Frozen Wings

Chapter 35

Storms' POV

I carefully stood up, carrying my asleep boyfriend back inside.

Boyfriend. Heh. I like the sound of that.

I smirked, bringing him to his room. I used my tail to move the covers to the side, laying him down on his side so he didn't hurt his wings. I picked up the cover, drawing it up so it covered just to the top of his shoulders.

His face was bright red from all the crying. I felt my heart ache. Sighing, I turned out the lights. My eyes, which were really more cat-like than human like, adjusted to the darkness so I could see. I felt bad about leaving him, but after hearing the story about his horrid photographer, I had no right to sleep next to him without permission.

I smiled, carefully exiting. I headed back to my room, taking a quick shower, going to bed and falling asleep right after.

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"Storms I know you're brilliant but sometimes you're dumber than a giraffe on crack." Aizawa insulted me. I stuck my tongue out in retaliation.

"Storms do you know that your tongue is bright green?" Dabi raised an eyebrow curiously.

"Huh? Oh! HA!" I banged my fist on the table, laughing.

"What'd you do?" Kayama asked.

"I woke up at three this morning and found a stash of green Jolly Ranchers so I ate them." I said.

"YOU ATE MY JOLLY RANCHERS?!" Yamada slid into the room. I smirked.

"NO YOU DIDN'T!" He ran over to the cabinet where he had hid them. He screeched, forcing everyone to cover their ears.

"HOW DARE YOU?!"

"Your name wasn't on them! I find, I like, I take!" I crossed my arms.

"STORMS YOU BASTARD!" He insulted.

"I probably am a bastard!" I laughed.

"YOU OWE ME!" Yamada shouted.

"You should've written your name on the bag!" I defended my point.

"Why're you all yelling?" Toshinori walked in, covering his mouth as he yawned.

"THAT BASTARD ATE MY JOLLY RANCHERS!"

"YOU DIDN'T WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE BAG, DIPSHIT!" I cursed.

"Storms, Hizashi, stop insulting each other! It's gonna make me deaf! You two are so loud! Hizashi if you're that upset I'll buy you some more!" Aizawa growled. His friend calmed down.

"Fine." We said in sync.

"Is someone hurt?" Keigo stumbled into the room, rubbing his eyes. His voice sounded scratchy.

"No, no one's hurt." I stood up, greeting him. He smiled back, still quite tired.

"You need that tea I made you a while back. Go sit down." I instructed, going over to the counter to make it. It only took a couple of minutes, thankfully. I handed the glass over to my boyfriend, who quickly drank the entire thing.

"Thank you." He said.

"Sure thing!" I smiled. It was at that moment I noticed Kayama's eyes gleaming with mischievousness.

I narrowed my eyes, shooting a beam of ice. She yelped, falling backwards onto the ground.

"Storms! Stop doing that! You're gonna break her spine one of these days!" Aizawa snapped.

"Wait she's done it before?" Dabi asked. I nodded.

"Seventeen times to be exact." I snickered.

"Nemuri, you good?" Aizawa leaned over.

"Yup. But I think I'm gonna stay on the floor for a while." Kayama gave us a thumbs up.

We continued chatting for a while until we decided to head outside. Keigo and I were the first ones ready.

"Winter?" He called my name.

"What's up?"

"I wanted to ask you what you thought about PDA." He said.

"PDA?" I frowned.

"Public display of affection."

"Oh! Sorry, I'm not too familiar with acronyms!" I rubbed the back of my neck, embarrassed.

"I'm not ashamed in the slightest to call you my boyfriend, so if you want to be open about our relationship, that's fine by me," I decided. "But I've got to warn you I'll probably be shy at first. I'm not used to it."

Keigo smiled, wrapping his arms around me in a hug. I laughed a little, hugging him back.

"Come on, let's go sit down. I don't want to stand in the doorway and block everyone." I said. He pulled away, walking by my side over to the chairs we had set up. Immediately, he moved his chair right next to mine, leaning onto me.

I smiled, taking his hand in mine.

"I'm not going anywhere, my love." I said.

"I know. I just... it feels like if I let you go, you will." He admitted.

I picked him up, letting him lay on top of me. He blushed badly, probably since we were both in our bathing suits. "If you're so worried, this should help." I said. My boyfriend smiled, relaxing. He rested his head in the crook of my neck. I closed my eyes, smiling.

And here I was thinking I'd never get the chance to hold someone like this...

I thought. I zoned out, listening to the students splashing in the water, laughing and chatting. My friends eventually made their way outside, whispering about us. I ignored it, knowing that they weren't being mean, just trying not to bother us.

I picked up on the voice of Todoroki. He sounded so damn happy. I forced myself not to cry.

He's finally free of the memories that haunted him. God that makes me so happy. I was so worried that he'd never be able to smile like that again. Honestly... it reminds me of myself. Here I was thinking I'd never be able to trust anyone like this, but... that changed. On the same day that Todoroki broke free of those memories.

I don't think this day could get any better.

"So you two are dating?" Dabi asked. I looked at him. He seemed a little sad.

"We are." I wasn't sure what else to say.

"Congratulations." He smiled. I felt terrible. He was being sincere, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

"Thank you."

He turned to go swimming.

"Hey Dabi?" I called.

"Hm?"

"You know that you'll find someone too, right?"

"Yeah. I know I will."