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Rin waited downstairs, fidgeting with his clothing. He had facetimed with First Aid and she had dressed him casual, but not too casual. Also she had helped him decide on a sparkly festive headband instead of flowers. He wasn't exactly sure how that fit Kaori better, but it made sense. She wouldn't have to carry flowers around for the night and the headband was perfect.
Kaori frowned as she stepped down the last step. "I wasn't expecting you until 5:02," she said, glancing at Rin.
"I was early?" Rin grinned, wondering why he had made that a question. "You look nice," he said quickly, remembering "nice things to say that weren't creepy" from First Aid's list.
Kaori looked down, then shrugged a shoulder. She was wearing loose fitting clothing, black on black, perfect to move around in. There was nothing that warranted the compliment; she wasn't interested enough to figure it out. "Well, thank you," she said, looking back. "Are you ready to go?"
"I am," Rin nodded. "It isn't a long walk from the school, unless you'd rather take the bus."
"Walking is fine," Kaori said, turning. "It's a nice night anyway."
"Yeah," Rin agreed. "Walking is great."
Giving him another sideways look, Kaori led the way to the door. "A few of my cousins will have booths there." She wasn't sure if she felt like stopping by, she hadn't seen Niko since that disaster of a family dinner, but she thought there might be one or two that she would like to say him too.
"Oh well that's fine," Rin nodded. "I figured when we are hungry we can eat at Genjiro's uncle's place."
Kaori nodded her agreement. "Are we going to wait for the others?" She was trying to calculate how much time she would have to do what she was wanting.
"Well we can if you want, but I was thinking we could hang out just the two of us...since they have dates and everything," Rin stammered.
Kaori considered this for a moment. She supposed that made sense. They didn't want to make things uncomfortable or weird for the two couples, she supposed. "Alright," she agreed. "I'm sure Anamiya and Genjiro will appreciate us staying out of the way."
"Right," Rin nodded. "Makes sense."
"Of course it does," Kaori agreed. She only reached conclusions that made sense. "Do you have any particular thing you want to do first?"
"I figured I would let you decide," Rin said. "I'm excited about all of it so it doesn't matter to me."
"Have you ever been?" Kaori asked, reaching for a notebook. This wasn't her usual one as she wanted to keep all her lists separate from one another.
"Not especially," Rin said after a moment. "What's the notebook for?"
"An answer for an answer," Kaori said, giving him a look. "Not especially implies that you're not interested in this, yet the question that I asked was a 'yes or no' question."
"Well," Rin replied, running a hand across the back of his neck. "I'm very interested...when I said not especially...I was kinda at one a few years ago?"
"Kinda?" Kaori narrowed her eyes instantly, studying him intently. "I see."
"My father had us train in a hall of mirrors, but the carnival was closed and no one was around," Rin explained. He had to get used to his open past now.
"Your father," Kaori said flatly after several moments of considering the implication. "Is an asshole but I do appreciate his creativity."
"He's very creative," Rin nodded in agreement with her earlier statement as well. "So...the notebook?"
Kaori held it up. "This one is just to keep my thoughts organized. I have to make sure I do everything I want to."
"So a list of things you want to do at the Carnival?" Rin glanced at it.
"Yes," Kaori said after a beat. "That's it exactly." It was a very detailed schedule, to make sure they were able to do everything in the time limit they had, but his way of explaining made it seem...better.
"Oh, you even have how many minutes at each thing," Rin noted. "That's very...organized."
"Organization is key to being a good hero and to succeed in all aspects of life." Kaori shrugged. "Besides, this carnival won't be back for another two and a half years."
"That's right," Rin nodded. "But...isn't a carnival about being spontaneous?"
"I'm not a very spontaneous person," Kaori said. Everything had to be planned out, though she had trained herself to be able to adapt if need be.
"But what if you like a game and want to spend more time on it, or you want to do the ball toss before the hall of mirrors?" Rin looked at her.
Kaori shook her head. "I did research on all the games they were offering before I met you," she said with a shrug.
"But what if you get there and one looks better than the other?" Rin grinned.
Kaori pressed her lips together in a tight line. "Then I will simply shift my scheduling somewhat." She had already considered this possibility.
"That sounds very spontaneous," Rin nodded approvingly.
