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Wednesday, March 13 2160, 20:49: ‘ Tinglyzu’ uploaded a video: [ASMR] Big Brother Reads You A Bedtime Story | 23m48s | 430k views

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Thursday, March 14 2160, 23:47: ‘CatasToshi’ uploaded a video: Becoming The Best Ever At Random Games: Part 7, Treasure Mine | 14m7s | 712k views

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this one… did not go to plan– anywaysssss 

i found a game that had literally less than 1k downloads, and downloaded it with the express goal of being the best ever at it, so welcome all to my TreasureMine!

follow me wherever u like (except in real life, that’s just stalking)
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Instagram: instagram.com/CatasToshi

TikTok: tiktok.com/@CatasToshi

Twitter (I refuse to call it X): x.com/CatasToshi

Twitch: twitch.tv/CatasToshi

oh and buy my merch too! (trust, it is the comfiest shit u will ever wear): CatasToshi.shop

CatasToshi ’s video started with a black screen – as all their videos do. Then, a purple cat tumbled in from the left side and bounced its way over to the right bottom corner, where it sat down and then stared at the watcher. After a second, the dark screen disappeared, with the cat bopping out of view before returning so just its head was visible in the corner as the menu to a game was displayed. The game’s design was pixelated, making it seem like an older game, with a soft colour palette reminiscent of other lofi-games.

In the background, it showed the entrance to a mine in the mountains, which the grey colour surrounding the actual entrance hinted at. As the inside of the mine was dark, it was hard to see what was there, but since the game buttons were covering most of the entrance, it didn’t matter much anyway. Four pastel orange buttons contrasted to the dark blueish grey colours of the background. They were placed underneath each other and from top to bottom they read: Play , Shop , Leaderboard and Settings . There was also a small white circle with a little speaker icon struck through by a thin red line – indicating the game’s volume had been turned off – placed at the bottom right of the screen. 

“Welcome back to this catastrophe of a gamer, I’m CatasToshi and today we are going to become the best TreasureMine player in existence! Woo! … Ok, was that… was that enthusiastic enough? Good, ok, I need a nap– anywaysssss, onto the video, I guess?” The gamer’s voice spoke over the screen, beginning their usual intro, their tone swapping from over enthusiastic and excitable to what was clearly their more natural, sarcastic voice. As they spoke, the cat in the corner lit up slightly and purple captions crossed the bottom of the screen. 

Most of the rest of the video followed CatasToshi as they learnt how to play, climbed the ranks and spent way too many hours purely grinding. There was lots of math: calculations to work out whether an upgrade would be worth it, since the money spent on the upgrades would be taken off their total balance, which related to their place on the leaderboard. 

“Ok, surely, surely , that’s enough to be on the top of the leaderboard? Right? I’ve been playing constantly for a fucking week and a half, so I must be, right?” CatasToshi practically pleaded with a minute left of the video, exiting the mine and hopping onto the leaderboard screen, only to reveal their name in second place, the player in first place still hundreds of thousands of gold ahead of them. You could hear CatasToshi’s pained groan along with a crashing bang that sounded suspiciously like them slamming their head defeatedly into their keyboard.

“Who the FUCK is this and HOW do they have this much fucking time on their hands for this stupid ass game?” Onscreen, you could clearly read ‘ letsapling ’ in the first place. Then the video cut to black. A few seconds later, text that looked like the most default unedited font appeared in white.

‘ do i fucking give up or do i make this a whole ass mission? the vote is up on my twitter i guess… please free me from this hell guys - CatasToshi ’

— COMMENTS

allmightsbigtoe: Wow what a loser, we definitely need a part 2 || 185 likes, 3 replies

tiredgoblin: that cliffhanger damnnnnn aint no way we dont get a part 2 tho || 7k likes, 9 replies

DoYouListenToGirlInRed: Whether you make a part 2 or not is totally up to you! You deserve some rest after all that grinding ❤️❤️ || 2k likes, 78 replies

coolnicknamehere: who is that letsapling guy??? i wonder if hes a youtuber too? probs not tho cuz that is a crazy grindy game for a youtuber to play || 6k likes, 27 replies

Caveheartshroom: have yall seen the twitter post? 98% for a part 2 aint no way its not happening || 197 likes, 6 replies

SlinkyGlasses: another awesome post <333 || 47 likes, 1 reply

GhostlyPumpkin: ayeee he even managed to post it before the deadline lmao || 93 likes, 7 replies

      ↳ CookiesnCreamPls: when there was no post and 15 min left till midnight i thought they wuld be late but yet he surprises us 

ZUistheBEST: aughh i wish he would finally do an asmr video!!!!! || 237 likes, 7 replies

      ↳ CrayonCats: IKRRRR they wuld be so good at asmr!! 

PinkyPantherButWithSparkles: HA I SAW THAT COMING!! My bestie’s just the best XX || 3 likes, 3 replies

      ↳ ChocolateFire: You know who LetSapling is??

          ↳ PinkyPantherButWithSparkles: ;) :*

               ↳ ChocolateFire: ???

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Saturday, March 16 2160, 13:31: ‘LetSapling’ is live: Another Day Of Grinding! // Chill Stream

TreasureMine — #TreasureMine #chill #calm #backgroundnoise #anypronouns

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1517 viewers | 2:22:34+

On the stream, the video displayed a little character in a mine, digging happily through dirt as they aimed for the gold in the current level. A smooth, masculine voice was quietly speaking over it, addressing chat and answering questions every now and then.

— STREAM CHAT

daysofbugs: i love when you do these types of streams!

SignPetitionForCatasToshiAsmr: have you seen CatasToshi’s video? You’re famous now!!

CHRIsIsThaTaWEED: Do you have any pets?

sillygooseshenanigans: @SignPetitionForCatasToshiAsmr what about that cat obsessed bitch

SignPetitionForCatasToshiAsmr: @sillygooseshenanigans he made a video trying to become the best at treasuremine and failed, cause dear Sapling has been playing for way longer and also plays regularly

moonlithalia: hey everyone, hope youre having a great day! remember to eat and drink water :3

MinaButMakeItSparkly: I SAW THE VIDEO!!111!11!1!!! It was so funnyyyyyyyy

IneedaSUGARMOMMY: MINA!!! 😍😍😍😍

capricornrising: WE LOVE YOU MINA <33333

fckmplsdynmt: @MinaButMakeItSparkly mommy has returned

imightnotbeRedbutimRioting: @MinaButMakeItSparkly hello darling, how was your day? :D

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There was a slight chuckle as the streamer, Sapling, watched their comments explode with people greeting Mina and discussing CatasToshi’s latest video. “I did see the video. Mina – hi, by the way – sent me a link. I think Cat– Kats– CatsTo– Ka-tas-To-shi didn’t have a chance to beat me in less than two weeks in the first place. I mean, I’ve been playing TreasureMine almost since release, which was years ago. And I play at least once weekly, so you know– But it was impressive how far he got in such a short amount of time, even if most of the players often only play for when they need something mindless to focus on.”

— STREAM CHAT

CatasToshi: oh shit i did not expect to actually find you

purrtoise: @CatasToshi holy sHIT

HoneyHoney: OMGOMGOMGOGFMOGGOJGMOGDDKNGBIUADWZ

originalsquish: @CatasToshi YOOOO?????????

gayBEN: OMG HI @CatasToshi I LOVE YOU SM

LuckOfTheKings: YO??? @CatasToshi IN THE CHAT????

MinaButMakeItSparkly: ASDFGHJKDIJCAWSWERDTCERFW9GQHUC

MaplinMoth: I was fully zoned out but then Sapling mentioned @CatasToshi and I zoned back in and saw chat and he’s HERE? HELLO??

TheRealGayDoor: Was studying but had to check out why Sapling got so quiet all of a sudden and i come back to find catastoshi!?!?!? 

OreoGallah: The @CatasToshi @LetSapling Crossover be going crazyyyy

KelPrincess: @OreoGallah we got @CatasToshi @LetSapling Crossover before GTA9

MinaButMakeItSparkly: ASDFGHJKLSDFGHJKLADOFDKQWDYTFUGIH

Dyedmyhairblue: oh shit @CatasToshi is here how am i supposed to use this as a safe place to vent about my massive crush on catastoshi- i mean wait what who said that not me i dont have a crush on catastoshi wdym

CorvidBirb: @CatasToshi in the chat????

hawkstan101: @CatasToshi is here????????????? HOLYSHIT???????????

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Izuku stared at his screen in shock, surprised that THE CatasToshi actually looked him up. Which, maybe, was stupid in hindsight, because if he was going to make a part two, then he’d also eventually get the idea to search his gamertag online to see if someone went by that name. But it was still surreal to think that the man with almost 2 million subscribers on YouTube was watching Izuku’s stream with merely 1.6k viewers….1.7k– Oh wow, more and more viewers were coming in, someone must’ve posted something about CatasToshi’s appearance. 

“Um,” Izuku said, watching a message from Discord pop up on his second monitor. It was Mina losing her absolute shit – as if she hadn’t posted multiple keyboard smashes in his stream chat as well – before asking if he was good. Then she pointed out that he should maybe say something because he’s been quiet for a long time. “Hello everyone,” he greeted when the viewer number climbed above 2k. “Welcome to my stream, I’m LetSapling, but feel free to call me Sapling. And hello to our guest of honor, Cat’s Toshi.”

CatasToshi: i did not mean to cause this chaos in the chat im so sorry

CatasToshi: my fans shuld know better than to be spamming about me in another streamers chat >:(

MeowSorcerer: not us getting told off by our own streamer in another streamer’s chat oof

GayDuckTape: 10 gifted subs as an apology :( sorry sapling

“Ah, don’t worry about it,” Izuku waved off, watching as Mina sent him more messages, this time getting excited over him already having ten thousand viewers. How the fuck was this happening so fast?!?! Subs and donations rained in, his in-stream alerts chiming every few seconds as his bank account slowly filled with more money. “Thank you so much, valeria, pigeonsticks, klausdaseij– ejiorn– oh fuck me I can not pronounce that. Uhh, thank you antilokiselfcest, siidebolts, jojojoes, oof so many people I don’t think I can manage to say them all. I assure you all I’m very grateful for everything you gift me! I hope you don’t feel obligated to, though.”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 100 SUBS: since u have to deal with my dumbass fans have some subs lol

“Oh wow! Thank you so much! That’s a lot!” Izuku could feel their face heating up and was glad for the fact that they did not have a facecam, considering they were about 99 percent sure they were as red as a fucking strawberry.

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 5 SUBS: and another 5 for being an interesting opponent for my video (i will overtake u tho)

“That’s really no reason to give me subs for– You’ve already given me so much– Ah.” He almost squeaked when he saw a notification from Discord, reading ‘ Wow you’re so into him!!! ’ Quietly, he added, “shush, Mina.”

> letsapling257 — 18:03, 16/03/2160

IM NOT FUCKING INTO HIM

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 18:03, 16/03/2160

Yeah cus u are a bottom

Izuku was already clicking off Discord when Mina’s reply came in and he choked on his spit, “Mina–” and instantly fell into a full-on coughing fit when he saw CatasToshi’s next donation. 

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 50 SUBS: u sound cute when ur flustered

— STREAM CHAT

NuggieLove: @CatasToshi WHATT

AquaBee: WAIT WHAT DID MINA SAY

Squishipop: NEW SHIP ALERT????

LeoooooooooooLove: gay

Squishipop: wait @CatasToshi are u ok with ppl shipping u?

CatasToshi: @Squishipop idgaf but check with LetSapling lol

holysh-tsucksman: @CatasToshi U CANT SAY SHIT LIKE THAT BRO

Squishipop: HOLY SHIT @CatasToshi REPLIED TO ME??????????

GayMushroomFae: MINA? WHAT DID YOU SAY?????? WHAT DO YOU KNOW??

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> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 5 SUBS: how many subs do i need to gift to get you to stop playing TreasureMine for a week to give me a chance to catch up

When Izuku finally managed to stop coughing and take a deep breath, he found CatasToshi’s latest donation, “You don’t have to gift me anything!”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 5 SUBS: no gifted subs sounds like cheating idk man 

“It’s not cheating when we’re the ones who make the rules!”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 5 SUBS: imma keep gifting subs till u tell me a number

Izuku opened his mouth, then grumbled, “Fine, one sub then.”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 5 SUBS: and it better not be a stupid low number- FFS I WASNT EVEN FINISHED TYPING AND THATS WHAT U CHOSE

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: No. just for that my talking subs have gone up.

Throwing her hands up, Izuku sighed loudly, “You’re insufferable.” Then he paused to think. “Okay if you gift me, let’s say, 420 subs, I’ll stop playing TreasureMine for two weeks. If you manage to catch up to me in three, you win.”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: what do i get if i win

“I don’t know, bragging rights?”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: *raises eyebrows judgmentally*

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: you can do better than that

“And how would you know that, we haven’t even known each other for a full hour.” Izuku’s eyes flicked over to Discord as a message from Mina popped up.

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 18:17, 16/03/2160

More than enough time for u to fall head over heels in love tho

“ Mina–! ” 

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: yo mina (idk ur @ sorry) share with the class

“Don’t you fucking dare!”

> MINABUTMAKEITSPARKLY DONATED 1 YEN: Sorry my hands are tied bro

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: rude but ok

Izuku decided to use the moment to address her viewers, ignoring Mina’s constant flow of excited messages on Discord. “Sorry I haven’t been actually playing, I’m quite distracted at the moment.” Then the chat instantly exploded with texts telling Izuku that it was fine and this was way better. “Alright then–” She also pointedly ignored the fact that she currently had fifty thousand viewers and her sub goal of the week had already been hit, even though she’d only set it up earlier when she started the stream. 

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: dont ignore me, darling

A bang could be heard on stream as Izuku slammed the palm of their hand down on the desk. FUCK ME– “Uhm, yes. Right. Your prize– Uh. is there anything you want?”

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 18:19, 16/03/2160

HOLY SHIT? IS HE FLIRTING WITH U????

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: how about, if u win i join u on ur stream, if i win u join me on my stream x

Izuku nodded at the message, even though no one could see him, “That works for me. Do we have a deal then?”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: deal.

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 420 SUBS: oh and u are not allowed to play for 2 weeks, that starts now guess u gotta choose a new game to stream x

When the 420 subs came in, Izuku started so hard, their wheelchair rolled backwards a few centimetres; the noise was audible on stream, “ Oh my fuck– you did not do that– ”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: a deal is a deal x

Izuku sighed, pinching her nose and slowly moving back to where she used to be. “You do know that that number was a joke, right?”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: what can i say? sometimes i purposely misinterpret stupid things

“Fuck you,” Izuku mumbled, but then dutifully closed TreasureMine. “Alright, since you’re the reason I have to stop playing this, do you want to pick what else I’m playing and do you want to join me?”

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: i see ur strats there, i aint fallling for that i gotta grind the treasuremine. hmmmmm what game… u ever beaten minecraft before?

“Like, thrice. I can do that.” Izuku opened Minecraft, booting it up.

> CATASTOSHI GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: cool i culd use the entertainment of u dying in the nether while i grind this hellgame

For that comment alone, Izuku decided he would not die in the Nether. Before he created a new world, though, he changed the stream’s title. “By the way, you chose this .

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Saturday, March 16 2160, 18:35: ‘LetSapling’ is live: Beating The Enderdragon To Entertain CatasToshi // Challenge: DON’T die in the Nether

Minecraft — #Minecraft #Enderdragon #anypronouns

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57.3k viewers | 7:26:34+

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Saturday, March 16 2160, 22:06: ‘ Tinglyzu’ uploaded a video: [ASMR] Something Is In Your Eye | 17m59s | 617k views

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Sunday, March 17 2160, 14:52: ‘CatasToshi’ is live: TreasureMine Grind Subathon – i don’t stop grinding until u let me be free (1 sub = 10 min)

TreasureMine — #TreasureMine #subathon #he/they

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834k viewers | 5:40:02+

(SUBATHON TIMER: 5:20:43-)

“Guys I’m already regretting this so much; why did I have to subject myself to this grind for 3 weeks? I don’t even fucking like this game–” Hitoshi bemoaned loudly, regretting all of their choices. At least this would probably be a fairly short subathon considering it wasn’t exactly the most interesting thing to watch. The game was undeniably a grinding intensive one, and that was always hard to keep people entertained for long.

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 200 SUBS: how’s it going :) hope you don’t have a job

“Oh you fucking BITCH??? How long is that anyway? 2000 minutes? That’s like– that’s more than a day right? Chat, do the math for me please. I’ve done too much math for this game already,” Hitoshi groaned defeatedly. This was insane. Every single aspect of this was insane.

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 5 SUBS: that’s 34 more hours for you 

“Fuck that fuck all of this, I am so fucking lucky I don’t have an actual job. Holy shit,” Hitoshi complained, not really that upset– no, that wasn’t right, he was mildly annoyed, mostly because he hadn’t planned for this long of a subathon, but at the same time, Sapling was here and maybe Hitoshi was a little happy about that. Happy enough to not really mind. 

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 1 SUB: aww giving up already? xx

“Not a fucking chance. I’ve got no life and way too much spite to give up,” Hitoshi snarked, dutifully ignoring the flush on his cheeks at the ‘xx’ in Sapling’s message. Had he noticed that Hitoshi had done that? Did he know why? Was he flirting back? Was he doing it in a joking way? Fuck, Hitoshi needed to stop thinking about this. It was probably just the streamer’s texting habits. It meant nothing.

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 1 SUB: have fun then, i’ll just be lurking from now on ;) don’t want to give you too much time, after all.

“Ok, I can’t do this math, is it better to buy the lvl20 pickaxe upgrade and take the 15k gold loss or to just keep grinding? Someone other than Sapling answer, I don’t trust them.”

> MINABUTMAKEITSPARKLY GIFTED YOU 30 SUBS: The upgrade is nOT worth it, at least not for another few levels. Keep grinding babe xx /p 

“Thank you– wait you’re Sapling’s friend– fuck I can’t trust anyone! I just have to do the math myself, fucking hell, ok,” Hitoshi groaned awkwardly using one hand to play while they scribbled the math down on their notepad, which was there for this exact purpose, and talked themself through it. Only once they had the answer that definitely agreed with Mina’s words– there was no way they could make the gold back with that upgrade within 3 weeks unless they bought it and the level above in one go. Why the fuck did that work that way?

While he was busy with the calculations, he heard a collection of loud bangs in the background and a desperate squeak. Fuck. What had his dumbass cat gotten into this time? Groaning, he left his mouse held down to continue mining and went to find his cat. “Bond if you fucking broke something again, we are going to need to have words, because I can’t keep fucking replacing things!” 

Sure enough, there James Bond sat, looking all fancy-smancy in his tuxedo coat, tail swishing almost proudly above the smashed glass. For fuck’s sake.

(SUBATHON TIMER: 47:37:27-) 

A couple hours later Hitoshi’s chat was once again trying to bully them into singing– they had made the mistake of singing ONE time and it seemed that for the rest of eternity they would be doomed to having his chat beg relentlessly for them to sing. Stupidly, stupidly , Hitoshi said the first thing that came to mind, “I’m only singing if Sapling is listening right now and gives me a song request.” There was no chance that would happen, the other streamer had almost certainly left the stream by now or at least muted it. There was no way he was still here, right?

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: oh what a demand to return to ;) here you go, i request this song by conan gray, it’s my fav atm

“Oh, for fuck’s sake, no. Why are you here, what is my luck? I was so fucking sure I was safe but no, of course not. Alright, let me pull up the backing track,” Hitoshi sighed, doing a quick search for the karaoke version. He let himself relax into the soothing music, trusting himself entirely in this. He loved singing, and this was a good choice on Sapling’s part. Honestly, he didn’t know why he didn’t sing more on stream. It was just something that always had him a touch nervous but he did truly love it.

“ You know that I love you~ And I have a feeling that you love me back ,” Hitoshi sang slowly, relaxing even more as the song grew natural and slipped easily from his lips. The world shrank into his little bubble of music, allowing himself to forget how many people were listening, and instead imagining himself singing alone in his bedroom like a kid pretending to be on Broadway. “ We’re sat in my bedroom~ And I hear your heart like a train on the tracks –”

Hitoshi let the words coax him into comfort, ignoring the way their heart ached for a relationship like the one this song was written about. Maybe one day, they would get that for themself. Maybe one day, they would write a song for a partner who adored Hitoshi as much as he adored them. Maybe . 

“ Is it dumb believing that you love me, too? ” Hitoshi sang, the final verse ripping at their heart strings more cruelly than it had any right to; a mocking voice deep inside reminding them they could never have this, reminding them that it was just a stupid dream. With a silent sigh, they finished the song, “ I wrote this song about you… I wrote this song about you…! Now you know that I love you. ”

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 100 SUBS: ............good job–

(SUBATHON TIMER: 65:01:33-) 

Hitoshi choked back a cursed hybrid between a sob and a laugh, leaning forward to rest one elbow on his desk– his other hand still grinding away at the game. (He really had become too good at playing this game with only one hand.) As he caught back up with the chat, he let his free hand trace the scars over his face that always seemed to ache more after he sang– not because he sang but because of the memories it stirred up. 

— STREAM CHAT

SignPetitionForCatasToshiAsmr: hoLY SHIT

womendeservetobeSHIRTLESS: marry me plzplzzpzlzplzlzpzlzpzzzz

ShakingCurtins: @womendeservetobeSHIRTLESS that’s what she (Sapling) said 

SignPetitionForCatasToshiAsmr: 👏 ONE 👏 STEP 👏 AWAY 👏 FROM 👏 ASMR 👏

threeGAYracoonsinatrenchcoat: “good job” LMFAOOO, im 100% sure sapling is experiencing a gay panic right now

WingedPinapple: this song is so beautiful

urasushoneybee: i may have shed a tear- wHO SAID THAT NOT ME NOO HUHH

GlassClock: “good job” he says after being serenaded… what will he say after 🍆 if u catch my drift

Luckofthemedaldraw: do you have a vocal quirk????

HabitSip: Ugh i wish i was alive at the same time as conan gray

sillygooseshenanigans: wow the cat obsessed bitch can sing… and sapling just had a gay panic LOL

WoodenSlab: r sirens real cuz I wuld fully jump in the water 2 get towards that voice holy shit

FluffyHoodie: was the love song a purposeful choice Sapling? Cuz that was gay af

imjustmcKENna: and now!1!! kiss!!1!!1!1!!1!!

thesalamandersrhumping: dying at LetSapling’s “good job” how queer of them

letstalkaboutbruno: “now i’ll say it straight” –the man who’s being very gay at the current moment

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“Alright, that’s enough bullying us for now,” Hitoshi snorted, “What are we doing next while we try to entertain ourselves during this dumbass grind?”

