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It's already 5:22 PM and he's running late and oh god wait! he'd misplaced his keys and he doesn't know where the lanyard with his name tag on it is and he definitely shouldn't be wearing the shoes by the door to work but where the hell did he put his non-slip shoes and-!!
"Woah hey, babe!" Tetsutetsu catches Kaminari by the shoulders, barely saving him from running smack-dab into his chest. Seeing as he's built like a steel shithouse, it wouldn't have been the most pleasant sensation for the tiny blonde, whether he loves that about his live-in boyfriend or not. Kaminari is clearly frantic as he sort of flails, gesturing around the entryway to the apartment, getting nowhere fast as his fluster shatters his ability to concentrate and process thoughts. Tetsu picks up on this of course, asking, "I thought you had work at 6?"
"I do!!" And Kaminari's voice is desperate as he flounders, looking around the foyer wildly once again. He gets like this often, unable to think properly when his processing goes to shit and he's in a rush or under pressure. "Dude have you seen my badge? Or my keys?! I don't know where I put anything and I'm totally gonna get written up if I'm not there on time, this is gonna be the second time this week!"
"Hey man it's alright, you can breathe. I'll help you find your keys, alright?" Tetsu flashes Kaminari a brightly encouraging smile, all teeth and excitable charisma, and it's the same sort of naturally deescalating smile he gives to anyone who's frustrated or flustered or upset. But every time he turns those high beams onto Kaminari, especially when his mind is scattering like ashes to the wind, like a twig cresting a waterfall, like a fucking- side-scroller shoving him off the map into a pitfall, he feels some of the little pieces wiggle back together.
"Okay so hold up a second and think, alright?" Tetsutetsu lays a large hand on one of Denki's shoulders, effectively holding him in place and grounding him in a single motion. The gentle suggestion is a good start to steer him in the right direction and into the right mindset. "When you got home last night you had your keys. Where did you go after you got home?"
Kaminari shakes his head, about to protest, when Tetsu gives his shoulder a small squeeze and he starts to relax. "Uhh I dunno dude I think I went to the kitchen? I was pretty starving so that'd make sense."
"Let's check the kitchen then." Tetsu isn't coddling Kaminari, or holding his hand (although he is guiding him with a strong and warm hand at the small of his back.) He knows how hard the yellow-haired man can struggle with cognitive processing and memory recall, and because of that he uses the coping mechanisms he's learned himself to teach his boyfriend things that might make his life easier. Retracing steps is hard when your memory recall is garbage, but having a big hunky boyfriend to help walk you through it can totally help!
And, sure enough, Kaminari's keys are sitting on top of a couple of apples in the fruit bowl in the kitchen, where every scatter-brained ADHD individual is potentially likely to set them at some point in time. He'd probably meant to pick them right back up, but tell his brain that.
"Dude you're a total lifesaver!" He practically launches himself at the keys, turning on his heel to tug Tetsutetsu down into an electric kiss. The monochromatic man crumbles shockingly quickly, letting himself be pulled down a good foot and positively melting into the kiss. But Kaminari breaks off quickly, golden eyes darting around the kitchen as he tries to think of where the fuck his name badge might be. The game shop he works at is having a visit from the DM today, supposedly, and he absolutely does not wanna get hung up on not having his nametag. Because of that he's still frantic, that explosion of energy from finding his keys dissipating into the sensation of bees under his skin.
Tetsu can tell what he's doing and that his anxiety has spiked and therefore he once again initiates physical contact. It's what grounds Kaminari the best, and Tetsu is always happy to give him that, because he wants what's best and easiest for the man he loves. This time it's in the form of slowly brushing his fingers through dyed-yellow hair, letting them linger against his scalp. "Hey babe let's take a second and breathe alright?" He's always so calm and gentle in moments like this even though he has a naturally boisterous and bombastic personality. Kaminari needs calm and needs something stable to focus on—Tetsu can be spastic and hyper and in a loud mood some other time! Accommodation is manly and cool as fuck! "Now, when did you change out of your uniform? Was it in the bedroom?"
It's obvious that the gears are whirring at a million miles an hour inside Kaminari's mind after Tetsu's intentionally leading question and he goes through the motions of remembering what exactly he'd done after depositing his keys erroneously in the kitchen. "Fuck uh. Okay so I got some cereal and then I went to the living room to find that soda I left there before I went into work yesterday—did you dump that by the way? I was planning on finishing it after work today since I remembered it but I forgot to tell you and—"
"C'mon babe, gotta focus." The words are gentle, calm, and mildly amused.
"Oh! Right! Sooo then I went to the bedroom and got all naked and shit—" he wiggles his eyebrows goofily, earning him a doofy grin and a blush— "but I checked the room so I dunno!"
"Did you check the laundry basket?" Tetsu is already walking toward the bedroom in question as he asks. "Coulda been in your pocket or maybe you just tossed it in there on accident."
Kaminari trails after him, still with that frantic buzzing-bees energy, but as soon as he sees the lanyard he keeps his name tag on peeking out from under a shirt in said basket, he explodes into action once again and rushes to grab it. "Oh my god you're a fricking genius!" His voice is all breath as he spins around and grins widely at Tetsutetsu. And that bright, sunshiny smile that could easily outshine the sun is always what breaks the other man down to bare bones like it's seeping directly into his heart.
Tetsu steps forward and pulls Kaminari into a firm kiss, one that clean knocks the breath out of the yellow-haired man and makes his knees go weak. But that's okay because in a heartbeat Tetsu has an arm around his waist and is holding him close. But he has to break himself away before things get too heated, leaving them both panting lightly. If he doesn't stop here, Tetsutetsu may not stop at all.
Kaminari is utterly dazed as he wobbles back a step, blinking goldenrod eyes slowly. His brain has to take a second to reboot after short-circuiting like that and as he's looking around, dumb-stricken, his gaze lands on the alarm clock and he takes note of the time. The sight of the red numbers makes him blanch. "Oh shit shit shit I gotta go!!"
"Yeah yeah okay, move it!" Tetsutetsu knows it's an urgent matter and follows him to the door—as moral support, but also a send-off. He always makes sure to see Kaminari off every day, after all, and this is no different. He's prepared to simply wave Kaminari off and tell him to get to work safe but the blonde turns and once again tugs him into another kiss, and once again Tetsu folds like a plastic lawn chair. It's a sweet kiss this time, a little parting gift and maybe a promise for later.
"'Kay see you after work here's hoping I don't get fired I love you bye!!!" Kaminari's already halfway to his car, practically shouting over his shoulder as he damn near sprints to it. Tetsutetsu calls out an affectionate farewell, tells him to be safe and have a good day and of course that he loves him, then returns to the house with a fond smile on his lips. Kaminari is a scatterbrained dork, but he's definitely Tetsu's favorite scatterbrained dork.