Katsuki dropped his stuff off hours later. I was sitting on the kitchen counter, glaring at my sister. Eiko stuck her tongue out at me and continued eating her ice cream. Katsuki walked up next to me.

"What did she do to you?" He asked.

"I did nothing. I just brought ice cream home. You know to celebrate." Eiko grinned at me.

"Sure," I growled.

"I'm missing something here." Katsuki glanced between the two of us.

"I'm lactose intolerant. I can't have ice cream." I replied. "Normally it's special occasions only but she buys it whenever she's craving it then rubs it in my face."

"Oh, so no milk for you. I'll add that to the list of cat-like traits."

I looked at him. "How did you know that was a cat trait?"

He suddenly looked embarrassed. "I just guessed."

"You've been doing research!" I gasped.

"So what if I have." He growled.

I smirked. "You're interested in me."

He flushed then glared at me. "I'm just trying to learn your weaknesses. Nothing different than you're doing."

"Oh, so you're keeping a notebook on me now?"

"Shut up." He shoved me lightly.

"Hey watch it. I'm hurt remember."

He rolled his eyes. "That didn't hurt you what so ever."

I put a hand against my forehead. "Oh no, I've been found out."

"You two are so weird," Eiko said from the table.

"Shut up." Katsuki and I said.

"Fine, fine, so what's your plan for tonight?"

I shrugged. "Eat, watch a movie, sleep. Maybe I'll get him to put a face mask on." I looked over at Katsuki, batting my eyelashes.

"Never," he scoffed. "You will never get that stuff on me."

"Come on Katsuki, for me?" I pouted.

"No." He glared at me.

"Please," I gave him my version of puppy dog eyes.

"Just give into her already." Eiko groaned. "If you don't she'll keep bugging you all night which will bug me."

"I'm not going to just give in to her." He growled. "I already said no."

I sighed, sliding off the counter. "It was worth a shot."

I walked to my room, still a little unsteady on my feet. I heard Katsuki follow behind me. I plopped down on my bed with a sigh. Katsuki walked in and put his stuff in a corner.

"So what is the plan for tonight?"

"Like I said, eat, watch a movie, sleep." I shrugged. "Calm each other after nightmares. Normal sleepover stuff."

Katsuki scoffed. "I can tell you one of those things isn't normal. And it's not the nightmares."

I cocked my head to the side. "So what is it?"

"Sleep." He replied deadpan. "Who sleeps at a sleepover?"

I laughed then clutched my side. "True. But you have school in the morning."

Katsuki sighed. "Yeah back to that dump. You're lucky, you get to stay home."

"You call having several major injuries lucky?" I raised a brow at him.

"Fine, but you're still lucky." He sat next to me on the bed. "What now?"

I checked the time. 6:13. "We could order pizza."

"Sounds good to me." Katsuki shrugged.

"Mom!" I called.

Katsuki laughed. I paused for a moment, enjoying the sounds that spilled from his lips.

Mom appeared in the doorway. "Yes?"

"Can we have pizza for dinner?" I asked.

She sighed. "I guess. I didn't have a plan for dinner anyway."

"Yay!" I laid back on the bed.

"Do you want anything special on the pizza?" Mom asked.

"Ham, I at least want ham on the pizza," I replied.

"I'm good with whatever." Katsuki shrugged.

"Ooo get Hawaiian then." I grinned.

"No," Katsuki said.

"Why not?" I looked over at him.

"Pineapple doesn't belong on pizza."

"Uh yes, it does. It's one of the best things on pizza."

"No, it's disgusting. Its a fruit. It doesn't go on pizza."

"Well, tomato is technically a fruit and it's on pizza."

"But tomato isn't sweet. Pineapple is."

Mom cut us off. "Alright, alright, I'll get half a Hawaiian and half of whatever Katsuki wants."

"Meat lovers," Katsuki replied.

"Alright, half a Hawaiian and half a meat lovers." She smiled and left.

Katsuki leaned back. "We seriously need to talk about your taste."

I shrugged. "I like the sweetness on the pizza."

"It just doesn't belong." Katsuki made a face.

"Agree to disagree." I yawned. "I think it's good."

"And I don't."

And just like that, it went quiet. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Katsuki got up and walked away. I cracked my eye open and watched him flip through several notebooks. He paused on one page.

"I don't recognize this hero." He held up the notebook.

I sat up and looked at it. "Oh, Eraserhead? He's an underground hero, he doesn't make many appearances."

"Interesting." He went back to flipping through the book. "You have a lot on him."

