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Electric Heart

Summary:

Kaminari gives off mild electric shocks when his heart skips a beat. He's afraid that Bakugou would mind.

Bakugou doesn't.

Notes:

I've always thought that the HC of Kaminari giving out minor electric shocks when he's flustered/embarrassed is hella cute. I love this ship week for promoting more bakukami content!!! <3

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“How’s your relationship with Bakugou going?”

 

The question causes Kaminari to pause in his mindless binge eating of potato chips. He eats the one in his hand, chewing and swallowing. Sero waits for him. Their attention is off the television in the lounge, but it’s whatever. Wasn’t particularly interesting anyway.

 

“What… do you mean?” Kaminari tilts his head.

 

“Just wondering how your relationship works,” Sero shrugs, thoughtfully. “I haven’t seen you guys engaging in any PDA or anything. And he still calls you Pikachu or Derpface. And you call him Bakugou.”

 

Kaminari laughs awkwardly. God, why was Sero being so nosy? Well okay, Sero seemed to be a bit concerned, but mostly curious. Maybe he was genuinely worried.

 

“Uhhhhh, we’ve only dated for like, one week,” Kaminari points out, lifting an eyebrow. He eats another chip. Since that answer doesn’t seem to particularly satisfy Sero, he continues, “Bakugou doesn’t seem that big on uhhhh, affectionate stuff anyways.”

 

Sero squints at him.

 

“But I know you’re hella big on physical contact.”

 

Kaminari blinks, pointing at himself, “Me???”

 

Sero nods firmly, “Yeah! You and Kirishima always have your arms around each other, and all the brofisting and complicated handshakes, and the way you guys hug each other after results were released… you also rest your head on Kirishima a lot.”

 

“That’s just Kiri tho, Kiri’s just a… guy you wanna touch, cuz he seems so much like an older brother,” Kaminari shrugs, unsure on how to explain it further.

 

Sero sighs in frustration, “I was just pointing out the obvious ones. You’re always touching Ojiro’s tail, you and Mina sometimes share one seat and squish together when there’s no space for everyone, hell, you laid on my lap once in the courtyard cuz you were sleepy- I think you get it.”

 

“Get… what?” Kaminari blinks, not getting the point.

 

“I don’t see you doing any of that with Bakugou, that’s what. Are you still scared of him or something?”

 

Gosh, Kaminari’s suddenly hella thirsty. He reaches for his cup, sipping from it to buy some time. Sero is unimpressed.

 

“Come on man, is there a problem or something?” Sero chases persistently.

 

“A problem? Well, I don’t know what you mean…” Kaminari laughs awkwardly. Sero stares him down. His face seemed too serious. It makes Kaminari nervous. That’s Sero’s no-bullshit face.

 

“Should I go talk to Bakugou?”

 

Shit.


“Hey hey hey, no, it’s nothing that serious!” Kaminari says in a fluster, holding his hand up to stop Sero. “Alright, I’ll tell you, okay? Drop that face. Christ, you’re so overprotective sometimes, it’s ridiculous.”

 

“I’m the dad friend and Kirishima’s the mom friend, you know it,” Sero chuckles a little, trying to ease his expression to something less threatening.

 

“God, you’re gonna laugh,” Kaminari groans, covering his face with the back of his hand. His fingers were still coated by potato chip grease, after all. He sighs, gathering his wits. “So, um…”

Nervously, he says softly, “I’m afraid of zapping him.”


“What? You mean you lose control of your quirk around him?”

 

Kaminari nods, anxiously revealing, “Yeah, like, whenever I get really nervous or embarrassed, I give off little electric shocks. And I don’t wanna do that to him, y’know? Like, it’d be so lame if he holds my hands and I shock him? Like, it happened in middle school with my crush. And we didn’t talk after that.”

 

Sero frowns, “Wow, that sucks dude. Sounds serious. You should learn to control that, or it’ll be hard to date any-”

 

Sero suddenly stops talking, staring behind Kaminari.

