Aftermath
It was a week after the whole incident. Denki didn’t have to walk around with the bandage on his cheek which was good. He didn’t like the constant pressure on his cheek but he really preferred that from all the whispers and stares that started the moment he started to walk without the bandage on with scar on display he didn’t know and didn;t really want to know what whispers were about but the looks he received were different some were of surprise some were of pity but the worst ones were of disgust and some sick satisfaction. like it was something sooo great that someone ‘labelled’ him but he did get used to them after some time. Doesn’t mean they were less annoying so when his friend kept staring at his cheek after the whole day of trying to ignore the whispers that was the most annoying of it all. He kept looking at it like he knew something that was important or was regretting something but what connection it had to his scar or maybe it was the word written? well whatever it was was really annoying and mostly he wouldn’t say anything but this time he was really annoyed with the day because if it wasn’t enough of people acting like he wasn’t there and talking about him teachers kept asking him questions and his stutter did not disappear like it was supposed to, it did died down a little but not disappear so he had to go through whole day talking because for some reason casting spells without talking was not supposed to happen in their year yet so it wasn’t acceptable form of answer so he had hard time saying spells correctly. The only teachers that allowed him to write instead of speaking was Mr.Aizawa and Mr.Yamada which he was grateful for but he wished more of his teacher would understand that he just can’t talk. Maybe he should ask Ms. Chiyo for some sort of slip to excuse him from giving a vocal response? It would be really useful because as Shinsou did try to speak for him and he on some occasions tried to they couldn’t keep getting detentions for that and if that wasn’t enough someone had the audacity to walk up to him and askim to cover up his scar because it makes some of the ‘uncomfortable’. How do they think he feels? He grabbed a piece of paper and fastly wrote ‘can you stop staring at my scar and just tell me what's bothering you? it’s getting annoying.’ and threw it at Bakugou’s face. It wasn’t the smartest move but he was annoyed and felt bold because of it
“What the hell Sparky?!” he flinched at the screaming but other than that didn’t bother with much of a response everything that he wanted to tell him was written on the piece of paper in Bakugou’s hand and he really didn’t have enough willpower to speak in that moment. He just looked at Bakugou as he was unfolding the paper thrown at him “Nothing bothering me what are you talking about?”
Denki started writing again ‘you keep looking at my scar with this weird look of regret or like you’re thinking about something important and think about whatever you want but just stop staring at my scar or tell me what happened’ he this time gave paper to Bakugou instead of throwing it at him
“I’m not staring at your stupid scar you’re imagining things”
“Dunno dude it looked like you were staring at it for the last 10 minutes” Kirishima said only proving that there had to be something bothering Bakugou because they were supposed to study and Bakugou was never the one to let himself get distracted he was mostly the one telling them off for getting distracted but well… it was pot calling the kettle black in this moment because it wasn’t the only moment he was distracted he was like that since Denki walked up to their group with the bandage of his cheek which if he thinks about it was surprising because yes it was shock to everyone but Bakugou seemed to know something and he looked guilty at first and had this look of regret all the time when he was near Denki then it seemed to hit him when he connected all the dots.
“Y-you kn-now so-omethi-ing” it wasn’t the questions it was a statement and at the way Bakugou freezed for the moment he seemed to hit the right point
“Of course I know something I’m not the fucking dumbass like the rest of you”
“Yo-ou kno-ow I-I’m not talk-king abo-out ac-cad-demics but abo-out th-the thi-ing”
He knew Bakugou won’t give in that easy but with how nervous he was now and with how Denki leaded the rest of the group in that it would be easy to make him slip
“What? Bakubro why didn’t you tell us that you found out something about what happened to Denki?”
“Maybe because i don’t know shit?!” hide the flinch. don’t show that you are scared it’ll only make it seem like it’s easy to break you
“come on don’t be like that. Now that we know you gotta tell us!” a moment all of them minus Denki were chanting for Bakugou to tell them and he was near his breaking point se he was either going to storm off or tell them to get them to shut up and get back to studying and seeing they were only halfway done with homework it’ll more likely was the second option.
