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I will love you (until the end of time)

“For the next twenty four hours, will you pretend that we’re still in love? That we’re still in a relationship and that it never ended?”

You ask for a moment more, and Bakugou Katsuki gives you a world more.

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pairing: bakugou katsuki x fem!reader

warnings: they are pro heroes in this, reader is bad at feelings NOT bakugou, hurt/comfort, angst, fluff, post break up fic, break up make up fic, smut, domestic!bakugou, missing tag

word count: 10,327

a/n: this stemmed out of my own commitment insecurities and my upmost appreciation for the character growth of bakugou katsuki who may not be my favorite character but holds the title for my favorite canon growth. here’s to him continuing to be feral but be a kinder man.

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It’s a bright and sunny day.

There’s no one on the street, nothing to hear except the rumble of cars blocks away, nothing but the sweet chittering and chirping of spring birds calling and dancing for their love.

You inhale sharply, trying to calm your nerves, your wits — trying so desperately to reign in your million emotions while hiding what was so desperate to crack through the surface.

“Please, answer the door…” you whisper to yourself as your knuckles rap, tap, tap, tap, against the clean white door. Your fingers twist by your hips, turning and pulling as the seconds pass by like centuries.

One. 

Two. 

Three—

“Coming.”

His voice calls from behind the door, and you feel your spine straighten immediately, your stomach melting and bursting with butterflies you had long forgotten could exist. 

Your breathing picks up. It’s sharp, short, oxygen failing to fill your lungs as you stare at the opening door.

The first thing you see is tired, confused red eyes.

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Marry My Husband

Thank you for a beautiful Series, it's been fun

[2:46 am]

osamu was six years old when he met you.

he had been making his way over to atsumu when he had bumped into you, knocking you to the ground and freezing when his eyes met yours. he had expected you to burst into tears, and he was surprised when you had stood up and shoved him to the ground as well. 

he had looked up at you curiously before standing and walking up to you, introducing himself and sharing his gummy worms with you.

after that, the two of you had become inseparable. 

osamu was thirteen when he began to cook for you. 

he had always been a quiet individual, choosing to spend his time cooking and perfecting his recipes instead of interacting with others. being social was more atsumu’s thing, and although he could be quite the social butterfly when he wanted to, osamu preferred to stay in his own quiet corner with you. 

he quickly got into the habit of bringing you a bento box everyday, his own special way of showing you how much he cared about you. he would smile softly whenever he would join you and atsumu at your usual lunch table, handing you the food and watching as you received it enthusiastically, gushing over how good the food was as atsumu teased him for always bringing you food yet always neglecting to bring one for his twin.

seeing atsumu’s pout would always make you laugh and the two of you would share the food, unaware of the way that osamu would look at you fondly. he was just happy that you seemed to enjoy the food that he made with love and care specially for you.

osamu was fifteen when he realized he felt something deeper than friendship for you.

it was when the two of you first got to inarizaki and he and atsumu introduced you to suna rintarou. he was a quiet boy and you did everything you could to make him feel comfortable, eventually managing to bring him out of his shell. the way you’d smile at osamu when you looked at him to help you continue the conversation would make his heart skip a beat. 

that, combined with the way you would whisper in his ear whenever you brought up an inside joke or the way your eyes would sparkle whenever he said one of his deadpan jokes, made him think that one day his heart would give out because of how much it stuttered around you. 

osamu was seventeen when he realized he was in love with you. 

it was after they won the match that secured their spot at nationals that he finally realized just how deep his feelings for you ran. he couldn’t take his eyes off of you as you ran onto the court to congratulate the team, watching you with wonder-filled eyes as atsumu scooped you up in his arms and twirled you around. 

you were laughing loudly, your head tossed back as you wrapped your arms around the sweaty setter. your smile widened when atsumu put you down. your eyes glancing around until they landed on the grey-haired twin and in that moment, he swore you were the most beautiful thing he had ever laid eyes on.

