Forever and Always - SHOTOXOC (Eng Ver.)

Chapter Thirteen

I kept tossing and turning in bed in the throes of a thousand thoughts for the day. After returning home, none of us uttered another word. Even dinner was strangely silent.

I remain staring at the ceiling. What happened still seems impossible to me, not only did they manage to infiltrate but some of us were seriously injured.
I wonder how Professor Aizawa is doing. His injuries, of all of them, seemed the most serious to me, and all this to protect his beloved students.
And being able to see All Might's deeds so closely still conveys a dose of adrenaline to me now.

To be able to sleep after such a day is practically impossible.
Will I ever be able to defend people like that? I failed with the people closest to me, how can I succeed with others?

I sigh and turn to see Shoto asleep on the couch on the other side of the room. He deserves so much more than I do to be a hero. He has everything he needs to succeed and save as many people as possible.
I stand looking at my hand from which I let out some red light due to my quirk. How does one manage to become a hero like that?

"What do you think?"
I gasp in bed, expecting Shoto to be asleep by now.
I turn my head back to him and see him pulling himself up.

"Nothing." I answer him by sitting up as well.
"You've been tossing and turning in bed for a good fifteen minutes. What's the matter?" He rubs his eyes due to today's tiredness.
"I just have a lot on my mind. With everything that's happened, All Might saving us, the invasion ... I find it hard to sleep."

The boy simply nods before getting up and looking for something in his backpack.
"What are you doing?" I stretch past the end of the bed to see what he is retrieving.
Shoto joins me in bed holding a pair of headphones and his cell phone.
"If you can't sleep, it means I'll stay up with you until you fall asleep."

My heart warms to his sweetness. He retrieves the blankets, sits beside me and wraps them around my shoulders before holding me in his arms.
I blush and feel my heart begin to beat so fast that I am afraid it will burst out of my chest or, even worse, that Shoto will feel it.

I rest my head on his chest as he leans back against the wall.
He starts stroking my hair and starts "This side of Paradise".
"Try to sleep now."

I'm having a hard time Shoto. Really hard.

A/N

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