waking up to the sound of the birds chirping by her window, (y/n) batted her eyes open as she shielded her vision with her hand from the strong ray of the morning sun. oh, how she felt good to be back home. being stuck inside an all-white hospital room is truly sickening for her.

however, despite the beautiful day that awaits on the other side of her bedroom door, she can't hide the fact that the sudden event that has occured yesterday was still bothering her at this point, for the sudden explosion that enveloped the whole school in flames is still a mystery. it wasn't because of a gasoline tank nor it was a planned bombing by the students, teachers, or the non-teaching personnel. it was sudden.

"time to start the day, i guess." she sighed out as she tried to sit on her soft cushions, only to realize that a pair of muscular arms are tightly wrapped around her waist. at first, she didn't give it a thought because of the fact that she just woke up, but when things inside her head started to grow clearer and clearer, she loudly screeched and immediately kicked the person out of the bed, panicked.

on the other hand, shinra groaned as he rolled all around the floor, severely pained due to his companion's actions. "is this what a morning greeting is to you!?" he asked, sitting back up with his piercing crimson eyes landing on the (h/c)nette's now-covered-with-a-blanket figure.

"if you don't want having morning kicks from me then don't do that! just watch me file a trespassing case, shinra." she replied with the same volume as shinra's question, pulling the sheets closer to her physique as a violent blush flashed all over her face.

upon hearing (y/n)'s retort, the black-haired male sighed in defeat and stood up from his seat, which caused (y/n) to raise her guard up. gladly, shinra doesn't seem to have any bad intentions, but you can never be too sure, right?

shinra just stood there, staring at her beautiful (e/c) eyes. he didn't say anything nor did he even fight back. he just stood there, which was weird for her to see, and with that much sight and information, she has concluded that he had something in mind. something that he really wants to talk about.

"it was an adolla link, baka." he finally spoke as he rolled his eyes and crossed his arms in annoyance, averting his hues away from hers to lessen the tension between the two of them. however, (y/n) only tilted her head slightly to the side due to confusion, which made shinra groan once more.

"you don't even know what an adolla link is?"
"i would've if you gave me enough information."

by there, the spiky-haired male thoroughly explained what an adolla link was, and surprisngly, (y/n) immediately understood what he had to say despite shinra expounding the meaning using complicated words that a normal person would've asked questions for. though it was unexpected, the male was glad that she caught up that easily.

"so, you were scared?" the (h/c)nette teased with a low chuckle ending her question, making some of shinra's nerves by his temple pop due to irritation. however, he still maintained his composure and replied. "no, idiot. basically, the link showed me a few visions of you getting involved with various fires like what happened yesterday and apparently, you're unsafe as you sleep. what? do you want me to just stare at you as you burn until you turn into ashes?"

"no, but can you not sleep on my bed? geez. what are we, a married couple?" (y/n) instantly asked with her arms now crossed and an eyebrow raised towards shinra, but the latter only replied with a shrug.

"what can i do? i got tired. consider it as a thank you gift for me keeping you safe." he responded, now sitting on the bed, which got (y/n) inching a many inches for proper distance between each other, unable to speak, like as if an invisible lump inside her throat suddenly appeared, wanting to be swallowed back down, but can't.

unfortunately for her, shinra took her actions to his own advantage. seeing his hand reaching her caused (y/n) to flinch, unable to explain the sudden fear she felt, but when the (h/c)nette felt a few ruffles on her soft hair, she lifted her gaze and faced the latter, only to see him with a smile plastered on his features. "many things like what happened yesterday will probably happen more often based on the link, or maybe even worse, but don't worry. as long as i'm alive and kicking, i will be your hero."