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"…eh?!" Misaka Mikoto was frozen, which was weird with how warm her cheeks felt. "h-h-he just demanded I stay here tonight?, w-wwait! that's too sudden, I-it would just be the two of us…alone. Wait! Could it be that he- No! Mikoto! He isn't that kind of guy…or is he? Aaaghh" She shook her head trying, but failing, to clear her jumbled thoughts. Misaka Mikoto was gone, she was just about glowing now and she was sure she would feint.

"Here" Kamijou put a glass of water down in front of her "wow biribiri you look a lot worse than I thought, It's probably cause you were running around and sitting on the ground earlier you know"

"…fever?!..running around?!..what is he even talking about?" She had been so caught up with her thoughts at this point she really had no idea what it was he was talking about.

"Hello?" he waved his hand in front of her dazed face, snapping her out of it.

She shook her head "uh..uh..bathroom" she mumbled putting on a nervous smile. "Bathroom?!,…ugh, I really need to kill myself now"

"uh…bathroom…right, the door down the hall on your left, can't miss it" he motioned with his thumb over his shoulder.

"heh..heh" she bowed slightly and got up to leave.

"oh, hold up" Kamijou moved over to a nearby drawer and tumbled through it. "ah! Here we go" he came back to Mikoto with a towel in hand. "Here you go, you can take a shower too, and I'll make us something to eat, something with somen is fine right? I got some on sale at the convenience store" there was a noticeable sparkle in his eye. He started to head in the direction of the kitchen but Mikoto hadn't moved from her spot with the towel in her hand.

"n-now he w-wants me to ss-shower?!...that means I would be… with him in the next room" her face was red again and she stared down at her feet.

"Everything alright Biribiri?" he looked across from the kitchen. "You're all quiet all of a sudden…" "hmm…this thing must really be bothering her"

"Is this entire situation really not bothering him? Or is he just acting calm?…w-well in that case two can play that game" she nodded to herself"I'll just act calm too" "heh..heh, it's nothing, I'll go wash-" she took two steps and froze again. She realized, belatedly, she was missing something important "Clothes!..I-I don't have anything with me to change in to…I-I need to go buy something? I can't exactly stay in these…"

"What's the matter?"

Her head was bent and her voice became very soft "clo..(clothes)"

"huh?...clo?"

"Clothes! Dammit! I-I don't have anything to..wear" her face was red again and she was looking away from him. "I'll just go and buy-"

"Right…" he remembered she had only had her school bag and the situation really wasn't planned. " hold on" he moved back to another drawer and fumbled through it.

"huh?"

"here you go, it might be a bit big but it could work for now" he came back with one of his usual, blue and white, T-shirts neatly folded in his hand.

"you've got to be kidding me" "uh..?"

He placed it in her hand over the towel "it should fit right?"

"That isn't the issue! I refuse to believe he doesn't see the situation…it has to be deliberate!" she shot a bolt at him but as usual he negated it "Is this some kind of joke?!"

"Oi! Watch it! Don't get all biribiri in here or you'll break something and Kamijou-san's luck will officially reach max points with no electrical appliances for a week!" he held up his hand defensively with slight tears in his eyes.

"Don't give me that! What the hell is with this set up?!" More sparks were visible from her bangs as she held up the shirt and towel"

What Mikoto didn't know was, this was the same set up the nun called Index used. So for Kamijou Touma he really didn't think much about it.

"What?! You don't like the shirt? You can't exactly stay in your uniform and you can't go out and buy anything now. Do you hate my fashion sense that badly? You refuse to be associated with it?"

"t-that isn't the issue!" she was about to say more but they were interrupted by the smell, of whatever Kamijou was preparing, burning.

"Ahhh!" he turned away from her and started doing his best to save the food.

"hmph" she sighed and headed off to the bathroom.

"Oh, the hot water takes a while to come on so be careful" he called from the kitchen.