"I did my research." I shrugged. "I really like his quirk. I study his fighting style. I've been trying to figure out how he uses his scarf. I'm thinking that I could use that in battle. Since without a quirk I'm basically useless."

"Have you had any luck?" Katsuki looked down, as if upset.

I shook my head. "No, not yet. I've been trying since I saw him on TV."

"How long ago was that?"

I thought about it. "I'm not sure. I was young, maybe 8."

"6 years. And no luck?"

"Nothing. Maybe it needs a special material." I laid back down. "I really want to meet him one day."

"You might."

I sat back up, a little too quickly. I winced, cradling my ribs. "How?"

"I heard a rumor that he teaches at UA. Along with All Might." Katsuki sat back at my side.

"If we get in, we could finally meet them!" I grinned.

"You mean when we get in." Katsuki corrected.

"Oh I know you'll get in but I might have some trouble." I leaned against his shoulder. "Do you think I can do it? Honestly?"

Katsuki stiffened. "I don't know. It all depends on what the entrance exam is. It's different every year."

"I'm nervous it's going be some sort of physical exam and if I'm not with you then I won't be able to do very well."

"I'm sure you'll do your best." His hand came to rest on my hip.

I closed my eyes. "I know you will."

We stayed there, quiet, and not moving. I felt my mind slipping away, I was falling asleep. I tried to stay awake but I was too tired and too comfortable. Then the next thing I heard was a gasp then a shout. I sat up, rubbing my eyes. I looked over at Katsuki. His cheeks were flushed.

"Katsu? What happened?" I yawned.

"Your sister." He muttered. "You fell asleep so I didn't move you but now your sister is telling your mom."

"Oh," I stood up. "I guess I'll go get her then."

I walked out of my room, I followed the sound of Eiko talking. She was upstairs in my parent's room.

"Mom, they were sleeping together!" Eiko exclaimed.

"No, I was asleep. Katsuki just didn't move me." I said from the doorway.

Eiko spun around. "But you were alone together."

"You and Kirishima have been alone together." I pointed out.

Eiko made a few strangled noises, looked between me and Mom, then left. I shrugged and followed her downstairs. I caught a whiff of pizza and my mouth watered. Katsuki was already in the kitchen wolfing down pizza. I slid into a seat next to him.

"Wow, couldn't even wait for me."

He shrugged. "I was hungry."

I grabbed a couple of slices of pizza, I took a couple of bites. "Mmm, so good. Pineapple on pizza is the best."

"What is wrong with you?" Katsuki wrinkled his nose.

I laughed, almost choking on my pizza. "Fine, I'll drop it."

"I'm surprised you don't like anchovies on pizza."

I make a face. "I don't like anchovies in general. Now tuna on pizza, that's a different story."

"Oh my gosh." Katsuki shoved me. "You are so weird."

"You're the one who decided to become friends and then fall for me." I took another bite of pizza. "So you're also weird."

He rolled his eyes. "Says the person who's been head over heels for two years."

"Hey!" I smacked his shoulder.

Eiko walked in. "What are you two love birds talking about?"

"You." I replied.

She stopped. "What?"

"Oh, you know just how you've been head over heels for Kiri for years," I smirked.

"I—you—what—" she sputtered. "Koneko!"

I shrugged. "Payback."

She glared at me, grabbed her pizza, and stalked off. Katsuki watched her go.

"Wow, you were right. She would tease you 24/7."

"Siblings. That's just how it goes."

We finished our pizza then took over the living room. Like everything else, we couldn't decide on a movie. I wanted to watch what Katsuki called a chick flic and he wanted to watch a horror movie. Finally, we decided on watching more than one movie. Katsuki groaned throughout my entire movie. He didn't know but some times I would catch him staring at me. Once my movie was done he put in his. I groaned, I hated horror movies.

"You better be prepared for screaming and being pounced on." I muttered.

He looked at me. "Don't worry. I'll be by your side. They don't scare me."

And he was right. He didn't budge the entire time. Meanwhile, I jumped at the slightest movement. I didn't let go of his hand the entire time. At one point I was curled up in his side, my face buried in his neck. That was the one time he moved. He wrapped his arm around me, holding me closer. I stayed by his side for the rest of the movie. After the movie was done I finally detached myself from him.

"No more scary movies." I shook my head. "I don't like them."

Katsuki stood up and stretched. "Fine, fine."

"Let's get ready for bed?" I suggested.

"Sure."

We headed to my room and grabbed our pajamas. I kicked Katsuki out of my room so I could change. After we both changed I pulled out my mask collection and a couple of headbands.

"No." Katsuki said instantly.

