Denki Kaminari x Reader oneshot
A/N: this took so long and now my neck hurts. May be ooc but please enjoy! WC: 2.3K
You're a waiter at a small cafe near UA, it's not like your parents struggle with paying bills or anything, you just want the extra money to hang out with your friends. You didn’t tell any of your friends because knowing them they’d come just to be irritating your whole shift. Not to mention the uniforms are a little…embarassing, they're not lewd or anything, it's just to match the cute theme of the cafe.
It’s a normal shift after a day of rough hero training. Your legs ache from being on them all day but you push through and keep a customer friendly smile on your face. You hear the bell from the entrance ding and you turn your head to greet the customer. Your jaw drops when you see the familiar blonde from your class, Denki Kaminari.
You drop like a person on fire and crawl behind the counter. There's no way you could let him see you like this, he would blab his mouth to everyone. Your coworker snaps in your face to get your attention. “Dude what are you doing? You still have tables.” She hissed at you gesturing to your 3 tables.
“A dude from my school is here! I can’t go out there, he'll see me!” You whispered, flailing your hands around as you explained frantically. “Well too bad cause he's in your section, now go!” She pulls you up and pushes you out from behind the counter. You huff and reluctantly walk over to denki’s table.
When you get to his table he looks up and before you can recite the practiced greeting he bursts out laughing. “You seriously work here!? Here of all places!?” He cackled so hard he doubled over. Your face heats up and you squeeze your notepad so hard you think you may tear it in half. “Shut up and order or I will kick you out…” You seethed angrily.
Denki whips out his phone to take a photo and you quickly cover your face. “Kaminari! If you send that to anyone I will kill you.” You're so mad you think steam may leave your ears. This is so humiliating, “Okay okay, this will be our little secret. Plus you don't look too bad in that uniform ya know?” He tries to hide the shit eating grin on his face but bursts out laughing again.
Your face heats up even more at the compliment. “Shut up and tell me what you want…” You muttered too embarrassed to threaten him again. “Fine fine…” He tells you his order and you walk away before you can hear the click of him taking another photo. For the rest of your shift, Denki torments you to no end. Teasing you in any way he can.
You finally get back to the dorms after your shift, tip toeing inside so no one hears you and asks where you were. Luckily you were able to change out of the uniform at work. At the door you’re met with Kaminari, the same grin he had at the cafe still plastered on his face. “Don’t say a word.” You shove him out of your way. He grabs your wrist before you can walk off. “Oh no no no we’ve definitely gotta talk about this.” He giggled so hard you almost punched him.
“Look I don’t want you talking about this to anyone, and I mean literally anyone. I just work there for extra cash so mind your business.” You poke him in the chest to emphasize your words. “Chill! I just wanted to tell you again how good you looked geez.” He muttered, looking away but still having a slight smile on his face.
“Haha very funny, I don’t need you making fun of me Denki.” You roll your eyes. “I'm not joking! You looked good.” He looks you up and down again and it makes you wonder if you were too tired and forgot to take off your uniform. Nope he was just looking at you. You storm off before he can see how flustered you are.
You take a shower and flop onto your dorm bed, you pick up your phone and scroll through instagram. You click on stories to catch up on them and once you get to Denkis you pause, it’s a photo of him just below his face, showing off a band tee, a studded belt, and jeans. The outfit looks really, and I mean really good on him. “He’s kinda cute…” You mumble to yourself and once you realize the words that just came out of your mouth you throw your phone. “Yep, that's definitely a sign to get my ass to sleep.” And with that you close your eyes and go to sleep.
Today's a saturday, AKA your weekly movie night with Mina. You two settle on the common room couch. You two talk for a bit about the drama going on in class 1-A and how you definitely think Izuku and Ochako are gonna get married someday. “Speaking of relationships, do you have a crush on anyone??? I mean you know I like Kirishima but you never mention anyone.”
When she says that your mind can’t help but flash to Denki, Your face heats up and Mina notices instantly. “Oh my gosh you do have a crush!!! Why didn’t you tell me!?” She grabs your shoulders and shakes you like a madwoman. “I don’t have a crush!!” You yelled back defensively. “You totally do! I saw that blush you can’t fool me!” You look away as your face heats up more.
“Look I don’t know if it’s an actual crush! He’s just cute I- ugh just promise not to open your loud mouth.” You finally grab her hands to stop her from shaking you. “I promise!! Cross my heart!” She yelled excitedly. “Like I said I don’t know if I actually like him…but last night I was scrolling on instagram and I saw Denki’s story and he looked…like too good.” You muttered.
Mina squealed happily. “You like Denki!???” She was way way too loud. “Keep your voice down before I sew your lips shut. And I said I don’t know! He’s just cute…and kinda funny…and strong…oh gosh I do like him don’t I?” You bury your face in your hands. “Yup! But it’s totally fine, I'm the best wingwoman out there!” She pulls your hands away from your face and smiles at you. “Let’s just watch the movie.” You huffed before turning on some random romance movie.
The next morning you wake up on the couch, you're laying on one end and Mina’s laying on the other, still asleep. You must’ve fallen asleep during the movie. You sit up and go to the kitchen to get water. You grab a cup and once you come back you see Mina’s awake. “We have to stop falling asleep on the couch dude…” She groaned as she stretched.
