𝑳𝑬𝑺 𝑭𝑹𝑨𝑮𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑺 •𝒃𝒙𝒃•

thorny vines ~ 37

The sign of a new days starting came in the form of his phone ringing.

Groggily, Yuma opened his eyes and peered to the side. The clock flashed the time at him in bright red numbers: 08:48 a.m.

"Who...?" He mumbled out, slowly reaching towards his phone. Barely managing to take it in hand without dropping it, he answered the call without looking at the caller and pressed it against his ear as he fell back onto the pillow, "Hello?"

"Yuma!" Came his aunt's cheery voice, "Good morning! Did you sleep well? Might've dreamt about Endeavour's kid while you're at it~?"

He was too tired for her teasing, "I slept well, and no, I didn't dream of Endeavour's kid," Knowing that there was no way he was going to fall asleep again, he sat up and the covers slid down his shoulders, "His name isn't 'Endeavour's kid' by the way. He has a name, you know?"

Chikara's laugh almost pierced his eardrums, but he pulled the phone away just in time to evade that, "Awfully defensive, aren't we~?"

Oh God.

"Why'd you call so early?" He mumbled out, lazily rubbing his eye with his free hand, "You woke me up."

A rather long yawn came next and he breathed out into the phone.

"Sorry about that, I wanted to see if you wanna go to the city with me later today?" Faintly, he heard the sound of a car door slamming shut.

Go to the city...? Briefly, he went silent and stared out the window, "I already have something planned for today, so I have to decline."

Chikara also went silent for a few moments, "Oh...? A date?!" This time, Yuma failed to pull away the phone in time and he suffered the consequences, "With Endeavour's kid?!"

How the...?! Was she psychic?! How did she know?!

Wait, no! It wasn't a date! It was a friendly meeting... just to hangout!

"It's not a date...!" He hissed out through clenched teeth, "You and your imagination!"

Heart, calm down, you're of no use if you're just causing him to have the need to curl into himself with each beat you do!

"So it is a date with Endeavour's kid!" She gushed into the speaker, "My Yuma is growing up! Oh my! I need to tell Shion!"

He threw the covers off himself and bolted out of bed, "You're telling nothing to nobody!" However, he underestimated the covers and ended up tying it around his ankle, somehow, "Chikara-!" His words cut off and he yelped as he lost balance, the sheet completely sealing his movements and making his body tilt forward.

His phone flew out of his hand, but he managed to use his quirk at the last moment to make both himself and the phone not crash into the floor.

"Yuma?!" Chikara's voice came from the phone and he barely managed to hear it, "Are you all right?! Yuma?!"

He breathed out a sigh and released his quirk, making both himself and the phone produce a light thud as they landed down. Still, the impact hurt a bit, especially his knee.

That's bound to leave a bruise.

Internally, he cursed himself and the fact that he easily bruised.

"Are you there?!"

He took the phone in hand and thanked God that it didn't crack anywhere, "I'm fine, I tripped."

"Oh, thank God! I thought you died or something!"

Died...? Who did she think he was? A toddler? "Seriously? I'm not going to fall down and die. What do you take me for?" Honestly... his aunt was weird sometimes.