My Hero Academia Imagines

Isolation (Kirishima Eijiro)

Kirishima Eijiro:

It was supposed to start out as a simple and fun trip to the mountains. It was supposed to be a 2 day trip of fun, snow, snowboarding and hot drinks. It was not supposed to take this turn.

Your eyes squinted as you watched the branches directly above you swinging back and forth. Every few seconds a ray of light would be shone on your face, the intensity having been dimmed down since time had wandered on from you.

Your form was surrounded by nothing but numbness and a slow itch of tingles working up your arms and legs. It had at first only been the lowest parts of your fingers and toes, but now had injected your iced skin more and more.

Your eyes continued to stare up at the dimming lights from above, counting as the swinging branch lit up and then took away the only source of illumination for you at this current moment. Two seconds of heavenly brightness, followed by the single second of cold and unloving shade in the small area you were rested in.

Your hair was entangled in stray and misplaced pieces of fallen snow, leaves, dirt and whatever else the forest had at this moment. Though, your hair and how damp and cold it was was the least of your worries at the current moment.

There were several bigger issues at hand. Ones that had not even hit you yet, despite the amount of time you had been down here: hoping, waiting, listening. Each had appeared and vanished in that order as the day continued one.

"They're gonna find us..." He spoke, drawing your mind away from the blank slate it had been in for the moment passing. "I'm sure of it!"

You twitched your neck, your head jerkily turning to look at the boy beside you. He was in almost as bad shape as you were: his arm twisted the wrong way, his snowboard cracked and broken into three pieces from the impact and his once spiked and infamous hair now fallen and lifeless.

"They must have noticed by now!" He attempted to say, his red hues flickering between hopeful desperation and anxious comfort. "It's getting dark! A-And we're not back!"

You stared at him, lips pressing together in a thin blue line, your eyes looking as dull and lifeless as his scarlet locks had become. You gulped down what little saliva had emerged from your mouth, the dryness of your throat getting some relief for that half second.

He had felt your eyes on you, quickly glancing back to look at you and see how dark your features had become. But not from this, he had noticed nearly right when it began all those weeks ago.

But he had not said anything. Instead, he had allowed you to carry on like this, hoping that this new mood and emotionless state was just a small phase. But how wrong was he. Now in this situation, he could see how this state was not a passing mood, but rather a state of being that had slowly consumed you.

The bus ride over had involved you staring out the window, not wanting to make any sort of conversation, Everyone had seemingly read the mood and left you to your own devices, not wanting to bother you.

Kirishima had decided to keep a close eye on you since your shared class arrived. And when he noticed you sneaking off on your own, he was quick to grab his own jacket and brace the elements as well.

He was even more surprised when he had seen your form walk towards the more wooded area of the snowy resort, your pace never stopping, making it seem as if you knew where you were going. And that was the most unsettling part of it...

And thus, like the pining fool he was, your safety was his main concern. He had intended to keep his distance and only watch you. But instead, he had messed up in more ways than just seeking out your feelings.

He had overestimated his quickness when a large branch above you snapped, the weight of the snow on it too much for it to handle. He had crashed into you, and the ice and snow were enough for you both to slip.

The sensation of falling was not foreign to him, as his chosen school and career path had taught him enough to know what to do. But at that moment, he was caught so off guard that his mind blanked completely.

He remembered the breath leaving him as he watched the sky appear before his eyes, a flash of magenta fabric flying upwards and onto the ridge. The figure he had been following near him, their warmth enough for him to still feel next to him.

Then it was the crack. The sensation of his arm bending a direction it was not meant to bend, the feeling of his back landing against something hard and rough. And finally the body next to him and the thin trails of blood coming from her.

Like a fool, he had accidentally pushed and slipped you both into what appeared to be a miniature ravine. The surface was jagged and sharp rocks of dark blues, blacks and grays greeted his vision.

"(Name)." His spoke to you again, knowing full well he caused this. "I swear I'll make this up to you when we get out..."

He watched as for the first time since you both had fallen down here hours ago, your mouth opened up.

"No." Your hues of (eye color) closed, a visible calm tone on your face and in your voice. "No one is coming to find me, Kirishima..."

Said classmate shook his head, feeling his back lock from the movement. His spine stung, the thought of him causing himself serious damage becoming more and more feared as he laid here.