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 120 SUBS: that was really good, your voice is really nice. you didn’t even miss a note!!

“Thank you Sapling, that means a lot,” Hitoshi smiled, fighting back the blush at the compliment. This was stupid. Tons of people had complimented his voice. What was so special about Sapling?

(SUBATHON TIMER: 85:09:21-)

— STREAM CHAT

frickfruckfrack: lol i think he’s recovered from his gay panic

alfonsothevampire: @frickfruckfrack yep, only to give catastoshi one

CrazyWorkHere: bets that catastoshi is blushing rn?

EnbyGoon: @CrazyWorkHere I would be like holy shit

ProngsMoonyWormtailPadfoot: @CrazyWorkHere no way im joining in on that, i would lose

CuratedCrumbs: petition for another song?

GrantedFreedom: @CuratedCrumbs no way that’s happening, CatasToshi never sings twice in a row

PetitionForCatasToshiSingingChannel: @CuratedCrumbs on it

LetSapling: hmm…

Flightrisky: if sapling asks we may have a shot???? Surely???

WhyDoesMarkWahlbergHaveToBeDead: @LetSapling penny for your thoughts????

AceofHearts247: Sapling, if you get him to sing, I will have the first born I was never going to have just to give you my first born

pleasegiveusseasontwoofohhc: @LetSapling ILL GIVE YOU MORE THAN JUST A PENNY IF YOU ASK CATASTOSHI TO SING AGAIN 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

BurgerLover: petition for “I could be a better boyfriend then him” as the next song

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> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: can we have an encore pretty please? BurgerLover asks for Boyfriend (dove cameron) xoxo

Hitoshi groaned internally as his instincts took over and immediately said yes to the other streamer. What was wrong with him? The fucking “pretty please” was enough to have him keeling over with a fucking heart attack, it was so cute, and the xoxo at the end had him dying. It took all of Hitoshi’s willpower to remember that this wasn’t real, and Sapling was almost certainly joking with the flirting– or maybe he just talked like that? Hitoshi didn’t know but he forced himself not to think about it too hard. 

“Fine. Just this once, I will do the fucking encore. I’m only doing it because this game is grindy as fuck and I would normally be watching YouTube while I do it but I can’t because I’m streaming so this is the best entertainment I’m going to get here,” Hitoshi relented, pulling up the backing track.

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: yayy tyyy ur the best xx

Hitoshi had to work hard to shove down the bubble of happy warmth spreading across their face. This was fake. They couldn’t forget that. It was all just fun and games. Still, the excitement did feel nice. Maybe they should let it be. 

“ I can’t believe we’re finally alone. I can’t believe I almost went home ,” Hitoshi sang, a smile creeping across his face. This song had to be one of their all time favourites, and maybe this time, singing the song for Sapling, some stupid gay part of them was imagining they were singing it to Sapling. Fuck . They were down bad and they had only met the man online yesterday! They needed to sort themself out, holy shit.

“ What am I gonna do, not grab your wrist? ” Hitoshi sang, letting their natural snark and sass into their voice, making themself sound way more confident than they were, “ I could be a better boyfriend than him. I could do the shit that he never did. Up all night, I won’t quit. ”

Hitoshi felt himself fully relaxing into the song, eyes closing as he sang, back straightening out so he could hit all the notes. Letting the words radiate around him right up until the last lyrics of the song slipped from his mouth, bringing the song to a close, “ Thinking I’m gonna steal you from him, I could be such a gentleman. Plus all my clothes would fit .”

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: you did great! im your biggest cheerleader!!!

(SUBATHON TIMER: 97:13:35-)

As he blinked his eyes open, a wide smirk spread across his face. Even if he knew it was fake, the song always gave him so much confidence. So when he saw Sapling’s donation, he drawled, “Thank you, darling.” And let chaos reign.

— * —

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 05:43, 18/03/2160

https://bsky.app/profile/catastoshiupdates.bsky.social/post/clipcompilationcatastoshisingsforletsapling

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|| (🐱) CatasToshi Updates @catastoshiupdates.bluesky.social
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|| CatasToshi sang on stream again!
|| Here’s some clips + LetSapling’s
|| reactions (songs: This Song by Conan
|| Gray, Boyfriend by Dove Cameron)
|| #CatasToshi #CatasToshiUpdates
|| #ByFansForFans #Compilation
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|| [ALT: LetSapling requesting This
|| Song, CatasToshi singing This Song,
|| LetSapling having a gay panic,
|| CatasToshi singing Boyfriend,
|| CatasToshi calling LetSapling
|| darling, Chat going wild]
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> minabutmakeitsparkly — 05:43, 18/03/2160

WHAT IS THIS????

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 05:43, 18/03/2160

I HAVE ONE (1) TWELVE HOUR SHIFT AND *THIS* HAPPENS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 05:45, 18/03/2160

AND YOU DIDNT EVEN THINK TO UPDATE ME!!!! FAKE FRIEND

> letsapling257 — 08:59, 18/03/2160

heh…

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 08:59, 18/03/2160

“heh”!?!? THATS ALL YOU CAN SAY FOR YOURSELF??????

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 08:59, 18/03/2160

‘heh’!?!?!?!?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 08:59, 18/03/2160

HEH!?!?!?!?!?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 09:00, 18/03/2160

IM CRASHING OUT

> letsapling257 — 09:02, 18/03/2160

*listen*

— * —

Monday, March 18 2160, 09:02: ‘CatasToshi’ is live: TreasureMine Grind Subathon – please free me chat (1 sub = 10 min)

TreasureMine — #TreasureMine #subathon #he/they

[ Follow ] [ Gift Sub ] [ Subscribe ]

247k viewers | 23:50:07+

(SUBATHON TIMER: 81:27:12-)

— STREAM CHAT

75racoonsinatrenchcoat: yall i dont wanna do my homework do u think my teacher will take “Catastoshi was live” as a good excuse

4teTh4tUp: @75racoonsinatrenchcoat just do it now while he’s not talking

wdymurstraightJAIL: ugh i love avocados, esp on toast

IWantAMilkshake: my name is SO accurate rn

pisoirPOOR: WHY does it have to be so late??? I need to go to sleep </3

deepdownbad: @wdymurstraightJAIL bruh avocados suck (im projecting cuz im allergic and if i pretend they r bad it wont be so sad)

FeatherPenelope: I’ve got Boyfriend stuck in my head now and I’m not sure if my girlfriend loves or hates it but I keep singing it at her

gaycake1andOnly: ok so how long do you think taking a shower will take and do you think toshi will wake up before i come back????

bethetalyatomyjorge: @FeatherPenelope PENELOPE WHYY, YOU KNOW I’M TOO SHY AND TERRIFIEDDDD

FeatherPenelope: @bethetalyatomyjorge sadly my girlfriend’s name is not odysseus… I should convince her to change her name

ForktheyFoundMe: @bethetalyatomyjorge I CAN TAKE THE SUFFERING FROM YOU

bethetalyatomyjorge: @FeatherPenelope absofuckinglutely

jokesonyouimaroace: @FeatherPenelope DEFINITELY

ArtistFANatic: @ForktheyFoundMe OH FOR U I WOULD DIE BUT CANT U LET ME STAY DRY

minimalisticFan: @ArtistFANatic i like ur name good sir

—

> YOU GIFTED 10 SUBS: lol what’s going on

Izuku stared at his phone in confusion. Chat was talking random shit whilst CatasToshi didn’t say anything and only mined straight down; missing tons of gold. That was rather counterproductive.

> MESSWITHJIM GIFTED 1 SUB: CatasToshi falling asleep whilst grinding counter: 3

That donation instantly answered all of Izuku’s questions. He snorted.

(SUBATHON TIMER: 83:15:48-)

— STREAM CHAT

MESSwithJIM: wow it only took 20 minutes for that donation to go through

LetSapling: hi guys, how’s it going

ForktheyFoundMe: SAPLING IS HERE?????

bethetalyatomyjorge: unlike ody, it doesnt take sapling 20 years to return

ArtistFANatic: @LetSapling :OOOOOOOOO HI

PetitionForCatasToshiAsmr: @LetSapling HIII

danceandcry: ello i just woke up. wAIT IS THAT SAPLPING

deepdownbad: not sapling being in CataToshi’s stream that i put on for background noise while writing a fic about them lmao

minimalisticFan: @deepdownbad omg drop ur ao3?????? (or wherever u post)

deepdownbad: i gotchu, its the same as my user here (this is my first fic but there are also 5 others already up on Catatoshi/LetSapling ao3) (fanfic authors work fast)

LetSapling: @deepdownbad are they any good?

deepdownbad: HOLY SHIT SAPLING HI FUCK UH I DONT READ FANFICTION ABOUT STREAMERSWFBUEIDNBV&BYIUN (i got caught guys ;-;)

jokesonyouimaroace: @LetSapling oh yes definitely, one is written by my favourite author (gggreatgggayggguy) and theyre posting the second chapter soon i think !!

deepdownbad: they r pretty good ig? all quite short tho, im more a fan of a long fic soooo

ForktheyFoundMe: YO THERE’S FANFIC???? I HAVE TO READ THIS SO FAST GUYS

75racoonsinatrenchcoat: ok so my teacher probably wont approve of “Catastoshi was live” as a reason to not do my homework, but surely “i have to read EVERY PIECE OF CATASAPLING FANFIC EVER RN” will work

LetSapling: @75racoonsinatrenchcoat do your homework :)

75racoonsinatrenchcoat: @LetSapling ok so arguing with u feels wrong but i cant now!!! i need this content

LetSapling: @75racoonsinatrenchcoat what if we help you :)) (who else has to do their homework here?? go do it rn u fuckasses)

75racoonsinatrenchcoat: holy shit having @LetSapling help me with my homework wuld be crazy uh lemme get it out of my bag brb

—

For almost an hour, Izuku helped various people do their homework and some even understood things they didn’t before. – He was quite proud of the latter, but also super happy with the former. When everyone claimed they’d done their homework, Izuku decided it was time to wake CatasToshi. Last afternoon, he’d taken note of how loud the 100 sub notification was, and it definitely had jump scare energy. Unless CatasToshi was sleeping very deeply, it should wake him up easily.

> YOU GIFTED 100 SUBS: wakey wakey xoxo

“Fucking, fuck, ugh, I’m awake, why would you do that to me,” CatasToshi groaned, audibly yawning on stream and with enough shuffling in the background to make it clear he was trying to sit back up and function more, “Who was that? Give me a second, whoever you are I am hunting you down, fuck off. Oh– hi Sapling.”

Izuku chuckled at the reaction, sending another donation right after.

> YOU GIFTED 1 SUB: you’re such an angel when you wake up

“Fuck off actually, that was such a bitch move waking me up like that, I did not mentally prep or plan for a subathon, pulling an all nighter may be fine, but pulling one and then immediately being shoved into a subathon? Shoot me now, I need sleep.”

> YOU GIFTED 1 SUB: you’re the only one responsible for your choices xoxo, you should’ve slept before starting the subathon

“I hate you actually, ugh, ok, hi chat, I’m ignoring him officially now, people who wake me up don’t get to have my love and attention, what are you guys up to?”

Izuku almost pouted at that, for a moment feeling a pang of sadness, but then quickly shook his head. What the fuck was he doing? They were just making jokes! Clapping his hands on his cheeks, he moved his thoughts elsewhere– Like the stream chat… Where everyone was praising him–

(SUBATHON TIMER: 84:33:21-)

— STREAM CHAT

75racoonsinatrenchcoat: thank you Sapling!!!!!!!

ForktheyFoundMe: SAPLING U R THE BESTTTT

KEYbeeChains: who in their right mind would make that the donation noise holy shit that’s fully on you catastoshi

deepdownbad: surely Catastoshi reads some of the fanfic of him and sapling on stream it wuld be so funny (NOT MINE THO I MAY DIE IF EITHER OF THEM EVER SEES MINE)  

EggsitStrategy: I WAS JUST LURKING AND I HAD THE EXACT SAME REACTION AS CATASTOSHI I ACTUALLY FUCKING JUMPED OUT OF MY SEAT

TydrateOrSieBraight: GOOD MORNING CATASTOSHI

gaycake1andOnly: this mightve been my most productive morning in….ever!! All while being on CatasToshis stream AND talking to sapling, that was wild

PetitionForCatasToshiSingingChannel: @deepdownbad ykw… up until you mentioned it, i didnt realise that i NEEED that in my life holy shit

jokesonyouimaroace: wait sapling surely u get him to sing again its the closest thing to being in love i will ever get

heebeejeebees: yooooooooooo i need to speed read all of these fics wdym there is already 11 fics under this tag holy fucking shit i swear an hour ago there was like 4

FelineFine: @heebeejeebees THERE WAS I WAS SO PROUD FOR HAVING READ THEM ALL DAMN WHAT DO THEY FEED THESE AUTHORS

ALLIHEARAREJEANS: @heebeejeebees what can i say, i work fast ;) 

— * —

> PANCAKESWEARGLASSES GIFTED YOU 10 SUBS: CHAT DO WE WANT CATASTOSHI TO SING OR READ CATASAPLING FF

“If you want me to read fanfiction of me and Sapling on stream, you are going to need to pay me a lot more than 10 subs and you will have to convince Sapling to join me on stream because I am NOT doing that otherwise,” Hitoshi snorted. There was no way that would happen, not in a million fucking lifetimes.

> CATASAPLING4LIFE GIFTED YOU 50 SUBS: I just spent all my savings from this week on this. PLEASE GUYS I NEED THIS

“Ok, I know I love money but I am sure I have had this conversation before guys, be smart about giving me money, please… or… you know… just keep paying me, I do love money.”

(SUBATHON TIMER: 94:31:45-)

— STREAM CHAT

heebeejeebees: PLEASE SAPLING IM BEGGING YOU

gaycake1andOnly: ILL GIVE U GUYS MY FIRST AND SECOND BORN

PetitionForCatasToshiAsmr: IM ON MY KNEES BEGGING PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF A GOD I DONT BELIEVE IN

75racoonsinatrenchcoat: we are begging here!!! I EVEN DID ALL MY HOMEWORK PLEASEEEE

ImoUrBoring: screaming crying throwing up and cleaning it up, PLEASE SAPLING, PLEASE TOSHI

HovercraftQueen: I do not know which i am begging for but boy am i BEGGING

MyInsidesRRed: I NEED U GUYS TO READ TOGETHER LIKE I NEED AIR TO BREATHE BUT EVEN MORE, LIKE WHO CARES ABOUT BREATHING WHEN YOU CAN HAVE CATASAPLING READING CATASAPLING FANFICTION

DoYouListenToGirlInRedStream: I’d love to have Sapling on stream, if she wants to!!!

Toolkitforbookshelves: i need the roms the coms the romcoms pleaseeeeeeeee

bangmecutely: PLEASE I BEG i need the content for my edits!!!!!

Fearincarnate: not to be the odd one out but as a fanfic author i tremble in terror at this idea lmao (but also if i die from a heart attack cuz they read my stuff at least i will die happy)

—

> LETSAPLING GIFTED YOU 11 SUBS: so how are we doing this ;)

Fuck. No. There was no fucking way he was doing this. But boy if he wasn’t apparently a pushover when it came to Sapling– and that was news to Hitoshi, who had never been a pushover in his whole life. Why was a stupid fucking wink in a message all Hitoshi needed to see to do anything for this unknown person he had never met, never had a proper conversation with– ( No , he did not count donations as a proper conversation that was slightly too parasocial for him.) So why, how had this Sapling person caught Hitoshi’s attention in a way no one ever had before? Don’t get him wrong, he wasn’t about to show his fucked up muzzle scarred face and meet the other streamer in person, but he would do pretty much anything else.

“Fine. I’ll send you my Discord in Twitch Whispers, just give me a second,” Hitoshi groaned, pulling up both Discord and Sapling’s profile on Twitch, copying his alt user that wasn’t filled with constant friend requests into Sapling’s messages. Sure enough, a few seconds later, letsapling257 popped up in his friends notifications on Discord. This was going to be one hell of a thing.

— * —

Anxiety bubbled in Izuku’s stomach, but it was too late to back out now– and he did want to talk to CatasToshi on stream. Reading fanfiction about them, that he probably would’ve done anyways – if only out of curiosity – was one thing, but reading it on stream was a whole different level. Fuck, he couldn’t change it anymore anyways. Deciding not to overthink it, he just clicked the call button. Heart racing, he watched CatasToshi’s stream as the guy practically yelped at the sound of the Discord call before answering.

“Uh, hi? I did not expect this to actually happen and I might hate you for letting it happen,” CatasToshi said and Izuku winced at the echoing because he could hear it through both Discord and the stream, the latter of which he instantly muted. – Not closed, though, he still wanted to keep an eye on chat. Then CatasToshi’s words finally registered properly and he couldn’t help the downward tug of his lips.

“If you hate me now, then I have the right to start playing TreasureMine again,” she decided to say, unaware of how pouty she sounded until she saw chat pointing it out.

“I don’t hate you, darling,” CatasToshi replied with way too much of an audible smirk. 

It took hardly a second until Izuku’s face burned with heat. Holy fucking shit– “Ah,” she said, trying not to seem as if that threw her off at all. “Cool. Then the bet is still on.”

“I should fucking hope so, I didn’t spend this many hours on this stupid game just for you to change your mind on me.”

Izuku spent a moment silently taking a deep breath to regain their brain and maybe scrape enough confidence together to participate in this conversation like a normal human being. “Well, as long as you don’t start hating me, I won’t change my mind.”

“I think I can manage that somehow,” CatasToshi snorted and Izuku had to concentrate hard not to combust at the sound– again . How had this happened so stupidly fast? There was no way CatasToshi would even like them if he knew who Izuku really was, behind the identities they created for their online personas.

“Good,” they said, glad their voice was still steady. “So, do you want to read the fanfiction together or how are we going to make this work? I can look them up and share the link and we’ll read our own lines?”

“That would work for me, but knowing my fans… This probably won’t be completely safe for work, and I haven’t had time to get a mod to pre-read them so who knows what it will include, will that be ok? It is so completely fair if not.”

Glancing at chat, who seemed all still very hyped for this to happen, Izuku murmured, “I’m fine with it, your stream is marked as mature anyways, right? And I’ll make sure to check the tags thoroughly so the chance is lower.”

“Sounds good to me, I’m yet to run into a fic that has made me uncomfortable, but let’s be real my boundaries are fucked, so just in case shall we make a safe word? Something that won’t be used in the fic? Maybe like pineapple or some shit?”

“Alright, that sounds good. Let me look up the tag.” Izuku picked his phone up and looked up their relationship tag on ao3. “Wow, already fourteen? I thought the last count was eleven. Okay let’s see… The first one is called ‘ Escape ’ and I can already see in the tags that it’s inspired by the StrayKids song– Sounds fire.

Here’s the tags: Alternate Universe - Pro Heroes, Sexual Tension– oh wow, but the rating is only teen and up, so it should be fine. There’s also Parkour, Mild Gore, Mild Depictions of Violence, Fight Scenes, First Kiss, Flirting, No Beta We Die Like The Children, Idiots in Love... Looks fine to me. I’ll send it over so you can display it on the screen and chat can make sure nothing triggers them and we’ll read it together.”

Izuku copied the link into his and CatasToshi’s DMs, as he added, “This one is written by dynamightxredriot234, by the way, thanks for spending your time and effort on something inspired by us!”

“Alright, let’s see, who’s point of view is this from?” 

(SUBATHON TIMER: 94:02:59-)

Chapter Text

ESCAPE
dynamightxredriot234

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     Basically, catastoshi and sapling are
     pro heroes and gay. Idk how to write
     summaries, dont judge me bruhh
     inspired by the skz song!!!

     Notes:
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    (See the end of the work for notes.)

“Sapling? You good?” CatasToshi asks over comms. He wonders what happened to make the other quiet all of a sudden. Silence. Uh oh. His cat ears flick backwards as he senses something approaching.

“I love when my fans give me cat features, it is so fucking cute,” CatasToshi laughed, clearly already enjoying this. Izuku decided not to try to imagine it too hard, instead opting to simply hum and read his line.

“Run for your life!” Sapling screams over comms and he can hear the running footsteps in the distance. Instead of acting like a sane person and running, CatasToshi turns around and looks at whatever has been trying to get close to him.

It’s… not pretty. There’s a group of sickly looking children stumbling towards him. “ Help, ” they whisper hoarsely and CatasToshi steps closer.

“Did you like my sickly children impersonation there?” CatasToshi snorted.

“It was beautiful. Ten out of ten.” Then Izuku cleared her throat to prepare to sound desperate and in shock.

“FUCK THEY’LL KILL YOU–”

That’s all CatasToshi hears before something wraps around his waist and he’s hoisted far away from the children. It takes a while until he realises a thick vine has wrapped around his waist. “What are you doing?!” CatasToshi screams angrily over the whooshing wind. “They needed help!”

Sapling lands them both on the ground, just outside of the wire fence they had just been inside of. “They can’t be helped, one of them almost got me. Toshi– They’re all dead, it’s a trap.”

“That’s so fucked up,” Izuku groaned, then chuckled at CatasToshi’s reaction.

“Oh, fuckkkk, I should have seen that coming but I just fully did not–”

“I saw it coming. Guess I’m smarter,” he teased.

“Bitch, ain’t no way.”

CatasToshi growls, stepping away. “How can you be sure?”

“Wait, am I supposed to growl then say the line or say the line in, like, a growl voice?” CatasToshi asked, regret seeping through their voice.

Izuku pretended to be a normal human being and not one who was insanely attracted to the growl. “Um, well it says growls first, not that you’re growling whilst saying it, so I guess you did it right?”

“Investigation, remember? That’s why I was in there,” Sapling points out, then sighs when CatasToshi doesn’t give in. “Okay, we have to make sure the grounds are safe for the police to enter. I’ve already let the other group know that the scientists and doctors are gone. Let’s go back in. But don’t let them touch you, got me?”

He doesn’t like this at all, but it seems he doesn’t have any other choice, so CatasToshi nods. “Let’s go.”

Together, the two of them go back into the lion’s den– the lab grounds. Sapling shows him how to defeat the undead children– (seriously, what the fuck?) and soon they fight seamlessly, as they always do. Sapling aims kicks here and there, CatasToshi uses his claws and somehow even subdues a hardly tangible child. After the police finally secure the location, he and Sapling are dismissed.

“Damn, we really are a great hero team.”

