"Bro, wake up!" Tetsutetsu shouted as he jumped on his friend's bed, causing him to startle awake. The smaller of the two turned to face the silver-haired boy, his eyes blinking as he tried to wake up.
"What time is it?" he groaned, moving one of his hands so that he could get rid of the sleep that was clinging to his eyes. He blinked a couple more times as the foggy serenity fell from his eyes and he began to wake up a little bit faster.
"Like five in the morning?" the silver-haired boy shrugged. "I just got this notification on my phone," he said, shoving the device at him. Eijirou took it, glancing down at the too bright words for a moment while he tried to focus. As soon as he could read the words of the article, he didn't stop reading them. His heart began to go a mile a minute as he read about the attack and how some of his classmates had been at the scene and injured. He glanced up at Tetsutetsu with wide eyes, still trying to process the information the best he could.
"Right?" he asked, taking the phone back and turning it off. "That's so scary. Do you know those three kids?"
"I know of them, but they're not really my friends. Iida and Midoriya kinda just stick with each other and Todoroki doesn't talk to anyone," he flung his legs over the side of the bed as he spoke, leaning down to get at his suitcase. "That doesn't mean I'm not concerned though. I wish I had a way to contact them to make sure they're okay…"
"You guys don't have a class group chat?" Tetsutetsu asked, cocking an eyebrow as he grabbed his suitcase and put it on his own bed as he began to get dressed.
"No, most of us don't even talk to each other on a regular basis," Eijirou shook his head, turning around and pulling both his bra and top off at the same time. "You guys have a massive class group chat?"
"Yeah. Our class rep started it so that we could learn to get along a little better," he nodded, doing the same as his friend.
"Did it work?" he asked curiously.
"Actually, yeah it kinda did," the other boy nodded as he slid the tight binder over his unfortunate breasts. "Like, it even made Monoma managed to calm down a little bit and get along with us."
"Woah," the red-haired boy chuckled as he slid on the top half of his hero costume over his black binder. "I didn't think that was possible."
"None of the rest of us did either."
"I'll bring that idea up to Iida or Yaoyaroza," Eijirou decided as he finally finished getting dressed. He turned around, seeing that the other boy was still fidgeting with bits and pieces of his hero costume. He sat down on his bed, pulling out his phone and opening the group chat.
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Did you guys hear what happened to Iida, Midoriya and Todoroki?
Tetsutetsu just showed me an article about it
Mina to Bakusquad
Yeah
I saw that too
And I'm honestly kind of terrified right now
Denki to Bakusquad
yeah
I hope they're all okay
Hanta to Bakusquad
I bet they are
After all, they're like the most talented members of our class
Bakugou to Bakusquad
Like hell Deku is more powerful than me
And Todoroki is just a conceited asshole
I don't know what the fuck is wrong with fucking Iida
Mina to Bakusquad
Sounds like somebody just doesn't want to admit they care
Hanta has turned on notifications for the Bakusquad
Denki has turned off notification for the Bakusquad
Denki to Bakusquad
I don't hate you guys
My internship dude just doesn't want our phones on at all
Mina to Bakusquad
Okay!
Love you Den!
Denki to Bakusquad
0/0
Okay but, like I really gotta go now
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Bye Denki!
Hanta to Bakusquad
I gotta go too
Bye guys
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Tetsutetsu is telling me that I have to go too
Eijirou glanced up, shutting his phone off and putting it in his pocket. He glanced up, smiling his sharp-toothed grin at the silver-haired man. "You ready to go to our last day of Hell?"
"Yeah man," Tetsutetsu nodded, standing up and clapping his hand to other man's, pulling him up. "Let's conquer today like the manly men we are!"
"See you at school tomorrow, bro!" Eijirou said as he hugged his friend tightly.
"Yeah man, see you tomorrow," Tetsutetsu chuckled as he hugged his friend back just as tightly. "Text me when you get back home, okay?"
"Yeah, of course. The same goes for you," the redhead replied with a sharp-toothed grin as he pulled away from his friend. He looked away from him for a moment and spotted both of his moms standing next to each other in the parking lot, looking around for him. "There're my moms, I gotta go," Eijirou hugged his friend briefly one last time before he picked up his small suitcase, sprinting over to his mothers.
"Hey there, sweet boy," Chihiro grinned as she wrapped her arms around him tightly. "Glad to see you made it home all in one piece."
"Hey Mom," he greeted. "I wasn't even really on the field, so yeah I'm back in one piece."
"I know this might sound bad but I'm kind of glad that you weren't after hearing about those students that were attacked," the woman sighed, holding her son very tightly before letting him go.
"I kept telling her that you could handle yourself if you got attacked, but she just didn't listen, not that I wasn't worried too," Aiko hummed as she walked forward, embracing her son with a little less force than her wife had come.
"Are you guys going to worry this much when I'm an actual hero?" he chuckled, hugging his mom back before he pulled back to look between both of them.
"If I'm being honest, I'm probably going to worry more," Chihiro answered, popping the trunk open and placing the suitcase that had dropped on the ground into it.
