Tis But A Flesh Wound

Wandering Thoughts

TW: Panic/or Anxiety Attack. It's a pretty short scene but I wanted to tag it. I don't know which one this falls under.

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Natsuo woke up to the sun glaring into his eyes. He groaned and snatched his phone from the side table. He scrolled through his texts and saw that he'd have to visit his mom today, so he tried to get up. He felt a weight on his chest and looked down, there he saw the sleeping figure of Shigaraki lying on him. His heart swelled at sight, and regret flooded him as he remembered that he hadn't told him about his father; why did he regret that?

He took a deep breath and paused for a moment, looking at the way Shigaraki's chest moved up and down as he breathed. Natsuo hesitantly moved the arm holding Shigaraki, and he noticed that Shigaraki moved towards his arm. Sighing, Natsuo realized that he probably wasn't going to get up anytime soon. He had a few hours to spare anyway.

He scrolled through Twitter and realized why he deleted the stupid app in the first place. 'Drama, drama, a tweet about how Eraserhead is problematic, another tweet about how great Endeavor is, said tweet sparked a debate. Here's some more drama and now a tweet about how wonderful nature is. Same old, same old,' Natsuo thought as he closed the app, debating on deleting it for the seventh time that month.

He looked down at Shigaraki and smiled. He didn't know why he was smiling, and he didn't know why he didn't mind. Nonetheless, he was smiling, and he noticed that Shigaraki was waking up. Shigaraki yawned and hopped off of him while Natsuo took the opportunity to get up. He was about to go get ready, but then Shigaraki asked him for his phone.

"What do you need my phone for?"

"League business. I need to make sure they won't kidnap me or do anything drastic. I haven't seen any of the idiots on the news, so either Kurogiri and Compress are keeping them in check, or they're planning something big."

"Alright, that seems like a good thing to do. Hey, do you have a way that the police won't track the call?"

"What do I look like, a noob?" Shigaraki rolled his eyes and smiled.

"No, I guess not," Natsuo smirked.

"What do you mean 'guess not'?"

"I mean, for all I know, you could be a gamer with five hundred thousand followers with a guild called the 'League of Villains,'"

Shigaraki actually laughed at his joke, bringing the millionth smile to his face that day.

"Alright, I'm going to go take a shower. I'm visiting my mom today, so don't destroy anything," Natsuo laughed when he heard a screech in mock offense as he went to take his shower.

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"I'm going out," Natsuo told Shigaraki as he put on his jacket and shoes. "How did your phone call go?"

"Well, good news, the League isn't going to kidnap me anymore."

"Bad news is?'

Shigaraki looked away, Natsuo was confused about that, but he didn't ask. He didn't want to be nosy.

"It's nothing. Nothing bad is going to happen to anyone per se. As in, nobody will get hurt or die."

"Oookay. Well, email me if something comes up, you can use my computer. Stay safe, don't get caught. I'll only be gone for an hour or two." Natsuo rubbed the back of his neck.

"Alright."

Natsuo shrugged and walked out of the door.

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