<b>Mic</b>: <i>hey, when are you going to the festival this year?</i>
<b>Eraser</b>: <i>Are you bringing Cheshire today?</i>
<b>Mic</b>: <i>yeah, we're going in a couple hours</i>
<b>Eraser</b>: <i>You two have fun. I'll be catching up on sleep.</i>
Hizashi groaned and let his hand fall to the couch. The cell phone slid out of his limp grip. "Auughhh. He's killing me. So noble."
And a good friend, let's not forget that.
This wasn't a situation that could be fixed, unless time would help cure him. And, knowing Aizawa, it might not. He had known him for years - more than a decade -- and the man had never shown interest in another person. That's why this had hit him so hard, and it might be more than a crush. Hizashi was willing to bet it was much more, and he felt terrible about it.
He loved his girlfriend with all his heart. But he didn't want to hurt his best guy friend, either. He tried not to talk about her as much around him or act overly affectionate when she was around. That was difficult enough and no matter, for it didn't seem to be helping.
He never complained, he kept his distance as best he could and he, well, was a really good friend. He did all the right things and despite that, he still suffered. Hizashi could see actual pain in his eyes at times, mostly after a rare moment of peace would settle on his tired features. Aizawa would suddenly blink, check himself, and reality would set in.
He tried not to think about it just as much as his friend obviously struggled. It was the best they could do in a bad situation.
But the voice hero really couldn't stomach those fleeting moments of purity, when he caught the scruffy, haggard man smiling softly as he watched her.
"Poor Shota," he mumbled.
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