~Assorted BxB Oneshots~

Hold Me Close

TODOBAKU ANGST/FLUFF

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Shoto Todoroki

He's tall...there's not much else I can say about him for sure. Other than...he's tall. And he stares a lot, I guess. Never moves, just...stands there. I'm not sure why. I'm not sure who he is, what he wants...or if he knows the answers.

I just know that he's there.

The corner of the room. The room that has been mine for all of three weeks. I thought it would stop once I moved into a shared dorm with Kat, but...he moved in with us too. He blinks...so I think he's real, though I'm quite certain he's not. He feels real...but he can't be. I hope he's not. If he is...well, let's not go there.

It is no longer something identifiable by shape. It is just a black mass in the corner, a shadow with sentience. I feel heat radiating from it, yet it gives me chills. I want it to stop. To go away. To leave me alone. I don't think it understands.

It's gone. But not far. Only to the other side of the bed. Next to Kat, who is fast asleep. It reaches for him, and I scream out for it to stop. I make no noise. Yet it hears me. It's gone in a flash, back to its corner. I stare, breathing heavily and checking on Kat.

It pounces.

I startled awake, thrashing my arms around against thick covers, panting heavily as my eyes scanned the darkness. I heard a concerned noise from next to me, and Kat shot awake as well.

"Sho? What's wrong, you ok?"

I nodded, not realising he couldn't see me, before shifting my body so I could curl into his chest, looking up at him and clearly reflecting my panic.

"...same dream?"

"...yeah...it's back..."

"...have you seen anyone about it yet?"

"No, they'll just put me on anti-depressants and tell me I'm fine"

"Sho, I-"

"Trust me, Kat...I've been enough to know that's all they do. I'll be fine, I just need...time...and food...and hugs..."

"Well...you can have two of them now, and if you want the third, go get your own food, you lazy asshole"

I chuckled a little as he said that, leaning in and receiving a kiss on the forehead for my trouble.

"...sorry I woke you..."

"Don't be silly...I'd rather be awake and know you're all right than find out in the morning that I slept through it, remember?"

"Yeah...I still feel bad though..."

"Then...go get me some food"

"Heh...who's the lazy asshole now, huh~?"

"Hey! In my defence, I am recovering from a very painful training session!"

"Yeah...Midoriya really took it to you today. Any idea why?"

"I dunno...maybe he's jealous that I've got the hottest boyfriend in the world~?"

"Oh please. We all know you think you're hotter!"

"...ok, maybe the second hottest boyfriend in the world...but not by much!" he hastily added the last sentence, seeing the false pout on my face. He was surprisingly easy to tease, either that or I was supremely good at it.

"I'd take being second place to you...and no, Midoriya isn't jealous of you. Is he even gay?"

"Probably, knowing him. Fucking nerd copies everything I do!"

"Kat...that's not how it works..."

"I know, but...he's that type. I swear, he'd fuck every guy at UA to get the better of me!"

"Well...if he came anywhere near me, he'd be booted all the way to Hosu...and not by you"

"Ha! Who knew you didn't like the nerd either!"

"I wouldn't say I don't like him...he's just...hard work."

"You say that...and yet you date me?"

"Yeah, well...you're a big softy anyway, so it's fine with you!"

"..."

"Don't pretend like you aren't. You wanted me to get you a puppy for your birthday...the only reason I didn't was because Aizawa was a dick about it. Cats and Koda's rabbit are fine...but not dogs?"

"...do you get more swear-y at night?"

"Fuck yeah I do. It's cause I'm tired. I don't have the energy to filter what I say, so I say whatever's in my head...which is usually swears."

"Who knew little miss princess was such a potty mouth!"

"What does that make you, the beast? Or better yet, the frog~?"

"Sho, how dare y-"

"OH, what about one of the seven dwarves? Get it? 'Cause you're short!"

The look on his face could've made a grown man cry, and I considered feeling bad for him, but I knew he was playing. I wasn't one to fall for the tricks I'd become so accustomed to over the past three months we've been together, it just made me laugh when he tried.

I cuddled up closer to him, still tired in the early hours, and felt an arm wrap around me, pulling me in closer. I was curled up against his chest as my eyes started to droop again, sleep closing its curtain around me as the world slowly faded out of mind.

The man in the corner was gone
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Short, but sort of sweet?

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