★ mirio togata / phasedbe.
he’s completely UNFAZED by her scolding but drops his hand, closing a fist around the injured skin so that Ava wouldn’t see it. doesn’t so much as FLINCH at the presumptive pain. “I’m thinking we can all use more hugs, but my clothes would burn away and that’d be rude to you. Don’t worry about it !! Instead, have you thought about what you’d like to do after school today? I promised that we’d do whatever you feel like! ”
curious hues trace the motion of his fingers, the curl of his palm as he conceals the true extent of his wound from her sight. doesn’t that hurt? shouldn’t he be off to get that treated? guilt churns her stomach. a hand finds purchase against the glow of red; pushing back vision obscuring tresses in her moment of unease. “no, but i had been planning on going back to the dorms. i mean, it’s going to be pretty late after we back to shiketsu and all ------- wait...”
“ oh-----OH, I FORGOT!” heat floods her face, igniting a soft hue of yellow-red warmth to blossom across the bridge of her nose, clinging fast to her cheeks in embarrassment. how could she have idly forgotten like that! he had even made a point to remind her the night before. “ i’m ---- yeah, no, i didn’t think about anything, but ------ i don’t care where we go.”














