Smile for Me

Chapter 47: Infected

Previously:

Aizawa POV

She sleepily turned  around and was inches away from him, looking up at his handsome face.  They both looked at each other through half- lidded eyes, blinking only  when they needed to. They seemed to drink in each other's presence as  they leaned closer...

"Meow!"

They looked over at the  bed to see Sumairu crying to go to sleep. Emi giggled sleepily as Aizawa  turned back around, trying to catch his breath. While he was turned  around, she slipped out of the dress into the pajamas that were picked  out for her and slipped in the bed.

After he had composed  himself, he saw her covering herself in the blankets. He took this  opportunity to slip into pajama pants and out of his shirt.

Once he had accomplished  his mission, he crawled into bed next to an already asleep Ms.Fukukado.  He rolled so he could see her sleeping face in the dim Christmas light. 

She looks so...at peace.

He brushed a stray hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear before leaning forward and lightly kissing her forehead.

"Good night Emi."

....

Shit.

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Aizawa POV

He couldn't sleep. Normally he could fall asleep quickly, but for the moment, he and Emi seemed to have switched roles. No matter how many times he tossed and turned (trying not to wake her), he just couldn't sleep.

Maybe it's because of the things he had been thinking that night? He looked at the clock.

Well, I guess it was last night at this point...

He didn't understand any of the things he had been doing the last week and a half. Maybe it was his guilt? Yeah, that had to be it. There was no other explanation for the things that had changed about him the last week and a half....

Right?

Eventually, after staring at Emi's face in the pale light of the room streaming in from the night sky, he sighed, giving up. He got up quietly and went to the living room, closing the door softly behind him.

He went and made himself some hot tea and sat down on his couch, staring at the tree they had put up together.

She really has infected me, hasn't she? He thought as he sipped his lemongrass tea. He didn't normally drink that, but...

He stared down at the tea and leaned back. He had some serious thinking to do.

He wasn't sure why, but ever since Emi had woken up, he had been acting differently. He's been acting nicer to her, and everyone else for that matter. However, he felt guilty that her transformation was in part because of his negligence towards his fellow Hero; one that apparently liked him.

Don't underplay this, Shouta. She loved you. And you pushed her away.

You had no way of knowing!

She told you everyday, you ass. You just thought she was joking.

He continued arguing with himself over this for several minutes until he called a truce with himself. Why was he being like this?