Hearing that, Izuku properly realised what they were reading and he paused, unable to wade through the surge of complicated emotions that suddenly rose inside of them. “Yeah, I guess we are,” they said, trying hard to hide the crack in their voice. They were happy with their life now, but sometimes their heart still ached for what could’ve been. It seemed Sapling had some sort of vine quirk (So interesting, he wondered how it worked– No, stop that.) and fuck, even after all this time, Izuku wished they had at least some quirk, even if it was a socially viewed ‘stupid’ one. A ‘stupid’ quirk was still better than no quirk at all.

Then again, if he hadn’t jumped off the stupid roof, he might’ve been able to become a hero anyways, no matter what fucking All Might had said. But now was no time to think about what ifs– It never was, usually it just made her cry and it’d be stupid to cry on stream in front of hundreds of thousands of people and– and CatasToshi . So, instead, Izuku swallowed all of the thoughts, shoving them back into the jar they came from and prayed her voice was clear and steady enough without anyone noticing the turmoil going on inside her mind.

“C’mon, I’ll get us back to the city,” Sapling offers and without waiting for a reply, he just wraps his arm around CatasToshi and swings them through the woods to the city. When they finally leave the woods behind, Sapling lands them on a roof, but instead of stopping, they jump across alley gaps between buildings until they’re laughing and out of breath.

“This is so counterproductive,” CatasToshi breathes, then promptly collapses on the ground with a groan. When Sapling comes to help him up, CatasToshi takes Sapling’s hand and instantly pulls them down to the ground, too.

“Toshiiiii,” Sapling complains, but cuddles closer anyway. It doesn’t matter that they’re laying on top of a random building in the middle of Tokyo, it’s just the two of them at this moment.

“Fucking adorable,” CatasToshi snickered, and maybe Izuku let himself hope that maybe , perhaps , just a tiny little bit , CatasToshi was seriously thinking so and not only making a joke or only referring to the fanfiction.

“Very cute,” he added.

In a random, spur of the moment decision, CatasToshi decides to lean down and kiss Sapling– just like that. Sapling yelps with surprise, but when CatasToshi attempts to put distance between them, Sapling only pulls him in closer and that’s just fine with him.

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     Hope you enjoyed :)

“Okay, that was cute!” Izuku leaned back once they finished the first fanfiction, already stubbornly ignoring her little inside-breakdown and pretending it had never happened. “Great work, dynamightxredriot234!”

“And well written, or at least I really enjoyed it,” CatasToshi commented.

(SUBATHON TIMER: 93:28:33-)

— * —

“Alright, shall we move onto the next one?” Hitoshi asked, and Sapling quickly agreed, pulling up the next fic and sending it over to them once more.

“Ok, this one is called 3 times CataSapling get pinned by each other + one time they actually kiss, and it’s by ALLIHEARISBESTJEANIST. Huh, I think I recognise that name from the chat?

Alright, let’s read through the tags: Romance, Sexual Tension once again… Then there’s Coffee Shop Scenes, Clumsiness, Clumsy CatasToshi, Clumsy Sapling, Coffee Is The Way To CatasToshi’s Heart– haha is that true?”

“Yes, unfortunately, my fans know me well; for about 5 days I might have posted a TikTok every morning about being pissed because my coffee machine broke before it finally got fixed and now my fans mock me constantly for it because they are brats like that,” Hitoshi complained, but they couldn’t help the way they loved his fandom for that particular inside joke. It was one of their favourites if they were honest.

“Pfft, well I’d say that’s kind of deserved for not fixing it earlier.”

Hitoshi rolled his eyes dramatically, remembering the hundreds of comments filled with that exact statement back when it had originally happened, “I will have you know, I harassed the place that fixes them constantly and paid extra for them to hurry up and fix it. Apparently it was a coffee machine mass breakage or some shit, they were really fucking busy and I was really pissed about it.”

“Aww, did poor Cat– did you have to survive without coffee?” Sapling teased, and fuck Hitoshi was too gay for that. That had no right to be as fucking hot as it was. Holy fucking shit, pull yourself together, Hitoshi.

“No, I’m not fucking crazy, I bought probably a concerning amount of coffee from the café near me that week.”

“At least someone profited from that mess–”

“Too many people profited of my pain that week– the fucking fixing place got way too much money out of me I fear, but anyways, lets move on, what were the rest of the tags?” Hitoshi hummed, moving the conversation back to the fanfiction, perhaps a little too eager to read it.

“Right, right. CatasToshi is a Mess, Awkward CatasToshi, CatasToshi is a Streamer, First Kiss, Flirting, No Beta We Die Like Polites, Idiots in Love, Cutsie and Very Gay.”

“Ok, who’s reading the author’s note?”

“Feel free to do it,” Sapling offered, “It starts with your POV.”

3 times CataSapling get pinned by each other
+ one time they actually kiss
ALLIHEARISBESTJEANIST

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     ^^ title :D

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     I tried to make it a 5+1 but there are
     only so many ways I can think of to
     make them accidentally pin each
     other D:
     Oh also !! Im using they/them for
     CatasToshi and he/him for
     LetSapling cus Im projecting myself
     and my crush into this but shhh no
     telling :O

“I fear that is the correct way to determine my pronouns, just for people to project onto my life,” Hitoshi snorted, lacking pretty much any care for their pronouns. When Sapling huffed out a laugh, Hitoshi couldn’t help the way they flushed pink; seriously they needed to get themself under control.  

1) zoned out CatasToshi bumps into Sapling and they crash into a wall next to them

CatasToshi stared at their phone, the notes page they had opened almost 10 minutes ago remaining painfully blank. It wasn’t so much that they didn’t have ideas on what videos to film as much as they didn’t have any friends to film with and that severely limited their options. 

“L.”

“Real as fuck, though,” Hitoshi groaned, pained slightly at the fact.

“Fuck!” CatasToshi screeched as they lived up to their name, stumbling over their own stupidly long legs, tumbling into someone and just barely catching themself on the wall behind them before they fell. They stared down at the man that they had stumbled into, getting captivated for a moment by the man’s bright green eyes staring at them in shock and surprise. It took CatasToshi way too long to shake themself out of their stunned quiet stance, frozen over the man before they realised they were pinning him in place and they bounced back and away, “Shit! I’m so sorry! Fuck, uh– is there anything I can do to make it up to you? Let me buy you a coffee or something?”

“You’re ok! I don’t mind at all,” The man chuckled, “I mean, I trip over my feet all the time.”

“Still, I’m so sorry, are you sure you don’t want a coffee?”

“Look, who am I to say no to a free coffee?”

“I feel that,” CatasToshi laughed walking towards the coffee shop conveniently just across the road from them, “I’m CatasToshi by the way, what was your name, and your coffee order?”

“Oh how convenient, indeed,” Sapling chuckled, clearly meaning no ill intent to the author.

“Let’s be real, I was probably headed to the café to begin with. Knowing me, I need that coffee to come up with ideas.”

“Sapling, and I usually get an iced chai if that’s ok?”

“Wow, what a crazy coincidence. I actually drink iced chai or chai latte a lot. I also love matchas.”

“Damn, well I fear everyone knows my coffee of choice is black with honey.”

“Of course,” CatasToshi smiled, buying Sapling his drink and apologising profusely once more before saying their farewell and heading back towards their house. 

2) Sapling runs (literally) into CatasToshi and they crash to the ground with Sapling pinning CatasToshi down 

Sapling was running late and boy was he running, desperately sprinting towards his destination, hoping he could somehow make it within 10 minutes of the starting time so it wouldn’t be too bad. 

“Wait, this is your POV, not mine,” Hitoshi realised, “You read it.”

“Ah yeah, okay, okay.” Then Sapling started reading from where their POV began.

He was still panicking over that tiny timeframe he had to get there in time when he slammed into something– somebody – shit– and sent them both tumbling to the ground. 

“We have got to stop meeting like this,”

“Hey wait, that’s my line!” Hitoshi interrupted.

“Oops, sorry!”

The person beneath Sapling groaned, and finally Sapling forced himself to meet the purple eyes of the person he had fallen on and– oh shit– it was CatasToshi. 

“We really do have to,” Hitoshi snorted.

“We should– UH. We should keep reading.”

“I uh– fuck–” Sapling spluttered desperately trying to get himself off the other person, shoving down the blush. He did not have time to be smiling over this virtual stranger, “Shit, I’m running like, really late, let me give you my number and I’ll get you your apology coffee later?”

“You don’t have to– actually no, that sounds good,” CatasToshi agreed, letting Sapling scribble his number down on the back of their hand, before waving goodbye and sprinting in the direction he had been headed, this time properly looking where he was going. 

3) CatasToshi goes to pin sapling for a kiss and then panics and backs out

CatasToshi felt bad for agreeing to let Sapling buy them a coffee–

“Ok, that’s yours again,” Sapling pointed out.

“Yeah, ok, I think they are swapping for each section,” Hitoshi nodded, continuing on.

–for what was clearly an accident, but the promise of the man’s phone number had been far too tempting, especially considering they hadn’t been able to get the fucking gorgeous man out of their mind. Now they were here, in this coffee shop on what felt painfully like a date and fuck if CatasToshi didn’t want that to be the case. 

When they were leaving the café, getting ready to say their farewells with no kiss in sight, CatasToshi did something that was probably– or well definitely– insanely stupid. They pinned Sapling to the wall, intent on stealing that fucking kiss they had been imagining since their first meeting. Only, as they did so, fear flashed in Sapling’s eyes and CatasToshi stumbled, ending up falling into the man and not even remotely gracefully pretending that was all it had been. All too quickly CatasToshi was excusing themself entirely from the interaction and speeding towards their house, horrified at the entire interaction.

Sapling chuckled. “Poor you.”

“Fuck off, if anyone were to back out of that, it would be you, bitch.”

“And how would you know?” The smirk was practically audible in Sapling’s voice.

“Well, I know I wouldn’t miss that opportunity,” Hitoshi replied, playing it off like a joke as though he wouldn’t be a complete flustered mess in Sapling’s presence because holy shit, if he was as hot as he sounded– and let’s be clear, Hitoshi didn’t really have a type when it came to looks– then fuck him, he would NOT be able to function.

“Guess we’ll never know if you’re telling the truth,” Sapling said, his tone way too fucking flirty to be real, like holy SHIT was this a fucking fantasy ass dream? Like what the fuck?? This could not be fucking real, no way.

“Wait, shit, I havent been fucking mining!” Hitoshi yelped, not sure exactly when during their conversation he had stopped. Immediately, Sapling’s laugh burst through his headphones loud and bubbly, almost uncontrollable in its joyful waves of melodic humour. Hitoshi’s heart raced at the fucking beautiful sound, they could listen to that laugh constantly for the rest of their life and die happy. Holy shit, the butterflies fucking filled their stomach at the idea of being in the presence of such a gorgeous sound. What was Hitoshi’s life? How the fuck had they gotten lucky enough to be here, talking to someone who could make them feel ways he had never felt before, and yet so painfully unlucky enough to never have have that become a real relationship?

Even if somehow Sapling did feel the same– which he doubted sincerely, considering it was clearly just jokes and playing up the bit. There was no way it would work. Not when Hitoshi looked the way he did. He knew the scars on his face were fucking ugly, ruining any shot at any relationship. Years with a muzzle on so tight it constantly cut into the skin, almost moulding into his face as it healed around the cursed thing would do that.

When Sapling recovered from his laugh, his voice cut through Hitoshi’s depressing ass thoughts, “Ok, so I’ll read this one since the author’s been switching POVs.”

“Sounds good,” Hitoshi agreed, grateful that their voice didn’t betray them.

+1) CatasToshi attempts the pin sapling again, goes to back out AGAIN (like a coward) and Sapling flips them around, pins them and kisses them. 

Sapling:

U fell on me, in my books that means u owe me a coffee ;)

Sapling smiled at the message, giggling to himself slightly at the way–

A quiet curse could be heard on Sapling’s end, before he started stuttering. “Cat– CatsTosh– Katatshi– Catashi– Katoshi– Fuck me.”

Hitoshi gladly would. “You can just call me Cat or Toshi if you like, darling.”

A violent cough pierced through Hitoshi’s headphones, then, “Urgh, this is so embarrassing.” The sentence was quiet enough to indicate it wasn’t meant for anyone’s ears, but Hitoshi heard it anyway.

“You’re alright, sweetheart.”

When Sapling replied, it sounded oddly choked. “Yeah, yeah, sure. I’ll just go with Toshi, then.” And from then on, Sapling kept reading CatasToshi just as Toshi .

–CatasToshi was clearly struggling to answer, the bubbles popping up and vanishing before finally, finally , he got a reply. 

CatasToshi:

Fuck ur right… same time and place as today but tomorrow?

Sapling:

Sounds like a plan xx

They did end up meeting up, and when CatasToshi pinned Sapling once more before awkwardly trying to back out of what was obviously supposed to be a kiss, Sapling simply grabbed them, flipping them both around so he was pinning CatasToshi against the wall and then after a quick check to see that they weren’t trying to get away from it, Sapling let himself lean forward, lips brushing against CatasToshi’s gently.

“Coward.”

“This author has absolutely no faith in my abilities to woo the fuck out of you, holy shit. I feel attacked,” Hitoshi grumbled, grinning slightly to himself as he made Sapling laugh. Fucking hell he was down BAD for this man.

Only once CatasToshi started kissing back did Sapling deepen it, allowing himself to become more forceful in the kiss. He gasped lightly when upon licking at CatasToshi’s lip ring their jaw dropped and mouth pressed forward as much as he could despite being pinned, closing over Sapling’s tongue and sucking at it. Fuck, that was HOT . Sapling leaned in even closer, shoving his tongue as far down CatasToshi’s throat as he could and moaning as they bucked up against him slightly. Fucking hell, Sapling would do absolutely anything for CatasToshi. That much was obvious now. 

Before either of them could make a comment on the fanfiction, the first donation since they started reading chimed in, much to Hitoshi’s relief because fuck him he did not know if he would be able to speak after that holy SHIT. Plus, if it wasn’t for the distraction, he probably wouldn’t have been able to stop the desperate need to say something stupid like “I wish that was real” before it fell out of his mouth. 

> MINABUTMAKEITSPARKLY GIFTED 1 SUB: Wowowowow!!! What is going ON!!!!!! 

From his headphones, a light chuckle wafted over, before Sapling said, “Hi Mina.”

(SUBATHON TIMER: 92:51:04-)

— * —

Izuku was so glad he managed to catch the “We should do this in real life sometime” before it fell out of his mouth– Completely, anyways. Instead, he was glad for Mina being there to deescalate the situation, because his body was doing things , okay. But when she kept donating more subs and the subathon timer kept rising again after so long of no one donating – possibly because no one wanted to interrupt them, he broke up the conversation with Mina to say, “Okay sorry, can you please stop donating so maybe someone here gets some sleep soon– or in like, 94 hours.”

“I don’t need sleep, I need TreasureMine. I need to know where in this cave of unbalanced formulas squatteth the toad of truth.”

“Says the guy I caught strip mining because he fell asleep,” Izuku commented. “Anyways, chat, please refrain from donating for the next 94 hours. I’ll even convince him to sing again before the timer runs out if that persuades you.” For a moment, he waited to see chat’s reaction to make sure everyone was agreeing with the deal.

“Fuck you, you don’t have that much power over me.”

Izuku ignored that one, knowing he’d surely manage it somehow , and instead said, “Good. Thanks, chat! You guys are great. Now let’s move on to the next fic. This one’s by hhhinsertcardhere.” Then he started reading out the tags, before they began reading the fanfiction – this one was in Sapling’s POV, so it was Izuku’s turn to read.

CatasToshi calling Sapling everything under the sun except boyfriend
hhhinsertcardhere

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     Basically, catastoshi is using aLLL
     the ways to call sapling theri s/o and
     im here for it

“Hey my beautiful beloved,”

Izuku choked when he heard Toshi say that, but quickly brushed over it by reading.

CatasToshi smiled gently, his purple ears twitching and tilting towards Sapling, who grinned up at him, already listening for his answering words.

“Hey Toshi! You ready for our date?”

“Always,” CatasToshi said with a soft nod, wrapping his arms around Sapling loosely, “You?”

“Ready!”

Sapling loved dates with CatasToshi, the other man was always adorably sweet, happy to do pretty much anything provided Sapling was with him. They had done all kinds of dates, from simply walking together through the city, to cat cafes, to ice skating, to rock climbing. Tonight, they were going clubbing together. 

For a second, Izuku paused, silently reading over the dates they’d done. Wow, he wouldn’t be able to do half of these in real life, or at least not in the typical way. Or Toshi would be doing them alone and Izuku would only be watching.

CatasToshi looked fucking stunning in his leather pants and long sleeve mesh shirt under a loose black button up with only a few of the lower buttons actually done up. Sapling on the other hand had gone for a more cutsie green sweater that slid off one shoulder, and a skirt that changed from a deep brown miniskirt into mesh that reached past his knees. 

Walking to the club, Sapling felt himself curling into CatasToshi’s side when he heard someone catcalling him from somewhere. He was fine. He was with CatasToshi, and the moment CatasToshi’s protective arm slipped around his waist and snarled a warning ‘he’s my partner’, the person shut up. 

“You ok, darling?” CatasToshi asked gently and Sapling nodded, relaxing slightly. They got to the club pretty quickly from there, immediately heading to the bar to get some drinks. 

“Can I get an apple cider, please?” Sapling asked. 

“Fun Fact,” Izuku started, “I actually hate apple cider. My favourite alcoholic drink is Strawberry Limoncello Spritz.”

“I bet they chose that because of your name,” Toshi pointed out, “Weirdly, despite my coffee addiction, I don’t actually like espresso martinis. My go to when I go out is fireball shots, they are fucking peak.”

“Of course, handsome,” the bartender replied with a wink. CatasToshi shoved himself forward from where he had stood diagonally behind Sapling, comfortable in letting his partner order drinks for the both of them. 

“That’s MY soulmate you’re talking to,” CatasToshi said with a slight snarl to his voice.

“Wait, I’m supposed to snarl? Shit, let me try again. That’s MY soulmate you’re talking to ,” Toshi repeated, this time snarling the words. 

Izuku stared at his phone’s screen, feeling his face burn with heat, not for the first time in the past hour. “Yep, that works.”

Sapling in turn rested his hand placatingly on CatasToshi’s, a quiet promise that he would never appreciate anyone’s advances other than CatasToshi’s. Thankfully, the bartender nodded, clearly getting the message. 

The next person to hit on Sapling was a girl with a short black dress, tapping him on the shoulder and asking if he was willing to dance. 

“That’s my other half you’re asking to dance, lay it off,” CatasToshi snapped before Sapling could even shake his head. CatasToshi just smiled at CatasToshi and nodded towards the dance floor, asking the boy he came with if he would dance with him. 

“I smiled at myself? Pffft, I see there was an unfortunate loss caused by the No Beta We Die Like BlackWidow tag. In all honesty though, considering how fast these were put out, it’s impressive that this is the first obvious mistake we found,” Toshi chuckled.

“Trueee!”

When CatasToshi left to get them more drinks a while later, Sapling relaxed against one of the walls, waiting for his return. 

“Hey there cutie,” Someone leered, gripping Sapling’s hand tight enough that he couldn’t pull away and placing a disgustingly wet kiss onto it.

“Oh, that’s so ew.”

“Chat, never fucking do this. If you are going to be a dramatic gremlin like this, at least hold their hand gently enough for them to pull away easily,” Toshi reminded them.

“ Be like Chat Noir, ” Izuku encouraged, thinking about a specific scene from Miraculous. Before Toshi could add anything to that there was a loud bang and several exceedingly loud thump sounds from his end of the call.

“Shit– sorry, my fucking cat just decided to pounce my microphone for some reason? Maybe he was– BOND!” Toshi screeched, “Fucking attention seeker, I think that was it. I think he decided the microphone was getting too much of my attention. He’s claimed my shoulders now though, so he should be chill for a while.”

Izuku laughed, not feeling one bit of empathy for Toshi in that moment.

Sapling desperately pulled his hand away, wiping it on his skirt in disgust, ready to verbally tear him to pieces, but before he could, CatasToshi appeared in front of him, hissing at the man, tail flicking side to side dangerously, ears twisted backwards in a clear sign of aggression to anyone who knew anything about cat body language. 

“That is my fucking manwife, get out of my fucking sight,” CatasToshi growled and wisely the man took that as his cue to leave.

“Can we go?” Sapling asked quietly, and CatasToshi nodded, pulling Sapling with him and quickly closing out their tab, and leaving as fast as possible. 

It was only once they were a comfortable distance away that Sapling spoke the words that he had been wondering. “Why do you never refer to me as your boyfriend? Like, I can tell it’s not you wanting to not say we are dating, because you say stuff like soulmate but you never say boyfriend and I’m just… confused?”

“Oh, I just… how do I say this without it sounding weird… uh… your gender seems… not cis if that makes sense? Like I don’t want to assume or anything but my gaydar keeps insisting you are genderqueer and I was worried you didn’t want to tell me yet but also might not like gendered language so I guess this is just what I settled on? I can do something different if you prefer? I don’t know why I didn’t just ask you–” CatasToshi explained, frantically stumbling over his words as he spoke in a quick rush. 

Izuku paused. “Huh, that’s surprisingly accurate. Technically, I am genderqueer. Most of the time I still tell people that I go by he/him, simply because it’s easier than to explain how I feel about gender.”

“Fair, I do the same, although most people online know I use he/they since I have it on my profiles. I saw on your stream that you had the any pronouns tag though.”

“Yeah, I put that there because I don’t care which pronoun people use for me. Like call me ur– fucken– manwife, I don’t care.”

“Ok love, I’ll keep that in mind,” Toshi said, the smirk clear in his voice and Izuku spontaneously combusted. Luckily, his next lines were him stuttering anyway, so he didn’t have to worry about stumbling over his words.

“Oh– damn– I think you are the only person who’s ever worked it out– I mean I didn’t even know until well after we started dating and you have been doing this from the start. Holy shit. I– it means a lot Toshi. No one has ever done something like that for me before, and I didn’t even ask you to or anything and I just– thank you.”

“Always, my love. Do you mind telling me your pronouns if you know them?”

“Uh, I think I’m going with any pronouns at the moment,” Sapling smiled and CatasToshi hugged them close, whispering words of pride and comfort. 

“Okay that’s this fic done! It was super cute and adorable, I loved it.”

“It really was quite awesome,” Toshi agreed, “I always love reading things with queer gender representation.”

(SUBATHON TIMER: 92:26:37-)

— * —

“Alright, what’s next? You can pull it up because I’ve got to keep mining,” Hitoshi asked, happy to continue letting Sapling lead this. 

“We’ve got The Hoodie Thief by wdymimnotfunny . Something about a meme.”

