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ShinKami
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“Today we’re working on teamwork!” All Might proclaimed loudly. “It seems that some of you-“ his eyes sought out Bakugou in the crowd. “-some of you really need to improve in that certain area.”
Bakugou made some kind of angry snorting noise and crossed his arms in defence, still managing to look intimidating as hell.
“Now then,” All Might carried on as if nothing had happened. “Midoriya-shounen, you’re with Bakugou-shounen!”
Of course, ‘cause this is my story and I decide who goes with who.
“Todoroki-shounen!” All Might continued reading from his list. “You and Yaoyorozu will be a team!”
As I said, this is my story and obviously I have no imagination and you can kind of guess all the other teams.
“Kaminari-shounen! Since we’re an uneven group you’ll have to do with Shinsou-shounen.”
I know they’re not an odd number of students in 1A. But guess what, now they are! I told you I’m basically the god of this story and now I’m kicking out Mineta for bad behaviour.
“F-from 1B?” the blond stuttered.
“I know, I know my dear boy” All Might answered apologetically. “But as I said, there’s nothing we can do about it.”
“Shouldn’t I be with Sero-san?” Kaminari tried to persuade his teacher. “We’re practically the same character; we seem useless in battle, we’re easily forgotten and therefore we get no backstory like Midoriya or Todoroki.”
“Hmm, easily forgotten you say,” All Might pretended to consider his plea. “Well then Shinsou-shounen should be perfect for you!”
Downcast, Kaminari began searching for his new teammate and found him sulking at the back of the room.
“Shouldn’t you at least try to hide your displeasure?” the boy from 1B said.
When he spoke his voice was low and precise. His words were well considered and to the point, so much that you just knew he had thought them through a thousand times before he spoke.
Compared to his seemingly calm and composed personality, his appearance was a contradiction. Unruly dark indigo hair that spread in every direction from his head. Dark circles under his eyes like he was constantly stuck in college exam period and hadn’t slept for weeks. And piercing eyes the colour of thunder against the night sky after an unbearably warm summer day. None of them really fit with his personality, but he made up for it with a bored-to-death expression.
“Are you going to stare like that all day?”
Suddenly, Kaminari woke up from his thoughts and hurried to come up with an excuse for his obvious staring.
“Sorry I was just- uhm- yeah I guess I was- and then I...” he trailed off and scratched the back of his head nervously. “I can’t come up with an excuse.”
“Good,” the other boy said. “Apparently lying to your teammate is not good for teamwork.”
“Yeah I guess,” Kaminari answered. He could feel his hands shaking and clutched them tightly. What was wrong with him? Shinsou was just another student, nothing to worry about.
“Nice to meet you, Kaminari-san.” None of it was supposed to be scary but his voice was cold and completely devoid of emotion.
Shinsou reached out his hand for the other boy to take.
“N-n-n-nice to meet you too, Shinsou-san.”
Kaminari took the other boy’s hand and shook it firmly even though his hand was still shaking nervously.
“Just Shinsou is fine.”
“Oh, well you can call me Kaminari if you want, or Denki, or anything you’d like!”
Shinsou couldn’t help but smile at the other’s awkward rambling and he suddenly realised that this boy would be the end of him. His reputation as the cold and mysterious aspiring hero would be completely destroyed.
“How about sweetheart?”
Kaminari was struck with a metaphorical lightning of panic and the thunderstruck look in his eyes didn’t just crack a smile on Shinsou’s face, now he was actually laughing! Like, out loud, ringing laughter that spread across the room.
That’s it, he was doomed.