Chapter Two: Described As Bored
I am thankful,
For all those horrible people in my life.
They've shown me,
Exactly who I don't want to be.
Just remember,
That all the shit someone puts your through…
Sooner or later,
Will find its way back to them…
After everyone got used to having Auryn around and they started treating her like she was one of their friends. The girls were nicer to her and started talking to her, and the boys started paying more attention to her.
Denki was more careful around her, and made sure not to flirt with her too much. Eijiro often pulled the blonde into a headlock whenever he thought Denki was flirting too much with her. Auryn blushed and tensed up whenever they got too close to her, but everyone else just passed it off as they were making her nervous.
Tenya was like a guardian for her, he made sure that none of the other students crowded her in and didn't bother her when she was trying to walk, and made sure she could be heard whenever she spoke. He thought of himself as an older brother for her, and scolded the other students for teasing her or asking too many personal questions. Normally Shouto assisted him though and Midoriya would often chime in as well. However, there was one other who stood out the most when it came to Auryn.
Katsuki had stayed close to Auryn, and actually helped her around the school. He was the one that walked with her when they'd pass the halls and opened the doors for her. The other boys would snicker at him and tease him for his actions, but Katsuki would normally either yell at them or say something extremely vulgar to them and make them all back off. The girls would gossip about him behind his back so he wouldn't hear them. However, all of Auryn's classmates could say one thing about Auryn: …
Auryn Honda was a quiet girl. She was (in all of her teachers' eyes) a good student despite her handicaps, but she always scored top in her classes in the female section anyway. But she hardly spoke to anyone and always stayed to herself. It wasn't that she thought she was better than her classmates – she always spoke to them whenever they'd talk to her or asked her a question, but other than that, she never started a conversation and was always by herself (unless someone sat with her or Katsuki dragged her over to sit with him).
Right now, the students were all sitting together on their last class for the day; talking about their plans for the weekend. But something wasn't right about today: Auryn was even more quiet than usual. Whenever anyone would talk to her, she'd smile a fake smile and answer them by either nodding or shaking her head, or shrugging her shoulders or giving them a thumbs up. It was almost like she lost her voice, and the students that DID try to talk to her, were starting to get more worried as their break period drew on.
"Do you guys know what's wrong with Auryn? I don't think I've ever seen look so down before." Eijiro said in a quiet tone; leaning into his desk so he could look over at the girl in question.
"Yeah, she's been a little sad lately, hasn't she? You'd think someone kicked her puppy or something." Denki chimed in with worry in his tone; mimicking the red haired boy's gesture.
"Maybe she's just tired or something?" Ochaco suggested tilting her head to the side.
Katsuki got tired of hearing his peers talking about Auryn. He wouldn't admit it out loud, but he had formed an interest in the gray-haired girl, and he found himself thinking about her most of the time. The thought of something bothering her angers him and he didn't know why.
And with knowing something wasn't right with his obsession, he got up and left the group and made his way over towards her; not caring for what his peers would say or do.
"Move over. I'm sitting down." He said roughly; pulling up a chair to sit next to her.
Auryn yelped and looked up to see Katsuki sliding into the chair next to hers. She quickly moved away and gave him more than enough space to sit comfortably beside her.
He situated himself in his seat, and leaned into the desk. "What's up?" He asked in a blunt tone; looking over at the girl without moving his head.
Auryn looked over at the boy sitting next to her for a moment, and shook her head "no"; trying to tell him that nothing was wrong, but he knew better. He had watched people enough to know that "nothing" meant that something was bothering them. And he felt his temper was slipping out of his control when she kept refusing to tell him (or anyone) what was wrong.
"Don't give me that bullshit." He hissed impatiently; glaring darkly at her. "I know something's not right with you."
Auryn looked up from her sketchbook to give him a weary look. "I've just got a lot of my plate right now, Katsuki…" She replied dryly; leaning back into her seat.
"I'm gonna need more than that to get off your case, you know." He warned in a stubborn tone; folding his arms over his chest.
Auryn shook her head at the boy. "It's family business, Katsuki… You best bet is to stay out of it and spare yourself the headache." She told him with a faint smile.