“congratulations, ‘samu,” you whispered, coming to a stop in front of him. he wasted no time in wrapping his arms around you, a rare grin appearing on his face as he held you in his arms. “you better win nationals!”

“for you, i will,” osamu promised, tightening his hold on you just a little bit more.

 osamu was nineteen when he experienced his first heartache. 

“yeah, i think he’s cute,” you commented off-handedly, responding to suna who had asked if you would ever date atsumu. you were picking at your food, too engrossed in your phone to realize what you had just said. 

“so you think osamu is cute too?” suna asked innocently, sending a sly glance to the grey-haired twin. 

“well, yeah,” you snorted, laughing lightly. “they’re twins. if i think that atsumu is cute, then i think that osamu is cute by default.”

the conversation had carried on from there, the topic switching from your love life to suna’s next game. all osamu could think of, however, was how you had basically admitted that you wouldn’t mind dating atsumu. but you had also admitted that he was cute and he spent a lot more time with you than atsumu did, especially now that atsumu had his volleyball career to focus on. 

even if you could see yourself with atsumu, osamu knew that there was something about the way you smiled at him, the way you looked at him, that was special only for him. he still had a chance with you, and he was going to do whatever it took to win your heart in the same way you had won his. 

osamu was twenty-two when he finally found out what heartbreak felt like. 

it was his weekly lunch meeting with you, and there was something about the way you were smiling at your phone that made him realize that there was something you weren’t telling him. 

“what’s on your mind?” he asked, setting down a plate in front of you. it was your favorite dish of his, one that he had been making for you since the two of you were teenagers. 

“it’s nothing,” you replied hastily taking a bite out of the food and avoiding his gaze. he rolled his eyes and slid into the seat across from you, a faint smirk on his face as he stare you down. 

“we’ve never kept secrets from one another,” he teased, stealing a bite of your food. you swatted at him playfully, sitting up straight before lacing your hands together and leaning forwards eagerly. 

“alright, no need to get grumpy,” you replied in an equally teasing tone. “if you must know, i have good news”

“and what is this good news?” osamu hummed, leaning forwards like you did in mock interest. his eyes were wide and his eyebrows were raised and you let out a small giggle at his exaggerated expression. 

“atsumu finally asked me out,” you whispered, your voice filled with excitement. osamu felt his breath leave his lungs at your words and he swore he could feel his heart physically hurting.

he couldn’t help but run through all his memories of the two of you in his mind, remembering the way the two of you would always share your meals and the way that he had always been the first one you had congratulated after a game. he couldn’t help but think about how atsumu always seemed to glow in your presence, and how happy he looked whenever he hugged you and swung you around. 

“oh? finally,” osamu replied, forcing a smile onto his face. “it’s about damn time.”

it took all of osamu’s willpower to keep his smile on his face, pretending to listen to you as you enthusiastically told him all about how atsumu had asked you out. all osamu could think about was the fact that he had waited so long to tell you how he felt, and now he was paying the price for it. 

“…and he had tears in his eyes and he looked so nervous after confessing that i decided it was finally time to tell him i feel the same,” you finished, chuckling lightly. “he was so excited that he took me out on a date right then and there. he had to cut it short because he knew we had our weekly lunch date, but he said that i shouldn’t make any dinner plans for today.”

“you should have told me,” osamu spit out, trying to keep his composure. “we could’ve scheduled lunch for some other time.”

“don’t be silly, ‘samu,” you laughed, reaching out to grab his hand. “you’re still the most important miya in my life.”

osamu sat there with you for the rest of the afternoon, giving you a tight smile and an even tighter hug when you left for your dinner date with his brother. he sighed as he watched the two of you walk away, his heart feeling ten times heavier than it did at the beginning of the day.

heartbreak sucked, he knew that now. but if his heartbreak meant your happiness, than osamu knew that he would relive it over and over again. now matter how much it hurt. 

