Take A Break
Y/N had been in the workshop for over 15 hours, despite the fact that it was a Saturday, and a very long weekend. She hasn’t slept or eaten since she got to the workshop, and hadn’t even so much as allowed herself to take a break.
And despite the fact that she had been working from before sunrise to after sunset, she still barley made a dent in her work and knew that to finish everything on time she wouldn’t be able to so much as schedule time to use the bathroom , and only take 20 minute naps because she would find herself falling asleep at her work desk.
It was late into the evening, and most students had resigned themselves to bed, only a few stragglers remained in the common room. Almost all the lights on campus had blinked out hours ago, all except the ones in the workshop.
Kirishima had been waiting for Y/N in the common room for hours, and her dorm room for even longer. He had a key. They didn’t have anything planned, but he kind of just assumed that they would hang out. They tried to hang out every evening, expecially now considering the fact that they lived about 6 minutes away from each other. And even if they couldn’t manage to hang out everyday, they would always without fail hang out every Friday evening or Saturday morning, usually both.
But today was different. Y/N was nowhere to be found. Not even the dining hall. Kirishima noticed that she had been pulling away the past few days. She had been falling asleep pratically in his arms every single night, and while, yes Kirishima did find it cute the first few times, after the forth he got a bit concered. That coupled with the fact that he felt like he felt like he hadn’t so much as seen Y/N in weeks let alone hung out had him worried.
So late on this Saturday night, he made the walk all the way to the Support Class workshop, box of dinner in hand with a extra large water and a bottle of blue power aid, which was Y/N’s favorite.
He knocked on the workshop door, which elicited no response. He slowly pushed open the door, and his heart nearly shattered and fell on the floor. Y/N was at her desk, hunched over with a screwdriver in his mouth and looking dazed. Her eyes were glassy and dazed as her eyes aimlessly fell from the blueprints to the broken parts in her hands then back to the blueprints. Her cheeks were puffy and it looked like she was either just crying or on the verge of tears. Her hands were shaking slightly from tiredness and her hair was a frizzy fluffy mess. Goosebumps were covering her skin, and she was do so focused that she didn’t even hear the door open, or even her named being called by her boyfriend.
He had to walk up on her , and gently tap her on the shoulder and it caused her to scream in shock and surprise and throw her tools in the air.
“ Hey baby.” he spoke gently, she stroked her hair out of her face.
“ Hi.” she sighed. She faked a smile. “ You scarred me.”
“ I can see that.” he tried to laugh but couldn’t seem to find his smile.
“ What are you doing here?”
“ I just came to see you.” He went to touch her face but she pulled away.
“ Sorry, I can’t really hang out right now, but maybe we can hang out tonight... I’m really swamped with projects.”
“ Baby its 11pm.” he stated calmly, gently squeezing her knee.
“ No that’s not possible its ba-” her eyes darted to her wrist watch and she looked like she would vomit. “ Crap, crap, crap.” her hands went back to work, furiously re reading blue prints. “ I’m really behind.” Tears fell down her face, and she tried her best to ignore it, but couldn’t, as she tried to work through the tears.
“ Y/N... Baby....you need to sleep.”
“ I slept last night.” she lied.
“ No you didn’t. I waited in your dorm room all night for you.” he replied. He watched as she furiously worked. “ Oh honey.” he sighed. “ You need to take a break.”
“ I can’t I’m so behind.” she replied. “ I don’t have enough time to pee, let alone take breaks.”
“ Why are you behind, all the other support course kids seem fine.”
“ People keep dumping their projects on me, and if they don’t get done, then the hero’s in training won’t get the stuff they need.” she sobbed.
“ Y/N-”
“ And all the upperclassmen keep coming to me for work instead of the other third years because the third years are all of campus for internships, and people keep coming to me with repairs or remodels, which is hard when you didn’t build the tech , so you just have to start from scratch, using somebody else’s half assed scribbles that make no sense-”
“ Y/N-”
“ And everyone needs something from me and they never give me enough time. All the 1-B kids and the 2nd years have a test on Tuesday and they need upgrades and new builds and all the other support course kids dumped all the work on me last minute.”
“ And id I don’t do it, people won’t have what they need, or they’ll be using faulty equipment and get hurt.” tears fell down her face and she wiped them away quickl
“ Y/N-.”
“ And I applied to like 12 internships and nobody replied to me, and I’ll never get a jo-”
“ Y/N BABY.” he shouted. He didn’t want to yell just get her attention. “ Look at me.. please.” he grabbed her face sweetly and made her look at him, which made her cry more. “ Baby please calm down.”
“ I’m sorry.” her face fell in her hands.
“ It’s okay baby, you’re okay.”
“ I’m just so tired. “ she sighed. “ And I’m so hungry.”
“ I know, I know, I know.” he pulled her into her chest. “ When was the last time you slept for more than a hour?”
“ Thursday.”
“ Oh honey... you need sleep.”
“ I know... but I have to work-”
“ You can’t work if you’re exhausted.”
“ But-”
“ Y/N baby.” he spoke firmly. “ I’m gonna help you clean up, then you’re gonna eat the Soba noodles I brought you.”
“ You brought me Soba noodles?” she sobbed.
“ Mhm.” he replied gently, stroking soothing circles in her back. “ And then we’re gonna go back to you’re dorm and shower, then you’re gonna sleep.”
“ But what about-”
“ We’ll worry about that tomorrow.” he pushed her away and forced her to look him in his sweet and calming eyes. “ Nothing and I mean nothing is work your physical health, ya’ here me?”
She meekly nodded and fell back into his chest crying. He intended for her to eat first but she fell asleep to him stroking her back and listening to his heart beat. Rocking them back and forth to soothe her. She fell asleep in her arms, finally allowing herself to relax and breathe and rest in his arms.
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