"Being able to adapt and being spontaneous are two different things," Kaori disagreed. She thought everyone understood that.
"Can you schedule one spontaneous moment tonight?" Rin looked at her. "Just for me?"
Kaori wrinkled her nose. "You can't schedule spontaneity."
"Well I think it's a great compromise," Rin grinned at her.
Studying him intently for several moments, Kaori took her time, weighing both the pros and cons of this type of agreement. "Alright," she said finally. "I suppose this can be deemed to be acceptable."
"Good," Rin nodded. "Then you can schedule a spontaneous moment."
Kaori sighed. "Even though that's near impossible, I'll do it," she said, hating that she couldn't resist a challenge.
"Yay," Rin smiled.
Kaori rolled her eyes, though she was smiling a little. "I don't understand you as much as I want to," she admitted.
"Am I mysterious?" Rin grinned.
"No," Kaori said flatly, though her lips twitched into another smile without much prompting.
"But you said you didn't understand me," Rin smirked.
"You're a puzzle. Puzzles aren't mysterious," Kaori said, rolling her eyes.
"Hm, a puzzle," Rin looked thoughtful.
"As good a way of describing you as anything," Kaori said with a shrug
"That's interesting," Rin said quietly.
"Is it?" Kaori asked, rising an eyebrow. What did he define as interesting?
"Yeah," Rin nodded.
"How?" Kaori asked, looking at him sideways.
"I like being a puzzle," Rin said. "It's all broken up until someone puts it together then its a great picture."
"You've put some thought into this," Kaori said, dipping her head. It was interesting.
"It took me a few seconds," Rin shrugged.
Kaori laughed. "Just a few? Color me impressed."
"It was after you debunked my mystery theory," Rin said.
"That's what I'm here for. Debunking theories," Kaori said, putting her notebook back.
"Right," Rin grinned. "Well what's first on our list?"
"Hall of mirrors," Kaori said without missing a beat.
"Oh," Rin nodded. "Well I can show you the trick to getting out if you don't know it."
"I've never been to one before," Kaori said with a frown. "But let's see what it looks like in there."
"Oh well then you can find your way out," Rin said.
"I bet I'll figure it out within two minutes." Kaori had given herself that amount of time to do so.
"One and a half," Rin grinned at her.
Kaori's lips twitched, then she gave in and grinned. "Well I can't resist a challenge."
"Race you," Rin said.
Kaori narrowed her eyes then took off without a word.
Rin grinned, chasing after her.
Feet pounding the pavement, Kaori weaved around objects, such as trash cans. She would win this.
Rin glanced around, just them, he jumped over the trash can.
Smirking as she aw that, Kaori kept going, running faster down the pavement, hair flying behind her.
Rin ran after her as fast as he could, parkouring over the objects she wove around.
"Good job," Kaori called, impressed despite herself.
"Thanks," Rin grinned up at her.
Kaori found herself returning the grin. "Don't let it go to your head."
"I won't," Rin said.
Kaori smirked this time, then leapt over a trash can, dropping and rolling before resuming her run again.
Rin chased after her, jumping over trash cans and avoiding people now that they were drawing closer to the carnival.
Realizing they were about evenly paced, Kaori put on a burst of speed. She wasn't about to lose.
Rin dodged a large man, barely checking himself in time to follow after Kaori again.
"Too slow," Kaori called over her shoulder.
"I'm catching up," Rin said.
Kaori smirked. He wasn't even close but she admired his determination.
Rin ducked around several people running up to Kaori. He was really close to catching her.
"You can't come in without tickets," a man called, stepping suddenly in front of them.
Rin came to a screeching halt, struggling to find his balance. He had completely missed that they were at the Carnival. "Oh, sorry sir. We'll go pay for tickets."
Kaori stopped, perfectly keeping her balance. "Of course," she said, already fishing for her wallet.
"Oh no, I've got this," Rin dug in his pocket. "I want to get the tickets since this was my idea sort of."
"You can get the food," Kaori said with a handful of cash already in hand. She didn't see the point in doing anything but splitting the cost of things.
"Oh well, I planned for everything," Rin assured her.
Kaori gave him a look, then shrugged. "I already have it already," she said, turning away so they could to the ticket booth. "Just do dinner and the games if you want to."
"Alright," Rin swallowed. He'd have to talk to First Aid to make sure that was alright. He was taking her on a..d..d..ate.
