Amending love - A Denki x fem! reader oneshot
Synopsis: Denki has always been there to help you overcome your relationship with Bakugo but here’s the thing….. he’s had enough. He can’t handle seeing you get mistreated by Bakugo and being your uplifter only for you to run back to him and for the cycle to repeat itself so he decides that it’s best for the both of you to put your friendship on hold. But will this really help clear things between you guys or have the ties been forever severed by Bakugo?
Note: This fic is based on an audio by Yuzuya which can be found here. I recommend you listen to it first since it gives context for the story
Warning : Implications of physical harm towards reader, yelling
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Your friendship with Denki was in limbo as of right now. You hadn’t expected your relationship with Bakugo to dampen it, but here you were putting up a front every time he was near and it was killing you. It all just happened so suddenly.
Bakugo had hit you again after screaming at you cause he was in a bad mood, so you went seeking for Denki since he always knew how to cheer you up. It was all going well until you two got a little too close for comfort causing Denki to get uncomfortable and when you tried to ask him what was wrong he broke.
“What’s wrong? “ You asked concerned when Denki had suddenly stopped playing the game you guys were on and moved away from you.
“Nothing Sparks I’m fine” He says avoiding the question and brushing off your concern
“Denki come on”, You say insistently “Tell me what’s wrong”
“Drop it Y/n” He says starting to get slightly angered by your persistence
“Kaminari tell me please there’s clearly something wrong so just say it” You get up grasping him by the wrist to prevent him from leaving your room.
“Sparks let me go” He says under his breath trying to keep his keep himself together
“Not until you tell me what’s bothering you” You argue
“I CAN’T DO THIS ANYMORE” He finally snapped, making you step back in surprise .
“I just can’t keep doing this anymore” He starts
“Bakugo always hurts you and I ALWAYS make you feel better only for you to go running back to him” He tells you evidently hurt
“It’s like an endless loop that there’s no way of “ He clenched his fists.
It’s not fair Y/n, I treat you more like a boyfriend then he ever has, and yet you’re STILL with him” .
You now stare at the floor to ashamed of yourself to look him in eye. How could you not see he was feeling like this?
“What’s even worse is that”…. He takes a breath “I’m in love with you “
“A-and I know it’s wrong because both you and Bakugo are my closest friends so I can’t do anything and instead I have to settle for watching you two be together when time and time again Bakugo only sees you as someone he can take his anger out on “ He states in a rather shaky breath,a frown forming on his face.
All this was falling onto you like a bucket of ice cold water , your eyes widened as you tried to intake the confession. Tears started to form in your eyes as you finally spoke shakily.
“I-I’m sorry I’m so sorry for putting you through all t-this pain. Denki’s frown grew as you continue. If I had realized m-maybe we could have avoided this” You cried harder “ Maybe I wouldn’t have lost you “
Denki sighed before approaching you and putting his hands on your shoulders. “Y/n don’t say that look at me “
You continue to cry looking at the floor. Denki lifts your chin forcing you to look at him. “Hey don’t cry sparks you haven’t lost me and you never will”. “We’ll still be friends”. He reassured you while wiping your tears away
“You s-sure?” You asked him hesitantly
“Yeah I promise…. I just need time” He says reassuring you once again.
“Okay then I’ll see you around Y/n” Was the last thing he said before leaving you to process your thoughts more.
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So now here you were, in a one-sided relationship with Bakugo and trying to keep things “normal” between you and Denki. But it was impossible, Denki made it seem so easy. He still spoke to you sure….but it just didn’t feel the same to you .He toned down the playful demeanor he had around you and spoke rather nonchalantly whenever you two engaged in conversation like the confession had never happened.
It was like he was a completely different person when around you. But you didn’t want any of it. You wanted him to joke around with you. You wanted to argue with him about the littlest things only for you both to burst out into a fit of laughter right after. The cheesy nicknames, the nonsensical conversations…..You needed it. ALL of it. But it was gone, all because you couldn’t see what you put him through and a truthfully nonexistent “relationship”
You couldn’t even bring yourself to complain about it because you knew it was only going to cause you a bigger problem. Except there was only so much you could handle your and guilt was consuming you . It was all too much and you were about to break.
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It was the weekend, Bakugo and you were in his room cuddling and watching a movie. However you weren’t focused on the movie. No, you were thinking about that day that turned your world upside down and how you wished that things were different.
