The lost continent

Chapter 20

“Captain!” Kirishima says, loud enough to cut through Bakugou’s daze. He holds his hand over his eye from where Bakugou accidentally punched him in his frenzy to do whatever it is he was trying to do, half asleep.

Bakugou looks to him, eyes on the verge of something terrible. Kirishima knows something’s wrong, but Bakugou cuts short his thoughts - “Get out.”

“What?”

“Get out.”

“Captain-”

“ Get. Out.” Bakugou near roars. “Fucking sleep somewhere else.”

Kirishima looks at him, bewildered. His stomach flip flops and his cheeks feel hot with the sudden threat of tears. “What do you mean? What’s wrong?”

“Stop arguing with me.” Bakugou shouts. “Get your ass out of my fucking room!”

Kirishima stares at him, angry and confused. He’s still sleep dizzy, trying to let Bakugou’s words sink into his brain. What did he do?

“That’s an order , Kirishima.” Bakugou says, his voice cool. He sounds terrifying, and looks it ever moreso, the way the dark circles beneath his eyes make him look gaunt and ghost-like. His eyes though, are the most chilling. Kirishima can’t read him at all.

Kirishima feels his lip curl up in irritation. “Fine! You’re being ridiculous, Bakugou.”

" That’s Captain! ” Bakugou says, sneering. “Need I remind you of you fucking place ?”

Kirishima feels like he’s feeling too much at once, and it’s making him numb. He hears Bakugou’s words, and they settle within him, deep and sore, but he can’t make sense of him. Was he still dreaming?

Either way, Kirishima puts on a pair of pants and storms out of the quarters, perhaps slamming the door too hard, as he hears something fall inside the room. He had barely slept for a couple hours, judging by the still-darkness of they sky. He was to shout and scream, but he thinks he’d wake the crew, and he’d rather not have the rest of them involved in whatever argument Bakugou was so keen on starting.

“Kiri?” Mina asks, dipping her head over the railing of the top deck. Kirishima looks up at her. He’s not in the mood to talk, but he acknowledges her anyways.

“Mind if I sleep in your bunk?” Kirishima asks. She sighs and nods. “I’ll explain in the morning.”

Kirishima would rather be with her than be exiled to the rest of the crew- it was degrading, having Bakugou kick him out of his room. Kirishima knows he’s been penting up something for a while, what with his bitter attitude surfacing more and more, but he can’t for the life of him figure out why Bakugou won’t talk to him about it.

He lies onto Mina’s bunk and faces the wall. When she comes in he pretends to be asleep, though he knows she knows better.

He hears her sigh, and listens to her get ready for bed, the sounds of her brushing her hair and washing her face calming his nerves and helping him relax. Her weight next to his in her bunk is foreign compared to Bakugou’s, but he appreciates her soft sigh and kiss to his temple, and murmurs his thanks before he falls asleep.

“Whoa.” Mina says, when she sees him in the morning, at breakfast. Kirishima woke early, unable to really rest. He climbed over her and started his day numb.

Kirishima laughs a little, pressing his fingers into the bruise over his eye. “Nightmare got a little out of hand.”

" Maybe the stone is cursed?” Mina asks.