Please note that I'm extending the contest deadline to Dec 20th due to some people needing more time, which is fine ^^ I love seeing all the entries! Now back to the story! Also, some people have been asking for a Rico x (Y/N), so maybe I'll make a book after this one? Thoughts?

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(Y/N) takes a quick glance at Rico and then slides over past Shinso to the kitchen.

"I'm starved!" She chuckles nervously and goes to sit over at the kitchen table. "Got anything good to eat Shinso?"

"Ya, I was making some bacon and eggs." Says the boy, still side-eyeing Rico, who was rubbing his head.

"Want some medicine for your head, Rico?" (Y/N) says, concerned for the boy. She felt so bad for lying to him. She had just come clean to Shinso and she was already back to lying. Could she really change she wondered?

"Nah, I'm good," Rico says, giving a weak smile in her direction. (Y/N)'s heart squeezed in her chest. The poor kid. Wait, he's the same age as her, she keeps forgetting. 

Rico sits down next to her and puts his head in his hands. (Y/N) sees Shinso staring at him, but she gives him a look and he stops. She already told him that Rico was just a manifestation of her quirk. She had no other idea of what he was, and he certainly had nothing to be worried about.

So why was he all wound up? He didn't seem to want to relax around Rico. He did just meet him, so it might just take time, but to (Y/N) it felt different.

"Hey Rico, I need to tell you something." (Y/N) says, not wanting to keep secrets any longer.

Shinos speedwalks over to her, and puts a hand on her shoulder. He whispers something in her ear, and she shrugs his hand off her shoulder.

"I'm not keeping secrets Shinso!" She exclaims.

Rico just stares at them with half-closed eyes. He was too tired for this. But, they never seemed to argue like this. What was this secret that meant so much to Shinso and (Y/N)?

"You don't have to-" Rico starts but is drowned out by the pair raising their voices at each other.

"Mhm." He hums and gets up, to no attention of the two. He walks into the bedroom and flops down on the makeshift bed and closes his eyes.

He soon hears that the disagreeing teens have noticed his absence, and they both storm into the bedroom.

"Rico, are you ok? Why are you so tired?" (Y/N) says, kneeling down to Rico's level.

Rico makes no response. Was he sleeping, thought (Y/N).

"This is hella creepy, I'm going into the bathroom," Shinso says, backing away.

"You have to help me! He's not responding!" (Y/N) says, frantically shaking Rico.

Rico starts to glow an orange color, and Shinso backs up even more.

"Rico!" (Y/N) yells in desperation.

Rico stops glowing and his eyes open up. The dark circles that hung below his eyes were now gone and his skin looked like it was glowing. He somehow looked even cuter than normal. (Y/N) found herself blushing a tad bit, and scooted back a little.

"What?" Rico asked the fatigue in his voice seemed to have vanished.

(Y/N) suddenly clutched her head. "Ouch!" She hissed.

"What did you do?" Shinso demands of Rico.

"Nothing! Well, nothing I know of at least! I would never-" But he doesn't get to finish before (Y/N) falls down on the ground. She looks up at Rico and seems to have all the afflictions that he had before he fell asleep, her eyes were dark and tired.

"Did I, take your life force to heal myself??" Rico yells, getting up and holding (Y/N) in his arms before Shinso tears him away.

"Stay away from her, you'll only make it worse!" He says, clutching the girl as tight as he could as if she would slip away into the void at any moment.

"Both of you shut up." (Y/N) says, pushing Shinso away, to his disbelief.

"(Y/N) I-" Rico starts but the girl motions for him to be quiet.

"Shinso, he didn't mean to, we had no idea he could even do that, so chill out ok?" She says, clearly too tired for this garbage jealousy.

It was understandable since Shinso didn't share a bond with Rico, but the least he could do was be chill about it.

"Right, I- I was just, really scared..." Says the boy, gazing down at the floor. Was she too harsh?

"It's fine (Y/N) I don't mind, this is my fault," Rico says, making Shinso look up in disbelief.

Rico throws a smile at Shinso and he returns it. (Y/N) looks at the two of them and smiles, glad they could finally get along.

"Now, let's figure this out." Says (Y/N).

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