𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐢 || 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕤

十

十 ; confession

// please take note, Shoto and Airi's relationship were just purely friends at the starting of this one shot! enjoy ;)

It was this uneasy feeling that kept me awake at night, my eyelids unable to close even though I could feel the fatigued state I was in. My heavy eyelids screamed within, yelling at my stubborn self to sleep and get some rest, yet my heart said otherwise. It was as if my mind was telling me to care about my problems, and ignore the tiredness that throbbed throughout my whole body.

Oh God, what was happening?

I gave up.

I decided to sit up, pulling away the soft covers away from my body. The air conditioner's cold wind greeted my warm skin, making me slightly shiver under the sudden change in temperature. Sleep was almost useless at this point, because I knew even though how much I forced myself to close my eyes and at least doze off for a little while, these uneasy thoughts would linger in my mind, disrupting my sleep.

I glanced back, studying his calm features, which for some unknown reason, also calmed me down too. Shoto's eyelids were closed, his mouth slightly opened with soft snores accompanying the sounds of the air conditioner in my room. I had asked him to sleep with me since I had always complained about the nightmares I experienced every night since the day I met Stain, but unfortunately, even with his presence by my side, It couldn't help to cure the trauma that was held beneath the depths of my heart. It came to the point the villain actually haunted me in my dreams, explaining the sleepless nights I had experienced since then.

Turning away from his face, I tip toed towards the balcony of the room. Maybe, just maybe, if I counted the stars in the sky tonight, I'd end up falling asleep. I was desperate, I was eager for sleep. I keep dozing off in classes, and I noticed the sudden change in my energy in controlling my quirk during the hero trainings. I needed to catch up.

Leaning my arms onto the pillars of the balcony, I took a deep breath. I looked upwards, from left to right, searching for the stars. Luckily, this time there were plenty of them, twinkling, painting the midnight sky. A small smile curved onto my lips.

How beautiful.

"Airi?"

I heard his voice calling for me.

I turned back, only to be greeted by his distorted state, his hair all over the place, his burn scar was much more visible since his hair was mostly thrown to his right side, and his heavy eye bags highlighted both of his eyes were evident in my sight.

He came closer, and finally held both of my shoulders gently. "Why aren't you asleep?"

I shook my head lightly. "I can't sleep."

Shoto's face was painted with concern as soon as that phrase escaped my lips. "Why not? Is there something bothering you?"

I blinked. For a second, I stared at how the moon admired his features, how the bright moonlight made his eyes sparkle with adoration, how the details of each and every one of his features were so much more evident with the help of the radiation of the natural light from the moon.

He was ethereal.

Realising that he had actually asked me a question about my worries, I quickly tried to ignore his concern for me. I swiftly turned away, leaning my arms onto the balcony once again. I was facing back from Shoto.

"It's nothing.", I bluntly responded.

This time, a pang of pain shot through my heart. Why is it that this time, the same exact phrase I had been using felt so heavy to roll down my lips?