hello! i wanted to apologize for the jumble of timelines! the time in which events take place in this fic do not make sense lolol hopefully you don't mind!

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┊┊┊ ❁ཻུ۪۪ ━ ❝ ✧

┊┊┊ ❝ i want to die

┊┊⋆ in my sleep ❞

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"huh?" hitoshi questioned, still looking straight ahead.

"my parents and i, we're having movie night tonight. you should come! do you like movies? we have snacks!"

"oh, sure," hitoshi said with a small smile. he felt like he was always at y/n's house, recently. he didn't go every single day, as the importance of family bonding was on both sides of the pair, but y/n's home very quickly and easily became one of his favorite places. or maybe it was just wherever she was?

the boy smiled to himself at the thought, realizing there was never quite a dull moment in her presence. good and bad, he was never bored. that was interesting.

"hitoshi, let's do our documents together from now on!" it sounded like y/n quickly thought of something and rushed the words out immediately, causing him to raise a brow in suspicion. though, all the h/c haired girl did was give him a wide, partially nervous smile. "please!"

"why?" hitoshi asked, despite taking out his phone and swapping it with y/n's. "isn't the point supposed to be not hearing what the other has to say?"

"what, have you been talking smack, toshi?" y/n teased, quickly lifting the boy's phone, getting both of them in the frame. "i want to get video of both of us together, at least!"

hitoshi rolled his eyes, refusing to look at the camera, which made y/n pout, "cmon!" she shook her head at the device. "all these days of hard work, building a friendship and bonding with hitoshi- and he's still mean to me! such baloney!"

"baloney?"

"yes baloney! hitoshi, look at the camera!" his friend stressed with puffed cheeks, which she quickly released with a smile when he did so with a groan. y/n laughed and moved her face closer to hitoshi, "now give me a kiss on the cheek, please and thank you!"

"no."

"dang." y/n shook her head. "still, after all this time. i thought you were bae, toshi. are you just fam?"

hitoshi shook his head with a sigh and leaned in to place a small, sweet kiss on to the girl's lips, immediately looking the other way after. y/n laughed, "so hitoshi isn't fam or bae, he's certified husband, that's that."

"y/n, what!"

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"i'm home and brought my husband with me!" y/n called, closing the door behind her and hitoshi, then kicked off her shoes

"oh, y/n sweetie!" the girl's mother hopped into view as she always did, tightly embracing her daughter as if it were her last chance to hold her alive. she kissed her forehead, "we're just getting everything ready for movie night, is hitoshi joining?" she looked at the boy beside her child.

"mhm!" y/n hummed cheerily.

"y/n, did you say husband?" y/n's dad was quick to peek his head out of the kitchen, staring at the pair, close-eyeing hitoshi who jumped in fear, peering elsewhere. y/n chuckled and had already smelled the popcorn, so she took hitoshi's hand and brought the cute purple sleepyhead to the living room, forcing him down on the cushioned couch beside her.

"we have a list!" y/n said, picking up one of the remotes which was a 'roku' remote. "on netflix, hulu, disney plus, we're gonna do netflix tonight! it's our favorite!"

"that's cool," hitoshi said, staring at the screen as y/n scrolled through the movie list. "i don't really watch tv."

"hm? then what do you do? study and train? all the time?" the girl joked and hitoshi shrugged with a small smile.

the movie night quickly started with a comedy, lively and happy, still pretty light outside. near the ending of the night, however- around 9 pm is when y/n's parents decided to head to bed, kissing their daughter goodnight and letting hitoshi know he could stay over if he wanted to.

"switch." y/n said, handing hitoshi the tub of cookies n' cream ice cream as he handed her the tub of french vanilla.

"your parents are really nice," hitoshi said, digging into the cookies n' cream, a tub of utter heaven. "and they really care about you. like a lot. have they always been like that? or is it all the quirk trouble and stuff?"

"they've always been like that... i suppose their care for me got impossibly stronger when they found out what i was going through with my quirk. they just want to make sure i have no complaints about life when i die... they want me to live the best and most ever perfect life..."

"...is it working?"

"mhm, it's good! the only complaint i have is dyin- erm uh, dying my hair one time..."

okay this actually wasn't a lie...

"you've dyed your hair?" hitoshi chuckled, "what color? switch,"

the two traded ice cream flavors, "well... okay i decided on a neon green," hitoshi choked as y/n threw her head back in a laugh, "i wanted my hair to glow in the dark! luckily, it washed out when i took a shower."

"you're crazy, y/n... we should try it some time. like- me and you... it would be fun. i kinda want my hair to glow in the dark or something." hitoshi suggested.

"we should... hitoshi, let's go for a walk."

"a walk? like, right now?" hitoshi raised his brow, confused at the girl's suddenness.

y/n nodded excitedly, setting down her tub of ice cream, and forcing the boy to place down his. "come on!" she squealed. "the air outside is still and warm, it's nice."

she pushed open the back door to her house and pulled hitoshi with her, leaving through the gate and onto the dark, smooth street of her neighborhood. the streetlights were on and the moon helped create a better glow on the street ahead.

y/n let go of her friend's hand and smiled peacefully as she walked ahead, despite feeling the claws creeping up her sides. she prayed they would wait a little longer to tear at her insides.

"i like it like this." she said with a small sigh. "it reminds me of sleep... dark and quiet. i like how the world feels when it's steady."

"me too." hitoshi agreed quietly and reached over to take y/n's hand in his, entwined their fingers. "do you always walk at night?"

"mhm, most nights. it keeps me from longing for actual sleep, you know? well... of course you don't know know, but-"

"i understand." her friend reassured her. "the night... really helps."

"mhm... hitoshi... what's your ideal death?" y/n suddenly paused, brushing her thumb over hitoshi's hand. "i know some people wanna die by like, lion attacks or drowning. that's so... weird. and painful."

"hm... i don't know how, really, i guess. i want to die... a hero. for sure."

y/n smiled and stopped walking to wrap her arms around hitoshi's neck, "i want to die in my sleep. i want it to be painless, peaceful, surrounded by my loved ones... my parents and you."

hitoshi laughed a little, "well, assuming we still know each other years and years down the line... there will probably be more people. you'll have time to write a will and stuff. but i'll be there. and maybe you'll even be in my arms." hitoshi smiled, jokingly.

y/n smiled and pulled away from hitoshi, gently taking his hand again.

"in your arms would be nice."

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