Second Chance | Aizawaxreader

65. Communication

As you were walking back up to Aizawa's, Keigo held onto your arm as Haru went ahead inside.

You turned to look at Keigo, wondering what he was holding you back for.

"Talk to me for a second" He said as he nodded over towards the walkway going up to the house.

You made sure Haru had gone inside before following him back down the steps.

"What is it?" You asked.

"I know you don't like when people don't tell you things... But Erase is really just trying to help you, he wants nothing but the best for you" Keigo said quietly.

You didn't want to talk about this. You took a deep breath before responding. "I know he has nothing but good intentions, but he can have good intentions and tell me before doing things. How can he know what's best for me if he doesn't talk to me? Also, I don't need someone to look out for me like that, I'm perfectly capable-"

"But you're kinda not" Keigo interrupted.

You thought you heard him wrong at first, there was no way he said that. "What?"

"I know you're a capable person, but with the situation you're in right now, you're really not capable of a lot" He said.

You were still a bit shocked. "Keigo? I-" You gave a small laugh. "Keigo, I can handle myself."

Keigo gave you a sad look. "But when you say that what do you really mean? Do you mean you can handle yourself and enjoy life? Or do you mean you can scrape by?"

You didn't know what to say. Thinking about it now it felt like you were doing a combination of the two, scraping by while finding enjoyment here and there, not that it usually lasted.

"I don't know..." You answered quietly. You glanced up at Keigo who was still giving you a sad look. "I don't know."

"You don't wanna just scrape by" Keigo said while shaking his head. "I don't want you to just scrape by, and neither does Erase, we want you to be able to enjoy life"

"But- But what am I supposed to do?" You asked, realizing that scraping by was all you knew how to do.

"Let him help you" Keigo said. "Let me help you, whatever you need we will help with."

You frowned. "But it feels like charity asking for things, and I feel like a little kid when you guys take care of things for me"

"We know you're not a little kid and it's not charity, I can't express that enough" He said. "Y/n, you never ask for things besides absolute necessities, and you never ask for anything for yourself. You never have ridiculous requests, or even ask for things just meant for enjoyment. Erase knows that you're trying to ask for as little as possible."

You didn't say anything, just weakly shrugged your shoulders and looked at the ground. You didn't realize that you were so easy to read.

"Talk to him, please?" Keigo asked. "I don't like when you guys aren't on the same page, I feel like a kid who's getting between his divorced parents."

"I do not look old enough to be your mom." You quickly said.

Keigo chuckled. "No, of course not, you look the same as you did in high school"

You smiled at him. "You liked how I looked in high school" Deciding to tease him a little.

"I did and I still do..." He said quietly with a nod. "Don't try to change the subject- please tell me you'll talk to Erase?"

Your smile softened and you nodded back. "I will, thank you for driving me today, Keigo"

"Anytime" He said, returning your hug when you went in for one.