A Love That Blossoms (BakuKiriKami)

Chapter Twelve: The Funeral

Denki's POV

~huge Jerry Timeskip~

It seemed so unfair. Cruelly unfair. I was a hero in training, I wasn't blind to the fact that there was heartbreak and harsh realities. I just thought that it would be the funeral I would be attending, not my best friend's.

Goddammit.....

I wish it had been me.

It should have been me.

I blinked back tears as Aizawa went up to speak at the podium, not that I was paying attention. I was too stuck in my self-pity to think of anything else. I knew I should be trying to keep a smile, trying to cheer up the others, but I couldn't.

A bird chirped in a nearby tree, a wave of rage washed over me, how could anything be so fucking cheerful at a time like this. This was unfair. This wasn't right.

The bird chirped again.

A zap.

A gasp.

I could feel everyone's eyes flicker towards me for a second, I ignored them. The bird deserved it.

Kirishima tried to put his hand on my thigh, but I pulled away.

I glanced up at the picture of him set up on the grave. I felt my heart squeeze and writhe in pain, and finally the dam broke. Tears made their way down my face, my quirk flickered and wove beneath my skin. I felt like I just wanted to scream, I wanted to scream at all of them that it wasn't fair. I wanted to tell them all it was all their fault.

After Aizawa was done speaking, he made his way over to me and hugged me tightly. I didn't know what else to do, so I just hugged him tightly back. I buried my head into his shoulder, tears streaming down my face. Aizawa's shoulders shook ever so slightly, I could tell he was trying so hard to hold back tears.

He was the only one who understood my pain, after all, it was his son's funeral. Shinsou had been like a brother to me. We had been like family.

After the funeral ended, I made my way back to UA. I purposefully avoided my boyfriends, I knew I couldn't handle their pity right now.

I slipped into the training ground UA and made my way to the insulated room that Aizawa and I often trained in. It was the safest place for me to go right now, to make sure I wouldn't hurt anyone else.

Once I entered the room, I felt my legs give out and all I could hear was screaming, my own screaming. I hadn't even realized I was going to, I squeezed my eyes shut tightly as more tears fell down my cheeks. I clutched my chest, the lump in my throat wouldn't leave, my heart felt like it was being stabbed over and over again. Light flickered in the room and I felt the electricity finally break out from under my skin and filling the room.

Why hadn't I seen it sooner.

Why hadn't I saved him.

It was all my fucking fault. It was all their fucking fault.

I pulled at my hair as I pressed my forehead to the insulation pads on the ground and let out another wail.

_Flash Back­_

I knocked on Shinsou's door, "Hey Shinsou!!! Want to play mario cart or something? You've been in your room all day!!!"

There wasn't a response but that didn't bother me. We often just barged into each other's room. I opened the door and made my way inside.

"Why's it so dark in here bro?" I chuckled and flipped on the lights.

My eyes surveyed the room, before freezing on a scene that didn't make sense.