"Come on it's good for your skin." I pleaded.

"No, it looks stupid." Katsuki turned away.

"Please, no one wants a number one hero with acne." I pressed.

He glared at me. "Fine, but this doesn't leave this room."

"I swear." I grinned. I smeared the clay mask on his cheeks.

"It's cold!" He yelped.

I laughed. "Of course."

"Hey, kids…" Mom opened the door.

Katsuki and I froze. Mom laughed and pulled out her phone.

"Mitsuki needs to see this."

"Mom!" I exclaimed. "Get out!"

Katsuki was practically livid. His palms crackled with explosions. I almost immediately put my hands on top of his. I had his quirk copied so it didn't hurt...much.

"Mom, please leave." I said.

"Alright, alright." She left without closing the door behind her.

I groaned. "Mom!"

I didn't bother getting up. I just kicked it close.

"I swear if that picture gets to my mother, I will murder someone." Katsuki growled.

I put more of the mask on his cheeks. "It's fine. It's not like you had a full mask on."

"That doesn't matter!"

"Oh, hush. You're taking care of your skin. That's nothing to be ashamed of." I finished putting the mask on him. "Now do you want to do me or am I doing myself?"

"I'll put it on you. Gives me an excuse to smear stuff on your face." He took the bottle from me.

"You don't need a lot. Just enough to cover my face." I grabbed a headband.

"Yeah, yeah." He squirted some on his hand and smeared it on my face.

I closed my eyes as he spread it around my face. After a minute he pulled back.

"There."

I opened my eyes. "And now we match."

"What do we do now?" He asked.

I put the mask bottle back away. "Now we wait for it to dry."

Katsuki laid down on the floor. "And what? Do nothing?"

"It's a time to relax." I replied, resting my head on his stomach.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm relaxing." I closed my eyes.

"You're laying on me."

"Thank you for pointing out the obvious."

"Why?"

"Because unlike you, I enjoy physical contact. It's just a part of my quirk. So it's a part of me."

"So it's another cat-like trait?"

"In a way."

He reached over and scratched behind my ear. "I read that a cat's purr can help tissue regeneration."

"Yes," I felt the purr build up in my throat. "So?"

"So what spot will get you to purr instantly?" His hand ran through my hair.

"Tail. Also certain spots on my back and right behind my ear." I curled my tail around his leg. "But my tail is extremely sensitive."

"Oh. Oh!"

I opened my eyes and looked up at Katsuki. He was looking away from me and his ears were red. I laughed.

"I guess you figured it out."

"So don't mess with your tail. Got it." Katsuki still refused to look at me.

"I mean you can if you want. I don't mind." I ran my tail along his arms. "Especially since it's you."

He sat up abruptly, knocking me off him.

"What is wrong with you?" His ears were still bright red.

I laughed again. "I'm just messing with you. Maybe one day you can mess with it but not now."

"Oh, geez." He shoved me. "You are crazy."

"Yeah, well I'm friends with you. What'd you expect?" I grinned.

Katsuki changed the subject. "Is it time to take these things off? It itches."

I touched my cheek. "Yeah, we can take them off now."

I grabbed a couple of washcloths, threw one at him and walked to the bathroom. I got the cloth wet and started rubbing the mask off. Katsuki walked in and started doing the same. A moment later Eiko appeared.

"Wow, you actually did get a mask on him."

I grinned. "Yep. No one can resist me."

"Anyway, Mom says it's time to go to bed." Eiko leaned against the door. "Dad says you two can't sleep in the same bed like you and Izuku did."

I glanced at Katsuki. "Wasn't planning on it."

Eiko nodded and left. I quickly washed the last of the mask off and headed to my room. Katsuki was right behind me.

"What did she mean by that?"

I sighed, sitting on my bed. "During some of our first sleepovers, Izuku and I would sleep in the same bed. We stopped after the first few times. Most of the time it was an accident, we would stay up talking about heroes then we would fall asleep. There was nothing more to it."

Katsuki was silent as he laid down his sleeping bag. I watched him carefully, he wasn't looking at me.

"I don't know what I could say to make it any better," I whispered. "You know where my feelings lie. Izuku is my friend, nothing more. And he never was."

Katsuki nodded and laid down. "Goodnight Neko."

"Goodnight Katsu," I laid down and turned off the lamp.

I woke up gasping for air, Katsuki was at my side in a second.

"Hey, hey are you alright?"

I shook my head and let out a strangled sob. He pulled me close, gently cradling me.

"It was just a nightmare, it wasn't real." He whispered.

"It felt so real." I sobbed.

