Lightning Serenade

Chapter 88: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

~*~ Lightning Serenade: Christmas Special ~*~

A/N: Hi guys! Here's the Christmas Special literally nobody asked for! I was going to skip it, but because these Christmas songs are so important to this fic, I figured I better pay tribute. Not my best work, but I think it's lighthearted and fun. It's about to get pretty heavy in this final arc of Lightning Serenade, so I think this is a great way to kind of lighten the mood before we get into it! This has no effect on the timeline of Lightning Serenade, but it is a numbered chapter just to keep it consistent across all the platforms I post on. Feel free to skip it if you want! You won't miss anything relevant to the main storyline!

"You can stand to spend one fucking night away from your boyfriends," Bakugou grumbled as he forced his way into Denki's apartment, throwing him his outfit of choice for the night and glaring at him until Denki conceded and started getting ready. "It's not like we're taking you away for the actual holiday or some shit. Besides, the Class B extras are doing something else that they'll be invited to."

"That's not what I'm worried about," Denki muttered to himself under his breath, but Bakugou didn't hear through the bathroom door as he quickly got changed.

Besides, based on the outfit of choice Bakugou had shoved in his hands, he was going to have an absolute blast. It seemed like he might not have to sit and mope about in jealousy after Tetsutetsu had come knocking, pulling Neito and Hitoshi out with him after forcing them to get bundled up for a day of snowboarding and skiing on the mountains, sending a rushed apology to Denki for not allowing him to tag along.

"Class B only, dude! You know how it is! I know Class A is doing something, though!"

Denki only had time to sulk for about five minutes before Bakugou was threatening to blast the door in if he didn't let him in.

The door was already unlocked, but Bakugou was in one of his moods, so it was sure to be a fun adventure.

Denki wasn't protesting, but Bakugou was rushing him around and throwing demands at him like he was. Denki didn't care. It was kind of nice to be back in the swing of things, actually. He had to laugh when he imagined Neito dealing with this kind of thing every day as he worked right with Bakugou at his agency, but he knew that Neito could give it right back.

Denki made a mental note to request to shadow Bakugou's agency soon, preferably a patrol with both Ground Zero and Phantom Thief. Oh, how fun that would be! He could already imagine Bakugou mouthing off to a civilian only for Neito to really lay on the charm thick. Bakugou would get angry that Neito would dare think that he could do anything better than he could, and the very aggressive civilian fanservice would begin.

"The fuck are you smiling at?" Bakugou barked.

"Nothing, nothing," Denki soothed, rushing to catch up with him, eager to get to their destination.

He beamed up at the building.

"Denki!" Sero blared, throwing an arm over Denki's shoulders. "Roki's got the place rented out for the day, so it's just us! No huge lines to worry about!"

"Or ticket takers to try to deny you entry based on your quirk," Todoroki added, joining the group in front of the entrance to the indoor waterpark.

Denki smiled cheekily and shrugged. "Oh, they wouldn't have succeeded, anyway."

"It's dumb that they still try, though," Sero complained with a frown before moving forward, shoving his way through the doors.

The humid air carrying the smell of chlorine hit him, and he was hot on Sero's heels, whooping and hollering to get the party started. He threw his outerwear, phone, and keys in the changing room and joined his former classmates in the water.