You glanced over at your boyfriend, Bakugo looked uninvested and angered. As if didn’t care about being there. Despite the fact that he was your so called boyfriend and this was what you guys did on weekends. Not to mention you guys cuddled on a daily basis.
“God what am I doing?” You thought to yourself as you tried focusing on the movie once more.
It was no use, you finally caved to your thoughts and desperately needed to vent .
“Um … Katsuki?” You said trying not to sound desperate
“Hm” He answered not bothering to look at you
“I uh ……need to go talk to Jiro about about something I’ll be back.” You told him.
“Yeah yeah, whatever” He says as he lets you go
You sigh heavily as you climb off the bed and leave his room. Taking out your phone you opened up the message app and scroll through the the contacts until you reached Jiro’s name. Opening up the conversation you started typing:
She responded shortly after
[Jiro]: Yeah hanging with Mina rn! Why?
[You]: I need to talk to you about something
[Jiro]: Oh okay! Come on over to my dorm
[You]: Thx! I’ll be right there
With that final text you quickly headed to Jiro’s room. Taking a deep breath you knocked on her door she opened it and stepped to the side letting you enter.
“Heya Y/n!” Mina happily greeted
“Oh uh hey Mina” You said as you waved at her giving her a half smile trying to seem somewhat happy
Jiro saw through this however and decided to find out what was really going on with you.
“So what did you want to talk about Y/n” Jiro asked as she sat back down on her bed next to Mina.
“Well um….you see“ You start out as you nervously fiddle with your hair
“It’s about Kaminari” You say glancing at them
“Kaminari?!“ Mina asked confused
“Do I need to go yell at him for doing something stupid again” Jiro said as she rolled her eyes
You laugh slightly. “No don’t worry it’s just that”….
“Ugh what’s taking her so long?” Bakugo thought as you were taking according to him, way too long to come back. So he decided to go and see what held you up because surely a conversation didn’t take THAT long…. Right?
He had made it to Jiro’s room and was about to peek in to ask if you were done talking but perked up once he heard his name.
“This is also about Katsuki” You told them.
“Wait….BAKUGO?!” Both Mina and Jiro exclaimed You nodded
“What did I do now?” Bakugo thought angrily as he now leaned against the hallway wall to listen in.
Mina and Jiro exchanged worried glances, they were always doubtful of your relationship. Of course they trusted you and respected your decision to date him. After all, it had started off pretty well Bakugo even seemed to be in a better mood. But lately it had been obvious to pretty much everyone that your relationship had changed and the only reason that no one said anything about it is because they didn’t want to upset you since you genuinely loved Bakugo. Despite his….. additude problem.
“Y/n did something happen? Mina asked worriedly
You couldn’t take it anymore. You cried as you explained everything. How Bakugo had hurt you and how Denki had confessed his feelings towards you and how much it hurt him to see you with someone who he knew didn’t really love you, your guilt seeping through your mind.
“He confessed?!” Mina shouted in utter shock
“MINA!!!” Jiro shouted as she elbowed her. “Not the time”
“Right sorry” Mina said apologetically while rubbing her side
“I’m such an idiot! You said as you cried
The girls looked at you with sadness in their eyes. They hated seeing you racked with guilt. Especially since none of this was your fault.
“Y/n don’t yourself over this bae” Mina said as she had you sit down and rubbed your back in an attempt to console you.
“Yeah you had no idea how Denki felt about you” Jiro said as she handed you some tissues.
“Even so I hurt him and he kept it all hidden just because I was happy!”You frustratingly state while running a hand through your hair.
“No matter what happens you’ll get through this. We promise” Jiro assured
“Thanks girls” You hugged the two girls as you smiled relieved to finally get some stress off you.
Meanwhile, Bakugo quietly fumed as he walked back his room. How dare you keep this from him? And how DARE Denki want to have something that was his?! Bakugo was going to take matters into his own hands.
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It had been a rather stressful couple weeks for all of you as finals had rolled around and you all worked hard to try and cover everything since the final was going to determine whether you passed or failed and ended up with remedial classes and NO ONE wanted to go through that again. Especially not Denki so he had asked you to help him out to which you agreed because despite your friendship still being on a “tightrope” of sorts, you now felt a bit better talking to Denki and you knew he struggled to learn things and he had always trusted you to walk him through things in a way he could understand them and he would always be grateful for that.
