I Even Like His Shocking Pickup Lines [ShinKami]

I'd Prefer Not to Do it at All

"Bro you haven't been home in a few weeks, what's up with that?"

Kaminari looked across at Sero who sat on the floor with him in front of the couch, PS4 controller abandoned in his lap in favour of a bag of chips.

"Five, actually."

Sero spoke through his chewing. "What?"

"Weeks. I haven't been home in five weeks," Kaminari distractedly replied as he scrolled through the list of maps.

Bakugou grunted from behind him on the couch, indicating he was listening to the pair's conversation.

Sero turned to face him properly and swallowed his mouthful. "Bro, why? That's weird for you. Is everything okay at home?"

"Yeah, everything's fine," he said and mumbled, "for now."

Sero definitely had super hearing because he lifted an eyebrow at him. "Dude, spill, what's going on?"

Kaminari laid his controller on the floor in front of him. He released a deep breath and said, "I've been avoiding my parents. They don't know about the whole Shinsou situation. If I go home, they'll know something's up. Then we'll have to have a conversation about how I'm heteroflexi-whatever and then I'll have to explain why and then my 'rents will freak out and it's really just a situation I would rather avoid."

The news must have come as a surprise to Sero because he let out a, "Huh." He guessed referring to his boyfriend as a 'situation' gave away what he was worried about.

Bakugou nudged the back of his head with his foot. "You're worried about coming out to your parents?"

Kaminari turned so he could see him and rubbed the back of his head. "I mean, yeah. I'd prefer to not do it at all."

"So don't," Bakugou grunted.

Kaminari just looked at him in question.

Bakugou shrugged. "I introduced Ei to my old hag and told her he was my boyfriend. Said she could go die if she had a problem with it."

How very Bakugou. He wished he could shrug off the consequences like that but he shook his head. "I can't put Hitoshi through the possibility of her freaking out. He's been rejected too many times by too many people. If she's going to freak I'd prefer her to do it with just me and not him."

Sero nodded in understanding and Bakugou made a, "Tch."

"But you do want to introduce Shinsou to them, yeah?" Sero asked.

Kaminari's face fell. "Of course I do. I really like him and I want them to accept him. And me. But I guess I also owe them time to process it before they meet him. I've only ever talked about girls so I just don't want Mom to be weird about it."

"She won't actually be weird will she? Your mom's cool, she'll be fine. I thought you'd be more worried about you dad." Sero shuddered. "That dude scares me."

Kaminari shook his head. "Dad's more of a 'that's your business' type person. Even if he was weird about it, which I don't think he will be, he'd never let on. He'll nod and that'll be that. That's pretty much the extent of our relationship."

Sero nodded, it did kind of sound like Kaminari's dad. He had a no nonsense aura about him which was the complete opposite of his friend. Sero would never have known they were related if they didn't look exactly the same.