Overprotective. A shinkami story.

chapter 2-- invitation

-Denkis POV-

Crap. Crap crap crap. Seriously, how pathetic could he get? Denki asked himself this as he hid in the boys bathroom so he didn't have to go to class and face Shinsou. Crap.

The last thing he needed was to go to class and get that usual pitying look. There was literally no chance of convincing Shinsou he was smart after the guys with the baby food yesterday. Jesus. He was so screwed.

But his phone buzzed-- it was Sero asking where the hell he was. He sighed. He knew he couldn't hide forever. He'd just have to go and face the music.

He walked to class with slow coordinated steps, trying to delay interaction for as long as he could. He didn't want to charge anyone's phone, he didn't want to talk to people who thought he could barely do basic addition, and he sure as hell didn't want to talk to Shinsou. But he didn't have a choice.

"Bro!" Sero greeted him by shoving a cord and phone at his face. "Can you please charge this for me?"

Fed up with Sero, Denki grabbed the USB and put it in his mouth. Then he sent about 50 watts through it. It charged his phone significantly but his charger was fried.

He tossed the phone back at Sero and sat back in his seat.

"Mornin'." Shinsou said from beside him, making him jump.

"Oh, uh, hey." Denki stammered. "How's it going?"

"What the fuck is a polynomial? I swear to God, I'm going to flunk out." Shinsou slammed his hand on the table and took a swig out of his water bottle.

"Um... What do you need help with?" Denki asked hesitantly.

"I dunno, everything?" Shinsou said, "I have no idea what it means by degrees and I'm 95 percent sure I was listening when they taught this."

"Oh. I can help you with that if you'd like?" Denki offered hopefully. Shinsou had just offered him the perfect opportunity to prove he wasn't an idiot, and he didn't even know it.

"Could you?" Shinsou looked up at him suspiciously, "why?"

"Ummmm... Because I know how to do it?" Denki said, "its actually relatively simple. The degree is just basically the value of the highest exponent in the equation. They made it sound a lot more complicated than it actually is." He stopped himself before he started ranting.

He noticed Shinsou staring at him, resting his chin in his palm. "What?"  He asked uncertainly. Now what?

Shinsou blinked and inhaled sharply, turning back to his paper. "Nothing. Its just you're making like a million times more sense than the teachers did."

Denki snorts, "that's because the teachers never taught someone with ADHD. No, I learn from the textbooks. I can goof off in class without losing any brain cells."

"Yeah, cuz you don't have much braincells to lose, dunceface." Bakugou said sarcastically.

"Hey, lay off, man." Shinsou snapped before Denki had a chance to respond.

"And what's it to you, Eyebags?"

"Do you get paid to be a dick, or is it just a hobby?" Shinsou asked.

Bakugou looked between Denki and Shinsou, a contemplative expression on his face. "I'm a dick for a reason, you know."

Shinsou smirked, "Oh, yeah?" He asked. "Then what's his name?" He jabbed his thumb at Denki.

Bakugous eyebrows shoot up. "Kaminari. Your point?"

"Holy shit." Denki blurted out. "You're saying you knew my actual name this whole time? I thought you just called my dunce face because you didn't know it." Now that he actually said it that didn't make sense. They'd been classmates for a while. It wouldn't make sense if he didn't know his name.