Next in Line | ShinKami

XII - "Love..."

Shinsou

Kaminari swung one of his electrical disks on the wall in front of us, throwing ones on the rods as well as we ran.

We heard a blast from the other side of ground Gamma. Kaminari pointed his finger at his lips to indicate for me to keep quiet.

We heard metal rods falling down onto the ground with a loud thud. "They're really going at it, aren't they?" Kendo whispered, deflating her hand as she finished moving the rods to form a makeshift cage.

"Bakugou is probably angry he was paired with Monoma," Tetsutetsu answered, whispering as well. He returned to his normal skin form and stretch a bit, a few muted cracks coming out.

"We camp out and wait for them to get here," Kaminari overviewed, "Shinsou will brainwash Monoma and make him walk into the cage."

Hearing Kaminari say 'Shinsou' doesn't feel right.

"I'll be fighting Bakugou because out of the four of us I'm the only one that can handle him," Tetsutetsu replied, the three of us nodded.

"Kaminari you're against Pony," Kendo pointed at Kaminari and he nodded in agreement.

"Cowards!" Bakugou yelled out, indicating for us to split up towards our opponents.

×

"Good match," Kirishima offered his hand, Kendo taking it and shaking it with sportsmanship.

Monoma was mumbling to himself in anger and Bakugou was writing down notes, Midoriya helping him since he could only see the part of the training session he was in.

Pony tried calming Monoma down to no avail. She tried getting Kaminari to electrocute him a bit, but he was already brain fried.

"Hitoshi--" Kaminari whined and fell onto me, causing me to have to balance ourselves, he giggled a bit, "we did a good job didn't we."

Why is it that every time he's brain fried he's so cute? Which is odd, because he acts like a drunken child.

He pulled away from me and ran towards Kirishima, jumping onto his back as he praised himself for winning.

Bakugou glared from a distance but calmed down as he realized it was Kaminari touching his Kirishima.

Kaminari whispered something to Kirishima I couldn't quite make out which caused him to push Kaminari off of his back and whisper-yell at him.

I guess it was a private matter. Not my business.

I shrugged and took a deep breath. I stretch a bit and made my way to the two previously quirkless boys who were both jotting down information instead of just one of them.

×

Third Person

Shinsou squeezed the stress ball in his hand as he watched Kaminari and Ojiro laugh at something Shoji said while Tokoyami watched from the side, trying to hold his own laughter.

Kaminari turned to look at Shinsou, their eyes connecting and his smile fading. They stared at each other for a bit, Shinsou eventually breaking eye contact as he stood up from his seat.

The insomniac set the stress ball onto the kitchen island and walked off, squeezing his hands shut as he started to ascend up the stairs to the 3rd floor.

Kaminari's eyes followed the insomniac and he sighed, trying to get back into the conversation he was having but he could only think about the insomniac. He felt himself start to disassociate and he pardoned himself to his room, nodding his head at his childhood friend and his friend group, and made his way upstairs. 

Kaminari bit his lip as he passed by Shinsou's room, stopping in front of his door and then stepping back in front of Shinsou's door. 

The blond put his hand up to knock and took a deep breath, his hand hitting the door softly. The door opened meer seconds later and Shinsou stared down at Kaminari, his expression seemingly non-existent.

Kaminari looked over Shinsou, the small redness around his eyes and the tip of his nose barely showing up. 

"Toshi..." Kaminari put his hand up to Shinsou's face and put it away almost immediately, biting his lip as he rethought his actions. "H- Have you been crying?" he whispered.

"I-" Shinsou looked away from the blond and took a step back into his room, starting to close the door, "I'm fine."

The door shut in front of Kaminari and he heard the lock's automatic closure. Kaminari curled into himself as he stood and looked down at the ground, making his way into his room, the same locking noise following after as the door closed.

"I-" he whispered to himself, "I'm here for you, Toshi..." Kaminari sniffed as tears came down his cheeks, "I- I'm sorry. I love you..."