BP4L's Collection of Toaru Works

ReinerBraun's Request 3

Was supposed to work on this a few days ago. But damn do lack of sleep really do ruin your creativity and motivations.

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Coming home after another back breaking, energy depleting, breathtakingly hard as shit mission assigned to GROUP, Accelerator had never felt so determined to bury his face deep into his favourite pillow.

He unlocked the door to his guardian's apartment and walked inside. Not even 5 feet into the apartment, he could already hear the chaotic atmosphere coming from the living room. The most distinctive voice of them being those 2 wards of his…

He was pretty damn sure it was already 11pm. So why are they still awake and being this loud? Are those 2 hags out or something? To leave Last Order with WORST with no supervision whatsoever…

The albino walked in on all 4 of his dysfunctional family members playing some sort of colourful card game by the table. The sound of his crutch caught the attention of a tired Yomikawa. Yoshikawa appears to be half sleeping, half playing on the couch. He can only wonder why she even tries anymore…

WORST and Last Order were arguing about the rules of the game at the table. An exasperated Yomikawa stood in between them, trying to play the part of the peacemaker. The three looked up at Accelerator when he closed the door.

"Welcome home, Accelerator! Greets Misaka enthusiastically. Now come over here and tell her that you can’t stack a +4 with a +2!"

Worst then started to defend herself. Accelerator, too tired for their god forbidden shenanigans, just went over to his bedroom door. He could see that Worst was wrong, knowing her mischievous and  skulduggery tendencies, but really, REALLY doesn't want to deal with this right now.

But still, the responsible parenting side of him wouldn't allow such a thing to happen.

"Brat, stop causing a ruckus. And you too, sleep in half an hour. If I caught you still playing, I'll make sure this is the last time you'll be playing this game."

Worst scowled, groaning in irritation.

"Why does this Misaka always have to be the fall guy? She cheated too, y'know!"

"I don't care. Stop bothering me and let me rest."

The arguing continued. The voices muffled through the door. It isn't as loud as when he was outside, so he doesn't really mind. Accelerator drifted off into the blissful sleep of exhaustion. Except that it wasn't blissful, it was miserable. The previous mission had drained him of all his energy. He hadn't slept well for the past 2 days.

Minutes pass, into an hour, yet it feels as if it was a lot more than that. Time feels as if it has slowed down, the whole room has grown still.

Finally, after an agonising wait, in the dead of night, the silence finally reigned, no longer were those 2 wards of his are fighting, no. They had been sprawled out in the middle of the living room floor, sleeping, exhaustion too had invaded them.

A light thud on his door, barely audible but somehow the albino caught, and then his door knob turned. Even in this state, it appears that his mind was honed enough to stay alert, if his eyes catching the colour pink for a split second was of any indication, that is.

And then there was a shift to his bed, like an extra weight had been added to it. Something coiled itself around his shoulder and pulled, crushing him in its embrace. Strands of hairs caught on to his neck, tickling him and making him itch.

Slowly, with one painful motion, Accelerator reached up and shoved the hair away from his neck. The boy sighed as he tried to pull away from the unwelcome guest. Accelerator's body retaliated, just barely managing to hold itself in his tight embrace.

"Calm down damn it! This Misaka has to sleep too!"

Ah, so it was worst. The frustration and anger that had left Accelerator in a daze only moments ago, was soon replaced by deep irritation.

"Fuck off. Get out and sleep in your room."

"Why? You let the kid sleep with you half the time! And yet when I want the same treatment you're pushing me away? Do you not like older women, Tou-san?"

Accelerator gritted his teeth, his mind screaming in defiance. It didn't matter that worst had said this with jovial intent, he was still pissed. Suddenly he could feel the girl's body starting to tense up.

"Do you hate me, Tou-san?"

The albino stopped squirming around, the hairs from its back tickling Accelerator's neck once again, but he didn't try to push it away this time, letting it rest there.

"What makes you say that?"

"Tou-san treated this Misaka differently from the others. You never had time for her, and when you did you'd constantly criticise her. And now that Misaka thinks about it, you never did anything special for Misaka. Was it because Misaka is different? Is that it? If this Misaka let you touch her body would you treat Misaka the same as the others?"

Accelerator was silent for a moment, ignoring the last part of her rant. It was too late now to push this matter away, he had no idea that he was hurting her the way he did. He was just acting in accordance with his personality, as it always has been. Was his personality that bad? After all, it seemed like she wasn't the only one who had noticed his problematic personality, but that's another story for another time.

"This Misaka doesn't need Tou-san's attention, this Misaka needs Tou-san's love, the way you treated my sisters... This Misaka wishes for the same too."

It was the first time he'd seen her this... emotional. Not angry, not confused, just... sad? Accelerator wasn't the most sympathetic of a person, but even he knew that he had to do something to stop the flow of tears that were starting to escape from her eyes.

"Alright."

No further words were needed, as his arms wrapped around her, returning her embrace though only slightly. Her body relaxed against his, he leaned more towards her, feeling that her warmth was soothing him to slumber. She had a unique scent compared to her sisters. He couldn't discern what it was due to how much rest was lacking to his brain. 

In that time he'd try to change his behaviour towards her. He'd probably want to treat her with some stuff tomorrow morning too, as a way of apology for what he said earlier. It was a promise he'd made to himself and he'd keep it.

But for now, all he want is to snuggle againts the warmth and try to finally get some semblance of sleep.

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