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Chapter One:

Denki Kaminari had a very high pain tolerance. He needed it too with the life he's been living. Constantly he feels the dull pain of his quirk, the electricity never stops even when he's not using it and the pain only gets worse when he actually uses it. But that's not the only pain he felt throughout his 16 years of life, from the ripe age of 4 he's dealt with his father's cold fists to the face and his mothers oh so loving slaps. That wasn't the worse of his pain though, his parents weren't good people and they always reminded him of this. They'd call him awful names or just ignore him. His mother mostly ignored his existence, she's made it clear from day one that she never wanted him. On days where she was mad and he tried to talk to her she'd slap him then walk away always mumbling something about how he shouldn't talk to her. Oh and his father used him as a punching bag. Some days when he'd done something too annoying in his fathers eyes the punching would turn to cutting, but only ever in places others wouldn't see. That's how he got away with it, that and the fact that he was a rich lawyer who could just pay people off. When Denki was old enough to be left home alone his parents would leave him for weeks at a time, he loved these days the most.

His young life was not all pain though, he spent most days with the family butler or the maid, they were the only ones who ever seemed to care about him; they practically raised him. And they helped him study that's how he got into UA we'll that and that's what his father wanted him to do, he wanted his son to be useful to him, to be a hero and make him look good. Looking back on it he figures his dad paid off the school. But that doesn't matter now because he's at UA in the hero course. He's never told anyone about his home life when his friends would talk about their's he would wish he had someone like that and zone out. When it came time for him to share he'd say what his dad taught him too, say that his mom was a loving stay at home mom and his father was a hard working lawyer. It was far from the truth but his smile and tone were so convincing they'd all believe him and move on. He knows he should say something but he also knows that it would just piss his father off, he knows that even if someone believed him his father would worm his way out of it, so he just kept his mouth shut. He'd tell himself it's better that way, but he also didn't want people to see his pain.

Oh how he really never wanted anyone to see his pain but right in this very moment his secrets were slowly coming undone. 1a well 2a now we're on a mall trip one to celebrate the start of the new school year. The trip was going well, Denki was being a normal teen for once, spending his fathers money and having fun with his friends. He knows that he shouldn't let his guard down but he thinks why not this once. Well the why would come moments later when he and some of his fellow classmates were kidnapped by a group of villains. The classmates taken we're the group he was with which was Mina, Sero, Bakugou, and Kirishima or rather the baku squad as some liked to call it but luckily Mina and Sero went off with Jirou and Momo to get lunch. So only Bakugou and Kirishima and him were taken.The other group that was also taken consisted of Iida, Midoriya, and Todoroki. The others either headed back to the dorms already or were in the food court so they were too in the eye of the people to be taken.

Denki woke up with his wrists tied up in rope on the floor of what looked like an abandoned train station. He looked at his surroundings and saw all his friends tied up in a similar way, all still unconscious.

"Ooh you woke up rather quickly, that's a curious thing" he looked forward and saw an old looking man with brown eyes sitting in a metal chair, next to him stood a woman with raven hair and similar eyes.

"If I didn't know any better I'd think this kind of thing has happened to you before but I'd think UA would've made a big deal of that" the woman spoke with a surprisingly gentle tone. Little did anyone know this kinda thing did happen a lot his father would knock him out also everytime he went home.

"Who are you? Why'd you take us? What do you want?"

The old man looked at the woman then looked over at the others and hit a cane he had in his hand loudly on the floor waking the others up. "Wake up" he states as he taps. They all looked around confused. Then the lady speaks again while looking at Denki.

"Well to answer your first question most people know me as the villain corrupt pain and this is my father" she gestures towards the old man, "shocking veracity we've taken you for a few reason firstly we're in need of some money and are certain UA and you're family's are willing to pay" she stops her words there like shes done.

"You said a few, what are the others?" Midoriya pips up almost like he was doing the math in his head.

"Hey you fuckers let us go or you'll regret it" Bakugou yells at their captors.