"What do you mean? Of course, someone is going to come looking for us?" He chuckled in disbelief. "Don't say stuff like that (Name)...please don't..."

Your eyes met his once again as you opened them. "I know people are looking for you... but-"

"They are looking for you!" He shouted, his hoarse voice cracking from the pain skyrocketing through him as he crawled forward.

His whole body screamed as he pushed himself forward, not carrying of the damage done to his body. He was already in agony, a few more scrapes and bruises would make no difference.

You eyes stayed tuned to the crawling teen coming closer to you, the thin but deep trails of red appearing behind him as soon as he moved off of the frozen ground. He was pushing himself much too hard again, and he would more than likely pass out from exhaustion within another few minutes.

He was lucky. He would die in his sleep from the cold and frostbite.

Kirishima stopped next to you, his from falling further into the snow, only his eyes now seeable through the frozen liquid crystals. He shakily throughout a hand, his paled skin slapping onto your in his last feat of strength and willpower.

You softened you gaze at him. He was the only one to have noticed your ultimatum for this trip. And was the only one who seemed to give a shit about you as well. He had attempted to stop a branch from crushing you, only to end up on this journey with you.

You had wanted to do this alone. But now you had an extra passenger.

Now it would for sure happen. If Kirishima perished with you... then your fear would manifest into reality.

"We're going to die."

"Don't say that!"

You looked at him, seeing as his hand had gripped your even tighter now. Lifting a gaze up, you could see his eyes begging you to listen to him. He was throwing out enough hope for you both, but you were not a fool who clung to such things any longer.

"We've been here for nearly 4 hours. I've lost all feeling in my legs and have a cracked skull. You have a broken arm and possibly a fractured spine. We both have been bleeding for hours.

We'll either freeze to death, die from blood loss, or be picked apart by the wild animals."

"No, we're going to get out of here."

"Why?"

He paused, not used or having expected your voice to crack as it just did. He somehow managed to move his head enough to lay it on its side, glancing and looking at you as you spoke again to him.

"Why are you s-so dead set on this? No one is coming for me... no one wants to help me."

"(Name)...." Kirishima muttered, hoping his pressing hand would provide some sort of comfort that you so needed right now. "-W-why don't you think no one's looking for us?"

"Looking for me." You spoke, the last word being heavily pronounced. "They're all looking for you. I'm sure of that much... but who the hell would be thinking of me?"

"(Name)... come one. Everyone is class must have noticed by now! They would not let anyone suffer alone."

"Then why-"

His orbs of ruby widened as the first prickling of emotion reentered your eyes. The only signs that something in you still was kicking. However, it was not the emotion he had wanted in this dark and desperate time.

It was despair.

"-then why did nobody notice expect you? Why did no one care enough to try and help me... dear God..."

You stifled your cries by biting your lip, knowing full well your intentions for coming on this trip in the first place. The rope in your backpack and isolated forest had brought you plenty of space to disappear forever.

"N-no one cares about me..." You mumbled your final confession, eyes shutting in pain.

"I care!"

Hues opening back up to meet red, you watched with slight shock and slight awe as Kirishima forcefully locked you into his own emotions through the simple ways of eye contact. His own tears had begun to boil over onto his ice-covered face.

"I-I know things have been bad! And I know I should have done something sooner! B-but I promise you (Name)... if I'm worth coming after to find, then you are too!

S-so, please! Please if there is any part of you that wants to be hopeful again, now is the time! Our classmates are coming to find the both of us right now! I know it!"

He choked on a hot bubbling cry, knowing that despite the situation you both were in, he had ultimately postponed an even worse fate. He knew that he was not the person who could stop it from continuing... but at least right now needed to be your weight back to the world.

"I don't know what I would do if you suddenly were not here. And I know I'm not the only one.

I know goddamn well you can't help how you feel... but just hang on a little longer. Either we'll get rescued together... or I'll be here with you until the end. Either way... you're not alone, okay?"

Your lips trembled and your head shook with a nod. Kirishima nodded back, knowing how difficult it was for the two of you currently to even do that. And so the two of you sat there, using what was left of your strength to stay awake and attempt to keep warm.

Hoping that someone would find the two of you under that swinging branch as the sun set down.