“Well, the author’s name has me convinced it will be entertaining,” Hitoshi snorted, pulling the page up onto stream as Sapling read out the tags, “Alright, this one has a somewhat long author’s note, do you want to read it or shall I?” 

“Feel free,” Sapling hummed.

The Hoodie Thief
wdymimnotfunny

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    That one meme that goes
     “Who broke it”

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     Don’t mind me dumping in random
     ocs because CatasToshi has no
     friends and the only friend i know
     about of Sapling’s is Mina and
     I need more ppl for this fic

     They aren’t important, just
     background characters, but feel
     free to ask me about them in the
     comments and I will explain their
     entire lore cus they are fully formed
     ocs :D

“Well that’s lovely, I feel like I’m being mocked here,” Hitoshi groaned. This was the second fic to talk about their complete lack of friends. How delightful.

“Oh don’t worry, you definitely are. Loser. Imagine having no friends, lol.”

“You can’t talk, do you even have any friends outside of Mina?”

“ Duh ,” Sapling replied. “ You .”

Well if that didn’t make Hitoshi blush hard , he didn’t know what would. As it was, he was as red as a sunburnt 40 year old karen in the supermarket demanding to see the manager and it took all he had to not just pass away right then and there.

> MINABUTMAKEITSPARKLY DONATED 1 YEN: (money so it doesn’t add to the sub count because i wouldn’t betray my besties wishes) But anyways u r both friendless losers and i love it. Also just so yk, i have a better social life than the both of you COMBINED

“Fuck you, too, Mina,” Sapling grumbled.

“You know what, yeah, fuck you, Mina. We have each other, we don’t need you,” Hitoshi agreed with a snicker, taking Sapling’s easy teasing of his friend as permission for Hitoshi to join in, especially since Mina had actually started it.

“Good, now that that’s clear, let’s move onto the actual fic.”

“Alright, I think it’s my POV?” 

“So, who stole it? I’m not mad. I just want to know,” CatasToshi hissed, glaring at the entire group after returning hoodie-less from his trip to his room to get said hoodie. 

“I did. I stole it…” Sapling admitted quietly. It was too comfy–

“Oh, shit, wait, this is your POV, you do it,” Hitoshi yelped, stopping suddenly and letting Sapling take over. Any excuse to hear the other’s voice more often– Shut up.

–too soft, too big, too much a reminder of her partner. Of course she had stolen the soft lilac hoodie. How could she not. CatasToshi was always so busy with his streams and Sapling was starting to miss him. It had seemed a logical solution, but she hadn’t meant to keep it. 

“No. No you didn’t. Chiruno?” CatasToshi said quickly, not seeming to even consider the idea that it was Sapling. Huh? That was odd. Especially because it had very distinctly been Sapling. Why was he arguing?

“Don’t look at me! Look at Aiko!” Chiruno squeaked, immediately throwing the blame to who Sapling guessed was simply the first person she saw, given they were both sitting on the floor directly across the coffee table from each other, their game of UNO paused by CatasToshi’s annoyed entrance. 

“Oh wait, I think I know the meme this is referencing, the one with the broken coffee machine!” Hitoshi grinned to themself.

“You would know a meme about a coffee machine,” Sapling snorted obnoxiously, and Hitoshi wanted to argue, but it was pretty fair all things considered, especially when you accounted for the fact that Hitoshi themself was considered a coffee machine meme.

“What!? I didn’t steal it!” Aiko yelped. 

“Huh. That’s weird. How did you even know it was stolen!?” Chiruno declared dramatically as though this were finalising evidence and not… something completely obvious. 

“Because CatasToshi is standing right in front of us and it’s not here!” Aiko cried. To be fair, she was right, Chiruno’s argument made zero sense… although most of her arguments were like that to be fair. 

“Suspicious,” Chiruno hissed. 

“NO IT’S NOT!”

“If it matters… probably not… but I saw Akama go into CatasToshi’s room earlier,” Yuzuki offered with what Sapling could only guess was a true sincerity. She probably just wanted this over and done with so that they could hurry up and watch the movie. 

“Liar! I don’t even wear hoodies!” Akama snapped, glaring daggers at Yuzuki. Sapling really needed to step in and tell them to stop fighting, because he could tell Akama was also honestly suspicious of Yuzuki now. This was going… poorly…

“Oh, really? Then what were you doing in CatasToshi’s room!?” Miharu argued back, seeming to side with Yuzuki on this– whether that was because he was siding with Yuzuki or because he had also seen Akama, Sapling truly did not know. 

“That’s also what I would like to know,” Sapling mumbled, a sentiment Hitoshi greatly agreed with. Get the fuck out of his room, Akama.

“Me too, Sapling, me too. Why is Akama sneaking around in my room?” Hitoshi asked, because if anyone was in his room he wanted it to be Sapling– which– fuck, that was gay as hell and maybe a touch too obsessed. He needed to cool it and not be getting possessive over someone who was not even his fucking partner. If Sapling noticed, she would think it was fucking freaky as shit– because it was, why was he being so obsessive over nothing, holy fucking shit.

“I use my quirk to warm up CatasToshi’s room to trick their brain into sleepiness when I’m around, everyone knows that, Miharu,” Akama hissed. Oh yeah. Sapling forgot that was Akama’s doing and not just a heater CatasToshi always had on. It was great. It meant Sapling could curl up on the warm blankets and pillows like a cat. Wait, right, Sapling was supposed to stop this. He was the one who actually stole the hoodie after all. 

“Ohh…”

“Ok, well I am a cat so that seems fair, and if it makes you comfy, who am I to complain?” Hitoshi asked before slapping a hand over their mouth, what the FUCK? Why had he just said that? What the fuck was wrong with him?

When Sapling didn’t reply for a full minute, Hitoshi started panicking. He had actually fucking ruined this for them, what the fuck? Shit, Sapling must fucking hate him now, holyshitholyshitholyshitholyshitholyshit.

“Alright! Let’s not fight. I stole it. Let me go get it, Toshi.”

After all that fucking silence Sapling had the nerve to just continue onto the next line like nothing had happened? What the fuck!? And now Hitoshi had to pretend he was completely fine and A-OK and totally not a panicking fucking mess holy SHIT.

“No. Who stole it,” CatasToshi snapped, glaring at the room with all the hatred of someone who thought their inability to own up was the reason his boyfriend was taking the blame. Sapling WAS taking the blame, but that’s because he… you know… DID IT. 

“Mina’s been awfully quiet,” Aiko pointed out in a half whisper. 

“Oh REALLY!?” 

A beat, then Sapling burst out laughing, pfft-ing and snorting, generally more reminiscent of a cackle than his earlier, melodic laughs.

“Yes, really!” Aiko insisted. From there, the entire room lit up with screaming and fighting as they argued over who it was, throwing blame, defending themselves, and causing insane levels of chaos. 

Sapling stared at his friends in despair as they sank to what could only be described as an actual cat fight to the death. Sapling couldn’t even see how to break it up. What was he even supposed to do?

CatasToshi’s hand slipped onto Sapling’s shoulder and the boy leaned down, over the couch from behind him.

“I know you stole it. Don’t you dare own up to it. I predict ten minutes from now, they’ll be at each other’s throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick.”

“Toshi!” Sapling gasped, staring at his boyfriend with a mix of horror and adoration at the outright chaos. Yeah, this was not something she could stop. Not anymore at least, “Why!?”

“It was getting a little chummy around here,” CatasToshi smirked, kissing his partner on her forehead. 

“That one was fucking hilarious, amazingly well written, thank you so much wdymimnotfunny.”

“Mina’s ‘ OH REALLY ’ was so accurate too, like I can practically hear her saying it,” Sapling laughed. Fuck Hitoshi wished they could hear that laugh all the time, it was so fucking adorable– well pretty much all the sounds Sapling made were, but that might just be Hitoshi’s gay little heart getting away from them again. They really needed to get that under control, holy shit .

(SUBATHON TIMER: 91:51:20-)

Chapter Text

Izuku swiped down the fics, reading all the smutty tags on more than half of them until he reached the bottom one. It was called ‘ let me hear your voice ’ and aside from the relationship and character tags, only contained one other tag. Hurt/Comfort.

“This one seems a little…Hard to tell what’s going on, because there’s no summary and the creator chose not to use archive warnings. It’s definitely hurt/comfort, though. The title says ‘let me hear your voice’ so it could maybe be something about you singing?” Izuku mused.

“Yeah, that sounds fine to me, we can always stop if it gets weird, who wrote it?”

“Definitely,” he agreed, then checked the author. “It says ‘ insideVent ’. Thank you for writing this, insideVent! This is by the way the last fanfiction I deem appropriate enough to read on stream. But now, let’s start! It’s in my POV.”

let me hear your voice
insideVent

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     (See the end of the work for notes .)

Morning dew made the world shimmer around Sapling, drawing light and joy in all of its beauty. Leaves rustled due to the slight breeze wafting through the city and the cool air embracing joggers on an early run. With the sunrise, the trees glittered as they reflected the light and flowers sparkled on the grass. Most enjoyably, the actual city noise was hard to hear out here, so the birds chirping and occasional thump of running shoes on the pathways dominated the hushed, serene environment. It was quiet. It was haven. It was perfect.

“That does sound nice,” Toshi commented and Izuku could only agree. The author was describing a truly beautiful scenery, and maybe some part of Izuku wanted to go on a date with Toshi there.

Sapling could feel nature growing uneasy around her, so she let her gaze sweep across the park, trying to spot what was out of place. Nothing seemed to be, but they kept looking. Then, in the distance, they noticed someone approaching. At first, he thought it was just another morning jogger, but the closer they got, the more Sapling realised that they knew this someone.

Reflexively, they rose from their seat– almost forgetting their tablet nestled in their lap, but remembering it just in time to catch it from falling. That was CatasToshi, running past trees that cried out in agony when his hunched form got too close. Worry flooded Sapling’s mind and he grabbed his things to meet CatasToshi in the middle, feet already carrying him to the purple haired man before his brain could fully register what was happening.

“Toshi–!” Sapling started to greet his boyfriend, only to start with horror when he realised the state he was in. “–Toshi…”

But CatasToshi didn’t even acknowledge Sapling’s presence, pushing past him as if he was just another stranger and running towards the nearest wall of hedges where Sapling knew the park held a few private spots in between. Swallowing her concerned tears, Sapling followed CatasToshi, to make sure he’d end up alright. Because right now, his boyfriend wasn’t alright– right now, a big, painful-looking muzzle sat right in the middle of CatasToshi’s face.

The thought alone made Sapling walk faster– run faster– to catch up with his boyfriend. Quickly, they stepped around a corner to one of the private spots encased by tall hedges with only a small gap. When Sapling pushed themselves through said gap, they found CatasToshi curled up on the ground, pressed into the “corner” furthest away from the entry. It wasn’t far away in total, since the spot hardly covered a complete square metre, but it still seemed like a tactic to be as separated from the outside world as physically possible.

“Oh, Toshi,” Sapling sighed, still holding back tears to stay strong when their boyfriend clearly needed them. Carefully, they sank to their knees in an attempt to make eye contact with the shaking bundle that was CatasToshi, but there was no response. “Love, can you hear me? A little nod is enough.” It took a long moment full of worry until finally, finally , a short, jerky nod came from the man.

“Okay, good. That’s good. I’m here, you’re not alone. I’m here for you. You’ve got all my undivided attention,” The words bubbled from Sapling’s mouth without much thought, possibly an attempt to calm herself as much as she was trying to calm CatasToshi. “May I take…it off? I’ll need to touch you for that. If you don’t want me to touch you right now, that’s okay. We’ll wait until you’re ready.”

Almost immediately, CatasToshi frantically nodded and only now Sapling spotted the big, fat tears his sweet, sweet boyfriend had been trying to hide.

“Oh honey,” Sapling choked out, then slowly moved closer, making sure to have his movements look as predictable as possible so he wouldn’t startle CatasToshi. “I’m going to touch you now, okay?” Another nod followed right away and Sapling carefully reached out, only now seeing his hands shaking. But that was nothing in comparison to the agonised look in CatasToshi’s eyes when his hands placed themselves on the back of his boyfriend’s head to reach for the muzzle stop, keeping the horrid thing firmly in place. “It’s okay, it’s okay,” he whispered, unable to hold the tears back any longer. “I’ve got you.” The moment in which Sapling’s fingers fiddled with the lock until it came undone at last felt like hours, though it might’ve been hardly ten seconds.

As soon as the disgusting contraption disconnected from CatasToshi’s bloodied face, Sapling flung it far away from them, shuffling closer on his knees until the two of them were tightly pressed up against one another. Sobs fell from both their lips and their trembling hands gripped together desperately, trying to comfort their love when they were falling apart themselves.

Eventually, CatasToshi found his voice and croaked a hoarse,

Silence.

Izuku’s eyes flickered up from her phone’s screen to see her laptop displaying an eerily frozen image. Toshi had stopped mining and the fanfiction was many paragraphs behind. For a moment, she thought his computer was unresponsive due to some sort of glitch and she moved his cursor across the monitor, but everything worked smoothly as always and chat was still happily sprouting a thousand messages a second. “...Toshi?” Her heart started racing at the many, many horrible scenarios her brain immediately provided her with. Fuck . She’d been so immersed into the fanfiction– because fucking hell, that was written so intensively– that she hadn’t realised when Toshi had stopped listening. Or being present. Or something. Did he have a heart attack? What if he had some sort of medical condition? How was Izuku supposed to be able to help? “Toshi, are you okay?” Her voice sounded as shaky and breathless as he felt. “Please, answer.”

All of a sudden the silence was broken by a heart wrenchingly ragged breath, the following sob too fucking loud and broken and desperate to be anything other than pure panicked haze. Painful helplessness squeezed Izuku’s heart.

“Toshi, can you hear me? I– uh, fuck.” He couldn’t even see if the man might’ve nodded.

No response.

“Okay, okay,” he pressed his own eyes shut to not see the millions of worried messages scrolling at the side of his computer’s screen. It wasn’t helping him think. Izuku wasn’t helping Toshi. How could he even help? He was powerless. “It’s okay, just– If you can hear me, please, take a deep breath. Okay? I’ll– I’ll breathe with you. Together. If you’re able to, maybe try turning up your volume so you can hear me better. I’m– I’m going to start now.” Then he exaggerated his deep breath in, making sure to have it be as loud as possible so hopefully Toshi could hear it even if they didn’t turn the volume up. “In– two, three, four. Hold– two, three, four. Out– two, three, four.” With every instruction, he did it first, as loud and exaggerated as possible. He didn’t know what else to do, how else he could possibly help when he was so far away and couldn’t even see Toshi. The breathing exercise gave him something to focus on and the barest sliver of hope that maybe he was doing something that helped Toshi. Fuck, he felt like Sapling in the fanfiction, holding back tears, knowing his friend was suffering– but it was worse, because he didn’t know if he was even helping.

Three loud pings pierced through the devastating silence, causing Izuku’s eyes to open with surprise. He just barely saw the last of Mina’s concerned string of messages disappearing, followed by a new one appearing.

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 12:38, 18/03/2160

U should turn off the stream!! Everyon’es watching

Oh, if he could, he’d do it in a heartbeat . He swallowed. “Toshi? If you can hear me, I need you to turn the stream off. The button is in the corner of your screen, the red one, remember? It says ‘ end stream ’. Please.”

But Toshi’s breaths were still ragged, still pained and choked and fucking broken beyond measure, hoarse sobs stuttering loudly between those desperate gasps for air. Clearly brutally unaware of the more than a million people currently being witness to his panic attack. Fuck, he had to do something. Anything.

“Please, give him some privacy. Leave the stream, go watch someone else or take a fucking walk or something. But please leave, this is nothing any of you should be a part of.” Izuku stared at his screen, but the number of viewers hardly lessened. Only a few decent people had actually left. “Get the fuck out of here,” he begged, his words taking on an aggressive edge as he struggled to cope with the immense amount of worry and frustration and self-loathing surging inside of him. “ Leave .” But nothing changed.

Tears formed in their eyes, but they refused to let them fall. Instead, they got distracted by another of Toshi’s loud sobs and their heart ripped into a billion tiny shards. Quietly, they cursed to themself, but quickly decided to give up on that tactic to focus back on who actually needed it.

“Toshi, please ,” she pleaded, unsure of what she was asking for. She was too desperate for too many things. “Just– At least, end the stream, ‘kay? You can do that for me, I know it. Please. I care about you so fucking much and too fucking many people are here to see you be vulnerable and you don’t deserve them breaching your right for privacy. I–”

Finally, fucking FINALLY, the stream snapped to black, ending abruptly with no prior notice. Still, Toshi remained painfully silent outside of the ragged breaths but at least this was a sign he was somewhat aware now, or at least had been for that split second.

“Toshi,” Izuku gasped with relief. They weren’t out of the woods yet, but it was at least a reaction. Izuku would take absolutely anything at this point. Fortunately, it was just the two of them now. “Toshi, can you talk to me?”

Fucking silence. Not even a breath or a sob or anything, just… silence. Echoing and almost loud in its oppressive force. No, then .

“That’s– That’s okay.” Get your fucking shit together. Fucking damn it, trying to calm someone from a panic attack was already nerve wrackingly difficult, but trying to help someone who was who knows where and you couldn’t see them whilst they’re unable to verbally communicate? Fucking torture. “We’ve got this.” Because what the fuck else was he supposed to say?

“I’m here, okay? I don’t– I don’t know what caused this, but I don’t care and you don’t have to tell me. Just know that I’m here and I’m listening and if you need anything I can provide, I’ll give it, no questions asked. Just–” What if he asked Izuku to leave him alone? He’d do it, of course, but it’d be the worst part of all that has been happening. “Just take care of yourself, okay? You can do that, I’m sure. I trust that you’re able to.”

For a while, Izuku let the silence ring, unable to find the right words. They nearly burst into tears seven times, but they held them back.

“I’m– I’m sorry, I’m doing nothing to help. I feel so useless.” Useless Deku, good for nothing. “I’m just– really worried, and if maybe there’s a chance that my incoherent rambling does help, then I don’t want to stop.” Izuku rubbed their thumbs on the rubber of their wheelchair tires, trying desperately to get some of the anxious energy out through it.

Taking a deep breath, they continued, “So even if I’m repeating myself with this, know that I’m here. Whatever you need. I’ll even travel across Japan if you want me to.” Even if afterwards, they won’t be talking anymore. “What matters most to me is that you’re okay. I need you to be okay . It doesn’t have to be right now, but… soon, if possible. I hate to know you’re suffering. You’re too sweet and good of a person to be suffering like this. So… yeah.”

It took a moment, then Izuku found something to talk about. “Since you’re unable to talk– which is totally fine! I’ll just– tell you some of mine and Mina’s idiotic actions. That way I don’t sound like a broken record and you get something better to listen to.”

Silence.

“Let’s start with the time we tried to make cookies from scratch. Spoiler alert: it ended with flour all over my kitchen and Mina spending four hours deep cleaning it before rushing to work. With two hours of sleep. It all started when I couldn’t sleep…” And then Izuku went on and on about some of their stupidest anecdotes, eventually finding himself so deep in the stories as he relived some of his funniest days that he almost missed the ping of an incoming Discord message.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:17, 18/03/2160

im so fking srry im so fuckrd up i fcked ths al up so bsd im so ducking sorrt

Izuku paused, needing a moment to register who just sent him what and as soon as he did, his heart started pounding in his ears again. “Toshi,” he whispered, not even noticing it was happening. Then he read over the message again, trying to calm his thoughts so he could reply, “It wasn’t your fault. You’re okay. I’m sorry that it happened.”

For a beat, there’s no reaction– No message, no talking. Izuku anxiously moved her cursor across the monitor, only to notice that Toshi had muted himself. Fuck. How was she going to tell if Toshi started panicking again? She’d be even more useless than she’d already been.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:19, 18/03/2160

i shul d have stoepped or vhecked it or fcking idfk i shuld gave checked it that shuldntvehappened

“No, you couldn’t have known. I was the one who picked it, I should’ve skimmed over it or something. You’re not at fault for this. There– There was something that triggered you,” It was the muzzle, wasn’t it? That’s why he wasn’t speaking. “And the author didn’t tag it or give any warnings. Unless one of us read it beforehand, we wouldn’t have been able to know what was going to happen.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:22, 18/03/2160

i know my fuckng triggerss i shulvr chedcked it or read it befroe streams to makedsure or smthing that shuldntve happent

> catastrophetoshi — 13:22, 18/03/2160

fuck igotta appologise tochat thery didntsign upfor that

“You didn’t know we’d read them, so you couldn’t have read it first. And no, you don’t have to apologise. Maybe you should let them know you’re okay, but only when you’re ready, so take all the time you need. Okay?” Izuku was starting to grow a little more confident with talking to Toshi whilst the other was muted. As long as the messages kept going, she knew Toshi was at least responsive.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:23, 18/03/2160

I shudlve said no or someting im dso fckitn dum

“ No, you’re not. I also could’ve said we should stop. It was the last fanfiction on the page, though, so I didn’t want to leave chat hanging all of a sudden. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry this happened.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:24, 18/03/2160

its noturfuckkng fauult im a mesz

“That’s not what I was saying. I just– You’re not a mess, okay? Everyone has something that can trigger them, or almost everyone, anyways. I also have triggers, and I know what kind of bullshit has to happen for someone to react so violently to them. You don’t deserve that.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:25, 18/03/2160

this is scuh a fcukin mess i kust gukc i need to tweet domthing to my fans i feel so trashy asiing anymore of u but can u nhekp me word it

> catastrophetoshi — 13:25, 18/03/2160

my fans r rightnn about my lack of friedns

“Of course I’ll help,” Izuku agreed easily. I’ll do anything for you. “Don’t feel bad about it, I’m happy to help you with whatever you need me to. And remember – I also don’t have any friends. Aside from Mina, but we’re ignoring that right now. We’ve got each other, right?”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:26, 18/03/2160

yea

“Okay, good,” Izuku couldn’t help the giddy smile on his face, despite the circumstances, happy that Toshi was agreeing and also relieved. “Now, what do you want to tell them? I can write it down so you only need to copy paste it to Twitter.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:26, 18/03/2160

sorry for the mess on stresm im ok i just need to take a breaak for a bit the subatthon will be back soon and well continure frm where we were at with subtimer

> letsapling257 — 13:29, 18/03/2160

Hey guys,

I’m sorry for the issues on stream, I’m okay. I just need to take a break for a bit

The Subathon will be back soon and we’ll continue from where we were at with the Timer.

