Sometimes, Katsuki couldn't help but see Deku from his position: His gestures, his class notes, his forgetfulness, and him leaving after everyone already left. This caused Katsuki to wait for him so that when he left, he wouldn't do it completely alone. Something could happen to him! Agh, damn it, Deku ... Just talk to the others or something, don't stay alone.
Every time he went to the blackboard, he only saw that skinny and insecure boy write and solve the math problems that the teacher left them. He knew the nerd was very smart (no, he was more was than smart, he was brilliant!), but the bastard was so damn nervous that he always took way too long for the math problems, muttering his answers as if wanting to sort his ideas in the process, but that only made the others mock him. Some nameless idiot stepped foot on his one day as he was going back to his bench. How his blood boiled just looking at that! And he wanted to do something but... Ugh, SOMETHING was stopping him, it was like... A hand, grabbing him by the neck. It didn't let him defend the nerd for three years and... This stupid fear was eating at him alive, fuck.
He saw him in the distance eating alone under a tree that was in the corner of the school yard. Since they were children, Izuku brought the same thing: Fruit in cubes in the first Tupperware, and rice with some meat in the second (sometimes it had beef, other times sausage cut like cute octopi...), and either an orange or apple juice box. All thanks to Auntie Inko. The blonde always pretended not to, but he kept an eye on the dumbass 'cause Katsuki KNEW that the nerd sometimes got so immersed in his bullshit that he didn't eat. He didn't directly tell him "Hey Nerd, eat something" but he did do things like, taking out Deku's bento when the nerd was distracted and leave it close to him or refill his water bottle and leave it nearby, all like a ninja and unnoticed. Some days the others in their classroom would steal his food, so Katsuki also began to watch those idiots don't approach the nerd when he was going to eat, and if they did, he knew that if he would just come and say something to them, they would leave Deku alone. He sometimes was grateful for how awkward and deep the nerd was in his thoughts to notice this. What would the nerd do if he noticed that he was taking care of him when five minutes ago he caused the whole class to make fun of him for some bullshit (even accidentally)? Besides, he hated this nerd with all his being! Yet, every time the nerd approached; he would shrink in his place... Why did it hurt? And even worse, why the hell couldn't he move and do something against all of this? Why was he just doing it on the sly? Why was he being such a coward...?
Katsuki felt like a hypocrite ... Katsuki WAS a hypocrite.
He was taking care of him! That was his WHOLE purpose! Yeah. That was why he had begun to move away from him, so that he would give up on his stupid weird dream; That's why he had also started following him to the train station when they left school, what would Bakugo Katsuki do if the nerd was mugged or robbed while he wasn't around? Or even worse...? Yeah, he may have started beating him for real at ten to... Twelve years old? (He couldn't remember, he lives in the present ...) But he stopped! It was the first step! He still couldn't get over his own stupidity, but he was grateful inside that ... these new acquaintances (of course, Katsuki Bakugo would never admit that these bastards are his friends) who followed him everywhere were, somehow, helping him open up a little. Being with shitty hair, Horse Teeth, Dunce Face and the Pink Witch had made the hand that grabbed him by the neck and prevented him from doing something for the nerd in public, drop a pinkie: It was this tiny freeing sensation what made the blonde stop hitting and teasing the greenette boy.
He still remembered how he went from hitting him to not doing it: he hadn't known the dumb club for long, they had just taught him the amateur pro"control gym and started practicing and playing there, seeing each other at least twice a week. And that day they were there, lounging in the stands after playing a game. They were talking about their schools and their personal friends. Katsuki, since he tended to ignore others (and cause he didn't want to talk about Izuku) didn't speak much.
But these dumbasses always found a way to get into his life.
"It's weird that you don't have friends at school, but with your anger issues, I understand why you don't". Sero said, after taking off his helmet. "It makes a lot of sense"
"And who said I don't have friends?!" Bakugo clenched his fist, threatening him with it. Okay okay, he admitted to himself that he had no friends, that was why he started hanging out with this flock of brainless kids... But they didn't have to be rubbing it in his face every fucking time either!
"Calm down, Bakubro!" Kirishima smiled calmly. "It's just hard to believe"
"But it is too noticeable". Mina commented, shrugging. "You're the only one who leaves school alone for what I've seen. You should hide it more~"
"I'm not the only one…" The blonde said in a low voice making a face.
