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kamisero

kaminari slammed his dormroom door behind him, grumbling as he fell down onto his bed. another sparring session left him angry and useless, and made him the laughing stock of most of his classmates. he yelled, punching the wall next to him, only resulting in bruised knuckles.

he buried his face in his hands, starting to cry out of frustration. rain fell outside and pattered against his window. the calm scene outside made kaminari feel even more out of place, and did nothing to calm him down. it was getting late, and he continued to cry, cursing himself and his useless quirk.

he held up a finger and watched through teary eyes as little sparks came out of his fingertip. when he was little, he used to use his quirk like this to help him fall asleep; it was a calming motion, and it also helped him get some of the energy out. now, all it did was remind him of how much of a failure he was.

a soft knock on the door made him jolt. "uh, who is it?" he answered lamely, hurrying to wipe his face and hide any other signs of weakness that weren't obvious before.

the door slowly opened, and in popped sero hanta's head. "hey, kami, are you alright?" he asked, making eye contact and realizing that he wasn't. "woah, dude..." he said softly, entering kaminari's dorm and shutting the door behind him. "what's going on?"

kaminari's face grew hot with embarrassment. "i'm fine." he tried low, trying to hide the exhaustion and sob in his voice.

"uh, yeah, nice try," sero said, kneeling at kaminari's bedside and putting a hand on his knee. "tell me what's wrong."

kaminari paused for a while, trying not to let hard sobs out of his throat. it didn't work, and eventually he exploded into a fit, sobbing and babbling. sero moves up onto the bed and let kaminari cry into his chest as sero rubbed smooth circles into his back.

he eventually calmed to a soft cry, gripping sero's sweatshirt a little less tight. "god," he finally said, his eyes focused on sero's hand at his side. "i'm just so useless."

"hey," sero moves so he could meet kaminari's red eyes. "don't talk like that. you know that's not true." he said, daring to wipe away a tear on kaminari's cheek with his thumb.

kaminari leaned into sero's hand on the side of his face. "every time i spar with someone, i feel so... stupid, and weak. i'm so sick of it, i don't know what to do."

sero wore a worried expression. he paused for a moment. "what can i do?" he asked softly.

"stay," kaminari answered fast. "stay for the night, please."

sero smiled sadly. "of course."

they shifted, so kaminari's head rested on sero's chest. sero kept a hand in kaminari's hair, running it through and calming him down. the rain outside started to patter harder, become a more calming sound.

"kami?" sero asked as they both drifted off.

"yeah?"

"i love you."

kaminari hesitated. "i love you too."