Thanks for your understanding

“This good for you? I can rewrite it if you don’t like it,” Izuku asked, one of their thumbs rubbing over their wheelchair’s tire again.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:29, 18/03/2160

tysm i dont deservre this

“You deserve the world.” Wait, fuck, had he said that out loud? “Uh– I mean– Sorry, you’re just– a really good guy and– um, I’ll shut up now.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:30, 18/03/2160

pls dont

“Oh, okay. I won’t, then?” Gods, why was Izuku such a mess? Maybe he should also switch to just messages, then he could double check what he was saying before saying it. “Cool. … Maybe you should eat something, now that you’re already taking a – much needed – break. I’ll eat with you… If you want?”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:33, 18/03/2160

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> catastrophetoshi — 13:30, 18/03/2160

yea that son\uds good idk what to eat tho

“Hmm… What’s your favourite food? Or do you have a comfort food?” Immediately, Izuku started wondering. What would he like? She’d love to try whatever Toshi thought tasted the best.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:30, 18/03/2160

i think imma get a cheese pizzza 

“Sounds great, I’ll also order a pizza!”

— * —

There was something oddly calming about the way Sapling didn’t expect Hitoshi to speak, about how happy the man seemed to be to just let him be a fucking mess– and he was a fucking mess, holy shit. He should never have let himself have a breakdown on stream , but it was too late now. It was what it was, and for probably the first time in his life, someone was here to help him through his breakdown. 

All too often the complete emptiness of being alone would just extend the breakdown, it was his fault he was alone. Him and his stupid quirk and maybe if he muzzled himself, maybe then people could stand him. No. He knew he couldn’t, shouldn’t, think like that, but it was so damn hard not to. Sapling didn’t know. His fans didn’t know. That was the only reason they didn’t hate him. That was all there was to it. That was it. There was no other reason, no being bearable and funny, nothing like that, nothing that mattered in the long run. His quirk was here, ruining all of it and as soon as they found out about it, all this would be for nothing. 

Sapling’s presence was weirdly calming with the comforting barrier between them, the lack of Hitoshi’s mic making it feel a thousand times safer, and the ability to message Sapling made up for the anxiety he often got when he was like this and completely unable to talk. Being able to message and be heard felt oddly safe, like Sapling would hear him and care regardless of his quirk. He knew it wasn’t true, knew that the moment Sapling knew, he’d hate Hitoshi, but still, the comfort was there, as broken and unconfident as it was.

Their hands shook as they typed, but Sapling never once commented on it, never mocked it or even seemed to notice it. He just accepted it, accepted Hitoshi’s broken typing as though it were completely normal and not at all fucked up despite the fact that it was deeply fucked up. 

“Ok, so I found this place to order from, seems good, do you have a place you usually order from?”

Hitoshi smiled lightly at the screen. Despite everything, Sapling was here just being a comforting presence and reminding them to do shit they would normally forget, like eating. 

> catastrophetoshi — 13:34, 18/03/2160

yea ill ujst nuy rfom my normal place

Hitoshi did their best to control the shaking slightly as they typed, but they truly couldn’t summon the energy to fix the typos after they wrote the message. Thankfully, Sapling really didn’t seem to mind. Hitoshi quickly sent in their comfort order to the pizza place near them, thankful to their easy online ordering system that didn’t require him to speak at all.

“Good job, sweetheart.”

Hitoshi’s heart flipped at the soft words, unable to help how many butterflies flooded his stomach at the sound of Sapling’s voice. It wasn’t fair how easily he could swap Hitoshi from anxious, terrified worry into a flustered mess.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:36, 18/03/2160

i uh im rlly sorry about this im just uh

> catastrophetoshi — 13:39, 18/03/2160

muzzles r a big trigger for me

Hitoshi’s fingers hovered over the send button for a long time. This felt… dangerous as fuck, he had never told anyone about this before but at the same time it was probably more then obvious at this point, and after all Sapling had stuck around this long, he deserved to know some of it. There was no way in hell he would tell Sapling what his quirk was or about the fuckass ugly scars, but he could do this much. He clicked send.

“Thank you for trusting me with that information,” Sapling replied almost immediately, her words soft, sincere and free of any judgement. She was too fucking perfect, too fucking beautifully amazing. Too fucking kind and thoughtful and sweet. Too fucking lovely. 

> catastrophetoshi — 13:42, 18/03/2160

yea i uh thiught u deserved somekinda explanation after allthis shti

“You don’t owe me anything. I had enough context to know what was happening and that was enough for me. All that matters is that you’re okay.” 

> catastrophetoshi — 13:42, 18/03/2160

tysm for being here fro me i cant word hoiw much it means to me

Hitoshi was glad his shaking hands were finally starting to get more under control, even if he was biting the side of his mouth in concentration to try to calm them. Still, he would take what he could get.

“Of course, you’re my friend, I care about you.”

Hitoshi’s heart somehow managed to both rebuild itself and shatter at the word. ‘Friend’ . Hitoshi had never had a friend before, not once. The thought that they had a friend felt so fucking fantastical, like an actual dream come true and a blessing from the heavens themselves, but some stupid, cruel , part of Hitoshi’s brain screamed just a friend. Never anything more. STOP. They needed to stop his stupid fucking brain; why was it being like this. Of course Sapling was a friend, and that was fucking amazing, how selfish did they have to be to ever want anything more? What the fuck was their problem? They should be happy here, they had a friend , not be fucking upset that it wasn’t more than this. Seriously. They needed to get themself the fuck under control. This was more than they deserved anyway. 

A distant ding-dong came through Hitoshi’s headphones, followed by Sapling saying, “Oh that’s probably the dizza pelivery– UH delivery pizza– wait. Ugh , you get what I mean. I’ll be right back!”

Hitoshi smiled lightly at the screen, finding comfort in the background noise of Sapling’s house. Weirdly, they couldn’t hear any footsteps, although they did hear some other sound they couldn’t quite place, but they shrugged it off, focusing back on their keyboard. They may as well take advantage of this time alone to get out the next fucking embarrasing message.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:44, 18/03/2160

u r the first person ive told about this, i just- i- fuck this feels wierd idk how to write this, uh ig im trying to say thank u for being so fucking nice and uh caring about me ig? 

> catastrophetoshi — 13:44, 18/03/2160

fuck that sounded pathetic uh

> catastrophetoshi — 13:45, 18/03/2160

i just u r rlly amaznig and im so fcking happy i found this stupid game

> catastrophetoshi — 13:45, 18/03/2160

ugh i feel like such a mess but i hope im getting worss out correctly just uh tysm

Faintly, Hitoshi heard the sound of Sapling thanking the delivery person, and then more rustling and moving as he came back towards the microphone, already rambling apologies for being too long which, like… He had barely been two minutes? That was more than reasonable.

“Okay let me check what you said–” There was a short pause as Sapling read his messages, then, “Oh, oh. That’s– that’s really sweet. I appreciate that you trusted me enough to tell me and I’m really glad to have met you, too. You deserve all the good things, Toshi. I know we only just met, but you’re really important to me. I– yeah. Yeah. I’m–” Sapling paused for a moment, seeming to hesitate over the words before pushing ahead and saying it. “I feel bad that you’ve been so vulnerable and I haven’t told you anything. Um… Back in middle school, I dated my bully for a few weeks. It was really toxic and fucked up.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:47, 18/03/2160

fuck that sounds so fucking awful im so sorry

> catastrophetoshi — 13:47, 18/03/2160

u dont have to tell me anything u dont want to i promise i wont mind but also if u do wanna talk about stuff, im here for u, like u were here for me

“It’s okay– I’ve had worse, I mean I–” Sapling cut themselves off, seemingly realising what they had just said and backtracking immediately, “No, forget I said that. Uh– Thank you, I really appreciate that. If you ever want to talk about more, the same goes for you.”

> catastrophetoshi — 13:48, 18/03/2160

i fear the ‘ive had worse’ does not make it better love, and im not gonna ignore that

> catastrophetoshi — 13:49, 18/03/2160

even if u dont want to tell me about it(which is completely fine) i refuse to be someone who ignores ur pain

> catastrophetoshi — 13:49, 18/03/2160

ik what thats like andd i will not be that to someone else

“Thank you, really. I– Ah, I don’t know what to say, you’re too sweet. Thank you, Toshi.”

Hitoshi wanted to curl up at the words and let them just repeat again and again, despite how untrue they felt. They had never once been described as ‘sweet’. Even their fans knew they weren’t. Some were crazy enough to say their voice was hot, but that was just fan behaviour. Sweet, though? Not a chance. They were gruff and unapproachable even without the scars. They were not sweet. They could never be sweet. No one who truly knew them would look at them and go ‘that human is sweet’. Not even Sapling.

Before Hitoshi could say anything, the doorbell rang and he winced.

> catastrophetoshi — 13:47, 18/03/2160

shit my food just got here brb

Hitoshi could only pray that the delivery driver wouldn’t try to talk to him as he pulled on the mask he kept by his door. He opened the door, holding his hands out ready to take the pizza, offering his tip in one hand.

“Can you please show me your face? It’s company policy in case of villain attacks,” the man requested, and it took all Hitoshi had not to visibly wince at the words. Even more, it took way too much effort to bring his hand up to his face, but after a few seconds, he forced his hand to the edge of the mask, taking a deep breath before pulling it down. “What the fuck is that?”

Hitoshi just pressed his hands out, desperately hoping the pizza delivery man would give it to him and fucking leave. Holy shit. Leave him be. Please . 

“No, like seriously, what the fuck happened to your face?”

Hitoshi couldn’t help the tears welling up in their eyes as they shook their head frantically and pressed the money at the man, practically begging him to just leave the pizza and GO.

“Are you like a villain or something?”

Hitoshi choked, desperate and devastated and painfully aware of everything around them. “Please,” They practically sobbed, pressing the money further at the man, desperately needing him to leave.

“What?” The man asked, either fucking oblivious or an actual asshole. Hitoshi held back the next sob and just forced out the command, tugging on his quirk and grabbing the pizza.

“ Leave .” The word rang out desperately as he pulled the pizza out of the man’s hands, shoving the door shut and slumping to the ground, letting his face fall into his hands as he curled into a tight ball. He was ok. He was ok. He was fine . The person was gone. He was safe. He was alone. No one would know. They wouldn’t know. They wouldn’t come for him. There was no one to muzzle him now. He was safe. He was out. He was safe. He had to be.

Faintly, they felt their phone vibrate as the discord alert sounded, and all of a sudden they were brought back to the present. Sapling was here. Sapling was waiting on call for them, and Hitoshi was just curled up in a fucking ball and shaking like they were back in that cursed house with that cursed muzzle and they just– They couldn’t. They needed to go back; needed to explain what was happening but they couldn’t. They couldn’t. They– fuck. They needed to breathe, needed to get themself under control. Needed to shove down this stupid panic over nothing. Nothing even fucking happened. What were they even doing here? What the fuck? Pull yourself together, Hitoshi.

Slowly, achingly slowly, he forced himself up to standing and stumbled back to his computer to check his messages, just barely remembering to grab the pizza he no longer wanted to eat.

> letsapling257 — 13:58, 18/03/2160

it’s been a while, was there an issue with your order?

> catastrophetoshi — 14:03, 18/03/2160

fuck srry ir jst i thre was a- idk the guyt wasd beeeing weirrd

Hitoshi hated how fucking shaky his hands were as he sent the message and undeafened on call so he could hear Sapling speak.

Chapter Text

Izuku sat in silence, worrying his fingers over already slightly worn down spots on his wheelchair tires until he saw Toshi undeafen. “Oh, you’re back! Yay!” His concern was luckily overshadowed by the cheeriness in his voice, since he was genuinely happy to have Toshi back, but the amount of typos in his last message had been alarming. What had happened to make his hands shake so much? Clearly, Toshi was capable of typing without any mistakes, since before he left, his messages had been completely comprehensible. “Does your pizza also smell so nice? I got really hungry waiting for you, but I didn’t want to start eating without you.”

> catastrophetoshi — 14:03, 18/03/2160

u ddint hVe to waitt forvme

“Of course I was going to wait for you! We wanted to eat together, no?”

> catastrophetoshi — 14:03, 18/03/2160

yyea/?

“See! So it would’ve been rude if i just started before you returned. You did bring your pizza, right? Let’s eat, because now that you’re back I can’t restrain myself for much longer,” Izuku didn’t know where she got all the energy from to sound so excited when all she was doing was worrying over what might’ve happened with the delivery guy. “ Itadakimasu !”

> catastrophetoshi — 14:04, 18/03/2160

iitaddakimadsu 

> catastrophetoshi — 14:04, 18/03/2160

ii mightt nto eaat jjusr yet but u shusld

As soon as Izuku read those words, her stomach dropped and her appetite lessened even more. “Are– are you sure? It’s pizza, you like pizza, right? If you need another moment, I’m happy to wait.”

> catastrophetoshi — 14:05, 18/03/2160

yyea ii like itr iim jussst nort hungrye judst yedt

For some reason, it felt like a lie. Toshi had agreed to ordering the pizza, so they must’ve been at least a little hungry, right? What was she supposed to do now? Izuku glanced down at the pizza in her lap and felt disappointed at the lack of appetite. Just a few minutes ago, the pizza had looked delicious with the shiny warm fat on top and the perfect crust at the border, but now it hardly looked edible. She couldn’t ask if Toshi was sure again and she felt awkward to say she’d also lost her appetite all of a sudden. “Okay,” she said, barely loud enough to be picked up by the microphone.

Then she decided to at least have a slice anyway, because it’d be stupid to have it go even colder and also she hadn’t even had breakfast, so her body needed it. ( Even if the pizza suddenly tasted like ash instead of all the rich flavours he’d imagined– And he was pretty sure that wasn’t the pizzeria’s fault.)

> catastrophetoshi — 14:08, 18/03/2160

hhows hte ppizza

Izuku blinked up at the screen when the message showed up, and hesitated to answer. “Oh, you know, not as good as it’d be if you’d be here eating it with me.”

> catastrophetoshi — 14:08, 18/03/2160

oh uh ii wiwsh i weree threr wiith u ttoo

Upon reading the message, Izuku realised what he’d said, and choked on the last bite of the first slice of pizza he had, falling into a full-on coughing fit until his eyes started watering and he gasped desperately for air. It took a scarily long moment, but eventually he managed to breathe like a normal human being again.

> catastrophetoshi — 14:09, 18/03/2160

rru ook?

For another few seconds, he coughed through deep breaths, then replied with a hoarse voice, “Yep, everything’s totally fine.” 

> catastrophetoshi — 14:09, 18/03/2160

rr u ssurre?

“ Yep . Yeah,” Izuku replied, even though maybe he wasn’t okay. But that had nothing to do with him almost choking to death just now, which was what Toshi had asked about. He actually felt quite a bit like shit, with the wasted pizza perched in his lap and worry for Toshi nearly consuming him.

> catastrophetoshi — 14:10, 18/03/2160

imm goona trry eaat noqw

“Okay, that’s good. Good ,” Izuku said, relieved. They sat there in silence for a few minutes, imagining Toshi eating the first few bites of pizza and enjoying the food until it sparked hunger in themself, too and they picked another slice up. They spent almost half an hour just eating silently – with Izuku occasionally asking if Toshi was still there, just to make sure – until Izuku’s pizza box was empty. In the end, it hadn’t even tasted all that bad. Just a little cold.

“H-hi,” Toshi’s voice croaked, hoarse and uncertain, catching Izuku by surprise as they hadn’t noticed the man unmuting.

A smile spread on Izuku’s face. “Hiya, welcome back.” Without them even noticing, their voice assumed a warm and gentle tone. 

“I’m uh– fuck– I’m sorry about that, I– the delivery guy was uh– he– uh– fuck um he commented on– he– fuck I don’t uh– I– he just, he commented on something and I just– fuck, you know? Sorry I’m, uh, still a bit of a mess, huh?” Toshi said with an awkward chuckle following the last line.

“Don’t worry about it, I know how shitty it is when people comment on things that aren’t their business. And you’re not a mess, you’re just perfect, darling.” Izuku didn’t know what possessed them to say that, but their face definitely gained a lot of warmth.

It took a long moment before Toshi finally responded. “I– uh– thank you.”

“You’re welcome.” The teasing tone happened without Izuku even meaning to, and they wished their mouth would stop doing things before they could approve of them happening.

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 (🐱) CatasToshi @catastoshi · 2h

Hey guys,
I’m sorry for the issues on stream, I’m okay. I just need to take a break for a bit. The Subathon will be back soon and we’ll continue from where we were at with the timer.
Thanks for your understanding

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FriesInSides @friesinsides · 2h

You’re ok! Take as long as you need! We all completely understand

ALL I HEAR ARE JEANS @ALLIHEISBESTJEANIST · 2h

we are all so worried about u look after urself we will be here whenever u get back

Groan Joint Pain Groan @groansinchronicpain · 1h

wait what happened?????? I just got off work? Can someone tell me what is going on?

MallowMalls @mallowmalls247 · 2h

This is why ao3 should censor shit

Chaos @ChaosChoseThis · 2h

👏TAG👏YOUR👏WORKS👏PLEASE👏

Kel @Kelwasheretwice · 2h

I cant believe ppl didnt fucking leave stream when Sapling told them to what the fuck is wrong with u guys do u get off on this shit? Fuck all of you actually

Yeet @whatifijustdidntpickauserWHATTHENHUH · 1h

Ok so in summary youre a fucking wimp who cant handle a piece of fiction and need to go cry to your mummy about it

Fighter Class @DnDFighter4TheWin · 23min

fuck i dont follow u but my friend does and they told me what happened and i am so sorry

DestroysGlasses @number1ingeniumhater · 2h

Fuck off with ur “i need a break” ppl paid money for you to stay on stream, thats literally the whole fucking point of a subathon

Business as Usual @shilaandfish · 43min

I wish I was able to do something to help. Take as much time as you need. Don’t listen to the idiots being mean. You are amazing.

Objectively The Best @sillygooseenergyandgoodvibesonly · 1h

This is why i only read crack fics ;-;

Youdumbbitch @iloveduiloveduiloveduitstrue · 2h

✨Oh ur so traumatised it makes me wanna cry ✨

(in all seriousness tho i am sorry they didnt include trigger warnings)

Honey @honeycombmybeloved · 27min

I wrote some fluff for u, u deserve it after that mess, altho i fully dont blame u if u dont wanna read any fics at the moment, for anyone who needs it tho my ao3 is honeycombmybeloved.

Family? What’s That? @onlythingweshareisonelastname · 13min

AUTHORS DO NOT FUCKING DO THIS!!!! TAG YOUR FUCKING FICS!!! FFS SOME OF US NEED THEM AND IF UR SO WORRIED ABOUT SPOILERS IDFK PUT A TAG THAT SAYS “TAGS CONTAIN SPOILERS” ITS THAT FUCKING EASY

FakeFaceFakeFriend @fake-ssb-tchlmao · 1h

Maybe idk, think about the sorts of things authors write before going into something without checking for those issues?

Quiet & Queer @quietnqueer · 2h

as someone with a voice quirk, i am so sorry CatasToshi. just… remember u r not alone. i have been lurking in ur streams for forever because i was like “if someone with a voice quirk can be liked maybe i can too” i dont normally do anything other than lurk but after seeing all the hate i wanted to be a positive one for u

CatasToshiSucksNgl @influencersdontinfluenceshit · 56min

Thats what u get for having a freaky ass fandom

Crazyworldhuh? @crazyworldwelivein · 2h

not them having a safeword already prepared and then not ffucking using it when they needed to tho–

Record @recordtimeforfallingasleep · 3min

U know what? Fuck everysingle bitch being mean in this comment section. Fuck you all.

Sleepyyyyyyyy @ismycurrentmood · 1h

Pls don’t stress about coming back, rest up as much as you need <3

Pascall @thatchameleonfromtangled · 23min

Pls pls pls include tags and trigger warnings guys, not everyone wants to read that

The S in BDSM stands for Satyr @satyrisgay · 1h

Ok so obviously muzzles are not his thing but does that mean I cant have CatasToshi be my gagged submissive bitch? Shame. He would look so pretty tied up with a gag

InstantNoodles @noodlegooble · 2hrs

Not to be the devils advocate here, but they did do the “chose not to use archive warnings” and the lack of tags and a summary should probably have been a warning guys…

BigOleRustyKey @oldfashionedrustykey · 56min

Untagged or otherwise, that fic was fucked up ngl, who the fuck writes or reads that shit?

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“Ok, uh, I’d say enough people have joined for this, so shall we get started with the important stuff?” Hitoshi said with a completely fake level of cheeriness– thankfully, his streaming persona was never one of those crazy level upbeat streamers, so it wasn’t as much work as it may have been otherwise. Plus, it helped having Sapling here with him and the notes of things to talk about that they had worked together to write displayed on his second monitor, with just TreasureMine on the stream once more. Granted, the TreasureMine was more there as something for Hitoshi to do with his hands so that he didn’t wring them to within an inch of their lives, but the fact that it provided visuals for his audience was an added bonus.

“Yeah, I think there’s plenty of people,” Sapling agreed, his presence comforting. Hitoshi was ok. He had Sapling here, and Sapling cared enough to stick around despite how much of a mess Hitoshi had already been. Sure, she didn’t know everything, but it was something.

“Ok, first and foremost, all of you need to stop sending hate to the author. They did nothing wrong. While tagging it is good etiquette and I highly recommend adding trigger warnings, it is by no means a requirement on Archive Of Our Own. We voluntarily chose to read it despite not knowing what could be involved, and that’s just a simple fact. Do not harass the author. Do fucking not. I am so ashamed to have caused this. The author did not fucking deserve you all attacking them for what was truly a piece of art.

I expect better from all of you. If anything ever upsets me, I will deal with it. Not you. Do not try to fucking defend me. That is not your place. Especially do not attack someone on my behalf. Ever . Is that understood?” Hitoshi’s words were forceful, insistent and clear. They refused to let the shit that had happened while they had been away continue. They had checked the author’s fic, and to their absolute horror they had found thousands of comments berating them for not tagging it properly. 

“Another thing, the author did not do anything wrong in terms of my boundaries. I don’t care what you write about me. If you want to write me fucking someone, I don’t care. If you want to write me hurt in any form, go right ahead. I do not give a fuck. This is not me creating a boundary against mu– muzzles, but I will never intentionally consume that sort of content, so please don’t tag me in it, and please remember to add trigger warnings. Just because it doesn’t trigger you or you don’t think other people will see it, you never know what might blow up and it’s something important to be aware of.” Hitoshi really didn’t care what their fans did. They were by no means able to keep up with all the things their fans created, but they did try to see most of it, however they did expect their fans to listen with this one and put trigger warnings there.

