Iida leaves Kaminari to fend for himself as soon as Bakugo enters the kitchen. Probably to finish his run even though he told Kaminari he'd relax today. The class President does not know what relaxing is whatsoever.

Kaminari feels a hundred times more guilty as Iida waves goodbye then forces himself to look at Bakugo over his mug of tea. The coffee was already brewing.

The other blond looks surprised to see Kaminari here so early, but one look over, and Bakugo knows.

His eyebrows furrow and he sighs, walking over to start making breakfast in the kitchen.

"What happened?" He asks the other who's sitting.

Kaminari bites his lip, looking down at the mug Iida gave him. It was Iida's mug. The navy blue is nice and the mug is obviously taken care of correctly. Mineta broke Kaminari's mug a while ago and he didn't tell anyone, so if Iida was looking for it, that's why he couldn't find it.

"Nothing."

"Don't lie."

He doesn't know what to do. He knows he shouldn't leave, well, he doesn't know if he can because he's so sore, but he can't be alone either now.

No matter how much he tries to deny it, he's not it the right mental state to be trusted alone.

"I don't want to talk about it."

Bakugo nods, taking that as a valid answer and Kaminari feels so blessed for friends like that.

"I kinda want Shinso right now. I- he's just been- I've bothered him a lot recently."

It feels good to admit that, really. Yeah, he feels guilty for having to rely on others so much, but it actually helps. He also doesn't feel like he can talk at the moment. It feels like too much.

"I will kill you if you say that shit again. That purple idiot likes you, and talks about you so damn much that I know almost everything you two do together. It's fucking disgusting, really, but he likes when you go to him. He feels special or some shit. His words, not mine."

Kaminari smiles down at his cup, tears gathering in his eyes.

Bakugo continues to move noisily in the kitchen.

"I'm making breakfast. What do you want?"

He knows Bakugo had seen him because his question felt cut short. Kaminari wipes his eyes aggressively.

"Shit, sorry. I had no sleep. Um, I'm good with anything light. Not feeling too hungry, but I still want to eat before we go out."

"Tch, if you apologize again I'm making you listen to Deku rant for three hours. I can pay him to do it. Ask Mina, she'll tell you," Bakugo threatens.

His entire body hurts, especially his legs and head. It felt good at the time, so damn good. Blocking the disgusting flashbacks and making his mind focus only on the physical pain, but now, he just feel crazy.

"I'm gonna go to therapy," he decides out loud.

He looks up to Bakugo for approval and he just nods. He's turned away from Kaminari, but he's obviously proud.

Kaminari might start crying again.

"Good. Now, do you want fish, too, or just rice and egg?"

He really can't eat a lot. He might throw up. He ate breakfast before his run but it was so little and he feels so drained so he needs something more.

"If it's only one egg, then I'll do fish, too."

Bakugo nods.

While the other gets to cooking and preparing food, Kaminari takes deep breaths, trying to be smart and mentally stable.

Bakugo takes a deep breath after a while as Kaminari collects himself before turning around and setting his hands on the counter with a heavy sigh.

"You need to fucking take care of yourself. You have us, too, so stop avoiding us and do something for yourself. Be fucking selfish," Bakugo scolds.

Kaminari blinks.

He blinks many times. Maybe five or six as they look at each other.

It makes Kaminari anxious because damn he just cannot keep eye contact without feeling like he's going to explode.

"You got that?" Bakugo asks.

Kaminari nods and Bakugo turns around to get back to what he was doing.

Kaminari finishes his tea and places the now empty mug on the counter. He needs to wash it but he'd definitely walk weird. Not in the weird as before where his bottom was in pain because of Kisho, no, this is Kaminari's doing. He did this to himself.

He needs to wash the mug.

Iida's mug.

"I had a nightmare, well, a memory in a dream and I think I woke Kirishima with how loud I was. I screamed," Kaminari blurts.

Bakugo nods again, making sure that Kaminari knows he heard and was paying attention.

"Did you go back to sleep?"

"No. I decided to go on a run since I couldn't. I didn't stretch right. On purpose, so my legs are sore. Iida scared me halfway through and I accidentally shocked him. He brought me back and made me tea. My legs hurt. Obviously," he laughs at the end.

