Hello everyone!
Quick note, spoilers for season 3 begin here and even if you don't mind spoilers, some events may appear to be… skimmed over I guess because of what I'm choosing to focus on or, better yet, not focus on pertaining to the canon arc. One more thing, I kept delaying this chapter because the translations have been a bit difficult so I'm posting this as is and I'll try to go back and do some major editing (I will always add content but never cut things out) later on.
I hope you like it and honest opinions are always welcomed!
Kaminari waved goodbye as the Jirou and her dad drove away. They had offered him a ride home, but he refused as politely as possible with the excuse that he still had things to buy for the class trip. Once the car was out of slight, he went on his way to visit a couple of the nearby shops that were still open. He really did need to buy new shoes for the trip, but more than anything he still didn't feel like going back home. Besides, Kaminari had a feeling that Tomo wasn't wandering too far away at the moment and could hitch a ride with him back home if he really wanted.
A few hours later, Kaminari had what he needed and began his search for Tomo. Most of the shops were closed, or closing at this point, as the street lights began to turn on. He didn't have much on his mind as his eyes drifted along each of the store's windows until something odd caught his attention. It was low at first but the more he walked the more clearly he could hear a song that seemed all too familiar.
The music was coming from a quirky little shop that didn't have a sign out front and had left its door open despite the hot weather. "Excuse me, is anyone here?" Kaminari called out as he stepped inside. He could hear the melody as clear as day inside the store and saw the item that had garnered his attention. It was a small, purple music box that could fit in the palm of his hand. Despite its size, it had beautiful white detailing along the sides and one tiny figure slowly turning in the center, like a lost child walking around in circles.
"Quite beautiful, isn't it?"
"Oh, uh, yeah," Kaminari responded, surprised from the sudden outburst from what must have been the shop owner. "Sorry, I was just looking around."
"I'm sure you were. This music box you happen to come across is quite the popular piece. I've made a dozen or so and this is the only one left."
"Well I hope you find the right buyer for-"
"I'm positive that the particular person you were thinking of when you heard the song would appreciate such a lovely gift."
"If you don't mind me asking, what's your quirk Sir?" Kaminari asked. As strangely pushy and accurate as the storeowner was, he was right that Jirou of all people would probably like something.
"Ohohoho! Aren't you quick? Well, if you must know it's called Pathfinder. I can help people and objects find their way if they aren't where they should be." He picked up the music box and started to walk over the counter.
"So are you going to tell me to buy this so it can go on its way or something?" Kaminari asked as he observed the storeowner wrapped the box in a few pieces of purple tissue paper before delicately tying a ribbon into a bow on top of it.
Once he finished, he placed it in front of Kaminari and spoke. "Not necessarily. Even if you don't purchase it today, it'll eventually find itself in its proper place in due time. However, it could help you out more than you know."
Kaminari looked over the price tag that was removed from the piece and thought that it wasn't worth trying bargain and slipped a bill onto the counter. "Fine, but it doesn't mean you'll being seeing me again."
"I'm never wrong about these things," the owner said, handing Kaminari back his change and bid him good bye. Once Kaminari slipped out of the store, he glanced once down at the gift one last time and went on his way with a smile on his face.
~The day of the class trip~
Excitement buzzed through the air on the bus as Class 1-A was ready to start their summer camp and the music box Kaminari purchased for Jirou was the last thing on his mind. Or so, he kept telling himself. Unfortunately, the first rest stop quickly proved that camp wasn't going to allow much time for distractions. Getting knocked off a cliff wasn't pleasant to begin with but the earth monsters were no joke to deal with.
As much as everyone wanted to rush through the forest and get to safety, Yaoyorozu was quick to divide the class into groups so that long-distance and short-range fighters were well covered. It was also to make up for the fact that some particular classmates had taken the lead, which left the class divided as so:
· Front [Deku, Bakugo, Todoroki, Iida]
· Top Right [Kouda, Tokoyami,Tsuyu, Satou]
· Top Left [Shouji, Mineta, Ashido, Kirishima]
· Back Left [Ojirou, Hagakure, Jirou, Kaminari]
· Back Right [Momo, Ochako, Sero, Aoyama]
It didn't take long before Iida finally spoke up with a bit of reason to make frequent stops in effort to give everyone a chance to rest. Unfortunately, the creatures would suddenly appear from any given direction meaning the quads had to take turns covering for each other.
The Pussycats must have taken pity on them because the attacks became less and less frequent as time dragged on past the three hour mark of when the class was supposed to have arrived on base. With the sun beginning to set, Kaminari was struggling on his own to try and pace how much power he poured out with each attack. If he wasn't careful, he'd be nothing but dead weight to the group. His fears came true when the class had been split at the moment so half could scout for a possible water source and the other take a breather.
His group and Kirishima's were huddled by an odd formation of rocks when not one or two but more than ten of the monsters rose out of the earth from the north.
"There's too many of them!" Ashido yelled out.
"Out of everyone here there's only one person that can take them down." Kirishima started to explained, pushing Kaminari towards the front.
"What! Me? No way!"
"Kaminari you have to!"
"But I'll be dead weight!"
"JUST DO IT ALREADY!" Jirou shouted, "You're the only one that can save us right now!"
Kaminari glanced over all of his tired teammate and it finally hit him how much faith they had in his abilities. "Fine! Get behind the rocks!" Kaminari warned and once he couldn't see his teammates anymore, he let out every last ounce of power he had left in his body to wipe out the dirt beasts.
