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Kirishima was utterly exhausted, which was a real disappointment since it was the weekly Class 1-A movie night and it was his turn to pick out the movies. He was trying to focus as the first of the many musicals played but he was slipping, mind and body just telling him to sleep.
It hadn't even been that busy of a day, just standard classes and a training exercise, which only made him feel more infuriated at his sleepiness.
The penultimate musical number started to play, and with his luck it was a slow, soft melody, lulling him to fall asleep.
He woke up later, not even realising he had actually fallen asleep. There were a few more bodies lying about, blankets strewn over them haphazardly (he recognised them as Yaoyorozu's creations, what with the little Y.M. embroidered in cursive on the corner of them).
It was only when his pillow shifted he realised he wasn't resting his head on a pillow, but on a person. He moved his head slightly to get a better look at who it was.
"Kirishima?" Midoriya whispered, sleep in his voice.
"Sorry for falling asleep on you."
"It's fine, s-sorry if I woke you up." Midoriya apologised.
"Nah I'm good..." Kirishima replied, yawning. "I should head up to my room."
"Ok..."
Kirishima tried to deny the disappointment he heard in Midoriya's voice at what he said, standing up slowly, moving his stiff joints.
"Goodnight Midoriya."
"Night Kirishima."
They were studying together in Midoriya's room, sat at his desk as they went over some homework.
It had started off great, getting through equations and notes quickly...
But for Midoriya, the extra training he was putting in with All Might was catching up to him as his vision blurred slightly, numbers becoming difficult to read.
He rested his head on his right hand, rolling his pen to his left to try continue writing.
Four more questions...
Midoriya was sure his work was getting unintelligible.
Three more questions...
His grip on the pen slipped.
Two... more... questions...
The pen dropped from his hand as his eyes closed.
Come on, wake up. We aren't finished yet.
I'm comfy... too sleepy...
"Midoriya? You ok dude?" Kirishima asked softly. Midoriya didn't bother opening his eyes, only letting out a small hum.
"Ok, I'm kinda sleepy too. I can text you about stuff later." Kirishima continued, packing his stuff up as quietly as possible from beside him.
"...seeya Kirishima..." He tried to say, but his hand and tiredness muffled his words.
Midoriya fell asleep to a gentle touch on his shoulder.
He woke up a few hours later, digital clock to his right displaying 2:03 am. He groaned slightly as he sat up, something slipping off his shoulders. He looked down to what fell from his shoulders.
"My... duvet?" He asked no one as he blinked, trying to understand how his blanket got from his bed to his shoulders without him knowing.
He grabbed his phone to see if anything had happened while he slept.
Midoriya's focus was drawn to three notifications.
Kirishima: hey man
Kirishima: didn't think you'd want to fall asleep cold so I put your blanket over your shoulders before I left
Kirishima: have sweet dreams Midoriya, you deserve it x
Midoriya couldn't help the smile that came to his face.
He was glad he had such a caring friend...
The class were on the bus back from the USJ, most rowdy from excitement over the success of the lesson. They had all gotten on well, pleasing the teachers that were supervising them.
"Hey Midoriya, ribbit, what did you think of the... oh..." Asui started before noticing that the boy next to her was asleep, head resting against the glass behind him.
"Hey, Kiri!" Ashido said, trying to get the other boy's attention. "Oh damn, they're dropping like flies."
Asui sat awkwardly in the middle of the two sleeping boys, wanting to move from where she was.
"Hey Tsuyu, I have a plan." Kaminari said with a playful smirk.
"I'm listening ribbit."
"Midoriya! Kirishima! We have arrived back at the dorms!" Iida said, tapping both boys on the shoulders repeatedly to wake them up.
"Huh? When did..." Kirishima started, being the first to rouse from his slumber. "When did we get here?"
"A few minutes ago, ribbit. We were waiting till the last possible moment to wake you guys up."
"What's going on? I didn't miss anything right?" Midoriya asked, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Awesome! You two are awake, let's get out of this bus then you two can continue your nap together in bed!" Ashido said excitedly as she skipped to the doors of the bus.
"What do you mean nap toget-" Kirishima started before finally noticing the position he fell asleep in.
Oh shit I fell asleep on Midoriya... wait I sat next to Tsuyu so how did-
"Kaminari."
"Sorry, had to try a little something." Kaminari admitted. "Come on loverboy, we gotta get moving before Aizawa expels us 'cause we took too long."
Midoriya sat up, and stretched slightly before standing.
"Let's go, I think I'm gonna continue my nap once I get my costume off." Midoriya said, yawning before leaving the bus, meeting with a grinning Uraraka who gave him a playful elbow to his side.
Kirishima stood up, legs stiff, and left the bus, the doors shutting behind him and speeding off into the distance away from the dorms.
I think I might just do the same as you Midoriya.
There was slightly frantic knocking on Kirishima's door, waking him up from his rather pleasant dream (that totally wasn't him and Midoriya going out for ice cream).
"Jesus it's like midnight what the fu- Midoriya?" Kirishima said as he opened the door. "Holy shit Midoriya are you ok?!"
The sight that awaited him was Midoriya, teary eyed and trembling, clutching his shirt and thin throw over desperately.
"C-C-Can I come in?"
"Of course dude!" Kirishima replied, opening the door wider to let his friend into the room, shutting the door behind him and flicking on a small lamp.
"I-I'm s-sorry for i-interrupting y-you, I'm s-sure you were a-asleep..."
"Midoriya, my man, what's up? You seem like you've seen a ghost."
"I-I-I had a n-nightmare and I knew no one e-else on my floor would b-be awake and I couldn't g-go over to the girls side to see Uraraka or Ashido... I thought you were my best bet."
"Did you want to talk about it?"
