2𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙕𝙊𝘿𝙊𝙉𝙀ˢᵉʳᵒ

𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥ˢⁱˣᵗʸ-ˢⁱˣ

Hanta felt like a scolded child leaving school with his disappointed parent after doing something bad. Except, Korei wasn't his mother and he had done something far worse than bad. He hated that she didn't say anything to him. She just looked at him and forced a smile, holding onto his hand and squeezing it every now and then. He tried to speak but she just shook her head and bit her cheek, that is, until they got home. "Korei, please talk to me?" He whispered the second they entered the apartment. Their shoes were kicked off and Korei's satchel was dropped by the door.

"It was just a kiss, right?" Korei's voice broke, her throat not used to speaking after the thirty-minute walk back to their apartment. She didn't bother asking Hanta to use his quirk, taking the time to mull over her thoughts. "I-i mean, if-if she gave you a blow job or-or if you went down on her, I'd still be mad but like I'd-I'd kinda understand. I haven't exactly been tending to your needs so-so I'd understand. It's just, " she was crying again. "If you had sex with her, " The brokenness in her voice made Hanta take three steps away from her. His back touched the wall right beside the door, his heart aching in his chest. How could he do that to her? "I-if you had sex with that girl, that'd hurt me the most. I-i've never even seen her before so I know it wasn't someone that you knew and-and I'm hoping it wasn't a long-term thing because you told me you loved me ju-just last Friday and I hope you didn't lie to me."

"I do love you, Korei. I still love you, it was a mistake and I-" he stuttered, his hands reaching out towards her as he hesitantly stepped closer. Korei's vision blurred, her body flinching away from Hanta even though he hadn't even gotten close enough to touch her. "I'm sorry."

"W-wh..." Her voice faltered and she tried clearing her throat. Hanta stopped when he was just a few steps away, close enough to reach out and touch her even though he felt like she wasn't even there. "Why?" She bit her quivering bottom lip, feeling her nose start to burn as she continued to fight the oncoming tsunami of tears. "W-was I not good enough? Did I not give you the-the satisfaction that you ne-" she took a deep breath, her lungs on fire. It was at that moment she remembered she had asthma. "F-fuck, " she let out a shaky breath, furiously wiping at her face as the tears started pouring. "Fu-uck, fuck fuck, fuck!" She stomped her foot on the ground, Hanta's brain connecting the familiar dots as he took note of her symptoms. He grabbed her bag, the one she had placed beside the door when she came inside. "N-no! I-i can get it myself, Hanta! P-please don't a-act nice!" She cried out, not even looking at him. He ignored her words, grabbing the inhaler that she had refilled just last week. "W-w-we-" he cut her off as he held the inhaler in front of her. She reached out for it but he refused to let her take it, wanting to do it for her. "I can do it myself!"

"I don't care!" Hanta shouted back, a headache forming. "I-i, " he mumbled out, looking down at her face. Tears poured from her golden-brown eyes, the very eyes that he felt guilty for looking into. "L-let me do this for you, please, baby?" She didn't answer, her breathing heavy enough to the point where she couldn't. He placed the inhaler against her lips, letting her wrap them around the end before he pressed it down.

Korei watched him, her heart aching as she continued to take in his features. When did it happen? Is that why he stopped kissing her good night? God, why hadn't she noticed? What was it about the other girl that made him want her so bad? Why couldn't she find herself to ask the important questions? Why were there so many questions?

They didn't speak as he pulled the inhaler away. Korei wanted him to kiss her and tell her he was joking but she knew that wouldn't happen. This was a nightmare she couldn't wake up from. "Was she better than me?"

"No. God no." he shook his head, letting his puffy black eyes find hers. "I swear, babe."

"Did you cum in her?" Korei sneered, disgust in her voice as she thought about it. Hanta's eyes widened and he shook his head furiously, once again swearing that he didn't. She ran her hands through her hair, staring up at him as the pain continued to dominate her. "Why'd you do it so fast? Wh-where did you do it? Did you think about me before you did it? A-after? Were you scared of getting caught? What was going through your head?"

"T-that's so many questions, " he mumbled, fiddling with the hem of his shirt. Korei scoffed, her voice broke during it and it further broke Hanta's heart. "I-i was frustrated and-and horny. Y-you weren't...in the mood because you were writing y-your paper and uh...I went out to meet up with Denki and the others, " A deep frown dug into her lips, a choked noise interrupting his words as she realized exactly when he had cheated. "I-i was...upset, I guess? You came home late because you met up with Shinsou, " he said his name like it was poison in his mouth. "So I started drinking. I was only two drinks in when that girl...noticed me. She knew who I was and she liked me! I-i've never been the guy that girls like, Korei!"

"I liked you!" She blubbered out, reaching up to wipe her tears away. Hanta froze, realizing how stupid he sounded. "I liked you so much! I-i always thought that I was hurting you b-but you-!" She shook her head, not understanding why. Why did any of it happen? Why did they ever even get together if this was going to happen in the end? "I just don't get it, Ha-hanta, " She cringed when she said his name, her heart hurting even more. "Yo-you promised me that we'd talk about this if we ever argued again. W-why didn't you tell me how you felt?"

"I didn't know that I was feeling it, " he confessed, shaking his head. "I know it sounds stupid but it's true. We hadn't touched each other for weeks, we still haven't done anything, and then you started talking to Shinsou and asking him about your fucking paper. I mean, I'm not the smartest guy around but I could have helped you with your paper better than Shinsou did! He was only trying to get in your pants and you know it!"

"Yeah well, at least I didn't let him into them!" Korei shouted, her voice significantly louder than his. Hanta flinched, not used to hearing her yell at him. Sure, she raised her voice when they argued but it was never like this. "I didn't go out drinking the night before my fiance's big interview and then get upset with her when she refused to come with me. Nor did I meet some random woman at the bar I was at and then go home with her. Fuck, I didn't sleep with that girl on the same night I met her even though it took me a full year to have sex with my fiance because I wanted to make sure she was the person I wanted to marry!" Hanta tried to interrupt and clarify that he wasn't doing that, he was just trying to make it special for both of them. "Han-ha-Sero!" She physically couldn't say his name without breaking her own heart even more. "Was it special? Was what you and that girl had, special?"

"No! No! It wasn't special, Korei! It meant nothing to me!"

"Then why did you throw me away for her? If she meant nothing to you, then I must have meant even less because you damn sure wanted her more that night." Hanta couldn't speak, his mouth opening and closing. What could he say? She obviously didn't believe him. Korei aggressively wiped her tears away, crying even harder because he wasn't saying anything. "I-i'm gonna get some clo-clothes an-and I'm gonna go stay with my Gran for the week."

"Korei, please, don't leave me."

"That's the thing, Sero. You left first."