Author's Note: Ok two things, I decided to make a twitter account for this fic, it's LightMyHeartOn1. Not totally sure what I'll do with it yet, most likely post drawings of Misa I've done, or drawings other people have done.
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Hope you all enjoy the chapter!
Summer vacation. Blistering hot and nothing to do.
Toshi was still going out with that second year, so she was usually out of the house. I'd actually been helping out at Chisako's bakery. It was easy and fun work, also good pay.
Surprisingly, I'd actually seen Bakugou a lot during the first few weeks. Apparently he'd become a regular since we'd gone.
I was happy he liked the bakery so much, not to mention he actually acknowledged my presence whenever he saw me. I think we were actually friends, though I doubt he'd ever admit that.
Other than Bakugou I hadn't seen any of my classmates. That is, until I got a text from Mina.
Apparently all the girls were meeting up to go swimming at the UA swimming pool, and MIna was wondering if I Wanted to go.
After asking Umi, who said yes, I responded with my answer. I was happy to hear that we'd be using the UA swimsuits. The only swimsuit I owned was my middle school issued one, and not only was that kind of embarrassing, it also didn't fit super right.
Mina also said that some of them were going to walk together and she asked where I lived so whoever was closest could meet up with me.
I sent her my address and then turned off my phone once she responded with a thumbs up.
I was…...excited.
This was the first time I was invited to a girls thing.
I wanted it to be special.
Putting aside the book I'd been reading before I got the text, I crossed my room to my closet where I took out a decorated box.
Carrying it to my desk, I sat down and opened the box. Inside were numerous bottles of nail polish.
I bit my lip as I scanned my eyes over the little bottles, looking for an appropriate colour to paint my nails for the outing.
Growing impatient, I got back up only to sit down on the ground. I then carefully tipped the box over, the nail polishes falling onto the carpeted ground.
Yeah, it was a lot easier to see them like this.
I started looking once more for a colour, eventually finding one. I chose a pale pink for the base colour, and then a black and gold for designs. Then, I got to work.
Painting my nails was one of the good things I remembered about my mom. My biological mom.
It was our thing, painting nails. She'd get all these cool and pretty colours and she'd show me how to do designs. She'd do my nails and then I'd do hers. I wasn't very good at it so her nails always ended up looking pretty bad.
But she'd never take it off.
She'd keep wearing the nail polish until we decided to do it again or until it chipped off on it's own.
It was one of the few things that I could look back on and I'd know for sure that she loved me. Despite everything else, her crimes, her lies and deception, she loved me.
Painting my nails was one of the few things I wouldn't let Toshi do. I didn't want to muddle the memories of my Mother with my new family.
I'd done a lot of practice so my nails would actually turn out nice, though it still took me awhile. It took me most of that afternoon to finish, but I loved every moment.
By the time I was done, my nails were beautiful.
The doorbell rang around noon the next day.
At the sound, I jumped out of the chair I'd been sitting in and rushed to open the door. Once opened, I was greeted with the faces of my female classmates, well, some of them.
Outside stood Mina, Hagakure, and Jirou.
The moment I opened the door, Mina squealed and launched herself at me.
"Misaki! I haven't seen you in forever!" The girl exclaimed, arms squeezing me around the middle.
"Why didn't you tell me you lived so close? We could have hung out so much!" She said, finally releasing me.
"I didn't know either, I would have loved to hang out." I said, smiling.
"You ready to go?" Jirou asked.
I nodded and slipped my shoes on, my new shoes. Roshi had gone back to the mall with me not long after summer vacation started and I was able to get a new pair.
I called out to Umi, telling her I was leaving and picked up the bag I had ready by the door.
I heard a smash, a swear, and then the sound of hurried footsteps. I suppressed a giggle as Umi exited the kitchen and rushed over to me. Once she reached me she had to bend over and catch her breath.
"Give me, huff, once second, huff, Misa-chan." The woman said holding up a finger. Once her breath was under control she stood up straight and smiled.
"Have fun!"
I heard a giggle behind me as my face went red.
"U-umi. You know you don't have to see me off every time I leave the house, right?" I asked.
"I know, but I like to. Now go! Have lots of fun with your friends!" Umi shooded us out with a smile on her face, waving once more before closing the door.
"Wow. Your mom's a real character, huh?" Jirou said, raising an eyebrow in amusement.
I blushed, nodding.
"I know right! She's awesome!" Mina laughed, throwing her arm around my shoulder.
"You're so lucky to have a mom like her. I wish my mom was more fun…." Hagakure said wistfully.
"She is pretty great. Though she sometimes gets too involved. My sister, Toshi, has a lot of experience with that."
We chatted all the way to the station and during the train ride.
We met up with Yaomomo, Tsuyu, and Uraraka at the pool changing rooms. They had already gotten the key and swimsuits for everyone. Once we were inside Yaomomo handed out the swimwear and we all started changing.
The school issued swimsuits were, interesting. Definitely not what most of us were used to, though Tsuyu seemed to be right in her element. The suits resembled something people would wear to a race. It went down mid thigh and finished in straps. Kind of like a one piece with pants.
Once we were all finished changing, we headed out to the pool,
Where we were met with the sight of the boys.
I was suddenly grateful for the conservitive swimsuits.
"Mina, I thought it was just going to be us girls!" I said, mild panic my my hushed voice.
"It was, crazy coincidence huh?" The pink skinned girl laughed, heading over to greet our friends. I sighed. I doubt Mina would have lied to me about the boys coming, so it must really be a coincidence.
I knew that other than Mineta, none of my male classmates would actually try something so I did my best to relax and have fun. That was why we were there after all.
I joined the girls in the pool and quickly found all my worries leaving me. It was...fun.
Yaomomo had made a beach ball so we could pass it around. Not too long after, I noticed a disturbance where the boys were. Looking over I saw that Kirishima and Bakugou had shown up. I met Kirishima's eyes and waved, the boy giving me a cheery smile in return. While Bakugiu didn't smile, or even wave, he met my eyes and nodded his head, acknowledging my presence.
Right after that I was hit in the head with the ball.
I fell face first into the water, yelping in surprise but not hurt in any way. Removing my head from the water, I laughed, the other girls joining me.
The training camp was next week, hopefully it'd be just as fun.
