The shadow to his light (Mirio x Tamaki)

Sunshine

Tamaki:

The warm orange sun painted my walls, I looked up to my black alarm clock. The time read 5:34pm I stood from my bed to get out of my school uniform for the evening. Though my actions were interrupted by a bellowing voice, "Amajiki! Come look at this!" My mother called. This simple sentence filled me with curiosity, I sighed softly before heading out of my room. I made my way down to the living room, walking down the corridor against the cold, creaky floorboards. I could hear her rummaging around so I poked my head through the door frame to get a glance of what she was up to, when all of a sudden I felt a small frame crash in to me. It was Aya Tamaki my younger sister. She wrapped her arms around my waist and I simply patted her on the head. "Come look what mom has found jiki!" She expressed, bursting with energy and excitement. I walked in to the living room where our mom was on the floor with a massive book sat upon her lap. Curious, I kneeled down in front of her, "what is this?" I questioned. Though I didn't receive a response, she looked at me with a prideful smile as she placed the light book on my lap. She gestured for me to open it so I glanced down at the book upon my lap and I opened the first page. It was pictures of me, on my first day of Elementary school. Embarrassed, I let a small chuckle escape my mouth. In the picture I was a clear nervous wreck, it was refreshing to see that nothing has changed. "Come onn, flip the page already." My mother suggested, her eyes displaying how eager she was. Skeptical, I raised an eyebrow at her bizarre behavior before flipping the page. Overtaken by surprise, my eyes widened and my mouth opened, letting out an almost silent gasp.The 2 pages were overloaded with pictures of me and Mirio. Mirio togata had been my best friend since elementary, I can still remember the exact moment I met him. He was dear to me. I looked up at my mom's face and it was simply beaming with pride. "Can you imagine where you'd be without Mirio?" She asked, sending me in to a small spiral. My ma likes Mirio a lot, she believes I wouldn't have made it to where I am today without him and I can't help but question if that's true. From a young age I've struggled with crippling social anxiety, my parents tried everything from therapy to medication but nothing ever worked. Even to this day i struggled to even make small talk with people.My anxiety makes me feel so hopeless at times but Mirio was always there to show me my worth. He was like the sun shining through the rainy days. What my mom says is probably right, there's no way I could've made it in to UA without him. I never even wanted to become a hero until I saw him speaking so passionately about it. I honestly strive to be just like him. Confident, outgoing and so joyous. However I'm nothing like that I'm just miserable, shy and pathetic. He really is the only light in my life. I sat with a full feeling in my heart as I skimmed through every motionless memory in the book while the warm ambers of the sunset projected on my face just as if he was smiling right back at me. Mirio togata. What a man you are.