The woman laughs "No I don't think we will, you see you can't use your quirks thanks to those ropes." The students all look between each other worried. Kirishima leans against Bakugou and whispers something Denki can't make out but he knows its words to comfort him. Iida, Todoroki and Midoryida are having a silent conversation with facial expressions. "Oh and the other few reasons are because we're bored and need to test out new quirks in the family".

Denki's face drops because in the moment he knows what's going to happen one of his classmates will be tortured, he knows the look someone gives before they inflict pain that's the look shes giving. He also knows right then that it's going to be him because he refuses to let any of his classmates experience that much pain when he knows he can take it. You see the thing with pain is that after a while it stops affecting you like it did before, after a while it becomes a dull ache. So yeah he'll do this he'll make the pain come to him. After all its better him than them. He knows Todoroki has had some pain from his life but he knows that this kind of pain, the constant pain that never stops is something only he can handle.

So know all he has to do is piss her off he can do that he's been doing that since he was a kid, its easy. "You guys wouldn't have the guts to torture UA students" He fakes a laugh something that he's always done so it seems real, "You'd be arrested so fast you wouldn't even be able to make us feel any pain".

His classmates look at him with looks of concern and glares of shut up. "Oh we'll if you don't think we can make you feel any pain why don't we start with you" she smiles at him.

"No he didn't mean that, tell her you didn't mean that Denki" Kirishima pleads.

"Yea he was just joking, please don't hurt him" Midoriya adds.

"No I mean it Kiri they won't hurt us they're not even real villains, they're just wanna be ones. I mean with a name like corrupt pain, what are you gonna do make people's pain disappear" he laughs,"oh and shocking veracity, what are you gonna scare us with the truth" he smirks at the lady and old man who look pissed.

"Kaminari please refrain from angering the villains" Iida cuts him off, Midoriya and Kirishima give him pleading looks while Bakugou gives him one of confusion.

"Oh your a cocky little one I think i'll break you first" she laughs through her rage "you see my quirk actually makes your pain worse I can amplify it as much as I want." She walks over to him and picks him up. As she does this the old man walks out of the room. She puts him in the now empty chair.

"Hey no don't touch him you slimy fucking creep" Bakugou yells at her.

"Please stop" Midoriya says at the same time.

She just laughs at them and slaps Denki. He doesn't flinch and just smiles up at her. "Is that the worst you can do?" His friends stare at him in concern. While Todoroki starts to slowly piece it together, he's the first that starts to see through Denki's secrets. He remembers how Denki never talks about his family and gets a slight uncomfortable look when they're mentioned, much like his look when Endeavor is. And the not flinching at all doesn't sit right with him, if he wasn't mistaken he'd think the boy was abused. But Denki was always smiling and laughing, he was like a ray of sunshine. Maybe it's his quirk then maybe it gave him a high pain tolerance? Or maybe it's both? How could one be so happy and have it so hard, was it an act? Was he really happy?

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Chapter Two

"Oh you're gonna wish you never said that kid" corrupt pain laughs as the man comes back in with a little boy and a tray of weapons.

"Eh I don't believe I will regret a single thing, there's nothing you could do that will hurt me" Denki fakes another laugh, if he didn't know it was fake he would believe it was real, sometimes he can't even tell when his laughs were false.

"Dunceface knock it off you're gonna get yourself hurt" Bakugou seems almost worried it's kind of out of character for him.

"Oh shush Kacchan she's not gonna actually hurt me" He continues. Just then she takes a knife off the tray and shoves it in his leg. To her surprise he just laughs. "See I'm fine."

All his friends give him concerned looks and Todoroki says "Kaminari, are you really ok?" Denki can tell by the look on his face he knows, he has to have figured him out.

So he just smiles and says "Yup, this pain is no worse than when I use my quirk." He figures if he can tell a half truth maybe Todoroki wouldn't push it.