"Oh right! Also the green boy in the water tribe clothing!" Denki said, putting a hand to his chin. Shit, he heard him. "That kid always stares at us. Don't you think it's weird?"
'You're the weird one for talking about someone you don't even know' the blonde thought.
"A little~" Mina scratched her head. "Although I like his hair".
"He's curly, like you ~" Kirishima smirked. "I wonder, what dye he uses to make it look so pretty?" The alien girl and shitty hair dyed each other's hair, that's why those two assholes had it in such a bad state.
"Hey, he goes to your school. Do you know his name?" Sero asked, stinging Katsuki's cheek.
"... Izuku Midoriya." He answered quietly, shaking his head to make horse teeth leave him alone.
"Oh..." Kirishima crossed his legs. "He looks very lonely... Do you think that one day we can invite him to play with us?" Shitty Hair was the most stupidly friendly person Katsuki had ever met (after the nerd, of course). He annoyed him so much... And obviously hearing that made him turn to look at him in frustration.
"What the hell is wrong? You don't even know him and you want him to join your fucking "club"?"
"The power of friendship, Bakubro!" Kirishima said, raising both hands enthusiastically.
"THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP!" Kaminari and Mina responded by making the same gesture. Sero just rolled his eyes in amusement.
"So… can you?" Sero asked, looking at the ash"haired one. "Is he a bender? He looks like he's our age. Do you think he likes pro"control?"
"No, he's not a bender. Also, he's a weirdo who doesn't talk to anyone and flinches when someone approaches him". Bakugo started to speak, although he made a face. "More than likely that the moron will run away before they can say anything to him, so I don't think it's a good idea..."
"... Awww, it sounds like he's shy!" Mina gave an applause for… Some reason? "You should talk to him!"
"ADOPT HIM!" Denki yelled kicking into the air. He slipped a shoe and hit Bakugo's head.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU ?!" Katsuki grabbed the shoe and threw it back, hitting him in the face.
"Extroverts have a duty to adopt introverts!" Denki replied without caring much that the blonde just smashed his face with his own shoe.
"Denki's right! We extroverts have the duty to adopt the introverts! Also, it's... kind of sad to see him all alone every time we go to your school". Mina pouted. The girl was... Fucking empathetic.
In fact, it was something that Katsuki had noticed in the time he had been with this group: apart from being stupid and unaware of his annoyance and their shenanigans, they were all very empathetic, with a fucking friendly personality and they never got angry with his mood swings... Either they were too idiotic, or they really liked to be with him.
Katsuki rolled his eyes. Yeah of course, as if talking to him would correct what he has done to him for three damn years, as if talking to him would do something to help the nerd... he couldn't get that friendship back anymore. He screwed up, and he screwed up bad, he knew it. The simple fact that every time he gets close to him and Deku sees him... Deku would shrink in his place, with fear... Before all this Deku didn't do that… And he hated that Deku did this and this wasn't his fault.
It was Katsuki's.
But he was a coward. He just couldn't talk to him again and try to fix it... he felt like he couldn't do anything against this anymore. He literally made his best friend afraid of him...
Shit.
At least he could bring his bullshit down, right? The bad treatment should get lower, right? Then, maybe with time... he would know when it's okay to talk to him again.
No more than a month had passed since that decision. He saw the nerd get calmed with time, which made him happy deep down. He also continued with his "secret cares", in fact he intensified them a bit, to the point that one day he followed him to... The library? Wow, he thought he went straight to his apartment.
He started to do this regularly, when he felt like Deku would have trouble or something: The idiots always came for him so he told them to meet a little later than when he went out of school, just to "go" with the nerd to his destination and return before shitty hair and the others caught him doing this.
And everything was going well! Wonderful indeed. It's not that he wanted to admit it, but… the simple fact that these idiots got used to his shitty attitude in an instant, helped him not be afraid to not treat the nerd like shit, and seeing the nerd looking happier over time... He couldn't help feeling calmer. He kinda got better, he no longer yelled at everyone just cause he was mad, little by little he took a more neutral position towards the world...But of course, if someone bothers him, he will respond to the extra who dared to annoy him.
… But then they appeared.
