aerie (bakugo katsuki x oc)

chapter 21: come here, idiot

Kai timidly gets up and crawls over to me.

   "Um, here," I say as I unzip the sleeping bag.

   She climbs in next to me, and zips it back up behind her.

   We're now both laying shoulder to shoulder in this cramped thing, still shaking like leaves. The warmth of her body is nice, though, and her wet hair next to mine is only slightly annoying.

   This isn't that weird, right? We're just a couple of classmates trying to stay warm in this weather. Nothing off about that. It's not like we're cuddling or anything weird.

   "I can't sleep on my back," Kai complains. "I get sleep paralysis."

   "What do you want me to do about that, dumbass? I don't have a solution for everything."

   She sighs. She then turns on her side facing me, lays her head on my shoulder, and places her hand on my chest.

   Woah woah woah, is she trying to snuggle right now?!

   I lift up my head. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

   "Coming up with a solution," she says as she nuzzles her face into my shoulder. "What? Is this weird? Should I move? It's a lot warmer this way."

   I feel a rush of adrenaline. My heart begins to beat at a million miles per hour, my breathing becomes labored, and I begin to sweat even more.

   I gulp. "No, It's fine," I say, and lay my head back down.

   Wait, why did I say that?! It's not fine!

   "Okay," she says sweetly.

   My heart continues to race. Why am I letting her stay?! This is seriously freaking me out! Her laying so close to me makes me feel anxious as fuck and insecure as hell, but for some reason, I don't want her to leave.

What the hell is this?! What's happening to me?! I need to tell her to get the hell away from me before I fucking explode, but I just can't bring myself to! Does this have something to do with how I felt when I saw her in my clothes? Has her being pretty finally worn me down, and I'm gonna do everything she says, like I was scared of in the beginning?!

As much as I try to resist the urge to accept it, her skin just feels so warm and soft against my bare chest, and it's impossible for me to tell her to move. Even though she's all wet, she smells so nice and fresh, like a fountain in a mall. Her scent is just so addicting, I never want to stop smelling it. Her soft breathing sounds so sweet and almost angelic, I couldn't possibly bring myself to interrupt it by making her get away. Despite my anxious feelings, I've never been more comfortable in my life. I find myself just wanting to lay here with her forever.

God, what am I thinking?! I can't let her win, I can't let her have this power over me, this is just what she wants! This was I was afraid of all along!

But wait.

Maybe... just maybe... I'm overthinking this.

Didn't Kirishima say that she liked me? And if that's true, could that maybe explain why she acts the way that she does, instead of me thinking she's an evil mastermind who does it all deliberately to get into my head? Could the way that she acts actually be genuine? Wouldn't that change everything I thought I knew about the girl?