His Little Fox(Kirishima x reader)

50

It's nice to be back in my own dorm room. Being home might have been nicer, but we still had school tomorrow. Only a few of us had gone on the raid; everyone else still had classes that we would have to start making up tomorrow. 

I was sitting down on my bed, my back to the wall, looking at my little room. It felt like I hadn't been here in ages, but I'd left here this morning. Everything was exactly like I'd left it. Everyone had been really happy to see us back. The news had reported the whole thing live. Apparently, Midoriya got in a pretty bad scrap with the main guy. L'million and Nighteye too. Nighteye was... he hadn't made it.

Most of us had nearly died today. It was because of luck and a lot of teamwork that we'd mostly all made it through. Kirishima had saved my life and I'd saved his and Fat Gum had saved us both. Really, we'd all been on death's doorstep. 

Chills ran over my body as I thought of just how close I'd come to dying today. I'd called my parents already. They were both terrified. We'd talked through it though. Nothing was going to change about our deal concerning UA. I still got to stay through the end of the year. That was hard to wrangle out of them. Even dad was initially against my staying any longer. 

I look down at my hands. If I was back home, I'd turn into a fox and go sleep out in the backyard. That always helped get my mind off of things. As it was now, I don't think I'd ever be able to sleep again. I just had so many thoughts. They wouldn't quiet down. 

I thought about Kirishima mostly. He'd broken today. He'd gotten though it in the end, but I could see it now: Kirishima wasn't perfect. 

It was like a huge weight off my chest. I didn't like a boy who always did the right thing. I didn't have to always be chasing because he was right here along with me, down in normal person land. Kirishima was human too. I didn't have to feel guilty for wanting to be around him. It made me like him all the much more. Which probably wasn't the best outcome. 

I pushed myself off my bed. I needed to get out. Take a walk at very least. I probably wouldn't change into a fox and sleep outside, but I needed to get some fresh air in my head. 

It was late at night. Everyone had gone back to their rooms. It was technically past curfew, but I'd be careful. Hopefully, I'd have some leniency if I did get caught. We'd all gone through some stuff today.

The night wasn't too cold. The breeze made me shiver a few times, I should have brought a jacket. It worked out though. It helped to get my mind to slow down and focus on smaller things. Smaller things than my close call with oblivion. We had been in real danger. It helped pull some things into focus. I stopped and looked up at the dark sky.

"L/n? That you?"

Kirishima was walking towards me. He was just coming back from something, maybe a walk of his own. His hair was down. He probably took a shower or something. It made him look so soft.

"Yeah. What are you doing out so late? It's past curfew."

Kirishima grinned. "I could ask you the same thing." His grin faded then. He stopped beside me and together we looked out at the dark forests on the UA campus, and at the stars up above. 

"I can't sleep," he said matter-of-factly.

"Me either," I whispered.

He looked down at the ground and clenched his hands into fists. "I froze. I saw just how powerful that guy was and I just couldn't move."

"He was scary," I agreed. "But you pulled out of it. I mean, you did fight him in the end."

"That was only because of you."

"Me? But I didn't do anything."

Kirishima took a breath. "You don't have a very strong quirk."

"Ouch."

He coughed out a laugh. "That's not what I mean. What I mean to say is that you just enhance different parts of yourself. Others like Midoriya can do that too, but they're way stronger with it. But even still, even without a super-powered quirk, you fought Rappa. You didn't hesitate to jump in and save me and Fat Gum. That's what snapped me out of it."

Since nearly dying today, a lot of things have come into perspective. In the bigger picture, some things just aren't a very big deal.

"My quirk is more than just enhancement. I can... I can turn into a fox too."

"Like completely?"

I nodded. It's kinda hard to look at him anyway.

"Why haven't you told anyone?"

"Because..." I take a breath. "Because I'm the fox that you see everywhere. And the one that you found in your tree back home, and brought into your room."

Kirishima laughed. "Wait, I'd forgotten about that. That was you? This whole time it's really been you?"

I nodded again.

"That's kinda cool. Wait, so when I tried to show you the fox that was following me everywhere, were you just laughing at me?"

"No, no, of course I wasn't laughing. I was kinda scared you were gonna find me out."

"That's awesome."

"So you're not mad or anything? Or weirded out?"

"No, why would I be? It's cool that I know you in so many different ways. You're my classmate, my neighbor, the cute little fox, my- my friend. It's like we've hung out a ton!"

I take a breath again. A relaxing one this time. That was so much better than I thought it would be. I kept imagining that going terribly, but it didn't. We were okay. Everything was okay.

"I should go to bed," I said. 

Kirishima looked over at me. "Yeah. Yeah, I should too. We've got a lot of classes to catch up on for the next couple of days."

I groaned. "Don't remind me."

Kirishima grinned. Yeah. Things were gonna be okay.