FUTURE QUEEN % tomura shigaraki

THIRTY THREE

(rewritten)

CHAPTER THIRTY THREE : 3 LITTLE WORDS

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one month and a half.

shigaraki had been fighting non-stop for a month and a half. without any sleep and barely any food. to say you were worried would be an understatement. in the little time that he got to himself, he wasn't trying to recuperate and only accepted your healing if you initiated it first- so if you were sleeping during his three-hour breaks, he jumped back in without any remedies.

it was frustrating, to say the least.

this was one of the times he was sleep-deprived and drunk from being awake for so long. he stumbled back into forested areas and almost face-planted to the ground before compress and twice helped him to lay back. you were at his side in the next second, healing him as best as you could.

"tomura, you really need to rest." you stressed, watching as his unfocused eyes managed to focus on you.

"mm." he grunted and shook his head slightly. "'m gonna defeat that monster." his head lolled back into your lap and you cupped his face as you leaned over him.

"you're sleepy. too sleepy." you complained. he would get crushed if he went in so unaware. "you need to rest."

"nuh-uh." the look in his eyes was identical to the one of a kid chasing his dreams. you couldn't help but give him an approving smile. you weren't going to sway him anytime soon.

"you know, i never thanked you for saving me from machia that first day." you mused, shocked by how fast the time flew. "pushed me out of the way like a true hero."

he scoffed weakly. "stop making me sound righteous or some shit. i'm no hero."

you grinned and brushed some hair from his face, tucking it behind his ear. "well, you might as well be mine." you whispered, watching as his eyes widened in his sleepy daze at you.

"you still have time, closing in on two hours and a half now." you softened your voice, not breaking eye contact. "you wanna nap with me?" you held your breath, hoping he wouldn't be stubborn when you were begging so sweetly.

"...fine." he agreed, despite protesting against sleeping before. it made you chuckle. you laid on your back and got as comfortable as you possibly could. shigaraki shuffled into you and rested his head on your chest, throwing an arm around your stomach and pulling you closer.

you smiled, playing with his hair. he dropped dead the next second. in the darkness of the night, everyone else slept too, until they'd have to wake up to machia's wails.

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a sharp gust of wind knocked your eyes open. shigaraki gripped you like a koala bear, fast asleep. it was still night time. how long had it been? was machia awake?

then you realized it was machia that blew that gust of wind. with his nose- the monster's face hovered right in front of you, observing shigaraki in his sleep. you glared at the intruder and assumed that the three hours were up. still, as machia raised his fist to strike, activated your quirk.

a piercing stream shot out form your palm, drilling a sizeable hold into the monster's forehead. the machia drew back, as if shocked, and groaned out, "i am not here for you."

"i don't care. it's dishonorable to attack an unassuming target. imagine what your master would say if he knew you crushed his successor while he was sleeping." you snapped, raising your eyebrow.

machia froze.

"he'd be disappointed." you said. you didn't know all for one's personally but hopefully this would convince machia to give you and shigaraki a little more time.

machia grumbled as he walked off. "one hour." he said.

you sighed in relief and tried to jog shigaraki awake. "hey, machia's waiting." you massaged his head through strands of hair and coaxed him to wake up.

"can i say something?" he mumbled something into your chest and nuzzled further, his grip tightening as he became conscious. "m'sorry for being mean..." his face clenched, eyebrows turning down as he shifted. "you're everything to me. could never hate you." he murmured, still deep in sleep.

you stared at him shocked, your heart thumping in your chest as heat burned your cheeks. "yeah?" you felt him nod lazily against your body.

"be with me. for real this time... forever." he said, borderline a demand, but you didn't really care. your body was thrumming with love for this man at this point and you fought the desire to press a kiss to his head. "no one wants you as much as i do so... you have to stay."

your eyebrow quirked at that, but your lips twitched upwards nonetheless. it felt nice to be wanted, even better to be needed. and by shigaraki, no less.

"i love you." he whispered, groaning softly as his sleeptalking ceased.

you blinked, your body jerking as your first instinct was to shake him awake and scream what?! he meant that, right?

45 minutes probably passed by before you reminded him, "you have to wake up." you poked him. "come on, up."

he groaned and sat up, rubbing his eyes and shaking his head roughly. his hair shook like a dog shaking water off it's coat. you sat beside him, watching him as he hyped himself up. your eyes darted to his lips, and you looked away, flustered by your own thoughts.

"hey." he began. you hummed, turning to face him. he sighed, gulping before looking away from you as he said, "i want you to be with me."

"i know." you replied.

"yeah?" he quirked an eyebrow at you.

"you talk in your sleep."

he flushed and glared at you. "oh fuck, what else did i say?"

"just..." you pursed your lips. "nothing."

he frowned helplessly at you like a kid that was denied more candy. you just laughed and bumped into his side playfully. his breath hitched and his eyes were on you. in that moment he just wanted to stay by your side.

"i'm going in again." he said, finally, getting back in the right mindset. at least he has a prize to go back to. "i'll be back."

"of course you will," you said, having an endless debate in your head before you just did it- you pressed your lips to his cheek lovingly, leaving a small kiss in their wake. "i love you too."

shigaraki froze. like, completely shut down. he couldn't believe he heard those three little words. he never thought he'd hear them in his lifetime. he felt like he could take down machia- no, not just machia, the whole world. the whole hero society, at this moment. where was all might now? he could face him.

"did i-?"

"yeah."

"in my sleep?"

"yeah."

he groaned, letting his head drop to his knees in embarrassment. you giggled, holding onto his shoulder as scooted closer. you clung to his arm and nuzzled into his neck. you kissed his cheek, patting his back to urge him up.

you two shared a teasing look before he finally ran off to confront machia again. you laughed out loud in joy as you curled up in his coat, already anticipating his return. you couldn't wait to tell toga.

"successor..." machia droned, standing tall not too far away. his loud voice continued to shake the air and rumble the ground. "you have an interesting woman."

shigaraki pressed his lips together, surprised by the coherent conversation they were having. "oh? you think so?"

"yes. gave me this-" he pointed to the hold on his forehead. shigaraki felt pride swell in him when he saw the attack you inflicted.

"well, let's get this over with," shigaraki rolled his shoulders. "i have someone to get back to."