"I know you didn't mean it." // Mirio Togata
Pairing: Unrequited!Mirio x Reader x Tamaki
Tamaki Amajiki was kidnapped.
Mirio Togata watched helplessly as you paced around your dorm room in front of him. He knew when he told you how Tamaki had been kidnapped by the league of villains the anxiety would eat away at you.
Eat away at your heart. Chip away at your soul. It broke his heart to watch you break away at the seams like this.
It broke Mirio completely.
“Calm down? Tamaki was kidnapped! He’s gone! He’s gone and you want me to calm down? My boyfriend was kidnapped and you want me to calm down?”
You stopped you're pacing to stare at Mirio, or rather glare, at your best friend. The glare in your eye was dangerous and horrific. Inside your beautiful orbs, he could see the hurt, the fear, and the sadness. It pained Mirio to look in your eyes.
Something he found so beautiful, tinted with something he never wanted to see in your eyes.
He knew telling you to calm down wasn't the correct course of action. Of course it wasn't. Your boyfriend, was missing. He'd go absolutely mental if it had been you to go missing. Absolutely feral if you'd been kidnapped, feral to get you back. Mental until he know you were safe.
“He’s supposed to be your fucking friend! Are you heartless? You should be worried! Don’t you even care about him?”
Mirio has to look away at your words. Yes, that's the role he was supposed to be playing right now. Your boyfriends best friend.
Not the pining asshole, eager to jump at any chance he could just to comfort you.
Not the pining asshole, eager just to be alone in your presence.
Not the pining asshole, absolutely in love with his best friends girlfriend.
Your voice cracked as you yelled at him, and a piece of his soul cracked with it. Yes he was worried, yes he cared, but not as much as he cared for you.
Yes, he was putting on a front, he didn’t want to worry you and put you through such anguish. He wanted to calm you down. Of course the heros would find Tamaki. He wanted you to be at peace. He never wanted to see such a pained expression on such a beautiful face.
But he couldn't deny he wanted to calm you down for all the wrong reasons.
He wanted to be the one to comfort you. He wanted to be the one to hold you in Tamakis absence. He wanted to reassure you, tell you the pros had it. Tell you everything would be okay.
Even if that meant you'd soon be back in Tamakis arms.
No, Mirio would never wish harm on his best friend. But he did wish to keep you to himself, just a second longer.
“I am worried, but pacing back and forth for hours as you have isn’t going to help him, or your mental health.”
With a distraught face, Mirio grabbed your hand and pulled you down onto the bed next to him. The tears started to dribble down your cheeks as you realized the harsh words you’d spoken to your best friend. Here he was comforting you, and you were so rude. He was always by your side, always the dutiful best friend.
If only you knew, why he stayed.
If only you knew, why he sought out to comfort you, why he volunteered to be the one to tell, you, your love had been kidnapped.
Mirio pulls you against him and you collapse with your head in his neck. How could someone so sad, bring him a moment of such joy. The tears kept falling and they didn't stop. Days of pent up emotions were breaking loose. The thoughts and tears you let in from the moment he was taken to now.
You felt perfect against him, Mirio thought. Like your bodies were designed for each other. It made him feel sick, even if, only for a moment.
How could he be having these thoughts, when his best friend was out there lost.
To Mirio, you in his arms was a priceless moment he wanted to revel in forever. And he would think about this moment, for manay nights to come. To you, being in his arms was just him comforting you as a friend.
“I’m sorry for calling you heartless.”
You could kick me and I’d still love you.
“I know you didn’t mean it.”
“I just hate sitting around not being able to do anything. The villains have him, and I can’t even rescue him.”
Mirio’s hands run up and down your back in a comforting motion. It did little to soothe your thoughts, but it quelled your tears and sobs. It satiated a hunger in Mirio, a need to touch and hold you as close as he could.
“The pros are gonna do their job, they’ll bring him back.”
The door to your dorm room burst open and Nejire came flying in. Energetic and bubbly like always, she speaks life into Mirios words.
“He’s back! He’s back! Tamaki’s back, [Y/N]!”
You jumped out of Mirios arms and wiped the tears off your eyes with the back of your hand before you ran out of the door. Mirio walked out into the hall to follow you, but you hadn’t gone far as Tamaki had already been eagerly making his way to your dorm.
Where else would he go? That was Tamakis girlfriend.
As you wrapped your arms around Tamaki the smile on your face was undeniable. As you clung to your boyfriend the previous sadness in your eyes was replaced with relief and joy.
“Tamaki! I thought– I thought I was never gonna see you again.”
“I’ll always come back to you, always. I- I love you.”
It was a painful reminder to Mirio. Mirio, the best friend. He was Mirio, who yearned even when he shouldn't. He was your best friend and that’s all he’d be. He would never be the reason you smiled like that. He would never be the reason you had euphoria in your eyes. He would never be the guy you anxiously worried over. He would never be Tamaki.