 

“God, I know, but I don’t know,” Kaminari says miserably, pouting. He does a weak shrug.

 

“Whoever’s scared of a little electric shock is a pussy,” Bakugou snarls.

 

The suddenness of Bakugou’s voice has Kaminari flinching and looking up.

 

Bakugou wraps his arms around Kaminari’s shoulders in a hug. The sudden warmth of Bakugou- Bakugou always had a higher body temperature- has Kaminari flinching. His heart skips a beat, and traitorously, little jolts of electricity curl his hair.

 

Bakugou appears nonplussed, even though his cheeks are a little red. Kaminari doesn’t know if it’s from the show of affection and defence or from the electric shocks.

 

“Or maybe it’s just that you’re an M,” Sero teases with a sleazy grin, pointing at Bakugou with absolutely no fear. “And you actually like it.”

 

Bakugou’s arms tighten around Kaminari in anger. Kaminari is about to combust. He squeaks from the crushing hug(?), feeling his own cheeks start to warm.

 

“F-fuck you!” Bakugou’s voice gets a little high from the unexpected spark of electricity. That in itself makes Kaminari’s heart skip a beat again.

 

“God! Damn! Settle down, pikachu!” Bakugou yells but doesn’t let go. He’s trying to prove a point here.  

 

“Lemme gooo,” Kaminari whines, face red.

 

One man’s embarrassment is another man’s glee. Sero takes his phone out to take pictures of the couple’s adorable moment.

 

“Oh fuck you, Sero!” Kaminari yells when he realizes, trying to break free of Bakugou’s grip.

 

Sero shakes his head, pretending to be a disappointed dad, “You’re picking up bad language from your boyfriend, young man. I raised you to be better than this.”

 

Sero’s smile betrays him, however. He’s glad to see the couple doing well and being cute. With a shit-eating grin, he continues to tease them, “Aren’t you guys dating? Shouldn’t you be on a first name basis then? Or maybe that’s too big of a milestone for you guys?”

 

Kaminari groans. Sero knows how to push Bakugou’s buttons (the whole of bakusquad does, to be honest), and Bakugou readily rises to the challenge.

 

“First names are whatever, right Denki!” Bakugou yells.

 

Oh, dear mother of god, this is the first time Bakugou called him by his first name. He combusts. He’s unbelievably red, including his ears and neck, and Bakugou still isn’t letting up. His heart is running a mile a minute and honestly, it’s getting overwhelming and hard to breathe from all the flutters he’s feeling.

 

“Oi, Denki, it’s your turn,” Bakugou grumbles, voice even despite the errant electric shocks. He’s acclimatizing to it now, just as fast as he does with everything else. It doesn’t even hurt as much as his quirk overuse.

 

“Why are you guys on the same side!?” Kaminari wails, continuing his struggles to escape from Bakugou. Bakugou holds on fast, and their power difference is kind of hot, but really it’s too much to deal with right now.

 

“Call me Katsuki,” Bakugou demands petulantly. “Come on, Denki.”

 

Unfair.

 

Everything was so unfair.

 

And he would never live it down too, he could tell Sero was videorecording everything.

 

“Ka…Katsuki, let me go…” his voice is weak. He wants to hide in a hole. He wants to pretend he doesn’t exist. Bakugou finally lets him go, grinning at Sero smugly.

 

“You hear that? He’s my fucking boyfriend. And I want that video.”

 

Sero gives an ‘ok’ sign with a wink, “Dude, of course, it’s already uploading to the group chat.”

 

Why are his friends like this? Why is his boyfriend like this? Kaminari sulks on the sofa.

 

Bakugou only laughs at him, ruffling his hair. He says confidently, “We’ll desensitize you, Pikachu. Denki. Ow.”  

 

Kaminari’s not sure whether desensitization or heart attack would come first.

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