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Quirks were something that were ingrained into society and with these quirks something new had arisen and it was soul mates. Soul mates were something that were unexplained but everyone secretly wanted to meet their soulmate. It was like these two people were meant to be together. They were two halves of the one whole. Many sought out their soulmates.
Kaminari wasn’t too bothered about soulmates. He was certain that he didn’t have one. While 20% of the population didn’t have quirks, Kaminari was certain he was in the 5% that didn't have a soulmate. The sad types. He thought this as he doodled in his english jotter. He was drawing a pikachu in his jotter, unable to concentrate on the class in front of him. He looked behind him to see Kirishima, his best friend. He knew he had a soul mate but they didn’t talk about it. He didn’t even know how Kirishima knew that he was his soulmate. Kirishima and him had been hanging out and Kirishima stated that he and Bakago were soulmates and that was the end of that conversation before he asked about the homework.
He didn’t know if there was a sign that would show up. Kirishima didn’t tell him about it. Didn't tell him how he knew. He just knew. He assumed there was an arrow that would point to the person and say this was his soul mate.
He had heard rumours that soul mates were able to heal the other and they could hear each other's thoughts. But Kirishima had never confirmed this. He rolled his eyes and then looked round the room hoping no one could hear his thoughts. He blushed at the thought. Maybe he had crept out his soul mate. He hoped that wasn’t the case.
When Kaminari went to bed, he was watching a movie, a romcom. He wished he had someone wrap his arms around his waist and watch the movie with him. He hated when he had these thoughts. When he felt lonely. Kirishima, once he had got his soul mate didn’t pay him as much attention. He would space out and smile. He wished he had someone to watch sappy movies with.
‘Ugh. I hate those guys,’ Kaminari sat up and looked round the room. Someone had spoken to him.
‘Hello?’
‘Hello?’ someone's voice said in his head. They sounded just as confused as he was. He was going insane. Maybe he was sleep deprived. He was hearing a voice. Put him into a straight jacket and send him straight to the mental hospital. He looked around the room but no one was there. No one was trying to prank him.
‘So…’ Kamimari said in his head. ‘Who are these guys you hate?’ Kaminari asked. He paused his TV, where a woman and a man were kissing. It took him a second to realise the voice in his head was a male voice. He was a guy. Or was this his inner voice translating his soulmate. The voice didn’t respond for a moment. It was like they were thinking. Was the voice just as confused. Or Kaminari that lonely he was imagining a person?
He waited five minutes before he heard the voice again, ‘Assholes in my class,’ Kaminari was certain that the person rolled their eyes, ‘They don’t bully me per se, but when I talk to them you can tell they are tense and don’t want to talk to me’ the voice explained. Kaminari nodded his head like he understood what the person meant. He didn’t. Why would someone be tense talking to another person. Was this person a bad guy?
The two spoke for the rest of the day, until Kaminari fell asleep listening to his voice in his head. Kaminari could hear the person's thoughts only when it seemed like it was directed to him. So unless he intended for him to hear, he didn’t hear him. Kaminari was excited to go home when he called out to the person. He was back in his room walking over to his bed.
‘Hello’ he reached out in his mind.
‘Hey’ Kaminari took a seat on his bed and lay back. Why did he feel himself relax as that voice popped into his mind? Like his muscles felt more relaxed as he heard that voice.
‘So we are soulmates right?’ Kaminari asked. He ruled out that he was insane. This was a thing. You could hear the thoughts of your soulmate. So they had to be soulmates. That could be the only explanation.
‘I assume so. Why else am I hearing some voice in my head?’
‘Okay...so my name is Denki’ Kaminari stated.
‘My name is’’ Kaminari didn’t hear what they had said.
‘I didn’t catch your name’
‘Neither’ Maybe they weren’t allowed to know each other's name. Like if they knew then the mystery would be over and so they weren’t allowed to hear. Kaminari had no clue about any of this.
‘Gender?’ Kaminari asked.
‘Male. You?’ So he had a male soulmate.
‘I am male too’ Kaminari admitted. How would his soul mate react to the idea of him being a guy. Did he know he was into guys? He was shocked by this. But the more he knew about him, the more he wanted to meet him. The more it made sense. They both liked romcom movies. They were both Pokemon fans. Kaminari figured that his soulmate was very chill and his soul mate learnt that Kaminari was usually a bundle of energy.
‘Am I being weird but do you have a sudden urge to snuggle?’ Kaminari blushed. He did want to snuggle with him. It was like his body craved for this male to be beside him. He wanted to be touched by the male.
Kaminari turned onto his side, staring at his TV, ‘I’m from U.A’
‘Same’
‘Year 1’
‘Same’
‘Do you think we have met’ Kaminari wondered if they had passed each other and never knew about it. Has he checked out his soulmate before. The more he learnt about his soulmate he was dying to meet him.
‘Most likely. How about we meet tomorrow? After class. Let’s say at that coffee shop by the grocery store’ Kaminari agreed to this and decided to get some sleep, was talking to your soulmate exhausting through the mind. He had no clue but exhaustion washed over him and for the second time he fell asleep to the sound of his soulmate talking about a show he was currently watching.
