• Benevolence •

• Say It •

"Come on! Say it!"

"N-no."

"Say it!"

"It's not polite..."

"Just say it, [L/n]! I promise it's fine!"

"..."

I stay quiet, watching Kaminari as we enter the shared living space. He pouts and I'd laugh if it wasn't so convincing.

"Please? I won't ask again if you do."

"Fine b-but only once."

I take a nervous breath before whispering quietly. "...fuck."

"HE SAID IT!!" Kaminari practically screams the words, throwing his arms into the air with a large grin spread across his features.

"Stop! It's n-not a big deal!" I cover my face, feeling embarrassed.

"It is!!!"

Kirishima drops his phone, turning to the blond. "Did you actually just peer pressure him into swearing?"

"No. It wasn't peer pressure. It was... I don't have a label for it but it wasn't peer pressure!" Kaminari rubs his neck sheepishly.

"Yeah, it was! Look at him... He's all nervous. Shinso is gonna kill you."

"Shinso isn't even here! Besides, it's just a word."

"That he didn't want to say, you bully."

"Who's a bully?"

I peek through my fingers to see Todoroki has entered the room.

"Kaminari peer pressured [L/n]!"

"Oh my god- I did not!"

A surprisingly warm hand drops on my shoulder, pulling my attention. Todoroki looks completely serious.

"What drugs did he peer pressure you into trying?"

I stutter nonsensically and Kirishima bursts into laughter. Before I can manage a response, another voice joins the conversation and Kaminari pales.

"Someone made him try drugs?"

Hitoshi enters the room with a glare fixed on his features, crossing his arms intimidatingly.

Kaminari scrambles back, putting some more distance between the him and the taller teen. "What are you even doing here?! This isn't your dorm!"

"[Y/n] invited me over to study- not that it's any of your business."

Kirishima speaks up suddenly, finally catching his breath.

"Nobody's doing drugs! Kaminari just pressured him into saying the f-word."

Hitoshi turns his gaze to the redhead before looking back to the blond and it's completely silent for a beat.

"You made him say fuck? Why would you even want to hear him say that?"

I drop my head to my hands, completely embarrassed at the amount of attention this all brought. Footsteps cross the room and a familiar hand touches my back gently. Hitoshi clears his throat, expecting a response.

Kaminari sounds sheepish. "I don't know, he just never says anything like that so..."

"So you made him uncomfortable to the point that he actually said it?"

"Well when you put it like that..."

There's a light shuffling followed by a sigh. "[L/n], I'm sorry for pressuring you into saying fuck."

My voice is quiet as I speak, head still down to hid my blush. "It's okay."

Hitoshi tugs me along, leading the way to my room.

"Let's just go study."

As we leave the room, I hear Kaminari whispering to the others.

"I bet he swears around Shinso."

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Based on me being peer pressured into cursing
in 6th grade but nobody
came to my rescue lol

I just thought maybe saying words like that in front of others might make him uncomfortable.

I base a lot of his
personality around how I was when I was younger.

Thanks for reading!!