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Relax {Terushima Yuuji} (Request)

Soulmate AU in which soulmates can feel each other's emotions and Teru is worried about you since he constantly feels your stress and anxiety
Requested by @TheRoyalDragon
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As Terushima struggled to stay focused and even awake in his last class of the day, he let out another long yawn and glanced over at the clock, wishing the minute hand would move as fast as the second hand did. His teacher did nothing but talk and talk for the entire period with no intonation in his voice at all, making him sound more like a boring robot than an actual human being.

Terushima's eyes were just about to drift closed again, but they shot open when he suddenly felt an unsettling pit form in his stomach. A wave of nausea soon overcame him and the room around him started to spin. He felt dizzy and short of breath, as if he was having a... panic attack.

Before he could allow himself to completely succumb to this random episode of panic, he reached into his backpack and grabbed his phone, keeping it under his desk so his teacher wouldn't confiscate it. Even though his vision was slightly blurry and he couldn't stop blinking rapidly to keep the darkness that was creeping into the corners of his sight away, he managed to find the text conversation he had with you and type out a message.

Meanwhile, as you sat in class trying to refrain from passing out or crying, you heard your phone vibrate quietly in your bag. You bit your lip and blinked back tears as you quietly fished it out of a pocket and checked the screen.

"Hey, baby girl, what's going on? " a text message from your boyfriend, Terushima, read, making you fight even harder to keep yourself from crying. 

You wished he was here with you right now. He always knew how to calm you down whenever you had meltdowns from all the stress and anxiety you dealt with.

Just as you were about to respond to him and tell him what was bothering you, he sent you another text saying, "You've only got twenty minutes left of class, baby; you can do it. Then you can tell me all about what's stressing you out. I'm sending chill vibes your way :) love you!" His text was followed by a couple of hearts, making you smile slightly.

Reminding yourself that you would see him after class made your panic dissipate slightly, and you could tell that he was trying as best as he could to help you calm down from where he was sitting in his own class.

Since you and Terushima were soulmates, you had both the pro and con of being able to feel each other's emotions. It was a good thing in that it allowed you to magnify the positive emotions that you each felt, but it was a bad thing in that negative emotions could be transferred between the two of you as well. You often felt bad for Terushima since he was such a bright and excitable person, whereas you struggled with anxiety, and he often had to experience what you did, which you would never want to inflict upon someone you loved as much as you loved him.

Terushima was incredibly good to you, though, and he always helped you cope with your stress. Because of this, you appreciated him and his presence in your life immensely.

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After a painstakingly long twenty minutes rolled by, you felt nothing but relief when you met up with Terushima in your usual spot only to be greeted by a long and comforting hug from him.

"What's got you stressed out, (f/n)?" he questioned as he held onto you tightly.

"I failed my test for (least favorite subject) and I feel like I'm gonna fail the class, and flunk out of school, and become a high school dropout, and..."

As you started rambling about how your entire life would become a downhill slippery slope as a result of failing one test, Terushima pulled away from you and placed his hands on your shoulders before pressing a gentle kiss against your forehead that gave you pause. "(F/n), you're literally one of the smartest people at this school. You're not going to fail," he reassured you as he looked down into your (e/c) eyes with his brown ones.

You couldn't help but blush slightly at his praise. "How can you be so sure I'm not gonna fail?" you asked softly.

"Because you're amazing and I hope you realize that. You've been in this same situation before but you kept working and ended up passing. I have no doubt in my mind that you're gonna be fine. My friends and my teammates have come up to me and expressed their jealousy with you being taken by me because you're beautiful and you're smart. That combo is really hot."

A bright smile appeared across his lips as his hands made their way from your shoulders down to your hands to hold them. You tightened your grasp on his hands as you felt yourself smile in return. The longer you looked at him, the more calm you became and the more confidence you felt towards your intelligence. He didn't have to say anything since you could feel his love for you in the way that your heart started to beat a tiny bit faster and your body felt warm.

"Thank you, Yuuji," you said before meeting your lips with his in an appreciative kiss.

When the two of you pulled away, you watched your boyfriend as an inquisitive look appeared on his face. "Now, what should you and I do to unwind after a long and strenuous week, huh?" he asked.

You pursed your lips and responded, "I don't know..."

"Do you wanna watch Netflix and make out?"

You blushed and ducked your head at his suggestion. "Yeah."

You felt his warm breath on your cheek all of a sudden, and when you turned to face him, he wasted no time in kissing you again and letting his hands come to rest on your waist. When you felt the metal of his tongue piercing slide across your lower lip with the rest of his tongue, you put your hands on his shoulders and pushed him away before he got too carried away.

"You have no shame!" you stated playfully with a chuckle as your face burned once again.

"What? It's hard to restrain myself from kissing you like that when you do that thing where you get all bashful when you say what you really want. It's so damn adorable," he said, feigning puppy dog eyes.

"Well, at least save it until we get to my house and we're not in a public place surrounded by our peers, please."

"That makes me want to do it even more, (f/n)!"

"Shh!" you hushed him as you giggled, and placed a finger over his mouth before leading him through the school gates and towards your house. "You're so bad sometimes."

"Oh, I'm the one who's bad?" He raised an eyebrow at you before leaning down towards you and whispering, "I know exactly what you want because I can feel what you're feeling, and, believe me, I'm not the only one who's bad."

You narrowed your eyes at him but couldn't help smiling somewhat deviously at being found out. He had you there.