Unlikely and Unusual
Day 10 - Trust - MinaTooru
"Tooru-chan? Are you there?"
"Yup! I'm ready when you are, Mina-chan!"
Mina falters a bit as she stands on the edge of a rocky cliff. Around them, their classmates are leaping off backwards in wild abandon. She hears Kaminari whooping beside her as he jumps off without any seeming regard of his bodily integrity.
Below, she peeks at the sight of Shouji catching the electric boy in his many arms without much trouble. Beside their tallest classmate, she sees the floating pair of gloves waiting for her to leap.
This is an odd exercise, but she supposed that it's good training to know how to catch people falling off of high places. Still, Tooru's a few centimeters shorter than her, and she isn't entirely sure if the girl can handle her weight. Not saying that it's a bad idea, but...
"Mina-chaaaaan? Come onnn, juuuump~ I'll catch youuu~" Tooru's boots are stepping side-to-side excitedly as she sings out to Mina. It's really cute, but doesn't take the worry of leaping into thin air off.
"Okay! Sorry, Tooru-chan, gimme another second!"
"'kay~" The girl doesn't stop holding out her gloves in front of her. Mina peeks at her again as she attempts to build her courage. There's something so earnest and utterly adorable about the way the invisible girl is standing there, ready to catch her in her arms, that the pink girl couldn't help but smile.
Yeah, she can totally do this. She trusts Tooru. She won't let her get hurt.
Mina takes a deep breath and shakes off her hands, now covered in acidic sweat. Gracefully, she crosses both arms over her chest, holds her breath, and lets herself drop backwards.
"Gotcha!" She's barely jarred when she lands in Tooru's surprisingly strong arms. Mina feels her breath returning to her as she grasps the smaller girl's naked shoulder and feels all the impressive bulk of her deltoid.
Next thing she knows, the girl is carrying her bridal style and jumping in place excitedly. "Yay! We did it! We did it!" To the others around them, it looks like Mina's floating, and she smiles at how really cool that might look like.
"Yeah girl we did it! Now put me down!" Mina laughs at the enthusiastic girl, who lets her down in the next second. "Now get up that cliff and jump on me, woman!"
"You got it! I trust you, Mina-chan!" The floating gloves run up the cliff and get into position.
After the pink girl calls out to her to tell her that she's ready, it only takes a second for Tooru to leap right into Mina's arms, where she belongs.
AN: The shortest and sweetest chapter yet :) hope I did my girls justice!