“Those are some important things to remember when sharing and creating things online,” Sapling added. “So keep Toshi’s words in mind.” He paused to let the words sink in. “Now that we’ve gone over the important stuff, remember that the No Subs rule is still going.” 

“Do you just hate the idea of me getting money?” Hitoshi snorted, relaxing as they moved away from the more tense conversation and into a casual banter style conversation

“No, I just prefer you alive over rich.” 

“Rude,” Hitoshi grunted, “Anyways what do you wanna do? I’m just here playing TreasureMine for the next 90 hours so… While you’re here, you can choose what we do to entertain chat.”

“Hmm… What do you think about a Q&A with some fun questions?”

“Yeah, I don’t see why not, but I’d rather them not be related to earlier if possible. Maybe I will talk about it some other time, maybe not, but it’s none of your business until I decide to talk about it,” Hitoshi agreed easily, happy to answer some silly questions and have some fun. He could use that lighthearted enjoyment right now. 

“Obviously. I’ll put a question thing on my Instagram story, my user is letsapling, then you can ask us questions there.” 

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Q01: What’s your favourite food?

S: Katsudon, no doubt.

C: Uhh, I’m not sure, Pizza is definitely a comfort food, and I like that it’s really easy to change to be almost a completely different meal?

Q02: Favourite Hero?

S: Alien Queen!!

C: My top hero is an underground hero so I don’t want to bring too much attention to him as that would make it harder for him, but my second favourite might have to be Present Mic. He has brilliant music taste.

Q03: Do you have any pets?

S: I’d love to have a cat, but I’m not sure I’d be able to give them the care they need.

C: Yes! I have my lovely tuxedo cat called James Bond, although I usually shorten it to Bond. He is always doing dumb dangerous stunts, too. Love him to death. Ugh, I want another cat so badly.

Q04: What emoji could you not live without?

S: The one with the two pink hearts, I use it all the time.

C: Honestly I almost never use emojis, I’m much more of an emoticon user, but the heart you make out of the Less Than symbol and the 3 is one hundred percent my favourite.

Q05: Do you like how your fans draw/depict you?

C: I adore the cat ears and tails so much, plus all the piercings and tattoos you guys give me are so peak

S: Yeah! It’s really cute, no matter how they do it.

Q06: Fav streamer?

S: I actually don’t really watch streamers unless Mina sends me a link, so Toshi.

C: I was gonna say the same– I don’t really watch many streamers, so it’d have to be Sapling. Outside of that, maybe Present Mic’s radio station but that really doesn’t feel like it would count

S: I fear that doesn’t count, yeah.

Q07: Body count?

C: Murders or people we’ve fucked?

S: Neither of them are any of your business. 

Q08: Fav song?

S: If you were there during the stream yesterday, then you already know it’s This Song by Conan Gray. Though I do like Toshi’s version, too.

C: Honestly? Boyfriend by Dove Cameron is pretty high up there. Also Good in Goodbye by Madison Beer, oh and Scars to Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara is fucking awesome. Ugh, it is so hard to choose just one.

Q09: How long would you survive in a zombie apocalypse?

S: Probably not long.

C: I’d be the first or last to die, no in between. Either I die straight away doing something stupid or I survive to the end. If I survive, you’re surviving with me, Sapling.

S: I really wouldn’t want to be dead weight for you–

C: You could never be. I need someone to tease relentlessly don’t I?

S: You could totally find someone more useful for that.

C: Ahh, but no one is quite as good as you are.

S: But if we’re talking in terms of survival, I’d just end up getting both of us killed.

C: If we don’t move on we might get stuck here for an eternity…

S: Yeah, let’s just–

Q10: Are you two in a relationship?

S: Um, no–

DOMINICMONAGHANIMPERSONATOR DONATED 10 YEN: have you 2 been in a relationship?

C: You think I would ever give up Sapling if I got them? I may be crazy but I’m not insane! I am a clingy little motherfucker

DOMINICMONAGHANIMPERSONATOR DONATED 10 YEN: will you 2 be in a relationship?

S: Who knows? Maybe?

DOMINICMONAGHANIMPERSONATOR DONATED 10 YEN: when will you 2 be in a relationship?

C: I’m dying at the “when” like it’s a definite. Definitely a dream if you know what I mean.

S: ???

Q11: Hi! I’m 13F and I want to come out to my dad as lesbian. How should I go about it? Idk what he thinks about the queer community, so I’m incredibly anxious. Do you have any advice?

C: First and foremost, your safety matters. You need to find out if it is safe to come out. It sucks that it’s a real danger, but it is, and you do need to be careful. Try testing the water: bring the queer community up in conversation and if that goes ok, maybe mention you have a friend who is queer, and if it’s all good, then you have the conversation. How you approach the actual conversation will depend entirely on you and your dad and what will work best for you.

S: I think you covered the most important stuff there. If you need help coping with the anxiety, maybe try finding some techniques that soothe you– kneading a stress ball, breathing exercises, stuff like that, and try to do them as you prepare for the conversation and even during. And if you have general issues with anxiety, as someone who’s been dealing with bad anxiety for most of their life, I recommend trying to reach out to a professional, if you have the option.

Q12: If you had to choose your last words right now (won’t change how you die, it will just definitively be your last words) what would you choose?

S: I’m– uh, no that’s too depressing. “Love you, mum,” I think?

C: “So long, losers” is such an easy choice. Don’t be such a sap, Sapling

S: Unfortunately, it comes with the name.

C: Unfortunate indeed, even more so that you love your mum more than me. Bitch. I’m the fucking best.

S: I didn’t deny that!

C: Much better.

Q13: Do you believe in any conspiracy theories?

C: Not a conspiracy, but some people treat it as such, the hero system is flawed and needs to be improved substantially.

S: Um– Probably too many, I can hardly pick to mention one. Maybe my favourite conspiracy theory is that mental quirks were a thing long before the Glowing Baby.

Q14: Pineapple on pizza, yes or no?

S: Hard no. I don’t like pineapple.

C: Easy yes. I don’t need it to be happy with my pizza, but I do like it. It does depend on my mood but that’s true for, like, everything ever? I mean, I often only want cheese, but sometimes I want it completely covered in stuff so… 

Q15: If you wanted to confuse a cashier by buying 3 items, what 3 would you choose?

C: Woah, uh– way to put me on the spot, if you gave me a while I could come up with something really good… uh…

S: Shovel, plastic bags and bleach.

C: Why did you have that prepared in advance holy shit– uh ok, well anything kinky would probably confuse a few people, but that’s kinda lame, so maybe a big bird costume, eggs and a heat lamp. 

S: Pfft, good one.

C: We should do that sometime.

S: Yeah… Sure…

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The two of them spent hours answering the questions constantly flowing in on his Instagram, occasionally bickering about their opposing answers and teasing each other a lot. At nearly half past eleven in the evening, Izuku realised how late it was and that he’d totally forgotten his video. “Fuck, uh, sorry to interrupt, but I really need to do something really quick, give me a bit and I’ll be back.” 

“Bye! We’ll just be chilling here till you get back.”

Izuku smiled at Toshi’s reply, then deafened himself on Discord, before switching tabs on her computer to rewatch tonight’s video before uploading it, complete with timestamps – thank the lord she always wrote those down beforehand – and the link to her Manta Sleep promo code. Once the loading bar was full and the video appeared on YouTube as uploaded, she closed the tab and returned to her and Toshi’s call. “I’m back!”

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 (🐱) CatasToshi Clips @c4t4st0sh1clipsyay · 20.03.2160 01:32

HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT SINGING!CATASTOSHI IS NOW OFFICIALLY A SERIES!!! part1 and part2
let’s hope sapling gets him to sing more often now!1!!

THIS IS PART 3
(songs: no longer you from epic the musical, carry u home by alex warren, different kind of beautiful by alec benjamin)

[ALT: Sapling convincing CatasToshi to sing again, CatasToshi singing No Longer You, CatasToshi singing Carry You Home, CatasToshi singing Different Kind Of Beautiful]

AND BONUS!!! this one’s for all the catasapling shippers out there: sapling leaving the call to go to sleep and being so tired he calls catastoshi love.

[ALT: sleepy Sapling saying “night, love” right before ending the call and CatasToshi not talking for a whole minute in response]

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Linda @justl1nd4_ ·   20.03.2160 02:22

Ugh i love his voice so much wtf

3 racoons in a trench coat 🏳️‍🌈 @bartycrouch…junior ·   20.03.2160 01:34

lmfao 2 gay asf bitches

I Need A Sugarmommy @sparechangeplz ·   20.03.2160 04:56

OMFG?!?!? I had to go to sleep before Sapling returned so I missed this!!!!!!! Thank you for doing the great work of spreading the word 🙏

Joe Mama @gymbro129 ·   20.03.2160 08:03

Bruh why does everyone have to make everything gay all the time? Clearly there’s no romantic attraction

sksksks @bringvscob4ck2147 ·   20.03.2160 03:00

Wish Toshi would bend me over and fuck me real hard 😍😍😍👅🍑🍆💦

ALL I HEAR ARE JEANS @allihearisbestjeanist ·   20.03.2160 01:33

I SEE A SONG OF PAST ROMANCE, I SEE THE SACRIFICE OF MEN, I SEE PORTRAYAL OF BETRAYAL– 

I am OMW, I’ll be there today @bethetalyatomyjorge40 ·   20.03.2160 01:59

loved the part where sapling just screamed WHO (🦉) so loudly, catastoshi messed up the following lyric

Grumpy @ismycurrentmood ·   20.03.2160 01:37

Them being cute is making my bad day sm better ugh i love them

Hi I Have a 🏳️‍🌈 Queerie 🏳️‍🌈 @hiihaveaqueerie ·   20.03.2160 02:19

Notice how all bar 1 of the songs have been love songs and Epic the Musical is practically a gay anthem so basically what I’m saying is SAPLING GO GET UR MAN

Maybe A Marshmallow @maybemarshmallow ·   20.03.2160 01:48

not to be gay and happy but boy am i gay and happy

RecordingMyLife - Dreams Edition @recordingmylife ·   20.03.2160 03:23

Catastoshi be like: “I am not trying to seduce u… would u like me to seduce u?” with Sapling– that poor man has the most attractive man in the world giving him the biggest mixed signals holy shit

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Wednesday, March 20 2160, 21:12: ‘CatasToshi’ is live: The grind is still going gang (no subbing cuz sapling said so soz, money donos only and it doesnt extend the time) (im dying i need sleep so bad)

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PETITIONFORCATASTOSHIASMR DONATED 10 YEN: its getting rlly late and I need to sleep but I cant and I dont wanna leave the stream so would u be able to do asmr for us? 

Hitoshi rolled their eyes slightly. Look, it wasn’t that they hated ASMR, they just– ok yeah they pretty much hated ASMR, but they weren’t going to judge their viewer for it, they just really didn’t understand it. “I don’t really give a shit about ASMR, so sorry but the answer is no.”

Sapling, who’d been on call with him since around lunch – where she may or may not have convinced Hitoshi to order food (They both had Katsudon.) – gasped quietly. “You did not just say that! I’m wounded.”

Fuck. Hitoshi hadn’t meant to be mean. Ok, ok, calm down, Sapling was joking, it was all chill. Calm the fuck down. He hadn’t ruined anything, it was alright. “It’s the truth, though. Do you watch a lot of ASMR?”

“Every night, in fact,” Sapling replied. “Maybe I should give you a little taste of ASMR, some people have really strong opinions on disliking it without even trying it.” 

“Huh… I mean you’re right, I haven’t really tried it, but if you say it’s so great, I may as well give it a go?” Hitoshi replied, because fuck it, he would do anything to make Sapling happy, and if listening to some ASMR would do that, who was he to reject it?

“Yay! Okay, okay, I’m gonna do the best ASMR!” He leaned back – not too far, he still needed to mine – and waited for Sapling to start. “Firstoff, here’s a little disclaimer for everyone watching, if you hate ASMR or it gives you the ick or something, mute the stream for a few minutes. To anyone who’s willing to be convinced or loves ASMR, keep listening.” Hitoshi could appreciate the warning. “And just so you know, there won’t be chewing – that’s not all ASMR is.”

“Are you ready?” Oh, now Sapling was whispering. It was really close to his ears, as if his audio quality had just improved by two hundred percent– and fuck, if the imagery of Sapling whispering directly into his ears didn’t do something to his gay little heart. “I’ll just be doing some–” There was an interesting flutter-y sound, as if he was rubbing his hands, but not quite. “random triggers.” Sapling repeated the words a few times, and somehow each time, it seemed to come from a different direction. “With random stuff I have laying on my desk.”

There was a pause as Sapling probably looked for something to use, followed by some shuffling. So far, Hitoshi still wasn’t convinced that ASMR was something he might like, but Sapling was also only getting started, and he seemed to really like doing this. Was he perhaps practised?

“Ooh, this is a gooood, good, good, good, goood one,” Sapling murmured, probably talking about whatever they’d found, but Hitoshi was too busy being fucking gay. Sapling’s low voice had sent shivers down his spine.

A quick glance at chat had him noticing that a lot of people loved Sapling’s ASMR. When he saw someone saying “I could kiss you rn,” Hitoshi had to control his possessive instinct to snap back that Sapling was his– which– fuck. Sapling was not his by any means. He couldn’t just claim the man who didn’t even know how much of a crush Hitoshi had on them– the man who would most likely NEVER know that.

“I love tapping.” This one was followed by – wow, who guessed – tapping on something, though the speed and the way it sounded varied every few moments. “Everyone has a different preference to how they like the tapping– Personally, I’m a medium speed type of guy,” Sapling narrated as she opened something that might’ve been a book. Hitoshi must’ve guessed right, because there was some noise that sounded very close to page turning. It was a good sound, and Hitoshi could appreciate it when he did pick up one or the other manga during bouts of boredom. “This is also such a nice trigger,” Sapling said, his whispers accompanied by the weird flutter-y sound again. For a few seconds, she continued the page turning, before it abruptly stopped and Sapling continued talking. “And I also like the–” There was a distinct sound of pencil writing, calm and quiet. “Writing sounds, the scratching of p,” Sapling popped the p a few times, “pencil on paper.”

Then the writing stopped. “There’s also the mouth sounds– which, some love and some hate. I won’t do it for long, in case someone hates it.” This was followed by some of the sounds that Hitoshi might like to make when he was stimming with his mouth, but definitely hated hearing, such as tongue clicking. He was very glad when Sapling stopped. “Okay, this’ll be my last one. Keyboard clicking noises! Very relaxing.” Alright, this was something Hitoshi could get behind, but as someone who spent basically his entire life at a keyboard, he definitely wouldn’t need YouTube to play the sound for him.

“ Aaand that’s it!” Sapling announced, switching back to normal volume, “There’s so much more to ASMR and I couldn’t cover it all in just a few minutes, maybe even hours, so if some part of you just got curious, I definitely recommend checking out a few videos on YouTube. Toshi, what do you think now?”

“It was interesting. Not sure it’s my thing completely, but I wouldn’t say I hated it?” Hitoshi replied hesitantly, not quite willing to admit the part he had liked best was the sensation of Sapling whispering in his ears. Nope. That was a touch too gay to say out loud. “The mouth sounds, though, that killed me, those were awful. Sorry for that one.”

Sapling chuckled, and their mic was still fucking gorgeous quality, exaggerating the absolute beauty that was Sapling’s adorable fucking laugh that had Hitoshi just about ready to simply die, “Yeah, that’s fair. Mouth sounds are not everyone’s thing, like I said. I feel accomplished, you didn’t hate my ASMR!”

“I doubt I could hate anything you did,” Hitoshi said before he could stop himself, which– fuck. That was too much, wasn’t it? He hadn’t even meant to say that, but now it was out there and he could already feel the compilations and it took all of his strength to pray Sapling wouldn’t hate him for it. 

Sapling’s giggles were happy and almost flustered, relaxing Hitoshi’s nerves. They could have sobbed when the quality went to shit (in comparison) halfway through the laugh, clearly Sapling unplugging whatever microphone she had been using for some reason.

— STREAM CHAT

gaycake1andOnly: fuck that was great i almost snoozed right then and there. he ended it too early :(

IneedmoreASMRinmylife: my day has officially been made

MagicIncorporated: surely its catastoshis turn now

Keyboardsmashes4life: zeasxdrcfgvhbuinjwedcfuewduhiqbcdeiuwnojsxdbicfevbweuo

bruvski: wow i muted bcs asmr makes me sO uncomfortable but looking at the comments bro definitely did something right

Mostlyghostly: if i werent a manhating lesbian i wuld totally hit that (ik they use any pronouns but that means they use he/him as well and i hate that)

ifwbartycrouchjr: Anyone notice how Saplings audio quality was suddenly magically better??? I wonder if he has a secret ASMR channel???

Dontbeelieveme: im so fukcing gay

gaveupmyyouthformyfuture: that was sooo tingly omg i need sapling asmr channel like yesterday

longbeforeandlongafter: yall seem way to into asmr like i didnt mute but that was just meh

l0ngst0rysh0rt1surv1ved: gay (me)

cataSaplingOTP: ok but the way catastoshi said “i doubt i could hate anything you did”???? HELLO?!?!??!?!?! HELL FUCKING LLO?!?!?!?! (screams in gay)

ifellinurarmstonight: i died i fear

catastoshi4life: ugh i need more catasapling content like eventually he’s gonna leave the stream and im just gonna be here rewatching the same fucking clips in compilations lets be so ffr

sireethecatisasleep: welp time to write asmrtist!sapling x watcher!catastoshi

inalandofmythandatimeoflegends: i didnt know it was possible for anyone to be more gay than arthur and merlin but here we r ig– holy shit

rsrhdfn12345: yea

wlwdwtys: who lives who dies who tells ur story? Sapling lives. Catastoshi dies (of gay). I tell ur story (fanfic).

Girlzbegirlzamrite: catasapling be catasapling amirite

usernamelmao: this thing, i like it. ANOTHER! *throws cup on ground*

iloveduiloveduiloveduitstrue: gay gay gay gay gay gay (lovingly)

iseegayisaygay: notice how catastoshi immediately folded after sapling said “im wounded”. I SEE GAY SO I SAY GAY

— * —

Wednesday, March 20 2160, 22:03: ‘ Tinglyzu’ uploaded a video: [ASMR] Doing Your Makeup Whilst You Are Asleep (Shhh, Close Your Eyes) | 31m46s | 407k views

— * —

Friday, March 21 2160, 09:20: ‘CatasToshi’ is live: IM ALMOST FREE

TreasureMine — #TreasureMine #subathon #he/they

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1.6M viewers | 90:43:15+

(SUBATHON TIMER: 2:06-)

Izuku yawned, rubbing his eyes. He’d stayed up on call with Toshi until one AM and only just woken up – courtesy of his alarm, otherwise he’d miss the end of his timer running out. As soon as said alarm had rang, he’d moved over to his computer to open the stream and join call. “Okay, only two more minutes until you get to sleep for twenty hours, how are we feeling about that?” 

“Fucking finally, I’m so ready to fucking sleep also holy shit did you just wake up? You sound so dead to the world and half asleep.”

She grumbled. “Shut uuup , I did in fact just wake up. You have my respect for having gone six days with, like, five hours of sleep total and those only happened because you fell asleep by accident.” Yesterday, she and Toshi had been on call just hanging out as Izuku edited his videos and Toshi mined on TreasureMine as he drank energy drinks and coffee like a man in the desert drinking water.

“Trust me, I want sleep as much as sleep wants me. Holy shit, am I ready. Literally less than a minute left now.”

AO3BLR GIFTED 150 SUBS: 94 subtimer hours are over, the No Subs rule no longer counts. Have fun :)

“FUCK MY FUCKING LIFE!” The scream ripped through Izuku with enough horrifying volume that he flinched and pulled his headphones off. Too fucking loud when you’ve only been up for three minutes.

Then the situation hit him and he suddenly felt a lot more awake. Putting his headphones back on, he said, “Nooo, why would you do that? A man needs his sleep.”

CATYBINDOL GIFTED 15 SUBS: Im so ready to have this subathon end up being 3 weeks until the bet ends

“Twenty five fucking hours? Do you fucking hate me?

DAYBEYONDDREAMS GIFTED 30 SUBS: just sleep on stream coward

(SUBATHON TIMER: 32:30:14-)

“Honestly, yeah. You should do that. Go to sleep,” Izuku agreed, sitting up straight and running a hand through her hair.

“I can’t sleep on stream, I’ll feel bad!”

That definitely wasn’t a valid argument for Izuku. “Nah uh. I’ll entertain chat, you go sleep for the next six hours at least because I fear people might actually make catybindol’s idea come true. Now go. Hop hop, off to bed with you.” 

“I– ugh– fine. See you in 20 hours. So long, fuckers.”

“Sweet dreams, kitty,” Izuku hummed, proud. A choked sound came through Izuku’s headphones before it was cut off abruptly by Toshi’s mic muting. “Okay, chat. It’s just us now. Let’s start with the important things: Are you at school right now? ” He paused for a moment, letting it sink in, then continued. “If the answer is yes– You don’t have to tell me, just– If the answer is yes, then leave the stream. Toshi is going to be asleep for the next few hours, so you better focus on your studies and don’t secretly watch this in the back of your class. Go listen to your teacher– I mean, you don’t have to believe everything they say, but at least consider it and remember it for your exams.”

Satisfied, she watched as the viewer number sank below one million as students returned to their classes and probably many lost interest because the timer didn’t run out and Toshi went to sleep.

“Alright, now don’t mind me going to the kitchen to make myself a tea real quick. I’ll be right back.” Izuku muted his mic for good measure, then went to the kitchen to do exactly that. He wasn’t sure if Toshi had been joking about actually going to sleep for the next 20 hours and whilst Izuku wouldn’t have chosen it, he’d even stay to entertain for the next 40 hours if Toshi asked him to. Or needed him to, because let’s be real, he probably wouldn’t ask for that.

Once he’d made an entire kettle of chai tea and collected a cup of tea and some milk, he returned to his streaming room, where he started off by simply talking to chat and reading whatever comments he could catch and later came up with a game he could play without needing to display something on the stream. For lunch, he ordered himself something again – he’d go back to cooking healthy food soon, but at the moment he really didn’t want to bother with it, especially when he was actively streaming. (Sort of, it was technically Toshi who was streaming.)

After about 16 hours, at 1am, Izuku was yawning and rubbing his eyes once more, but determined to pull this through until Toshi returned. They were just talking to chat about wombats– don’t even ask– when they were interrupted.

“Wassup idiots?”

Izuku flinched at the sudden sound, then smiled. “You’re awake! Welcome back! How’d you sleep?”

