They started doing everything together.

Working out together, cooking together, hanging out so much with each other.

They had bored themselves out.

Playing board games, video games, and just plain old being around each other and the four of them were so utterly bored and tired.

But then Kaminari announced that his medication started working after a long ass time, and they were all happy for him.

They had congratulated him and felt so grateful that they actually worked because Kaminari had been getting really bad mentally. Plus, now whenever Kaminari went to go get his pills from Bakugo, he seemed happy about it.

They were working, and Kaminari was hopeful.

Bakugo liked the attitude switch. Seeing him come for his pills before was horrible. Kaminari looked like he was about to get executed or something, but now he's got this small smile on his face that makes Bakugo feel like a proud older brother.

Okay, sure, Bakugo is barely any older than Kaminari, but he's older, so what fucking ever.

Bakugo and Kaminari don't have siblings, so the brotherly love is important to them both, and they really don't want to lose it. They finally have the sibling they always wanted.

So when Kaminari announced the great news, Bakugo and the two other teens started planning out everything to celebrate. It was going to be an all day type of thing. A movie that Kaminari had been talking about was coming out the following week, so they planned for that day.

It was going to be fun for the blond, and they were going to make sure of it.

Since it was going to be an all day thing, they decided to save the movie for last, so they ordered tickets for 8 at night.

They'd get breakfast, go to the mall, go to an amusement park, eat, then to the movies. Breakfast wouldn't be too early. They don't want to start the day off that early because they'll be exhausted if they start at 8.

They go to the mall often since Kaminari likes looking around a lot. It's not really about buying, but looking at the nice clothes he has the option to buy, but just doesn't.

It's just fun walking around with his friends while drinking a soda or coffee and trying on ridiculous clothes that they'll never wear.

Shirts with flames on them.

Leather pants with cheetah print.

Cowboy hats.

The whole works.

They don't tell the blond until it gets closer to that day.

