"I love you."

It was said on a Friday night, Kirishima tucked into the corner of the couch nibbling away at a piece of toast with jelly, Katsuki sitting in the middle of the couch, legs curling under a warm blanket eating instant ramen. It'd been a long day, many lives were lost and Kirishima had a hard time dealing, and while Kat did too, he was the stronger person the whole time.

Kirishima didn't process what was said at first, invested in the reports on tv that interupted their program.

He looked over at his boyfriend, staring at him for a long moment before going wide eyed.

"I love you.

Katsuki's face was staring at the tv blankly, almost as if he was staring off into space. His eyes looked tired and worn out, sad and almost upset.

"Baby?" Kirishima stares at him, and the blonds food was getting cold, sitting in his lap. He'd hardly touched it.

"Hey..." Kirishima shifted beneath his own throw blanket, pulling it off his feet and laying it across the back of their long time couch. He scoots over, sitting close as he takes the loosely held ramen from his boyfriend, setting it on the coffee table,"Talk to me."

This is one thing thats always come as a chore for Kat, talking to anyone. Kirishima knows that it's difficult for him to put things into words, but the red head can read him after 3 years of being friends and 2 years of dating.

"Today on the field it got..." The blond glances away from the tv and at the bandages on kirishima's hands instead,"It got pretty bad out there today and I..." Kirishima watches as his eyes fill up with wet, soggy tears, and the red head presses his lips together as he watches Kat try to hold them back.

"I was standing in the middle of all that and I knew you were somewhere near me doing the same thing..." The blonds voice wavers, and Kirishima doesn't remember seeing him like this since the night he broke down in the dorms,"And I realized that, even though I'm sure you knew, I'd never told you that."

"That you-"

"That I love you, yeah." Katsuki rubs his eyes and sniffles softly,"A-and I want you to know cause if we ever end up-" He swallows,"End up dying suddenly or... Or anything, I needed you to know cause I can't bear the feeling that-" the blond grips his blanket,"I dunno." He says sharply, eyes squinting as he makes a frustrated face.

"Hey, hey-" Kirishima smiles, feeling his own eyes water, but he won't cry, not right now,"I understand." He grips his boyfroemds hands,"I understand completely ok. I've been... Wanting to say it for a long time, I've just been waiting."

"I've wanted to say it." Kats eyes drip, and he reaches up to wipe it from his lashes,"I have. It's just, today, standing in the middle of all that bullshit I realized I had to say it soon or something could happen and I'd never get the chance and I just... I couldn't do that."

Kirishima stares at him, and he smiles softly, reaching up and rubbing the blonds tears away,"Hey..."

"Hm?"

"I love you, too." He whispers,"So very much."

Katsuki flushes, glancing at the floor before swallowing and turning towards the red head. He looks him in the eyes before huffing and closing his eyes, pressing his cheek into the red heads palm,"Today was fucked."

"This right here isn't though." Kirishima smiles,"Thankyou for telling me." The red head leans forward, pressing their foreheads tight together,"God."

Kat laughs wetly,"Fuck."

Kirishima smiles, thumbs rubbing up and down those wet cheeks,"I love you."

"Love you, too." His lover whispers back, and Kirishima can't help the little puff of air fall past his lips, the soft chuckle emitting from his throat.

"I wanna sit like this forever now." Kirishima whispers.

"I hope not, my feet will fall asleep."

"Wha-" Kirishima busts out laughing, and his boyfriend can't help the snicker, katsuki's grin brighter than his crying eyes,"God Kat why!?"

"It was too quiet!" The blond croaks between laughing and Kirishima tackles him back against the couch.

"Too quiet huh-" The red head kisses his neck, blowing rapsberries there and making the blond crack up, unable to calm down from the first joke mixed with the agonizing tickling of his only ticklish spot.

"Sto- stop! I can't breathe, stop!" Kat kicks his leg playfully and Kirishima pulls back, grinning brightly as his cheeks are squished together,"Fucker!"

"Well you said-!" Kirishima says with his squished cheeks.

"I know what I said, god!" Katsuki chuckles as he pulls the younger man into a gentle kiss,"But thats what I wanted."

Kirishima leans down again, pressing his lips tighter to the blonds. Kat brings in a soft breath when they roll their lips together, the kiss long and lingering, just laying there for a few long moments.

"Like that?" Kirishima grins, and the other man huffs, frowning as he turns pink.

Kirishima smiles, and he leans down again, kissing up Katsuki neck and nipping beneath his jaw,"Want to tonight? Or do you wanna just touch."

"Lets do it." Katsuki murmurs in his ear,"My turn to top anyways fucker, so lets go."

"I still get to carry you to the bedroom though." Kirishima says sternly, playfully.

"Deal."

The red head giggles.