Katsuki raised a brow. "It must be important if you're stressing out about it so much." He reasoned in a final tone; narrowing his eyes at her.
Auryn sighed and shook her head. "It's actually not really all that important – my family comes together every few months and hang out and talk about current events that concern the family's interests. I just make a big deal out of it because I've always hated those meetings." She explained in a defeated tone; hanging her head in shame. "And the reason I'm dreading it NOW more than the other times is because I have to go and spend the entire weekend with them. I barely have time to change out of my uniform when I get home, and I've got a lot of things that need to be done when I get home after school today."
"Why do you even bother going if you hate it so much?" Katsuki asked in a curious tone; watching Auryn closely.
Auryn sighed and shook her head. "THAT is a story for another time, Katsuki. Right now, it's about time for the last bell to go off, and I need to start picking up my things so I can leave."
Katsuki watched as Auryn began gathering her things and placing them neatly in her bag. He looked around and saw that the other students had done the same thing. They started putting their desks back in place and putting their things together as well. And knowing that he was defeated; decided to follow everyone else's example and do the same thing they were doing.
And just like Auryn had predicted, the bell sounded throughout the school; signaling that the students may now leave for the weekend. The teacher wished everyone a good weekend and to not forget to do their homework while they were all leaving the room.
Like all the other times, Katsuki waited for Auryn outside the door. He watched as she slowly cleared the door before he darted after her.
"Listen, Auryn," he said in an unsure tone; walking alongside her, "can I walk you home? I mean, we're pretty much going the same way anyway, right? So, there's really no point in walking home alone."
Auryn smiled faintly at the boy walking next to her. "It's up to you, Katsuki." She said as she shrugged her bony shoulders at him; being careful not to trip.
After the pair had left the grounds, Auryn and Katsuki arrived at the cross walk where they normally parted ways. Auryn turned to the boy and gave him a soft smile.
"Well, this is where we go our separate ways." She said as she shifted her body to face West. "Have a good weekend for me, okay, Katsuki and I will see you bright and early on Monday morning!"
Katsuki reached out and grabbed Auryn's braid; causing her to stop dead in her tracks. "Now, hold on just one second! I'm walking with you all the way to your house!" He cried out angrily; letting go of her hair so she could turn back around to face him.
"Why? I've already told you that I have to get ready to go to my family's main house for the weekend. I'll barely have enough time to change out of my school uniform before I have to leave." She reasoned in a confused tone; watching him shift between his feet.
"Yeah, I know, but you need to take a train to get to where you're going, don't you? And that also means you're going by yourself, right? Well, I don't really think anyone is gonna help you TO the train station let alone ONTO the train." Katsuki protested in an arrogant tone; knowing full well that he had her pegged.
Auryn narrowed her eyes and shook her head at Katsuki. "True, but I'm sure you've got plans for the weekend, don't you? Why would you want to waste your Friday afternoon with someone like me rather than spending it on something that's actually WORTH your time?" She challenged in the same arrogant tone; knowing that she made a good point.
Katsuki blushed slightly, and looked away from her. "…" He mumbled under his breath; refusing to look at Auryn.
Auryn smirked slightly to herself. She knew she had him, but she wanted to add more salt to his wounded pride. "What was that, Katsuki? I didn't quite catch that last part." She said in a playful tone; leaning closer to him.
"I SAID THAT I DIDN'T MAKE ANY PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND, OKAY?!" He yelled at her; making her flinch at his response.
He realized that he made a mistake, and his blushed deepened. "Fuck, I'm sorry, Auryn." He apologized in a bitter tone. "I didn't mean to yell at you like that. I'm just – EMBARRASSED that everyone made plans for the weekend, but me."
Auryn looked over at Katsuki with an empathetic smile. "You've always got your homework to keep you company." She offered in an unsure tone; tilting her head to the side.
Katsuki rolled his eyes at the girl. 'But I wanted to spend the weekend with you…' He thought sadly to himself as he sighed and rubbed the back of his head.
Auryn sighed and turned to walk away. "Well, I would offer you to come along, but you'd be just as bored there than you would doing your homework," she said in a lazy tone, moving forward down the sidewalk, "so, it'd be a lose-lose situation."
