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

thirty eight

Hitoshi sat in the library with his chin in his hand, boredly staring off into space rather than the book in front of him. The teasing that Jirou lended him the other day was really getting to his head, face flushing subtlety with a pink dust.

"Shinsou?" The flush instantly increased, the insomniac transforming into the typical pink cotton candy. "Are you okay? Do you have a fever?"

Kaminari looked concerned, his own book in his hands as if he didn't have his phone between the pages. His blonde hair tied messily with a bright yellow hairband and a hoodie too big for his body, yet with Hitoshi's nose; the insomniac seemed to dilate at the scent of vanilla and sugar.

"I'm fine." The insomniac spoke, the blonde in front of him sputtering in disbelief.

"No you ain't, you look like you're ready to drop sick." Kaminari pointed, making Hitoshi grind up in unwanted fluster.

"I'm not sick, maybe lightheaded but that because of something else.."

"You look like confessing school girl, and that greatly concerns me." Kaminari compared, Hitoshi greatly disliking the sheer thought of high school. "tell me what's wrong or else I'll drag you to the medical ward and you know that she literally hates everyone."

It was an interesting threat, but the insomniac didn't submit, instead; he gave a chivalrous grin.

"Oh and? What's she gonna do, kill me?"

Looking up from the same book he's been reading, on the same page, with the same articulate grip, Hitoshi was surprised to see Kaminari with a hint of a smile.

"Woah, you can show emotions!"

Wow okay, that's something Hitoshi is offended by. Too bad, Kaminari's smile does it for him and almost makes him forgive the blonde. Almost.

"Don't think you'll be getting lucky, Pikachu. I'd call it a once in a lifetime event." Hitoshi's tried focusing on his book, but Kaminari's giggle and his watching eyes kept the flush on his face rather evident.

After a few minutes of being watched, the purple-haired man picked his head up once again with a questioning expression.

"I just never thought your smile would actually look good, not like I didn't imagine it to be— but it's nice." Kaminari smiled, "You should smile more."

Hitoshi seemed to blink at that, eyes widened at the bluntness of the blonde's words.

"I.. just don't like smiling. Makes me feel like I'm faking my emotions just for the sake of others." Hitoshi confessed, raw words that he never expected to tumble out of his lips.