it was agonizing for shinra to watch the past scenes even for just a single millisecond as hundreds of flashbacks came flashing inside his mind. he can't bear to lose her right now, he said. "what did your clumsy self do now, (y/n)?" he asks towards himself with an annoyed yet worried tone. it has been at least 2 hours since the accident happened and an hour since he found his companion inside the burning campus, yet he still haven't stopped pacing back and forth in front of (y/n)'s hospital door, waiting for the doctor to come out and state her current situation.

sighing, the black-haired male sat down and buried his face on his palms, thinking of the worst-case scenario that may happen to her at this very moment. he wasn't sure why he felt the need to see her immediately, but he didn't even bother answering that himself. the mishap he had witnessed a while ago was too much for his mind to take in to the point not even the slightest pain he felt on his feet didn't bother him, and finally, after a few more murmurs, the doctor came out of the room, eyes instantly landing on shinra's seated physique.

"are you (l/n) (y/n)'s guardian, young man?" the doctor asked with a sigh ending his sentence, which caught shinra's attention. standing up from his seat, he replied. "i am, um... i'm s-s-shinra kusakabe, t-takahashi-sensei."

hearing shinra's stuttering demeanor, the said medic lowly giggled and gave the crimson-eyed male a pat on the shoulder. "(l/n)'s not injured, shinra-kun, though she did suffered a few scratches, but they're not serious at all, so don't freak out once you see her with a few bandages patched on her skin." takahashi advised with a genuine smile now plastered on his face before walking away from the scene, which was the cue for shinra to finally see how she was doing.

slowly, shinra walked his way in front of the door and steadily slided it open, only to see the (h/c)nette seated on her hospital bed with her arms crossed and her eyebrows knitted together. the male wasn't sure why she was acting that way, but one thing he knew, he didn't like it. "guess who decided to show up." (y/n) started off, irritated.

"guess who nearly got herself burned like a burnt toast." shinra replied with nothing but a blank expression plastered on his face as he approached the female, and upon hearing shinra's retort, (y/n) clenched both her hands into fists and tried to grab a fistful of shinra's dark locks, which she failed on doing so, for shinra caught her hand just in time, but that wasn't the end of it.

"if you're gonna be here, at least be worried, idiot!"
"not my fault that you have such a clumsy ass."

and there started their bickering with the (h/c)nette's fists trying to land a punch on shinra's figure, but of course, shinra was able to block them all. it went on and on and on until the dark-haired male abruptly stopped blocking (y/n)'s punches and sat on the empty space on (y/n)'s hospital bed, letting her hit him for a few times.

however, even though shinra finally came to a halt, (y/n) continued with her attacks, not until shinra got sick of her actions and took both of her hands by surprise, pinning them tightly beside her head, which took the female aback. "w-what the hell are you-"

and then, all of a sudden, (y/n)'s world seemed to have stopped as soon as she felt a warm sensation being pressed firmly on her exposed forehead and according to the violent red tint creeping up her face, she knew what that was. a forehead kiss, the type of kiss she always longed to experience.

finally pulling away, shinra spoke. "i was hella worried, (y/n)."

if only he said it normally, (y/n) would've teased him, but hearing the small crack on his voice as he lowered his head to hide his eyes, the (h/c)nette's heart ached. what did she ever do to deserve someone like him? even she didn't know that one of the blessings that she wished for has already been with her this whole time.

sighing deeply, (y/n) forced herself to sit up despite shinra's hands still locked onto hers before forcibly freeing one of her hands. she gently held his chin and lifted his head up before pressing her forehead against his.

"tadaima, shinra."
"o-okaeri, (y/n)."