Katsuki's POV:

It's been a few days and I'm still in the hospital. I don't know why. I'm fine, well physically. The doctors said something about wanting to make sure the scar tissue is healthy. Mr. Aizawa told me that if I wanted, that he could set up some counseling sessions. I told him that I'd do it, but in some time. Maybe like a week. I just want to tell Shoto first because I trust him to know. I want to talk to him first.

Right now, we're playing Scrabble and somehow gotten closer than before. Mina and the others have visited me a couple of times. They've been really nice and stuff. I forget about everything when I'm with everyone. Especially Shoto. All I think about is how he loves me. How he wants to spend time with me because he actually cares about me. I still hate looking at the scars and the doctors said I had to apply a special cream to them so that they stay healthy. I'm feeling okay. I still think about what happened a lot and I get nightmares about them taking me again. Shoto was allowed to stay in the hospital over night, and, so he's been staying with me. I told him that I'd be okay on my own, but he called my bluff and insisted that he stay with me.

He's a really great boyfriend and I can't believe I was lucky enough to get someone like him. I don't even know what I did to make him like me, but I'm glad he can see past all my flaws. I've gone through a lot these past few days. Shoto said that if I wanted, I could wait before I told him anything about what happened. He's beating me in Scrabble and I think he's cheating.

"Hey! How is that 42 points!? You're a cheater!" He looks at me and tries to hold back a laugh. His mouth twitches up into a smile and he breaks. "It's just that you suck at this game," he says, in between laughs. I pout and put the word 'however' with the word that he had put before which was 'ever' so I just put 'how' that only got me 13 points. I gasp. "No! This is BS I call BS you're a cheater!" He squints his eyes at me. "How could you say that? I'm hurt." Then he pretends to be hurt and hides his face in his hands. I sigh and push the table away. I'm on the bed and he's sitting in the chair right next to it.

"Aw come on. I was kidding. But this isn't fair! You should be the one feeling bad for me since I'm losing," I tell him. He starts laughing, loudly. This makes me smile a bit and then I start laughing. "You're losing by 134 points! That's absolutely horrible," he says. I get on the bed and move a bit so that he can get in with me. He smiles and then gets up. He gets in with me and hugs me. "I'm tired," I say. "Okay then let's take a nap. I'll be here too," Shoto says. I nod in agreement and then say, "Okay, we'll talk when we wake up." He looks at me, shocked and nods. We cuddle up and hug each other tight. It's like 2 in the afternoon, but the doctors said I should get more sleep.

They noticed that I had been sleep deprived. The doctor also said that this traumatic event could make me miss out on sleep, so that I should sleep whenever I'm actually tired and able to. Shoto said he'd help me with that since he knows about my nightmares. Shoto takes in a deep breath and sighs happily. "I'm so happy that you're back. I have something to give you when we wake up," he says. I smile into his chest and sigh too. Our legs are tangled together.

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Shoto's POV:

It's been about 3 hours and I just woke up. I've been waiting to give Katsuki his Christmas present and when he wakes up, I'm going to give it to him. I'm sure he'll love it. I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees his present. He's probably still sad about missing the date. I'll ask him if he still wants to take me out. I'm pretty sure it'll be a yes, but we'll head out together. I'll go to his house or maybe Mr. Aizawa can drop him off at mine and we'll start our date. I'm almost getting my license and since I'm 17, I'll only have to wait a few months until I'm able to drive alone and I can take Katsuki anywhere. Right now I only have my permit.

I feel Katsuki shuffle and I start messing with his hair. It's so soft and it smells like strawberries. It makes me sigh happily. He still has his arms around me, but I only have one around him because the other one is playing with his hair. He scoots in closer and squeezes me tighter. He starts moving around a lot. He's panting now and mumbling something. "Stop. I can't handle this anymore. Please stop. No. Someone please save me. Someone please save me." I try waking him up. "Hey Katsuki, wake up. You're just dreaming. Wake up, you're okay. You're not being hurt anymore," I say soothingly while trying to hold him closer to me.

He starts crying and I rub his back. "Shoto?" I nod and say, "Yeah it's me, Katsuki. You're okay. You're with me, I got you." He cries harder and hugs me so tight I feel like I might run out of breath. "It was a dream. It was a dream. It was a dream," he tells himself over and over. I feel like crying too because I hate that he's going through all of this. "You are okay. I got you now," I tell him and hug him tighter too. "I want to talk about what happened now. I want to tell you," he says quietly. "Okay, but you know you don't have to, right? I will wait if you aren't ready. I just want what's best for you," I tell him. He nods and takes a deep breath before pulling away.