"We're your moms, kid! It's our job to worry about you," the other woman informed him as she unlocked the rest of the car, allowing him to climb into the back seat.
"That makes me feel kinda guilty," he mumbled as he buckled himself in.
"Don't feel guilty, you're just following your dreams," Chihiro said as she got into the car with them. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with following your dreams."
"Okay," he nodded, happy that both of his mothers supported him so wholeheartedly. They fell into silence for a moment as Aiko tried to figure her way out of the clogged parking lot.
"So how did your internship go?" the redheaded woman asked, turning a bit to look at her son. "I saw you with someone at the train station, was it that crush of yours?"
"No! Tetsutetsu is not my crush, Mama," he blushed, pushing his face into his hands. "He's a really close friend of mine, don't you remember him? I fought him at the Sports Festival."
"It could've been the same boy," Chihiro defended, causing her wife to chuckle.
"No! Tetsutetsu is almost like my twin, there's no way I could like him," Eijirou shook his head, pushing the embarrassment away and folding his arms over his chest in an attempt to be seen as more manly.
"If you say so," the redheaded woman chuckled, a bright smile on her face. "But does the mean that you do have a crush?"
"Mama!" he cried out, the embarrassment returning as quickly as he had gotten rid of it.
"Yes, baby?" she laughed, putting a hand over her mouth to muffle the noise.
"Ugh," Eijirou groaned, tossing his head back against the seat.
"Leave the poor boy alone, Chihiro," Aiko chuckled. "He's had a long week and doesn't need your teasing."
"What were you saying about Mother's jobs?" Chihiro asked, turning to her wife with a bemused expression.
"Yeah, yeah," Aiko rolled her eyes. "Also, kiddo, your doctor's appointment is in about a week."
"Okay. Thanks for scheduling the appointment for me," he grinned, leaning forward again and placing his hand on the driver's seat.
"Of course, why wouldn't I? It's literally the legal guardian's job to schedule appointments for their children," she deadpanned, a perplexed and worried expression on her face.
"Well, my previous foster parents made me set up all of my own appointments, which is kinda why I haven't gone to the doctor to talk to them about my time of the month," Eijirou rambled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly.
Aiko let out a muffled scream of frustration, "God, am I glad those two will never get to look after a human being again."
"Sorry," he mumbled, used to doing so whenever someone raised their voice.
"It's not your fault, sweetie," Chihiro cooed, seeing as her wife was far too worked up to do so. She turned around in her seat, placing her hand on his knee comfortingly. "You did nothing to warrant them abusing you and it is in no way your fault. You didn't do anything."
"Okay," he nodded, giving her a weak smiled.
She smiled back at him, rubbing his knee a few times before she turned back to the safe position that she had been in before. They began to silently sit with each other for a while before Eijirou's phone buzzed in his pocket. He checked the text in the group chat with rapid speed, eager to see which one of his friends had messaged them.
Denki to Bakusquad
Are any of you at this train station?
Denki has sent a link to Bakusquad!
Denki to Bakusquad
My parents kinda haven't picked me up and it's been half an hour
Eijirou looked up, "Hey Mom? Could we stop at a train station to pick up my friend?"
"Yeah, of course," Aiko nodded. "Address?" Eijirou told her the location of the train station before he looked back down at his phone and replied to his friend.
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Hey man
My moms and I are coming to pick you up
Denki to Bakusquad
Thanks dude
This is kinda embarrassing….
Mina to Bakusquad
Why aren't your parents coming to pick you up?
Hanto to Bakusquad
You've been waiting for how long
Bakugou to Bakusquad
Why did you ask for help sooner?
Denki to Bakusquad
I told you
It's embarrassing…
Mina to Bakusquad
Oh honey!
Bakugou to Bakusquad
IT'S NOT FUCKING EMBARRASSING TO ASK FOR HELP
Denki to Bakusquad
I guess
Hanto to Bakusquad
Den, message me back on our pm's
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Denki, my moms may pry a bit, just so you know
Denki to Bakusquad
Okay, Hanta
Eiji, I pretty much expect that from everyone's parents. :/
Mina to Bakusquad
Den, I wanna give you a hug so bad!
Is this the first time that this has happened?
Eijirou stared down at his phone for a bit as he waited for Denki to reply to the group chat, but three minutes had passed with no reply and his phone was beginning to go dark. He frowned deeply, turning his phone off and sticking it into his pocket. He glanced out the window, watching as other cars and scenery whizzed by.
He thought back to the conversation that he had just had with his friends before he finally realized what Bakugou had said. He pulled his phone back up, scrolling to the message.
Bakugou to Bakusquad
IT'S NOT FUCKING EMBARRASSING TO ASK FOR HELP
Despite the fact that the text was in all caps and contained swearing, there was an abnormal amount of compassion and caring inside the message. Eijirou's eyebrows furrowed together. Bakugou had never shown that much compassion for anyone or anything, not even his supposedly childhood 'friend.'
"Kiddo?" Aiko asked, stopping the car in the mostly deserted parking lot. "You wanna go find your friend?"
"Okay," he responded quickly, getting out of the car and jogging over to the train station. "Denki?" he called out, looking for the blond boy. His heart squeezed as he saw the small boy hunched over on himself, his shoulders shaking.
