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It had been a very long week of classes. Denki Kaminari was just exhausted and wanted nothing but to just lay down and do nothing for the rest of the night. He didn’t even feel like being in the common room with everyone (not that there were many people there, they were also exhausted) and socialize.
After lazily tossing his stuff around his room and haphazardly changing his clothes he just went and collapsed in his beloved bed. “It’s what I deserve” he thought. He laid on his side and looked across the room at his TV set. His favorite video game was there on the table. The one that he got for christmas. Now of all times, he was craving nothing but playing it with his boyfriend. But, he was way too tired right now for that.
He was about to doze off when suddenly he heard his phone buzz. “Huh?” He went to check his phone on the nightstand. At first he thought it was one of his group chats, but it turned out to just be his boyfriend, Hanta Sero. “Oh!” he smiled.
The text said “hey. where are u. i don't wanna be lonely”.
Denki told him he was in his room and that he could come in whenever. Hanta said “okay see u soon i’m getting food first”.
Before he knew it, he was dozing off again. Then he was asleep.
It was about an hour later when Hanta opened Denki’s door (he never knocked) and looked at the bed. He closed the door behind him and locked it, then stood at the bedside and observed him. He thought it was absolutely precious but he wasn’t going to tell him that. Sero had no plans on staying that night (even though he was wearing lounge clothes) but this made him really want to.
He got into bed with him, scooted and shuffled into a comfortable position and kissed Denki’s forehead. His boyfriend reacted immediately. He cracked his eyes open and turned onto his side and saw him. He smiled right away. “Hey baby” he said in his normal cheerful tone, though weaker because of exhaustion.
“Hey. How’d you sleep baby boy?” Hanta grinned and stroked his boyfriend’s hair. “You looked so cute.”
“Good…” Denki rubbed his eyes. “Better now that you’re here.”
Hanta chuckled. “Oh my GOD I love you.”
“I love you more” Denki responded instantly. He planted a good kiss on his lips. They spent the next few minutes just kissing on and off. Not exactly making out, but just appreciating their time together. They haven’t had anytime to cuddle like this in a long time.
Denki eventually was just clinging to him. “It feels so good to just lay down with you. We never get to do this. I miss you.”
“I know it babe” Hanta agreed “Life is so busy. But summer break is just around the corner. We’ll have plenty of time to do things. It’s all I’ve been thinking about.” He continued to stroke his hair. It was extremely comforting to Denki when he did that. He had done that to comfort him since way before they started dating.
What was so great about moments like these were how they showed sides to each other that nobody else saw. Denki was always super vulnerable and clingy (not in an obsessive way but more like in a way of affection especially when they slept together. He loved being held more than anything) around Hanta. While with Denki, Hanta would go the extra mile to care for his boyfriend without ever disrespecting or sassing him when it wasn’t the time for it. It was like they were different people but still themselves.
Eventually, the both of them slowly shuffled under the big comforter blanket on Denki’s bed. It was very warm outside, but they didn’t even care. They just wanted to be alone together.
Hanta laid on his back. In response, Denki laid his head on his boyfriend’s chest. “What time is it?” Denki asked. Hanta tilted his head just enough to see the time on the funky yellow alarm clock on Denki’s nightstand. It was only 7PM. He was relieved. They had plenty of time to relax and spend time together.
“Seven” Hanta said.
“Oh good… more time with you…” Denki’s voice was sounding weaker, a sign he was falling asleep again. Hanta continued to stroke his hair to make it easier for him to drift off.
Hanta looked over at the TV. The video game was there. The gift that started it all. He then turned his head, looking up at the ceiling and began to recall the day everything changed for them. The day they started dating.
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It was just before Christmas time, when the students in class 1 did their optional gift exchanges with each other. In what seemed like the absolute strangest irony ever, Denki and Hanta drew each other’s names the month prior. Yet neither of them knew about that happening until the actual day of the exchange.
Hanta got Denki a new video game for a console that his parents got him for his birthday. It was kind of pricey but he knew he really wanted it and felt like the sacrifice was absolutely worth it. Denki got Hanta a special notebook to track calorie and food consumption. He was smart for that, because a couple weeks ago Hanta mentioned to Denki about how he would like to start eating better and keep track of what he was eating, but he had no idea how. This was the perfect gift he thought.
The exchange wasn’t mandatory and didn’t have to be done during the school day. For one thing, Denki was extremely shy about giving a gift let alone a gift like THAT to Hanta in front of a bunch of people. So what he did was text Hanta that he wanted him to come to his room that night. He had assumed he already had given his gift so he didn’t think about it.
Their texting conversation went something like this:
D: “Hey dude wanna come to my room”
H: “Sure. why?”
D: “...Because I want you to and you’re my friend”
H: “Weird way to put it but okay. on my way”
D: “ur a gem thx”
H: “I know :)”
It was around 6PM when Denki heard a knock at his bedroom door. He quickly shuffled his gift under the blanket and went to open the door. He had been waiting for like an hour, but he didn’t really care. He opened the door.
“Hey. I’m here like you wanted” Hanta said. Little did Denki know, Hanta was hiding the gift he got for him in his internal jacket pocket.