The movie is also kept a secret from him.

~~~~~

He's all ready.

Rings from his birthday on, wallet with him, and he likes the way he looks.

Sure, it's just some sweat pants, low converse, and baggy shirt, but it makes him feel good and he feels like he looks good.

Masculine.

He's allowed himself to spend more than  usual, but only because he knows he'll save the rest. He has to. Just in case.

They all leave, Todoroki and Bakugo in the front and Kaminari and Shinso behind them, both 'couples' standing close to each other.

Kaminari wants to make it official. Wants to tell Shinso that he's more okay with dating.

He will. Today.

He took his anti-depressant when he woke up and his anti-anxiety medication at the time he usually eats breakfast.

Today they're eating breakfast at 11, but it's still morning so it's fine.

The three boys with phones had made sure to notify their teacher about their plans for today, and the man was fine with it as long as they called him if something happened.

Breakfast was spent laughing and poking fun at each other for different things.

Bakugo was teased for tripping this one time during training. Todoroki was teased for that time he froze Sero during the sports festival.

Shinso was teased for making friends so quickly right after he said he wasn't there to make friends. And Kaminari was teased for horribly embarrassing himself whenever Shinso was around.

It was fun and lighthearted.

Kaminari sure as hell felt light.

Next was the mall.

Where, of course, they went insane and tried on a wide variety of clothing. Ranging from overpriced suits to galaxy cargo shorts.

Seeing Todoroki in shorts, long socks, and a ridiculous crop top that only covered his nipples had them all wheezing and taking pictures of the once in a lifetime moment.

They all had their photos taken when they came out of the dressing room wearing the most ridiculous outfits.

Kaminari in a lime green turtle neck with cats all over it and some workout leggings had him laughing so hard he cried.

Shinso had the honor of putting on a night gown that he almost tore with his huge ass arms.

Bakugo put on some jeans, with a denim shirt, and a jean jacket and the ugliest scarf one could find. He said he'd taken inspiration from Best Jeanist, which had Shinso on the floor.

Honestly it was crazy how they hadn't gotten kicked out of that one store yet.

They calmed down after a while, just looking around and laughing some more. Kaminari's friends just looked happy for him.

Then was the amusement park.

Kaminari really hadn't had a problem all day with people and when he arrived at the amusement park, it was no different, thankfully.

The four teens got on as many rides as they could, all four of them loving rollercoasters.

They were also not ones to really get sick on rides no matter how much they rode on them. It had also been a while since they ate, so there was that, too.

It got really hot after a while, so they decided that they would have dinner already. It was almost six, so they had been at the amusement park for hours.

They also made sure to keep Aizawa in the loop about where they were going next and when they got there and such. Just for the man's sanity. It also didn't take up a lot of time to just let him know.

Todoroki had been paying for everything, and even though Kaminari felt guilty about it, he was also proud of the teen.

Rebelling against his bitch ass dad took guts.

Kaminari knows how scary dads could be.

Todoroki also decided to pay for everyone's dinner. He seemed so happy about it that no one protested.

"So when they went to your house, your mom just, smacked you? Like in front of All Might and Aizawa?" Shinso asks and then takes a gulp of his soda.

Kaminari and Todoroki just watch the two.

"Yeah, crazy bitch didn't give a shit. It's not like Aizawa and All Might did anything, well, not at the time. Aizawa talked to me about it and I didn't know, but he had also told my mom that her fucking attitude and behavior towards me was shitty," Bakugo explained.

Shinso scoffs. "Your mom sounds lovely."

"Oh, she is. She'd love to meet you," Bakugo says sarcastically.

They all laugh except Todoroki. "Can I meet your parents?"

And the reason why is so obvious that it has Bakugo's face turning a dark shade of red at the question.

"No, stupid," he whisper-yells.

They are at a restaurant after all. A fancy one. Todoroki chose it.

"I want you to meet my mom," the other says.

Bakugo sips his soda angrily, trying to distract himself from the situation as the other two teens watch in amusement, cocky smiles etched on their faces.

Man are they loving this.

"Whatever," Bakugo hisses.

Todoroki smiles. "She says she wants to meet you."

Bakugo shoves Todoroki's cheek so that he turns away from him. "Shut up. Oh my god."

He's so embarrassed.

Kaminari and Shinso have to bite back laughs.

"Okay."

They get their food a little while later and holy shit does it smell good.

Kaminari is already drooling as he cuts his steak.

With a full mouth, he looks up at his friends, "Sho, whuh are ve dun afther thith."

"Fucking gross," Shinso laughs, shoving Kaminari lightly, eyes fond, "you'll see after."

Kaminari smiles at being called gross, and swallows his food. "You understood me?"

Shinso rolls his eyes. "Of course. You do this every time we eat. I had to learn quickly."

"You two are cute."

Fucking Todoroki.

"Thanks man. You too," Kaminari replies and Todoroki actually has the audacity to look shy after everything.

They finish up after a while, and Todoroki and Bakugo stand up to pay at the front, leaving Kaminari and Shinso alone at the table for a bit.

It's now or never.

"Shinso?"

"Hm? Yeah?" Said teen asks, looking up at the blond.

"I'm not sure if you still want to, but I think I'm ready now. You know, to date? You know?"

Shinso smiles. "Yeah I know, and I still do. Kaminari, will you be my boyfriend?"

Kaminari covers his face, smiling stupidly. "Yeah."

When Bakugo and Todoroki get back, the two teens are still red, but before Bakugo can open his mouth to say anything, Kaminari interrupts him, saying they should go to their next location.

Bakugo huffs, but leaves it be and they start leaving the restaurant.

Thankfully, the movies were close to the restaurant, so it was a short walk, but Kaminari didn't know what movie they were watching.

He tried to guess and take a peek at the online tickets that Todoroki showed the workers. And then when Shinso asked to cover his eyes, Kaminari tried to peek at the name of the movie with no luck.

It wasn't until the movie started that he figured out what they were going to watch and he almost blew up.

Just right then in his seat.

~~~~~

Todoroki had, of course, bought them all popcorn and chocolates. Bakugo and Todoroki shared one bucket of popcorn while the other official couple shared the other. They all got their own chocolates and soda.

