Being Human (One Punch Man x OC)

Chapter 12: Drunk Confession and a Day

Saya's POV

I walked around the city, searching for Saitama. I was worried, but at the same time, angry. How can someone like him be so irresponsible?

Drinking himself stupid? In public? Honestly, being the way we are, I didn't think this was even possible to achieve.

Searching for him wasn't that difficult. Almost an hour of walking around, I stumbled onto one of the hillsides which overlooked the riverbank at the bottom. And guess who was sitting in the grass?

Saitama. And he was absolutely hammered. Although, to anyone else, it didn't really look like much, I can tell. Walking up, I can get a side view of his profile. He was red in the face, the large bottle in one hand and his head was bobbing slightly, his eyes half-lidded. It was clear he was fighting to stay awake.

I hesitated, at first. We haven't spoken since our fight and I'm not sure how he's going to react to seeing me. I even went through what I was going to tell him, in my head, but now, I wasn't sure what to think or say. 

Taking a deep breath, I walked off the sidewalk and down into the grass, over to him. I kept close to his back, to stay out of view. Even though he was drunk, he still managed to hear me coming over.

His speech was slightly slurred, "Did King ask you to find me..?"

"Yes, he--" Saitama cut me off with a grumble.

"I told him not to do anything. I want you to leave me alone, Genos," Saitama said.

I had to take a moment to recognize that Saitama THOUGHT I WAS GENOS. But then again, I could use this to my advantage.

"It is time to go home," I tried to keep my dialogue as short as possible, trying to sound like Genos so Saitama doesn't suspect anything.

"I don't want to go home," Saitama lifted the empty bottle to look at it, "I want to sit here and drink myself numb. I don't want to feel anything anymore."

"Why are you drinking?" I asked him.

Saitama scoffed, "I don't want to feel crushed. After meeting Saya, all I've been feeling was...heartbreak. After what she said to me before she left and during our fight...I just wanted to die. And what's worse? I still love her..."

My eyes widened at this. Did he really feel that way? Also, he just said that he loves me?! I've never felt so horrible and elated at the same time. It's a very conflicting feeling.

Even though he said this, I tried to dismiss the claim with, "Perhaps, you are infatuated with her because she is as strong as you?"

"No. The more I thought about it, I've realized I was falling for her when we met. She invited me into her home, she treated me like a person. That was the first time in years I felt content with someone. And other things made me like her even more," Saitama went on, "Her smile, her giggle, that cute peeve she has with her hands. And even when she never realized it, she genuinely cares for others and selflessly helped anyone that came her way. And all of it felt too real to be an act. When we fought, it was just...horrible. She was so angry and the fact that she tried to even kill me...I still saw that she was a kind person, just...hurting a lot. I never want to fight her again."
I was on the verge of tears and I turned away. I never realized how much damage I caused. And despite that, this crazy cue-ball still felt for me. He saw so much in me and knew me better than I knew myself. Knowing this, also made me feel so happy, because I knew that I felt something for him, too.

I decided to end this charade, "Saitama, I--"

Just as I turned back to him, he had slumped to the side and passed out in the grass.
I let out a small breath, I should've expected it. He did drink the entire bottle, which was still clutched in his hand.