it was a late weekend evening when you first took notice of denki's love language.
the credits had just started rolling after your impromptu movie night in the common room where absolutely no-one paid attention, but instead spent the whole two hours talking and catching up.
it was the point of the night where the lights had come back, several people had bid their goodnights, and the rest of you stayed behind to chat and clean up.
"i hope you guys had a terrible time without me," denki announces.
you whip your head around and see him stepping away from the closing elevator with a textbook under his arm and a fountain drink from the local fast food chain cupped under his fingers.
he sets the book and drink on the counter as he walks past, and falls right into hanta- half of his dead weight dragging him down by the neck.
"yeah we spent the entire time talking about you," he strains, trying to peel denki off of him, "and gossip about shit you're not allowed to know.
denki lightly shoves hanta away and goes around the room. group hugs with hitoshi and eijirou. pats on the head for mina. elaborate handshakes for kyoka.
when he gets to you, he shyly slides up against the wall and leans his side against the surface. you cock your head to the side to meet his eye.
"stayed up to say goodnight?" he teases.
"we were just up talking about the movie," you shrug, "you missed out."
his face immediately scrunches in annoyance.
"you and me." he inches in and motions back and forth with his finger, "the second i catch you in these halls tomorrow morning, i'm stealing you for a debrief. got it?"
you take it in closer, making the smirk on his face grow wider.
"maybe if you're up early enough," you push yourself off of the wall, "goodnight, denki."
a moment passes where the both of you remain unmoving and mere inches from touching noses. a shy smile grows on your face, and his gaze darts between your lips and eyes. his palms go sweaty in the pocket of his hoodie.
you go for the hug first. bold and unlike you, but you take the chance anyways. from how close you two were standing, he almost thought you were coming in for a kiss- which he quietly cursed himself for even thinking.
"oh, fuck," slips out of denki's mouth the moment you've gone cheek-to-cheek.
his arms wrap around your waist just as quickly as yours went around his neck. he doesn't hesitate to pull you in closer and bury his nose in your shoulder.
"see you tomorrow," you mutter, patting his shoulder.
he hangs onto you for another moment and mutters an incoherent sentence into your neck before letting you pull away.
you glance up to his face to see his pink cheeks and signature wobbly smile. despite separating, your bodies were just as hot as it was pressed against one another.
"if you got any monsters under your bed, you know where i am," he says through a shy smile, a hand still lingering at your side.
"hmm," you hum, "didn't take you as a cuddler."
a beat of silence passes where he just smiles at you.
"find out anytime."