Sure they had just stuffed their faces, but hey, they need to eat to bulk up, right?

Once the movie was over, they walked out of the theater and Kaminari was practically bouncing off the walls with how excited and grateful he was.

"You guys are so great. Oh my god, I love you all," and went on a rant while gripping Shinso's hand, smiling in between his friends and boyfriend.

Boyfriend.

His fucking BOYFRIEND Y'ALL.

Once they exit the movie theater, they finally call it a day, and decide to head back to the dorms.

They're still just outside the theater deciding how to get back, either walking, the subway, or ordering an Uber when Kaminari hears that familiar voice behind him.

"Denki."

He absolutely fucking freezes and his smile falls, staring at Bakugo who was in front of him talking at the time, in shock.

Bakugo makes a weird face at that, and looks behind him.

A firm hand on his shoulder (that's not Shinso's because Shinso is holding his hand right now and couldn't physically reach his arm like that without Kaminari noticing) startles him and Shinso reacts too late.

"Denki wha-"

Shinso let's go of Kaminari's hand to shove the man away angrily. "Get the fuck off of him you gross pig," he shouts, absolutely fuming and Kaminari can't move.

That's his dad.

His dad touched him.

Gross.

Oh god it's so gross.

He feels so dirty and he needs to shower, but he can't let himself spiral.

Not now.

He's FINE.

Kaminari hears shuffling around him and some yelling, and Kaminari makes sure to not turn around.

He starts getting pulled by Todoroki away from everything and he's talking to Kaminari. Definitely talking to him and Kaminari can hear him, but he has no idea what he's saying.

All he's doing is trying not to fall back into the memories that should stay locked away.

He blinks and Todoroki puts his ice cold hand on Kaminari's cheek, and it snaps him out of it, gasping for air.

He didn't even know he was holding his breath.

Todoroki flinches at the reaction, scaring both of them, and Kaminari keeps blinking, feeling more aware of his body.

Not good because he can still feel Todoroki's hand on his wrist, and he pulls back so hard he feels bad because of the shock on Todoroki's face.

He feels the phantom touch of his dad's hand on his shoulder.

The tightening.

Possessive.

"Shit," he finds himself saying.

He takes deep breaths and exhales heavily.

Trying to get his fucked up breathing back to normal when he hears footsteps coming behind him.

He turns so fast, it hurts his neck, but his body relaxes when he sees it's just Bakugo and Shinso. Sure, he should've known it was them, but he had to be sure.

Kaminari is shaking.

Like really bad, and Bakugo whips out his phone while Shinso walks up to him carefully, thanking Todoroki for pulling him out of the situation.

"Hey, you with us?" He asks, and Kaminari nods.

"I-" he clears his throat, nodding again. "Yeah."

Everyone hates this.

Why would his dad even go up to him? To scare him? To let him know that he still has power over Kaminari? To feel some sort of superiority?

Kaminari then looked around and saw that they were a good block or two away from the theater, so he walks backward to the wall behind him and let himself fall on his ass painfully on the floor.

He still felt so much.

"Aizawa's on his way."

It's just a small speed bump in his road to recovery. It's fine.

"Guys, it's fine," he says, and not even Kaminari believes himself, so he starts laughing.

It's ridiculous, and his whole body shakes with the force of the laughing and he covers his face. "Sorry, sorry."

He clears his throat and stops laughing but when he looks up and sees their faces, he starts laughing again, harder. He shouldn't be laughing. Not when it's a serious thing. They were worried about him.

They might think he's annoying and faking it now because of this.

It's past ten and he realizes he's made it most of the day without freaking out like just now. He's been out all day. That's pretty good.

If it wasn't for his dad going up to him, he might've made it the whole day out without having a breakdown.

"Shit, I'm sorry, guys," he apologizes again, and calms down, deciding not to look up.

The other three don't say anything, and Kaminari suddenly feels embarrassed again. He's embarrassing himself. He just scared them all and started laughing about it.