"Denki?" he asked, quickly walking over to his friend. He placed a careful hand on his friend's shoulder, causing him to jump. "You okay, bro?" he asked, his eyebrows knit together.
"Not really," he croaked, sniffing a bit as more tears welled up in his eyes. Eijirou didn't say anything, sitting down next to his friends and wrapping his arms around his friend's shoulders. Denki turned to him hugging him back tightly as the tears began to come a little harder.
"Do you wanna talk about?" he asked when the other boy began to sob a bit less.
"No," Denki shook his head.
"Okay," Eijirou nodded, really knowing what it was like to be needing to go through something yourself before you could talk to someone else about it. "C'mon, my moms are back in the car waiting for us. You gonna be okay?"
"I should be eventually," Denki shrugged, standing up and grabbing his miniscule suitcase. Eijirou only nodded as he led his friend back to the car. He clapped a hand on the blond's back, offering him a weak smile. Denki gave one back to him before he got into the car. Eijirou quickly got in on the other side before either of his mothers could do or say anything embarrassing.
"Mom, Mama, this is Denki," the redhead introduced his friend. The other teenager just waved awkwardly.
"It's nice to meet you, Denki," Chihiro grinned, turning around to get a look at him. Aiko started up the car, perfectly happy to let her wife do the talking as she had plenty of it during her job. "Mind telling us where you live?"
Denki coughed a bit, trying to get the mucus from crying out of his throat before he told the woman his address. "Thank you for picking me up," he said after a moment of semi-awkward silence.
"It's no problem, dear," Chihiro chuckled as she turned back so that she was front facing.
They all fell silent again before Eijirou pulled out his phone, opening his camera app and taking a quick photo of his blond friend.
Eijirou sent a photo to Bakusquad!
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Look who I just picked up!
Bakugou to Bakusquad
Make sure he doesn't shut your car down with his Quirk.
Mina to Bakusquad
Bakubro, that's mean!
Bakugou to Bakusquad
WHAT HAVE I FUCKING TOLD YOU ABOUT CALLING ME THAT
Eijirou looked up for a moment and saw his friend pull out his phone, looking down at the texts and laughing a bit. He quickly began typing and the redhead looked down at his phone just as the other boy sent the text.
Denki to Bakusquad
You're so mean to me Bakubro ;-;
Bakugou to Bakusquad
AGAIN WITH THE CALLING ME BAKUBRO
Mina to Bakusquad
Just accept the nickname Bakubro!
Hanta to Bakusquad
Bakubro
Bakubro
Denki to Bakusquad
Bakubrobakubrobakubrobakubrobakubrobakubrobakubro
Eijirou to Bakusquad
BAKUBRO! BAKUBRO! BAKUBRO! BAKUBRO
Bakugou to Bakusquad
….
One day
I'm going to kill you all
Eijirou to Bakusquad
But today is not that day?
Bakugou to Bakusquad
No. Today is not that day.
Mina to Bakusquad
HE ACCEPTED THE NICKNAME YOU GUYS
BAKUSQUAD LEADER FINALLY CONFIRMED
Denki to Bakusquad
He really does love us after all
Hanta to Bakusquad
YES
Bakubro loves us!
Eijirou to Bakusquad
We love you Bakubro 3
Bakugou to Bakusquad
Don't make me regret the decision you fuckers
Mina to Bakusquad
We won't!
Eijirou changed Bakugou's name to Bakubro
Eijirou to Bakusquad
Den and I gotta go!
Mom says we're a block away from his house!
With that he turned his phone off and shoved it into his pocket, looking out the window as everything passed by. He glanced over to his friend, giving him a large smile as he held a hand up for a high-five that was quickly given. "We did it man!"
"Yeah," Denki smiled back at him, though the red-haired boy couldn't help but noticed it was strained.
"What did you do?" Aiko asked, looking at them in the rearview mirror before turning her attention back to the road.
"We got our friend to agree to let us call him by our nickname for him," Eijirou quickly explained.
"Oh," the woman nodded, slowing down a bit as she looked for the blond's house. "Which house is yours?"
"That one," he said, pointing to the house at the end of the road that had a sidewalk covered in chalk drawings. Eijirou's mother nodded, stopping the car in front of the house that he had pointed to.
"Thanks, Mrs. Kirishima," he smiled at her tightly as he grabbed his bag.
"Ito, actually," she corrected after glancing at her son to make sure that it was okay.
"Oh, sorry," he apologized, looking away from her awkwardly. "Thanks anyway, Mrs. Itos," he said, trying to figure out a way to refer to both of them while being respectful.
"It was no trouble to help a friend of our Eijirou," Chihiro said, turning around as her wife had. He smiled at them, this time genuine as he grabbed his back and got out of the car. They waited for the blond to get into the house before they started the car back up and drove back to their house. Eijirou yawned, the exhaustion from his internship finally hitting him unlike it had even when he had slept. He leaned over on the car door, his eyes fluttering every so slightly, and despite his phone going off in his pocket all he could focus on was sleep.