacts. It'd be so much easier.

The light on his door lit up red, sh*tty hair popping up.

Bakugou pulled himself to his feet and moved over to the door, opening it. The redhead was already texting him.

'Morning Bro! I'm gonna head off to my work studies after breakfast, you wanna come with? I already asked Fat Gum and he's accepted you.~K'

Bakugou had to move over to his nightstand to grab his phone, leaving the door open for the shark to come in as he read over the message. "Why the f*ck...?" He questioned quietly. He had gotten another work study before the arcade happened, but they had let him go due to the accident.

'why~B'

'Because I thought you would still want to do a work study?~K'

'i did but when did i ask for your help~B'

'You didn't have to? If you don't want to go just say so...~K'

The two looked at each other, Sh*tty hair frowning deeply. "I'll go." Bakugou said aloud, tossing his phone to his bed. Sh*tty hair grinned and nodded. He signed something before moving over to the door, the light lit up once more with the symbol of food.

Whatever he had signed must have meant the same thing.

"Aye! Sh*tty hair!" He continued, the redhead stuck his head back in the door before he stepped in again. "Don't tell a f*cking soul that I asked... but do I talk too quietly..? Or too loud.?" He asked as he slipped his black tank top on and looked back at him as he took his phone out.

Bakugou slipped his uniform jacket on as well.

'No. When you're mad you yell a little louder than normal. Sometimes you yell without meaning to, mostly to me and Uraraka. And I think you talk a lot quieter than you yourself intend to a lot of the time. But the volume is actually pretty good.~K'

Bakugou nodded to him. "I figured I was. I kept trying to remember how it felt." He motioned to his throat. He couldn't have just stopped talking. That would be giving up. And he wasn't going to let his disability win. It was worse than f*cking Deku.

Kirishima nodded understandingly and signed something.

"You know I don't f*cking know that bullsh*t, Kirishima." He snarled.

'It means 'You're the most manly guy I know'. Aside from Crimson Riot of course. You're a jerk sometimes but you're really respectable and strong, ya know that?~K'

"Kiss-a*s..." Bakugou mumbled upon reading it, he glanced up at Kirishima as the boy laughed. "You're manly too and all that gushy bullsh*t. Get your a*s downstairs so I can get dressed." Bakugou said as Explosions formed in his hands threateningly but his expression didn't match his threats at all.

He almost seemed pleased at Kirishima's words.

Kirishima nodded and pressed his fists together as he grinned before stepping out of the room, leaving Bakugou to get dressed for the day.

~

(Kirishima)

Kirishima moved his things over to the door as the others that had work studies did the same. Bakugou came downstairs with his bag and plopped it down by the kitchen counter without taking his gaze off his phone. Kirishima took out his own phone.

'You good bro?~K'

Bakugou glanced up from his phone, looking around the room until his eyes met Kirishima's. He nodded once and then moved to the kitchen to get something to eat. Kirishima followed, grabbing it and sitting at the table with the others.

Bakugou stood off to the side and ate by one of the windows, watching the sun rise silently.

"Hey Kiri! Before you guys go!" Kam yelped as he stumbled down the stairs.

"Hmm?" Kirishima hummed as he stood up. "What's up?"

"Aizawa finally decided what our punishments would be." Kaminari spoke, out of breath by the time he reached Kirishima.

"Oh yeah, I had nearly forgotten about that..." Kirishima rubbed the back of his neck with a frown. Their teacher had apparently nearly forgotten about it as well. Kirishima figured that what happened at the arcade was punishment enough for all of them and that putting more on top of it would be a bit much.

"So had we, but he's said we're going to have to meet him once you're home from your work study in the classroom." He nodded. Kirishima sighed but nodded as well. The two boys fist bumped, Kam running back up the stairs to get ready for classes when the others finished off their breakfast and grabbed their bags, getting ready to make their way to their work studies.

Kirishima waved goodbye to Midoriya, Uraraka and Tsu with a smile, nudging Bakugou to do the same, he only flipped them off and walked in the opposite direction.

"Sorry guys, I'll talk to him. See you guys later!" Kirishima called as they slowly went out of view. The redhead turned around and moved to catch up to Bakugou, walking shoulder to shoulder with him.

"I know this is taking advantage of the fact that you can't hear, and it's the least manly thing I could possibly do, but you've really been a jerk lately dude. I mean I get it, I really do. You feel left out, or inferior or whatever. But we've all been trying our best to get along with you, and make you not feel left out. You're kind of making it hard tho-"

"Sh*tty hair." Bakugou interrupted quietly. "I know you're talking." He said with a frown. He walked with a slight slouch as usual, hands shoved in his pockets.

"I know you know but-" He cut off as Bakugou raised a brow at him and nudged him, eyes glancing to his pocket where his phone was usually kept, suggesting silently that he text him. He took out his own phone, opening his texts with Kirishima.

The boy looked at what his name was set to on Bakugou's phone and smiled brightly. It was just two emojis; a rock and a shark.

'You set my name to a rock and a shark?~K'

'your name is too long - you do it~B'

Bakugou offered his phone to change the name but Kirishima shook his head.

'The emojis are fine.They fit well. Let me guess, you have a lightning bolt for Kam, an alien for Mina, and tape for Sero?~K'

Bakugou glanced up and backed out of their text messages to show that he only had three chats unmuted, his parents, and Kirishima. The groupchat was muted, but it didn't say there were new messages so he at least checked on it. All the other messages were labeled by people's numbers.

'people are mainly texting me because of this - no point in saving their numbers~B'

He motioned his hand up to his ears, glancing at Kirishima. He shrugged a bit.

'Well, if you would learn sign language, we wouldn't have to text you. We've all been learning it, hoping that you will too. It's actually pretty useful too, since none of the other students know it, we can talk from across the room without a sound and nobody knows what we're saying. It's great.~K'

"G*d he sends f*cking novels..." Bakugou muttered aloud, moving his phone closer to his face, seeming to forget that Kirishima was walking right next to him, even though their arms were brushing against each other. Kirishima chuckled lightly as Bakugou gently pushed his glasses up on his nose.

The blonde sighed heavily.

'ill look at it~B'

He shoved his phone back in his pocket, clearly indicating he was done with the conversation. Kirishima beamed as he put his own phone away and held up his hand a bit, Bakugou glanced at it and gently pressed the back of his own hand to Kirishima's forming a lazy fist bump of sorts as they arrived to the spot where the car was supposed to pick them up.

(A/N): Hey guys, again I kinda gave up on updating this because it didn't really take off as much as I wanted it to, but I do have a lot more of this written, as I've kind of been writing it for myself. 
So this is only chapter 8 but I have like- 22 chapters written, so if you guys want this to continue, please let me know so I actually have a reason to start posting this again XD