“Thanks again for helping me out Y/n, I really don’t want to end up in remedial classes again“.” Those were HELL to go through.” Denki said as he sat down on the floor of the common room in front of the coffee table.
“No problem Denki!” You said as you sat down next to him. “After all, what kind of person would I be if I neglected to help even a Pikachu with one brain cell” You joked.
“Hey! I thought we were passed that”. Denki whined as he punched you lightly in the arm
“As if!” You said as you both laughed
As Denki’s laughter subsided he looked over at you. He had forgotten how much he missed this, joking around with you and seeing you genuinely smile at him. He’d be lying if he said he hadn’t felt horrible acting around you when all he wanted was to be able to hang with you again.
“Denki you okay?” You asked him as you noticed him staring at you.
“Huh? Oh! Yeah sorry Y/n” He said as he snapped out of his thoughts rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
“It’s just that …. I missed this you know?” He said as he looked at you nervously
You gave him a small smile in return. “Yeah I did too”
He sighs. I’m sorry Y/n, I just thought that if I gave you space…… maybe you could better your relationship with Bakugo but -
“Kami, it’s okay I understand “ You assured him
“But if I’m being honest with you I think my relationship with Katsuki is not working anymore and I should have realized that a long time ago. If anything I should be the one apologizing to you for not considering your feelings every time I came over to you to get through my issues with Bakugo” You admit looking down at your hands resting on your knees.
“Don’t worry about that Y/n for all I know, that’s now behind us and besides what kind of person would I BE if I didn’t stay friends with the person who thinks Pikachu is cuter than me “ He joked making you roll your eyes
“He is though” You stated smugly
“Ouch!” He said as he brought a hand to his heart faking hurt. “Why must you betray me like this?” He asked posing dramatically
You burst out laughing. “Okay drama queen enough messing around let’s get this over with” You said as you brought out your notebook.
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It had now been about three hours and Denki had been just about ready to drive his head straight into the table in defeat.
“Ugh who thought inventing math was a good idea” Said an unenthused Denki as he rested his head on his arms
“Come on Denki don’t give up yet!” You said trying to encourage him.
“Forget it Y/n! I mean even Yaomomo can’t figure this out and she’s the top student in our class!” He yelled out in frustration.
You sigh at your disillusioned friend Okay okay, then how bout a snack? You propose
“Yes please!” He begs “I need energy after I fried my brain”
You roll your eyes Stop being so dramatic will you? I’ll be right back . You said as you went to the kitchen.
Just then Bakugo walks in and sees Denki. Taking the opportunity to confront him while your distracted, he called Denki over.
Oi Kaminari! Bakugo yelled
Denki jumped a bit before whipping his head around as he hadn’t heard or seen Bakugo coming in.
“Me?” He said as he looks around before pointing at himself. Bakugo shook his head. “Is there ANYONE else here idiot? He asked angrily . Yes you come over here.
Denki got up and walked over a very stern Bakugo. He gulped before speaking. “Need something?”
“Yeah I do”, Whatever you got going on with Y/n quit it!” He demands
What?! Denki asks confused
“Oh don’t try and play dumb dunce face “ I can hear you both goofing off all the way from my room.” I also know about how you two had been hanging out in her room “. He tells him.
“Okay first of all”, Denki begins. “There’s nothing going on between me and Y/n so get that out your head”. “Second of all, Y/n’s allowed to hangout with whoever regardless of what YOU think “ He argues as he starts to walk back to the table.
Bakugo’s blood boiled as he looks at Denki with rage in his eyes. Now he’s in for it .
Just as Denki was about to sit back down. Bakugo grabbed him and was ready to suck the life right out of him. Until you walked back in surprised
“Bakugo?” “Denki?” “What’s going on?” You ask surveying the scene. Bakugo is quick to let go of Denki and cover up what was going on.
“Nothing babe! I was just asking dunce face here how it was going and looking for a snack ” He says faking a smile and put an arm around Denki. “Right dunce face?”
Denki chuckles to go along with it. Yup!
“Okay then….” You say rather skeptically
Bakugo unhooked himself from Denki and excuses himself to the kitchen. But not before telling Denki not to tell you anything.
“That was weird” You said as you sat on one of the couch’s armrests and grabbed a snack mix bag and handed another one to Denki as he sat on the end of the couch next to you.
