Connection (Kirishima Eijiro X Reader) ON HIATUS

Chapter Four: I'm Sorry

Word Count: 4031

When my blazer tightens around my body, I immediately get shivers down my spine.

Kirishima's words replay in my head, just him saying he was sorry and that he has the Wound Connection as well. I don't know if I should turn around because by the sound of his movements, he's now directly behind me.

I was on the door step, Kirishima down one as he held onto my clothing. I slid my keys back into my pocket, trying to calm myself down. My heart was racing a million miles per second and my throat went so dry. As much as I want to talk back to him, I can't bring myself to utter a word.

Instead, I drop my head and clench my jaw.

"I'm sorry." He repeats, his voice sounding more strained this time, "I'm so sorry for everything that I.... Everything I did."

My chest raises as I hold in some air. Kirishima's hand moves a bit so my blazer was a little looser around my skin.

"When Mina introduced you to the group during the quirk assessment, I immediately saw the scar on your eye and..." He lets out a long sigh, as if he was keeping this to himself for the last six hours, "I felt so bad for that. I was a little kid and cut my eye so—"

He sucks in his breath, soon panting after. He was speaking so fast that he couldn't take some air in. I wanted to tell him to stop for a moment, just to calm himself. But he starts talking again before I get the chance.

"Especially during Middle School, you must've felt so tired all the time." Kirishima says, letting out a spur chuckle at the end that made me wince at, "I would always try to help people getting bullied but I wasn't strong enough."

I swallow a bit, shoulders lifting and dropping as I breath.

Kirishima's forehead then leans against the back of my neck. I gasp a little at the action. Nobody's been this close to me, except for my family. His spiky hair tickles my skin.

I hear him sigh sadly, "I caused you so much pain throughout the years and I hate that. No matter what I can say to you, it doesn't help that you still have that stupid scar on your eye."

I clench my fists at my sides before relaxing again. The way he's speaking and acting is the most emotional he's shown to me. Well... it's only been a day, though.

Our friendship has been moving so quickly in the last few hours.

"I couldn't look you in the eyes. I couldn't face you." Kirishima states.

It's then that I realise his attitude throughout the day. How he would always face the right, away from me and never toward me.

My scar was on my right eye, and if he is my... soulmate, then the scar should be on his right eye too. He acted normally to the others, like Sero and Mina.

I just thought because he was friendly with them. I guess he was just anxious about telling me.

It's then that I can tell he's shaking. I don't think he's crying just yet, but he's definitely shaking. I have no idea what to do.

"Just hit me. Please." He begs me.

"Why?" I finally ask, still facing the door.

He sucks in his breath again before trying to breath out slowly. "Because of what I did. I know it was painful, I can't imagine how it was for you to just have bruises appear on your shoulders and arms." He mumbles, voice low, "And the cut must've hurt so much for a five-year-old."

I clear my throat, swallowing briefly before lifting my head and staring at the door again, "It didn't hurt that much."

"That's a lie, Y/N." Kirishima reminds me, clenching my fabric like a reflex, "I know how the Connection works. Whatever one soulmate thinks is pain will hurt the other too."