NOMU (kiribaku)

Epilogue

I tapped my foot anxiously against the floor. I stared, wide-eyed at the clock outside of my cell. Today is the day that I get out of jail.

I don't know how I'm going to ajust. Now, it seems like I've spent my whole life staring at these plain brick walls and metal bars.

I listened to the ticking noise as the second hand moved around the clock. My heart was racing. For the past twenty-three years, that clock ticked, like a song reminding me of the time to come, the time I've been caged; my life has been run by that clock, counting time.

Through the years I memorized the daily schedule down the the second. Nothing changed, I woke up in a cage and followed orders. I read books and I ate the crappy food. I washed the floors and did pushups in the yard. And at the end of the day I could sleep, in my dreams I could see the one person I missed the most.

I could see his scarlet eyes and hold his warm hands. Make him laugh and smile, kiss his soft lips and hold him in my arms. I could tell him how much he means to me. I never got to say it when I was free and I didn't want to with a layer of glass between us. In my dreams I could say 'I love you' as many times as I needed.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as the clock said 10am.

"Katsuki Bakugou, you're free to go." Takeharu unlocked the cell and the door slid open.

I got up and walked over to the door.

"Don't do anything stupid.." He shook his head with a soft smile.

"Wasn't planning on it," I laughed.

I took another deep breath as I walked down the hall.

Tears filled my eyes as I walked through the gate outside and my eyes landed on kirishima. I've seen him many times throughout my sentence, but never like this. We always had a telephone and a layer of glass keeping up apart.

I spent half my life in prison and never stopped loving him. We stepped closer as tears fell down my face, he smiled and I ran to wrap my arms around him.

I held him tightly as my eyes flooded, I couldn't believe it was real. It was stange feeling, even though I could see him and talk to him whenever he visited, it felt like I haven't really seen him since we were fifteen. That's what its like to be in love though, I miss him every second we are apart and I never want to let go again.

My arms were shaking as I layed my head on his shoulder and my tears dropped to his shirt. I couldn't let go, I held onto him tighter as if I would be torn away if my hold loosened in the slightest.

"Hey, Katsuki.." I cried more as I heard his voice and felt his breath on my neck.

For the first time in ages, it felt like time stopped. It was all just him and I, everything else faded to the background. I had him back, I could feel his warmth, his soft hair between my fingers and I'm not going to leave him ever again.

"I love you.." I murmured through my tears.

I heard him chuckle slightly. "I love you too.." He pulled away and wiped my tears with a soft smile and tears of his own. "..Lets go home..."