Forever and Always - SHOTOXOC (Eng Ver.)

Chapter Sixteen

My cell phone starts ringing insistently.
I wake up abruptly by groping for it on the nightstand.
Who is calling in the middle of the night?
I finally manage to retrieve it but don't have time to answer.

The clock reads 2:00.
I snort audibly, lowering the brightness of the screen that invests my eyes.
I go into missed calls and notice a missed FaceTime call from "Freak 😒".
What does Bakugo want from me at this hour?

The cell phone starts ringing again.
"Bakugo. It's two o'clock in the morning. What do you want?"
The only thing I see are strands of blond hair in front of the camera.
"I hate you." The boy says to me.

"Did you seriously call me at this hour to tell me this? I swear I will beat the crap out of you Bakugo Katsuki!" I tell him, sticking my tongue out at him.
"I just finished the anime you recommended."
The anime that...?
"I recommended three to you. Be more specific."
"Orange."

"Oh yes. It's beautiful that anime..." I say but as I speak I hear him pull up with his nose.
He starts to blow it and then pulls it up again.
"But are you crying?" I ask him trying to contain my laughter.
"NO IDIOT I'M NOT CRYING!"
Having said this I hear him pull up again with his nose and his cell phone falls on the bed framing his tear-streaked face.

I burst out laughing seeing the situation he finds himself in.
His nose is running and his eyes are red from crying.
He has a blanket over his head and is covered with crumbs of what look like cookies.
One of the pillows is burned so I think because of the anime, he blew it up.

I start taking a bang of screenshots.
"I swear if you show them to anyone, I'm the one who will beat the shit out of you tomorrow." He threatens me by picking up his cell phone again.
"And I just posted them on Instagram. You're famous now." I blow him a kiss before lying back down on the bed.
"So what do you think?" I ask him before getting under the covers and bringing them up to the top of my head.

"I liked it but definitely too sad." I see him start to tidy up the room and get ready for bed.
"I told you so. But you reassured me that you were a strong man and that you don't cry about anything. But tonight proves otherwise."
"OH BUT SHUT UP A LITTLE!" He also throws himself back into bed after fixing everything and gets under the covers.
"Is that all you called me for?" I ask him yawning.

"No. Tomorrow bring me that other manga you told me about. And I'll lend you Ao Haru Ride."
"YES! Thank you Bakugo!"
I see for a thousandth of a second a small smile appear on his face.
"WAS THAT A SMILE?" I ask him, bringing the camera closer to my eye.
"NO IT WASN'T! NOW I'M GOING TO SLEEP I'M SLEEPY!"

I laugh at his all too ingrained pride in him.
"Alright whatever you say. Then I'll see you in class tomorrow. Good night boom boom boy." I wave to him.
"Good night Megamind."
With that said he closes the call and I finally go back to sleep.

Shoto

This is the fourth time since I woke up that I've been staring at Mei's Instagram story.
It is a picture of her and Bakugo on video call at two in the morning.
What was she doing with him on the phone at that hour? And why is he crying?
What does he want from her?

I feel the anger growing inside me and I don't understand why.
The more I look at the picture the more nervous I get and I can't explain why.
"Fuyumi. Does this picture make you angry?" I turn my phone toward my sister to show him the story.

"Mh no. Why? In fact Mei came out very pretty!" He says smiling at me.
Maybe I'm the problem?
Maybe I slept badly and now I look like this.
"Shoto, are you okay?" She asks, handing me a glass of juice.
I down it in one gulp as I set my phone on the counter and start preparing the usual breakfast for Mei.

"I don't know, that picture makes me feel ... weird."
My sister snickers under her breath.
"Weird? In what sense?"
"In the sense, it makes me angry. And I don't understand why."
Fuyumi smiles at me before patting my head.
"Oh honey you're just jealous."

Huh?
Jealous?
Why is that?
I turn to look at her bending my head to the side not understanding what she means.
"Jealous?"

She simply nods giving me a small smile.
"But why should I be? I'm happy if Mei makes new friends. I know I'm her best friend anyway. I have no reason to be jealous!"
My sister bursts out laughing in my face and looks at me sweetly. I still don't understand her attitude. What I said is completely logical.
"Not like that- you know what? You'll figure it out on your own in time. Now finish getting ready and go get Mei."

With that said, she leaves me alone with my thoughts.
Jealous?

A/N
Let's be clear that there will be no love triangle!
The one between Mei and Katsuki will be pure friendship.
Because I like the kind of relationship they have and I want to keep it that way.

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