Blind Tears | KiriBaku

Cant You See Me? | Kirishima

My vision is getting worse everyday. I'm going blind soon.

Although I'm not fully blind yet, my ophthalmologist says I'll be completely blind by next year. The only way to help this is if I get eye surgery before that. But do you know how much that stuff costs? 500,000 yen. I can't afford that right now so I'm working a part time job. This all happened because of an incident with Denki's quirk. It really didn't make sense at the time but I don't question it.

My mom doesn't believe me when I say I'm going blind. She just gave me a pair of her old glasses and told me to go to school. Sure the glasses helped a little, but for how long? Before I know it I'll be fully blind and helpless.

But what about Bakugou--( or the others of course)? They could help, right?

No. I won't tell them about this. Especially not him . He'll think less of me, won't he? He'll think I'm unmanly. Weak, even. He knows about the incident but I haven't told him about the outcome. I'll just work hard, get paid, and get the eye surgery. He doesn't need to know.

—

I lay on my bed staring at the ceiling. I roll over on my side, picking up my glasses on the bedside table. I sat up on the bed and fixed my hair. I had to get up for school and on top of that; work.

I rub my eyes, everything's dark. Is this what it'll look like when I'm blind? Just an empty void filled with my thoughts and morals? I shake off the thought and put my glasses on, standing up to get changed.

I walk to the bathroom and cup my hands to fill them with water, splashing it on my face. The cold water calms me. I look at myself in the mirror and remove my glasses. Bakugou never liked my hair, the big round glasses just make it worse. My thoughts were interrupted by my mother, who was standing in the doorway. I didn't even see her in the mirror. Is my vision this bad?

"You alright Eijiro? You haven't seemed like yourself lately." She consoled me by putting her hand on my shoulder.

"I'm fine." My response was more aggressive then I intended. I just don't understand how she won't listen to her own son when he says somethings wrong, but she'll ask how I am anyway?

"I see.." She responds, as I walk passed her—my backpack brushing against her arm—and out the door.

—

I arrive at the school, my legs aching from walking that far. I don't live too close to the school and they don't have dorms yet.

I must've been daydreaming, because I walked right into the railings and fell down on the steps. "Why're you so damn clumsy all of a sudden?" Bakugou was walking next to me the whole time. How didn't I notice? Right, cause I'm going blind.

"Oh, Hey Katsuki." I respond with a soft chuckle, scratching the back of my neck. "Get up." He scoffed and held his hand out for me to pull me up. I just noticed how he wouldn't even make eye contact with me.

"Thanks man. Wanna walk to class together?" I ask just to break the awkwardness. He stands there for a second and walks off without a word. It's like he doesn't see me..ironic. That's normal though, right? I mean it's Bakugou after all.

—

I lay my head on the table as Aizawa Sensei continues with his lectures. I'm not sure if he knew something was wrong or not, but he would so often give me a slightly concerned look as if to say, "Everything okay?"  I'd just lie and nod my head.

Bakugou would also give me uneasy stares, did they know? But this is different, Bakugou is practically ignoring me. As class ended he just stood up and left. We usually walk to his house together. Well, of course I'd pretend to go home and just go to my job, but that's not the point.

Did you find out, man?

Can't you see me, Katsuki?