Mafia!Mina x Druggie!Kirishima

[NicTheDjinn]

Mina rubbed at his hand and gently stroked his cheek, trying to bring Eijiro back down to reality and out of his own head and his worries. Everything would be all right, she’d make sure of that. She’d make sure that her high school friend would be okay and make it out of this all right. It was the least she could do for him. Get him back on his feet, happy, healthy, clean, sober. Whole nine yards. The only trick was getting him into rehab and treatments- both of which she’d happily pay for.

That and making sure he didn’t end up indebted to Momo and forced to join their operation. If Eijiro wanted to join based on his own choice, then she’d let him. But she wouldn’t let him be forced in.

She gave him and gentle smile, moving to sit across from him. “Kiri, you’re not any trouble. I promise. I’m more than happy to help you out with anything and everything.” She watched him look over the food, wondering how hard it must be for him to just eat. She could tell that he just didn’t have the appetite. She’d seen this all before.

“Don’t worry about eating it all,” she mentioned as she picked up her fries. “If you can’t, I understand. I can put what you have left over in the fridge and you can eat it later. But I want to make sure you have something, so at least try and finish the fries, ‘kay?” She gave him another smile, wanting to be as reassuring and as comforting as possible.

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The affection she was showing him did wonders and he slowly but surely started to relax again, closing his eyes and nuzzling into her hand. She would take care of him. He could trust her. He could trust her... A shuttering, but deep breath later and he was huffing it out and forcing himself to calm down. They would get through this together. He just had to trust her, she wanted nothing but the best for him, it would be okay. He just needed to sit down and force himself to eat, that would make her happy and it would surely be good for him too.

Once seated however, he still didn't want to. The food looked good too, but his stomach didn't respond. Reluctantly, he picked up a fry and bit off the end of it, starting to chew. The words of reassurance helped, but he couldn't quite stop feeling guilty for putting his friend through this. He should have been able to take care of himself, but here he was. He knew he couldn't help himself anymore, not at this point... Worse, he knew she was right, he wouldn't be surviving for too much longer like this either. He was either going to overdose, get caught in the crossfire of a deal gone bad, or his body would just fail on him.

He blinked lightly when she assured him he didn't have to eat everything, then looked back down at his food. That helped. The whole meal looked incredibly intimidating, but... Maybe he could manage to eat all the fries. He could try for that. "O-Okay. Thanks." He hesitated then, filling the void by eating another fry, then forcing himself to speak again. He felt like he needed to keep talking to her. It helped anchor him down to the fact that he had someone in his life willing to help him, really help him and not just hope he gets better. His fathers were great, but he needed more than they were providing him. He hoped he could make them proud of him again... Really proud.

"Thank you for all this... I know you're saying I'm not a burden, but I still want to do something in return, even just for this. You're gonna do so much more for me too!" He found it was a little easier to eat now that he was distracted. It was just easier if he didn't have to think about eating, like how you automatically ate popcorn when lost in a movie. "But... Why don't we talk about something happier? Like something good that happened in your life recently or something?"

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Mina was extremely relieved to see that she was, in fact, making a difference here for Kiri. She could see him visibly start to relax and trust her. She could see him start to calm down and ease up. She let him go and get himself seated before doing the same, watching him with a gentle and warm expression. When he started to eat the fries and seemed to relax into the idea of maybe just eating that, she gently moved the burger and small pie away from him to try and make it seem less intimidating. Give him the visual cue that all had to eat was the fries. And even then, if he couldn't finish those, she wouldn't be upset.

She unwrapped her burger, warm, golden eyes flickering up to his as he spoke. She smiled, nodding. "Of course, Kiri! I'm happy to help you and I know you want to repay me. Just promise me you'll give yourself time to heal properly before you start trying to repay me, m'kay?" She perked up as he asked her to talk about something happier, figuring that it'd be a good distraction for him. And if he was distracted, maybe he'd just eat his fries without thinking about it too much!

"Let's see, something happy..." She took a bite of her burger, humming softly while she chewed and thought. Most of her time recently had been spent doing work related stuff for Momo-- tracking down one asshole or another, gathering intel on how the drug ring was moving, checking in on her informants in the police and other yakuza families. She didn't realize just how much she had been working and how little time she'd spent for herself. Finally, something came to mind. "Oh! I almost forgot. The girls and I all have plans to go out new week and get pampered. Manicures, pedicures, massages, facials, the whole nines yards. I'd bet they'd love for you to come along! Even if you don't get your nails painted, it's still a good idea to get them done and made look nice, right? Plus, it's fun to be pampered!"

