Work Text:
From: Pigeon❤
To: Pretty Birdy❤
[At what time do you think you might come home?
I need to film this review but I can wait until you get home so that we can eat together <3]
From: Pretty Birdy❤
To: Pigeon❤
[Might come home later than normal, still got tons of paperwork left to do (╥﹏╥)
Don’t stay awake for me and just eat! Have fun filming~]
Sigh …
Yet another day where I’d have to eat all alone, not that I’m not used to it by now but… I miss him. It’s been a week since the Q&A video and since that day, he’s been working his ass off for some reason. Either he comes home really tired and goes to sleep as soon as he’s done eating, or I’m already asleep. Next morning I wake up to a bed that is slowly cooling down on his side…
He isn’t negligent though, he leaves little things around the place to remind me of him.
Whether it be a feather of his or just a small key chain of a chicken, it’s something that I dearly love about the guy.
Today, it was a small feather of his.
Slowly, I go to my recording room and sit down in front of the computer. The script for today’s review has been made and after testing all equipment, all seems to be working like it should be.
Today’s review was about the shoujo manga that I had recommended in the Q&A, ‘Alice 19th’, I had to read it again to remember the entire story once more and boy do I remember crying while reading this story!
Anyway ...
Camera … Up and running!
Script … Fully remembered, at least enough to be able to continue on my own!
Microphone … Perfectly fine!
Showtime~★
“Hello everyone! Welcome to another video of mine! In the Q&A of last week, I told you all that I might make a review on ‘Alice 19th’ the very first series of volumes of manga that I ever bought, so I reread the entire thing and I’m here to give my full and honest opinion. Let’s Go! ”
Some time later...
After filming the entire review and checking if everything was done properly (It was!), I noticed how it was completely dark outside
I looked at the time and sighed
“It’s already 8pm and he’s still not home… Guess I’ll order some fried chicken, he’ll like that too”
When I entered the kitchen, I went up to a small stack of papers. All holding numbers of delivery services that were able to drop off at this massive apartment. Being the number 3 hero and having wings seem to have a lot of positive sides since we do, as a matter of fact, live in a penthouse.
But, it gets lonely when your boyfriend is barely home.
… 2 buckets of fried chicken might be more than enough for the 2 of us, especially since that place makes them extra huge for us.
You know… Before this week, he was always busy, but never this busy. He had become busier and busier over time but this is the first week where I had seen him for less than 3 hours (excluding sleep).
After a while, the chicken was delivered and my part of it was gone into the depths of my stomach.
Still, no Keigo though…
It’s almost 10pm now but I just can’t get myself to fall asleep. I want to see Keigo before I go to bed. I want to tell him that I love him and kiss him goodnight.
A tugging sensation comes across my heart, causing me to place a hand on my chest. A sensation that I’ve felt before. While I 100% believe that he’s working late and there is more than enough proof that he is, there is still this feeling of doubt that I just want to crush and throw away.
I went back to the kitchen to take out an energy drink, knowing that I might have to wait an entire night just to see him, and sat down on the sofa to turn on the TV.
The typical stuff was being shown on TV this night, either it was a movie or just some random show that I have no interest in.
Instead of just staying stuck on choosing between a shitty romcom that I may or may not have seen before or a show about some random guy pretending he’s a prince to basically get laid, I switched it over to the internet and started watching a guy who’s Let’s Plays, i’ve lost track of.
Time to see those videos!
… If only I hadn’t fallen asleep as soon as the 5th video started playing.
Waking up on a comfortable couch isn’t that bad, but it gets bad when you notice that it’s light outside and the time says 7am on your phone. Worse is when you notice that there was no blanket draped on you or you haven’t even been moved to the bedroom. All indicating that Keigo didn’t even come home last night…
Checking my phone again, I noticed that I didn't even have any texts from him.
Quickly, I went to check the bedroom, bathroom, etc. All to notice that nothing has been changed from last night.
He didn’t come home last night.
Many questions soon rose to my head.
‘Did he get hurt? Is he in the hospital? What if he’s missing??’
But luckily, to all those questions, there was an easy answer.
“His agency would have called if anything had happened to him.”
I plugged my phone into it’s charger and went to Keigo’s contact.
From: Pigeon❤
To: Pretty Birdy❤
[Hey… You didn’t come home last night? Is everything okay?]
Send...
I turn my sound on as loud as it can, so that I can hear him if he texts back, and I wait.
After about 2 hours, still no message back. It’s 9am now and I'm awake enough to start editing my videos to take my mind off stuff. I don’t want to call his agency just yet but i’ll take my phone with me just in case.
