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The first day Shinsou Hitoshi spent in class 1-A, Kaminari Denki came to a conclusion: they were going to be friends. Best friends.
From that point on, Denki was always around Shinsou. He'd talk to him between classes, sit with him at lunch, and partner with him constantly during hero training. Hitoshi put up a big show of being annoyed at first, but he never pushed Denki away or got mad at him, so Denki persevered.
This perseverance paid off! Soon enough, Shinsou was starting conversations. He found Denki as soon as everyone began to pair up during training. They'd even exchanged phone numbers!
A week after that, Shinsou came up to him after class ended. "Are you doing anything today?"
Denki shook his head. "Why?"
Shinsou looked away, putting a hand on the back of his neck. "There's this movie showing I thought you might like… Do you want to go see it with me? And get dinner?"
Denki gasped. "Of course! I love hanging out with friends!" On the other side of the room, Jirou laughed. Weird. Denki wondered what was so funny. "Let me just tell my mom, and we can go." He pulled out his phone, typed a quick message, and followed Shinsou out of the classroom.
For some reason, Shinsou seemed a little disappointed. Unfortunately, no matter how much Denki begged, he refused to explain.
The next week, Shinsou once again stopped him after school. This time, he invited Denki to a cat cafe.
Delightedly, Denki said yes. The two spent a delightful hour petting cats, drinking coffee, and talking.
Denki loved it. It was so nice to spend time with someone as cool as Shinsou. He wouldn't mind staying near him forever. He was such a incredible, clever person. Denki smiled at him as they left and proposed they go to a nearby park.
Shinsou easily agreed. They spent another ten minutes walking and enjoying easy conversation before Shinsou stopped.
"Can we talk?"
"We're talking right now," Denki said. Shinsou didn't laugh, so Denki gestured for him to say whatever he wanted to say.
Shinsou took a deep breath and looked Denki in the eyes. Weird. "I like you," he said.
Denki laughed slung an arm around Shinsou's shoulder. "Of course you like me! We're bros! Best bros!"
Shinsou sighed but did not push Denki away.
A few weeks later, Shinsou showed up to school with a shopping bag, which stayed under his desk the whole morning. When the class was excused for lunch, Shinsou stayed in his seat, so Denki stayed too to see what was up.
"You good?" He asked after most of the class had left. He leaned against a nearby desk.
Shinsou nodded once before lifting the bag from beneath his desk and holding it out to Denki.
Eagerly, Denki accepted it and opened the bag.
He gasped, lifting the contents out. In his hands, he held a large Pikachu plushie which held a big pink heart in its hands.
"Oh my god," Denki said. "I love it."
Shinsou smiled a bit smugly. "I thought you would."
"Is it for me?"
Shinsou stared at him. "No, I just brought it to school and handed it to you for fun." Denki stared back at him until Shinsou rolled his eyes. "Of course, it's for you."
Denki smiled. "Thank you. Why did you get it for me though?"
Shinsou made a face. "Figure it out yourself," he said and walked off.
Denki stared after him. Weird.
He hugged the Pikachu and left the room.
When he reached the lunch room, Shinsou was nowhere to be found. Denki thought he might want to be alone, so he went and sat with his other friends.
When he sat down, Bakugou and Jirou were arguing over something. This continued for about ten seconds before Mina loudly spoke over their argument and the arguing duo returned to their food.
"Kaminari! What's that? Can I see?" She reached out her hands.
Denki pulled it closer to himself protectively before realizing that might be a weird thing to do. She wasn't trying to steal it.
"It's from Shinsou," he said. He turned it around to show it off, but it didn't leave his hands.
"That's so cute! I never would have thought he'd be so sweet."
"He's the best," Denki said. "I love him. He's such a good friend."
Jirou choked on her food and coughed loudly. Everyone turned to look.
"You okay?" Kirishima asked.
Jirou gave a thumbs up with one hand as her coughing died down.
There was a silence for several moments before Bakugou broke it.
"The fuck you mean friend?"
"What?"
"You called him a 'friend,'" Bakugou said. "Isn't he your boyfriend?"
Denki shook his head. "No? He doesn't like me like that."
The rest of the table stared at him.
"Sure," Jirou said. "He just picked the Pikachu with a heart for fun. There weren't other ones without hearts."
"Interesting you said that he doesn't like you like that," Mina observed, "And not that you don't like each other like that."
"I don't li—" Denki cut himself off. "Oh my god. I like Shinsou."
"Congrats," Jirou said. "You're the last to know, but at least you figured it out eventually."
"I like Shinsou," Denki repeated. "I need to go tell him."
Denki abandoned the table and ran out of the room, Pikachu clutched tightly to his chest. It took him fifteen minutes of going around the building before he found Shinsou back in the classroom.
"Hey," he said.
Shinsou looked up from his phone. "Hey."
Denki set the Pikachu down carefully on Hitoshi's desk. "I like you," he said. "Not like a friend. I…" He trailed off, unsure of what to say.
Shinsou stood. For a moment, Denki worried his friends were wrong.
Then, Shinsou carefully, gently, took Denki's hand.
Written by a human in Ellipsus.