Kaminari Denki stared up at the grey sky and couldn't help but sigh. It was the middle of February and winter was coming at full force. The blond would normally be excited about winter activities like sledding and ice skating with his friends but not this year. It was only his second semester in but the coursework has already proven to be tough at the prestigious UA University. Today, however, he was more concerned about arriving to class on time than the piles homework he had to do later.
His back-to-back class schedule had him going from one end of campus to the other with a 15 minute passing period. On a regular day, he would bundle up to ride his bike and make it to class with a few minutes to spare. Unfortunately for him, a few inches of snow fell last night and the temperature had dropped thus making the campus grounds a giant ice rink. He woke up to find his bike lock frozen shut that morning and the sidewalks especially slippery, which had already made him late to two classes. To make matters even worse, his next class was with Aizawa-sensei and he wouldn't be given the quiz for the day if he got there even a second late.
"Fuck, I need to run if I want to make it on time!" Kaminari said as he finished glancing at his watch. He tightened his grip on the strap of his messenger bag and against better judgement, started running against the icy cold wind. As long as he followed along the clean parts of the sidewalk he would be okay. Or so he hoped.
"No ice, no ice!" Kaminari kept thinking as he flew past a couple scuffling along like penguins. "If I had to pick between meeting the love of my life and making it to class on time, I would accept the bachelor life right about now," Kaminari internally debated, as he made a sudden turn. The brick building was in clear sight now with only about five minutes left until class started.
"What do I do? I won't make it in time if I try to go through the front entrance," Kaminari thought, knowing that he was on the opposite side of the building of where he normally parked his bike. That's when he suddenly saw a staircase leading to a metal door that blended in with the rest of the building.
"Bingo!" The door didn't have any sort-of sign prohibiting students from entering so this was his one and only chance. It's the path that would lead him to the class on time! Kaminari couldn't help but crack a smile on his face as he jumped over the small row of bushes that separated his path and the one to the staircase.
"I'm going to make it!" he thought as his left foot landed on the ground, only for it to immediately slip out from under him.
"I'm not going to make it," was the last thing that crossed Kaminari's mind as he saw the frozen snow come into view. A pain rang throughout his head it hit against the ground. Kaminari opened his eyes but he couldn't tell which way was up since everything was moving around.
"Hey, are you okay?" said a worried voice that Kaminari didn't recognize. He tried to turn his head towards the voice but all he saw was a blur of purple come into view.
"I need… to get to class," Kaminari strained to say as he tried to sit up. The pounding in his head wouldn't go away and a weird itch was starting to bother him. He couldn't help but close his eyes and lay back down onto the cold snow, "Or maybe not," he groaned.
"Don't move anymore, okay? I'll call for help right now!" the panic in their voice made Kaminari's stomach drop. He didn't want the person to worry. Yet, Kaminari couldn't help but enjoy the sound of their voice as they called for an ambulance. "Hey, stay with me. Don't go falling asleep!"
"I'll be fine," Kaminari mumbled as a warm touch started to brush back his bangs.
"Oh shit, you're bleeding! Um... one second!" the voice said. Kaminari slowly opened his eyes again and tried to focus on the figure in front of him. Purple. The girl that was helping him had purple hair. He couldn't really see her face since she was taking off her scarf.
"What are you doing?" he yawned out as he started to close his eyes.
"Hey, you need to stay awake! I'm going to wrap my scarf around your head to try and stop some of the bleeding," she said her voice seemed to get closer. Kaminari felt his head being gently lifted as the scarf was being wrapped around it.
"You're going to get blood on your scarf though," Kaminari complained.
"It's fine. It's not that cute anyways."
"Well, you're pretty cute so that has to mean something," Kaminari muttered as he tried to stay awake, "Anyone that's willing to help a stranger like this must be cute, on the inside and out."
"You must have hit your head pretty hard there, Romeo."
"Denki," said the blond.
"What was that?" the girl questioned.
"My name is Denki… not Romeo…." Kaminari managed to say as his mind started to go blank. Oddly enough, his nose started to pick up a floral scent that he couldn't quite place. It was something subtle but sweet.
"Hey, Denki," she said as the panic in her voice was becoming apparent," You're not supposed to fall asleep remember. You're not Sleeping Beauty!" Kaminari could barely hear the girl's voice anymore. It was like he drowning in a sea of darkness that was blocking out everything around him. He heard one final "Denki" before everything went completely black.