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Bite by bite, he managed to take down one fry at a time, trying not to think too much about what he was doing and definitely not wanting to think about why something as basic as eating was so hard. Thankfully, she was all for a change of subject and what she suggested was a surprisingly happy subject indeed! It certainly made it easier not thinking about getting better and he'd felt so lonely for so long that even the thought of seeing all the girls was incredible. He didn't even remember to feel ashamed about his appearance in his excitement!

"All that sounds amazing! I don't remember the last time I had a massage and I've never really gotten to do any of that other stuff!" Amusingly, he looked down at his nails then, noting he needed to clip them. "What color do you think would look good on me?" He mused, apparently intending on joining them in every aspect of the outing. It was honestly pretty amusing how excited he was to be invited to a girl's night out, regardless of the fact he was definitely a cisgender man. It said a lot of how comfortable he was with that aspect of himself.

"Best part is getting to see all the other girls again though. I know I didn't hang out with all of them as much as you, but I like to think we were still friends and I have missed them." He went on, going back to absentmindedly eating his fries. "Do you really think it will be okay to invite me? Shouldn't you ask them first to see if it's okay? I know we were friends in high school. but... They might not want to hang out with me after everything I've done." He muttered a little sadder, but thankfully there was still hope in both his tone and his eyes.

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Mina smiled as Eijirou moved right along to a new topic with her. And, he didn’t seem to be upset at the idea of the girls all having fun!! She knew he’d have no problem doing “girly” things with them all, brightening up as he got excited about the idea. She tilted her head, brushing a lock of bubblegum pink hair behind her ear. “Well, red is very much a good color on you! And black is too! You could try one of them? Or maybe a grey! Really, you could do any color, Kiri. If you don’t like it we can always switch it out!” She didn’t want him to get discouraged if he didn’t like any of those colors. After all, she was a firm believer in just dressing and looking how you liked. You could rock any color combination with enough confidence in her mind.

Then again, that was the problem. Confidence. She knew Kirishima had issues with that in the past and most definitely right now. It broke her heart to see that, wanting Eijirou to see the amazing guy that he was. But he couldn’t do that on his own. He needed a little help. Which was fine!!! She was more than happy to work to instill confidence in her childhood friend.

When he started to sadden himself again, she leaned in and shook her head. She took his hand, giving it a squeeze. “They’re going to be thrilled to see you, Kirishima. They won’t judge you for any of this, I swear. You’re still out friend and we love you so much. I know that for a fact.” She rubbed his hand. “But, if I makes you feel better, I’ll call and ask them later so you know for sure it’s okay if you come. Would that help, Kiri?”''

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Unable to help himself, he looked down at his nails, trying to picture them as either red or black. If red, he'd probably go for a darker shade rather than a bright one, but he wasn't sure. He knew very well that if any color was acceptable for men to wear it was black, but red might look good too. Would people make fun of him too bad for it? Should he just go with black, he was sure that would look nice on him too! Shit... He'd ask the girls what they thought on the matter, he was just making himself anxious and that was the opposite of what they were trying to accomplish.

"I like red or black, but I think I'll ask what the girls think and let them pick." He looked a little startled when she offered to ask and he didn't even know why. He supposed it was just starting to really become real for him. This was really happening. "Yeah, that would be great. I just don't want to upset things. I feel like I am gonna be enough trouble without being here uninvited." Well shit. He was still struggling with the idea that his old friends wouldn't want him anymore, particularly when they found out what he'd done to himself and his life.

Mina knew her little family well enough of course. He could worry all he wanted, they would prove themselves to him quickly for sure. All of them knew how the world works better than most and what that underbelly looked like. Drug addicts were not something new to any of them, the only thing making it tragic being that it was someone they'd been so close to. Of all people, they would be best to handle him now. He would be among those that loved him while also having the strength to go against his wishes, even when those wishes were beyond his own control. His family had tried, they really had, but they were simply too soft-hearted to do what needed to be done. These girls wouldn't have that problem. While his family loved him too much to save him, his friends loved him too much not to.

"Will... Will you be telling them what's happened to me?" He was a little hesitant to ask, but it's not like it wasn't obvious at this point. He knew he looked exactly like what he was. Most people left him alone about it, but he'd been shooed out of a store or two with the word 'druggie' following him out the door. He never put up a fight when asked to leave, nor did he lash out at the title, but it always hurt something awful. "I... I don't know if I have the strength to tell them myself." He admitted, munching on the next fry. He hadn't even noticed that as they talked, he had taken down most of them already. "Do you really think we can still be friends? I'd really like that... It's been lonely and I have missed our classmates a lot. Shit... I don't even know if I could face Bakugou again."