"It's not your fault, Kaminari," Shinso finally says, breaking the silence, and crouches down to the floor with him.

"My dad just, uh, really scared me back there," he laughs.

"We're really sorry we didn't react fast enough. He touched you," Shinso says with a wince.

"Nothing he hasn't done before," he blurts, and really he should just kill himself right now.

Like this very second.

Who the fuck says that?

Dammit, they're definitely telling Aizawa about that comment.

"I shouldn't have said that. That was fucked up," he admits and drags his hand over his face.

Shinso looks restless, so Kaminari grabs his hand, squeezing it. He's really sorry. They were out celebrating him and he ruined it.

He can't look up to see the looks on their faces without feeling like he should die, so he just focuses on Shinso's hand in his.

At least he'll have something more to tell Arai for his next session.

~~~~~

Aizawa gets there fast.

Well, it didn't feel fast for the teens, but it was fast.

He parks fast, and runs to them, leaving the car on. "Kaminari? Are you okay?" He asks, crouching down to meet his eyes.

"Yeah," he says, looking away.

Holy shit this was embarrassing. "Just saw my dad, got a little spooked, and then Todoroki dragged me over here."

"That was not a little spooked, Kaminari," Todoroki says, ratting him out.

"Bakugo told me he grabbed you," Aizawa comments, and Kaminari feels dirty, involuntarily squeezing Shinso's hand. He didn't even notice he did until Shinso squeezed back.

"It- it wasn't like that. He just gripped my shoulder," he says, ashamed, putting his hand on said shoulder protectively.

The feeling of his dad's hand just gripping him, makes him tense up. He hates it.

"He touched you. He went near you. You have a restraining order against him, no?" He asks, and the blond nods.

"Yeah, but-"

"No buts, this should be reported. That's illegal, Kaminari. Do you want to report it?"

As soon as Aizawa is done asking the question, Kaminari shakes his head.

"Please, no. I just wanna leave."

Or die, either one is fine.

Mr. Aizawa nods in acknowledgement. "Okay, kid. Let's go."

With that, they all get in the car, Kaminari sitting in the passenger seat because he can't do bodies pressing up against his.

Kaminari still has no idea what happened with Shinso, Bakugo, and his dad by the time they get to the dorms.

He wants to know, but he doesn't know if he can handle anything right now.

He just takes his shoes off once he's in his room, cuddling Smushy. He practically ran out of the car as soon as Aizawa stopped it, muttering a quick bye and thank you, so it was no surprise when there was a knock on his door.

Shinso.

Kaminari didn't feel like calling out that it was open.

"I'm coming in. Let me know if you don't want me to. Three," a pause, "two," another pause, "one."

Shinso opens the door, spotting Kaminari under the blankets with Smushy right in his arms sleeping comfortably.

"Hey, Kami."

He kneels on the floor and puts his head on the bed.

A tear falls from Kaminari's eye, and Shinso frowns.

"Do you want me to go?" Shinso asks.

Kaminari doesn't want him to leave.

He wants him here.

The blond shakes his head.

"Stay. But-" he squeezes his eyes shut, not wanting to look Shinso in the eye, "I can't do touch right now. You can get in with me."

Shinso's heart squeezes in sadness at the display.

"Okay. That's okay."

With that, Kaminari's eyes open in some sort of shock or something. More like relief.

"Here, I got your sleeping pill from Bakugo. Take it for me?" He asks, sticking out his hand with the pill and the  grabbing the water bottle near them when Kaminari takes it.

Shinso's glad the pills work.

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Yk what? This is the best chapter I've written in a while😭😭😭 anyway I celebrated Easter yesterday even tho it's today, but it was so damn fun oml. Anyway x2 I hope this made up for the cliff hanger I had y'all on😗😗😗 LMAOOAHHAGHA😭😭 I started watching black clover like a month ago and I still can't get into it. I've only watched like 14 episodes but I hope it gets better because no way am I watching that if it stays uninteresting. Anyway x3 I hope y'all liked this chapter. Next chapter will go up next Sunday at 8pm central time. I love you all and tysm for reading<3