Kaminari was buzzing to meet his soulmate. The day passed so quick and he was glad that it flew by, he was counting down the minutes until he could see his soulmate. Would they kiss when they met? Would they hold hands? He couldn’t wait to find out.
Two hours left until he could meet his boyfriend and Kaminari knew that the next two hours would pass quickly as he had hero practice. He couldn’t wait. He wanted to have his soulmates hands on him. His energy relaxed him.
Kaminari found himself changing for hero practice. Kaminari pulled down his grey trousers and turned to see Shinso Hitoshi standing behind him. He was staring at him intently before his eyes averted away. Was it cheating if he appreciated someone else while he had a soulmate?
Kaminari’s eyes followed him as he walked to get changed. He found his eyes staring as he pulled his trousers down to reveal black boxers. Shinso turned round to face him and the two stared at each other.
Kaminari turned away his bright red as he was caught checking out Shinso Hitoshi. Kirishima grabbed his attention and they walked to the training ground. Kaminari was facing off against Shinso on a 1 v 1. The fight was a quirkless hand to hand combat. This was for everyone to be able to fight without a quirk.
‘Hit his left’
Kaminari growled in pain as Shinso kicked him in the left rib. That was strange. He thought as he jumped back. He had heard his soulmate say something about his left and then Shinso hit him on the left. It was a fluke right.
‘Kick underneath him’ Kaminari heard again. Shinso bent down and went to kick under him but Kaminari managed to jump back and kicked him in the chest. The two stared at each other for a second. He heard his soulmate say and then Shinso went to kick underneath. He could hear Shinso’s thoughts. They were staring at each other.
“Hi,” Kaminari blushed as he held his hand out to help him up. Shinso took his outstretched hand and the two felt something spark between them. As they held each other's hands, there was some buzz between them. A chemistry.
“It’s nice to officially meet you,” Shinso stated, scratching the back of his head. Kaminari blushed and pulled his hand away from his. He was beautiful. The fight ended as Kaminari allowed Shinso to win.
As other students fought, Shinso and Kaminari stood beside each other, Kaminari resting his head against his shoulder. Shinso didn’t seem to mind and was content with Kaminari standing so close to them.
“So are we a couple now?” Shinso asked as he watched Mineta fight against Koda. Kaminari nodded his head.
‘Can we talk like this?’ Shinso asked him through his mind. Kaminari felt warm as Shinso spoke into his mind directly.
‘Sure’ Kaminari looked to his new boyfriend. Shinso too seemed to be smirking at this.
‘So were you checking me out in the changing room?’
‘I was yeah’
‘Like what you saw’
‘Very much so’ Kaminari leaned in closer to Shinso, their hips touching.
‘Oh this boy is awful’ Kaminari nodded and watched as Mineta was kicked in the gut and sent flying. The Mineta walked over to Kaminari and Shinso.
‘He is awful but also technically my friend’
“That hurt. Fucking asshole,”
‘Hey sexy’ Shinso purred into his head. Kaminari blushed at this and looked to his small friend.
“We are losing buddies,” Mineta stated, nudging him in the stomach. “Why are you standing next to Shinso,” Mineta asked, eyeing him.
‘I want to touch you’ Shinso purred again. Kaminari looked to Shinso who was smirking at him.
‘Stop’
“We are friends,” Kaminari told Mineta. He gave Shinso a dirty - yet playful - look. He was teasing him in his mind that he barely could concentrate on his friend ahead.
‘You are not going to tell him we are soulmates?’ Shinso probed him. Kaminari looked at his soulmate's face. He didn’t look hurt. He looked unfazed by this.
‘No. Only because I want to meet you properly before I introduce you,’
The class ended and the two walked back to the changing room. Once they walked out of the changing room, the two walked to the coffee shop together, their hands linking together as they walked out of the school grounds.
As they walked down the hill, Kaminari slipped on some ice and fell, scraping his knee. Kaminair let out a small cry of pain and Shinso bent down to see that he had scraped his knee and was bleeding. “I heard soulmates could heal each other,” Kaminari winced, looking at how awful his knee looked.
“Am I meant to kiss your wound or your lips? Or do I even need to kiss you at all?” Kaminari smiled and brought his hands up into Shinso’s cheek and brought his face close to his. Shinso’s face was pulled in close to his and Kaminari brought his lips onto Shinso’s. The kiss was electric and Shinso deepened the kiss, pulling him in closer. Kaminari wrapped his arms around his neck pulling him in close. Kaminari fell back onto the ice and Shinso didn’t seem to mind that they were kissing very seductively on the cold wet concrete. They were on the ground, Kaminar’s back getting wet.
Their tongues were brushing against each other. Kaminari moved his legs wider so that Shinso could kiss him even deeper and they could be closer. And he moved in closer.
‘Oh wow’ Shinso purred in his mind.
Kaminari pulled away and looked down to see that his knee was healed. Shinso sat on his knees and they stared at each other, saliva dripping down their chins. “Wow,” Shinso smiled and got onto his feet and helped Kaminari to his feet. ‘Wow’ Shinso smiled.
Kaminari linked their fingers together. He didn’t ask for a soulmate but was definitely happy that he had one.