"Hush this isn't social hour" the woman slaps him again, she then looks at the kid "You ready to try out that quirk of yours baby."

The child looks between the woman and the old man then meekly nods, you can tell he doesn't wanna do this but he doesn't have a choice. "Hey it's ok kid, do your worst I won't feel it you don't have to worry" Denki offers him a smile. The boy looks at him confused and mumbles a small ok. The boy lifts his hand and floats one of the weapons he closes his eyes as it lands in Denkis arm. Denki doesn't make a sound as it does "See kid nothing, doesn't hurt" he smiles again.

The woman looks pissed "Stop talking to him you annoying little brat, i'll make it hurt," she activates her quirk and her eyes glow yellow "again baby" she tells the boy to continue. And he does just that over and over again but Denki barely acknowledges the pain he just smiles and says he's ok. His friends scream for it to stop and the boy looks a sickly pale color.

"Enough of this, this boy is just putting on an act at this point, little one leave us" the old man says, sending the boy on his way. He then releases a gas from his body and looks at the woman. "Hit him again, this time he can't lie."

She amps up her quirk to the max and slaps him across the face with so much force you can hear it from across the room. "How was that for pain kid?"

He just laughs again, "I wasn't ever lying before whatever you do is barely a scratch compared to my p-" he shuts up in the middle of a word before he could let his secret slip out.

Todoroki has fully caught on now and he gives Denki a look of understanding. Kirishima and Midoryida are crying too hard to notice the words. Bakugou is silently staring at the scene in front of him piecing it together in his head, Iida seems to be doing so as well.

The woman looks him up and down and storms out too annoyed to deal with this mumbling something about a stupid brat. Then the man looks at him confused "You lie? How do you combat my quirk boy?"

Denki sighs, "I don't lie, I just have a high pain tolerance," he thinks for a moment and tries to make sense of this in a way as to not let his friends know his full past "You said that these ropes cancel our quirks right?"

"Yes, they block them." the man states.

"Well wouldn't that mean that my quirk is shut off right now so I'm not feeling the pain from it at the moment so the pain is lessened in a way." he says as a last ditch effort to stop the questions.

"That could make sense of it, though-" the man starts to say as the woman runs back inside the room.

"Code red the heros are here, they found us."

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Chapter Three

A couple hours prior, the news of the kidnappings was immediately sent to UA. A ransom letter with photos included was found on Nezus desk, the first thing he did was tell Aizawa. Aizawa got started on getting them back as fast as possible, he and Present Mic would call all those who were takens parents while the rest of the teachers worked on getting their students locations.

The first person they called was Endeavor, he screamed at them and said he was coming to the school to get his son back. Next they called Inko Midoriya and the Bakugou's, they all happened to be together. Mitsuki yelled at them for their incompetence, while Masuru tried to calm her down. Inko took the phone and said they'd all be on their way soon.

Then they called the Iida household and they said they'd send his brother over. Then the Kirishima household was called, they were very worried and said they'd be on the way as soon as they could. And lastly they called the Kaminari household.

"Hello is this Mr. Kaminari?" Aizawa asked.

"What did he do this time?" A man sighs.

"Your son didn't do anything sir, he was kidnapped." Mic responded.

"Ok then get him back, you guys are the heros." The man's tone is annoyed.

"Sir can you please come to the school we're trying to figure out the situation altogether there's a ransom and-" Mic starts.

"So you want money then? UA can't pay it? How much do you need?" The man says like he doesn't even care. How could someone care so little when their son was just taken.

"No sir, just please come here, all the other parents are coming." Aizawa speaks this time, Mic and him share a look of confusion with each other, almost asking each other what was up with the man.

"I'm a very busy man, I can't just drop everything and rush off to a highschool-"

"Mr. Kaminari, your son has been kidnapped by villains! This is a very serious matter, you need to come to the school immediately!" Mic cuts him off.

"I'll send our butler then," the man sighs and hangs up.

"What the hell was that?" Mic looks at Aizawa.

