8 Bit Glitch

Part 15~Electric Wisdom

Sighing, I leaned on my hand. After the training with All Might, I had woken up alone. Kaminari must have gone home but he was kind enough to wrap me in his blazer. I've been trying to give it back to him but every time I try, Kaminari runs away from me. We didn't even have any lessons so it wasn't as if I could just give it back during one of those. What did I do?! I thought we were friends. Groaning, I threw my head back, hitting it on the brick wall I had been leaning against.

"Hey, don't do that."

I jumped slightly, accidentally zapping Kakashi and throwing him away from me. "Oh shit! Sorry!"

"Nah, don't worry. That was nothing compared to sneaking up on Charlie. I didn't know you could do that though. I thought you were game characters?"

"Well, kind of. I've only done that twice now. Once during the USJ incident and now against you. I should probably try to control it." I let off an awkward laugh as Kakashi sat down beside me.

"No kidding. So, you going to tell me what's up?"

"Do I have to?"

"You don't have to but if you don't tell me, you'll never gain my infinite wisdom."

"You? Wisdom? Never."

"Hey, cheeky! Just because I never arrive to class on time doesn't mean I'm stupid!" I laughed as Kakashi slapped me playfully. 

"No no, not stupid. Lacking common sense might be a better description." Kakashi smirked, tackling me and putting me in a headlock. "Alright! Alright! You have wisdom!"

Kakashi released me as he sat back. "That's right! So tell me what's wrong."

Letting out a heavy sigh, I slumped down, curling into a ball. "My friend is ignoring me and I don't know why." 

"Did you do anything?"

"Not that I know of! He was being normal when I fell asleep but when I tried talking to him the next day, he was being weird. I just want to know what I did wrong so I can make it up to him." 

Kakashi observed me, taking everything in. "You really care about this person, huh?"

"Yeah... They're funny and sweet and they can put up with me when I haven't slept for four days." I let out a short laugh at the last point, glancing up to the sky. "He's really energetic and he tries really hard, even if he's a bit dumb. Plus he's really cute."

"Oh my gosh, you like him!" Kakashi grabbed me, spinning me so I was forced to stare up at him.

"W-What?! N-no I don't!"

"Really? Not at all?" Kakashi raised his eyebrow as I hit my head against his chest.

"No... He's just so perfect and adorable and angelic." I screamed into Kakashi who chuckled and rubbed my back.

"Get it all out, little one. So that's why you were so upset when he started ignoring you? You like him and him ignoring you is hurting you." I nodded with a small hum. Kakashi sighed slightly. "Listen, you should tell him."

I shot away, gaping up at him. "He already hates me enough! I'm not telling him!"

"What if the reason he's ignoring you is because he has his own feelings and is trying to suppress them?"

"What if he's not and he hates me for being gay?!"

"Firstly, I don't think he will. It's the modern-day, even if he doesn't feel the way, he won't hate you. Secondly, how will you ever know if you don't ask? If you don't talk to him, you could spend the rest of your life regretting it and wondering what would have happened if you had just manned up and stopped being a chicken." 

"But I can't have him reject me. I've never felt this way about anyone before... I can't risk it."

Kakashi sighed, running a hand through his hair as he stood up. "Listen, take it from one disaster gay to another, I missed my chance to talk to my first love. Every part of me still wonders what would have happened if I had talked to him before he was killed. Please don't miss your chance as I did." Kakashi ruffled my hair as he turned away.

I couldn't help but wonder who he was talking about. The sad tone in his voice echoed through my head as I finally made my choice. I was going to talk to Kaminari, even if he keeps trying to run away.

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Chewing on my lip, I continued to drag Denki down the corridors. Denki was letting out little shouts of disapproval, asking me to let him go as I rounded the corner and pushed him into an abandoned classroom.

"Hey! What gives?!" Denki rubbed his wrist with an annoyed expression on his face. Apparently, I must have looked awful cause the second he looked at me, his eyes and face softened. "Hey, Dekiru? What's wrong?"

My stomach was doing flips, I couldn't do this! I didn't want him to hate me!

"Dekiru?"

I hated it, but as Kakashi's words echoed around my head, I swallowed down my fear. "Denki... I need to tell you something. I need you to stay quiet until I'm done..." I shuffled on my feet, glancing into his confused eyes. "Listen, I'm gay and I'm in love with you." Silence stretched out. Denki said nothing. "Y-you don't have to say anything-" I started to stumble over my words when Denki interrupted me.

"Good, because I'm not going to say anything." I could feel my heart breaking from the expression on his face. Cold stone hatred etched itself into every feature of my once angelic love. "You're disgusting! I'll never love you back! Did you really think I would?!" The classroom started to break away, the monster form of Denki growing bigger and shouting louder. I covered my ears, tears streaming down my face as I tried to block out everything the monster in my head said.

"It's not real... It's not real! Just wake up. Just wake up!"

I let out a bloodcurdling scream as someone shook me awake. "Woah, woah, Dekiru! It's okay, it was just a dream." I didn't say anything, curling into Katsuki's side. I let my tears fall on his shoulder as he comforted me. I could hear faint whispering that caused me to realise I was in a classroom. The class was watching me break down!

"Maybe you should take him to Recovery Girl," Present Mic suggested as Katsuki nodded. He pulled me to my feet, guiding me away.

Halfway to the infirmary, I had started to come to my senses. "T-Thank you Katsuki. I'm sorry."

"Hey, It's okay. Oh come on, stop crying Izuku. It's just the stress. Tomorrow exams are starting and you've been working too hard." Katsuki brushed away the tears on my cheeks as I sighed.

"Yeah... It's just the stress." I wanted to talk to Kaminari. I wanted to explain to him, but I couldn't. Maybe I am just a chicken after all.