My Hero Origins - L.O.V.E's Significant Other

Chapter - 31 The Meaning of a True Hero

Shino's P.O.V

I laid Artemis down on his bed, quickly attending his wounds. I could tell that he has used up so much energy from that shadow jump, it didn't help with his already injured state. What scared me was the claw marks across his abdomen and chest and the stab wound where he got impaled by the support beam.

Desperately, I use one of his fabric scissors to cut away the top part of his tattered hero costume, revealing his pale white front part, soaked and stained with his own blood. I immediately started cleaning the wounds, making sure they didn't get infected. Then, after cleaning the dried blood around them started stitching him up.

I had hurt myself several time while out on my hero missions and ended but having to stitch wounds myself, so at this point I know what to do. While closing his wounds, I couldn't help but watch his peaceful form. How his facial features looked so relaxed and soft, his small but warm breaths.

Even when he's hurt he's still so adorable

What is going on with me?

While stitching him up he began to stir, shuddering and tensing up. Soon, while I was deep in thought closing one of his wounds, I heard him groan " Shino?" I turned my attention to the now awake black and white haired shadow manipulator, thankful to see some awareness in him.

I smiled and grabbed his hand " hey Arty, how you feeling?" He let out another groan as he tried to sit up " woah! Slow down, you took some bad hits." I exclaimed as I help in into a sitting position. He sighs, looking around at his surroundings, confused

" what the? How did I get here?" He asks slowly, seeming scared of the answer. I quietly mumbled " you... Shadow jumped." He stares at me,  pain, anger and surprise in his gaze, a look and emotion I have very rarely seen in him, let alone to me.

As I gaze into his startling purple eyes, I see all the pain and tiredness that he was been experiencing in my disappearance. Guilt snakes around my heart and squeezes tight as a terrible but truthful thought sparks in my mind.

I caused this.

I bow my head, unable to continue to look him in the eyes. " I'm sorry Artemis." I whisper in a grave voice. All is silent, Artemis seems to be comprehending what I said.

" Shino, come closer." He orders and I comply, inching myself closer to him. Artemis then puts his hand on my cheek, the tips of his fingers running through my hair. " you already apologized Shino, and just like I told you ' as long as you are taking responsibility for your actions" he summarized, but it wasn't that easy.

I pulled away, frustrated at myself. The next thing I know, I am standing between the doorway and Arty's bed, my back to him as I begin to let my confessions out " it's not just that Artemis, I-I lied to you, I kept so many things hidden from you and when you finally find out about the truth of your boyfriend, you don't even get the chance to yell or get frustrated right at my face like every other couple would do. Instead, you had to go through hell and back just to rescue your selfish boyfriend and you end up getting hurt!"

Artemis, who was in a sitting position on his bed, now looked a bit startled as I continued to rant. " I tried to be the hero, protecting the people in my life, Especially you Artemis. My cause got in my head and blinded me from the truth, that the people I love were all ready safe, that you were safe. But I didn't look hard enough...." I felt my anger and ranting spew decrease as guilt took place, weighing me down. I still had my back to him as I tried to continue

" I'm no hero, I'm just someone who's looking for a reason to fight bad guys." I turn back around, and there he is. Standing right in front of me, his face just inches from me. He grabs my shoulder, forcing me to pay attention

" Shino listen to me, you are a hero, you strive yourself to make everything right, when you sense something is wrong, you immediately try to find the problem, you went to the ends of the earth just to extinguish your worry for us. You took responsibility to us even though you didn't have to, risking your life on every minute on the clock, every corner you turned, for that responsibility. If that's not the meaning of a hero, then there is no such thing as a hero in this city." His speech sends shivers through me, his eyes filled with truth and hope as they drill into my core.

Does he really think that?

Arty's arms shift around my neck as he come closer. Instinctively, I wrap my arms around his waist pulling him closer to me. Our faces are just centimeter apart now, my warm breath on his cheeks as they tint red  " y-your an amazing boyfriend and a true hero, don't ever forget that." He stammers in his mumble. It's cute, starring into his loving eyes, his breath seeming to quicken. My guilt seems to melt away at his words, a new though replacing it as I begin to flirt

( I actually got a follow as soon as I posted my first chapter with that hint of spice, I can't believe I'm about to do this again.... Lord forgive me)

" you know, there's one thing I've been wanting to do ever since we returned from the building...." I begin, Artemis' face turns bright red as he stammers out " Y-Y-yes?" I close the gab between us and connected our lips. Arty let's put a small yelp of surprise, but melts into it. I pull him as close as I can to me, deepening the kiss. Without even noticing we begin to walk backwards towards his bed. We only realize it when Artemis trips on the corner and falls backwards onto it, dragging me with him.

During the fall, we break out kiss for a second, but the warm tingle of his lips make me greedy for more as I kiss him again, sharp and rough. He begins to moan, the sounds making my heart pound. Suddenly, my hands move to his bare chest, remembering that his shirt was removed. I broke the kiss to look at his heated face as I took advantage of that, gently moving my hand along his bare skin, making him shudder. I smirk as I move my hand to his back, along his spine, the sound of his innocent and pleasured moans are filled with shock as I move my hand down his spine.

Once I found his soft spot, his back seems to jump. " a-ah! S-sh-sh-Shino" he whimpers, but before he could say anymore, I kiss him again. My hand rubbing the soft spot on his back, listening to his sweet moans, wanting more.

                   ~• some time later•~

After tormenting his bare chest and nearly smothering him with the kisses, he became tired, snuggling up next to me. His face is next to mine as we lay on our sides, my arms wrapped around him and our leg entwined under the sheets.

Having Artemis here in my arms again fills me with the same alive and happy feeling, like the world make sense again. I have had a lot of sad and traumatic events in my lifetime, the worst revolving around my friends and family. But Artemis seems to show me the light, show me what it is like to have fun and to love.

I'm tired of living dangerously, I want to live my life full of love and joy any chance I get. I want to live my life, with Artemis by my side.
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Good gracious I never thought my writing would go to that extent.

Even though my content is bleeding into PG - 13, keep any comments or conversations PG

I hope you enjoyed, the most beloved ship out of MHO is probably Shino x Artemis, and fans seem to be kind of hungry for them. So I guess I'm cooking up the same writing content, just with a few new spices - IDK

tell me what you enjoy about this story and maybe my others in the comments, maybe I can add more.

Until then see you on the next chapter
Hydro fury