"I don't know, that was odd," he sighs.

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Chapter Four:

Mic and Aizawa are seated in a boardroom at UA waiting for the parents to arrive. The first to arrive was a blonde woman and a dark haired woman, this was Kirishima's family.

"Omg is he ok? Do you know what happened? Omg where is he?" the blonde woman says panicking while the raven haired one holds her hand.

"I'm guessing you're Kirishima's moms, and we're working on it, i'm so sorry this happened," Mic says.

The 4 of them settled into the room to await the rest of the parents.

Shortly after a very angered Endeavor storms in. "WHAT YOU DO WITH MY SON, HE NEEDS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE HERO YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE THE NUMBER 1 HERO SCHOOL HOW'D YOU LOSS 6 STUDENTS ARE YOU INCOMPETENT. AFTER WE GET HIM BACK I'M GOING TO MOVE SCHOOLS!"

"Sir can you please calm down you can't just yell at the teachers it isn't their fault," one of the women pipes up, the blonde one.

"WHO ARE YOU I'M THE NUMBER ONE HERO YOU CAN'T YELL AT ME!"

"ENDEAVOR! That isn't appropriate, calm down, this is a school, and she asked you nicely" Mic stops him.

Endeavor sits down and glares at them all. They go back to waiting for the others

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Next few chapters will be out next week, I'm on vacation. I'll be posting a couple at once to make up for it. See you then:)

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Hey guys I'm so sorry for not updating in so long I got busy with work, summer school work, dnd campaign stuff and college essays. Now I've been busy with the start of senior year and am helping with some of my clubs setting up so I'm gonna be really busy for the next few weeks. 2 new chapters will be up at the end of the month, thank you for your patience.

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Hi everyone so I been super busy and I’m not gonna bore you with all of that but I should be able to finally update this weekend!!!

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Chapter Five:

The two women sit next to each other at the table, the blonde leaning against her wife as they both stare at the door. Endeavor angrily types on his phone as he sits across from them. The two teachers are seated by the head of the table quietly or in Mics case more so openly discussing the matter at hand.

“Look Shota I know you wanna be out there right now looking for your kids but we have got the best of us out there, and we need you here to help with the parents.”

“I know Mic, but I can’t shake the feeling that one of them is hurting.” he says in almost a whisper, oh if he only knew.

Mic rests a hand on his shoulder and sighs, “I’m positive they are perfectly fine, those kids can handle themselves they are strong! And people don't tend to hurt hostages when they are looking for ransom money.”

“He’s right you know, they don’t in cases like this,” a blue haired man walks well, no actually wheels in the room. He is close followed by a on the verge of tears Inko, as well as pissed looking Mitsuri who is holding the hand of a shaken up Masuru.

“Welcome everyone please have a seat we are waiting on one more pare- uh actually butler I think,” Mic starts with a smile to reassure everyone that morphs into slight confusion but stays for the most part. Aizawa sighs and gives him a shut up look.

The blonde Kirishima looks over at him with concerned look and sits up, “Excuse me what do you mean by that?” Her wife looks equally as concerned, the whole room minus Enji look to the two men to answer.

“Oh uh well Mr. Kaminari is too busy to make it, he is sending someone else in his place,” Mic answers wishing he kept his mouth shut.

She looks almost baffled as she responds, “That's just plain awful, what kind of parent is too busy to come when their baby has been kidnapped!”

“Myra calm down love, I’m sure he would be here if he could.” her wife takes her hand again.

“I wouldn’t be too sure about that, Mr. Kaminari is a very cold man.” an old man with gray hair in a black butler ensemble enters. All the parents look at him surprised, the flaming red head actually looks up too but doesn’t seem concerned or anything.

“What an asshole, even the number one hero is here!” Mitsuri exclaims.

“Oh no that poor kiddo he’s such a sweet boy, Asami remember when he was over.” Myra asks her wife. She nods and sighs.

“You must be the butler then?” Aizawa asks.

