A/N:
Ok- So I am well aware this is literally a month late, but that's not important.
Also, fair warning, at some point while I was writing this I turned it into a mild angst- Idk I had a rough week and apparently thought y'all should suffer with me. Good luck <3
It was about four thirty,
and I was in the dorms kitchen, humming to myself as I mixed together the contents in a bowl.
I was making a cake for Katsuki's birthday, so I had to get up super early in order to finish it before his five thirty run.
I had tried to get up earlier but I had a fight with my alarm clock. To summarize, I need a new one.
I set the bowl down and carefully buttered the pan, making sure it would be slick enough to make removing the cake easy, then lifted the bowl once again and poured its contents into the pan.
After slipping the pan into the oven and starting the timer, I wiped my hands on my pant leg- It was laundry day anyways so it didn't really matter.
Flipping my phone over so I could see the screen I hopped up on the counter, legs swinging gently, soft thuds coming from the wooden doors each time one of my heels tapped them.
The room was silent other than the gentle hum of the refrigerator, the atmosphere calm.
Scrolling through Tumblr, I couldn't help as I started humming. The silence was too loud and it was going to trigger an attack if I didn't.
My attacks stemmed from my ODC, if a room is too quiet or too loud, time will seem to speed up, any and all sound around me will be going at double speed, while I feel like I'm trying to navigate through quicksand. My body and mind feels heavy and that makes me panic, which leads to an anxiety attack, so I do my best to avoid having them.
I paused my humming to read a more interesting post, and I was suddenly aware of faint footsteps making their way to the kitchen.
They were light, as if trying to avoiding alerting anyone in the home, but I was trained to notice small things like that.
There was only one person who was ever awake this early in the morning, so I already knew who it was, but still I listened to the soft tapping of him walking across the hardwood regardless.
"What kind of dumbass is in the kitchen baking first thing in the-" Turning into the doorway, his crimson eyes met mine and his expression softened, the irritation replaced with a subtle smile. "Dumbass-"
"Hey Suki. Happy birthday.."
He blinked a few times, staring at me, before walking over. "You woke up early just for that?"
Setting my phone back down on the counter, I nodded, heart racing as he stepped closer. "Mhm-" I placed my hands on his shoulders as his came to rest on my hips, not doing much to ease my beating heart.
"You look exhausted Nick.." His voice was much softer now, the angry tone from when he first walked into the room gone entirely, replaced with a calm and caring one. "You really didn't have to do that."
"I know.." Cupping his jaw with my hands, I pulled him closer so that our foreheads were touching. "But I wanted to- You've done so much for me, just by staying by and on my side. Besides." I felt myself smile as he began to rub small circles on my sides, the area exposed to the cool air because of the cropped shirt I was wearing. "We've had a pretty rough year so I thought it would be nice.."
He hummed in response, and I could feel his breathing soft against my face.
The minty smell of his toothpaste was a interesting contradiction to the sweet caramelized scent that was usually emitted from him as a side effect of his quirk.
"I was making you a cake.." Opening my eyes again, I found myself looking at him, his head tilted slightly into the palm of my left hand and his eyes closed. "I was hoping to be done with it before you got up so that I could tell you it would be here when you got back from your run.." I allowed myself a soft chuckle as I began to gently stroke my thumb over his cheek. "But you're up earlier than usual so that didn't exactly work out."
Once again humming in response, he leaned forward, nuzzling his way against my shoulder. "You saying you have my schedule committed to memory?"
"Maybe I do. The point is you're up early-" Reaching up to run my fingers through his hair, I felt him relax even more under the attention, pulling me closer so I was barely being supported by the counter, making me wrap my legs instinctively around his waist. "Is there something bothering you?"
"No- I just usually wake up earlier today.."
My face formed into a slight pout and I fixated my gaze on the opposite wall. "Of course you do.."
He leaned back, a small smirk forming on his face. "Why does it bother you so much?"
Bringing my gaze to meet his, the pout on my face became more apparent. "I wanted to surprise you- Not have you walk in on me making it."
His gaze dropped down torwards where his hand rested on my hip, a faint smile gracing his lips as he slowly shook his head. "Well-" Lifting his head so our eyes met once again he continued. "I apologize for ruining your master plan." He barely got the word plan out before he closed the distance between us, capturing my lips against his.
Immediately I felt butterflies, my eyes fluttering shut as I lightly tapped his chest with my hand.
No matter how many times he does it, or how much preparation he gives me to get my emotions under control, him kissing me always manages to make my heart race.
Hell, him being within close proximity of me makes my heart race.
I could feel him chuckle against the kiss at my tapping, clearly enjoying that he is the one making me feel this way.
I felt myself frown, and gripped the front of his top, pulling him closer to deepen the kiss in retaliation to his cocky attitude.
After a few seconds he mumbled something, pulling away so he could better communicate.
"What-?"