"You better not even think of peeking!" she shouted back before entering and closing the door behind her. "Honestly!" she leaned against the door. "knowing him, he probably isn't thinking much about it, and is just being his usual nice self" she looked down at his shirt in her hands and the image of her in only his shirt doing a suggestive pose popped into her head. Her face was almost glowing again so she shook her head trying to get rid of her thoughts. "Stupid Touma"

-15 to 20 minutes later-

"You can do this! Just open the door, what are you even worried about?" Mikoto had showered and was now changed, into Kamijou's shirt, however she couldn't seem to leave. She looked over at the mirror again "you're freaking out over nothing, and you can't exactly stay in here all night…or-no! come on!" she grabbed the doorknob and forcefully opened the door.

*Blam*

"Ow-ow-ow-ow" Kamijou stood there rubbing his nose with more tears in his eyes.

Mikoto had slammed the door into Kamijou's nose "ah! Sorry sorry…I didn't-"

"It's fine, it's….fine.." he trailed off. "w-wow…she-she looks really…cute right now" he wasn't aware of it but Kamijou was just about staring at her now and he was blushing slightly. It may have been how she looked in his shirt, how her skin seemed softer right out of the bath, her still slightly wet hair or that rare timid side of hers with the slight blush she would sometimes show, he never said it out loud but he always thought it was cute when she was like that, whatever it was, it caught him off guard. He gulped "I-Is she only wearing my shirt?"

"What is it?" she asked conscious of his gaze and tugged at the shirt to pull it down a little.

"uh…um….n-nothing" he blushed a bit more seeing that "um…t-the food is on the counter…h-help yourself , I'm going to shower" he watched her turn and head over to her bag to pack away her clothes and when she stooped down the shirt blew up a little revealing.. "(ah…pants)" he mumbled to himself "how very much like her" He entered the bath and locked the door. "What was with that reaction just now though?...I've seen Index like that before, heck even worse without a problem…hmm"

-10 to 15 minutes later-

Kamijou dried his hair off and sat opposite Mikoto with a bowl of noodles, and he noticed she had already started eating. Kamijou had left the tv on before heading to shower so a random drama was on but neither of them were really paying attention to it. "itadakimasu" he said before beginning to eat.

"Say, where'd you get this?" Mikoto asked playing with some of the noodles in her bowl.

"Hmm? The noodles?" he looked up from his bowl.

"No, the entire thing"

"Ah, I made it; I don't think the store sells it cooked"

"eh?..You actually made this? Wow"

"…I understand! Kamijou Touma's humble cooking and abode may not be to the standards of an ojou-sama like yourself, but please bear with it for now" he bowed his head.

"I-it's not that you idiot! it's…" her voice got softer "actually pretty good.." she ate some more "I didn't realize guys could cook like this"

"Isn't that sexist?" he asked deadpanned before eating some more of his noodles "in any case, I'm glad you like it. Due to some events I've actually become pretty good with somen, though thanks to those same events I haven't used it in a while"

"It really is good, who knew he could cook" she finished up the last of her noodles. "Well as thanks for the meal, the dishes are on me, I insist!" she smiled giving him a thumbs up.

"r-really?" he almost choked " Haha thanks Misaka, and you're most welcome…You do know how to wash dishes right?" he smirked

"ha ha ha, very funny. I can just use my railgun if it gets too difficult then" she winked and grinned, before getting up to head to the kitchen.

"May Kami protect my dishes and sink" he clasped his hands and bowed his head. She stuck her tongue out at him for that.

"This is actually really nice…almost…like a date even?…no" she shook her head "thinking like that will just confuse things more. If only that idiot wasn't so hard to read all the time"

"Hmm this is actually really nice, and she even offered to handle the dishes. You know she isn't half-bad when she isn't trying to zap me" he looked over at her in the kitchen "who knew she could be this nice, she really confuses me sometimes."

"Here you go" Mikoto came back with glasses of drink for the both of them, and sat opposite him again.

He thanked her and took a sip "So, about this person…where should we start?"