"Did Kirishima offer you help before?" Bakugo asks.

Kaminari remembers the cuts on his head from where he was gripping so tight.

"Yeah. He asked if I wanted Shinso, but I felt like I was bothering him too much lately. Yes, I know you said he felt special, but at the time I just felt guilty. He deserves a break."

It's embarrassing to admit all of this but Bakugo is someone he trusts with his whole soul.

"Dumbass."

"Yeah, I know."

The conversation tapers off again and then Momo walks in, yawning and stretching as Bakugo finishes up. Just then Iida comes back and grabs a water from the fridge, gulping it down before looking over at what Bakugo is doing.

"How did you finish already?"

"I only ran around once."

Kaminari is shocked but also kind of expecting that from Iida.

Just as Bakugo finishes serving everyone, Todoroki walks in with the worst bed head in the world. It's so bad, but one look at Bakugo and you can tell that the boy is whipped.

"Eat up, assholes," Bakugo curses, pushing out plates, only handing Kaminari his.

"Why would we eat assholes?" Todoroki asks.

"Please shut up."

Todoroki listens but watches Bakugo's every move.

They're so weird it's cute.

"How come you're awake so early, Kaminari?"

Kaminari turns his attention to Momo. He shrugs slightly.

"Bad dream, couldn't go back to sleep."

Iida nods, too, acknowledging his answer. Todoroki is too busy making heart eyes at Bakugo to really listen, plus he looks tired beyond belief.

"What's up with you, Todoroki?"

Said boy looks over at the blond, surprised, and kind of embarrassed.

"What do you mean?"

"You look like you slept for two minutes," Kaminari almost laughs.

Todoroki smiles and pats down his hair a bit. It doesn't help at all and out of the corner of his eye, Kaminari can see Bakugo fighting back a smile. So fucking cute.

"I always wake up like this."

Kaminari looks over and Momo and Iida for confirmation and gets it from both of them.

"It's true."

"He's not lying."

Kaminari can't help but laugh. It's only a little and it makes his abs hurt because of the running, but it feels good. It feels good to laugh.

Bakugo easily talks to them and it makes Kaminari happy that he's opened up so much. It's not easy and Bakugo was someone that Kaminari had a hard time seeing getting close to people that weren't part of the Bakusquad.

It's so nice.

He smiles as he watches the other blond banter with the others, laughing along with them and smiling every now and then.

He want's that too.

He want to be open and happy and smiling and healing.

Therapy it is.

~~~~~

Bothering Shinso is the first thing Kaminari does when he gets upstairs which is so slow if you ask him. It hurts a lot to do anything, but he's looking forward to going out more than he was earlier.

Shinso opens the door since Kaminari didn't have the key Shinso gave him with him at the moment.

"Hi," Kaminari greets.

"Are you okay?" Shinso immediately asks, letting the blond in and grabbing the blanket Kaminari loves to use every time he comes.

Kaminari nods. "Yes and no."

Shinso tilts his head sideways in confusion, wanting a clearer answer.

"I had a nightmare, well, more like a dream of a flashback and accidentally woke up Kirishima. Couldn't go back to sleep so I decided to go running, but not for a good reason. Then Iida scared me and I accidentally shocked him but brought me back to the dorms and made me tea. Then Bakugo went down and made breakfast and I also talked to him. Had breakfast with him and others and then decided to come bother you."

"I feel better, but I'm so sore."

Shinso nods, taking all of that in.

"What do you mean by not in a good way?"

Kaminari has already made himself comfortable in Shinso's bed.

"Ran so much it felt like I was on fire and didn't stretch enough to make sure I got that result."

Shinso nods reassuringly. "I thought I said you could come bother me."

"You did. I felt like I was taking advantage of that too much, though."

Shinso looks at the blond from where he's sitting on the opposite side of the bed, thinking of what to do.

"Wanna play Monopoly before we have to go?"

Kaminari lights up.

"Yes."

~~~~~

Kaminari ended up losing but his mood had shifted so much and he felt so great.

Fuck therapy.

He's still going to therapy, but he feels good.

"Yeah, so he jumped super fricking high and his quirk had nothing to do with it. He just has freakishly strong leg and feet muscles," Kaminari rants, talking about this guy who jumped really high apparently.