Later that day the whole class is in the common room in their separate pods. You and Mina are teasing Ochako about her crush on Izuku when suddenly you see Denki pass by to go to Sero. You stare at him for a bit and when you look back you see Mina and Ochako grinning at you. “What???” You asked confused. “You were staring so hard you almost started drooling. You got it BAD!” Mina cackled.
“No I don’t! Shut up!” You shoved her shoulder playfully. “You should go talk to him!” Ochako suggested with a bright smile. “No way!” You shut that down immediately. Next thing you know, Mina and Ochako are pushing you in his direction. You stumble into his arms and look up at him. You see him smiling down at you and your heart drops to your ass.
You quickly get up and apologize profusely, your face is as red as Kirishima's hair. You avoid his gaze because you know that if you see him smiling at you you’ll stumble over your words like an idiot. You look behind you to see Mina and Ochako looking at you with smiles and thumbs up. You glare at them with a look that says you're beating their asses later.
“You okay? You look like you're about to have a heart attack.” As he says that he tilts his head slightly and your knees almost give out at the sight. “Y-yea im alright. Minas just being annoying again. Wait you haven’t told anyone about the uhm…the cafe right?” You tense up at the thought of your secret getting out. “I haven’t told a soul, cutie.” He winks at you and walks away.
You walk back to Mina and Ochako with a blank stare. “Dude you look sick, you good??” Mina asks, very concerned for your health. “He called me a cutie…what does that mean???” You inquired, not sure if what you're thinking is what's actually going on. “Are you stupid!? It means he likes you!!” Mina yelled so loud the entire common room heard. Everyone stares at the three of you and you feel your soul start to fly up then and there
You quickly flee back to the secluded comfort of your dorm. You spend pretty much the rest of the day there. It's about 9 pm and you're about to go to bed when you hear a gentle knock at your door, it's soft enough that you know they're definitely trying to avoid being out of their dorm past curfew.
You trudge out of your bed and open the door. You see Kaminari standing there in a batman shirt and basketball shorts. “Nice pajamas.” He whispered to you with a slight giggle. “What do you want??? It’s past curfew.” You groaned, squinting to see him in the dark. “I wanted to go to the convenience store down the road, I want candy.” He shifted his weight between his feet, looking slightly nervous.
“And what does that have to do with me?” You scratch your head sleepily. “I want you there with me ya know? To uh spend time with you.” he blushes as he says those words, your eyes widen slightly. “Oh uhm o-okay then ill come I guess… Let me get a hoodie.” You turn around to find one but before you can his voice perks up again.
“No need, I brought mine!” He tosses his hoodie at you. It's a flash themed hoodie. “You have a big thing for superheroes ya know that? You laughed softly. He pulls you out of your dorm and you two start sneaking out.
Once you two got your snacks you sit down on a bench. He digs into his candy and you pull your knees to your chest sleepily. You lean on him, too sleepy to realize what you're doing, he freezes up but soon wraps his arm around you. “Hey uh…can I tell you something?” He muttered through a mouth full of gummies. “Mhm…” You hummed, though your eyes were already closing.
“I really like you…like a lot…youre really cute and cool and funny and like so ambitious and- well uh the point is I think you're like awesome…I know this is really sudden but Mina said
this would be a good way to…maybe ask you on a date?” He picks at his nails anxiously.
“Hm…I’d like that Kaminari….” You said before finally drifting off to sleep. Denki almost short circuits with excitement, then he looks down and realizes you've fallen asleep. He stuffs his candy back into his bag before putting one arm under your legs and one on your back to pick you up. You melt into him and he carries you back to the dorms. Your subconscious mind is already excited for your future date with Denki.
The next morning you wake up and memories of last night hit you like a truck. You gasp and instantly call Mina and rant to her as you get ready for classes to start. “Well girl I kinda already know this, I told him to ask you out.” She said as she brushed her teeth. “Dude I owe you a lot!” You grab your bag and you hang up the phone.
The day can’t end quick enough, your only motivation to get through the day is your date with Denki. Finally the day ends and you quickly go to your dorm to change into an outfit better suited for a date. You meet Denki at the front date and he's wearing an outfit similar to the one he wore on his story the day you realized you liked him.
“Hey! So I know you like animals so I saw this cat cafe online so that's where we're going!” He beamed excitedly. “Howd you know that?” You tilted your head slightly. “Uh I pay attention to you a lot…” He muttered now slightly flustered. “That's…really sweet…Let’s go.” You grab his hand and motion for him to lead the way
Once you two get to the cafe he tells you to find a table and says he’ll be right back. He stays gone for a while, so long that you start to wonder if he ditched you. You get ready to leave until he comes back with flowers. “Sorry that took so long!! I just uh…wanted to get your favorite but uh-May I be your boyfriend? Maybe? Please?” He said, so nervous it looked like he was gonna cry.
“I-uh wow youre sweating a lot, uhm I would love for you to be my boyfriend Kaminari. Now please sit down, people are staring at us.” You giggled softly before taking out your phone to take a photo. You post it to your instagram with the caption, “Managed to bag the nervous wreck.” You posted it before finally enjoying your date with Kaminari. You're actually kinda grateful he came to your job that day.