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We were just doing patrols when it happened.
It came out of no where.
We didn’t understand what was happening until we were both bloodied and bruised, trapped under the ruble of a building.
“Hey katsuki?”
“Yeah, denki?”
“ I hope that our few remaining friends, Give up on trying to save us.”
Katsuki looked over at kaminari, wearing a small smile. He knew what was happening. He knew they weren’t gonna make it. So he played along.
“ I hope we come out with a fail-safe plot, To piss off the dumb few that forgave us.”
Kaminari smiled.
“ I hope the fences we mended, Fall down beneath their own weight.”
He remembered that day when all of them helped kirishima’s moms fix the fences in their backyard.
“And I hope we hang on past the last exit, I hope it's already too late.”
Denki could see all the blood on him and the other blonde beside him. He knew what was gonna happen. At least he got to spend his last moments with katsuki.
“And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here, Someday burns down.”
They would always sneak out on the weekends and sit at the old junkyard. Just the two of them. They would lay on top of the cars and watch the stars together.
“ And I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away and I never come back to this town again.”
Kaminari reached out and touched Katsuki’s face, knowing it would probably be the last time.
“In my life, I hope I lie, and tell everyone you were a good wife.”
Everyone always told the two that they bickered like an old married couple. Maybe one day, they could have actually been one.
“And I hope you die,I hope we both die.”
He smiled at denki as he said those words, they knew there was a small double meaning but chose not to speak on it.
“ I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow, I hope it bleeds all day long.”
“ Our friends say it's darkest before the sun rises,We're pretty sure they're all wrong.”
The had always been the more pessimistic people in their small group of friends.
“I hope it stays dark forever.”
“I hope the worst isn’t over.”
“And I hope you blink before I do.” He looked at denki, smiling slightly trying to show his playfulness.
“And I hope I never get sober.” Denki smiled back, with the same playfulness.
“ And I hope when you think of me years down the line,You can't find one good thing to say.”
God, denki was gonna miss this. Miss him.
“ And I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out,You'd stay the hell out of my way.” Trying to sound like bakugo, knowing it was probably something he’d say.
Katsuki knew this was it, even tho he heard the sirens in the background, he knew that one or both of them wasn’t making it out.
“I am drowning,There is no sign of land.”
They were both coughing between lines, both were frowning colder by the second. They could hear people yelling their names but in the end, they knew that they just weren’t quick enough.
“ You are coming down with me,Hand in unlovable hand.”
Denki said, as he intertwined his and katsuki’s hands together.
“ And I hope you die,I hope we both die.”
After katsuki had finished, he was sent into a coughing fit. Trying to hold on for a few more seconds, just so he could stare at denki’s face a little while longer.
Denki looked at bakugo, mustering the biggest smile he could. This was it, this is the end.
They were gonna die. Hand in unlovable hand, all the way until the end.
“Hey katsu?”
Damn, at least he got to hear that nickname leave denki’s lip one last time.
“Yeah denks?”
Shit, denki was happy he got to hear bakugo’s voice call him that one last time.
“I’m glad it was you I got to spend my last moments with, I hope you know that loser.”
Katsuki smiled as he said that. This was their way of saying I love you, of saying goodbye. It fucking hurt, but neither would shed any tears.
“Me too jackass, me too.” He said with a small smile.
They just stared at each other, holding hands silently. They were tired and at the same time, their eyes closed. That was the last thing either did together. Even underneath all the ruble, they we’re together.