aura !﹒⪩⪨﹒ dkbk

twenty ; changes.

—the concluding days of school were particularly mundane.

if you were to ask katsuki, they were flat-out boring and useless. because the final days were for cleaning, katsuki often found himself quite bored. he always treated his locker as a place to set his outside shoes down, nothing else. so when it came to cleaning it out, there wasn't anything to take home besides an extra pair of shoes.

though, katsuki found other ways to busy himself. there were others, such as eijirou, who used their locker as a second home. when it came time to clean, katsuki helped the redhead get rid of the extra junk within his locker.

when it was all over, katsuki said his goodbyes. the blond even went as far as pulling his friends into a quick embrace before going home. it was a bit bittersweet, knowing that he wouldn't have the same routine of enjoying lunch or chatting at the end of the day with them. however, kyoka made him promise to text them much more often to keep their friendship strong. afterward, katsuki went home like normal.

though, katsuki felt all but normal.

he didn't talk about it, but there was a certain heaviness he began to feel. he felt fatigued, yet katsuki brushed it off as not getting enough sleep at night.

that was until the cramps.

katsuki was simply resting in his room when they began, the pain in his stomach was sudden and intense. it brought him back to when he was with izuku. back then, the pain was intense yet subsided quickly. not this time, though. the pain remained, intensifying until katsuki couldn't move.

it wasn't until mitsuki walked into his room and saw katsuki curled in on himself in his bed that he was given some pain pills. when asked about it, katsuki was in too much pain to even respond. and so with that, he was left alone.

even as the days went by, the pain was unrelenting. luckily, katsuki didn't have school. though, what he did have was the graduation ceremony.

katsuki woke up to his alarm blaring, stirring him from his deep sleep. there were aches all over. not only his lower belly but his back as well.

sitting up, katsuki looked down at his nest. he'd fallen asleep within his nest in a desperate search for comfort whilst the pain continued to eat at him. there was a whine that escaped his mouth as he shuffled, slipping out of his nest before walking out of his closet.

holding his stomach, katsuki walked over to his desk, picking up the pill bottle that his mother left for him. katsuki worked quickly, opening it and tossing two pills into his mouth. katsuki cringed at the sweet coating of the pill that lingered on his tongue before he grabbed a water bottle, swallowing the pills with heavy gulps.

walking away, he entered his bathroom for a shower. despite how badly he wished to return to his nest, katsuki closed the bathroom door before turning on the shower. he slowly stripped of his clothes before stepping inside. the water was hot as it rained down on him, easing away the ache within his muscles.

katsuki remained that way for a while before he picked up his soap, lathering a washcloth. though he couldn't help but grimace at the scent of his soap. this was extremely odd, katsuki always used the same soap. the scent was faint, he liked it. so why not now?

though it wasn't like he could get new soap. katsuki brought the washcloth to his skin nevertheless, scrubbing himself clean. he then allowed the water to rinse the foam away before repeating the action once more. once he was done, katsuki moved on to his hair, washing it quickly before rinsing all of the shampoo out.

katsuki couldn't help but stand under the water a bit longer, relaxing under the warm water for many minutes. though he soon remembered he was on a time limit. quickly, he turned off the water before stepping out. he stood on the mat as he reached for a large towel before wrapping it around himself.