Healing Together

Part 4

Kirishima woke up from a rare peaceful sleep. He felt a weight on his chest and as he looked down he saw Bakugo's head on his chest. The blonde boy was looking up at him and had obviously watched him sleep up until this point.
"Umm.... good morning?", Kirishima mumbled nervously as he looked into his best friend's eyes.
"Why is your heart beating like crazy?", Bakugo raised his brows.
"What? It's not beating like cr-.... yeah okay because this is unusual okay?", Kirishima exclaimed.
"Do you think I am weird now, shitty hair?", Bakugo asked without the bite to his words. Kirishima looked at him in awe. Bakugo was obviously self conscious about this situation. He was letting Kirishima closer to him and he was not about to throw this opportunity away.
"Of course I don't!", Kirishima grinned down at him and even dared to pull Bakugo a little closer to his chest "actually I have slept better than I did the whole last week".
"Yeah me too", Bakugo nodded in his chest ".....".
"What was that?", Kirishima couldn't understand as Bakugo had talked into his shirt "I didn't catch it".
"I said thank you okay?", Bakugo groaned and Kirishima flinched slightly which made Bakugo feel bad "I am sorry, I didn't mean to scare you... I just... ugh I have never talked to anyone about my feelings...".
"You can always talk to me you know?", Kirishima spoke softly "I won't judge you and it won't make you any less manly".
For some reason Bakugo believed him and he felt so at home in his arms that he decided to let his guard down. But only towards Kirishima.
"I... was scared back then", Bakugo spoke to his chest instead of his face "and when I have nightmares I am back there and I can't do a thing and you don't come to save me...".
"But we did", Kirishima squeezed him closer "and we are safe now, here in the dorms. Together".
"I am glad you came to save me", Bakugo mumbled quietly.
"Me too Bakugo", Kirishima smiled "and I am glad you told me about your nightmares so I can help you and you can help me. If you don't mind we could sleep in the same room again?"
He was cautious and there was silence before Bakugo turned his head to look up at him.
"Yeah I would appreciate that so I have a restful sleep", Bakugo said but actually he wanted to be even closer to Kirishima.
"Great so I will come here again tonight?", Kirishima cheered "when do you go to bed?"
"At eight", Bakugo stated.
"What? This early?", Kirishima frowned "well okay I guess".
And that's how they developed their new sleep arrangement. They always stayed in Bakugo's room, always in the same bed as it was easier not to put a futon on the floor and nobody noticed it. It was a few weeks later when Kirishima entered the kitchen when Todoroki was talking to Bakugo about a training session they had together. Well rather discussing it.
"Are you trying to say I am weak?", Bakugo yelled at Todoroki.
"I'm sure he didn't want to say that", Kirishima said although he had just entered the conversation.
"No I wasn't trying to say that", Todoroki held his hands up in defeat.
"You better not", Bakugo growled at him.
"Well why not?", it was Mineta who suddenly spoke up "after all you have been taken by those villains".
"YOU-", Bakugo's rage was cut off.
"Shut your fucking mouth, Mineta. Any if us could have been taken by them. Anyone. They just chose Bakugo because he is the strongest of us. I can understand why they took him instead of you or me. And they have been a group of villains against one hero in training. You weren't even able to protect yourself because you pissed your pants when they attacked so just shut your goddamn mouth and don't you dare to make him feel bad about something like that. He didn't choose to be taken. Hell you wouldn't have been strong enough to survive something like this and he came back. And he still keeps going. Who gave you the right to tell him he is weak? Huh? WHO THE FUCK GAVE YOU THE RIGHT MINETA?"
"Hey Kirishima, calm down, bro", Kaminari lay his hand on his best friend's back to soothe him down "it's okay. Everything is okay".
"No it's not!", Kirishima groaned death staring Mineta.
"Don't say anything you might regret later", Kaminari whispered quietly while everyone else just stared in shock. No one knew that Kirishima could get that angry.
"Ugh", Kirishima took a deep breath "I am gonna go to my room and punch the wall or something".
With that he left his classmates behind.
"What the hell, where did that come from?", Mineta asked as if he wasn't a total jerk.
"Shut the fuck up, grape-face", Bakugo spat at him "this is your fault!"
"I didn't know Kiri could get that angry", Mina pouted "Mineta you should really think before speaking".
"I am gonna go look after him", Kaminari turned around to go to the elevators but Bakugo stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.
"Let me...", he said quietly holding back not to scream at Kaminari. After all the blonde didn't do anything wrong. Kaminari hesitated for just a moment but then nodded and let Bakugo pass.
"We will take care of Mineta", Sero told Bakugo as he already started taping the little asshole into a cocoon. Bakugo smirked slightly as he passed him to get to the elevator. He was concerned. Really concerned. He had never seen Kirishima act like that. And he had done it to protect him. Bakugo didn't know if he should feel guilty or happy and he was surprised that he wasn't mad at Kirishima for standing up for him. But he had accepted that he did not have to be strong around Kirishima all the time and that made him feel so light. He has never felt like that before. And now he needed to make Kirishima feel happy again. With that thought in mind he knocked at the door of said red head.