Purple Band-Aids (ShinKami)

Chapter Forty-Nine

Hanging out with all of his friends right before school starts is not exactly what he needed when he was full of anxiety.

Sero and Mina had come back to the dorms on Sunday and school started the next day. Kaminari was on edge, and even though the anxiety didn't make his stomach absolutely hurt, his heart still beat a little too fast.

They're all joking and playing video games, and Kaminari joins in on the fun, but it doesn't stop the anxiety.

He glances at Shinso for some sort of help, and the teen actually catches on instantly.

Kaminari knows Bakugo catches on too because before either he or Shinso can say anything, Bakugo is standing up and telling them to calm the fuck down and get to bed already because they had school the next day.

Sero whines dramatically as be flops onto Kirishima's lap. "I don't wanna."

The mention of school out loud has Kaminari standing up abruptly to calm himself down.

"I'm gonna go. Gotta start early," he says and the others frown.

"Stay," Mina whines, "we haven't seen you in forever."

Kaminari laughs. "You'll have enough of me at school tomorrow. Now let me sleep," he says and makes his way to the door with Bakugo following.

Shinso gets up quickly, too, and says goodbye to them quickly as he catches up to Kaminari.

They hadn't told their friends they were official, but they would soon. Just after they get settled into the routine of school once again and everything calms down.

Kaminari doesn't know if Bakugo knows or not.

In the elevator, Bakugo huffs in annoyance.

"If you start freaking the fuck out, tell us you're overwhelmed or just fucking leave. You don't have to stick around while feeling shitty just cause you don't wanna hurt their feelings or some shit. It's not good for you, dumbass," Bakugo scolds Kaminari.

Since Bakugo's floor is right under Sero's, he gets off first and flips them off as he walks away before the elevator doors close and takes them to the floor right below which is Kaminari's.

"He's right," Shinso says in the elevator.

Kaminari sighs, already knowing, but feeling all mixed up about it. He knows it's not good for him to stay there when he's uncomfortable. The problem is that if he just leaves his friends, he'll start feeling either guilty or left out because of it.

It's overwhelming having shitty mental health.

That's an understatement.

"You can't keep doing that to yourself."

Kaminari grabs Shinso's hand and shakes it aggressively. "Agghhhh," he groans out loud.

Shinso just watches in amusement before the doors open and they exit.

"Weirdo," Shinso says.

Kaminari doesn't say anything until they're in his room.

He turns to his boyfriend and grips the back of his shirt, hugging him. "Hug me back," he demands.

Once Shinso fulfills his demand, Kaminari relaxes and feels his muscles start hurting.

"I know it's not good for me to stay somewhere even though I'm..." he trails off, thinking of a word to use, "overwhelmed."

Shinso rests his head on top of the blond's.

"I just worry. I know they'll understand, but I'll feel bad anyway. And then sometimes I feel left out. All because of my stupid ass shitty brain."