With a Strum of My Heart Strings

Electric Love

A/N: Song for this chapter is Electric Love by Børns

Usually, for Kaminari, time moves by relatively slowly. However, that didn't seem to be the case now.

Denki can hardly believe it has been almost a month already since he was kidnapped by Monoma and got back together with Shinsou. That month has passed by in a blur, though a lot happened in the span of time.

Firstly, he'd managed to make up with Sero. After a long, much-needed talk, they had finally gone back to being friends. Denki was offered his job back, which he gladly took. Sero still apologizes every now and then about firing him. Sometimes, Denki will even bring it up again just to get a rise out of his friend. Though there was still a bit of awkwardness at first, they seemed to be okay now. They'd managed to work past the tension and fully restore their friendship.

Actually, Sero had accidentally managed to track down the producer from before, Iida. They'd grown to be friends, though Iida was hesitant at first around Sero, probably because of their very different personalities, but the two still have managed to become close. With Hanta talking about Iida as much as he does at the cafe while he worked, just telling fun stories about an outing the two had or something funny Tenya had done, Kaminari is convinced he's grown a crush on him. Even though Denki teases him about it, he is still elated that his friend was able to move on.

Monoma had gone to jail. Big surprise there. After a long trial that Kaminari found pretty boring and worthless, he'd been found guilty. Like, the guy literally kidnapped someone and trapped them in his home for thirty-six hours and then nearly killed two people. Monoma should be lucky he wasn't going to be stuck rotting in a cell his entire life. He could have been charged with attempted murder. Kaminari still would have preferred that he stay in jail, but at least he won't have to worry about him for a while. He can just run away with Shinsou to America when Monoma is released or something.

Though, the real surprise to Denki is that Tetsutetsu and Shinsou have really managed to bond over being treated like garbage by Monoma, funnily enough. They had grown pretty close in the last month, and Kaminari is glad that Shinsou is making friends. Not that he doesn't have any, it's just that Shinsou doesn't really have that many friends. Kaminari wanted Mina and Shinsou to grow closer, and they kinda did, though it was obvious that Shinsou didn't really feel very much at ease around the pink girl. Which is understandable, she can be pretty loud and invasive, even more so than Kaminari. Hopefully, it will work out, though. He'd also tried for Sero and Hitoshi to get along, and they actually had held a conversation without insulting each other or throwing mean looks at the other that one time! So, baby steps, Kaminari supposes.

Bakugou and Kirishima's relationship was doing really well, too! Kirishima almost never misses a band practice, always there and ready to cheer Katsuki on. Kaminari is pretty sure that Kirishima would literally die if he missed a gig, that's how serious about it he is. Bakugou acts as if it annoys him, but no one misses the little smile that will creep across his face whenever Eijirou praises him for his drumming. It's pretty cute, honestly. God, Denki never thought he would use the word cute to describe Bakugou. Ew.

Speaking of relationships, his and Shinsou's was going great! They'd had another, more in-depth talk a few weeks ago about trusting the other and reevaluating their relationship to make sure they still wanted this. Obviously, they both did and were willing to fight tooth and nail for each other. Kaminari finds it extremely sweet that his boyfriend really cares that much about him. Then they had talked about everything that happened while they were apart and found it funny that they both wanted the other back but were too scared to admit it and possibly face rejection.

Probably one of the best things that had happened in the last month, though, is that Shinsou had gotten a cat. Well, a kitten. Apparently, his apartment complex allowed pets, and he didn't even know! Who doesn't know about that kind of thing? As soon as Hitoshi found out, he'd had a little golden-pelted kitten two days later greeting Kaminari at the door when he had walked in. Denki nearly screeched with joy, but that scared the little animal, so he made sure never to do it again.