I look at him and he has red and puffy eyes. He wipes away the tears quickly and sighs heavily before taking yet another deep breath. He doesn't look at me, he just looks at his hands. I feel my heart break at how sad he looks. "Okay so you probably already guessed, but Shigaraki did it again. He tried to do it when I first woke up, but I kept fighting back and when I tried to use my quirk, I would get shocked. I passed out like once or twice. He, um, he raped me when I woke up. He cuffed me to the bed and um, you know. I passed out and when I woke up I was in a lot of pain. Then he started cutting me. He said that he'd cut so deep that Recovery Girl wouldn't be able to completely heal them. So that I'd remember who I 'really' belong to. He also kept telling me that none of you guys really cared about me," he said sadly.

"He told me that you were only with me because you felt bad for me or because it was a bet. He said the same thing about Kirishima and the rest of the class. That they were only being nice to get a kick out of it. He said that I was a whole bunch of bad things. I fought it at first, but then I started to believe what he was saying. I know I should've fought it harder, but I couldn't. So many people always made me believe that I was nothing. That I would never be loved and appreciated. It hit me hard. I- I'm sorry," he said as a tear rolled down his face. I throw myself to hug him and he let's out a small 'oof' as we both fall on the bed.

We're both crying and I say, "Those things will never be true. You're so amazing Katsuki. You'll never be 'just someone I know'. You're always going to be the person who takes my breath away. The one who makes me smile every time I thing about you. The one who makes me feel like I can do anything. I appreciate and love you." He's on his back and my chest is on his chest. My head is on his shoulder. His arms are around me and we stay there. "You make me feel like those things are true. You make me feel like maybe I'm not ugly. Like maybe I can do something. Because if someone like you can love me and say these things about me, then it must be true. I know you'd never lie to me," he says.

"I'm glad you're starting to see that you're amazing. I'm not going to stop telling you how amazing you are. Even when you start believing that you are. You deserve to be told. Okay Katsuki?" He nods and I pick my head up to look at him. He smiles a bit and so do I. He leans up to kiss me and I lean down. He grabs my neck and tangles his hand in my hair. I smile into the kiss and so does he before we pull away. He puts his head back on the bed and I kiss him again. It's a normal kiss at first before it gets a little more heated. I won't let anything go too far because I want to give him time. I want to talk about sex. Not like 'oh I want to have sex', but like 'we won't do anything until you're ready for sex'.

We continue making put for quite some time. Maybe about 5-10 minutes, before we both decide to stop. We wouldn't want to get caught by a doctor, parent, or classmate. That would be embarrassing. Just having to talk through the situation after they saw us. "Okay I want to talk about something," I start. Katsuki looks at me and nods. "Yeah what is it?" I look at him and then say, "So it's like about um- well, it's about sex." He turns red and I'm pretty sure I'm red too. "We're old enough to have sex and stuff, but I don't want you to feel pressured into sex or anything. When you're ready for it, then that's when we'll get more into depth about it. I just wanted to say that." He nods and hides his face in his hands.

I laugh at him and push his shoulder. "Aw, you don't have to blush," I tell him. He laughs and looks up at me with a smile. I love spending time with him. He's Katsuki and I'm with him. Just wow. "Just wow, what?" I blink as I snap out of it. Wow I really said that out loud. "Well, that I'm with you. That you're my boyfriend. I'm really happy," I say with a small blush on my face for being caught. He laughs loudly and grabs his stomach. I glare at him and start tickling him. "H-hey s-stop that tickles!" He yells in between laughs. "No! This is what you get for laughing at me," I yell back. I continue tickling him and he's tearing up from laughing so much. He can't even say complete words.

As I'm tickling him, the door to the room opens. We both freeze and when we turn to see who it is, we see that it's Shinso and Kaminari. They have balloons, stuffed animals, and some bags. They just look at us. I'm on top of Katsuki with his shirt halfway up. We're both red from laughing and Katsuki's hair is messed up from moving on the bed too much. Our lips are probably still red and puffy from our make-out session. I quickly get off of Katsuki and clear my throat. Katsuki sits up on his bed and I sit down on the chair next to it. Shinso and Kaminari are still looking at us with shocked faces.

"I was tickling him. We weren't... You know, um, yeah," I say nervously. Kaminari nods and slowly walks towards us. "So um we thought we could bring you some snacks and stuff. It's a hospital and it's pretty boring so we thought why not. We also bought you a laptop, Bakugo. It's your Christmas present from both of us," Kaminari says. Bakugo's eyes widen at the 'we bought you a computer' part. "Wha- why?" Kaminari smiles and shrugs. "I thought I owed you something since I never thought anything was wrong with you until a little while before you told everyone. I felt really guilty, so I- um yeah. I'm also going to be a better friend to you. We came to ask you if you wanted to go on a double date sometime."

