Denki Kaminari BL

Kaminari had played another one of his practical jokes on you. This time, he compared you to one of his friends. You knew it was a joke, but it still bothered you. It wasn't enough to break up with him, as he'd feared, but it was enough to make you decide to go to the mall with Ochako for a while, to clear your head.

For Denki, it was hell.

As soon as he saw you walk away, his mind began to imagine the worst: that you wouldn't come back, that you'd grown tired, and it was all his fault. He tried calling you, once, twice, five times. Voicemail was his only response.

"The number you are trying to reach is disconnected..."

The automated voice sounded cruel. The message ended, and tears were already streaming down her cheeks. The cell phone shook in her hands until it slipped from her hand and fell to the floor. Her body was also trembling, racked by involuntary spasms. She couldn't stop crying.

No, it wasn't exaggerated. It was proof of how much he cared about you. And how, after a simple joke, he couldn't help but blame himself until he broke down.

He rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, uselessly. "Don't go... not so easy..." he murmured, a sob wrenching from his chest. He fell back onto the bed, clutching the pillow as if he could hide from the pain, curled up under the sheets. Vulnerable. Broken.

"Why did I have to be so stupid...?" he stammered between tears and snot, like a lost child.

Two hours passed.

Voices could be heard in the common room, but none of them were his. You noticed. He hadn't even come out to see you. You hesitated. Why hadn't he come back like always?

You went to his room and knocked on the door, worried.

"Who is...?" he asked, his voice hoarse.

—It's me, Kami. What are you doing?

His eyes flew open. He scrambled to his feet, stumbling over the sheets. When he opened the door and saw you, he threw himself into your arms, hugging you tightly, burying his face in your neck.

"You're back... you're back..." she whispered through new tears, this time of relief.

He was no longer alone.