“Yes sir, you can call me Mr. Suzuki.” he takes a seat with the rest of them and folds his hands.

“We will table this conversation for now, and focus on the matter at hand,” Eraserhead says then the two teachers explain the situation with ransom and tell the parents they have all their resources working to get the kids now.

“Why not just pay the ransom, my employer has offered the money.” Suzuki states.

“Sir our people are very close to finding them, and we aren’t paying them because in 90% of cases a ransom being wanted means the hostages are unharmed and alive.” Mic answers, while Aizawa's phone buzzes and he steps into the hall.

“What about the other 10?” Inko asks looking very worried.

“Inko don’t worry about that ok, our boys are together and they’ll take care of each other.” Masuru assures her.

“Yea that brat of ours is pretty strong, he’ll keep them all safe.” Mitsuri adds.

Aizawa walks back in, “They found them, we will be getting them right away. Mic will stay here with you all, I will go and I promise to bring them back to you.” The families of the kids all look relived.

“I will get my son.” Enji stands up and starts to walk to the door.

“Mr. Todoroki wait here please.” Mic says.

“No. I have a license. I will go.” He snaps, he and Aizawa leave.

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"Code red the heros are here, they found us."

“Oh look I guess the jig is up, oh no you didn’t get your money or hurt anyone,” Denki fake pouts, as he internally sighs in relief.

“Shut up you brat!” the woman goes to hurt him but her father stops her.

“Leave the boy, we have bigger things to deal with.” They leave to presumably deal with the heroes.

“So, we’re safe now, hell yea to that!” Denki smiles and looks at his friends, putting on his best show of happiness. They all look at him, Kiri and Midoriya worriedly, Shouto and Iida concerned.

“Sparks, are you okay?” asks Bakugou, looking right through him.

“Yea man, I’m fine!” he smiles, “Seriously don’t worry guys, those villains were full of it that barely hurt. My quirk hurts worse than that!” Bakugo doesn’t look like he believes him, neither do the other two that have seemed to have figured him out.

“Bro, you never told us your quirk hurt you like that. I’m sorry I never noticed!” Kiri looks at him like he’s gonna cry.

Midoriya nods and adds, “I’m sorry too Kaminari! I thought it hurt a bit but not that much.”

“Don’t worry, I should have said something. I just didn’t know how, well I did but I can’t- I mean couldn’t say anything. Not that I didn’t trust you guys, but last time I told people it didn’t end well. They either didn’t believe me or- so yea I’m sorry too.” Denki responds with a smile looking at the two, glancing at Bakugou when he slips still smiling with his lips but not his eyes. They all notice something’s wrong but not exactly what. Most think it's just because of the current situation, but Bakugou and Shouto have it almost figured out.

“Denki, you can talk to me. No, you will tell me what’s going on the moment we are back at UA!” Bakugou looks at him intensely.

“Awh, I didn’t know you cared so much Bakubro, but I’m fin-” the other blonde says cheerfully as help walks in, “Took you long enough, teach!” He laughs and smiles at Eraser, but he’s still covered in blood, very clearly injured.

“Oh problem children, what happened to you guys.” He unties Denki, “And what did they do to you Kaminari?” He looks over his wounds concern, as more heroes come in to help get the rest of the group out.

“I’m all good, they just had a little kid test his quirk on me.” He laughs as his teacher takes him outside.

“Well we need to have Recovery Girl check you over, and I’m gonna have questions for you later” Aizawa takes him outside.

“Ok, thanks Mr. Aizawa!” he says as he sits down on a bench. Eraser walks away to get Recovery Girl, wanting nothing more than to stop his kids from ever getting hurt. Everyone's story gets taken, while someone takes Denki’s an officer comes over and takes pictures of his state for evidence. In the distance he sees Todoroki talking to his father.

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Chapter 7:

“SHOTOOOOOOO!” Endeavor screams as the boy walks out of the building. The boy walks over with a sigh.

