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2 • 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺

22.12.19

tell me, do i begin with you only to finish myself? or do i start myself, and end with you?

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"Sheesh! I never thought this place would be so crowded."

"And I never thought your head would be so crowded either but go off I guess," Sero said, just loud enough to be heard among the clustering of others. "Of course it's gonna be crowded."

"And you thought that only American high schools had cafeterias!"

Sero wrestled himself out of Ashido's grip in pursuit of coverage behind Kaminari by grabbing the unsuspecting boy with a hand, something he didn't really think of before an unsuspecting zap of electricity got him jumping backwards and away from their newly associated 'friend'.

"OW!"

"S-Sorry! You startled me," the electric blonde squeaked, whirling around from being in his own personal bubble to face the dark-haired, dumbstruck latter. "A-are you okay? Where did I hurt you?"

"Woah! It can hurt people?!"

"What- What can?"

"That thing- I don't know, your quirk? You keep on emitting these tiny little reactive electrical thingys." Ashido said in a 'matter-of-a-fact' tone, eyes blown wide in curiosity and excitement.

"First it came from your shoulders, and I thought I was imagining things but now I know it's actually a part of you! Ohmigosh that's cool, and oh hey Hanta you good there?"

A passable groan left Sero's lips in response to Ashido's never-ending yammering, making the blonde responsible of this little incident clutch his own hands to his chest in guilt. Not like keeping just his hands to himself would help prevent any other reactive triggers from being tripped again.

'The suppressant isn't strong enough? This is only the first day of being surrounded by others and I'm already going haywire.'

"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that, you can- I mean I can- wait no we- let me have a look," in his frantic state of mind he had mindlessly grabbed the other boy's nursed hand, pulling it close to him to inspect it.

"K-Kaminari."

Ashido watched them with full interest, sparks lighting up in her eyes.

"I'm fine, it was only just a shock."

"Are you sure? I can- I mean, I don't know if I can but I can take you to Recovery Girl to treat it—"

An abrupt yet sweetly amused laugh left the taller boy's lips bringing Kaminari out of his small panic.

"You didn't maim me Stun Gun. If you wanna know how it felt, it was like getting zapped at a plastic playground in summer. No biggie,"

Sero paused, his breath cutting to the chase at the sight of Kaminari's teary, worry-filled eyes right in front of him, staring up into his own. The way the smaller still had his hands carefully wrapped around one of his didn't help with the way his heart suddenly lurched.