A S T A T I C [s.hitoshi & k.denki]

twenty six

"Oh Denki.." Mina found the blonde crying at his desk, the headphones over his ears as he tried to distract his thoughts with the game of whatever he was playing.

The pink-haired girl rushed over to the male, the blonde easily welcoming her embrace with watery sobs. He swapped the controller that was cradled in his hands for the warmth of Mina's hug.

Izuku came in a little late, hands full of whatever were in those plastic grocery bags - but he easily ridded them and headed over to the two and conjoining the embrace into three.

"Shhh.. it'll be fine Denks, just breathe.." Izuku had rehearsed these lines from nights and even days of consoling a sensitive blonde.

The blonde leaned into their touch with a stifle of a sob, though the endless cries didn't stop.

Apparently, his contact with his niece had been cut off. Although Izuku nor Mina hadn't met her much, the two knew how much that little girl mattered to the sobbing man that huffed shaky breaths and whimpered.

Pika was essentially another reason for Denki to live, a chance that any of his family loved him radiated off the little girl that basically looked like him. Yet that was stripped away, his name no longer a potential guardian - just a 'potential threat'.

It had been terrible, Izuku and Mina could tell from the wary eyes of their friend and just how hard he shook.

"Denks, it'll be fine - we'll get through it like always." Mina spoke, brushing the blonde locks that were still soft - despite the sight greasiness.

It hurt the science major the most, the acid she usually studied didn't scald her heart as much as Denki crying. Mina always saw him so joyous, so carefree like a butterfly defying an eagle. Yet when she saw him like this, it was like the butterfly pinned down, only seen as decor.

Her fingers ran through his locks as he held her tighter, shoving his face in her chest almost like a child, the realization hitting Mina just as it had the first time. Denki didn't get moments like this as a child, able to just go to mom and snuggle. No, he slept in the fucking doghouse.

Izuku had let go, mumbling to the pinknette about the ice cream that he'd gotten for the three of them and the rest of the goodies they got for the slowly calmed-down blonde.

"I'll calm him down.. he just, just needs a break."