BNHA Gay Ships One-Shots! 《《BOOK 1》》

KiriBaku | Fears

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Being fearless is something most claim to be...

For Katsuki, he'd gotten so used to saying it, it became an easy roll of a tongue for him... he'd call himself fearless without even thinking, or realizing it...

But he knows it's not true.

He's scared of the little things... the little common things...

Lightning. He's scared of lightning... thunderstorms, he's terrified of them.
His fear of thunderstorms also falls into the fear of flash floods... which then takes an escalating turn into his phobia of deep waters.
It all came from childhood trauma.

He's known a family member ever since he was little who is a survivor of being struck by lightning. The man, his uncle, is now completely paralyzed... but he survived.
And water.
His parents have never taught him how to swim... and before they even had the chance to teach him, he'd fallen in a deep lake while being unsupervised. 
If it wasn't for Mitsuki taking notice of how quiet their little pic-nic area had gotten, Katsuki would have drowned.

He's never spoken of his fears, however... he's well aware of the fact that a hero never speaks of his fears because of the possibility of future enemies or competition hearing them...

Until Musutafu takes a major decline in the weather.

Constant. Thunderstorms...
Every night for a week now, there's been lightning and severe raining... and tomorrow, they'll be expecting a flash flood.

Katsuki can only sit there, desperate, as he stared at the large TV screen... begging that the weather changes...

Tonight, the lightning seems to be hitting closer than ever. Certain strikes have gotten so close, students claimed to have felt the ground or walls shake. Their teacher and supervisor have specifically instructed them to stay away from windows and doors and to keep them shut and locked at all times.

Katsuki feels obligated to tell someone now... if only he could calm down before he approached someone about it...

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"K-h... Kirishima..." a voice echoed from the hallway. 
Right on queue of Eijiro standing up, another strike of lightning hits close. The classmates all jump and shriek in surprise and startle at the sudden loud noise as they mindlessly huddle closer to one another.

His slippers dragged on the wooden floor towards the darker hallway. 
He's surprised to find Katsuki cowering against the wall, a bit farther down the hall.

"What's up, man?"
"I- I need to talk to you...-"
"Hm? Yeah, what's up--? Is here fine, or should we head upstairs?"
"Up-...Upstairs..."

As they walk up, Eijiro tries to make small conversations between them. Mostly to try and warm up answers from Katsuki, since he's more than used to getting dry answers from the blonde. He's curious of why Katsuki seems to be trembling... he's not one to feel cold often, and the temperature, despite the storm, isn't all that cold.

They didn't go into each other's rooms, or any closed room. They stayed on their floor, in the middle of the hall but off towards Eijiro's door.