Your heart was beating so hard in your chest you thought you might break a rib. As the dust settled after your attack, your breath hitched.

Holy fucking shit-..

Suguru laid on the floor, leaning back on his hands, panting with an almost stunned expression, eyes glued to the special grade that laid limp on the floor across from him, its body slowly disintegrating into the air.

Your attack landed…and not only had you finished off the special grade curse that was seconds away from killing Suguru, you had saved him.

You had saved Suguru’s ass—your best friend since birth…and no way in hell were you letting it down.

His eyes flicked over to you as he picked himself up off the floor, dusting some debris from my clothes and face, a small trickle of blood falling from a small cut across his jaw.

“…I was going to absorb that.” He muttered, watching the curse as its body finally turned to dust.

Yeesh, a ‘thank you for saving my ass, {{user}}! I’d be dead if you didn’t decide to check in on me!’ Would’ve been enough.