2am Knows All Secrets

Chapter 15 - Telling Secrets To The Dark

And at that, Kaminari turned his attention to Eijirou. "Right, so, for the story part, do you know if we're supposed to use past tense, or—"

And, Kaminari noticed. Kaminari noticed immediately, his question trailing off, mouth forming an 'o' as his eyes locked on their joined hands.

And then, Hagakure let out a piercing squeal.

"What? No way. No way, are you two serious?"

Bakugou turned away, his eyebrows drawn in a scowl, his cheeks and the tips of his ears becoming flushed with bright red. "Course we're serious," he mumbled. He sounded a bit like he wanted to die.

But his hand stayed put, holding Eijirou's, for all to see.

"Oh my god," Ashido stared, her jaw dropped. She scrambled to a sitting position, practically bouncing up and down in excitement, finger pointing at them frantically. "Oh my god, I knew it! I knew it, I called it! I did, didn't I? Ages ago." She pointed her thumb over towards Kaminari. "He said I was crazy and that nothing had changed between you two but I was like 'nooo, there's definitely something happening there' and yes there was and I was right and now you two are a thing and see? I'm not crazy!"

Eijirou let out a nervous chuckle. He tried to smile widely, to hide his nerves, but his grin probably came across as more sheepish than anything. "Well..." he brought his free hand to scratch the back of his neck a little awkwardly, "It's all a recent development, it's not like we've been trying to hide things. Only since yesterday—"

"Actually," Kaminari interrupted, crossing his arms with a smirk. "These two have been dancing around each other for ages, of course I noticed. You have absolutely no idea how insufferable these past few weeks have been because of it. It was agony."

"You mean, you knew? You lied to me?" Ashido nearly shrieked, leaning over to swat at his shoulder lightheartedly. "You knew this whole time, and you didn't tell me?"

"Well... yeah?" Kaminari laughed, bringing his hands up in defense against her.

"I can't believe you! Meanie!"

"It wasn't exactly my business to tell, though? What did you want me to do, expose them in the group chat before they even had a chance to work out their feelings for themselves? I couldn't do that to my bros!"

"I... I mean I guess, but still!" Ashido pouted, but she couldn't seem to hold such a sour expression for long, because then she let out a giggle, turning back to Bakugou and Eijirou with the widest grin on her face. "So what started it all?"

Eijirou's eyes widened. He hadn't thought this far ahead yet. He glanced over at Bakugou – whose equally startled expression offered no help whatsoever. "Uhhhhh, well..."

"Hey, Sero! Perfect timing!" Ashido shouted across the room, waving to their classmate as he stepped off of the elevator. But before Eijirou had a chance to sigh in relief at the change in subject, Ashido continued, "Kirishima and Bakugou are dating!"

And the rest of the room fell totally silent, all eyes on them.

"Ashido!" Eijirou squeaked, ducking his head to avoid all the scrutinizing gazes. Beside him, Bakugou groaned.

"What? You're the ones holding hands!"

"They're what?" Sero yelled back, even though Eijirou suspected that he heard exactly what Ashido had said.

"Come see!"

At that, Sero nearly sprinted over, a few other curious students trailing behind him – Jirou, Uraraka, Asui, and Ojirou to name a few, and the increasing number of eyes on them sure did make Eijirou's hands sweaty.