HinaYachi One-Shots

Stuffed toy

Yachi's crow stuffed toy sat on her bed like always. She's been keeping it for years now. It's a gift from her mom on her birthday and ever since she got her hands on it, she always sticks it next to her, except when going to school and bathroom of course. She treated it like her best friend because humans are not all nice. You will never know what's running in their minds. She just can't get along with them.

Today is some bad day for her. A guy she thought likes her made a fool of her. She's not really assuming. The said guy actually bluntly proclaims his lies to his friends and in the whole class. Because of that, the whole class ships them and was entitled as "The Classroom Love Team". It sure embarrasses the hell out of the blonde and totally gets awkward around the guy. He's been like that for 5 months and Yachi starts to feel different around the guy. She never experienced love or even crush yet but maybe that's exactly what she's feeling for that guy now. She called him after class to confess. To her surprise, she just got a scoff as a reply.

"I couldn't just believe you really fell for my wile."

Few words just made her face fall. Her lips start to tremble and tears start to fall. What's worse is the whole class saw everything.

No more.

She's got no more strength left. She can't just say, "I'm just kidding," when real tears start to flow from a real pain. She can't fool her classmates, this guy or even herself. This humiliation is too much.

Her feet move on its own and start running. The tears block her clearer view of surroundings which make her trip here and there. She doesn't care though. She got all those bruises and blood but she doesn't care. All she wanted is to reach her house and hug his crow. She wants to cry everything to it. She wants to let it all out, all her pain and humiliation.

She quickly opens the door and runs toward her room, her peace zone. She jumps on her bed, forgetting that she's still dirty, and hug the lifeless creature. But she really wished it was alive.

"I...I just can't any...more," she sobs as she buries her face in her toy.

"It's the 100th time you cried on me. It's hurting me too."

She made a small gasp when an unfamiliar voice spoke.

Suddenly, she felt she is hugging something that is growing bigger and bigger. It's warm. It feels alive. She can feel its heartbeat. She can feel its breath. Arms wrap around her small frame.

"I've been waiting for this day I can finally comfort you," a guy said as he hugs her tighter. His voice is filled with happiness and sadness.

Yachi loses her grip on the toy-earlier-guy-now. She raises her head to see if it's really alive. And it is. The hair is the same, messy, orange hair. He is wearing a black, sleeveless hoodie like the color and the cloth used for the toy's body. Unlike the plain, circle eyes the toy had, he has beautiful brown eyes. And like how a person would look, he has nose and lips, not beaks he used to have. If she's going to explain to him, he's a work of perfection.

She gapes. She just hugged a guy and he hugged her back. The ginger can clearly read her thought right now after spending lots of years with her. He wipes her tears away and pulls her head closer to kiss her forehead. He then separates her lips from her forehead and pulls her head to his chest. His arm brushes her hair while the other is rubbing her back.

"I know this will happen. You should have just avoided him in the first place," the guy said.

"How did you-?" the girl looks at the guy with huge curiosity.

"I know everything. You have been telling me all of it."

The blonde became speechless. He heard it all?! She starts to feel embarrassed knowing that the guy in front of him heard all of her rants.

"H-How is this even possible? I-I'm talking to a stuffed toy earlier who just turned into a person?" Yachi covered her mouth in disbelief.

"We are shapeshifters and guardians. Our purpose in this world is to give comfort and happiness to the owner. But when the owner shed tears for the hundredth time on us, we'll take the human form to assure that they're not alone, that all this time, their pains are being heard," he explained, "So, what happened? Did that guy hurt you or something?"

"I- he..." her voice breaks and sobs escape from her mouth. "He made... a fool of m-me..."

He grimaced in pain. As if the pain transmitted to him. "I see. But, it's not your loss, Yachi-san. He missed the opportunity to get the sweetest girl of all."

Yachi blushed from that compliment. She looks away to hide her red face.

"Um, what will happen after if you fulfilled your mission?"

The guy tilted his head cutely. "No idea. Probably move to another kid."

Yachi looks at him with wide eyes. They are filled with shock and sadness. Of course, she's glad that she can make other kids happy by giving up her best friend to them but it's HER best friend. It will hurt more if she loses him.

"H-hey, please don't make that face. I'm still not sure what will happen next. If you want, I can stay here with you."

Yachi's melancholy disappeared and delight replaced it. "Really? Will you stay with me forever? Wait, that kinda came out wrong. It sounds like a..."

Then, a growl erupted from the stomach of the guy. "Oops, sorry. It's been years since I ate," he scratches his head and grin.

"I'll make food," she wipes her eyes and gets up from her bed. "What do you want, um..."

"Shouyou. My real name is Shouyou," he smiles. "And I want to eat anything that Yachi-san will serve me."

"That's really far from what I named you, Hina-chan," the girl giggled. She reaches her hand to him. "And please call me Hitoka, Shouyou-kun."

Shouyou looks at her hand and takes it. Her hand is really soft. He nods and gets up from Yachi's bed as well.

'Of course, I'll stay with you forever, Hitoka-chan.'

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Me: is this an AU?

Me: well... I guess? Shouyou's a stuffed toy.

Me: so is this a stuffed toy AU?

Me: ...

Me: I think it's a shapeshifter AU

Me: is there such a thing?

Me: ... dunno

Me: meh let's just settle with that

Me: alright. 

P. S.  I started writing this chapter a year ago. I am able to finish this just today.