upside down, mitsuya takashi ✓

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i broke away from takashi, startled, and we looked at each other.

"you stay here," i hissed, while he just rolled his eyes in response.

"yes?" i called out, scrambling to my feet and running to the door. with one last look at takashi, who was still lying on the mattress, i went down the stairs and slammed the door to the attic.

"get down here!"

i rumbled down the stairs, running straight into dad's arms. "damn" i groaned as i slammed into his chest and he laughed.

"good to see you again"

"aren't you going to close the door?" i walked past them, throwing the door shut. it was barely closed a minute before the doorbell rang again.

"is our house being stormed or what?" i grumbled, opening the door and sighing when i saw my friends standing in front of me.

"oh my god, y/n! we were so worried," emma babbled, wrapping me in a hug "you didn't answer any of us when we texted you and when we called your voicemail went off."

"uh, i'm not feeling well. and yes my phone ran out of battery, sorry"

"hi girls" my mom waved to my friends who then smiled at her.

"good afternoon, mrs y/l/n" they said in unison.

yuzuha put down an amazingly big bag next to her that she had taken with her "we assumed your parents would be gone for a while so we thought we'd spontaneously spend the night at your place. but i guess that's not possible now"

"you can stay for all i care," my mother interfered and i turned my head. "don't look at me like that, y/n. you've been neglecting your friends a bit lately."

i groaned as my friends pushed past me. as soon as they were out of sight they started squealing excitedly.

my parents and i exchanged a meaningful look, then i sighed. "welcome home" i smiled, pressed a kiss to their cheek, then ran after the girls.

"y/n! we were really worried. what were you doing in the woods there?"

hinata dropped onto the bed, i sat down as well. "i didn't find anything"

"what? the source of the shots?"

i shook my head, knowing it was only a matter of time before the others found out i was lying - but they didn't. "i'm fine," i assured them again, as they continued to look at me with desperate looks.

"good. now let's take care of you" emma's gaze wandered down to my nails - then she screwed up her face.

"you need a manicure" hinata said seriously, following emma's gaze.

"no, i don't"

"yes you do"

emma pulled me over to my desk, pushing me into the chair. "sit down."

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the evening passed normally. the others wanted to do heaps of unnecessary things, while i kept thinking desperately that takashi was in the attic, probably starving.

after dinner, i tried to go upstairs, but the girls followed my every move.

in the middle of the night, at about 3 o'clock in the morning, when yuzuha was lying next to me in bed and breathing into my ear, i dared to go outside.