Midoriya seemed hesitant, biting his lip, considering the pros and cons of telling Kirishima.
"O-ok... I... I w-was dreaming about the t-time when we w-were off on o-our field t-training... you know the time after the s-sports fesitival?"
Kirishima nodded.
"I... I shouldn't be t-telling you this 'cause of l-legal reasons but... I have to..."
Legal reasons...? What the hell did you get up to?
"It was Stain. The n-noumu's had a-attacked and s-stopped the t-train at H-Hosu... I k-knew Iida was t-there so I got off... I r-realised he w-was there, so was the h-hero killer... I r-ran to t-try find them..."
A knot in Kirishima's gut grew and twisted. He didn't like the idea of where this was going. He held a hand out to Midoriya, lightly pulling him towards the bed and letting him sit down.
Midoriya took a deep breath.
"I-I found them b-but it was too l-late... Iida w-was dead... he h-had so many k-knives and s-swords s-stabbed in him and I felt s-sick..."
Kirishima squeezed his hand in support.
"My body was f-frozen, even though the h-hero killer hadn't attacked me yet... I watched as he killed N-Native... I couldn't move..."
The tears started streaming down Midoriya's face again. Kirishima's gut burned. He knew what it felt like to be frozen, wanting to help but not being able to.
"T-the Todoroki s-showed up and I-I still couldn't m-move, m-my mouth was f-frozen, I-I couldn't t-tell him to run..."
"Midoriya..."
"It's s-stupid. It happened m-months ago and I know it's not real... that Iida and Todoroki and Native are all alive... that we won the fight... that S-Stain got put in jail... but I still get n-nightmares..."
Kirishima understood why Midoriya hadn't considered going to Iida or Todoroki... he didn't want to share the burden with them, who already suffered so much from the same incident. Kirishima wrapped his arms around Midoriya, pulling him in for a hug, giving him all the support he could.
"Midoriya... I'm sorry I can't help more... that I can't do more."
"I-It's ok... j-just speaking a-about it with y-you has helped to calm it down..."
"I'm guessing you don't want me to tell anyone else?"
Midoriya shook his head.
"Want me to walk with you back to your room?"
Midoriya paused before he shook his head again.
"I-I know I-it's stupid but c-could I stay here tonight? I-I think having someone else here would help."
"Of course dude!" Kirishima replied, standing up to go to his wardrobe with extra sleeping supplies. He grabbed some pillows and blankets and turned around.
Midoriya was already asleep on the bed.
Kirishima sighed slightly, placing the extra blankets to the side as he walked over to the bed. He bent down to under the bed, dragging out the thin, extra mattress his mum made sure he kept. He put the blankets and pillows on the mattress and lay down.
Midoriya's hand was next to his head.
He leaned over slightly and placed a chaste kiss to the scarred skin.
"It'll be ok." He whispered before turning and going back to sleep.
It was a saturday, the two were lazing on Midoriya's bed, just chilling out and relaxing. Midoriya felt calm as he scrolled through one of the many hero forums on the website, the only noise was the typing from Kirishima's phone.
"I could sleep..." Midoriya admitted from his spot, turning off his phone.
"Same to be honest, I think I could sleep for a year."
"I agree." Midoriya replied with a giggle, putting his phone to the side. "Well, good night Ei."
"W-woah you're just gonna sleep?!" Kirishima asked in surprise, looking away from his phone.
"Yeah... I'm sleepy and you're comfy." Midoriya replied, starting to snuggle into Kirishima's side.
"W-well! At least let me put my phone away." Kirishima said, blushing madly. He put his phone on the floor (or rather it dropped onto the carpet) and manoeuvred to a comfier position.
"Night Ei..."
"Night Izuku."
"Kaminari? Uraraka? Could you two please go locate Kirishima and Midoriya for us? They're going to miss supper." All Might said as he looked around the room, his successor and his boyfriend missing from the room.
"Will do All Might!" Uraraka said, bouncing up from her spot and heading towards the elevator.
"Wait up Uraraka!" Kaminari called out as he chased after the girl, jumping into the elevator.
The pair stood as the elevator climbed the floors.
"Which room we checking first 'cause I'm ninety eight percent sure they're in the same room." Uraraka said, breaking the small silence.
"Let's check Kiri's room first." Kaminari suggested, leaving the elevator and walking towards Kirishima's dorm room. "Kiri! Midoriya! You're gonna miss food!" He shouted through the door as loudly as possible.
"No response."
"Ok, then let's open the door and hope they aren't making out or something." Kaminari said, putting his hand on the door handle and twisting it, swinging open the door.
"After you said that, I was somewhat expecting us to find them in there doing exactly that." Uraraka admitted as she looked at the empty room.
"Just means they're making out in Midoriya's room." Kaminari deduced, earning a giggle from Uraraka as they headed back to the elevator to go to Midoriya's dorm room.
"Deku... Kirishima... you don't wanna miss food right?" Uraraka asked through the door, Kaminari pressing his ear to the door. He shrugged when he heard nothing. "Alright let's see what's happening."
They opened the door and their jaws dropped at the sight that awaited them.
"Holy shit they're spooning."
"I know it's rude but I gotta get a picture." Uraraka said, pulling her phone out and opening the camera app, pressing the capture option several times.
"You know he'd do the same."
"True."
"Ah, did you locate them?" All Might asked, looking expectantly towards them.
"Yeah but I think we should leave them... they were sleeping so we shouldn't wake them."
"Alright then, let us eat. We can put their plates in the fridge for them to heat when the wake up."
The class started to eat, small chit chat here and there, nothing particularly loud until:
"So were they snoozing together?" Jirou asked right out, eyebrow raised.
"Yup. They were spooning." Kaminari replied.
"I knew it."