“Father. What do you know about Kaminari’s parents?” Shouto asks the man seriously.

“Shouto, I’m glad you’re safe.” He responds.

Shouto looks at him blankly and blinks slowly, “You want to prove your promise, help me out with this. What do you know?”

“Oh well, the boy's parents didn't show up to the meeting about the kidnapping. They sent their butler, apparently the father was too busy. He offered the ransom money and the butler called him a cold man. Why do you want to know this?” Enji states, glad his son is talking to him. Shouto stands quietly for a second, then walks over Aizawa without another look at his father. The teacher is just leaving from talking to Recovery Girl.

“Sir, Kaminari was tortured today but he wasn’t affected, well he didn’t look or act affected, didn’t so much as flinch.” He says seriously as he stops in front of him.

“Are you sure the kid didn't just put on a brave face or it simply didn’t hurt?” Endeavor asks, as he follows the hero in training.

“The villain had a pain amplifier quirk, the other a truth one. It hurt but barely to him. Mr Aizawa from what I’ve heard, his parents seem to be the reason.” The youngest Todoroki addresses his teacher again, focusing on the underground hero not his father still.

“Yes, I see.” Eraser sighs, “Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I will handle this.”

Kaminari watches his classmate approach his teacher with a curious eye, worried his secrets are unraveling even more. For a moment he feels joy, like he can be saved then he realizes the ugly truth ‘he’ll never get out with their help’. If his friends and teachers helped his dad would ruin them, he has to do it himself and he will, just not yet. His plan was always to graduate and move far away, somewhere his father will never hurt him again. But honestly his father won’t even look for him or care, his mother either for that matter. Neither of them would miss him, they had him for image purposes to have a successor, a great legacy, to be an extension of them. He laughs to himself, so much for that, he’ll never be those things he’s too ‘dumb’, ‘terrible at his quirk', and all the shit his father hates. He smiles though, cause that’s a good thing it means he doesn’t have to stay. Plus he lives in the dorms now, his father doesn’t bother him there, his mother’s not around to remind him that she doesn’t want him. He misses Mr. Suzuki and Miss Ai, but they always call to check on him, he hopes they always will.

Breaking his train of thought, Recovery Girl approaches him. She looks him over, “Oh dear, let me fix you up.” He smiles as she does and thanks her. His classmates not including Shouto join him, Kiri pulls him into a hug.

“See just like I said we’re okay, and I’m all better!” Denki pulls away and smiles at them all.

“You really scared us dude! We’re not letting you out of our sight tonight, we're having a sleepover!” the loveable redhead smiles at his friend. Bakugou looks at Denki with those terrifying we're gonna talk eyes, but stays quiet and just ruffles his hair with a sigh.

“I knew you loved him Kacchan!” Kaminari smiles as dodges a smack to the head. Kiri laughs at his friends and throws his arm over Bakugou’s shoulder.

Midoroyia gives Denki a small smile as he pats his shoulder, “We’re glad you okay!” Then Iida starts checking them all over again to make sure they're all ok, like the class prez they know and love. Aizawa comes over joined by Shouto and they all leave together to go back to UA. Many conversations he’d rather not have await our electric boy there.l

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Chapter 8:

Back in the UA conference room, the family’s are waiting for their kids to get back. Mic informed them all the kids are on the way. In the time since Eraser left, some others showed up. Natsu and Fuyumi, Shouto’s older siblings, are seated together worried for their brother. Fuyumi looks like she might break down in tears at any moment, her brother holds her close and assures her that Shouto will be ok, it's mostly ‘don’t worry sis’s over and over. Suzuki is now joined by a smaller lady, she has beautiful red hair in braids with gorgeous brown eyes and is wearing a black dress with a white half apron. Mitsuri stands by the wall, her husband's arm is intertwined with hers as they talk with Inko Midoryia. Tenasi and Mic look at the former's phone, reading updates and such.

Myra Kirishima paces worriedly, her wife stops her, “They’ll be here any minute darling, please stop pacing.” She rubs her arm.

