It was 1:25 when Kirishima glanced at his clock.Â
1:25 in the morning, that is, and the sky outside was a swirl of black and grey clouds, covering the stars and the moon. Kirishima couldnât sleep, so he resorted to catching up on all the missed messages from the class group chat, which was mostly just Kaminari ranting about something that made no sense. He sighed and switched his phone off, falling back onto his bed with a thump.Â
He wondered for a moment if anyone was still awake.
Did he mean anyone, or was it someone specific?
Kirishima thought about it for a moment.Â
It was obviously Bakugou, it always was - right now there was no one else Kirishima actually wanted to be awake, but there wasnât much he could do about that. Bakugou needed his sleep. And besides, if Kirishima woke him up, heâd probably kill him.Â
The reason he couldnât sleep wasnât clear; nothing overly traumatic had happened recently and heâd been doing fine. It might have been the insecurity of losing against Midoriya in training, and then Todoroki, and then Bakugou. But that was just training, right? Not a big deal. Kirishima knew he was strong and he was confident that soon enough heâd beat all three of them. Preferably without having to use his unbreakable form.
There was a knock on his door, and it jerked him out of his thoughts.Â
âYeah?â He called out, trying not to be too loud. He didnât want to wake anyone up.
âLet me in, dumbass,â came the gruff voice of his best friend. Heâd know that voice anywhere. It was one of his favourite sounds. Not that heâd ever admit that, of course.Â
âAh, yeah- hold on.â Kirishima scrambled out of his bed and opened the door, and of course Bakugou was stood on the other side. He looked like he hadnât slept at all either, which was odd considering heâd said he was going to sleep at 9:00pm. Earlier than pretty much everyone else.Â
Bakugou barged his way in and sat unceremoniously on the end of Kirishimaâs bed. âSo, why arenât you fucking sleeping?âÂ
âWhat...? How did you even? Wait, actually, nevermind. Youâre too observant anyway. Why are you here, Blasty?â Kirishima said in a rushed, quiet voice. He was still quite confused about why the blond boy was even here.
âTo talk. Why else?âÂ
âThatâs... fair enough. Talk about what?â Kirishima looked at him expectantly. He honestly didnât know how to feel about him being here; it was a mix between confused, awkward, and overwhelmingly happy. He enjoyed all the time he got to spend with Bakugou, that was obvious by now, but in the dead of night? It wasnât normal behaviour.Â
âWhy youâre not sleeping. Didnât I already say that? Idiot.â Bakugou scowled at him, but didnât move from his spot. âItâs because if what happened today, isnât it?âÂ
Kirishima blinked. âUh... yeah. I think. Maybe. Probably not.âÂ
âPick an answer and stick with it, Shitty Hair.âÂ
âRight. Yeah. Okay. So, erm, yes?â Kirishimaâs voice was awkward and he spoke fast.Â
âThatâs fucking stupid. You know youâre strong. Doesnât matter anyway, was just stupid Deku and fucking half-n-half.â Bakugou held eye contact with him and, in that moment, there was no where else Kirishima would rather be looking.Â
âYeah. Thanks. I, uh. Yeah.â Kirishima couldnât say anything coherent, apparently, as he looked into the burning eyes of his maybe-crush.Â
Bakugou snorted. âWhatever, dumbass. Iâm going to bed.â He got up and made toward the door.
Kirishima grabbed his wrist. âWait.â
Bakugou looked down at his wrist and blinked, before looking back up with a quizzical expression. âWhat now?â
âI... thank you. Katsuki.â Kirishima responded hesitantly, trying not to look away in embarrassment. What if heâd messed up? What if he ruined it?
Bakugouâs face softened. âYeah. Night, Ei.â He let Kirishima hold on for a few more moments before moving away, closing the door behind him.Â
Kirishima stared at the door, hand still in the air, lingering in the place where Bakugou had just been. âNight,â he breathed.
How he coped with this was still a mystery to him.
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