“Yeah super weird….hehe” He said as he took the snack bag from you
You looked at him suspiciously. You knew that unsure tone of his, it was the tone had the day you guys fought a couple months back.
He jumped startled. “Yup! He’s DEFINITELY hiding something” You thought. Denki wasn’t the type to get startled, not that easily. Unless he was hiding something….. and you weren’t going to let him this time.
“Hey Katsu can you come here for a minute?” You called
He walked out of the kitchen with the snack he had come down “looking for“ and looks at you as you hop down from the armrest you had been sitting on as you stand in front of them crossing your arms.
“What's he hiding from me Katsuki? You asked him while pointing at Denki, he panics and starts getting defensive. “HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?!” He argues
You scoff. “Drop the act you OBVIOUSLY said something Bakugo otherwise Denki wouldn’t be struggling to hide it from me” You said as you pointed towards the other blonde who wished to be swallowed by the ground at this precise moment.
“I ain’t saying anything.” Bakugo says as he clenched his fists.
You sigh. “Fine then, don’t I’ll just force it out“ You state sternly.
Both the boys eyes widened, they knew that if you used your quirk on them they’d be screwed. So Bakugo had no other choice but to relent.
“Well…. I’m waiting!” You say slightly angry
“Stop hanging out with him! “ He demanded pointing towards Denki. You glare at Bakugo
“Why should I?!”
“Because you are solely MINE“ He declares
“Excuse YOU?! Just because we’re together doesn’t mean you own me Bakugo!” You defend
“And heck! You don’t even look like you care anymore”
“Oh really?!” You ask skeptically “Cause for these last COUPLE MONTHS Kaminari has been filling in for YOUR job as my “boyfriend” while all you have done is use me as an ANGER OUTLET! If you really cared you wouldn’t do that now would you?!” You said as tears formed in your eyes.
Denki stood up making his way over putting an arm around you for comfort. You take a breath before continuing. “He hid how felt and distanced himself from me thinking it would make our relationship better.”
Bakugo was in absolute shock. He stood there trying to think of words to counter you argument. Nothing came out, it was like he knew there was no repair for this.
“Funny isn’t it?” ”Kaminari told me you didn’t really love me but I refused to believe it because I still thought you loved me and would change.” You said as you gave Bakugo a sad smile
“Now I understand why people say love is blind, because you can’t tell you’re with the wrong person”
Bakugo avoids eye contact with you as he is disgusted with himself. You wipe your tears as you gather up your stuff and take Denki’s hand in yours heading to the stairs and start making your way up to the dorm. But not before telling Bakugo one last thing….. “I loved you Katsuki I really did, and I hope that deep down you did too.”
With that, you made your way up to the dorms, pulling Denki with you. Leaving Bakugo to contemplate with the fact that he had lost you as a single tear rolled down his face. Meanwhile you and Denki had gotten to your room .
You let go of Denki’s hand and went inside as he went in right after. He sat on your bed as he watched you close the door and lean against it as you let out a heavy sigh.
You walked over to your bed and sat down next to him. “I’ll get over it and it’ll be a while before I talk normally with Katsuki but yeah I’ll be fine“ You assured him with a small smile which he promptly returned.
You stayed in silence for a few minutes before you spoke. “Ya know?” You start out. Once I feel better about this and we BOTH PASS finals would you maybe want to ya know….. go out? You asked nervously.
Denki stared at you agape. Had he fried his brain on accident or had you just asked him out? “Y/n are you sure about this?” He asked “I mean you JUST broke up with Bakugo” He said and you facepalm. “Yeah that’s what I said after finals you doofus, so we can properly think things over and I can recover “ He awkwardly laughs .
“In that case sparks, yes I’d love to” He admitted as he held your hands with a slight blush tinting his cheeks. You smiled hearing the return of the familiar nickname he had given you.
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In the end all is well, you and Denki both passed finals much to Aizawa’s shock (he’s proud though!) meaning no remedial classes and being able to go on your first official date where you become a couple, giving everybody relief since pretty much everyone knew how into each other you were. As for Bakugo, he’s also happy for you two and working hard to make amends. As your relationship as one sided as it was taught him something……. Love isn’t something to be taken for granted and if works to better himself he too will find love again.
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So here’s my second attempt at fic writing hehe! Hope it’s good since it’s also my first attempt to write something angst related so idk how this is gonna do regardless I hope you enjoy !
Until next time, take care 😊
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