Kaori frowned when she heard the slight crack in his voice. "What is it?" she asked, wondering what she had missed. Very rarely did she miss something but sometimes she got wrapped up in her own thoughts.
"Oh nothing," Rin smiled. He was pretty sure she hadn't realized that they were on a date and he wasn't sure how to clue her in.
Kaori shrugged, knowing it wasn't nothing but not too interested in figuring it out right now. She was ready to begin. Walking up to the ticket booth, she quickly got tickets so she could really start their adventure here.
"So, hall of mirrors first?" Rin glanced at her.
Kaori nodded, passing him his. "Of course. We have nine and a half minutes there."
"Can you do it in that amount of time?" Rin asked.
"I'm looking around for seven minutes, then I'll be getting out in a minute and a half, then I have another minute for error," Kaori explained, reaching for her notebook again.
"You scheduled for mistakes?" Rin peeked over her shoulders.
"Of course. I don't make them often but they must always be considered," Kaori said with a sigh, letting him see her scribbled notes.
"Right," Rin nodded. "Always have a plan b."
"Always have at least a plan b through d," Kaori said, as it never hurt to have too many plans in place.
"No plan Ms?" Rin asked.
"If you go past d, you really shouldn't be the one making plans to begin with," Kaori said, walking down the street. Her dark eyes were watchful; there was a lot to take it.
"Ahh," Rin replied. "So...never ever a plan M?"
"Never," Kaori said, shaking her head. "It's pointless and not at all smart. You always need your first, and sometimes your second, plan to work so make them good and you won't ever need to go that far into the alphabet."
"But think about all the letters that are missing out," Rin grinned.
Kaori rolled her eyes, though her lips were twitching into a smile. "They'll survive."
"Alright, let's find the hall of mirrors," Rin smiled.
"It's that way," Kaori said, pointing to the building they were approaching. "I made sure to find the location of everything before."
"Oh, that's very organized,"Rin nodded.
"Organization is key," Kaori said, putting her notebook back as she lead him into the building.
"Right," Rin nodded. He glanced around. It was hard not to think about his training.
Kaori began walking, eyeing the mirrors that appeared around them near instantly. "How did he train you with them?"
"Attacking with precision," Rin replied. "Not letting your eyes deceive you. All that."
"Interesting," Kaori said thoughtfully. She needed to mention this to her mother; she would find it interesting as well.
"Also there was loud music going so you couldn't trust your hearing either," Rin replied.
"Mhm." Kaori looked at the mirrors as they passed, their reflections disorientated.
"This one makes me look tall," Rin stopped in front of one.
Kaori stopped as well, then shook her head. "I don't care for it."
"Maybe I should go to the one that makes me look wide?" Rin glanced at her.
Shrugging, Kaori moved to another, studying herself. She looked very short. "Perception is an odd concept."
"It is," Rin nodded.
Kaori reached up, studying her arms. "Makes you wonder what's really the truth."
"Well, we can't trust reflections others cast on us, right?" Rin asked.
"But can we trust our own?" Kaori tilted her head to the side, studying herself for a moment before moving on. "We have our own deep biases."
"Right," Rin nodded.
"Like I said. Perception is just complicated," Kaori said, narrowing her eyes as she studied herself. "Raises a lot of interesting questions."
"This one makes my face look weird,' Rin glanced at her.
Kaori glanced back, then smirked. "I like your usual face."
"Yeah?" he grinned at her.
Kaori smirked again, then looked back at her own reflection. "I guess."
"Oh well. Are you ready to get through the maze?" Rin looked at her.
Kaori glanced at her phone. "We have roughly fifteen seconds before we can."
"Great," Rin nodded.
"Are you ready?" Kaori asked, putting back her phone then straightening.
"Ready," Rin grinned.
Kaori found herself grinning back. "It's time then."
"I don't think I can do this," Anamiya murmured, trying to remember how to breathe as he stared at his feet. They were waiting for the girls and he about convinced himself that he should flee while he had a chance.
"You can do this," Genjiro grabbed him by the shoulders. "It's alright. Just take a deep breath."
Anamiya attempted to, then choked. "This is going to end in disaster. She'll never speak to me again," he gasped.