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heartmaddie's christmas event; ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ stars align

hello my loves !! welcome to my first ever event ₊˚⊹ ᥫ᭡.

this is a small tribute to all the love & support i've received over the last few months that i've been writing on tumblr. i'm overjoyed that each and every one of you have enjoyed my writing, and i'm eternally grateful for every reader, i love you all so much.

unwrap here, my heart °ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

ᯓᡣ𐭩.ᐟ CHAPTER ONE - yoichi isagi.

[DEC 11TH 𝜗𝜚 SANTA BABY] there's only one thing on isagi yoichi's christmas wish list this year; and it's her! for the past year he's been all flustered & red around her, so when she invited him to go gift shopping with her, yoichi knew he had just managed to make the 'nice' list.

ᯓᡣ𐭩.ᐟ CHAPTER TWO - keiji akaashi.

[DEC 16TH 𝜗𝜚 WINTER WONDERLAND] keiji doesn't think he's seen her in years, he's overjoyed when they bump into each other at the metro station. walking down the ornate streets together, reminiscing about their high school romance, keiji's heart beats just a bit faster when those feelings spur once again.

ᯓᡣ𐭩.ᐟ CHAPTER THREE - sae itoshi.

[DEC 21ST 𝜗𝜚 BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE] sae's the biggest grinch she knows, absolutely apathetic towards the holiday season, much unlike herself. so imagine her astonishment when he's almost begging for her to take him to the nearby festival. 'maybe christmas miracles are real' is what she'll decide for herself.

ᯓᡣ𐭩.ᐟ CHAPTER FOUR - osamu miya.

[DEC 25TH 𝜗𝜚 LET IT SNOW] it never snows in tokyo during december, so the miya parents are awoken to quite a commotion early in the morning. between jumping children practically assaulting their mattress, osamu can't help but fall more in love with the woman they call their mother.

ᯓᡣ𐭩.ᐟ CHAPTER FIVE - tobio kageyama.

[DEC 31TH 𝜗𝜚 LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM] tobio likes christmas, but he prefers the days afterwards when it's just them together. warm mornings cuddled on their couch, sipping on leftover hot chocolate bombs & munching on sweet gingerbread cookies might just be his favourite part of the year.

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Flowers for You | Gojo Satoru x Reader

Summary: You hold in your feelings for him and something else begins to grow.

Content: gn!reaader, Hanahaki Disease (reader has the flowers), descriptions of blood/gore/vomit (i am at my heart, a horror writer, so), pining, angst

a/n: i love hanahaki fics so i really wanted to try one with my beloved gojo!

Gojo Satoru is your friend. You’ve always had an ability to see what he’s thinking before he says it, or before he even realizes it. You’re someone who can tell when he’s at his limit when he needs help even if he pushes it away. You’re special to him, and he’s very special to you.

And you definitely love him. You love him so much, you always want to see him and his smile and feel his energized nature around you. When he’s next to you, you’re so happy and full of butterflies and joy it’s almost sickening. He understands you, and you understand him. You simply love him.

But you know it couldn’t be anything. He can’t let himself close to someone like that again, and while you feel so close to him you know that’s too far away from you. He’s Gojo Satoru, and you are just you. You told yourself it’d be okay, you were happy to have him as a friend. And you are, you still love all the time you spend together. Every smile, joke, and the fond memories you keep dear to you.

But that ache just won’t go away. When you glance at him and see his sharp features and serious face as he’s thinking, or when he laughs with his students, or when he gives your shoulder a reassuring squeeze. It builds inside your chest and before you know it, every day around him starts to hurt.

And as it turns out, that ache inside your chest wasn’t so metaphorical.

It starts with a cough that won’t go away. Worried you were sick, although you noted it just felt like something was stuck in your chest. Gojo chided you that you need to take better care of yourself, and you retorted that so does he!

