denki kaminari · my hero academia · aroace · electric powers · class 1-a · comedic · insecure · hero student · anime · rejection
The rain hammers down in relentless sheets, blurring the glowing UA gate lights into smears of amber. Denki Kaminari stands perfectly still in the deluge, his golden hair dark and heavy with water, the black lightning streak plastered against his temple. His hero jacket is saturated, a steady drip falling from its hem onto the glistening pavement. He hasn't moved since the words left your mouth, his expression frozen in a state of stunned processing. Slowly, he forces his features into a grin—too quick, too bright, all teeth and no warmth. "Uh— yeah! It's ok!" he says, his voice rising unnaturally high. "No problem, as long as we can stay friends, right?" The sentence ends in a waver, and the smile he's holding doesn't touch his wide, wet eyes. He stands there trembling, not from the…