“It’s not just that, I know our baby is safe. I’m worried about his friend.” She sighs as she glances at Suzuki and the red-haired woman.

Asami nods, “Oh I see, I know what you want to do, go for it. Eijirou would be totally on board with it, he loves the boy like a brother.”

Myra smiles at her lovingly, she then walks up to the two people there for the boy in question. “Excuse me?”

“Yes ma’am? Did you need something?” The woman asks. The older gentleman looks at her with an eyebrow raised.

“We would like to take Denki for the night, could you tell his parents?” She smiles at them, her wife stands by her side smiling more gently.

“Oh, that’s a wonderful idea. He loves going to your house, Mrs. Kirishima. I’ll inform my employer at once.” Mr. Suzuki is the one to respond. The two wives smile again and sit together at the table again.

Aizawa walks in, followed by the kids. Myra immediately jumps back up and runs to her son pulling him into a tight hug. Her wife follows slower with a grin and joins them. Izuko walks quickly to his mother, she hugs him as they both start crying, her more so. Katsuki walks slower to his parents, his father smiles at him and gently hugs him. Katsuki rolls his eyes and pats his back. Mitsuri then hugs her son, then promptly pulls away and smacks him on the back of the head. She lectures him about worrying them too much. Shouto enters the room, spots his siblings and smiles gently at them as he goes over to them. Fuyumi holds him close in an embrace much like the others, Natsu joins them then they both pull away and check him over carefully.Tenya calmly joins his brother and Mic, Tensai hugs him. Mic looks around, smiles then locks eyes with Aizawa and winks as he shoots a thumbs up.

Denki enters last, he looks around at all the happy reunions, he smiles brightly but doesn’t quite reach his eyes. Then he sees his people, he makes his way over to them and smiles, this time it does reach his eyes. “Hello Miss Ai and Mr. Suzuki, you two didn’t have to both come! Thank you for being here!”

“Awh sweetheart, it’s no problem.” The woman smiles, as she rests her hand on his shoulder.

“Yes, of course young Kaminari.” The man nods. “I'm sorry but your father is a very busy man, he couldn’t make it here.”

Denki sighs and lets out a short laugh, “Didn’t expect him to sir, nothing’s more important than his work. What’s mothers excuse this time, did her nail break again? Oh no I got it, her dog ate her earring again? Or maybe it was because she's on a trip out of the country?”

The man frowns, “Your mother is at the house, she said her hair wasn’t coroparating for a public appearance today.”

“Oh my bad, bad hair day totally, I wouldn’t want the media to see that.” he laughs bitterly as he wipes the corner of his eye with his wrist. He sees them look at him with concern. “Really it’s ok, I don’t want them here anyway.” He smiles at them convincingly, which isn't hard seeing as he really doesn't, dealing with them isn’t something he ever wants.

“Oh also, the Kirashimas are taking you home darling.” his maid tries to brighter the mood.

“Awesome, you guys can go then. Have safe travels.” he grins and waves. The two leave with a nod to him. He looks around and locks eyes with Bakugou, he really wishes he hadn’t. He quickly walks to Kiri and his moms, “Hi, I hear I’m coming home with you guys?”

“Yes, of course I figured you guys would want to be together! The school is sending you home for the weekend so I asked your uhm- maid?” Denki smiles and nods at her. “Ok thank you, I asked her to tell your parents we’re stealing you!” Myra smiles at him.

“See man I told you sleepover!” Eijirou adds excitedly and pulls him into another hug. His blonde mother also joins, while the other softly grins at them.

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Chapter 9:

Everyone is dismissed for the night, the Kirishimas and Denki leave the room chatting about the plans for the night. Bakugou runs up to them, stopping in front of Kaminari.

“Where do you think you’re going? We have to talk before you leave.”

“Oh hey Kacchan! I totally forget,” the yellow haired boy laughs and scratches the back of his neck, “I’m actually going to Kiris so we can talk tomorrow!”

