• Chapter Forty •

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Kirishima's pov

I took a breath and sat down beside Bakugo, on the bed.

"I'm not mad at you. I just wanna know what happened." He tried to reassure me but ultimately failed.

I turned my body to face him, crossing my legs.

"Baby, you know I love you, right?" I asked him, worried that what I would say next would make him angry.

"I know you do. I love you too."

"I.." The words wouldn't leave my mouth, leaving me quiet for a few seconds.

"You can tell me anything." He copied my earlier actions and crossed his legs, facing me. His hands were now holding mine in the space between us.

I looked at him and sighed, "Denki.. he told me that he.."

I started feeling guilty. It wasn't my place to tell his secret. Quickly, I tried to think of a 'secret' that I could tell instead.

"He what?"

"He.. he told me that he was feeling down. As in-"

"Depressed?"

I slowly nodded. It was true, he even said to me that he was feeling more..numb I guess. He looked unlike himself. Like he'd lost his energy and enthusiasm.

"..Oh."

"Yep."

"And that's why you was holding his hand?"

"..Uh Huh."

I looked away from Bakugo, feeling more guilty.

I didn't notice until the action was done, that Baku had pulled me into his lap. My legs were on either side of his with my hands on his shoulder and upper arm. He wrapped one arm around my waist as the other hand clenched a piece of shirt near my upper back. His head layed so that he faced downwards, resting against my chest.

"I'm sorry I got angry. I was jealous. It's not your fault." He said, muffled.

One of my hands slowly ached its way to his hair, playing with it softly, "It's okay." I whispered.

•••

The time was now a couple minutes past midnight. Bakugo was fast asleep next to me but I was still wide awake.

I'd been trying to sleep for around three hours and I was still unable to. The whole conversation with Kaminari was playing on repeat in my head, for some reason.

Speaking of the devil, I had just gotten a text from him.

Denki
Hey, can we talk?

I sighed.

Me
Yeah sure. What about?

Denki
I think you know what it's about..

Me
Just wanted to check.

Denki
I know it's late, so I'm sorry for asking, but can we meet up? Like now.

Me
What why?

Denki
I need to speak to you in person.
So can you meet me?

Me
...Where?

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