"I know, I know." He ran his fingers through my hair. "I'm here. You're here. The villain is gone."

I buried my face in his neck. I was getting his shirt wet with tears and snot but he didn't care. One of his hands came to rest on my lower back, rubbing slow circles. My breathing began to slow. 'He's not dead. He's right here.' I told myself. Eventually, my tears stopped and I could breathe normally again. Katsuki removed his hands but I held him tightly.

"Don't let go," I whispered.

"Okay," Katsuki carefully laid back down.

I leaned my head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. I closed my eyes and drifted back to sleep.

I woke up the next morning still laying on Katsuki's chest. I heard birds chirping outside and light was streaming through the window. I checked the time. 7:27. I groaned and got up. Katsuki had to get to school. I shook Katsuki lightly.

"Katsu?"

He groaned and opened his eyes. "What?"

"You need to get ready for school." I ran my hand through his hair.

He groaned again and sat up. He reached out and touched my cheek. "How did you sleep?"

"Better after I was with you." I ran my hand down his chest. "I think your heartbeat helped."

"Interesting." He scratched behind my ear.

I started purring, he smiled. I closed my eyes and leaned into his touch. I felt myself slipping back to sleep when he pulled away. I opened my eyes.

"I have to go to school remember?" He stood up.

I groaned and stood up too. "Come back tonight? You can bring me my homework."

"Yeah, I'll be back tonight." He grabbed his school uniform and left.

I sat on my bed, waiting for him to come back. Katsuki walked back in and shoved his clothes in his bag.

"I'll just leave my stuff here since I'm coming back."

I hopped off the bed. "That's fine. Let's go get breakfast."

After breakfast Katsuki and Eiko left for school, Mom and Dad left for work so I was alone. I watched a couple of movies on TV, worked on a couple more hero entries, made cookies, took a nap, and just stared at the ceiling. Finally, after what felt like days, someone opened the door. I jumped up off the couch and ran to the front door. Katsuki was taking his shoes off.

"Katsu, you're back!" I grinned.

"I said I would." He handed me his bag. "You're homework is in there."

"Aw, no hello kiss." I joked.

"Don't tempt me." He growled, he walked into the kitchen.

"I made cookies want some?" I followed him.

"Sure." He grabbed one off the rack and took a bite. "This is not bad."

I smiled. "I'm not much of a cooker but I can bake."

I walked to my room and put his bag on my desk. Katsuki came in a moment later and we started on homework. Eiko came home with Kirishima and went upstairs. Mom and Dad came home and started on dinner. After homework, Katsuki and I played some video games. He beat me at almost everything. After several games, we were called to dinner. Mom and Dad seemed surprised to see Katsuki again but didn't comment. When dinner was done Katsuki and I headed outside down to the park. I showed him the treehouse I found one day. From there we watched the sunset. When it was dark enough we climbed back down. We laid in the grass staring up at the stars. Katsuki pulled out a laser pointer and started pointing out different stars and constellations. At one point he pointed the laser down on the ground and I had to resist the urge to pounce on it. He glanced at me.

"So chasing lasers is another cat-like trait." He pointed on the ground next to me.

"Katsuki, don't." My hands were already moving, trying to grab the red dot.

He laughed and moved the laser around. I sat up and chased it. He moved it around and around until I was finally able to resist it and pounce on him instead. I grabbed the laser out of his hands.

"Please don't do that again," I said breathlessly.

"Okay, okay, I won't." He smirked. "Tonight at least."

"Katsuki!" I exclaimed. My phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out. "It's my mom. She says we need to come back."

"Alright, let's go." He stood up and offered me his hand.

I took it and he pulled me up. We were so close, our chests were pressed up against each other. I blushed and looked down, backing away quickly.

"Um, we should go." My voice was quiet. Normally I was confident in these situations but being alone with Katsuki at night made me a little timid.

We walked back home, quiet the entire time. When we got home Mom sent us straight to bed since Katsuki had school in the morning. We went to bed without much fuss. After Mom and Dad went to bed I snuck into Katsuki's sleeping bag. He seemed surprised but didn't say anything. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

The next day was the same as the day before, Katsuki got up and left for school. I did nothing all day until Katsuki came back home. We did our homework and the rest of my family came back home. Unfortunately, Mom said that Katsuki had to go back to his house. I tried to reason with her but she was firm. Katsuki gathered his stuff.

"You can call me if you need." He whispered. "I'll try to answer."

I smiled. "Thanks."

He returned the smile and left. I closed the door and headed to the dining room. After dinner, I went and just relaxed in my room. I fell asleep earlier than normal. I woke up several times during the night and every time it was the same thing over and over. Katsuki was gone.

