It was 1:25 when Kirishima glanced at his clock.
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 couldn’t 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.
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.
It was obviously Bakugou, it always was - right now there was no one else Kirishima actually wanted to be awake, but there wasn’t much he could do about that. Bakugou needed his sleep. And besides, if Kirishima woke him up, he’d probably kill him.
The reason he couldn’t sleep wasn’t clear; nothing overly traumatic had happened recently and he’d 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 he’d 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.
“Yeah?” He called out, trying not to be too loud. He didn’t want to wake anyone up.
“Let me in, dumbass,” came the gruff voice of his best friend. He’d know that voice anywhere. It was one of his favourite sounds. Not that he’d ever admit that, of course.
“Ah, yeah- hold on.” Kirishima scrambled out of his bed and opened the door, and of course Bakugou was stood on the other side. He looked like he hadn’t slept at all either, which was odd considering he’d said he was going to sleep at 9:00pm. Earlier than pretty much everyone else.
Bakugou barged his way in and sat unceremoniously on the end of Kirishima’s bed. “So, why aren’t you fucking sleeping?”
“What...? How did you even? Wait, actually, nevermind. You’re too observant anyway. Why are you here, Blasty?” Kirishima said in a rushed, quiet voice. He was still quite confused about why the blond boy was even here.
“That’s... fair enough. Talk about what?” Kirishima looked at him expectantly. He honestly didn’t 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 wasn’t normal behaviour.
“Why you’re not sleeping. Didn’t I already say that? Idiot.” Bakugou scowled at him, but didn’t move from his spot. “It’s because if what happened today, isn’t it?”
Kirishima blinked. “Uh... yeah. I think. Maybe. Probably not.”
“Pick an answer and stick with it, Shitty Hair.”
“Right. Yeah. Okay. So, erm, yes?” Kirishima’s voice was awkward and he spoke fast.
“That’s fucking stupid. You know you’re strong. Doesn’t matter anyway, was just stupid Deku and fucking half-n-half.” Bakugou held eye contact with him and, in that moment, there was no where else Kirishima would rather be looking.
“Yeah. Thanks. I, uh. Yeah.” Kirishima couldn’t say anything coherent, apparently, as he looked into the burning eyes of his maybe-crush.
Bakugou snorted. “Whatever, dumbass. I’m going to bed.” He got up and made toward the door.
Kirishima grabbed his wrist. “Wait.”
Bakugou looked down at his wrist and blinked, before looking back up with a quizzical expression. “What now?”
“I... thank you. Katsuki.” Kirishima responded hesitantly, trying not to look away in embarrassment. What if he’d messed up? What if he ruined it?
Bakugou’s face softened. “Yeah. Night, Ei.” He let Kirishima hold on for a few more moments before moving away, closing the door behind him.
Kirishima stared at the door, hand still in the air, lingering in the place where Bakugou had just been. “Night,” he breathed.
How he coped with this was still a mystery to him.
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