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God, it hurt. It hurt so much. Kirishima wheezed as he tried to stretch his arms and legs. He hated this. So unfair. Why does his body hate him? His own body for god’s sake.
It was reasonable that it did after standing against Bakugous explosions and Uraraka letting him fall out of the sky but still. Other than some tired arms there had been nothing yesterday and now BAM. With a pained expression, he pulled his blanket back over his head. Even that tiny movement made him feel like trying to pull way too heavy weights. But there weren’t any weights, it was a single blanket that was as light as a feather and Kirishima whined in frustration.
He just wanted to cuddle up in his blanket or get into a warm bath… a warm bath would be nice actually. But when he tried to lift his arms once more he winced and decided that lying under the blanket just had to be enough for today.
He angrily stared at the white teddy in the corner of his bed. Its red eyes stared back and the redhead couldn’t help but feel like his own stuffy was mocking him. So he did the only reasonable thing in this painful situation of being unable to move… he stuck out his tongue at his bear and pouted.
Stupid bear… his bear, Snow, doesn’t have muscle pain. It doesn’t even have muscles! And then, and then, Snow has the audacity of laying just out of his reach and all he can do is stare at those red eyes and he’d really like to cuddle right now and he’d also really like to see other red eyes right now and have the owner of those cuddle with him as well…
And he just really wants to have someone tell him that it’ll be alright… and brush through his hair and call him little one and hum for him and-
Eiji just wants Katsu right now.
He whined once more as he tried to reach for his phone and gave up after his arm started to shake way too much from holding himself up. He fell back down onto his mattress, frustration bubbling up in his stomach as he felt tears sting in his eyes. So unfair!
Suddenly there was a loud knock on his door. There shortly was dread pooling in his stomach before it got replaced with relief when he heard a familiar voice.
“Oi! You there?! Kirishima! You better get your ass out here right fucking now!”, Katsu! Eiji tried to jump up but pain shot through his body making his movements slow down significantly. So he was barely sitting as Katsu practically kicked the door down.
“Really?! I’ve been waiting for your ass for literal hours and you were still in fucking bed?! Don’t tell me you fucking forgot!”, oh… Eiji tried to go through everything that he could possibly mean. Because if Katsu is that angry with him he probably forgot something important… But he really couldn’t think of anything and whined. So not only his body was stupid, his mind was as well.
“Don’t give me that! I spe-“, Eji’s carer stopped abruptly as he came closer and his angry expression faded in an instant.
“Eiji why didn’t you just text me?”, he sighed as he brushed his hand through his hair.
“M sorry.”, Eiji gave his best puppy dog eyes and lifted his arms to signal his carer he wanted a hug. Because he really really needed one right now.
The blond sighed again, this time with a slight smile on his lips as he sat down next to Eiji to pull him onto his lap. The movement reminded Eiji of his aching muscles and he winced again. Katsu looked at him with a worried expression.
“Everything okay little one?”, his carer wrapped his arms around the little. Eiji shook his head.
“Hurts!”, he buried his face in Katsu’s shoulder.
“What hurts mh?”
“All!”, Eiji huffed. To his dismay, his carer got a little distance between them to place the back of his hand on Eiji’s forehead.
“You don’t have a fever…”, he murmured. Of course he didn’t have a fever! He had muscle pain!
“Hurts!”
“Do you have muscle pain?”, yes! His carer was so smart! Eiji nodded, wiggling to close the distance between them again.
“Aw, poor baby.”, Katsu pulled him back into the hug and his warm hand started to brush up and down Eiji’s back. The regressor sighed in relief as he finally got his cuddles.
“You know, you still should have told me.”, the blond whispered softly into Eiji’s ear and the little one felt a pang of guilt. Katsu let out a breath.
“But we can talk about that later mh? So, how old are we feeling honey?”
“I don’t know.”
“That’s okay little one. Did you push yourself too hard in training?”
“Uh hu.”, Eiji nodded.
“And now your body is all achy?”
“Uh hu.”
“You are so strong for enduring that like a champ all alone. But I’m here now, it’s okay little one.”, Eiji’s carer rocked them a little and the redhead relaxed into the hold.
“You are the bestest carer in the world!”, he whispered into the blond’s shoulder and could feel a chuckle slightly shaking the other’s body.
“I am?”
“Uh hu!”
“Of the whole world?”
“Yeah!”
“I see, thank you very much Eiji.”, the little felt how a kiss was placed on his hair and giggled.
“You know, you are also not so bad.”
“Hey! I also wanna be the bestest!”, Eiji pouted.
“Sorry, sorry! Of course, you are also the best!”, Katsu laughed more. From the movement, Eiji’s muscles complained again but he bit down the whine that threatened to leave him.