"She hasn't really spoken to you before now," Genjiro said blankly, before he realized the words had come out of his mouth. "So she has no standards," he laughed weakly. "You can do this."
Horror instantly crossed Anamiya's face as his best friend's words prompted an idea. "Do you think she only said yes out of pity?"
"No!" Genjiro said. "Think about that time you two were alone together, you must have said something to impress her!"
"I was an idiot," Anamiya muttered, certain of that. He always seemed to when he was around her.
"No, you were super neat and that's why she said yes because you are a good guy," Genjiro said, shaking Anamiya with hopes of adding sense.
Anamiya, caught off guard by the sudden movement, nearly tripped over his own feet. "I don't know…"
"What are you two doing?" Hikari, with a slight crease between her brows, stared at them, hand on a hip. She never could be sure with Genjiro.
"Oh, hi," Genjiro turned around, seeing Ikeda behind Raiji. "Oh you know, just, straightening Anamiya's clothes…" He smiled brightly. "Are you ready?"
Hikari shook her head. That was about what she expected of him. "We are," she said, wondering if she was dressed correctly for this. Hanami had taken charge of her and Yukiko's clothing and left no room for discussion. She was very far out of her comfort zone but she thought it would be fun.
"Well, uh, let's go," Genjiro smiled.
Not sure what to do with his hands, Anamiya stuffed his hands in his pockets. He couldn't even bring himself to look at Yukiko.
Returning the smile, Hikari turned to the door. She was looking forward to seeing if this carnival was as impressive as it sounded.
"I don't know why no one else wanted to come," Sutoi said with a sigh, waiting for his and Hinata's tickets. He thought they were going to have a blast; there were so many games and the ferris wheel was going to be the best.
"I don't know either," Hinata shrugged. She was super excited, this was going to be the best night ever.
"They're just weird," Sutoi said with a grin as he gave her her ticket. "Come on. Let's go play some games."
"Yes! Let's win all the games!" Hintata grabbed her ticket and ran off.
Laughing, Sutoi followed. "Where to first?" he asked, looking around. "Oh, how about that ball toss?"
"Oh that one looks good!" Hinata agreed enthusiastically.
"Bet I can beat you," Sutoi said with a grin as he neared the game. He was learning rather quickly how competitive Hinata could be.
"Girls rule, boys drool," Hinata smirked at him.
Sutoi rolled his eyes, pulling at a strand of her hair before pushing her towards the line. "We'll see about that."
"I'll beat you faster," Hinata shrugged.
"You say that now, but…" Sutoi smirked this time, pleased how fast the line was moving.
"I'm going to roast you angel boy," Hinata poked him in the chest.
"Angel boy?" Sutoi frowned, not sure what to think of the nickname.
"Your hero name," Hinata shrugged. "Archangel. Kinda promoting yourself up the ranks aren't you there," she grinned.
Sutoi considered this for a moment then smirked. "Well, I can't argue against that," he admitted. "But if you call me Angel Boy, I'm going to have to call you something too."
"Like...what?" Hinata looked suspiciously at him.
"Uh…" Sutoi frowned as they moved closer to the front. "Hinnie?"
"Ew," Hinata instantly glared at him.
"Nata?" Sutoi asked, lips twisting. She was cute no matter what she did.
"Maybe," Hinata said thoughtfully.
"I mean, it's better then Hinnie," Sutoi pointed out then grinned. "We're up. Think about it and let me know by the time we get done."
"Yeah, and you can get ready to accept defeat," Hinata said.
Yukiko stood quietly, looking at the bright lights of the carnival was very...different. She hadn't expected it to be so very musical. There were all types of music playing all at once it seemed like.
Wondering how he could possibly ever forgive Genjiro for leaving him alone with Yukiko, Anamiya swallowed hard as he stared at her. "So are you enjoying yourself?" he asked finally.
Yukiko nodded. "Yes," she said softly, looking at the different sights again.
Anamiya kept watching her, unable to help himself. "Thanks for coming with me," he murmured, wishing his voice could come out steady.
"Yeah," Yukiko crossed her arms. "Uh...thanks."
"You're..uh...very nice...and that," Anamiya said, a flush creeping up his face as he spoke. Why couldn't he shut up?
"Oh...uh...thanks," Yukiko glanced downwards.
