"Alright, my mom has been bugging me like crazy, but I think it's finally time I invite you to my house this weekend. My family is travelling over here, and I want you to meet them. Also to actually have time to talk to my parents if you wanted," Shinso says all at once while they're studying in the library.

"What?"

Kaminari is just shocked and honestly really nervous because this is Shinso's family and that's a big deal. They just started using each other's first names more recently. 

Meeting more of his family is a big thing. 

"You don't have to, but I'm asking if you'd like to come over this weekend," Shinso offers, giving him a way out.

Kaminari's anxiety would really like to take that way out, but another part of Kaminari is really excited that Shinso is actually asking him to meet more of his family. Shinso actually wants him to.

"I- okay, I'm going to be really nervous and awkward, but yes, I would like to go over to your house."

With that, they both go back to studying for another ten minutes on their own before question time. 

Question time is when both Shinso and Kaminari ask each other a question that they may have about the lesson. Then the other person either helps them with that question, or tells them they had the same one before working together to find an answer to it. 

It's very effective. 

Since they study for two hours every other day, their grades have shot up, and Kaminari has moved up in rank even more. 

Once they're done with studying, they put their stuff away and get ready for bed. Studying helps them wind down, especially since it makes Kaminari exhausted to the max. It's so boring. 

Since they showered after practicing skateboarding and before going to the library, they said goodnight and went into their own rooms. 

Shinso had to miss school tomorrow for a dentist appointment, but he would still be getting up at the same time as usual to get ready for it since it was so early in the day. It was a routine appointment, nothing out of the ordinary.

Smushy hopped up onto the bed and curled up into Kaminari's side.

He doesn't keep her in his dorm all day, that would be mean of him. He let's her roam around on his dorm floor with his room door open while he studies sometimes.

Other times he just takes her downstairs to the common area where most of the class pets her and gets along with her.

As he pets her, he slowly feels his medication start working, falling asleep in a few minutes.

~~~~~

The class was getting ready to internship more with hero agencies.

Last year, they spent a little time with the agency that chose them and Kaminari didn't like his, so when another agency offered him an internship this year, he took it right away.

Aizawa was discussing with each one of them one-on-one what the benefits of choosing the right hero agency could do for them.

They'd already discussed their abilities and assets, so all that was left was actually interning.

They'd spend three weeks with this agency.

It was kind of scary.

After three weeks of interning, and one extra week to write it, a report to Mr. Aizawa was to be turned in about the internship. A minimum of two pages.

The class was excited and on edge. A lot of people, like Kaminari, would be interning with different agencies than last time.

Then there was Shinso who hadn't interned at all with an agency.

He was still in the general studies course when the hero course did this, so he would be interning with a whole new agency.

He had to spend extra time with Mr. Aizawa discussing things.

Now here they were, reading and signing the contracts they were offered. Kaminari had thoroughly read his and knew what the new agency expected him to do.

Shinso was interning at an agency pretty far from Kaminari's, and Kaminari had to drop Smushy off at a cat hotel type place when his internship at started. He'd already made calls and figured the whole thing out. Sure, it took a dent on his savings, but after talking to Mr. Aizawa about the cleaning, he figured it would be okay.

It was for his cat, so the money would be spent well.

He hated spending, though.

It made him nervous about what would happen when he graduated.

Just over thinking that he needed to stop because his anxiety would shoot through the roof if that continued.

Once the class took the time to read and sign their contracts, it was time for hero training.

They didn't have lessons planned for today because of the contracts, so after they ate lunch, it was straight to hero training.

Everyone stretches and the tension in the room fades when the bell for lunch rings.

Talking so much about their futures made the class kind of curious and just a little bit nervous about the future and what it held in store for them.

They'd had too many run-ins with villains, and if any villain caught word of where each one was interning, there could be some problems, and no one in class wanted to deal with problems like that.

It was scary to be sought after.

Bakugo, even if he didn't show it, was terrified of going out solely for that reason.

"When I went with Arai this morning, she gave me the papers I needed to turn into my agency so that they know what medications I'm taking," Kaminari tells Shinso quietly.

"Oh shit, I forgot you had to do that."

"I forgot, too," he says before adding, "Bakugo takes medication, too, but I'm sure he has that covered. I'll ask him about it later," Kaminari decides out loud, keeping his voice down so only Shinso could hear him.

With a nod from Shinso, they let that conversation die, and start up a new one, louder and including their friends.

"Are you guys nervous about your agencies? None of us are going with the same ones he had last time. And then this is Shinso's first internship," Kaminari says.

In the lunch line, Mina sighs dramatically.

"Yes."

Sero and Kirishima nod really hard, agreeing.

"You, Bakugo?"

The blond huffs, not looking at them and not answering.

So yeah, he's maybe not doing as great as Kaminari thought he was.

"We should have a movie night to relax," Mina suggests.

"Ohh and we only chill in a dark room with lots of blankets and snacks so that we can be comfortable and just laze around," Kirishima adds, sounding excited.

"That 'dark room' being mine," Sero laughs, waiting for everyone else to get their food since he was first.

"You have the best TV," Shinso shrugs.

Everyone hums in agreement.