I woke up screaming again for what felt like the 50th time that night. I looked around the room, fear tightening my chest. I pulled my knees up to my chest, pressing my face against them. Katsuki was alive, I knew that but it never stopped the dreams. They kept coming and coming. The only time they stopped was when Katsuki was laying by my side. He had already stayed a few nights. Any more and we'd probably raise suspicion if we hadn't already. My hands were trembling as I picked up my phone. I could call him but he had school in the morning. He said that I could call him but I didn't want to disturb him. I jumped as my phone started to ring. I answered it almost without thinking.

"Hey, Neko," Katsuki's voice was soft.

"Katsu? Why are you calling?" I asked.

"You didn't call me. I just wanted to make sure that you were okay."

I took a shaky breath. "I'm okay. I just didn't want to bother you."

"I told you to call me if you needed to."

"I know. But I didn't want to wake you up."

"I've been awake for most of the night."

I laid back down. "You should get some sleep."

"So should you, you're still healing."

"I will if you will."

"Fine." He huffed.

I closed my eyes. "I'll stay on till you fall asleep."

"Or till you fall asleep." His voice sounded tired.

I hummed, already feeling tired. I heard Katsuki's breathing steady.

"Katsu?"

No answer. He was already asleep. I smiled and let my body fall back into unconsciousness.

I walked into school several days later. I sat down at my desk and looked around, nobody was minding their own business. I sighed, they all must have heard about what happened. Or at least saw the news. Izuku was the first to approach me.

"Izuku!" I smiled brightly.

"Are you okay? I mean, are you well enough to come to school?" He seemed a little nervous. Which made sense since Katsuki was glaring daggers at him.

"I'm fine. My ribs still hurt but that's to be expected. I have a doctor's note saying I can skip P.E." I shrugged wincing slightly.

"You idiot." Katsuki walked up. "You should have stayed home. It takes several weeks for cracked ribs to heal."

"I'm fine as long as I don't do physical activities," I replied. "I've been doing this much at home."

"Whatever." Katsuki sat at his desk.

"Katsuki, I'm fine. Really." I smiled at him. 'Physically anyway.' I thought.

He eyed me as if he heard my thoughts. He pointed to his head then did a thumbs up with a questioning look on his face. I shook my head, no use lying to him, he'd find out anyway.

"Meet me after class." He whispered.

I nodded and turned my attention to the front of the class as the teacher walked in.

"Good morning class. It's good to see everyone's here. Welcome back, Miss Chino."

The entire class looked over at me. I gave a shy wave and flushed.

"I think the whole class has heard about your heroic attempt to save Bakugou." The teacher said.

"Attempt?" Katsuki growled under his breath.

I almost reached for him but kept to myself.

"Now tell us, why did you really run into the fight? Fame? Recognition?" The teacher raised her eyebrow.

"It was to save my friend." I frowned a little. "It wasn't for fame. I could care less about that. But I couldn't just let my friend die. Anyone else would have done the same if it was their friend."

"I guess so. Now let's begin..."

The bell rang and everyone started packing up. I shoved my books in my bag and met Katsuki outside of the classroom. He jerked his head as if to say follow me. I nodded and followed him up to the roof. The rooftop was empty except for a freshman couple. Katsuki quick scared them off with a couple of explosions. He leaned against the wire fence.

"What's going on in your head?"

"Lots of things. You. What I could have done better, how could I have freed you sooner, how could I have protected myself?" I shrugged. "A lot of what-ifs. Some..." I glanced at him. "Are darker than others."

"You mean if I died." He said it so calmly.

"Yeah, or me. What would have happened then?" I bit my lip.

"Neko, don't think about that. It's not going to happen. I won't ever let you die."

"I know, but it doesn't help. I've tried everything, nothing has calmed me except...you." I met his gaze. "I haven't had a good night's sleep since you left."

Katsuki sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Honestly, neither have I."

"So what do we do? We can't constantly be sleeping at each other's houses." I leaned against the fence.

"No, but we could do that once a month. And the other times we could facetime or call each other."

I thought about that. "Yeah, that could work."

We were silent for a moment. I sighed and straightened.

"We should get to class."

"Yeah," Katsuki straightened too, he looked at me and for a moment I thought he might kiss me. Instead, he wrapped me in a hug. "I'm not going anywhere, Neko. I won't abandon you."

And with that confession he let me go and disappeared down the stairs. I stood there frozen for a moment then smiled. At least that was one thing I knew for certain. Katsuki would stick by my side no matter what.