Untitled Love (Monoshin)

Chapter 5

"Ay, kids! We're almost there." Sero hollered back from the front seat of the van, startling Monoma slightly, but Shinso calmed him quickly.

"Lower your voice level man, you scared him." Shinso huffed.

"N-No- I-It's okay Shinso-" The blonde snuggled closer to him, the purple-haired boy wrapping his arms tightly around him in return.

"Please just call me Hitoshi." His voice is soft and gentle, despite the fact that they've almost arrived at an arcade.

"O-Okay- What about.. Toshi? Can I c-call you that-?" The little one looked up at him hopefully, to which Shinso smiled pridefully and nodded. That made his heart do backflips, nicknames were his favorite.

The car soon came to a rather abrupt stop, Kirishima getting out and opening the doors for everyone like the manly man he was. Monoma stood next to Shinso and clutched his hand tight, a bit- no, very nervous with all the bright lights flashing inside of the building. Mina was talking Kaminari's ear off while Bakugo was practically blowing the door off of the van.

"Say- ah.. Where exactly are we going?" Shinso asked hesitantly, glancing back at the group.

"OH- Uhhh.. Right! It's kind of like a club but with no drunk people?? Or drinking? I think- I just know it doesn't have alcohol and there's a cool little restaurant inside. It's just like- If a restaurant fucked a club and they had a kid." Denki confirmed.

"...You could've phrased that literally any way you wanted but nooo, you just had to use the sexual metaphor in front of a child." The purplette glared. Bakugo sighed and Denki just shrugged.

"Hor- GUILTY as charged."

Kirishima butt in. "Did you almost say h-"

"Shut up."

Monoma looked at the teenagers nervously and tugged Shinso's sleeve, a bit teary-eyed already. His lovely caretaker looked down at him and then back to the Bakusquad, gesturing over to the entrance.

"Hey, you guys can go on ahead, I'm going to hang back for a minute or so."

"Alrighty!" Mina grinned, dragging her entourage of homosexuals into the building. Shinso, after making sure the rest were inside, bent down to Monoma's level, looking at him with concern.

"What's wrong?"

Monoma wiped his eyes and gulped, his hands shaking. "I- I don't- I'm s-sorry-" He was borderline crying.

"Hey- Hey, Neito-.. It's okay.. You've done nothing wrong.. Please talk to me.." The older soothed, holding the blonde close to his chest. Monoma hiccuped, wrapping his little arms around him in return. 

"..I d-don't want to g-go in.. I-I'm sorry Toshi- I know you were l-looking forward to it-.. I- I'm sorry- P-Please don't be upset-" He clutched his shirt and burried his face in his shoulder, trembling. If Monoma wasn't familiar with Shinso, his instinct would be to expect a hit for even suggesting  not doing something someone else wanted.

Shinso's heart practically broke. Yeah, he was bad with emotions, but he was good with kids and theirs. Despite all of his own unresolved traumatic bullshit, he actually wanted to become a therapist or a psychiatrist. Crazy, right? He kinda thought so too.

Shinso picked Monoma up, holding him close and then checking his phone for the time. "It's really okay, kid. I didn't really wanna go there anyway, those people are way too rowdy for my taste, no offense to them. Plus," He smiled softly. "I'd rather hang out with someone sweet like you anyway." 

Neito's little face lit up almost immediately with a little giggle. "Thank you Toshi!"

The other nodded wordlessly, still holding his endearing look from earlier, and walking on down the street. He didn't have the van keys, unfortunately, so he planned on finding a bus stop to get back to the high school. So the two carried on down the road, Monoma babbling on about his favorite things, occasionally stopping to ask Shinso a question about the topic, or about something entirely unrelated. This is when Shinso realized he loved kids.

"-and then Finley pooped on his carpet!" Monoma exclaimed rather loudly, earning a small chuckle from Shinso. 

"He did, huh? Your friend really should've had him potty trained."

"That's what I said!" 

"Oh dear."

+TIMESKIP+

Finally, by some miracle, they made it back to Shinso's dorm, where Monoma was placed on the bed. The blonde fell alseep on the bus after going into a very detailed description of a movie he watched about butterflies. With Monoma's current affliction and all, the movie was quite a few years old for the current time. 

Shinso was getting out of his outwear and into some comfortable clothing, then removing his makeup. He was actually about to lay down with the blonde before his phone began ringing. 'That's.. Odd. I only have my ringer on for Shota and Hizashi..' He walked over to pick it up, though it did actually end up being Shota Aizawa.

"Dad?"

"Hitoshi, listen to me very carefully. Do not  leave your room. Do not make any sudden movements. Most of all, do not panic. Say 'Yes, I've done my homework' if you understand."

"..Yes, I've done my homework."

"Good. Now, is Monoma with you?"

"Yeah, mhm."

"Alright. Stay close to him, don't look outside. We have reason to believe that the League has infiltrated the grounds and may be looking for the two of you. When I arrive, pick up Monoma and come to the door, then come with me."

"Sounds good, see you."

"I'll tell you more once we're somewhere safe."

"Love you too, bye."

The phone call ended just like that. Though before Shinso could even try to prepare or make a move for the younger, a voice hummed from the window.

"A valiant effort from that old man, but ah.. We're just quicker."

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IM SORRY SO MUCH OF THIS IS HALF-ASSED