{BLACK CANARY} Atsumu Miya x Fem!Reader

gladiolus

chapter thirty eight: gladiolus

The next morning you wake up with Atsumu's arms around you and his chest pressed up against your back. He's so warm, you wish you could stay there forever, but it's been two days now since you boarded that ship, and you know it's time to go see your syndicate and fill them in. You gently look back and see Atsumu's eyes still closed, so you attempt to slowly break free from his grasp. However, just as you make your escape, he grabs you and pulls you back toward him.

"Atsumu!" you half shout in surprise as you laugh. "What're you doing?!"

"Forcing you to stay with me," he says in a deep, gravely voice while one of his hands grabs your breast. "Don't go yet."

"It's like ten o'clock," you giggle. "We can't stay here all day."

"Can't we?" he grumbles. "I don't want you to leave."

"Then come with me," you tell him as you look back. When your eyes meet yours, he stops moving and looks at you intently.

"Where are you going?"

"Kita," you shrug.

"Oh, God," he grumbles. "Why? Gonna leave me for him?"

"No, of course not," you chuckle. "I think I owe him an explanation why I disappeared for the past few days, don't you think?"

"Yeah, I guess so," he sighs. "You said I can come, right?"

"Of course you can," you reply as he lets you go. When you sit up, you bend down to kiss him before hopping out of bed. "Come on. We can stop for food on the way if you want."

"I'm in."

After your breakfast date with Atsumu, the two of you go to the casino to talk to Kita. Of course, when he sees you, he's got an emotionless face as he watches the two of you enter the room. But when he stands and lets out a sigh, you know he's about to say something to change the tension in the room.

"Though I think worrying is a completely stupid emotion," he sighs as he pushes in his chair, "the two of you had me on the edge of my seat."

"Ah, c'mon," Atsumu grins, "you knew we'd be alright."

"Obviously I know that like me, you both do what needs to be done. I am confident in both of you. That being said," he grumbles as he reaches up to Atsumu and grabs him by the ear, "what the fuck did you do?!"

"Ow, ow, ow! I didn't do anything. I swear!"

Both of them look at you: Kita, to make sure that Atsumu's telling him the truth; and Atsumu, to plead with you to tell Kita to let him go.

"He helped me," you begin. "He's innocent this time. I'll explain everything..."

After a few minutes of listening to you explain the whole situation, Kita finally lets go of Atsumu.

"Very well then," Kita nods as he looks between the two of you, "I guess I can keep my announcement the same then."

"Announcement?" Atsumu repeats as he lifts up one of his eyebrows. "What are you talking about? There's only three of us in here."

"Don't make me regret asking you to become my new Kyodai," Kita shakes his head.

"Huh?! You mean that?! Really?!"

"Why would I say it if I didn't mean it?" Kita replies plainly. Atsumu, with a stupid grin on his face, throws his arms right around Kita and hugs him insanely tight until Kita taps out.

"Well while the two of you figure this whole thing out, I'm going to sneak out. Atsumu, congratulations. And Kita, I'm happy that you've finally figured out who your new Kyodai is," you smile.

"Thanks, Y/N," the two of them respond at just about the same amount of time.

"Have fun," you wave as you walk towards the door. "If you need anything, let me know."

When you exit the room and close the door behind you, you walk out of the building and take the car over to Rhodes' place. When you get there, you knock on the door and wait patiently for him. And once you hear a loud groan come from the other side, a small smile creeps up on your face knowing that he's home and must be feeling alright.

Rhodes opens the door with his resting bitch face and leans up against the frame. You begin to look down after noticing that he has no shirt on, only to realize he's wearing nothing but a pair of black Calvin Klein underwear.

"Uh, um," you stutter as you quickly look back up, "Is this a bad time?"

"No," he shrugs, "Why would it be?"

"'Cuz, you're, well, I heard you groan before you opened the door. Figured maybe you weren't in the mood to talk," you reply, thinking on your toes.

Rhodes peers out of the door frame and looks both ways. "Come in," he then says as he steps to the side. You swallow dryly as you walk past his half-naked body into his small living space.

"What're you up to?" you try to ask innocently.

"OnlyFans," he scoffs. "You didn't think the laundromat was helping me pay the bills, did you?"

"'Course not," you shake your head. "Hey, I wanted to talk to you about the laundromat, actually."

"Oh?" he replies as he walks into the main room and sits down on the couch with his feet up on a nearby end table. "You sellin' it?"

"You're always one step ahead of me," you smile as you sit down beside him.

"Listen," he hums as he puts his feet down on the ground and sits up properly to face him. "I don't blame you, Y/N. You put a lot of time and energy into that place, but I don't want to be there either. If you keep it, I'll stay. You know I need the money, but that place scares the fuck out of me now."

"Well, according to Atsumu, I must have some abandonment issue where I hate being alone. I could use a new roommate and there's always space in the syndicate if you'd like to join," you tell him. Rhodes leans back as he continues to listen to your proposal. "Nohebi could use a new Kyodai like you. Someone who will deal with those human traffickers."

"So you thought of me? Someone who just said I was scared of the damn place?" he sighs.

"Well, yeah. Kinda," you shrug. "I'll understand if you don't want to, but please at least think it-"

"I'll do it," he interrupts. "Let's be clear, though. I won't be able to pay for rent right away, but if I join the syndicate as Kyodai, I'll make it up to you."

"Fine with me," you nod. "So do we have a deal?"

"Man, I hate you so much. You drive me crazy, you know that?" he laughs as he puts his hand out. "Yeah, we've got a fuckin' deal."

You smile as you put your hand out and shake his firmly. It officially looks like you've got everything fixed now. Finally, a happy ending.