"huh? Oh.." her voice got soft and she looked down at the table "y-you don't have to get mixed up in this you know" "I know I was the one to ask for help…but I shouldn't be dragging him into trouble again, especially after everything he's been through" "I'm grateful but-"

He raised his hand to interrupt her and smiled "now come on, you promised me a little while ago, I wouldn't have to take everything on alone anymore, and you said you'd be there to help me through it remember?"

"I…" she could feel herself blushing.

"Well, I've actually thought about that a lot since then and I've decided, from now on the same goes for you, I'll be here to help you too ok? It's only fair" he gave her one of the gentle smiles she loved so much.

She blushed heavily now and all she could do was nod trying to hide her face from him. He reached across and rubbed her head like he did during the incident with the sisters. "Honestly…he always does this" she looked back at him "Does he even think about what he's saying and the effect it has? I know he probably doesn't mean it like that…yet I still feel this way. He's the type that would say that to any girl I suppose…or is it really just for me?"

"So, I may have an idea" he interrupted her thoughts bringing her attention back to him. "Do you remember what was in the message sent to your school?"

She shook her head "I never got a chance to see it, they just called Shokuhou and I in, they told us they received a strange message and that we should remain on campus until instructed otherwise, shortly after that she was attacked"

"Hmm, well in any case if this person or persons or whatever is after the level 5s specifically then we should probably check with the others right? It could be they're just targeting your school" he looked like he was thinking about something "and either way, we should have a better idea of how to start from there"

"nh…true" Mikoto answered offhandedly, the truth was she was still thinking about what he had said not too long ago. "How are we going to do that though, none of us are really that familiar with each other and they aren't exactly the friendliest of people" Images of Accelerator the #1 and Mugino Shizuri the #4 came to mind. *sigh* "He just casually moves on like it's nothing" she was resting her elbow on the table and her head in her hand "what does he really think of me?"

"Actually.." he started searching for something in his pocket.

Kamijou pulled out his, pretty standard looking, cellphone and started going through it but what Mikoto noticed was the Gekota strap hanging from his phone. She smiled to herself; it was a rare Gekota strap she received when they signed up for the pair contract cellphone antenna service. She had numerous other straps already but that was the only one of that kind and she decided to give it to him. It was special to her and he always kept it with him, even after WW3 when she returned it, he had put it back on right away "that has to count for something right?" she smiled again.

"Ah here it is" he dialed a number and put the phone on speaker, resting it in the middle of the table.

"Who're you calling?" Mikoto looked confused.

"Helllloooo?! Says Misaka as Misaka answers the phone"

"Huh?!"

"Uh…hello, um is this? Accelerator?"

"He's being mean and won't let me use the remote says Misa-ahhh!" there was some scuffling on the other end of the phone before someone else took over.

"Hello? Who is this?" It was the raspy voice of the #1 Accelerator.

"How does this idiot have his number? And was that a sister I heard just now?!" Mikoto was a bit confused but decided not to say anything.

"Hello, I'm not sure if you remember me but it's Kamijou Touma, sorry to bother you so late-"

"Tch, do you realize what time it is? What do you want? Don't tell me the world is coming to an end again"

(Why am I now associated with the end of the world? That's an unfair level of misfortune) Kamijou mumbled to himself " ah…no" he chuckled nervously "Actually I was calling to see, um if you received any strange messages, or letters?"

"Is this a joke?! A letter? What the hell does it matter?"

"It seems someone attacked one of the level 5s and-"

"Someone threatened us and the #5 was attacked" Mikoto interrupted

"Who's that?! The railgun girl? You two are pretty bold but I had a feeling it was something like that, I guess it can't be helped with all the hormones at this age, tch…don't call people while you're doing that stuff"

"huh? Wha?! Something like what-no! shut up!" Mikoto was red again and even Kamijou was blushing a little, he scratched the back of his head saying it was nothing like that. "T-This is serious! So you weren't contacted or anything?"

"Tch, no, I haven't gotten any strange letter or anything lik-" he was interrupted by the previous voice over the phone.

"Oh that reminds me, I have this for you says Misaka as Misaka belatedly remembers the note she found for you-ow-ow-ow stop karate chopping my head says Misaka as Misaka cries out!"