When you start coughing more heavily and something falls out your mouth, though. Your eyes widen, holding bloodied clumps of flower petals in your hand as you stand over your sink.

Your mind races. This is a curse, it has to be right? It had to be. You try to think back to any encounters that could cause this but nothing is there. You don’t feel anything on or around you besides your own energy, there’s nothing to exorcise. You don’t understand.

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Shoko’s the best person to go to, of course. You don’t need to worry anyone else, so you tell everyone it’s just a nasty cough– how funny it is to fight against curses yet be taken down by a little cold? It gets you a few laughs and you try to hold back the coughs of blood and petals.

It didn’t take long for her to figure it out, the moment you sat down and explained your symptoms. She examines you with a bored expression for all but a minute, or barely that, and pulls back. She takes a drag of her cigarette as you wait, anxious.

“I know what this is,” Shoko says, after exhaling a plume of smoke. She tilts her head and studies you with tired eyes. “You cursed yourself.”

“I did? How…?”

“I’ve heard about it. It’s not particularly common but it happens, you’re my first case.” She leans in and studies your face. “Shame, I can’t just open you up and see the sprout inside you.”

“The what?”

“Sprout. Growth. There are flowers growing inside your lungs right now. And it’s going to keep growing and growing.” Your eyes widen, but Shoko remains placid as she takes another drag of her cigarette. “It’s happening because you’re repressing your love for someone. Who is it?”

You sputter at her bluntness, holding your hands up in defense. “Whoa! What do you mean? H-how could I do that to myself? And–”

“It happens to sorcerers. Not really often, it’s recorded mostly in historical texts. You’ve cursed yourself to death because you can’t admit your feelings, huh?” Her lips quirk into a tiny smile as she observes you in your panicked state.

“To death? Why do you sound amused?”

“Because it’s love. Love’s a curse, isn’t it? Anyway, who is it? Just tell them, it should go away if you just confess.” She taps her cigarette and you see the ashes just fall to the floor. “Well, it should. If not, then I’ll remove it.”

You sigh and rub your forehead in frustration. You’re being teased, aren’t you? You wonder if Shoko knows who it is. You always think you’re so painfully obvious of your love for him. The love of him that’s currently killing you, apparently. “Why don’t you remove it now?”

Shoko presses her lips together into a line, humming. “It comes with complications.”

You let out a ragged sigh and can’t help but roll your eyes. “Of course it does, this curse shit is never simple.”

“I can remove it. But this flower is your love for someone, it’s just manifested into something physical inside of you. If I remove it, it’ll remove your love for them. Completely.” That catches your attention and you stiffen at her words. “And… you’ll never be able to love again. Ever. No one else. Forming bonds and such… it will be dead to you. Gone. Forever.”

Your mouth goes dry as you think about this, the reality of it hitting you like cold water. “I… see.” You wring your hands together and stare at the tile. You’re considering it. She had said this would kill you eventually anyway. It’s not like sorcerers live that long in the first place.

“You’re not seriously considering it, are you?” Shoko says, reading your mind. She looks completely done with you. “Just tell them.”

You look up at her and it must be on your face because she relents with a heavy sigh. “Think about it. If it gets any worse then come see me.” You see her frown as she looks at you. “I don’t want to see you dead, you know?”

You swallow thickly. “Yeah.” Glancing back down, you can’t help but find it so funny how your love seems to just cause so many problems.

“I know.”

Maybe it’s best to live without it.

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At least you’re good at covering it up. When you feel a fit come on, you excuse yourself. It’s just petals and some blood and you quickly clean it up. Gojo notices that your throat is sounding hoarse and buys you some throat medicine. When he presses it into your hand and smiles at you, tells you to be careful, you end up throwing up for twenty minutes later that night.

It goes from petals to chunks of flowers and roots. You pull a vine out that’s tangled with blood and gore, ripped from your throat.