Katsuki's ears perked at Auryn's idea. "Why would I be bored?" He asked in a curious tone; his curiosity getting the better of him.
"Oh, it's just a bunch of adults talking about current events and picking at their children. I always get bored to tears at these things, so I normally just stay outside if my allergies don't flare up and bite me in the you-know-what." Auryn said flatly; shivering at the thought.
Katsuki thought about for a moment, and he had already made up his mind. "I'm going with you." He said in a final tone; looking straight at her.
Auryn shook her head and pushed forward. "Sorry, but the last time I checked, YOU are not of Honda blood. Only Honda family is allowed to attend our meetings. Strict family law. Sorry, but that's the way it is." She said in a firm tone; giving him a blank stare.
"But-!" Katsuki started to protest but Auryn cut him off.
"I'll tell you what: I'll talk to Aikido and see what he says about you coming with me NEXT TIME, okay?" Auryn suggested in a sisterly tone; bumping her shoulder against his in a friendly manner. "It just wouldn't be a very good idea to just show up uninvited."
Katsuki huffed and folded his arms over his chest. "But still… I'm the only one who doesn't have anything to do this weekend and I'm going to be bored out of my mind!" He whined in an angry tone; sulking down as they walked the sidewalk.
Auryn rolled her eyes and blew air through her nose. "Oh, please! You've got loads to do! Like homework, studying, going to the arcade, and training – need I go on?" She reasoned in a logical tone; giving him a flat look.
Katsuki scuffed bitterly and stuck his nose at the thought of the homework that was in his backpack. "Yeah, right, the assignments are so easy that I'll have them done in less than an hour! Then I'd be bored to death for the rest of the weekend!" He mumbled in protest.
Auryn sighed and shook her head at him. The rest of the trip to Auryn's apartment was silent. They made it up to her place, and she quickly told him to wait outside for her to come back out. She was only gone for a few minutes, but it felt like hours to him. He didn't know why, but it aggravated him to no end. Why was he affected by Auryn so much? He barely knew her for crying out loud! So, why was he feeling the sudden attachment to her?
She quickly came outside of the apartment with a backpack on her bag, and wearing her standard street clothes. She wore black pants with a black floral wrap around the waist and matching character shoes. She had a dark red 2-piece tank top and black arm warmers that reached up to her under arms. Her hair was let down in waves of gray that looked silver in the natural light. She kept her effects that she's normally seen wearing.
Katsuki thought she looked beautiful in her street clothes. No… to him, she looked hot! He couldn't take his eyes off of her! Now, he wished he really WAS going with her!
Auryn looked over at Katsuki for a few moments and then turned her eyes to look over at herself. "What? Do I have something on my clothes?" She asked in a worried tone; looking down at her legs.
Katsuki shook his head clear of his thoughts, and gave her a straight face. "Uh-no… you look fine. Let's go." He said in an awkward tone; turning around quickly to hide his blush.
Auryn stared at Katsuki's back for a few seconds before she finally gave up and followed after him…
After the two finally made it to the train station, Auryn got her ticket ready to board the train. Katsuki followed her over towards a bench nearby and watched as she pulled her backpack off her shoulders and leaned against the bench with a weary sigh.
He sat down next to her on the bench and watched her open her backpack frantically and began searching for something. "What are you looking for?" He asked in a curious tone; watching her digging around in her backpack.
Auryn ignored him and kept digging around in her backpack, and finally found what she was looking for. She sighed in relief and pulled out what looked like an inhaler. She gave the device a few good shakes and held it up to her mouth; taking a deep breath and exhaling after holding it for as long as she could.
She leaned all the way back against the bench and closed her eyes. "I have asthma and I have to take breathing treatments and use a rescue inhaler." She said in a hollow tone; looking up at the ceiling.
"Asthma?" Katsuki echoed back at her; concern growing stronger by each word she spoke. 'That must be what Recovery Girl was talking about when she asked if Auryn if she needed a breathing treatment.'