"How long did you have this brat?!"

"Misaka found it in her pocket this morning says Misaka as Misaka answers honestly, ow-ow-ow"

"Hold on" they could hear an envelope being opened and after a slight pause he returned " tch, seems like this is your letter"

Mikoto and Touma galanced at each other.

"Who the hell even sends fucking threat letters?! And hey you! You just found this in your pocket?"

"Yes says Misaka as Misaka nods, come to think of it, how did it get there I wonder"

"tch, count on you to be oblivious, anyway, so what's the big deal with this?" he turned his attention back to Kamijou and Mikoto.

"Well we don't have any idea who might be behind it or anything, but whoever it is did manage to attack and beat the #5 right? So it must be serious" replied Kamijou "we figured if we contacted the other level 5s we might be able to get a better idea of the situation or who might be behind it."

"It's a coward if you ask me, if he really wanted to attack, then he should just do it, all of this is just a waste of time, if the bastard comes at me, I'll deal with him"

"hmm…but to go after the level 5s and declare it, the person must feel confident, they may have ways of countering your powers" Kamijou looked up at Mikoto.

"What did the letter say?" she asked

"tch, some shit about, to the great number #1 of Academy City, yours is not true power, I shall crush your existence, and other nonsense…hmm"

"What is it?"

"Maybe this could be a tracking device…" they heard paper being crushed "just feels like paper, just to be sure" they heard an electronic *beep* followed by a massive gust of wind "hmph, strange…it wasn't a bomb either"

Kamijou looked worried "Could it be someone from the magic side? Who could it be though? No one should be targeting Academy City, well…none of the organizations that is…"

Mikoto noticed his expression but decided not to say anything "This is strange, but the higher ups should know and will probably be looking in to it"

"Ha!, both you and I know, those bastards at the top won't move unless it directly affects them." She couldn't deny that fact. "Sitting around and chatting about it won't get us anywhere, seems like I'll have to do some digging but the fucker could attack for all I care, it would make my job easier"

"Let us know if you find anything and we'll see what we can do too" Kamijou was looking over at Mikoto again and she nodded.

"tch, yea yea" Accelerator responded sounding annoyed.

"And, maybe you should find somewhere to stay hidden for a bit, we still don't have a lot of information to work with"

"Save your worrying for someone who cares, I can handle myself"

"I know" Kamijou responded "but there is still Last Order"

"tch" and with that the line disconnected.

Kamijou sat back and sighed. "Well it's a start" he looked up at Mikoto who was currently poking at the Gekota figure on the strap with her index finger.

"Well at least we know, It's not just Tokiwadai and it looks like all the level 5s, not that it's good news" she sighed. "Do you have any of the other level 5s numbers?" she half joked.

"Well other than yours, no" he looked up at the ceiling. "I wonder if it really is just the level 5s, though it seems that way" "It does sound like the magic side may have to something to do with this, maybe I should check with Tsuchimikado"

"Is something the matter? You seemed worried about something just now" she stopped playing with the doll, yawned and quickly covered her mouth a bit surprised.

He smiled to himself "ah…It's nothing, furthermore you look tired" he looked over at his clock "and it's really late" he started to get up "I have a new toothbrush somewhere here you can have, to use before bed"

"That's fine; I actually walk around with some, necessities in my bag-w-wait! Bed?!" she sat up suddenly more alert "Bed?! What does he mean by that?" she had only noticed one bed in here, and it was his dorm, there weren't even any furniture like chairs around. "I could sleep on the floor I suppose but he just spoke to me about bed, he can't mean me sleeping in the bed…w-w-with him?! Can he?" her face was red again and you could imagine the kind of scenes floating into her head.

"Uh yea…you're tired right? And we can't stay up all night" he started to yawn. "In any case I'll go first, so you can make yourself comfortable while you wait" he motioned with his chin to the bed opposite her.

