Hushed

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Chapter 3 - Alone

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I closed my eyes, steadying my breathing.
"Thanks again for helping me, Bakugou."
I opened my eyes again and looked at the sharp-toothed smile of the man who had awoken me almost an hour ago. I adjusted his arm to sit over my shoulders, giving him some stability for the journey back.
"Yea, yea. Let's just get back, okay?"

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"What the hell?"
I blinked the sleep out of my eyes before acknowledging a weight on my legs. I looked around before letting my gaze shift to where the heaviness was coming from. My eyes quickly spotted red hair. It took me a second to realize it was my best friend, who had his head laying in my lap. He looked peaceful, in a deep slumber. I shook my head before grabbing a blanket from behind me, draping it across him before closing my eyes.
'Might as well sleep some more.'
But that was interrupted by a ringing. I checked mine. Nothing. I shook Kirishima's shoulder lightly, softly muttering.
"Hey, your phones going off."
It took him a moment to stir before he drowsily answered his phone.

"Yes?"
He yawned, scratching his neck.
"Oh shit, Sorry bro. I'm going to have to take a rain check. Pretty banged up from breaking up a fight."
I heard an audible gasp from the other line before a sigh.
"Sorry Kam, Mina. I will be at training Monday night. Maybe we can meet up tomorrow to make up for it."
I looked down at him, watching him exhale before shifting his head on my leg, offering me a sleepy smile once he noticed.
"Yea, yea. Tomorrow at three. Meeting for lunch at the mall with you, Kami, Sero, and..."
He paused before nodding.
"I'll ask, don't get your promises up though. Talk to you later."
The phone hung up before he cleared his throat and began to ask something.

"Kaminari and Mina wanted to see if you would like to join us at the mall tomorrow. Mina said a shopping spree and then she'd take us out for dinner. Sooooo... Would you like to?"
I rolled my eyes before grumbling out a small.
"Sure, why not. I'm free tomorrow afternoon."
His smile only grew before he texted back who ever called. I'm presuming it was Mina.
"Thanks man! You've opened up more since the beginning of the year! I'm so proud."

"Whatever, I think imma sleep a bit more. But before I do, how are you feeling?"
He looked a bit confused, then his smile faded, going back to his resting face.
"Just sore and tired."

"There is some pain medication in the top drawer of my desk. Take some and lay back down."
His eyes glowed slightly as he began to get up.
"Wait, I'll be right back, I'm going to grab some fruit from the lobby, you want anything?"
I questioned, stretching my legs out before pushing myself off the bed.
"Ah maybe some crackers? Thank you."
I nodded and slipped on some shoes, turning to a small mirror by the door to fix my hair, once done, I waved and left.
On the way to the elevator, I noticed Raccoon Eyes and Eye Bags were talking with Dunce Face, soon following me into the elevator.

"You're actually joining us tomorrow? That's so cool! Thank you!"
I stared at the pink-skinned female before shaking my head slightly.
"Yea, might as well. I'm done with practices this weekend and have free time."
Her eyes beamed as she jumped up excitedly.
"This will be so fun! Shinsou is joining us as well!"
"Whatever you say."
I rolled my eyes as her voice got higher, but my sentence was cut short with the elevator opening up to the lobby.
The only people I saw were Glasses, Soy Sauce, Deku, Icy Hot, and Pink Cheeks.
I'm surprised no one else was down here though. They're usually making breakfast or gathering for training.

"Oh hey Bakubro! Do you know what happened to Kirishima last night?"
I gave a quick nod of the head as I made my way into the kitchen, opening a cupboard to grab some saltine crackers, then turning to grab a bowl and fork.
"What's going on, Kaminari? Did you say something happened to Kirishima?"
Ugh, now Deku's over here? Hopefully they don't start swarming me.
I swiftly pretended to not hear them and opened the fridge, pulling out some watermelon, cantaloupe, and cherries.
I filled my bowl before putting them up and facing them to leave.
"He just got hurt in training, that's all. Just leave him alone about it."
I barked, using my elbow to push my way through.

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"I'm finally back."
I quietly opened the door, but something was off. The room was dead silent. I peeked my head in, doing a quick scan and finding a sleeping Eijirou. His hair was neatly pulled back and he had passed out in the swivel chair of my desk. I simpered, walking over and sitting the food down on the desk, then going back and shutting my dorm door.
I walked back over and lightly slipped my arms around Kirishima, pulling him up and moving to place him on the bed, hoping that won't let him wake up too sore. I sat the crackers on the headboard and pulled the blanket from earlier up from the floor, sitting it back atop him. I noticed he shifted to have the blanket up and over his neck. I made sure everything was in order before sitting down at my desk, grabbing my headphones from the drawer and connecting them to the computer. I sighed before sliding them into my ears,
Before I could realize what was going on, I watched as my hands flew to the keyboard, turning the device on and beginning to type.
I pulled up my website and turned the camera on, fixing my hair and smiling. I positioned the camera back and turned the video on.
"Welcome back to 'Zeros' ASL and JSL classes!"

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