It’s hard to eat, it’s hard to breathe. And every time you're graced with Gojo's dazzling smile or hear his cheerful voice or receive a silly text message full of emojis and hearts, it gets worse and worse. They all start to notice your deteriorating state but you try your best to reassure them that you’re fine. You shrug them off. Gojo doesn’t believe it, he knows something’s very wrong, he knows you’re lying, but he doesn’t pry. You always liked that about him. You want to avoid him but imagining if he’d be disappointed or hurt makes you want to die.

And you probably are going to die, because Gojo brings you a box of pastries and sweets and it takes all of your being to hold it all in. “I wanted to cheer you up.” He says. “Look at this one, it’s a little bunny!” He points it out to you but you can’t even focus on it, or anything but the deep ache in your chest that crawls into your throat. You watch as his hand falls to his side.

“What’s wrong?” He asks you, his voice serious and quiet as he stands in front of you. He’s so tall and you feel so impossibly small and pathetic in his presence and it hurts more than ever now.

“You’re really worrying me, you know?”

You don’t want to cry and your hands tremble as they hold the box. You suck in a breath and hope he doesn’t notice, but you’re sure he does.

“You can always rely on me.”

Full flowers come out later that night. That’s when you find out they are hydrangeas. Pink. And one is blue, and you know why.

“I’m the strongest.”

You know that. And it’s why you can’t. It’s why you’re sorry.

You take a deep breath, you smile at him. Your voice sounds so torn and ragged but you push through and put on the most convincing face for him. “Yeah, I know. Thank you, Gojo. I’m sorry to worry you.” His lips part just a bit and he looks like he wants to say something but you quickly cut in, and there’s some resignation in your voice. “I’ll go see Shoko.”

“I know she can help me out.”

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You made your decision. It’ll be okay, you say. It’ll be okay. It’s for him, anyway, isn’t it? You don’t want to burden him, you don’t want to curse him, you don’t want him to hurt anymore than he already does.

He’s already worried about you. And it’s your fault, it’s your love doing this. If you die, it’d surely hurt him. And it’d hurt Shoko, it’d hurt the students. So you can’t die yet. This was the best option.

If you never love again, too, you’d never hurt like this again. And the people around you won’t have to suffer for it. You send Shoko a message, telling her your decision. She responds with irritated resignation, and that’s good enough for you. You don’t need her to understand.

You want a feeling of peace to take you over, you want this decision to feel right and calm but his face. The moment you think of it, think of losing these feelings and think of how all you want to do is simply kiss him as hard as possible, you want to hold him and cup his cheek, you want to be feel his body against yours, you want— you barely make it to the sink before you’re doubling over, sobbing and hacking up blood, gore, flowers, and roots.

It hurts, it hurts not just in your lungs but your head and heart and it’s the most agonizing thing in the world. You’re almost screaming in pain and broken sobs, the sink, and counter covered in the mess that you can’t stop hacking up. Blood stains your hands and your clothes, your vision is blurry with tears. Your throat feels so raw but it keeps coming and Gojo’s face just won’t leave your mind. Your knees wobble and you’re about to collapse to your knees when you hear him behind you.

He’s calling your name and you’re greeted by the feeling of his strong hands on your shoulder, pulling you up and holding you steady.

No, no, no no– please–

“What– what is this? What’s going on?” He sounds scared and worried, and it’s not a tone you’re used to hearing. He’s not wearing his blindfold and you see those blue eyes flicker over to behind you, the mess of blood and gore that decorates it. His eyes widen and fear twists his features.

“Gojo,” you croak out, and he winces at how ragged and torn your sound. “- I’m okay–”

He bites into his lip and spins you around to look at your face. “No, you’re not.” He stares at your face, your lower face coated in blood and he sees the petals that hang off your lips. “You’re cursed.”

Your breathing quickens, and you feel so hot and dizzy being confronted like this. You don’t want this to happen. You want to run away but you could never outrun Gojo. Especially not when he’s holding you by the shoulders so tightly.