“the little fucker and his friends asked me to help them! Now happy?!”What. He knew this the whole time he knew he had to know before it happened but why didn’t he tell him or tell a teacher or tried to stop them or did anything. It was quiet but Denki wasn’t sure if he just ignored everything around him or if it was actually quiet.
“y-yo-ou kn-ne-ew… h-ho-ow lo-on-ng?”
“...A few weeks… didn’t think that they’d actually find a spell to do that on their own”
“Th-the-ey co-oul-ld st-ti-ll use a kn-ni-fe why didn-n’t you t-te-ell”
“You weren’t going to agree, why didn’t you tell anyone?” Bakugou was quiet and not looking at any of them he looked like he had to come up with something to tell them and how to make it believable
“No… Bakugou please tell me you didn’t actually consider this…” Bakugou still was quiet he still wasn’t looking at any of them
“Wh-hy-y” Denki was near tears he thought Bakugou was his friend he would never think that he’d ever think about hurting him like that he thought if something he would tell him because they were friends because he thought that Bakugou also cared about him. But Bakugou stayed silent and still didn’t look at him and Denki had enough he didn’t care about anything he was angry and hurt and all the feelings he bottled up for the whole day blew up he slapped Bakugou. Hard. and run out of the room he didn’t care about where he was going or about the fact that he left his things in that room until he bumped in someone
“so-orr-rry”
“Kitten? what’s wrong?”
“O-oh... To-osh-shi H-hi…” he wasn’t going to look up he wasn’t going to make Shinsou worry after he had to have a several detentions because of him
“Hi… What’s wrong?”
“Noth-ng wr-ng” oh great bow his voice was giving up completely and he still was crying but he hoped that it wasn’t really visible he felt one hand on his cheek and the other under his chin gently pulling his face up to look at Shinsou
“I can see that’s something wrong but I won’t make you talk because your voice is already giving up and now you need some comfort come on maybe we’ll catch someone on the way to kitchen and steal some hot chocolate”
“Y-yo-ou h-ve s-me ch-late in yo-r room can we go the-re?”
“Of course come on i probably also have some water but you’ll need to drink something warmer like tea okay?” Denki only nodded his head and let Shinsou pull him to dungeons and later to Shinsou’s room he managed to stop crying on the way there he sitted down on the bed and given a kiss Shinsou then went to get him some water from his desk and the promised chocolate
“You left you sketchbook last time i should have some pencil if you want to draw or write something” Shinsou looked back at Denki who only made grabby hands at the mention of the sketchbook and he was given it with a chuckle and one more kiss to his head and moment later there were hands around his waist and he was in that safe embrace he liked so much
‘You’re spoiling me right now’
“you deserve a little spoiling sometime for being such a sweetheart” Denki felt his cheeks getting warmer and then he noticed the chocolate he really wanted to eat it and he knew that Shinsou probably wouldn’t mind if he took some but he had second thoughts now because it had so much calories and it was mostly expensive and he weren’t allowed expensive things at home but he really wants some but he can’t-
“Open your mouth and close your eyes” Denki as he was told and moment later he had a small piece of chocolate in his mouth “You were looking at for a moment and you looked unsure so i hope you don’t mind that i… helped you a little?”
‘i don’t’ Denki felt hand around his waist tightening and that he now had the other hand in his hair and he started doodling something
“Okay… Want to tell me why you were crying earlier?”
‘Bakugou… knew what Mineta was planning and considered helping him’
“...Why?”
‘He didn’t tell me’ it was quiet for a while and Denki went back to doodling and focused on the feeling of a hand in his hair and warm chest against his back he liked how it was in this moment he knew that at some point he will have to confront Bakugou and all the people whispering about him but he didn’t care because now he was safe and as okay as he can be so he was happy and that is the only thing that mattered that he was there and he always had Shinsou to help him if he needed and he would also help him without second thoughts