With a Strum of My Heart Strings

I Won't Let Go of Your Hand

Shinsou was never one for loud noises, and the sudden yells of everyone as he entered his apartment nearly made him jump out of his skin, gripping on to Denki's arm for dear life.

"Oh, my God!" Mina wept as she joined the group hug surrounding Kaminari. "Never scare us like that again!" Everyone else had agreed with her, Kirishima even going as far as nearly ripping a pillow in half in his excitement. Jirou had to hit him over the head to keep him from breaking it. Shinsou was very glad he had his bandmate there to protect his poor property.

"You idiot!" Bakugou had barked. He'd joined in on the hug as well, which was surprising to Hitoshi. "Do you have any idea how much your dumb ass made us worry?" Kaminari had just chuckled at that, flashing Bakugou a smirk.

"Did you just say 'us'? As in you were worried as well?" he asked, though his smirk was immediatly gone as Katsuki squeezed him so hard he could hardly breathe, yelling half-hearted threats. Jirou, once again, swooped in to save the day. Though, it was good to know that Bakugou cared about the blond, even if he such a strange way of showing it.

Hitoshi was so embarrassed when his parents hugged Denki as well, Hizashi telling him how scared he was that he'd 'nearly lost his son-in-law'. Then he had apparently remembered everything that had happened before because he let go and slapped Kaminari upside the head. "That's for cheating on my Hitoshi!" he'd said, pouting until Aizawa placed his hands on his husband's shoulders. Shinsou would have to explain that they'd made up later.

Sero and Todoroki didn't move from their seats. Todoroki, Shinsou could understand, but Sero? It eluded him why he wouldn't want to greet him. Shinsou knew that Kaminari had been fired, but it couldn't have been that bad, right?

But, apparently, Shinsou was wrong, because as soon as Denki saw Sero, he froze. He lightly jabbed Shinsou with his elbow to draw his attention. He then eyed Sero, glancing back to Hitoshi. Thankfully, the insomniac managed to catch the unspoken question: what is he doing here?

Shinsou leaned down to whisper in Kaminari's ear, "He helped with the search party. He closed the cafe for the day to help you, you know." He wasn't very fond of Sero, not in the slightest, but he had to admit, it was nice of him to drop everything to help Kaminari. He respected him for that, at least.

Denki just stared at Hanta one last time before solemnly looking away. Shinsou wanted to ask him about it, but he didn't get a chance to as there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get it!" Kirishima called. Shinsou thanked him and turned back to Kaminari, opening his mouth to speak when he, once again, was cut off.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Jirou was the first one to speak as the door was opened.

Shinsou didn't even get a chance to look until he heard a very loud, "I'm sorry!" from the door. When he recognized the voice, Hitoshi spun around on his heel, glaring daggers at the guest, who was currently hugging a very surprised Kirishima.

"I'd also like to know why you're here," Shinsou said, walking forward with his arms crossed defensively in front of him. Kirishima backed away from the hug, looking somewhat torn.

"Dude, what the hell?" he asked, backing away slightly. "Why did you-- Did you know?" Tetsutetsu glanced between the two, looking scared. Shinsou huffed, turning his head away. He obviously did know.

"I thought you were better than him," he snapped, glaring at the man in front of him. "Obviously not." Tetsutetsu shook his head, holding his hands up defensively.

"Look, I'm really sorry, bro," he started, though Shinsou was having a hard time believing him. "I--" Shinsou put up a hand to stop him, carding the other through his hair.