A few moments later Kaminari felt completely wiped, surprised that he didn't knock out among the piles of dust surrounding him. "Come on idiot," He felt someone grab him, only to see that Jirou had lightly wrapped one of her jacks around his arm and lead him towards the others. "You did a great job, you know," She snickered while trying to hold back a full-fledged laugh from seeing his zapped out self. "But thanks for doing it even though you didn't want to."
All Kaminari could respond was "Whey, whey" but he was pretty sure that he was better off not letting Jirou know he understood her gratitude. Unknown to his friends, he's often able to remember most of what goes on when he's short circuited, but lacked the ability to properly communicate. Lucky for him though, the moment quickly left his mind as everyone saw the light that signified they were close to the base.
~Second day of camp~
It was only the second night and everyone already seemed exhausted from all of the backbreaking training they've had to do. Kaminari felt dead tired in both his both and mind from the extra hours of studying Aizawa-sensei had put them through.
Although he wanted to sleep right through the few precious hours he had, sharing the room with the rest of the guys wasn't as much fun as he first thought. Especially with Iida who made such a fuss about getting everyone settled in their sleeping bags, the class prez didn't realize how much noise he was actually making. Kaminari was wide awake with the urge to pee by the time Iida was back in his bed snoring away. He grabbed a hoodie from his bag before creeping out of the room and to the bathrooms. The tired teen knew he had to be careful getting to the other building where the facilities were located. Extra study hours where punishment enough from Aizawa-sensei, Kaminari didn't even want to think what else he could come up with if a teacher caught a student out after hours.
Although rushed, he safely made it to the building before any accidents could occur. Kaminari stepped out and before making his back to the boys' room, he noticed someone sitting at the wooden tables that they ate their meals at. The person must have heard him because they whipped their head around and under the moonlight Kaminari was able to see to earjacks ready to strike.
It was a surprise to see Jirou of all people but she didn't seem bothered to see him and waved an earjack towards him.
Taking the greeting as an invitation, Kaminari walked over to where she was sitting. "Hey, why are you still up?"
"Mina was kicking all over the place so just getting some fresh air until she settles down."
"I guess it is kind of cramped sleeping in the same room with everyone," Kaminari yawned. As much as he wanted to go back to sleep something was telling him that Jirou wasn't all there. Despite it being summer, there was a bit of a chill at night in the mountains and it was obvious she didn't think of that before leaving her room as she was shivering away in her tank top and shorts.
"Why does it have to be so cold?"
"Idiot," Kaminari said and started to mess with the zipper on his sweater.
"Who are you call-" Jirou was cut short by the sweater Kaminari dumped on her head.
"Put it on before you get sick. It's not like they'd cut you any slack if you did anyways."
Jirou stared at the sweater for a moment before putting it on, "Since when have you been such a gentleman?"
"Is that really all the thanks I get for being nice to you?!" Kaminari pouted as he started to take his leave.
It wasn't much higher than a whisper but he was still able to hear the sincere "thank you".
"No problem," It must have been the sudden chill from the night air that was causing his heart to beat so fast. It's not like he was giddy about Jirou wearing his clothes.
"Uh Kaminari?"
"Ya?" He stopped, but avoided turning around. It wasn't as though he was trying to hide his face or anything.
"Nothing, just good night."
"Right. Uh good night," was all he said and left. The whole way back the song from the little music box kept playing in his head.
~The next day with Jirou~
The third day of training was finally coming to a close and the first camp activity wasn't something Jirou wanted to participate in. Walking into a dark forest to get voluntarily scared by others was not her version of fun.
"I-it can't get any worse, Kyouka!" cheered Tooru, after they passed a head rising from ground, which must have been thanks to Honenuki Juzo's softness quirk. Sadly, Jirou could hear her voice shaking as though the invisible girl was trying to convince herself as well. "We can talk about other stuff while we walk."
"Like what?" The more nervous Jirou became the more intense all of the sounds around her became so some kind of distraction was very welcomed at the moment.
"I don't know, like why Momo thought something was going on between you and Kaminari?"
"Then ask Momo. I told you guys already that nothing's going on between us." The girls had a sleepover the previous night with the girls from Class 1-b. However, to Tooru and Mina's disappointment, there was a lack of romance among their classmates to discuss with the exception of her best friend throwing her name out alongside Kaminari's for some reason.
"Right, right… Just like how nothing happened last night when you should have been in bed?"
Frozen in place, she nervously asked, "You saw that?!"
Tooru giggled. "Well, you weren't the only one Mina woke up with her snoring."
"Look, it was pure coincidence that Kaminari had to pee at the same time I was out there," Jirou explained.
"There's no such thing coincidence, but only the inevitable."
"Pssh, you probably got that out of a manga,"
"Sure did! I swear it must be true though! If you think about everything that our class has gone through in the last few months, it's hard to blame it on bad timing. Everything that's happened must be leading up to something big."
"Okay so then it's not just coincidence that you and Ojirou…" Before Jirou could finish her sentence, her eyesight started to fade and the last thing she heard was the sound of own body hitting the ground.
Sorry if it seems like I glided over some important scenes or such but please remember that my primary focus is Kaminari and Jirou's relationship (Or shall I say the development of it cuz this is a slow burn people! T-T I sometimes get upset with myself about that too…) I also love all of the action in bnha but I definitely don't have faith in myself to do the fight scenes justice. So yeah... Feedback is always appreciated!
If you'd like to listen to the song the music box was playing look up BTS – "Lost"
There is a music box version of the song which I'm completely in love with at the moment. The kpop fan in me is peeking through, sorry! On a side note, l'll be on winter break starting December 14th and attending a local con that weekend. After that, the 18th I think, I'll focus on writing and releasing (hopefully) a couple of chapters of this and one-shots during my month off of school. So yeah stuff to look forward to over the holidays!
Thanks for reading!