Anamiya wanted the ground to swallow him whole. "I...I really...I really appreciate you agreeing and um I'm sorry I'm so awkward."
"Its alright," Yukiko shook her head. She wasn't really great at this whole, social interaction either.
Somehow, Anamiya believed her. Relaxing, he looked around then spotted a bench not a handful of feet away. "Do you want to sit for a bit? People watch?"
"Yeah," Yukiko nodded.
Leading her to the bench, Anamiya set down on it. This was the type of things he enjoyed. "It'll be nice," he said softly.
"Yeah, I like watching others," Yukiko nodded.
"It's very interesting," Anamiya agreed. He liked to try to figure out their stories.
"It is," Yukiko said.
Very aware of close she was sitting to him, Anamiya swallowed hard then cleared his throat. "What about them? What do you think is going on with those two?"
"They are having fun," Yukiko said after a moment.
Anamiya nodded after a moment. "They seem too."
"A lot of people are," Yukiko shrugged.
"Are you?" Anamiya asked carefully. He was, more than he thought possible.
"Having fun?" Yukiko looked at him.
Anamiya nodded, flushing and looking away. He hadn't been expecting her to look at him.
"Uh, this is cool," Yukiko said.
Relieved, Anamiya nodded at that. Much better than he had been expecting for an answer. He would take it.
"What about you?" Yukiko asked.
"I am," Anamiya said, then flushed when he realized how quick his answer had been.
"That's nice," Yukiko nodded.
"I'm glad to be here with you," Anamiya said softly, unable to look at her. "After everything that happened, it's nice to be with someone who gets it...and yeah."
"What's everything?" Yukiko asked.
"The...you know." Anamiya felt his face begin to burn. "The dinner."
"Oh," Yukiko said. "That was crazy."
"It was," Anamiya admitted. One word for it.
"Yeah," Yukiko nodded.
"But we did it," Anamiya said, clearing his throat.
"We did," Yukiko said.
"Somehow," Anamiya said with a small smile.
"Right," Yukiko replied.
Anamiya lapsed into silence for several moments. "Thanks for coming with me," he murmured.
"Thanks for inviting me," Yukiko took a deep breath.
"I...about didn't." Anamiya felt himself grow red again. "I got too...flustered."
"Flustered?" Yukiko glanced at him.
Anamiya was now cursing his mouth. What was he even talking about? "I...I don't really...you know...I don't do this kind of things...stuff...you know."
"Neither do I," Yukiko said, her cheeks faintly flushing.
Noting how red she was getting, Anamiya grew increasingly red as well. "And I uh was sure you would say no."
"Why?" Yukiko glanced at him.
"Well...you know." Anamiya swallowed hard. Was he going to pass out? He might.
"This was fun," Yukiko stood up. "We should see where the others are."
Grateful for the save, Anamiya quickly stood up as well. "It's probably getting close to dinner."
"Right," Yukiko nodded.
Not sure what to do, Anamiya stuffed his hands into his pockets. This had gone so much better than he thought it would.
"I can't believe they kicked us out," Sutoi complained, hands in his pockets as he walked down the sidewalk. They had been winning too much apparently, whatever that meant.
"I know," Hinata sighed, looking back at the prize booth. "And I wanted to get the cute little bear!"
Sutoi took a moment to eye the haul that she had. She wasn't hurting for prizes. "Well...:" He frowned, trying to think of something to make her feel better. "Oh." His eyes widened at a sudden thought. "I've got an idea."
"What?" Hinata looked at him.
"I'm going to make you something," Sutoi said, excitement growing at the thought. This would be so cool. "With my Quirk."
"Really?" Hinata asked. "Wait," she grabbed him pulling him into an alleyway between tents. "Here, this way no one sees you." she said, glancing around.
Realizing that was a good idea, Sutoi nodded his thanks. "What do you want me to make?"
"Hm," Hinata said thoughtfully. "How about something to go in my hair bun?" she pointed to her messy black hair, the brown tips sticking out in every direction.
Sutoi stared at her hair for a moment, then thought of his sister. She liked things for her hair too...what did she wear all the time? That's right! Decorative pins. "What's your favorite animal?" he asked, taking this very seriously.
"Wolf," Hinata said. "It's very cunning," she grinned.