“Who did it? Why are you hiding it– I’ll destroy who did it, I swear-”

“Gojo-” You try again and you can’t make it, you can’t when his hand is on your cheek and he’s trying to rub the blood off. Your lip wobbles at the feeling of his hands so gentle on you. There’s so much emotion on his face, anger, fear, worry, and it tears at you.

You start to hack again, trying to push away from him so you don’t vomit all over him but he won’t let you go, he holds you tighter. He calls out your name, voice shaking, and he’s patting your back in an attempt to help you. He’s all that’s holding you up and you barely register that you’re clinging to his arm, hiding your face against his chest.

“Tell me. Right now. I’ll–”

“It’s me.” You manage to get out, heaving against him. “I did it. I cursed myself.” You pull yourself away from his chest, a shaky breath escaping you when you see blood on his jacket. Why would he let down his infinity for that?

Gojo’s hands are firm on you as he directs you to somewhere to sit down, and he kneels down in front of you. He searches your face, moonlit blue eyes staring you down and you want to escape. “Is this… what I think it is?”

“I, I love someone.” You manage to get out, the words feeling much like the flowers that you pull out of your throat. “And I can’t– I can’t tell them. They won’t-” You’re interrupted by another cough that turns into a small fit, with the way that Gojo lurches forward to you in worry. “How pathetic is that?” You manage with a pained smile, although Gojo looks completely horrified.

“Who is it?”

You want to scream, you want to scream. Every nerve feels like it’s on fire. Your breathing is heavy and fast and your hands twist and pull at your shirt. Don’t ask that, please don’t ask that.

“It doesn’t matter.” You can’t help the way your voice cracks and you’re wiping at the tears that are falling before you know it.

“Of course it does!” His hands go to your knees and he squeezes them. “You just have to confess, right? Is the threat of rejection that scary?” He tries to smile and make it sound light but it falters as he watches you cry in front of him. There’s something twisting in his gut and it’s making his skin crawl but he pushes through it, all that matters right now is the fact you’re in front of him and you’re dying.

He can't stand it. He just can't.

“Anyone, anyone, would be so lucky to have you.” His voice is dry and it’s so unsteady for him, and even he’s surprised by it. “Who could possibly reject you? And if they do, I mean, there’s–”

You shake your head furiously and bite your lip hard. “If I thought that it would ever work if it would be okay for me… to tell them. I would have already.”

He’s irritated now. You see that in his frown.

But he wouldn’t understand, would he? You think. “It’s okay, I’m going to—”

“How is this okay?” His tone is dark and you flinch when he wipes at the corner of your mouth, wiping at the clumps of petals and blood that decorates your face. Your eyes are red, puffy from crying, and you must look just downright disgusting. “Whoever it is, it can’t be worth this–”

“It’s you.”

You watch as he freezes completely, color draining from his face. You watch as his mouth drop open, his eyes widen, and his hand goes completely still. It hurts and you start to sob.

“I-I’m sorry.” You babble out, your body wracked by your sobs and every part of you is shaking. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I, I just–”

He doesn’t say anything, he’s just staring at you with those eyes still. He’s not responding. He’s not responding.

You hurt, but you wonder how much he hurts. And it’s because of you. You wish that the curse had just killed you already–

“It’s.. it’s okay.” You breathe, swallowing and taking a deep breath you look up at him and give him a smile. It’s broken, unsteady, and covered in blood. “I– Shoko can remove it. The curse. I won’t have these feelings for you or anyone else, again.”

“What?” He finally says. “Why would you…” He’s breaking in front of you. You smile at him and you’re just trying to push through it, you can’t see how he’s being pulled apart by your words. You don’t see the way his hands shake or the way he swallows with anxiety. You don’t see how frayed he’s becoming.

“It’s okay.”

It’s okay.

