41 Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

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In my shoes, a walking sleep

And my youth, I pray to keep

Heaven sent hell away

No one sings like you anymore



It was maybe 5 minutes later. We were sitting outside on a park bench, while I was properly putting on my shoes. We had booked it out of the apartment, me still being somewhat in shock from what I had just witnessed. I had imagined Shouta's home life to be bad after he had told me about it, but I would have never imagined anything like that. I had grown up really sheltered, so all this... I just couldn't really comprehend it. It made no sense to me whatsoever.

I was still breathing heavily when I had finished tying my shoes. I sat up and looked at Shouta who had his face buried in his hands. His arm was still bleeding, it looked like he had slaughtered a chicken or something. There was some glass stuck in his arm. Was that what the shattering noise was? A glass bottle? My God... he didn't even flinch, and even now he just... took the pain.

"Shou... your arm..." I said quietly, reaching out for it, but he quickly pulled away from me. It broke my heart.

"Shouta, please let me help you..." I begged him. He looked up at me and I could see he had been crying.

"I'm so sorry, (F/N). You never should have seen any of this. I never wanted you to see any of this..." he muttered under his breath. I shook my head and moved closer to him. I was barely able to process what had just happened, it seemed that out of place to me, but I didn't want to see Shouta suffer like that.

"Ssh, ssh, it's fine, Shou, it's fine, don't worry about it. Here, give me your arm, let me have a look at it." I said, holding out my hands, so I could check on his arm. He looked at me tentatively and finally held out his arm to me, looking away from me, as if he didn't want to face me.

"You know, if you're going to break up with me over this, I'd rather you do it now." he said, as I looked at the cuts on his arm.

"I'm not going to break up with you over this. God, Shouta, you have pieces of glass stuck in your arm... This might hurt a bit... actually, we should probably go to my place, so I can clean this properly." I replied, as I examined the cuts. There were some tiny pieces stuck in his skin and I was almost afraid to touch them. They looked really, really painful to remove and I was afraid of pushing them in further.

"Not with your parents there." he replied. I sighed.

"Fine, then let me just..." I muttered and got some tissues out of my backpack. This might work until we got into my room and then I could still clean the wounds properly. I'd just use an illusion on my parents and hope they wouldn't notice. I'd be able to hide Shouta no problem.

"Here. This might hurt a little..." I said, as I carefully pulled out one of the bigger shards. I pressed the tissue down on the wound, while Shouta basically hissed trying to resist the urge to pull his arm back.

"Why... ugh-why are you doing this for me?" he asked, as I continued with some other glass pieces.

"Shouta, you're my boyfriend. I care about you. Why wouldn't I do this for you?" I answered, trying not to flinch myself from pulling out the glass. It looked weird and it made a terrible noise. It was quiet enough, so you wouldn't really hear it, but I had to get close for the smaller pieces.

"(F/N)... you've seen what my family is like... why would you still want to be with me?" he insisted.

I looked up at him. There were still tears running down his face and he was avoiding my eyes. He looked so ashamed, so embarrassed and humiliated, it was breaking my heart all over again.

"Shou..." I whispered, putting his arm down on my lap as I moved closer to him. My hands were bloody and gross, but I couldn't watch this any longer. I put my hand on his cheek and wiped away his tears with my thumb. I couldn't even begin to imagine what he had gone through.

"Shou, you don't choose your family. Yeah, your dad's a piece of shit and your mum didn't seem like she was a charmer either, but that has nothing to do with me liking you. We're still in this together, remember?" I said and made him look into my eyes. He looked so hurt, I couldn't stand it anymore.

I pulled him into a close hug, wrapping my arms tightly around him, not even caring that I was probably getting blood all over me. Maybe it was because most of the shock had settled by now and I was somewhat aware of what had just happened. Maybe I needed this more than he did.

"You mean it? You really mean it? Because if you don't mean it, don't say it." he replied, weakly pulling me a little closer.

"Of course I mean it, Shou. I mean every word of it. I'm not going to leave you alone with all this." I replied.

"T-thank you... I-I don't know... h-how I deserve you..." he sobbed into my shoulder. I buried my head in the nape of his neck and drew circles on his back. I wanted to hold him like this forever.

"It's fine, Shou. It's alright. Come on, let me finish taking care of your arm and then we should head to my place. You can climb in through the window and I can use my Quirk, so my parents won't notice anything. We need to clean these cuts, they look really bad. And you can't stay there. I won't let you." I muttered against his neck. If I could help it he'd never go back there.

"Are you sure? I-I don't want y-you to get into t-trouble..." he replied. I let go of him and kissed his forehead.

"Don't worry. It'll be fine. No one's getting into trouble. I just... don't want you to go back there." I admitted. Shouta gave me a small smile and then pulled me towards him, pressing his lips on mine.

There was something about this kiss that made it feel different, like there was just much more behind it than before. There was a certain desperation to it and it felt like something was just inexplicably binding us together. Maybe it was because I felt like Shouta had just trusted me with something he never trusted anyone else before me with. But this kiss felt important.

We separated and just looked into each other's eyes for what felt like an eternity. Shouta was running his hand through my hair slowly and carefully, as if he was trying to make sure I was real.

"Thank you... Thank you for... being there for me, (F/N)." he said and then carefully held his arm out to me again, so I could finish taking care of it. The bleeding had mostly stopped and there were only some small shards left.

"Always, Shou."

"And... please don't tell anyone about this, okay? I don't... I don't want anyone to know..." he muttered. I gave him a questioning look. Was he... not going to tell the police? Or any authorities?

"Shou, you need to tell someone... the police or child protective services... they can help you, I'm sure they can..." I replied. He just shook his head quickly, as if he had already made up his mind.

"No, please. Don't. It's not as easy as that... Just... trust me on this, okay? Telling anyone would just... make things more complicated." he said. I gave him a long look and finally nodded.

I just hoped he knew what he was doing. He would probably know better about his situation... and it wasn't up to me to tell anyone if he didn't want it, right? He could stay with me whenever he needed to. And he could stay with Oboro, too. And I was sure Hizashi wouldn't say no either.

"Alright then... Shou? There was something else I wanted to tell you..." I said, blushing a little.

"What is it?" he asked, looking at me anxiously.

"I... I love you, Shou." I replied, only glancing up a little to see his reaction. He smiled warmly and pulled me in for a kiss.

"I love you, too. I've been wondering when you were gonna say it."

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