𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐒 : 𝐊𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐀 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑

𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎

Y/n once again sat with Midoriya, Iida, Uraraka and Todoroki, confused. It had been a few days and Kirishima was still ignoring her. He hadn't given any sort of hint about what happened, and when she asked Katsuki of he knew, he said he didn't want to deal with "their shit".

"Maybe you broke something of his, something important?"

"No, I haven't even been in his room since last week."

Majority of Midoriya's suggestions were shot down immediately, and he was grasping at straws by now.

"Maybe you-"

"Izuku, I can't think of single thing I did wrong and now my boyfriend's giving me the silent treatment for no reason, so stop giving me problems and start giving me solutions!"

Everyone flinched at her raised voice, marking apologise abruptly.

"I'm sorry, guys. I'm just stressed and I should've taken it out on you."

"It's okay. We understand."

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Kirishima stared at Y/n, pushing his lunch away from him. Y/n was upset and angry at him and he couldn't do anything about it. He still loved her with his whole heart, but he was pushing her away. He felt awful. He felt sick. He felt so many painful emotions, and he wanted to cry.

But he was protecting her. With All Might's recent retirement, and the villain attacks, the world was a dangerous place. But she seemed to be in an necessary amount of danger; she was Bakugou's sister (he seemed to be a target lately) and now she was his girlfriend. Villains could do unspeakable things to her, just to get to him and his best friend so he had to stay away.

"Man, why don't you just tell her how you feel? You know she can protect herself, and you're hurting yourself, as well as her."

"No, she's safer this way. I have to protect her, and this is the best way."

Kaminari shrugged, giving up. He tried all day to help his friends but if Kirishima refused to listen, there was nothing he could do.

"Fine. But when she breaks up with you and starts dating Todoroki or some shit, don't come crying to me."

"She wouldn't do that. She doesn't like Todoroki, right?"

He looked back her table, seeing her smile softly at the scarred boy opposite her. No, she didn't like him. She was just smiling at a friend. Yeah, a friend.

Right?

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There was a knock on Y/n's door, hesitant and quiet, but it was there. She wiped the tears from her cheeks, making herself look as presentable as possible. She went to the door and opened it, weak smile falling from her lips.

"Kirishima, are you still mad? Or am I forgiven for something I didn't even know I did?"

"Y/n, you didn't do anything wrong. I-I just thought this would be better for us, 'cause, w-well, I wanted to protect you. Everywhere's so dangerous now and Bakugou's a target and we're training to be heroes so we're targets too and I just thought if we stayed away from each other villains wouldn't come after you to get to me or your brother but then Kaminari said you liked Todoroki and I can't lose you to him so-"

Y/n tackle-hugged him, burying her head into her chest. He stiffened, before returning the embrace.

"Ejiro, you're an idiot! I don't need you to protect me, if I did I wouldn't've gotten into UA or 1-A! I need you to just be with me! I need you to trust me! And I need you to think about yourself! Let the villains do whatever the fuck they want, but just know they won't ever touch me. I won't ever let them take me away from you, or my friends, or my family."

"Y/n, I-I'm sorry..."

Her face was red and tears were spilling from her eyes. Kirishima didn't know what to do. He'd only seen her cry once before, after Mineta had groped her in front of everyone, but they were hardly friends then. Uraraka, Midoriya and Iida had cheered her up, while he'd watched from afar.

He held her closer, pressing an awkward kiss to the top of her head. Tears welled in his eyes, and he bit his lip to keep his emotions under control. If both of them were crying, they wouldn't get anywhere.

"It's okay, Eji. I just wish you would've talked to me about it."

"I thought I was doing the right thing, but I just hurt both of us. I'm so sorry."

Y/n placed her lips on his, her sadness fuelling the kiss. He kissed her back, wiping the tears from her eyes.

The embrace wasn't passionate, or lusty. It was sad, and strong. The shared all of their emotions in that kiss, tears and feelings mixing in a sad euphoria. So when the kiss ended, and they stared into each other's eyes, they knew that, even though they were young, they would always be there for each other.