Captions On (Kiribaku Fanfic)

~22~ Water... But Also, Apple Pie

Bakugou POV

"Hey!" I call out to Kirishima, hoping he hears me over the sound of the TV. He turns around in response and smiles at me. However, upon seeing the exhausted and kind of defeated look on my face, he drops his smile and replaces it with a concerned look.

I drop all of the bags I'm holding and open my arms wide. Kirishima looks confused at first but quickly realises what I'm asking of him and he runs up to me, enveloping me in a tight hug. I squeeze back as I lay my head on his shoulder. I can't remember the last time I had such a comforting hug. My mom wasn't really big on hugs or prolonged touching and my dad really just did what she did most of the time. I didn't get very many hugs from them as a kid, which was fine, but it left me pretty touch starved in adulthood. Plus, with my terrible attitude and habit of bullying anyone who got near me, I didn't have any friends to ask for one when I needed it either. Having him here's a nice change of scenery.

I eventually start crying a little. It's just tears at first but it soon escalates to shaking and sobbing. I'm not sure how loud I'm being but Kirishima doesn't seem to mind. He rubs small circles into my back and gives me gentle kisses every once in a while. As my crying increases, he starts running his hand through my hair and tightens the hug.

I'm not sure how long we stay like that but I eventually stop crying and he loosens his grip a little bit. I pull away and kiss him as a thank you. It's not a big gesture but I'm too tired to talk at the moment and he seems to understand that and leads me to the couch. As I sit there, wrapping myself in blankets to try to stop shaking, he puts away the groceries I picked up. I'll try to cook a little later. It'll probably help me calm down as well, but I don't trust myself to not get cut while my body's acting as if I just sat on a working washing machine. I put my hearing aids in and stream music into them from my phone. It's nothing much, just songs from some playlist I made while I was drunk but it's the only music I have and I feel like I need a distraction.

Eventually, Kirishima comes back and sits next to me, rubbing circles into my leg. He can see that I'm still shaking and gives me a hug once more. This seems to calm my body down and it stops shaking. Just like that. All it took was a hug from him. I have a feeling that if it was anyone else, I would have just pushed them away, but I feel safe with Kirishima. He's seen me at my worst and still decided to stay.

I give him a quick hug back and slowly unwrap myself from the blankets. I stand up, losing my balance a little at first but quickly regain it and head over to the kitchen to make dinner. I get all of the ingredients out and start making the filled peppers and lamb I had been planning. It goes smoothly and soon, I'm placing the food on the table for us to eat.

Kirishima comes over and we sit down and dig in. I can see that he's enjoying it and it puts a small smile on my face. I'm glad he likes it. I mean, I mainly made it for him. I take a little, not sure how much I can stomach before feeling sick. I can never eat much after crying. That's probably the reason I got so skinny after losing my hearing.

Kiri gently waves his hand in front of my face and I look up.

'You okay?' He asks.

'Yeah, I'm fine, just tired I guess...'

There's a moment of silence before I speak up again.

'Remember when you said I should go to therapy?'

'Yeah...' He says back hesitantly.

'I think I'll do it.'

He seems happy for a moment and then he looks down at his food as if he's deep in thought.

'Are you sure you're up to it? I don't want you doing it just because I said so. That wouldn't be beneficial for you. I think you need to make this decision based on your choice and your choice only.' He states.

'Don't worry, I didn't do it because you said to. I mean, you gave me the hope to try again, with a new therapist, but it was my decision.'

'Ok, well I'm glad you're going to try it!'

He seemed genuinely happy about it, which made me smile slightly. I'm so glad I have people who can back me up if things go bad. I just hope that it goes well this time.

'I know it seems kind of out of the blue, telling you this and all, but I felt that you should know.'

'No, no, I'm glad you told me! If you ever need anything, please tell me! I'll even rub your toes if you ask me to!'

'Oh really? I might just hold you to that statement!'

And just like that, Kiri was able to turn an awkward conversation into a light hearted one. This is just one of the never ending reasons why I love him so much!

We finish up dinner and he cleans the plates while I make dessert. It's a simple deconstructed apple pie but it turns out great in the end. I even make homemade whipped cream. Kiri seems to love this as well and I smile once again.

You know, I seem to be smiling quite a bit lately.

After we finish dessert, Kiri picks out a movie and we cuddle on the couch while watching it. I end up falling asleep halfway through.