It was like a miracle every time that doctor patched up his patients. He was so talented, almost all of them could be discharged immediately after they woke up, it was like this with Saten as well. She had woken up three hours earlier, but now a group of five, including herself, was on the way to bring her home. Accelerator had joined up with them again, after bringing Last Order home, it was getting rather late, after all.
"That old man is the most skilled doctor I've ever seen! I don't wonder, why they call him Heaven Canceller. I'm so glad you're all right Saten!" Uiharu was amazed, Saten was without a doubt saved by that Doctor. Not only has he patched up the deep wound in her stomach, even the skin had healed and there was no trace of a scar.
"It sure is amazing!" Shirai answered to the walking bouquets' statement.
Saten was meanwhile holding hands with an albino boy of high school age, while talking to them.
The fifth person of the group was silently envying her friend, while she also was very happy for her.
If only…
A while later, the group reached Satens apartment, they decided to have some tea, except Accelerator, he preferred black coffee.
Saten had an Idea, the four girls sometimes read scary short stories to each other in the dark, she had an event from the last day in her head when she proposed it. The girls liked it but Accelerator only said:
"This is stupid. Why would that be any fun?"
Ruiko stared him in the eyes, slightly disappointed and his resistance was immediately overcome by his girlfriend's unimaginably cute expression.
"Okay, okay, I'll try, damn!"
"Yaay! How about you start to read the first one?"
"Fine, just hand it over to me!"
Saten handed him her phone and turned all the lights off, the winter evening was already quite dark, so the room was only illuminated by their phones.
Minutes later, three girls were so scared, that they tightly held onto each other, one snuggled up to her boyfriend. Shortly after that the albino had finished telling the horror story. He yawned, when the light went back on.
"What a damn boring story, couldn't even frighten a child from elementary school!"
He only then realized, how scared the girls were by the story, as he had improved the text using his skills in psychological warfare, but seemingly went a bit overboard. There was one positive side to all that, Accelerator extremely enjoyed how his new girlfriend hugged him tightly.
Some time later, her friends had left a moment ago and Accelerator was about to move out too.
"You know, I feel like I've known you for ages already! Even though we met two days ago and have been together for not even a full day!"
Saten hugged him again and then whispered into his ear.
"You have scared me that much earlier, I don't think I can sleep here all alone tonight… I think you have to stay and act as my pillow!"
"I can't say no to that, can I? I said I would protect you from everything, after all."
The two lovebirds snuggled up closely together that night, it was as if Accelerators shoulder was designed to be a perfect resting place for Ruiko's head.
The next day, the albino boy was woken up from his light sleep by some noise outside. At his side cuddled a black-haired girl, with her head resting on his shoulder. He had wrapped his arm around her, while thinking about this unfamiliar situation.
I think I finally got it. Waking up like this everyday is exactly the kind of peaceful life I wished for. Thank you Ruiko, for being at my side.
He decided to just close his eyes and enjoy the heavenly feeling, the time to get up would come in about an hour, after all.
Later, they had breakfast together and Accelerator walked his Ruiko to school, before starting home. He waved goodbye to Saten, when he overheard her approaching Uiharu in the schoolyard.
"UUUUUUUUUUUUUUiiiiiiiiihaaaaruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"
*whoosh
"Ah the light pink polka dots today! How adorable!"
"SATEN!"
Accelerator thought, slightly shocked
What a damn interesting girl.
Later, when Accelerator just entered his place.
"Misaka thinks, since you are together now, Misaka will refer to Ruiko-neechan as her Kasan from now on!"
"This Misaka likes the Idea from that annoying command tower."
"Ugh, it's like this damn hero always says, such misfortune! I think he really is fucking contagious."
"Oh, hey Biribiri!"
"My name is Misaka Mikoto, for the 10000th time! What are you even doing here at the entrance of the school garden of all places?"
"I'm just waiting for someone, she wanted to meet up after school, I got a letter a few days ago. She said her name was Shoku…"
Misaka heard an all too familiar voice, before he could even continue.
"Oh, hello there Misaka, how's it going?"
A girl with long blonde hair and stars in her eyes for pupils approached them, Shokuhou Misaki, the fifth-ranked Level 5 Esper Mental-Out.
"Wha-what?!"
"I hope I didn't interrupt you and your boyfriend. We have some business together."
"Heeeeee's not my BOYFRIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEND!"
Kamijou had raised his right hand out of reflex, he knew Mikoto's temperament pretty well, from experience.
At last the mystery of the rescheduled workshops from the 26th was solved. Mental-Out really just wanted to mess with Misaka. She used the free time to spend some time with the boy Misaka had a crush on, the two of them had a quite similar connection to him after all, but Misaka and Touma didn't know of that.