Sutoi grinned back before holding out his hand, trying to picture what exactly he wanted to make her. After a moment, he did, beginning to form a hair pin, with a delicate wolf on the end, out of his hardlight. It was hard to do, he had never done anything like this before, but it was forming beautifully. Practice allowed him to make this to last forever.
"Wow, that's pretty amazing." Hinata kept moving around him trying to get a better view.
As soon he finished it, Sutoi grinned at her, pride in his eyes. "Thank you," he said, a little tired as it was the only third time or so that he had done this. "It'll always be formed."
"You mean its permanent?" Hinata held it gently in her hands.
Sutoi nodded, staring at her. She was so pretty. "Yeah, it is. I've been practicing."
Hinata took a moment to look at it, before carefully placing it in her messy hair bun. "How does it look?" she asked.
Staring at her for a moment, Sutoi gave her a lopsided grin. "Beautiful."
"Thanks!" Hinata smiled at him. "Hey I'm hungry. Let's get something to eat."
Smiling back, Sutoi took some of her prizes so she wouldn't have to carry such a haul. "I am too. Do you want to try that place down the road?"
"Nothing at the carnival?" Hinata asked. "Didn't one of our classmates give us a flyer for a booth to eat at?"
Sutoi frowned, then reached into his pocket, before pulling out a crumpled page with a sheepish grin. He might have forgotten about that. "This looks good."
"Doesn't it though?" Hinata snatched it. "Come on, it says it's on the corner a few rows away."
Laughing, Sutoi nodded, fine with letting her lead them. "Right behind you."
Kaori looked critically at her bowl of ramen then took a noodle, chewing it carefully. "Highly acceptable," she said, directing this to Genjiro. After she had beaten Rin at nearly all the games, it had been time to have dinner with Genjiro, Anamiya and the other girls. Rakugaki and Daitenshi had joined them as well.
"My uncle does a great job," Genjiro grinned, eating a bite of bright red ramen.
Hikari nodded, dabbing at her mouth with a napkin. "Will you introduce us? I would like to tell him how well he did." It was perhaps the best ramen she had ever had.
"I'd like to too!" Hinata agreed.
Sutoi nodded eagerly, slurping several noodles.
"I'd love to," Genjiro smiled. "He loves it when people enjoy his food."
"It is good," Hikari admitted, delicately taking one of the noodles into her mouth. She always liked to make sure everything was done correctly and in as organized manner as possible, including eating.
"Incredible, we'll have to visit his restaurant," Rin agreed.
Kaori nodded, taking another noodle. "I would like to go," she said. If anything, it would give her even more insight into Genjiro. It always paid to know the ones you consider friends.
"I can't believe everyone is here," Hinata looked around. "Well not from class but a good portion of our class."
Sutoi nodded quickly again, mouth full of more noodles.
"We should go after our internships." Kaori took another careful noodle. She was looking forward to that; she was certain several agencies would seek her, but she was most interested in one.
"Right ," Genjiro nodded. "Our internships...any hopes for who will pick you?"
"I have no doubt I'll have fifteen different requests," Kaori said, taking another noodle. "But I know which one will end up with me."
"I'll be lucky if I even get a request," Hintata bemoaned. "Seeing as I didn't even make it to the final rounds."
"I'm sure you will," Sutoi offered, patting her on the arm. He thought she really did well, all their group did actually.
"Everyone usually gets requests," Rin said. "I heard about it from some of our upperclassmen."
Anamiya stared down at his bowl. The very thought made the food he was staring at unappealing. He didn't know how he was supposed to do something like the internships when all he wanted to be swallowed up where he stood. But surely if he could manage to invite Yukiko on an outing, that would be alright too. Right?
"Its a bit nerve wracking," Genjiro admitted. "I mean, no one could want you. That's a scary thought."
"There's only a 13.7 chance of that happening," Hikari pointed out. She wasn't concerned; she, like everyone else, had done her best and shown the world what she was capable of. While she highly doubted they would get anywhere near Tsukinose's fifteen, which she fully believed would happen, they would get offers.
"So however are you going to choose between fifteen competitors for your services?" Rin elbowed Kaori.
Kaori eyed his arm, unimpressed. "I know who I want. The rest are not worth my time."
"Who is it?" Genjiro leaned over.
"Ingenium." Kaori picked at a piece of lint.
"Why him?" Rin asked, having expected a different hero.