"Your timer just went off-"
Gasping, I shoved him back so he fell against the island counter, a very obvious smirk on his face as I slid off the counter I had been atop, grabbing an oven Mitt and yanking open the oven and pulling the cake pan out.
"Why'd you have to be so agressive I'm pushing me away-?" As I flipped the cake out onto the cooling rack I had pulled out, he wrapped his arms around my waist and his chin on my shoulder, making my face and shoulders both flush immediately.
"Would you quit that-" Setting my hand on his forehead, I pushed him back. "You're being distracting."
He chuckled, stepping back. "Alright- I'll leave you alone."
"Uh huh.." Pushing the cooling rack further back onto the counter I turned to him. "Why don't you go on your run- You're up this early for it anyways."
"There was some attitude behind that one-" There was a slight tug on the hem of my shirt and I stepped forward, allowing him to slide his arms back around my waist. "You have no room to talk when you stay up all night just so you can have the gym to yourself."
"Hey-" Poking his shoulder I grinned. "Empty gyms just hit different- Besides. I thought you were asleep by then?"
He shrugged, glancing off to the side. "Sometime I'll stay up to watch you on leg day."
That got him an offended gasp, and a punch to his shoulder. "Perv-"
"What can I say," Nothing- The smug grin on his face said plenty. "I enjoy a good- Mmph-"
Before he could finish that perverse comment, I clasped both of my hands over his mouth. "You are awful-"
He mumbled something that sounded like 'you love it' from behind my hands, the grin his expression held quite obvious.
Rolling my eyes, I removed my hands, placing them on his shoulders. "Whatever- You're an idiot."
"And you're dating this idiot-"
I only let him get away with that smug ass response for about five seconds before I pushed away from him and turned back to where the cake sat on the counter.
It was cooled off enough to ice it at that point so I grabbed the bowl of icing I had made earlier.
What? I can bake too y'know. Cant let Katsuki think he's won against me in something, his ability to fluster me is enough.
We stood in a comfortable silence as I iced the cake, but after a while I started to feel less comfortable in the silence, which was odd, I was rarely uncomfortable in his presence.
So I turned around to find him staring at me, brows furrowed as a frown slowly slipped onto his face.
"Kat-" He blinked, seeming to snap out of a daze. "Are you sure nothing's bothering you?"
"What?" His voice was hoarse, as if he was biting back tears. He seemed to notice it too, because he cleared his throat before continuing. "Of course not Dumbass. I'm fine."
"Kacchan.." As soon as I said the childhood nickname, his eyes closed and his head dipped down, knowing I've figured him out. "C'mere love.."
Not actually wanting to make him come to me for comfort, I stepped forward, wrapping my arms around his shoulders allowing him to rest his head on my shoulder. He wrapped his arms around me in response and pulled us both to the floor, so that I was kneeling between his legs and he could hide his face against my chest.
His breathing was uneven, and I could feel his shoulders shaking slightly. Now that I couldn't see it, he allowed himself tears, the notion being made to me once I feel the warmth of them through my shirt.
I slide my hand up into his hair, gently massaging his scalp as he tightened his grip. "I'm right here.."
He gripped onto the back of my shirt, pulling the material into a ball and nodding slowly. "Yeah- Yeah I know.."
I gave him a few minutes to calm down from his panic before pulling away, cupping his face between my hands and gently wiping his tears with my thumbs.
"What's wrong love..?"
"This is stupid- I shouldn't be upset about-"
"Hey.. Look at me.." He nodded, obeying the request. His face was flushed and his eyes wet, threatening to spill over at any time. "Your feelings aren't stupid.. You can talk to me, I am here to comfort you, not judge you."
He nodded once, slowly, letting out a shaking breath to prepare himself for speaking. "I lied earlier.. I didn't wake up early because of what day it is, I woke up from a nightmare." He glanced up at me, trying to gauge my reaction, but my expression only held concern as I urged him to continue. "Right.. Well- It was about the LoV.."
"Lo- The League?" He nodded, and I went to remove my hands so he could move more freely, but he clearly had other plans, placing his hands over mine amd holding them in place against his cheeks. "Ok.. Well what did they do in the dream?"
"It started off as a regular day.. Y'know, just going to class.. Then it started to feel like deja vu. I was replaying the day we went to the campsite-" I nodded, understanding where this was going. "Right after he made the announcement, time seemed to skip and we were standing in the woods, surrounded by flames from that pyro-"
"You were reliving your kidnapping-?" He shook his head and his hands slid from mine, allowing him to grab ahold of the bottom of my shirt.
"Not exactly.. Our roles were revered, instead of me being pulled into the portal it was you, and there was nothing I could do about it-" He looked up at me again, tears once again streaming down his face. "God Nikki I was so helpless- Fuck being a good hero, what kind of boyfriend let's their girl get taken right in front of them-?"
"Baby-" Wrapping my arms around him, I pulled him against me, the shift in weight forcing me to sit down as I practically pulled him onto my lap. "You didn't.. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere."
I promise.
A/N:
Again- So not sorry lol.