日食 eclipse. || tsukihina

六

Tsukishima's POV

Hinata fell asleep halfway through the movie. He looked so peaceful in my arms. I couldn't help but lay my head against his, and I soon fell asleep as well.

I woke up sometime around two, and Hinata was no longer in my arms. I frowned and went upstairs to look for him. As I was walking past the window I saw snow falling and smiled. I went to find the biggest blanket in the house I could and made my way to the back patio, and sure enough, there he was. He was sitting with he knees pulled into his chest, still holding the dino I let him have. I was smiling at him until I noticed him shivering. He hadn't put on a jacket or anything. He was sitting out there in a T-shirt and boxers. I sighed and went to sit next to him. I wrapped the blanket around us and laid my head on his knee. I felt his hand begin to play in my hair, and I closed my eyes at the wonderful feeling.

"I thought you might be out here. Couldn't wait for the snow huh?" I laughed quietly.

"Y-yeah. That's it." He sniffled, and I knew he was crying.

"Hey.. what's wrong?" I asked gently.

It was silent except for the small sigh he let out. We sat there for a bit, him playing with my hair until he spoke up.

"My dad left when I was eleven, but before he left, he uh.. um..," he paused for a moment before continuing, "H-he would hit m-me. A lot. He'd hurt me bad. Physically.. and m-mentally too. One day in the winter he'd b-beaten me so b-bad I blacked out."

He began to sob, and I grabbed one of his hands to rub circles. He calmed down just slightly, enough to continue speaking.

"When I woke up.. it was snowing. Natsu wanted me to p-play with her so badly, but I could b-barely move, I was in so m-much pain."

I didn't say a word. There was nothing I could said. I could only listen. I couldn't say I understood. That was a lie, and he didn't need to hear lies in that moment.

"He always told me I'd never be good enough for anything and that I was a m-mistake and d-disgusting, and that lead to... you know," he showed his arms, and I knew he meant the cuts.

"All because of what I said to him. Those two words..." he stopped crying but was still sniffling a bit.

"What did you tell him?" I asked in a hushed voice.

He sighed, hesitant to tell me. I waited patiently. If he wanted to tell me he would have.

"I told him that I'm gay. I shouldn't ever have said a word... I love the snow you know, but it's tied to bad things for me. I always come running to see it's first fall though. Always." He finished.

After a few minutes of silence, I lifted his hand to my face and pressed my lips to it. I kissed every single scar, cut and bruise on his arm, from his wrist, all the way up to his shoulder. Lightly and slowly.

"Tsuki?"

"Shh."

I left a soft kiss on his cheek. I pressed my forehead to his and stared into his hurt filled eyes.

"Uh.. T-Tsuki?"

"Shh. Be quiet, and let me make a new tie to snow for you," I looked down at his lips.

Softly and slowly, I kissed him. He kissed back, his small hand cupping my cheek. I pulled back for air, my forehead still against his and his hand still resting on my face.