However, I was so worried that my usual editing time for a day was multiplied… 7 hours… I was busy for 7 hours…
It’s 4pm now and still… Nothing…
Almost 24 hours since I last had contact with him so I guess it’s time to contact his agency. Which I really don’t want to… How funny is it that I make videos with me in it going all out at times, doesn’t freak me out (in the beginning it did though and I still get the occasional hate …)
But I can’t, for the life of me, call someone without getting really fucking stressed.
Just … Press the button
PRESS THE BUTTON
PREEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS THEEEEEE BUTTO-
“Hello, with Hawks Hero Office, how may I help you?”
SHIT
“Hi, it’s Y/N speaking. Is it okay if I ask you a question about Hawks?”
“Y/N! Sure you can! What can I do for ya”, as soon as the receptionist knew who I was, I could hear her relax on the phone. Which is good, real good! Makes me relaxed as well.
“Hawks didn’t come home last night and last I heard of him was yesterday at around this time… Do you know anything?”
“Weird, he left the building at around 11pm and today is supposed to be his day off”
Fuck
Fuck that’s not good
Not good at all
“A-ah, nothing else you guys might know?”
“As far as I know, that’s all… I’m sorry Y/N, maybe try contacting him again?”
“Yeah, ok, well… Thanks for the help!”
“No problem! Have a nice day!”
That did not help me at all, it only got me more worried…
From: Pigeon❤
To: Pretty Birdy❤
[I called your agency and they said you left last night at 11pm? Is something wrong?
I’m worried ...]
Send...
I can’t help but walk around the penthouse, from room to room. Worried and scared out of my mind. This is the first time something like this has happened, he told me about the dangers of a civilian dating a hero and I was prepared for it all.
But fuck … This is scaring me to no end.
Honestly, I can’t wait for his text back so I called soon after.
“The mobile phone you have called is currently unavailable”
FUCK
His phone is off …
I don’t have any other way to contact him so I guess I’ll just wallow in my own pity while laying on the bed. The bed where I soon fell asleep on…
The only thing that ended up waking me up was the sound of the bedroom door closing.
In the darkness, I noticed a winged figure. Groggily, I spoke in a soft voice.
“Keigo…?”
The figure's wings twitched in surprise, turned around slowly and sat down on the bed, next to me.
“Hey Pigeon … Sorry for worrying you…”, he put his hands on both sides of my face and wiped the residue of tears that I was unknowingly shedding.
“Where were you…” I slid closer to his seated body and laid down my head on his shoulder, strong arms circled around my body and held me close.
“I’m sorry … It was one of those jobs that I can’t tell you about … Normally, I’d send you a text but… Fuck, i’m so sorry for worrying you”, A clear sadness could be heard from his voice.
I remember him telling me about ‘Those Jobs’, something he can’t talk to me about because he wasn’t allowed to and to protect me. I understood it all but made him promise to text me whenever something like that came up…
“... Try not to forget next time, will ya… The chicken is cold now…”
His chest rumbled with a chuckle, “I’ll heat it up again, have you eaten?”
Pulling myself away from his embrace, but still holding his hands because I don’t want to let go just yet, I noticed that he was still in his hero outfit. “No, I’ll call for takeout. You go take a shower and put on something comfy to wear”
A sweet smile graced his lips and he took my face in his hands again, pulling me closer to kiss me tenderly.
“I’ll be right back, I think I can go for some pizza this time around”
Not long after, he left for the bathroom and I started calling for takeout.
Luckily, the place wasn’t too busy so the pizza was delivered fast. I heard the shower stop and just a few moments later, Keigo walked out while dressed in a shirt and sweatpants.
He sat down next to me on the couch and pulled me on to his lap, tightening his arm around my waist. I giggled and placed my hands on top of his.
“Birdy, you gotta let go so that we can eat”
This only resulted in him rubbing his head against my neck like a cat, making me chuckle. Instead of waiting for him to pull his arms away, I take a piece of pizza and just bring it to his face. The warmth and smell of the pizza, makes him look up and take a bite.
That’s how we ended up eating for the entire time.
Just some music playing in the background and me feeding him and myself.
After the pizza was all gone, I turned around in his lap and put my arms around his neck.
Something was bothering me though…
“I understand ‘those jobs’ but … Why have you been coming home later and later these past few days?”
Keigo looks me in the eyes, his golden ones shone with something … Playful?
“Your fans really wanna know who I am so I made a deal with my agency that if I do really good, they will allow you to make it official to your fans!”
Blink …
“You’ve seriously been working your ass off just so I can make a reveal of you towards my fans?”
“Yeah! Just a few more days and I’ll be put in the clear!” His bright smile was so infectious that I couldn't help but smile too.
I put my forehead against his and kissed the tip of his nose
“Oh you sweet Pretty Birdy of mine … I fucking love you”
His hands rubbed against my back, he tipped his head up and kissed my lips.
“And I love you Pigeon, because you trust me so much, just like how much I trust you…”