"Why not?" Kaori shrugged. She had her reasons, twenty-three of them to be exact, so she had to shorten to only two. "He's smart and he sees things differently."
"That's a good reason." Genjiro nodded.
"Of course it is," Kaori agreed as she finished her Ramen. "I have suggestions for all of you if you want."
"Oh really?" Rin asked. He wasn't going to get his hopes up, but he was interested in what she had to say.
Kaori pulled out her notebook, briefly flicking through the pages. "Red Riot would be a perfect fit for Genjiro," she said, putting the notebook back into her pocket. "I think their personalities would fit well. For a successful internship, that's fairly important in most cases. "
"I guess a spear and shield hero would be good to practice working with my quirk and learning how to operate with them," Genjiro said after a moment's thought. "But it would have to be Fat Gum's agency to want me."
Kaori gave him a look. "As his Senior Hero, and considering just how well they work together, I fully expect him to send the request. If I'm right, as I know I am, you'll be spending time on the streets with him and training with Red Riot as that's clearly the best option."
"What about me?" Rin asked. "There aren't many medical heroes out there."
"First Aid will want you," Kaori said, looking back at him. "But I wouldn't recommend you accepting her request."
"What?" Rin blinked. "Why not? She's a medical hero, which means she's in the field I want to go into."
"I'm aware." Kaori glanced at her fingernail. When had she chipped it? Perhaps at the ball throw. Yes, that seemed right. "But it's better if you go with the other one that's interested."
"Who knows if I'll get more than one, besides I should go with what is my field?" Rin looked at her.
Kaori glanced up at that. "You will," she said. He was challenging her but that was fine. She liked to explain when she was right and why. "But I have every belief that you and Anamiya will be requested by the same person."
Anamiya looked up at that. "What?"
"What?" Rin echoed.
Karoi leaned back in her chair, looking around for a moment. "You heard me."
"Why would someone want both of us?" Rin turned to Anamiya. "No offense, but how are our quirks similar?"
"They're not," Kaori said flatly. "That's the point."
Anamiya was no less confused than he was a minute ago. Kaori, oftentimes, seemed to forget they weren't all on the same level.
"She's just guessing or she's a witch," Rin whispered to Anamiya.
Anamiya's eyes widened, then he glanced at Kaori. "Well...um...I don't know if either of them are really more likely," he muttered.
Kaori stood, unamused, but bored as well. "Rin, we still have three games to play," she said, pressing her hands on the table. "And thirty minutes."
"Right," Rin nodded, standing up. "See you guys at the dorms!"
"Have fun!" Hinata waved, then tugged on Sutoi's sleeve. "Let's do the hall of mirrors!"
Sutoi grinned as he stood. "See you later," he said, waving to the others before he was happily pulled along.
"Do you want to try getting the hoop around that little elephant again?" Genjiro turned to Hikari.
Hikari nodded. "I've thought about it and I think I have a successful strategy in order to get it."
"Great," Genjiro nodded.
"So…" Yukiko primly folded her napkin, tucking it beneath her empty dish. "Is there anything else?"
Anamiya, suddenly realizing they were alone, cleared his throat, feeling his face instantly go bright red. "No, I don't think so. Unless you just want to walk around...er...something?"
"Alright," Yukiko nodded.
Anamiya stood, then not sure what to do, offered her a hand...in case she needed help getting up or something. He didn't know. He was so nervous he wanted to be sick.
"Oh, thanks," Yukiko took his hand after a second.
His face growing warm, Anamiya wasn't entirely sure what to do, so he decided to simply ignore it. If she wanted to pull away, now that she was standing, that was fine. "Of course," he muttered.
"Yeah," Yukiko slid her hand out of his and pointed. "We could go there."
Trying not to be terribly distracted, Anamiya nodded, turning away slightly as he tried to hide his blush. "That'll be perfect."
"Let's go," Yukiko looked up at the night sky. "It's going to rain soon."
Thunder rumbled deeply across the sky, everyone at the carnival rushing for cover. Lightning streaked through the sky. An unexpected rainstorm, blowing through the city after a battle between hero and villain on a remote island.
Hikari wasn't used to panicking, wasn't used to anything but emotions that made sense because everything had to make sense, but when the thunder started, followed by bolts of lightning, she lost all her careful control. Breath coming in small gasps, she clutched Genjiro's arm, unable to believe that this thing could render her so helpless. It was just lightning, just a storm, but...but it wasn't, was it?"