"…" her mind went blank, well no, rather her mind was filed with images of the two of them on the bed some of those images even had some rather suggestive positions. She shook her head "T-this is too sudden..I-I'm not ready for t-t-that sort of thing, even if he doesn't…or-or we don't…a random boy and girl in the same bed is just.." she was blushing again.

Sometime during all of her panicking Kamijou had returned. "Hey, have you even moved from that spot? Anyway the bathroom is free now" he moved over to a cupboard and started fumbling through it. "will I never escape the tub? Such misfortune" he sighed "now where are the extra blankets and pillow?"

Mikoto had rushed off to the bathroom to try and clear her thoughts. She finished her preparations for 'bed' and was now standing in front of the mirror. "So what now? I-if it comes to that" she felt so childish looking at how much she was blushing just thinking about it. "Do I…maybe-No! I'll zap him, I'll definitely zap him if he tries anything funny" she nodded at her reflection but her cheeks were still very much red.

Soon after Mikoto returned and Kamijou was now flicking through the channels of the tv lazily stopping when he noticed her come in. He looked up at her. "wow Biribiri you sure took forever in there"

"I didn't!" she was doing her best to keep calm " and I'm sorry but I've decided I'm not going to do it!" she was still blushing.

"Do what Biribiri?" he got up with his pillows and blankets in hand, yawned again and started to head to his usual sleeping place. "Well the bed is all yours, night night Biribiri"

"uh..huh? The bed is mine?...where are you going?" she was confused now. If he said the bed was hers, where was he going to sleep?

"The tub, believe it or not I've done it before, and it's not so bad" he started to leave again.

"b-but wait, this is your dorm, I-I can't kick you out of your own bed." She wasn't sure what the alternative was going to be but she still didn't feel right about it.

"hmm…that's nice of you but I can't exactly put you in the tub or the floor" he chuckled and started to walk but she grabbed his arm.

"Well then…w-would you stay out here with me?" she looked up at him

"eh?!" "Uh…huh?..what exactly are you saying Misaka?" Kamijou was confused now "Y-you want me to stay, with you?"

"what the hell am I saying?!" "I-No, w-what, y-y-you see what I-I mean is, out-out here, not-not anything like that. It's just…I'd feel safer, with you nearby, i-is all" her voice trailed off and she laughed nervously.

"ah…it's just the next room…but o-ok" he scratched his cheek nervously "For a second there, I thought she meant something like…nope nope, come on Kamijou what are you thinking?!"

"g-good" she gave a weak smile and let go of his arm and made her way to the bed and timidly sat on it.

"w-well I guess I'll be on the floor then" Kamijou moved the kotatsu and set up his blankets and pillow before turning off the lights.

Mikoto waited for him to lay down and as if reading her mind, he turned so that his back was facing her. Still being very conscious of his presence, she lay down and really began to feel just how tired she was from all the activity earlier.

"I'm just a level 0 you know, aside from my right hand, I'd be pretty useless" he said still backing her.

"heh, you're the last person I want to hear that from, you beat the #1, ended an entire war and even faced a Magic God or something like that. Heck I haven't even beaten you yet" she smiled. She may have just been thinking of a way out of her slip up earlier, but deep down she knew she meant it. (…I always feel safe with you).

"I feel safer with you nearby huh?" He had never heard that from her before, but for whatever reason, it made him feel good. He couldn't help but imagine himself protecting her and remembering the battles they had been in together and he liked it. He yawned and felt himself drifting off "Good night Misaka…(I'll keep you safe)"

You couldn't see it in the dark but she was blushing again, staring up at the ceiling, what did she just hear him whisper? "…Goodnight Touma"

Author's Note: Well here it is everyone, the second chapter. It's Mikoto's and Touma's first night together, how do you think it went? I won't speak much about the chapter, I prefer to leave it with you as is and hear your thoughts in the reviews.

Shout out: I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to leave a review and those that have chosen to follow and favourite the story. It is a really big motivation to read your positive comments.

As requested this one is a bit longer and I'm hoping the next one can be even longer than this, because who doesn't like a nice long chapter right?

Next time: Despite all the risks, they'll have to go do some shopping.