~~~~~

So they'd been having movie nights for three days in a row, and even though Kaminari was able to move his schedule around for them and still do what he needed to do, Bakugo didn't like the change in his routine.

The movie nights lasted long, and Bakugo always started getting ready for bed at 8.

It was his ritual.

His routine.

The first two days, he let it slide and he only complained slightly, but he was obviously losing sleep.

The third night, he finally said something at 8.

"Fuck this. I'm leaving because I'm tired and I have a schedule for a reason," he huffs, standing up with his pillow and blanket.

Kaminari looked at him as he stood up, wanting to also leave because he wanted to get ready for bed, too, but also not wanting to because he was having fun with his friends.

"Goodnight, Bakugo," Kaminari told him quietly.

Bakugo just grunted, and left the room.

Mina was already falling asleep so she hadn't noticed and Sero was so engrossed in the movie that he didn't even look Bakugo's way.

Kirishima just pouted slightly before an explosion from the movie got him distracted.

Kaminari should probably talk to Bakugo.

The next day, Kaminari did talk to him.

It was weird to bring it up at all because usually Kaminari tried not to start a conversation such as this one, but it was for Bakugo.

"Yo blasty," Kaminari calls, knocking on said teen's door.

After some stomping was heard, Bakugo's door swings open aggressively and Bakugo glares at Kaminari.

"What?"

Kaminari rolls his eyes and laughs, walking into the room.

"I know this internship stuff is stressing you out. It's change. It's scary even if it's not for long," Kaminari decides to start.

Bakugo crosses his hands over his chest defensively and shrugs.

He's not denying it, but he's having a hard time accepting that fact, and also the fact that other people know.

"I just wanted to see how you were doing because it's hard. Also, I wanted to ask if you submitted the forms for the medication you're taking to the agency you're going to," Kaminari admits.

Bakugo sighs heavily.

"Listen, I don't know why I'm being so fucking weird about the shitty ass internships, but it's pissing me off that this shit is getting to me. Yes I turned in those forms for the medications, and I'll be fucking fine. I go to therapy and shit, so it's not like I'm bottling everything up anymore," Bakugo rants.

Kaminari listens intently, nodding at the information.

"Aw, are you gonna miss me, Blasty?" Kaminari teases.

"Fuck you. Leave."

Bakugo points at the door turning around to do something else.

"No, now we need to spend every waking moment together. We have to have sleep overs now, too," Kaminari says jokingly, which makes Bakugo laugh just slightly.

"Dude, go bother your cat and boyfriend," the angry blond suggests.

Kaminari pouts, lips sticking out stupidly. "Fine."

As he walks over to the door, he does so in an annoying manner, feel slapping against the floor loudly while swinging his arms.

"Bye Blasty. I'll bring my fluffiest pillow for our sleepover tomorrow," Kaminari jokes, before closing the door just in time to avoid the pillow being chucked at him.

He just hears the soft item hit the door and laughs loudly as he makes his way to his room where Shinso said he would be waiting for him.

It's a short trip, it doesn't even take five minutes before he's in his room, pressing a kiss to Shinso's lips, both smiling dumbly which makes them break away from the kiss.

Kaminari experiences this a lot. Where a surge of joy overwhelms him. It's a strong feeling, and it usually makes him feel weird because it's so strong.

Shinso has that power, though.

He can make Kaminari so overwhelmingly happy, that it makes Kaminari feel like he has to hold his chest.

It was a few hours before another movie night was supposed to take place with the squad, and rather than go about their schedule, Kaminari and Shinso decided that making out would be a better way to fill up the time.

