Mika is not having a good day. He's late to work and runs into an unexpected guest that threatens to make things worse. He frets over Yuu's wellbeing, which is nothing new. They begin their new routine of keeping their distance and seeing each other once a week. Mika begins to feel normal again.
Chapters: 7/? Fandom: 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Hyakuya Mikaela/Hyakuya Yuuichirou, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Hyakuya Mikaela, Hyakuya Yuuichirou, Hiiragi Shinoa, Sanguu Mitsuba, Saotome Yoichi, Kimizuki Shihou, Krul Tepes, Ferid Bathory, Ichinose Guren, Hiiragi Shinya Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, English major!Mika, Digital art major!Yuu, Mika has anxiety, not too graphic violence, Guren is awful in this, Fluff, Light Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Romance, Mutual Pining, Friendship, Friends to Lovers, Falling In Love, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Ace!Mika, Demi!Yuu, Slow Burn Ish, now with art! Summary:
Mika feels smothered by his family and wants to be left alone. But even the loneliness is suffocating.
The first time they meet, Mika is surprised to find he is uncharacteristically calm around Yuu, when all Mika has ever really felt was seclusion and anxiety around other people. Yuu yearns to be closer to Mika, to discover what a beautiful person Mika was behind his reserved nature, despite Mika's futile efforts to keep him at a safe distance. However, the more Mika gets to know Yuu and the way he's treated at home, he can't help but feel like he has to save him, even if it means letting him all the way in passed the walls he's constructed around himself.
They soon realize their worlds aren't so far apart, and Mika finally starts to feel okay again after nearly a year of his self-induced isolation. Yuu helps him realize his family just wants him to be happy and that his friends never truly left him.
Their relationship takes a sharp turn after Yuu returns to Mika one night bloodied and bruised, and Mika vows to protect Yuu, no matter what.