Auryn nodded and looked over at Katsuki with a broken smile. "I was born three months prematurely and had weak brachial tubes since I was a child." She said in a sad tone; shaking her head at herself.
She then gasped and leaned forward in her seat. "But it's nothing too serious! I just have to be more careful than most people!" She quickly added; shaking her hands in front of her face.
"And just now? Was the Hell was that?!" Katsuki asked in a frantic tone; worry showing on his face.
Auryn shrugged her bony shoulders in response. "Meh… I was just out of breath. Nothing to worry about." She said in a lazy tone. "Now, when I go into an ASTHMA ATTACK is when you should worry."
"An asthma attack? Are they really that bad?" Katsuki asked in a worried tone; his hands starting to sweat with nervousness.
Auryn blinked at Katsuki's worried gaze. "Why do you want to know so badly?" She asked in a cynical tone; narrowing her eyes at him.
Katsuki bolted back into his seat. "Well, it would help to know what to look out for if you go into one of those, right? And what to do if you can't help yourself. I'm sure no one else knows about your asthma, right?" He declared in a defensive tone; scratching his cheek in embarrassment.
"Well, if you really wanna know," Auryn said; giving into his diligence, "it can be as minor as shortness of breath or as major as passing out from lack of oxygen getting into my lungs."
"What would anyone do if that happens?" Katsuki pressed urgently; leaning closer to the girl.
"If I pass out? I start breathing on my own automatically. But I still need to get a breathing treatment or at least my inhaler to open my air waves." Auryn replied in a logical tone; looking away from Katsuki.
"How would you get any of that if you're passed out?" Katsuki asked in a worried tone.
Auryn shifted in her seat. "That's the tricky part: Someone would have to hold me to their chest so my breathing can even out with theirs, wait until I exhale and press the rest of the air out of my lungs, stick the inhaler in my mouth, and squeeze it until the vapor comes out. Easy as that!" She explained as if she were a parent explaining something to a child.
After she noticed that Katsuki looked like he was in great distress, she gasped and quickly shook her hands in front of her face. "Oh, but it's nothing to worry about – I swear! I normally catch myself LONG before it gets that bad! And the breathing treatments help prevent them from happening!"
Katsuki sighed and relaxed in his seat and leaned back against the bench. "That's good to know…" He said in a relieved tone. "Okay, so what causes asthma? I mean, what triggers it?"
"My allergies normally are the cause of my attacks. Chemical fumes, dust, pollen, high humidity, or over exerting myself." Auryn answered in a logical tone; cracking a slight smile.
Auryn was about to say something more to the ashy blonde boy next to her, but a robotic voice sounded throughout the station. It said that the train that Auryn was supposed to take was now boarding.
"Well, that's my train." Auryn said in a weary tone; shoving her inhaler in her pocket and standing up from the bench. "If you truly want to know more about asthma, then you'll either wait till I get back or just look it up online. "Knowledge is power" is what I always say!"
Katsuki jumped up to his feet. "Are you sure you'll be alright by yourself?" He asked in a concerned tone; watching her slip the straps of her backpack on her shoulders.
Auryn groaned and rolled her eyes in response. "I've taking the train by myself sense I was eight years old, Katsuki." She said in an all-knowing tone; giving him a playful smirk.
"Text me when you make there." Katsuki demanded in a firm tone; giving her a hardened glare.
Auryn giggled and waved him off. "Yes, father." She joked as she shifted her body to walk away.
Katsuki didn't know why he did it, but he quickly wrapped his arms around her body and gave her a hug from behind before he could stop himself. It was instinct pulling him to her.
Auryn smiled faintly to herself and leaned back against his chest. "I'll miss you, too, Katsuki." She whispered quietly to him, as she gently pushed herself away from him, and gave him a soft peck on the cheek before she shifted her weight to start moving over towards the platform.
Katsuki stared at her retreating form in a daze. 'She – she just… KISSED me…' He thought in a shocked smile on his face.
He watched her until she was out of sight; before he pumped a fist high into the air. He couldn't believe that he had just got kissed by a girl. Well, it was a kiss on the cheek, but he still counted it as a kiss all the same.
Maybe this weekend wouldn't be so bad after all…