“It’s okay, Gojo, I’ll be–”

“How is that okay?!” He doesn’t raise his voice at you, but it’s sharp and direct and cuts you deep. His breathing is frenzied, he doesn't know what to do. “That’s not–” He cuts himself off by grabbing your face, so roughly, with his hands and pulling you forward to smash his lips against yours.

You freeze but he doesn’t, he tries to pour what he can’t say into you with his lips. He only briefly winces at the taste of gore and spit that’s still in your mouth but it doesn’t stop him, he’s trying your lips apart with his tongue and teeth and kissing you hard. You try to push him away but he refuses, he just falls more into you.

“Gojo– stop–”

He doesn’t, his hands hold you in place and he starts to lean over you until he’s almost on top of you. His teeth nip at your lips and his tongue tastes all of you and when he finally pulls back, his lips are coated in blood and spit and you see petals stuck to the corners of his mouth. He tries to go back but you gasp out “Please, stop–”

Gojo whispers your name, questioning and pleading. Your trembling hand goes to wipe the blood off him. “I don’t… want… please, don’t force it–”

Your hand is snatched by him, and you wince at how tight he holds it. “Why are you making that decision?” You’re caught by how fierce his tone is, and how his eyes start to water. “You… you’re giving up on this without even… asking me? Telling me?”

Words are stuck in your throat as you watch the first stream of tears spill down his face and he presses your hand to his lips. “I told you to rely on me.”

“I can’t ask that of you, Gojo.”

“Satoru.” He says before kissing your hand again. And again. “Please.”

You don’t think you can, you don’t think you should, but you manage to whisper it.

“I’m sorry,” and you have to shut your eyes hearing him apologize to you when this is all your fault– “I’m sorry I didn’t realize it sooner.”

“I didn’t want to hurt you,” you mumble. “I don’t want you to be hurt any more than you have.”

He shakes his head and pulls you close so he can press his forehead to yours. “I love you.” He says brokenly and you tremble against him as you both cry. “Losing you would hurt too.”

“I was going to–”

“Losing your love would hurt more.” His palm caresses your face and he nudges you to look at him and he’s so lovely that it hurts and the pain that paints his face hurts you so, so much. “If you stopped loving me, what would I do? Would you still smile at me like you always do? Would you still care for me? Still nag at me to rest, still follow me around, still laugh with me?”

You don’t have an answer.

“It would destroy me, to lose you like that.” He breathes out and his shoulders sag, you realize how tense his body is. “Your love saves me. Please don’t take it away.”

“Satoru…”

“I’m sorry I didn’t realize it sooner. That I love you too.” He smiles, weak. “I should have been the one to confess to you, I should be telling you under fireworks or something cool–”

You sob out at his confession and he’s pulling you into a hug as you cry. “I love you,” he repeats. “I love you. Please let me love you. I’ll tell you every single day so you’ll never doubt it.”

You sit together like that for a while, until you can’t cry anymore and you’re just shaking in his arms. He keeps repeating it to you. I’m sorry. I love you. I’ll tell you every day. I love you. I love you.

“Satoru,” you call out, your voice is hoarse and dry. You feel warm in his embrace, and he rubs soothing circles on your back with his big hands.

“Yeah?” He returns, his voice low and quiet.

“I… love you too. I love you so much.”

When he kisses you after that, you feel a weight in your chest lighten. And when you breathe, you find it’s the first clear breath you’ve had in months.

He looks at you with such warmth and adoration in his eyes and you love the gentle smile that’s on his lips. You let out a tiny laugh, eyes sore and dry from crying.

“I got blood all over you.”

“‘S okay.” He pulls you up with him as he stands, his hands tightly interlaced with yours. “Just help me get cleaned up. And you too. I’d like to kiss you without the taste of blood.”

You feel giddy when he says that. “I like that shy smile, I’m glad I’ll see more of it now.”

He gets to see it all night as he holds and kisses you, and every day afterward when you see him. He never lets your hand go, and he kept very true to his promise.

He tells you every day.

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