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He could still hear and feel everything happening around him. He could hear laughter and whispering and feel the cuts littering his skin, and those damn restraints on him. He was back with the villains, held captive and unable to escape. He was useless and couldn't do anything, just had to sit there and listen to everything happening around him.
After some time he could see figures in the sky, and a familiar hand reaching out to him. He was so glad to finally be away from these damn bastards and used his quirk, blasting up to the sky and away from the choas. Only he wasn't able to leave like he had wanted. His fingers had slipped and he couldn't reach the other hand held out for him. He was falling, and falling, and falling...
And he could feel someone grab onto his arm?
Bakugou woke up with a start, sitting up from his bed and looked over to see a mop of red hair next to him. He let out a sigh of relief, he recognized that hair and looked down at were Kirishima had let go of his arm now that he was wide awake. Shit, he had another nightmare tonight didn't he? Bakugou looked over at the clock and wasn't surprised he had woke up so early in the morning again. This has been happening for days now and it's been a while sense he was able to get a decent amount of damn sleep. Long story short, it's been difficult for him to stay awake during school hours and hard to pay attention to his classmates.
Back to the situation at hand, he noticed Kirishima's worried eyes and realized he must have woken the other up. "Sounded like you had a bad dream tonight Bakubro. I heard a loud boom from my dorm and I only know one person with an explosion quirk", he let out what sounded like a forced laugh. Bakugou couldn't blame him, it must have scared Kirishima to hear that so early in the morning. Had he really made that much noise? He hadn't during the nights before this, so could this mean his nightmares have been getting worse lately? He really didn't wanna think about that possibility at the moment. "You were yelling in your sleep and it was kinda scary dude. Are you alright?", the redhead asked with a slightly more serious expression on his features. It made Bakugou wince. He didn't like it when Kirishima had anything that wasn't a bright grin on that dumb face of his.
"I'm fine", he sighed in reply and layed back down on the matress. "Didn't mean to startle you or whatever", he added, pushing his blanket back over his figure and turning to the side. He felt a bit bad about this and wasn't the best when it came to apologizing for his actions.
"It's alright man, I'm glad you're okay now", Kirishima smiled at his friend and layed down beside him. Bakugou raised an eyebrow at the action which the other laughed at. "I personally don't like being alone after I had a bad dream. So maybe having someone next to you will help you sleep better", he grinned and put an arm over Bakugou's torso.
The blonde blushed at the action and turned his head to the side. "Whatever weirdo", he responded and pushed some of the covers over for Kirishima to have for himself. This surprised the boy and he squealed at the nice action. Bakugou had agreed to let him stay here with him! It was sorta like their own little sleepover. He wondered to himself if his bro would be down to cuddle but quickly dismissed the thought as he didn't want to get blown up trying to hold the guy.
They stayed like that, side by side, until Bakugou let out a sigh and turned to face his friend. "Having trouble falling back asleep?", Kirishima questioned with a head tilt. The blonde nodded a reply and moved his arm to lay over the redheads, causing Kirishima to let out a slightly unmanly squeak at the contact. It's not like he wasn't okay with it, he just wasn't used to Bakugou touching him. He doubts they've ever even been as close to each other as they are at the moment.
It might have been the tiredness and the lack of sleep that caused Bakugou to do it but he snuggled up close to his friend and linked the two of their hands together. It was really comforting, knowing Kirishima and him had their fingers connected and the other wasn't going anywere anytime soon. Kirishima blinked down at his friend in shock at the affection but just grinned in return and set his head on top of the other's big spikey blonde hair. It was surprisingly really soft, he'd have to get Bakugou to let him touch it again sometime.
The two drifted off like that and Bakugou woke up the next morning feeling more relaxed and ready for the day than he had in a long time. He'd be damned if he admitted waking up in the arms of his crush had caused this change though. He felt very content laying here for a little longer though with their hands still linked together under the covers.