Genjiro looked back at Hikari as she suddenly clung to his arm. "Are you alright?" he asked, as they ducked under an awning.
Realizing that she was holding onto his arm, Hikari couldn't bring herself to let go. "Fine," she said faintly.
"You sure?" Genjiro asked.
"I….I just don't like...lightning," Hikari murmured, trying to find some sort of composure again. It was hard when the sky lit up every other minute.
"You don't like lightning?" Genjiro blinked.
"No," Hikari muttered, taking a deep breath then releasing it a moment later. "I know. It's stupid, considering my Quirk."
"Oh no," Genjiro shook his head. "A lot of people are afraid of their own quirks overloading...is that why?"
I was struck by lightning," Hikari said softly. It had been years, years now, but she couldn't really let it go.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Genjiro winced, realizing he probably shouldn't pry.
Hikari pressed a hand to one of her horns. "It was raining," she said finally. "And they have a tendency to attract electrical surges. That's how I got this scar." She moved her hand to the faded mark on her forehead. She hadn't thought of it in months.
"I'm sorry," Genjiro said. "Do you want something extra to cover them?" he asked, wondering if his jacket would work.
Hikari shook her head after a moment. "If we just stay here until it lets up," she said finally. She didn't want to be an inconvenience for him but she saw no other way.
"Alright," Genjiro said. "Are you going to be okay?"
Hikari nodded this time. She would be fine. "I just...I just don't like it when it storms," she murmured. How humiliating.
"Well…" Genjiro said after a moment. "I don't like...ducks…"
Hikari looked up, distracted from the raging storm. "What?"
"It's really silly," Genjiro shuffled his feet. "My nanny lost me in the park one time when I was little and I got chased around by these two ducks…"
"Oh." Hikari blinked, taken off guard by this. "And ever since then…?"
"I don't like ducks," Genjiro muttered.
"Right," Hikari said thoughtfully after a moment. "Well, if we happen to see any ducks, I won't let them get you," she said seriously.
"Thanks," Genjiro smiled at her.
Hikari smiled back. "Thanks for standing here with me," she said softly.
"Yeah," Genjiro nodded. "It looks like its calming down. We better get back if we want to make curfew."
Hikari nodded back. Curfew, because it was a rule, was important. "Alright. Thank you again."
"Pick something, its pouring and I need to close my booth up."
Kaori sighed, unimpressed with the selection of prizes as well as the fact they were being rushed. A little rain never hurt anyone. "I don't know," she admitted, peering at each prize.
Rin looked through them as well. "Hey," he said, grabbing a small cylindrical object and held it up to her. "How about this mood ring?"
Kaori stared down at it. "Why would I want that?"
"Well it would really help us, because then we could see what your mood was, like an early warning system," Rin grinned.
Her expression perfectly even, Kaori reached out, not breaking eye contact with him, and grabbed another ring. It was a thin band, with multiple colored gems across it but also a mood ring. Still holding his gaze, she shoved the ring onto her finger.
Well, he hadn't expected her to do that. Then again, he really didn't know what she was thinking. "I guess we'll take that," he said after a moment.
"Finally," the owner muttered, stuffing the stuff in boxes.
"Ready to go?" Rin asked.
Kaori nodded, flexing her fingers, then turned. "We don't want to be late," she said, pulling up her hood.
"No we don't," Rin shook his head.
"I wish there was something more sensible than that," Kaori said, inspecting her hand again before leading him down the path.
"There weren't any sensible items there," Rin said. "Besides, now I know you are…" he peered at the ring. "Tranquil."
"Tranquil?" Kaori raised an eyebrow. "Right."
"Am I picking up signs of…? Rin glanced back down at the paper. "Annoyance?"
Kaori rolled her eyes. "You shouldn't need a ring to tell you that."
"Hostility?" Rin smirked.
Kaori, her eyes narrowing slightly, stood on her toes and slapped him on the back of the head.
"Ouch!" Rin yelped. "I guess the ring and I were right."
"Oh, shut up," Kaori said with a sigh. "I didn't even hit you that hard."
"Right," Rin rolled his eyes.
Kaori smirked, then started walking again.
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