“What do you wanna do now mh?”, uh, so many possibilities… Eiji thought hard. What did he want to do before?
“Wanna cuddle!”
“Okay, let’s lie down and cuddle.”
Katsu moved them skillfully and finally, they were cuddled up under the blanket with the warmth of the other’s body soothing his aching muscles.
“You think this is because of my explosion that hit you?”, his carer mumbled and Eiji needed a minute to make sense of the sentence. He shook his head.
“You sure? That was pretty hard.”
“Was training! An Raka made me go ahhhh an I made you hurt too.”
“No, you didn’t hurt me. Don’t worry.”
“I cut u!”
“Barely.”, Katsu scoffed. “You are right, was just training.”, the blond breathed out and smiled, brushing a loose string of hair behind Eiji’s ear.
“U are being silly.”
“Am I?”, he pulled one of his eyebrows up. Eiji nodded.
“Is all good now because u’s here.”, the redhead cuddled up impossibly closer.
“That’s good.”
“Jup.”
Silence started to lull Eiji into closing his eyes and into a half-asleep state. But not only the silence was at fault. The warmth he felt and the heartbeat near his ear may have contributed as well. He sighed again, nuzzling into the shirt fabric he was leaning on.
“Hey, don’t fall asleep. It’s not nap time yet.”, Eiji whined. How mean! He closed his eyes tighter in protest.
“I know, I know.”, Katsu chuckled. “But I don’t think you even had breakfast yet… or did you?”, oh! Eiji shrieked up. That was what he forgot! They had planned to eat breakfast together! And he forgot! What time was it anyway?! They had planned for 7 am and to then go work out and-
Bakugou probably sat there for well over two hours just waiting for Kirishima and-
“Hey! Hey, Eiji it’s okay. Shhhh. It’s okay little one. Shhh, look at me, look at me! It’s fine!”
“Ah- I’m-I’m so sorry!”, with that the dam broke and Eiji was wailing. He- how could he- what was wrong with him?!
“Eiji! I said look. At. Me.”, the blond gently shook the other’s shoulders and sat them back up.
“Breath okay? I said it’s okay.”
“I- b-b-but I-“
“I forgive you okay? It happens. Sometimes people just forget stuff okay? It’s fine and you have a very good excuse honey.”, Eiji tightly hugged his carer.
“Aww, look, you are just a tiny baby. You couldn’t have known okay? Such a cute little one.”, he swayed them a little.
“How about we eat breakfast now huh? You must be hungry.”, Eiji didn’t answer this time. This was too big for him. So he just made an agreeing sound and let himself be lifted up by his super strong carer.
“Such a cute little one I have mh? What does my little one want for breakfast? Some eggs?”, Eiji shook his head.
“Mh… some toast?”, he shook his head again.
“Some oatmeal?”, maybe…
“It’s very healthy Eiji.”
“Okay.”
“There you go, thank you for telling me.”, he hummed and Eiji hugged the blond’s shoulders tighter.
Arriving in the kitchen Eiji got placed on a chair and Katsu got to work. Oatmeal wasn’t a ‘much-preparation-needed’ -food so he finished quickly and placed Eiji’s bowl in front of him. Eiji could smell how something else had been cooked in the kitchen not long ago and he prayed that that had been someone else. He wouldn’t be able to ever forgive himself if that- he swallowed hard as his vision blurred.
“Hey, don’t cry. Eating is more important now. Or do your arms hurt too much?”, Eiji sniffed.
“Want me to feed you?”, Eiji probably was capable of feeding himself but… he nodded. His carer smiled and Eiji felt some knots in his stomach loosening lightly.
So spoon after spoon the oatmeal entered Eiji’s mouth and eventually it was all gone.
“Good job little one.”, Katsu patted the headhead’s hair and got to cleaning. His back turned to the regressor. Eiji shifted.
“I’m sorry…”, Katsu stopped in his movements.
“I told you it’s fine.”
“Bu-… U probably were sad because I didn’t come…”, there was a short pause.
“Don’t be stupid. I wouldn’t be sad about that… I know you wouldn’t do that on purpose.”
“I think you were sad…”, Eiji sniffed.
“I really wasn’t… I just wanted to make up for that explosion yesterday.”
“So you were sad!”
“If you don’t sh- if you don’t stop I won’t cuddle with you for the next two hours!”, and Eiji was silent. What a scary threat! At least Katsu wasn’t angry with him anymore…
“Do you have anything else you wanna do?”, his carer turned back around and walked towards Eiji. The regressor hummed.
“Wan a bubble bath!”
“A bubble bath?”, the other looked amused.
“Yes!
“Okay.”, the blond chuckled.