Shinso has listened to every word as they go around shopping with the others.

He nods and motions for the blond to continue, and he does. Shinso is ecstatic and could scream.

"Yea- OH! I almost forgot the best part. His friend came in and said he could jump higher, but when he tried, he bumped his knee on a table that was right next to him and almost cried."

Kaminari is laughing so hard and Shinso finds it infectious so he laughs along.

"That's so fucking stupid. What else happened?"

Kaminari catches his breath and trips slightly as he does so.

"Dumbass," they say in unison.

Then they look at each other with shocked faces and fingers pointed at the other, and since they both had the same reaction, they start laughing all over again.

It's easy for them to fall into a comforting conversation afterwards, not noticing how their friends smile at their cuteness. They're oblivious to each other's stares, but the others notice and it's so disgustingly cute.

When they pass by an edgy looking shop, Kaminari stops walking. "Hey, Shinso, look."

Said teen turns and walks the small distance to Kaminari, looking at what he's pointing at.

"Wanna learn with me?"

Shinso looks at him and nods before they both enter the shop.

They spend so much time goofing around and picking out which ones they want for themselves before they finally make a decision and give the poor teen working some slack.

"Will this be all?" The teen still smiles and is polite the entire time, making the other two even more apologetic.

"Yes, we're sorry for all the commotion," Kaminari apologizes.

They pay and the employee waves the apology off with a smile.

"Be safe."

They grab the skateboards they each chose and head out, excited to start learning.

"You chose a dumb skateboard," Shinso pokes at Kaminari.

"Not as dumb as yours."

Shinso frowns, almost pouting.

As soon as they see the next shop, they remember about their friends. Oops.

Shinso takes out his phone and sees no messages from them, so he decides to contact them first.

Just a quick text to the group chat to ask them where they went, and Mina replies instantly saying they left the two.

"They left."

Kaminari frowns.

"Was I that annoying?"

Shinso laughs, shoving him slightly, "No, shut up."

They decide to head back, no real reason to keep shopping since they already got something they really wanted.

The long way seems better especially since they haven't gone to visit the cats in a while and Kaminari misses them. Even if Shinso doesn't say it, he misses them, too. However, Kaminari has his mind set on a goal. And that goal is to make Smushy like him.

It's quiet as they walk, both happy with just each other.

Once they get to the alley, they spot Smushy, Kaminari putting his skateboard down and getting to work.

Operation Get Smushy to Like Us is till a work in progress, but today, Smushy walks right up to Kaminari and they are both so shocked by it, that even Shinso stays quiet as to not scare away the black and white cat.

The cat presses itself on Kaminari's leg and outstretched hand.

"No way," Kaminari whispers.

He goes to pet the cat slowly, and she's a bit hesitant at first, but then she lets him.

SHE JUST LET HIM.

It's all fine until two other cats start fighting and Smushy runs away, hissing.

Kaminari pet her though.

He stands up, eyes wide and smile big. "I pet Smushy!"

The taller smiles at the blond. "Yes you did," then he frowns, "cheater."

He turns away, feeling petty. He's been trying to get that cat to trust him way longer than the blond and he just waltzes in and gets to pet Smushy first?

Stupid traitor cat.

"Aw, are you salty?" Kaminari teases.

"Shut up."

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Yesterday was so good oml im still not over it. No one was gonna be home and my mom spent it with my dad so I did the baskets with my friend. I got her beads and string to make bracelets so we made bracelets and she made one for her crush 😈 super cute. I made two with the demiromamtic and demisexual flag colors but there was no gray:( LMAOO AND I'M SO FUCKING PROUD OF THE BASKET I MADE HER I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES AGGH. Anyway I got no sleep because I'M DUMB and I ALSO GOT ACCEPTED INTO MY MAJOR AT MY TOP UNIVERSITY WWTFFFAAAAAAAA. ALSO (again) I GOT A HAIRCUT IT'S SO GOOD ALSO(again lol) SORRY FOR POSTING LATE IM SORRY okay im done i hope yall liked this chapter and because im so cool im updating on new years eve and on Sunday both at 8pm central time. I love you all and tysm for reading<3