“Fucking good number of hours, so I’ll take that.” Hearing Toshi’s voice when they were tired always made them feel so warm and fuzzy inside. 

“Yep, that’s great. Do you feel rested?” 

“Still feel like I just spent a whole ass week awake but now I feel somewhat functional again so I’ll take it. What about you? Did you need some sleep now?” Toshi asked.

“ Ugh, yes . I’m not built for your sleeping schedule. Night, Toshi. Or, good morning for you I guess?” Izuku yawned again, too tired for this shit.

“Good night, sleep well, darling.” Holy fucking shit . Izuku slammed on his keyboard to leave the call, then casually passed away.

(SUBATHON TIMER: 26:27:39-)

— * —

Saturday, March 22 2160, 16:28: ‘CatasToshi’ is live: im so painfully not free (but at least ive slept) (1sub=10min ;-;)

TreasureMine — #TreasureMine #subathon #he/they

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1.1M viewers | 114:51:53+

(SUBATHON TIMER: 37:39:15-)

Eventually, after hours of near boredom (excluding the one incident when Bond tried to fucking eat his computer) and far too many people happily subbing away stretching out the time even more – now that Hitoshi had gotten a taste of streaming with someone, it was apparently all he wanted to do – Sapling finally returned.

“Hey, Toshi! I’m streaming right now and I can’t decide what game to play so it’s your task to choose.”

“I’m thinking League of Legends, partially because I wish I could be playing something more entertaining like that, but no, I’m doomed to fucking TreasureMine.” Hitoshi groaned defeatedly. This fucking game was getting on his nerves, it was clearly not designed to be played for this long with nothing else to do.

“Don’t worry, soon you could be fucking other things again.”

“SAP!” Hitoshi gasped, caught off guard by the comment, flushing bright red and barely able to contain himself. Holy fucking shit. 

“What? Are you a virgin or something?– wait omg that sounded so rude I’m so sorry, I really don’t care–”

“If either of us is a virgin it’s you and you know it.” Hitoshi said, despite very much being a virgin. Fuck him . It wasn’t like anyone would ever want to fuck Hitoshi, not with his stupid fucking villainous quirk– they had actually heard people call it a rape quirk on multiple occasions, so yeah that was not going to happen, and then you added in their ugly ass unhidable scars that scared off any fucking relationship before it even started. Yeah, more than just a virgin.

“Not at all, actually. That was probably the best part about my only relationship ever and that’s got to mean something because it really wasn’t that good–” Wait, didn’t she say she had a toxic fucking relationship? Shit, that was worrying as fuck. Not something Hitoshi was about to bring up on stream of course, but worrying nonetheless.

“Oh shit, I’ve never told Mina about this… Surprise?”

“Hah, imagine calling yourself out to your friends on stream, couldn’t be me.”

Sapling snorted. “Yeah, because you don’t have any friends.”

“Woah, rude.”

“Says you.” A short pause. “Anyways I’ll play League of Legends now, suffer.”

“I’m regretting my choice now, I just feel jealous,” Hitoshi whined, not really regretting any of this. Just hanging out with Sapling was enough to make his heart flutter like the gay bitch he was.

… Ok so maybe hanging out with Sapling made his heart flutter, but listening to him rage was enough to have him dying, flushed fucking red as a firetruck and maybe he had some problems he would have to deal with off stream real soon. Fuck, that had no right being that fucking hot, holy fucking shit. 

Calm down. Calm the fuck down . He was so fucking lucky he didn’t have to speak since Sapling was actively carrying the conversation by using lots of colourful curse words, but at the same time: could they stop carrying it so fucking attractively !? Hitoshi was dying here!

— * —

Saturday, March 22 2160, 21:53: ‘ Tinglyzu’ uploaded a video: [ASMR] Green Triggers (Tapping, Tracing,...) | 20m11s | 312k views

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> letsapling257 — 06:58, 23/03/2160

hiyaaa just letting u know i prolly wont b able to join u on stream today cus im working the morning and then spending the afternoon with my mum and mina claims me for the night ;( 

> catastrophetoshi — 07:00, 23/03/2160

oh u work?

> letsapling257 — 07:00, 23/03/216

yeahh i volunteer at this cafe thing

> catastrophetoshi — 07:01, 23/03/2160

oooh cool

> catastrophetoshi — 07:01, 23/03/2160

i tried to get a job at a cat cafe but no such luck sadge

> catastrophetoshi — 07:01, 23/03/2160

this is my only job lol

> letsapling257 — 08:47, 23/03/216

i only do this for sundays, too, getting a job is so stupidly hard

> catastrophetoshi — 08:48, 23/03/2160

it rlly is ;-;

> catastrophetoshi — 08:48, 23/03/2160

streams gonna be boring without u tho :/

> letsapling257 — 08:50, 23/03/2160

im sorryyy :( mina wouldnt let me choose a different day because she feels neglected

> catastrophetoshi — 08:51, 23/03/2160

thats fair i have kinda claimed u recently 

> letsapling257 — 12:00, 23/03/2160

i dont mind being claimed by you

> letsapling257 — 12:02, 23/03/2160

;)

> catastrophetoshi — 12:03, 23/03/2160

id be the one doing all the claiming.

> letsapling257 — 12:03, 23/03/2160

are you sure about that :)

> catastrophetoshi — 12:03, 23/03/2160

yes fuck u

> letsapling257 — 12:04, 23/03/2160

hey not in front of my mum >:O

> letsapling257 — 12:04, 23/03/2160

speaking of, igtg :( remember to eat, bitch

> catastrophetoshi — 12:04, 23/03/2160

i will, hypocrite

> letsapling257 — 18:59, 23/03/2160

okay i have about 5 minutes till mina barges in

> letsapling257 — 18:59, 23/03/2160

have you eaten

> catastrophetoshi — 19:00, 23/03/2160

fuck u

> letsapling257 — 19:00, 23/03/2160

>:(

> catastrophetoshi — 19:04, 23/03/2160

yes

> letsapling257 — 19:04, 23/03/2160

good boy :)

> catastrophetoshi — 19:11, 23/03/2160

fuck u

— * —

> letsapling257 — 02:02, 24/03/2160

ddid it htrt

> catastrophetoshi — 02:03, 24/03/2160

what

> letsapling257 — 02:03, 24/03/2160

wgen yoi fell from hesven ;)

> letsapling257 — 02:03, 24/03/2160

are u a cjat bcs i wamma pet u si bas

> catastrophetoshi — 02:03, 24/03/2160

what?

> letsapling257 — 02:04, 24/03/2160

arr u a caz bus um feekine s conmecziom berwreen os

> catastrophetoshi — 02:05, 24/03/2160

r u good?

> letsapling257 — 02:06, 24/03/2160

in nt a pgitograoher bur i csn pictue is tgt

> letsapling257 — 02:06, 24/03/2160

u, me snd a shti tom of cats

> catastrophetoshi — 02:07, 24/03/2160

r u… drunk?

> letsapling257 — 02:07, 24/03/2160

di u belice un love ar fist mepw

> catastrophetoshi — 02:09, 24/03/2160

what?????????

> letsapling257 — 02:11, 24/03/2160

is rr nsmr whuskrrs

> letsapling257 — 02:11, 24/03/2160

bcut uv gor to b kitrrn me witg ur good lppks

> catastrophetoshi — 02:11, 24/03/2160

r these… r these all just a bunch of cat themed pickup lines u found? is that the joke?

> letsapling257 — 02:12, 24/03/2160

ni i masdee up most pf rhem

> letsapling257 — 02:12, 24/03/2160

nit s joke but thssis a gopd obe

> letsapling257 — 02:13, 24/03/2160

ur tge cst i wsnt ti puck op

> letsapling257 — 02:13, 24/03/2160

ir ao puttfect

> catastrophetoshi — 02:14, 24/03/2160

ok so u r drunk then

> catastrophetoshi — 02:14, 24/03/2160

is mina there? r u staying safe?

> letsapling257 — 02:14, 24/03/2160

mina is sooo boringggggggg

> letsapling257 — 02:15, 24/03/2160

asleep >:(

> catastrophetoshi — 02:16, 24/03/2160

u shuld be too

> letsapling257 — 02:18, 24/03/2160

nuh

> letsapling257 — 02:18, 24/03/2160

uh

> catastrophetoshi — 02:18, 24/03/2160

yes.

> catastrophetoshi — 02:18, 24/03/2160

go the fuck to sleep

> letsapling257 — 02:22, 24/03/2160

r u s catnip

> letsapling257 — 02:23, 24/03/2160

bvs ny hearr racrs evry tume i hear yu

> catastrophetoshi — 02:23, 24/03/2160

how much did u drink?

> letsapling257 — 02:24, 24/03/2160

:()

> letsapling257 — 02:24, 24/03/2160

jusr a butt if wine

> letsapling257 — 02:25, 24/03/2160

haha butt

> catastrophetoshi — 02:26, 24/03/2160

how much and what type?

> letsapling257 — 02:27, 24/03/2160

idk ine pf thise ecsppensive oned thst those buttcrakers gift mins all rhe time

> letsapling257 — 02:27, 24/03/2160

haha butt

> catastrophetoshi — 02:28, 24/03/2160

ur like fully drunk arent u? holy shit

> letsapling257 — 02:28, 24/03/2160

r u s cst lover bcis wev git serious furttracton

> letsapling257 — 02:29, 24/03/2160

jist loke a cat id spenr akk og my 8 lifes wid u

> letsapling257 — 02:31, 24/03/2160

ohh i csnt ise thos one :(

> letsapling257 — 02:31, 24/03/2160

yourelikemycat-icantimaginemylifewithoutyou.png

> catastrophetoshi — 02:31, 24/03/2160

that is a fucking adorable cat

> letsapling257 — 02:32, 24/03/2160

wanr a cst :(

> catastrophetoshi — 02:32, 24/03/2160

u shuld get one then

> letsapling257 — 02:33, 24/03/2160

id b a siht cat mon

> catastrophetoshi — 02:33, 24/03/2160

no u wuldnt

> letsapling257 — 02:35, 24/03/2160

evrn id here wadnt gravoty on eatrh id stoll fall furr yo

> catastrophetoshi — 02:42, 24/03/2160

r u still here?

> catastrophetoshi — 02:42, 24/03/2160

u vanished

> catastrophetoshi — 02:51, 24/03/2160

oh u must be asleep good

— * —

Hitoshi really hoped Sapling was ok. He had almost certainly just fallen asleep, but he was clearly drunk out of his mind– there’s no way a sober Sapling would say any of that. Even their playful joke flirts weren’t like that, with just constant spam of shitty pickup lines. Though Hitoshi didn’t understand why a drunk Sapling was going for the pickup lines, he knew how much being that drunk could cause the most random shit. Maybe while drunk, he had seen a cat pickup line and then his brain had associated cats with Hitoshi and that’s what had caused that? Yeah, more than likely that’s what had happened.

Thankfully, chat was oblivious as fuck and Hitoshi himself wasn’t exactly being the most consistently speaking streamer right now. Mostly, he was just talking to them, so when he needed to reply to Sapling, they didn’t even notice, just assuming he was reading the chat to find something to talk about.

As Hitoshi read through the chat, bored out of his fucking mind, Discord’s ringtone sounded and Sapling’s icon appeared on their screen as an incoming call. Huh? Shit, wait, should they answer on stream or mute? They were tempted to answer on stream just for the comedic effect, but they didn’t want to betray Sapling like that, since the man clearly wasn’t in the right mind.

“Sorry chat, I just have to mute for a few minutes, I’ll be back as soon as I can, for now just talk amongst yourselves.” With that, Toshi muted themself and picked up the call.

Instantly, he heard some sniffling, which was followed by a sob and then slurred words, “Why do you have to be so stupidly fucking sweet?”

“What?” Hitoshi asked, confused by the question and the sobs. What the fuck was going on? Was Sapling ok? What had happened? And what was he going on about? Hitoshi was not sweet. Sapling was the only human to ever call him that and he truly didn’t understand it, but why was he so insistent about it and so upset that he was? Hitoshi didn’t even know where to start forming a proper sentence.

“Why can’t you just be mean to me, then it’d be easier to hate you.” Sapling’s voice was broken and every second word, she was interrupted by a heart-wrenching sob. Wh-what? Why did Sapling want to hate him? Had he done something? What had he done wrong? He didn’t mean to! He didn’t– he– had he really fucked up that badly? What was wrong with him that he was so fucked up that even someone who couldn’t see him and didn’t know he had a villain quirk hated him? 

“Can you just stop being so good to me, please?” Sapling pleaded, sounding desperate. “One day you’ll leave and I can’t stand the thought, so I– I need you to be mean to me so I can at least pretend I hate you.”

He… he… oh… that’s what he had meant. Not that he hated them, but that he couldn’t lose them. Hitoshi… Hitoshi didn’t think they had ever had that before. Have someone worried that they would lose them . It had always at least been the opposite way. “You’re not gonna lose me, Sapling. Fuck, I’m the one who might lose you. If you knew how fucked up I am– there is nothing you could do, nothing you could be, that would make me want to leave.”

“ No , you don’t get it,” Sapling sobbed. “You’ll leave, everyone leaves. I’m still waiting for the day Mina walks out on me.”

“Then explain it to me. Explain why I will leave and I’ll tell you just how much it won’t make me leave. Ok? Just… just tell me, please.”

“You don’t even know me. All you know is this stupid lie I’ve made up on my stupid Twitch account. You don’t even know my name!”

“Everything about me is lies. Every-fucking-thing . For fuck’s sake, you think I’m sweet ! No one thinks that, Sapling. No one. No one knows my name. No one knows how fucked up I am. No one knows anything because if they did, they’d all fucking hate me, so no, I don’t think there is anything you could possibly tell me that would change anything because I am everything there is to fucking hate about someone.”

Sapling’s sobs ripped at Hitoshi’s heart, long and loud and broken and Hitoshi couldn’t help the tears building in his own eyes. He needed Sapling to talk. Needed to understand. Needed it all to be explained, but he wasn’t talking, he was just sobbing and gasping for air and Hitoshi couldn’t take it. He needed to know how to fucking fix this mess. Had he just made everything worse? Had he just ruined it all again? Like he ruined fucking everything?

“ Toshi ,” Sapling croaked, voice quiet in between sniffles. “The entire time you’ve been nothing but sweet to me, I’m the one who’s fucked up. I– I’m sorry I’m such a burden. I’m so fucking useless.”

“You are not a fucking burden. No. Don’t fucking say that. Never fucking say that.”

“I’m a useless Deku,” Sapling whispered.

“No. You are not. You do not get to say that about someone I care about. I don’t care that it’s you. Stop fucking saying shit like that about my friend. I can’t– I won’t fucking let you,” Hitoshi felt the tears slipping out, felt how they slid down his face, catching in the fucking scars and making him even more aware of them. Fuck this, fuck all of this.

“But it’s the truth,” Sapling cried. “Kacchan always said that.”

“I don’t fucking care what whoever this Kacchan bitch is said. I don’t give two fucks about their dumbass wrong opinion. They’re a fucking idiot if they think that. Don’t you dare let them get away with that, don’t you dare fucking believe them.”

For a while longer, Sapling kept crying, always attempting to say something and then either lacking the air or changing her mind. “I don’t– How am I– I don’t know why Kacchan’s words keep returning, I haven’t actually talked to him in six years. I just– you’re too fucking good for me, Toshi–”

Hitoshi wanted to fucking sob. He wanted to scream and tell Sapling how stupid he was being. Him ? Too good for someone? Not. Fucking. Possible. If Sapling just knew that, it would all be different. If he could just see him, he would understand, he would stop hurting. He would stop fearing when Hitoshi would abandon him. He would take the chance to fucking run and get away from the monster. He would stop fucking caring. Hitoshi couldn’t, though. Even if it would fucking help. He just couldn’t . Couldn’t let it happen. Couldn’t let him know the truth. Couldn’t fucking show him his face.

There was some muffled noise in the background, followed by Sapling squeaking, “ Mina?! ” Then the call abruptly ended. What? Fuck. Hitoshi should be happy here. Should be happy that Sapling had Mina. Should be happy that someone who would actually be able to help was there. They should be fucking happy, but they just felt empty; felt useless and broken and pathetic. 

> letsapling257 — 03:57, 24/03/2160

hey, it’s Mina. sorry about that, I should’ve kept a better eye on him. he actually fell asleep around midnight and I thought he’d sleep till morning. hope he didn’t say anything important, because this is not how either of you deserve this going.

hope ur doing good and thanks for taking care of him whilst I was asleep

> catastrophetoshi — 03:57, 24/03/2160

im so fucking sorry i feel like ive messed up here somehow, look after him for me please

Hitoshi could only pray Sapling would still want to talk in the morning. Ugh, he hated this, hated it all, hated most that he had to go back to streaming like he was fine when he was so not fine. 

> letsapling257 — 03:58, 24/03/2160

of course!! have a good stream. don’t worry, i’ll talk to him in the morning. he’s asleep now

> letsapling257 — 03:59, 24/03/2160

if you need anything, you can find me at @minabutmakeitsparkly here on dc

> catastrophetoshi — 03:51, 24/03/2160

thank u

Hitoshi groaned, taking far too many deep breaths and brushing away the tears, refusing to think anymore about it for fear they would start sobbing. With a deep breath, they unmuted themself on stream once more. “So sorry that took so long, chat, we are back now. Please tell me if any of you have some ideas for things to do while I play TreasureMine because I am going to combust if I don’t have something vaguely interesting to think about.”

— * —

The next morning, Izuku felt like a train had wrecked him. His brain was exploding and his face felt disgustingly sticky. “ Ugh ,” he groaned, rubbing his hands over his face.

“Good morning, sunshine,” Mina hummed and Izuku groaned even louder.

“ Fuck offff .”

“I fear I can’t do that,” Mina replied. “I promised a certain someone to take care of you and I need to leave for work in an hour, so up, up you get. I made breakfast.” She headed over to the bed, pulling his blanket away.

“Minaaaaa.” Izuku felt like she was dying. Well , not exactly. Death felt differently. She would know. “Why do you hate me?”

“Because you somehow managed to make it all the way to your streaming room without the wheelchair just to fucking call CatasToshi and cry to them about– I don’t even know, but it seemed bad, considering the amount you cried,” Mina replied, shoving Izuku towards his wheelchair.

Holy shit . Ignoring Mina’s attempts to try to move them, they sat up in bed and stared at her. “I did what .” Then, all the memories came rushing back and they nearly fell out of bed trying to get on their wheelchair. “Where’s my phone?” Because it wasn’t on their nightstand.

“In my safe possession until you have eaten and processed whatever intense conversation you guys had,” Mina declared dutifully, already climbing over his bed to drive his wheelchair to the kitchen where she’d put a plate of stacked waffles on each of their usual places. She practically forced him to eat and then started questioning him about what he’d talked to Toshi about, which– fuck .

“I just feel so stupid, like why the fuck would I tell him that . I can’t even tell him the reason why I think he’d leave me, because he’d leave me ,” Izuku complained. “Why does he have to be so fucking good, then I wouldn’t feel so anxious about the day where he eventually finds out I’m a disabled, quirkless idiot.”

“ Hey . Don’t do that. You’re a great guy and you are not defined by your need for a wheelchair or your lack of a quirk, got it?” Izuku let his head hang. Sometimes, when the doubt got bad, Mina would start lecturing him about what a good human he was, but no matter how much or how little he listened, he never felt better or more confident afterwards.

“Just drop it, that’s not helping,” he grumbled in between bites, cutting Mina off during her list of things Izuku specifically was great at, despite his body’s… everything. “I need to apologise to him, maybe he’s okay with forgetting that happened?”

“Izuku!” Mina burst, “You can’t just pretend that nothing happened, you’re both such messes that it’ll eventually blow up in your faces if you do that.”

“But–”

“No, I don’t want to hear it. Don’t you dare let yourself or CatasToshi bottle this bullshit up. You need some character development, seriously.” Mina was standing instead of sitting at this point, hands thrown up in exasperation. “And maybe a little more distance, because I’m not sure it’s healthy to get so attached in just a few days–”

“ Mina! ”

Mina paused, finally rethinking some of her words. “Okay, fine. I’m sorry. I’m just worried about you, I get that you like them and they like you, but you both have things that are clearly in your way in your attempts to get to know each other better and I get that you don’t want to reveal that, especially not if you’ve only known each other for a fucking week. So I’m just saying, maybe take a step back from the heavy topics. And from now on, I’ll be revoking your electronics rights when you’re drunk until you and CatasToshi get your shit together.”

Izuku sighed, mulling over Mina’s words. Maybe she was right, maybe they were moving too quickly– But he couldn’t help the constant tug of his heart that pulled him towards Toshi. Maybe he should have a serious conversation with the other man – but his subathon would make it hard to have that conversation in private. He swallowed the last bite of waffles, watching silently as Mina collected her things from around his flat.

“Just– think about it. You need to go about it smartly if you don’t want this to end in a burning crash. What you told me about your call made it seem as if you were already clashing hard.” Mina hesitated, hovering around the door.

Izuku finally took the initiative and rolled over to her. Slowly, he placed his feet on the ground, bracing his hands on his armrests and pushed himself into a standing position, just so he could hug her. “Thank you, Mina. You’re a great friend and I’m sorry for this mess. I know you’re only looking out for me and I really appreciate it. Be safe .”

Underneath his hands, he could feel tension draining from her body as she hugged him back. “I’m sorry if I was too harsh, you’re just so important to me.”

“It’s okay. Love you.”

“Love you, too. Good luck with your lover,” she lightly teased. Then she waited until he was sitting firmly back in his wheelchair before leaving his flat. The quiet slam of the door seemed to echo in the room.

Fuck, what was he going to do now?

Izuku decided to spend the following hour mindlessly tidying her already pretty much spotless apartment whilst thinking about how to approach the situation. Finally, she rolled her wheelchair to her desk, opening Discord.

— * —

> letsapling257 — 15:35, 24/03/2160

hey, i’m so sorry about last night.

what i did was fucked and i’m sorry that you had to witness that. we should talk about it, but i don’t want to do this over text and definitely not in front of your viewers, so maybe we wait until after the subathon?

sorry again and i hope you can forgive me, mina already revoked my rights to hold on to my phone and access my computer when i’m drinking

> catastrophetoshi — 15:36, 24/03/2160

ur ok, don’t stress about last night, alcohol does weird fucking thing to ppl yk? talking wuld probably be good, idc about the subathon that much so if u wanna talk about stuff sooner, i am happy to mute it again to call, but also i get not wanting to do that too

> catastrophetoshi — 15:36, 24/03/2160

ofc i forgive u, dont even worry about it

> letsapling257 — 15:37, 24/03/2160

:)

> letsapling257 — 15:37, 24/03/2160

so we good? …are you still okay with us… flirting? i can stop if you want me to

> catastrophetoshi — 15:37, 24/03/2160

pls dont stop

> letsapling257 — 15:38, 24/03/2160

okay, i wont

> letsapling257 — 15:40, 24/03/2160

sweetheart ;)

> catastrophetoshi — 15:40, 24/03/2160

ur gonna kill me one of these days holy shit

> letsapling257 — 15:41, 24/03/2160

no dying please, been there, dont recommend

> letsapling257 — 15:41, 24/03/2160

holy shit i did it again please ignore that i am NOT ready to address that

> catastrophetoshi — 15:42, 24/03/2160

fucking crazy lore drop holy shit r u ok?