Kaminari was feeling more confident in himself recently.

He felt more desired and good about himself, so allowing himself to just make out with his boyfriend and enjoy himself became something new.

With the way this was going, he was sure that in time, he would start opening up to the idea of sex and its intimacy rather than fear it and never want to explore that with Shinso.

He liked when Shinso's hands would grip his waist.

When Shinso would randomly hug him.

When Shinso's hand would rest on his thigh.

When Shinso wanted to kiss his neck.

He liked that.

It was scary before. It would trigger him and give him anxiety. He would curl in on himself and want to die when anything remotely close like that happened to him, but now it's okay.

It wasn't fear-inducing.

It didn't give him crippling anxiety or flashbacks.

It was fun and enjoyable.

Shinso was so good to him and Shinso actually loved him and was patient with him. And now he wanted Kaminari to meet more of his family.

When Kaminari brought the whole intimacy thing up with Arai once again, she was happy to hear that he was opening up. Before, she was proud of him for knowing his boundaries and that Shinso respected them, and now here she was, still proud of him for knowing his limits.

He was a bit shy to bring it up during therapy.

But she had already heard the disgusting stories of when his dad took advantage of him, so talking about intimacy in a positive way sounded better.

That's why he decided it was a good idea to bring it up at therapy.

He knew that it wasn't going to make him better. That just because he became somewhat okay with intimacy, he was already one-hundred percent better. He knew that, but he was getting somewhere.

That he had gone from timid hugs to sitting in his boyfriend's lap with his hands tightening around his waist as they made out was proof that he was healing from the horrible trauma that he'd experienced for so long.

Something like this seemed impossible for him before.

Before everything came out and everyone knew what gross and humiliating things he'd been through.

It was like he only pictured a future of pure fear and loathing. Maybe that's why he wanted to die so much all the time. Because he only pictured a future where he would still have to endure more pain. Both mentally and physically.

Arai had gone through the sex talk with him and boundaries multiple times. She'd talked about how some victims of rape, especially at young ages could develop hyper sexual tendencies or even despise sex altogether.

But she also talked about how there were millions of survivors that ended up okay.

That they had healthy sexual lives and were okay with the idea of sex.

Every case is okay, though, she had said. And she said it every time to make it stick in his mind.

No matter what the outcome was, as long as he had come to accept his trauma and overcome it, every outcome was okay. It was okay if he never ever wanted sex or intimacy. It was okay if he became hyper sexual. It was okay if he wanted regular sex.

Everyone heals differently.

He was embarrassed every time. His therapist knowing that he's thinking about sex was kind of something that he didn't want.

It was funny, though. She is a great therapist and she never made him feel guilty for anything. She was a therapist so that was her job, but he knows that some therapists are not cut out to be therapists. He'd read up on getting therapy before everything happened, and he'd seen the stories of the bad therapists.

The ones who faulted the victims or survivors. The ones who made their patients feel guilty.

The ones who took advantage of their patients and their vulnerability.

It was scary, but he's glad that he got Arai.

She is really good at what she does.

She's only been patient and real with the blond. Everyone in his life has been. His teacher, his friends, his boyfriend.

He got so lucky and blessed for having them in his life.

He doesn't know if he'll ever become okay with sex, or if he'll stop being so depressed and anxious, but he has everything he needs to live a normal life. He can still become a hero, have a partner, have friends, and have great role models in his life.

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This is THE END. LMAO nah we still got the epilogue so enjoy that 😭😭😭(fyi it's less than 2000 words and the ending is cheesy💀). The picture in the next chapter is a screenshot I took of the chapter names of ideas I had for the next fic. It will be a todobaku. Anyway I thought that the chapter names were funny. Those will not actually be the chapter names LMAO, but I would make a new 'chapter' or wtv whenever I had a new idea so they just kept piling on. some of them were really funny so I thought I'd share💀 the dates on the last time I edited those chapters really tells you how long I've been thinking about this fic💀 by the time this comes out, I'm already gonna be working on making actual chapters based on the ideas I had☝😋 I'M SO EXCITED. ALSO Someone DMed me on here and asked if i was okay cause of the self harm scenes in one of my fics BAHHAZ. Y'all I'm really okay now I'm like four months clean or smth😈. Y'all are so nice and tysm for looking out for others<3 ANYWAY ENJOY<3