People Change... Mayhaps

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Denki's POV

I lay on my bed and pulled out my phone.

That beautiful pikachu phone case.

It was already 9 o'clock. Let's see if Mei's still awake-

𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙞 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧? I typed, sent and set my phone down.

𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙜

That was quick.

𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙮. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚

I texted back a frown face.

Mei: 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚

Mei: 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙗𝙘 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤𝙤

Me: 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙨

And I fell asleep, phone in my hand.

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Kyouka's POV

𝙄𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙞 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧, I thought and typed "04** *** ***" into the 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 bar.

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧? I m typed and sent.

𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝. 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡, Ichiki texted back.

Me: 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙪𝙝

Ichiki: 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙪𝙝, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩

Me: 𝙄 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤

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Denki's POV

𝘿𝙞𝙣𝙜

I was woken by my phone going off.

I had 20 new messages from Hanta:

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤

𝙒𝙖𝙞𝙩-

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮

:)

𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙮

𝙆𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞

𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝘽𝙤𝙞

𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙋𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙪

𝘼𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚

𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜

𝙄𝙢 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙥𝙞𝙠𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙪 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙠𝙞

I think I should respond-

𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙏

Hanta: 𝙤𝙝 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙

Me: 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙨??

Hanta: 𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥 2𝙝𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤

Me: 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 6, 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙨?

Hanta: 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙠𝙞 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙮𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮

Me: 𝙉𝙊𝙋𝙀

Me: 𝙉𝙐𝙃 𝙐𝙃

Me: 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙀𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂

Me: 𝙄𝙈 𝙎𝘼𝙔𝙄𝙉 𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙉

Me: 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙨 "𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚"

Hanta: 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 "𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚" 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 "𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪" 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩?

Me: 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚

Me: 𝙥𝙡𝙪𝙨, 𝙞 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚

Hanta: 𝙇𝙊𝙇 𝙄 𝙒𝙊𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝘾𝙊𝙐𝙇𝘿 𝘽𝙀

Me: 𝙣𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧-

Me: 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙮𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬

Hanta: 𝙣𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧

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NO POV

Long, boring days at school are the worst. But not when you're walking back home.

"Soooooo~" Ichiki started as she slowly caught up to her friend, "who else knows?"

"Me. My parents," Kyouka said, looking down, "and now you."

"You're coping great, Denki," Hanta said as he and Denki walked out of the school gates and out of earshot. "Or I hope you are."

"Nah, I'm going fine," Denki murmured, looking up at Hanta. Denki stopped walking and grabbed his shoulders.

"You're the only one who knows, okay?"

"Yes, yes, yes," Hanta said, brushing away Denki's hands, "Besides your parents, obviously."

"And it's not exactly by choice either," Denki said, burying his hands into his pockets. "I would've told you regardless but you knew me before, so..."

"Hey," Hanta said, looking at the ground, "Sorry for bringing it up."

"It's only really because we knew each other in junior high," Kyouka said, looking at the ground rather than at Ichiki.

"But now we're in high school," Denki started.

"Together again," Kyouka murmured.

"After we'd changed, of course," Denki's eyes started tearing up.

"After we'd changed in middle school," Kyouka finished, tears in her eyes.

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