I Can't Cope Alone (A Kamijiro FanFic)

Chapter 5

JIRO'S POV

"But you did something to help! You zapped the villain, Kaminari. trust me, I saw it." I said. I took a bold move and rested my hand on his back. "Jiro," Kaminari whispered, tears now streaming down his cheeks. Seeing him cry made me want to, but I couldn't, or I'd just make it worse for him. "Jiro, I messed up. Somebody suffered 'cause of it. My own classmate. I bet he doesn't even know who he is or why he has a tail right now. He doesn't know his parents or siblings or whatever. I messed up so bad." he sobbed. I bit my lip.

KAMINARI'S POV

I'm such an idiot. I knew Ojiro was hurt bad, but this was horrible. I wanted Jiro to stay so badly, so when she got up, I grabbed her arm. "Stay here. Just a little longer." I whispered, staring at the floor. She sat back down on my bed. "Ojiro'll pull through. Don't blame yourself. It isn't your fault." she whispered. I hated this. Here  I was, sitting here, crying my eyes out while my classmate comforted me. I wiped my eyes, but the tears just kept coming. My head hurt from all of this crying and guilt and confusion. Somehow, in some way, having Jiro with me made me feel a lot better. But it still hurt. Then, Jiro did the thing that I least thought she'd do. It didn't even cross my mind that she would. She started singing. I know this sounds immature, but it calmed me down pretty quickly. It also put me to sleep. Fast. My dream was happy. Ojiro was fine and Hagakure hadn't betrayed us. If only, I told myself. If only.

MIDORIYA'S POV

"They're letting us go see Ojiro and I'm going now. Anyone wanna come with?" Kirishima asked. "You mean monkey man? Naw." Katchan said with a grunt. "Sure. I'll go." I said, standing up and closing my thirteenth copy of my Hero Analysis For The Future. "Hold on. I'll come too." Kaminari said from the top of the stairs. He didn't look like himself. Less peppy, if I'm taking a wild guess. And I think Sero, Kirishima, Todoroki, and I were the only ones who noticed.

OJIRO'S POV

The monotone beeping of a heart monitor. Every part of me was exhausted. My tail... Okay, so I have a tail. Stay calm, Mashirao. My tail and head hurt especially. Certain parts of my memory were missing, but most of it was still there, luckily. I guess I forgot that I had a tail. My eyes wouldn't open, but I heard a voice. It was small and scared but I recognized it. Barely. It was clearly different- but it was Kaminari's.

"I'm so sorry, Ojiro. If you hadn't protected me, you wouldn't be in this mess." It was my own choice to help you, I wanted to tell him. My mouth wouldn't move. "If only I'd moved faster or done something better... maybe you'd be back in class and everything would be normal. I can't believe I let this happen to you. I am so, so sorry." Something landed on my hand. A drop of water. No, a tear. Kaminari was crying. I wanted to tell him that it would be fine and that it wasn't his fault. Suddenly, though, an agonizing pain as sharp as a knife cut through my head. 'DOCTOR!" Somebody screamed, "SOMEBODY GET A DOCTOR!"

JIRO'S POV

I was in the common room when the door flew open. Kaminari, Kirishima, and Midoriya were back already. I thought they'd take longer in there. They all looked pale and confused. "You guys! What happened?!" Ashido cried, bolting up from her chair. "It's Ojiro."

"His heart stopped at the same time he got a second wave of his concussion." Midoriya explained. "It wasn't pretty." Kirishima interjected. We were all shaken by the news, but the three who had visited Ojiro were the most. "Is he alright, ribbit?" asked Asui. "We don't know. We were kicked out as soon as it happened." Midoriya replied truthfully. I really just wanted to talk to Kaminari. He was on the verge of tears. And I was concerned about Ojiro. We all were. I felt Kaminari would need a lot more comfort that Ojiro nearly died (or worse), and saw it happen. I pulled Kaminari outside.

"H-Hey, you okay? Kaminari?" I asked. Kaminari sighed. The lightposts flickered out. "What if they blame me for what happened to Ojiro? He's gonna die, Jiro, he'll die." I could tell he was about to cry. "The only one who blames you is you." I lightly pressed two fingers on his chest. "Stop feeling guilty. I... I don't like it when you act this way." The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them. "I like it when you're so happy all the time. I want you to feel all happy again." He looked up at me, his tear-streaked face almost glistening in the moonlight. I carefully watched as one last tear rolled down his cheek. "Y-You do?" he whispered. "Yeah. It's nice when you're happy. I don't like seeing you like this." I replied softly, blushing. He turned crimson as well. "Thanks."

Sorry this chapter is a bit shorter than the rest. I hope you've enjoyed the story so far, even though I feel like I need to add a few more Kamijiro moments. I'm currently listening to Hero Too from BNHA Season 4, and now realizing that Kaminari starts harmonizing before the second chorus. It's nice. Again, I hope you're having pleasure reading this. I love writing it, that's for sure!