I look at Katsuki and I think he's taking it all in. "You didn't have to buy me a laptop. This is too much. No one else knew, so you shouldn't feel bad at all, okay?" Kaminari looks at the floor and a few tears fall. Shinso puts his arm around his shoulder in comfort. "A true friend would of noticed from the get-go. Kirishima and even Todoroki kept an eye on you. What does that say about me? That I was a bad friend. So I'm here to be a better one, I promise," Kaminari says as he looks at Katsuki who looks shocked. "You being here, trying to make it up to me, is proof that you're already an amazing friend. I never wanted anyone to find out. They didn't even know anything completely until I completely told them. Well, I had a panic attack in front of Shoto. Don't ever feel bad and I'd love to go on a double date with you and Kaminari. I owe Shoto a date still, but after that date, we'll do it. Right Shoto?"

Katsuki looks at me for approval and I nod. "Of course, I think it'll be fun," I tell him. Kaminari still looks guilty, but less hard on himself. "Okay sounds great. Well, have fun you guys, we just came to bring you this stuff," Kaminari says. "Oh okay. Thank you both for stopping by. I appreciate it," Katsuki tells him. I nod. "Okay, well we'll see you guys later. Here you go," Shinso says as he hands us all the stuff. I take it because I ran to grab it so Katsuki didn't have any time to get up. He groans and sits back down and I laugh. Shinso and Kaminari smile as they leave and I wave goodbye.

"Oh. My. God! That was so embarrassing! They totally thought we were fucking!" I laugh at his choice of words. "They definitely thought we were going to," I agree. I take the stuff to him and we look through it. "He actually got me a laptop! That crazy dumbass! It's cool," Katsuki says. "He's cool," I say. He takes out a whole bunch of spicy chips and some stuffed animals. "Wait I have a present for you too. I was waiting to give it to you," I tell him. He looks confused but then I take out an envelope from my pocket. I hand it to him and he opens it. When he looks at what's inside, he yells, shocked. "No way! You didn't! Twenty One Pilots! I'm dead? This isn't real. I'm dreaming? Yup that's it, I'm dreaming," he says.

I smile and shake my head. "Nope, it's real. We're going at the beginning of February," I assure him. "That's no fair! My gift doesn't even come close to this on- wait. My gift. I had it in my pants. Did you bring my clothes?" I nod and walk over to the small couch they have. I grab it and hand it to him. He looks through it and takes out a wrapped box. He hands it to me and I take it. I look at him and he smiles at me to open it. I nod and unwrap it. It's a black box and when I open it, I see two silver bracelets. I take them out and see them. One says 'Shoto' and the other says 'Katsuki'. They're both beautiful. I look at Katsuki and I hadn't noticed the smile on my face.

"You get to choose which one you want. The one with your name or the one with mine," he tells me. "I didn't know which one I should give you, so I though I'd let you choose." I nod and give him one. "I'd obviously choose the one with your name," I tell him. He smiles and takes the one with my name on it. We put on our bracelets and I smile. It's not a chain, it's just fitted to your wrist. It's a really good looking bracelet too, I love it. "I really love it Katsuki, it's amazing," I tell him. He sighs and shakes his head. "It still doesn't beat seeing Twenty One Pilots though," he tells me.

I shake my head. "This really means a lot to me. I've never gotten something so meaningful from other people besides my close family. You mean a lot to me and anything that you get me will be priceless," I tell him. He smiles and nods. "Okay, but TWENTY ONE PILOTS!! AHHHHHH!" I laugh hard as I get back into the bed with him. He scoots over before quickly turning around and starts tickling me. I gasp and then start laughing harder as he tickles me. "Ah no! Stop!" He laughs and tickles me even more. "Not until you say 'I'm sorry Katsuki for tickling you' say it!" I shake my head. "Never!" He tickles me harder and I laugh so hard, I start crying.

"Okay! Okay! I'm sorry, Katsuki, for tickling you," I yell, half laughing. He stops and gives me a kiss before laying back down to get comfortable. We snuggle close to each other and put the table on the bed. We set the laptop on the top and decide to continue watching The Umbrella Academy. We've only watched the first episode. I grab all the chips and put them on our laps. He sets up the laptop as I open the bag of chips and then we're all set up. We put play and then I hand him a bag. He takes it and gives me a quick peck before putting a chip in his mouth.

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Ughhh I just got this chapter done. Sorry about that again because it's 1 in the morning so it's already Saturday and not Friday so sorry!!! Thank you guys for waiting. Also I appreciate the reads, comments, and votes. I'll fix typos when I can. I love you all and I'm sorry again!! <3