I can't believe it's the end! Thank you all for sticking with me even though I took forever to write. So without further ado...

TW:
-Mentions of past rape
-Court
-Shindo Yo

𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕚'𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕪𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕣𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕.

"N𝕠𝕨 𝕄𝕣. 𝕂𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕚..."

The end of the story.

Kaminari's breath caught in his throat. There he was. Sitting right there is a tailored shirt looking /bored/. Like as if waiting to see whether or not he would be declared guilty for raping Kamianri was /boring/.

"Denki," Hitoshi whispered as the grounding hand on his back pushed him forward a bit.

Taking a breath, he stepped forward. Then he took another step. And another. Soon he was taking full strides to the seat next to his lawyer.

Ms. Bengoshi placed a hand on the table in front of him while looking at him with a kind smile. He smiled a small smile back.

"Hey Dai!" he heard Shindo shout at him and he stiffened. The guard next to the blonde stepped between them with a menacing look. "Geeze, I get it. No saying hi to an old friend. Gosh, what a buzz kill," he winked at the blonde before slumping in his chair.

Kaminari bit the inside of his cheek and stared straight at the judges seat to keep from crying. His hands fisted tightly into his skirt when a hand suddenly touched his shoulder. He jumped a little and spun around to see Hitoshi giving him a half smile as he mouthed, 'Sorry."

He could not stop himself from smiling a little as he forced his shoulders to relax. "No, you're good," he whispered. "I'm just uptight 'cause he is /right there/." He glanced at the black haired male who was mostly blocked by the guard.

Hitoshi brushed his thumb back and forth on Kaminari's shoulder. "Don't apologize. You have every right to be nervous right now. But know that when this is all over, he will be getting the punishment he deserves, okay?"

He nodded at the younger as a strained smile painted his lips. "You're right. I got this."

Hitoshi opened his mouth to add on to what he said earlier but was interrupted by the judge opening the door and calling all to rize. He smiled at him and squeezed his shoulder twice as if to non verbally say, 'Good luck!'

As he sat down, the blonde couldn't help but think he was going to need all the luck he could get.

~~~~~

"Mr. Shindo, if you don't mind sharing with the court, how old are you?" the other lawyer asked while gesturing to the jury.

He sat up straighter on the witness stand before answering, "I'm seventeen."

His lawyer nodded, "And, to remind the court, what is the age of consent here in Japan?"

"Thirteen," he confirmed.

"Now, how old is Mr. Kaminari if you were to take a guess?" he asked while gesturing over to the blonde.

He made eye contact with Kaminari, who could not hold back the shudder that passed through his body. "Fifteen or sixteen, he never really told me. We were too busy doing other things."

"So this is how they are going to spin it," Ms. Bengoshi muttered under her breath.

His lawyer raised an eyebrow in question. "What were you two busy doing?" he asked with faux confusion.

His cheeks colored pink as if he was embarrassed. "It is a little personal..." he mumbled while rubbing the back of his neck.

The judge looked over at him with a glare. "The witness will answer the question."

He laughed nervously, "Well, at first we were walking to his dorm. Then he suggested that we go to this rundown house. And... well," he chuckled again. "At first we were just making out but we, uh, /made/ love."

Two twin tears made their way down his face before he wiped them away quickly. He glanced to the side as he took a shaky breath in. Hitoshi squeezed his shoulder supportingly.

~~~~~

"You said you owned the shop Mr. Kaminari went to, correct?" Ms. Bengoshi asked.

The old man nodded his head, "Yeah, the kid came in to buy a cake. He seemed to be in a hurry though."

"Did the cake have anything written on it or did Mr. Kaminari share why he was buying the cake?" she asked again while stepping away from the stand.

He nodded his head again. "It had 'Happy Birthday' then some kid's name written on it."

He nodded as her face held a look of questioning. "Does it make sense, in your opinion sir, for a teenager to buy a birthday cake, clearly in a rush, to spend the night out having sex with practically a stranger, instead of going home to a birthday party?"

"Objection! That is a leading question," Shindo's lawyer shouted out.

The judge nodded. "Objection sustained, the offence will either rephrase or withdraw the question."

Kaminari's lawyer bowed slightly. "Yes your Honor, I withdraw the question."

~~~~~

"Now, when Kaminari did not show up for the party, were you concerned?"

Bakugou shook his head, "No, not originally. It wasn't out of the question for him to be late, and the shop was a little far from campus. But after an hour, me and the others were getting a little antsy and, dare I say, nervous. He may constantly be late but he never skipped out on us. He loves the whole class and would never miss something important like a birthday party. Especially when it was one of his closest friends."

Hitoshi leaned forward to whisper to Kaminari, "This is the longest I've heard him not curse or be an asshole."

Denki raised a hand to cover his mouth as he held back a snort. "Kiri probably told him to behave for court," he whispered back.

~~~~~

Kaminari's hands played with the hem of his skirt as he sat in the witness stand. He kept his gaze down because, even if Hitoshi was smiling and making silly faces at him, Shindo was right there.

"Now Mr. Kaminari, do you mind describing your outfit on the night in question?" the other lawyer asked.

He glanced up at the man and forced himself to maintain eye contact. "I was wearing a tanktop, my binder, and a skirt that went to my knees." He frowned as a bad feeling swimmed in his gut. Before the man could ask another question he quickly said, "Not that it really matters because clothing doesn't give consent, right? I could have been naked but, other than getting arrested for public indecency, nothing should have happened to me. Although I'm sure that wasn't what you were implying, correct?"

The court goes quiet and a blush covers his cheeks and ears as Bakugou hides a snort behind a cough.

"Correct," the man continues slowly.

"Right..." Kaminari mumbles back.

The man takes a deep breath before speaking. "Now, as I was trying to say..."

~~~~~

"We the jury, find the defiant guilty of the charge of rape."

~~~~~

Kaminari could not stop himself from running into his boyfriend's arms, crying, as soon as court was dismissed. Hitoshi, luckly, did not question it and just hugged him. Denki buried his face in the purplette's chest as he breathed for what felt the first time.

"I-I, Hitoshi! H..He's," he tried to say when he finally unburied his face from the other's chest.

Shinsou smiled down at him before kissing him on his forehead. "I know," he whispered.

Kaminari, while not fully healed, finally felt safe again.