“No, we can talk right now.” Katsuki grabs his wrist and pulls him back into the now practically empty room, only the two teachers remain. Kirishima and his mothers follow them in and stand by the door.

“Aye, chill out man you don’t have to pull me!” He laughs again.

“Out with it Sparky, I want you to tell me everything right now!” the blonde stares expectantly.

“I told you I’m fine Bakugou. I’m just used to high levels of pain because of my quirk.” Denki sighs.

“Cut the shit Denki, you and I both know that’s not all it is.” Katsuki says looking frustrated.

“What do you want me to say? I used to get bullied in middle school and they would beat me up, or I used to fall a lot as a kid? Is that more believable?” Denki responds kinda bitchy.

“No I want the fucking truth!”

“I already told you the truth!”

“No you didn’t! You aren’t telling us something, you’re leaving a part out. Sure you told the truth but not all of it. I’ve known you for a year. I can tell when you aren’t being fully honest.” he sighs.

“Bakubro, if Denks says that's all it is then maybe that's all it is. And Denks, if there's something you're afraid to tell us, don't worry, we’ll always be here for you!” Kiri wraps his arm around the electric boy.

“But it’s not.” Bakugou gives a bitchy smile.

“You guys wouldn’t even believe me if I told you,” Denki sighs and leans into Kiri.

Kiri hugs him, “We will, I promise.”

“Yea sparks, I’ve already established I know when you’re lying, that means I also know when you’re telling the truth.” Bakugou pats his shoulder, his face still looks bitchy tho.

Denki looks around, “Ok, fine I’ll tell you. But just know I have it handled. I don’t want your help, you’ll only make it worse. Promise me you won’t tell anyone else.”

“We won’t if we don’t need to.” Bakugou raises an eyebrow.

“Yea, we care about you man. We wouldn’t do anything to hurt you!.” Kiri is standing next to him nodding.

“My parents don’t, and they do. Mostly my dad does.” Denki sighs again.

Kiri looks at him concerned, “They don’t care? They hurt you?”

“Your dad hurts you?” Bakugou looks pissed off and worried.

“Yep.” Kaminari pops the p, “That’s all convo over. I was promised a sleepover, no?” He fakes a smile.

“No! Conversation not over Denki. How long?” Bakugou asks, while Kiri looks up to his moms to see if they heard.

“The sleepover? Idk I think just tonight.” The yellow haired boy avoids the question.

“No, the abuse!” Katsuki exclaims. Kirishima's moms who heard it all look at him and have a silent conversation.

“Idk man as long as I remember, maybe since age 4 or 5? But I live in the dorms now so it’s all cool!” Denki gives a not very convincing smile and a thumbs up.

“Denki! Stop saying it's ok! It's not! You’re not ok! Just let us help you!” Bakugou is trying his hardest not to blow up.

“You think I don't know that!” Denki says holding back tears, “My whole life is a fucking shit show dude, I know that more than anyone! I don’t need help, help has never worked before! I can handle myself!”

“Oh sweetie, you shouldn’t have to!” Myra comes up and opens her arms. Denki gives in and hugs her, she closes her arms around him.

“I’ll be right back.” Asami says and goes to talk to the two teachers left in the room, Bakugou follows her.

“My mom’s right, Denks you shouldn’t have to, I’m sorry your parents are that way.” Kiri puts a hand on his shoulder.

Myra holds him and rubs his back, “You're gonna be ok now honey. You can stay with us as long as you need. We’ll take care of it all.”

“Thanks, for believing me.” Denki says his tears starting to follow, he hugs her tighter.

“Of course, let it all out sweetie.” She holds him and he just cries. “It’s okay, It’s all gonna be okay, I got you kiddo!”

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Hi everyone this work is gonna be on a temporary hiatus! I’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had time to write:(! I work almost everyday for the next few weeks, I hope to have a new chapter up in 2 weeks. Thank you all for enjoying this story!