> catastrophetoshi — 15:42, 24/03/2160

okok no pressure to talk about it just uh r u ok rn? u safe?

> letsapling257 — 15:43, 24/03/2160

there is quite a number of jokes i currently have to hold back in fear of you asking even more questions– but yes, i am safe

> catastrophetoshi — 15:44, 24/03/2160

as long as ur safe and u tell me if ur gonna be in danger, im not gonna press u for anything else

> catastrophetoshi — 15:44, 24/03/2160

u can always tell me, but i wont press

> letsapling257 — 15:48, 24/03/2160

thank you, i really appreciate that. same goes for you with anything

> catastrophetoshi — 15:48, 24/03/2160

<33333333333

> letsapling257 — 15:49, 24/03/2160

<333333333333333333

> letsapling257 — 15:50, 24/03/2160

if you give me about half an hour, i’ll come join you on call?

> catastrophetoshi — 15:51, 24/03/2160

sounds good :D

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> catastrophetoshi — 13:09, 27/03/2160

hey mina i have a question for u and its gonna sound rlly weird and creepy but i need u to trust me here

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:31, 27/03/2160

Hellooo whatcha got for me? 

> catastrophetoshi — 13:32, 27/03/2160

do u and sapling live in musutafu?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:35, 27/03/2160

Okay admittedly that is pretty weird and I definitely expected something less legally questioning and something more crazy like idfk, Im friends with people like denks and he asks me weird shit all the time

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:35, 27/03/2160

Another thing I have to admit is that I made denks background check you because that was very creepy but dw u seem to be fine

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:36, 27/03/2160

Anyways y do u need to know that :)))))))

> catastrophetoshi — 13:38, 27/03/2160

that was fucking terrifying ok

> catastrophetoshi — 13:38, 27/03/2160

what exactly did this denks person find out about me? how many of my fucking secrets just got leaked to u

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:39, 27/03/2160

Uhh that youve been researching asmr for *some reason* even though u said it wasnt really ur thing when sap did it

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:39, 27/03/2160

And your address

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:40, 27/03/2160

And that you dont seem to have a history of stalker behaviour on your computer or any connected devices

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:41, 27/03/2160

I didnt like make him tell me your name or what you look like cause thats your buiz, but Im pretty sure denks knows

> catastrophetoshi — 13:42, 27/03/2160

ooh thats fucking lovely great just what i fucking wanted, a hacker knows litterally everything about me 

> catastrophetoshi — 13:42, 27/03/2160

off to have a fucking panic attack holy shit

> catastrophetoshi — 13:43, 27/03/2160

how likely is denks to leak that shit? how much do i need to fucking dissapear off the internet?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:43, 27/03/2160

Noooo wait hes not a hacker hes 100% trustworthy i swear

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:44, 27/03/2160

I made him sign a legal contract but hes chill either way

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:44, 27/03/2160

I pretended it was for my job but like unofficially me n denks know it was just to make sure sapling is safe ok im protective of my little plant

> catastrophetoshi — 13:46, 27/03/2160

ok well now i wanna know what ur job is but anywayssssss

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:46, 27/03/2160

Wouldnt you like to know weather boy ;)

> catastrophetoshi — 13:47, 27/03/2160

i shuld probably have explained beforehand what this was for but i didnt wanna get ur hopes up so uh yea

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:48, 27/03/2160

Hey at least now i know you’re not stalking sap, a win for us both

> catastrophetoshi — 13:50, 27/03/2160

uh before i ask, is sapling actually not able to look after a cat or is he just saying that (im not talking about a hyper one or a rlly needy one, just asdfghj yeah

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:51, 27/03/2160

Oh yeah he is very much able to take care of one, hes just being stupid

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:51, 27/03/2160

wAIT A FUCKING SECOND–

> catastrophetoshi — 13:52, 27/03/2160

ok thats fuckin perfect… culd u help me with something–

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:52, 27/03/2160

ARE YOU GETTING HIM A CAT?????

> catastrophetoshi — 13:53, 27/03/2160

ok that sounds– yk what its pretty accurate BUT 

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:53, 27/03/2160

Thats so fucking gay of you

> catastrophetoshi — 13:53, 27/03/2160

SHUT UP

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:54, 27/03/2160

Nah uh i got permission to tease from sapling, try overruling that

> catastrophetoshi — 13:54, 27/03/2160

fuck u

> catastrophetoshi — 13:55, 27/03/2160

ok ok back on track

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:55, 27/03/2160

Aww i love you too!

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 13:56, 27/03/2160

Heck yeah i get to be your partner in– crime…surprise… PARTNER IN GAY SURPRISES

> catastrophetoshi — 13:59, 27/03/2160

i have volunteered at a cat shelter before and they just reached out to me asking about this cat (miko-chan) and shes fucking beautiful and perfect and such a sweetheart and ahh i love her

> catastrophetoshi — 14:02, 27/03/2160

shes been at the shelter since i was working there more properly about a year ago (i have kinda stopped unofficially cuz of ppl but thats not important)

> catastrophetoshi — 14:06, 27/03/2160

what is important is that this absolute sweetheart of a cat, easiest most loving cat u will ever meet has been stuck in this shelter for over a year because no one wants to adopt an old cat (shes only 5 thats not even that old)

> catastrophetoshi — 14:08, 27/03/2160

and they just msged me saying that if no one will foster or adopt her in the next month they r giving up on her

> catastrophetoshi — 14:09, 27/03/2160

so obviously i wuld take her but sapling keeps talking about wanting a cat and i thought…..

> catastrophetoshi — 14:10, 27/03/2160

wuld u be able to surprise them with the cat for me 

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 14:15, 27/03/2160

YEESSSSSSSSSSSS

> catastrophetoshi — 14:12, 27/03/2160

THANK U SO MUCH HOLY SHIT

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 14:13, 27/03/2160

HES BEEN COMPLAINING FOR AGES I SHOULDVE JUST DONE THIS

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 14:13, 27/03/2160

But hey, this way you get to have your gay little surprise ;);)

> catastrophetoshi — 14:14, 27/03/2160

trust me shes such a sweetheart like if she culd just sit in ur lap all day she wuld but also if she cant she will happily find a bed to curl up on she’s a beauty

> catastrophetoshi — 14:14, 27/03/2160

im dying at u calling this my gay surprise ;-;

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 14:16, 27/03/2160

fUFFJDGKJCK IGTG iM WORKIGHNGHJAE

> catastrophetoshi — 14:18, 27/03/2160

i– pffft ok welp whenever ur off work, miko-chan is at Takamori Cat Haven

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 19:59, 27/03/2160 

Fuck that was tough. I’m finally done with patrol today

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:00, 27/03/2160 

Also u can die at me calling this your gay surprise all you want (actually dont die please, sap will be sad), but you’re not denying it

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:02, 27/03/2160

I fear it’s too late to go to the shelter today, but I might do it tomorrow or saturday, depending on my family’s plans.

> catastrophetoshi — 20:03, 27/03/2160

sorry, PATROL?????

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:05, 27/03/2160 

fUC

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:05, 27/03/2160 

Im way too used to talking to people who know

> catastrophetoshi — 20:09, 27/03/2160

ur a fucking hero. 

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:11, 27/03/2160 

Yea

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:12, 27/03/2160 

Take one guess which one

> catastrophetoshi — 20:15, 27/03/2160

fuck ur testing my hero knowledge here 

> catastrophetoshi — 20:18, 27/03/2160

im presuming ur our age so uh hmm cant be earphone jack ur voices r too dif on present mics radio show uh u dont give the energy of creati or froppy or battle fist uhhh FUCK ARE U ALIENQUEEN!?!?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:18, 27/03/2160 

The one and only XX

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:19, 27/03/2160 

And chargebolt was the one who did the background check lol

> catastrophetoshi — 20:19, 27/03/2160

im going to die

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:20, 27/03/2160 

Sap would be sad

> catastrophetoshi — 20:21, 27/03/2160

not that being a good argument tho–

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:22, 27/03/2160 

See, *gay*

> catastrophetoshi — 20:23, 27/03/2160

JUST CUZ ITS TRU DOESNT MEAN ITS NICE

> catastrophetoshi — 20:23, 27/03/2160

FUCK WAIT DONT TELL SAPLING I SAID THAT

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:24, 27/03/2160 

Do I look like I truly care about being nice when I get to tease my friends xx

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:25, 27/03/2160 

Oh look, now you have two friends, congrats!! ♥️♥️♥️

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:25, 27/03/2160 

Also *duh* u guys need to sort your stubborn asses’ mess out yourselves

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:26, 27/03/2160 

And speaking of not telling, Im sure u understand not to spread the information that minabutmakeitsparkly is alien queen’s secret alt :)

> catastrophetoshi — 20:27, 27/03/2160

well apparently u have literally all my info as blackmail so…

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:27, 27/03/2160 

Ok but I would never use that, and neither would denks

> catastrophetoshi — 20:28, 27/03/2160

i wont say anything but if u fucking leak my face (EVEN TO SAPLING) everyone will fucking know. don’t test me

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:29, 27/03/2160 

Valid threat. Idk what u look like but you must be criminally attractive to be so protective of it. No worries, no one will see anything

> catastrophetoshi — 20:29, 27/03/2160

something like that sure

> catastrophetoshi — 20:31, 27/03/2160

did chargebolt rlly not tell u?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:32, 27/03/2160 

Pinky promise ♥️♥️

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:32, 27/03/2160 

If it makes you feel safer, I can let him know to reach out to you?

> catastrophetoshi — 20:33, 27/03/2160

wdym

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:34, 27/03/2160 

*I mean* that youd feel way better knowing denks has your information when you know denks yourself

> catastrophetoshi — 20:34, 27/03/2160

i don’t want to bother a hero

> catastrophetoshi — 20:34, 27/03/2160

*ANOTHER HERO HOLY SHIT Y R U HERE

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:35, 27/03/2160 

Xoxo

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:35, 27/03/2160 

Ill shoot him a text then :D

> catastrophetoshi — 20:37, 27/03/2160

thats like the opposite of what i said but ok?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:37, 27/03/2160 

Dont worry, i speak fucked up mess language, katsuki and sap have made me an expert at it

> catastrophetoshi — 20:38, 27/03/2160

wtf… o…k?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:39, 27/03/2160 

👏I👏AM👏NOT👏AFRAID👏TO👏SPEAK👏THE👏TRUTH👏

> catastrophetoshi — 20:41, 27/03/2160

i have no words

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:42, 27/03/2160 

I do! I’m going now, my loves demand my attention, have a gay night xoxo ♥️

> catastrophetoshi — 20:43, 27/03/2160

u ?too?

> minabutmakeitsparkly — 20:43, 27/03/2160 

U get me ♥️♥️

— * —

> pikachoochoo — 21:04, 27/03/2160

HELLOOO

> pikachoochoo — 21:04, 27/03/2160

CAN I JUST SAY UR SO FCKING HOT WTF

> pikachoochoo — 21:05, 27/03/2160

But i pinky promised mina not to steal her secret bsfs man :((((

> catastrophetoshi — 21:05, 27/03/2160

… wut

> catastrophetoshi — 21:06, 27/03/2160

wait shit ur chargebolt

> pikachoochoo — 21:06, 27/03/2160

The ONE and ONLY >:D

> catastrophetoshi — 21:07, 27/03/2160

u and mina r concerningly similar

> pikachoochoo — 21:08, 27/03/2160

Ofc!!!! Shes my platonic SOULMATEE

> catastrophetoshi — 21:08, 27/03/2160

also that means uve seen my face what r u on about me being hot????????

> pikachoochoo — 21:09, 27/03/2160

I mean youre hot!!!

> pikachoochoo — 21:10, 27/03/2160

I see hot so i say hot 🥵

> catastrophetoshi — 21:11, 27/03/2160

ok well i see delusional so i say delusional 

> pikachoochoo — 21:12, 27/03/2160

Its okay, butterflies cant see how pretty they are, either :D

> catastrophetoshi — 21:13, 27/03/2160

yea but unlike butterflies ive seen a mirror and i KNOW how ugly i am dumbass

> pikachoochoo — 21:13, 27/03/2160

No, no ur just delusional

> pikachoochoo — 21:13, 27/03/2160

Like me :D

> pikachoochoo — 21:14, 27/03/2160

We can be delulu besties!!!!!

> catastrophetoshi — 21:15, 27/03/2160

i cant– wtf is wrong with u

> pikachoochoo — 21:17, 27/03/2160

People tell me im loud, annoying and delusional. Also im a pro hero so the lacking self preservation and sleep are basically pre programmed and i somehow still have a 12 hour screen time on days i work already 12 hours and i dont even use my personal phone during patrols– unLIKE MINA, who almost fucked up a robber pursuit because she was too busy texting today

> catastrophetoshi — 21:18, 27/03/2160

ok well we have the annoyingness, delusion, no self preservation and lack of sleep all in common so weve got that going for us ig?

> pikachoochoo — 21:18, 27/03/2160

Perfect, we’re delulu besties now then, u wont be able to get rid of me :)

> catastrophetoshi — 21:20, 27/03/2160

i regret so many things rn but ok sure ig we r

> pikachoochoo — 21:21, 27/03/2160

Good cause im outside your door and it may be end of march but its cOLD, lET ME IN

> catastrophetoshi — 21:21, 27/03/2160

wtf WHY 

> catastrophetoshi — 21:22, 27/03/2160

IM *STREAMING*

> pikachoochoo — 21:23, 27/03/2160

Bro i know ur address u think i dont know that

> pikachoochoo — 21:23, 27/03/2160

Im here to give u COMPANY

> pikachoochoo — 21:24, 27/03/2160

Clearly u are bORED OUT OF UR MIND

> pikachoochoo — 21:25, 27/03/2160

AND people have told me it never gets boring with me

> catastrophetoshi — 21:25, 27/03/2160

fuck it im lonely and bored so fine yeah ok lemme get the door

what r we gonna call u cuz idk if i need everyone knowing im friends (ugh im friends with u? fuck ;-;) with a hero

> pikachoochoo — 21:26, 27/03/2160

Pika, duh!!! Cya at the door :DDD

— * —

Hitoshi groaned, pushing his chair away from the desk slightly. This was insane. This was just fully insane. All of this was insane.

“Alright chat, we have a surprise uninvited guest here, I just have to let him in. I’d say be nice, but you know what, I don’t actually care. I didn’t fucking invite him so it’s on him,” Hitoshi announced, and with that he muted the stream incase the idiot had been lying about seeing his face. Because seriously, he still didn’t believe the guy had seen it. How could he have seen it and still want to meet in person? Whatever . Hitoshi was used to doors slamming in his face and people immediately hating him. He wasn’t mentally fucked up right now like he had been earlier in the subathon, so he could handle it. Still, he took several deep breaths before opening the door. 

“Fuuuck, why are you even more attractive in real life? Man, Minaaa . I’m never pinky promising her anything ever again.”

Yup. That was Chargebolt for sure. And he wasn’t kidding about being delusional as fuck.

“You– I don’t have the energy to deal with that right now actually. Yup, ok, hi, come in, I guess? Make yourself at home or whatever? –Yeah, ok, you’re already doing that. Fucking did you at least bring me a coffee?” Hitoshi watched as Pika barged into their flat and immediately located the streaming room, where he sat down in the gaming chair– their gaming chair. “ Nope .” Quickly, Pika got out of the chair and instead sat down on the floor, placing the bag he brought next to himself. Bond, of course, immediately decided the man’s head was his new throne. This resulted in several scrabbling attempts to claim his head before eventually settling on his shoulder with his front paws on Pika’s head.

“Even better, I brought coffee and SNACKS.” Pika proceeded to pull out a cup of coffee next to a box of what looked like it was from the bakery at the corner and a few bags of chips and popcorn and other salty snacks. “Black coffee with honey, right?”

“Ok, that was a joke, what the fuck, who told you the secret to my heart, gimme, gimme.” Hitoshi grinned, their hands immediately reaching out in a grabbing motion. 

“Well, after Mina told me why she needed your info, I got curious and watched some of the clip compilations. CataSapling is now my favourite ship of people IRL that aren’t actually together yet at the moment.” Pika pressed the cup into his hand and Hitoshi instantly sat down and melted into his chair.

“ Great . The fans will fucking love you. Any last words before I unmute stream?” Hitoshi asked, already sipping his coffee– it was beautifully made, holy shit. 

“Nah, let’s give Twitch their hottest streamer back.”

Hitoshi rolled his eyes, but unmuted the stream regardless. “Alright chat, say hi to Pika, he brought me food and coffee and I will forever adore him for it.”

“Fuck yes!” Pika actually fucking fist pumped the air . All that was missing was him screaming ‘Plus Ultra’ like the UA student he used to be. The UA student Hitoshi never got to be. “Okay, look, I wasn’t sure about your favourite types of cakes and donuts so I bought a few. Whilst you do your mining thing, we go through them and you let me know which ones you like for next time!”

What the fuck, he was already thinking about a next time?!!?

— * —

Pika had stayed over the night, not even yawning once the entire time, which… what the fuck? He finally left at around ten the next morning, when he said he had to go to sleep for his night shift. Sapling had been around since nine, and the two meeting each other had felt a little odd, but Pika was too busy being excited to really let Hioshi think too much over it. It was probably just because Sapling’s voice was coming through the speakers, not his headphones, that made it feel so weird.

“How come you always said you don’t have any friends, but suddenly Pika is in your house?” Sapling asked, sounding a little pouty. Was he… jealous? No. No, that couldn’t be right. He was just playing up the act. They had agreed that was fine. Hitoshi needed to chill the fuck out.

“I’m going to be so honest with you here, bro kinda just showed up. This is the first time I have ever met him. It was deeply o

dd, and I’m still not sure what the fuck is going on with that but yeah, I’m making the choice not to question him. I still don’t know how he found my address; like I should definitely call the police on him but he’s kinda a vibe so I’m making the choice not to question it.” It was better for Hitoshi’s sanity, otherwise they’d be going crazy just because of the countless times Pika called them attractive, hot or pretty or any positive word about his looks. 

“That…does actually answer some of my questions but also definitely gives me more–”

“Trust me Sapling, if I understood it at all, I’d tell you.”

Sapling huffed out a laugh. “Yeah, that’s valid. Strange guy. But fun.”

“Yeah,” Hitoshi smiled, that was a pretty accurate description, really. With that, they moved on, relaxing into their easy conversation, light banter and entertaining bonding.

When lunchtime was creeping closer, Hitoshi suddenly heard a door slam on Sapling’s end, followed by an unfamiliar female voice screaming, “ I’M HOME, BABE! ” …What? Did… did Sapling have a girlfriend? Had he been leading Hitoshi on the entire time? Of course he had. It was just jokes with them. All jokes. None of it was real. None of it was even a little true. He knew that.

“Does your boyfriend approve of this?” The raised eyebrow was practically audible through the headphones. Ah, okay, so not his girlfriend. She was taken. Hitoshi couldn’t help the way he relaxed slightly at that. Fucking stupid. Sapling was still way out of his reach.

“Uh, yeah,” the woman said, “He thinks you’re chill.”

“Wait, they know about me?!” Ok, now Hitoshi was getting worried. What if Sapling was part of this woman cheating on her boyfriend? … No, that’d be crazy. Sapling wasn’t the type to do that. …Right? No. He wasn’t. This was just something silly that Hitoshi was getting confused about. Probably normal for people with friends. Hitoshi wouldn’t fucking know.

“ Duh , why else would I keep inviting you every month? Which you keep rejecting,” the woman spoke again and honestly at this point, Hitoshi was just really, thoroughly confused.

Sapling groaned, then replied, “Yeah, well, ‘cause, y’know – … What are you even doing? Where are you?”

“Just setting some things up!” the voice sounded even more distant than before. “And yeah, I know . But you still haven’t told me what that’s all about.”

“Setting what u–” Sapling gasped, possibly as the woman finally entered the room, since her voice had gotten louder as she’d spoken.

— * —

Izuku couldn’t believe his eyes. Mina was holding a cat in her arms . An adorable white, long furred cat with bright blue eyes and a loud purr. “Mina, is that a cat ?”

“Happy gay surprise! I’m only the delivery man though.” And she had the audacity to smile.

“Mina,” Izuku complained. “I can’t take care of a cat! What the hell am I supposed to do now!?”

She stepped closer, placing the cat in their lap and Izuku just about wanted to cry when the sweet, sweet creature immediately started purring and snuggling into them. “This is Miko-chan. She likes being in people’s laps and prefers it if they never get up ever again.” And then Izuku did start crying.

“Don’t just– tell me that!” They whined, hands already automatically petting Miko-chan. “I don’t even have a cat toilet or food or anything.”

“Luckily for you, I went shopping today. And I set up the cat toilet and the food and water bowls and some toys. I– ah, Sapling, trust me, you’re more than capable. Besides, this wasn’t even my idea.” When she nodded slightly towards his computer, Izuku gasped.

“Toshi–?!”

“She needed a home… I thought maybe she would be a good match for you, she’s as adorably lovable as you are.”

Izuku looked from his computer to Mina to Miko-chan and just…couldn’t stop crying. Midoriya tears, as always. “But– but– thank you, Toshi. ”

“Of course sweetheart, she needed someone to love her and I just knew you were that someone. She’s beautiful, isn’t she?” Toshi asked and Izuku decided to settle their gaze on Miko-chan, because she was. Her white fur was so silky and soft and Izuku would be happy to never stop petting her.

“So pretty,” they croaked hoarsely.

“You’re welcome!” Mina added. “I was the one to make his gay little surprise even possible!”

Right… Wait… Izuku sadly had to stop petting Miko-chan to mute himself on Discord. “Is that why fucking Chargebolt suddenly showed up at his door?? I don’t know how it relates, but he’s your friend!”

“Look, I thought they were a fucking stalker! I had to get Denks to check they weren’t!”

“ Oh my god , Mina!” Izuku would like to please give her back to the store. Maybe they still accepted return items after a few years.