One day, when he was waiting for the nerd, he saw three idiots come to the school door. They weren't his idiots, these three looked... weird. One was tall as shit and wore ugly glasses, he could tell this dude was another nerd, but he made robotic movements with his hands, and just by looking at him for ten seconds Katsuki knew he didn't like him; then there was the frog girl, she had a green line under her eyes, similar to how the alien painted herself (Katsuki once heard that the witch said that the painting was to "feel her chi" or some stupid thing like that), she had ugly bulging eyes and she sticked out her tongue for some reason, but from then on he didn't saw anything remotely annoying on her so… he kept neutral; And then that... fat cheeks squirrel girl that made her face look round like a soccer ball, and then her brown hair made her look like a coconut…
Wait, he's not sure but… has he seen glasses before? And Round Face?
What he was sure of was that he heard them talk about two things: The nerd, and his Auntie's fucking fairy tales.
"Oh spirits!" he heard the nerd say nearby, he came running. The first thing the red-eyed kid did was hide behind a tree. What the hell...? "Uraraka-chan!? Iida-kun?! Asui-I mean Tsuyu-chan?!" Deku arrived in front of those guys panting from running. "What are you doing here?! I thought we'd see each other at the ramen shop!"
"Midoriya! We wanted to stop by this time!" Four eyes said, making that damn robot motion with his hand.
"Yeah! We thought it would be a good idea to surprise you" Round face said, swaying on her feet. She seemed amused.
"Ochako-chan had the idea, kero"
"But how did you know where I study?" The nerd asked... Wait! They came without telling him and without him knowing where the hell he was studying?! These sure were stalkers, worse than his group of idiots.
Katsuki stepped forward a bit, trying to get closer to see and hear them more closely.
"Uh, well…" Round face scratched the back of her neck somewhat nervously. "You left your notebook yesterday and... It has your home and your school addresses and… well, we're here!" She took the notebook out of her backpack.
"Uraraka-chan!" The nerd turned red up to his neck, he looked like a strawberry, especially because of that clump of green curls on his head (ha, how cute… wait! Katsuki! Why you think on that?! Focus on that ball of assholes that STALKED the nerd!). "T-Thanks b-but y-you should've sent me a message!" The nerd snatched the notebook and covered his face with it.
"It was a surprise!" Round cheeks shook her hands strangely.
"Midoriya-kun, aren't you angry about this, kero?" The frog put a finger on her cheek.
... Was it him or did these assholes have repetitive gestures?
"N-No! Just surprised…"
"Glad to hear that, Midoriya! Now I think we should go on our way to the ramen establishment that Uraraka-kun recommended to us last week!" Four eyes adjusted his glasses. "You all must be hungry!"
And they began to walk, keeping their "friendly" conversation.
"… FUCK, DEKU!"
He didn't know what stung him but he started to follow them. He didn't know if these bastards would be more aware than the nerd, so he was walking with even greater caution than ever... They were arriving at the train station that was near Aldera High, but when they were about to enter, they stopped in front of a closed shop.
"Oh no!" The coconut head said looking at the shop "I forgot they close on Thursdays!"
"Uh, this is bad, kero. I am hungry"
"Uh... What if we go to the McDonald's that is near the library?" Deku suggested, smiling softly.
Katsuki wasn't a fan of those burgers, but for some reason Deku liked them.
"I don't have much money..." Fat cheeks, he said, putting his hands on them.
"Don't worry, Uraraka-kun" The square guy said. "I can borrow you some money"
"Also, McDonald's is not that expensive, you just have to avoid ordering combos". Deku said, taking the train credential from his backpack.
Katsuki in that instant did the same.
And soon they were at the station, Deku and his possible kidnappers were waiting for the train and Katsuki just stayed close to him, hidden behind a pillar. In this I was, watching as Deku and those extras looked excited to go to eat at a place as putrid as McDonald's, when...
"Bakubro?" ... Fuck, was it shitty hair's voice? Katsuki turned around. "Wow! It's you! He smirked his fucking shark teeth. "Wait, weren't you going to wait for us today?"
"... Yeah, but I changed my mind" He simply said, not wanting to give more explanations.
"Oh! And why didn't you tell us? Or you did and I didn't see the message?" Kirishima took his cell phone out of his pocket, looking at the screen.
"I didn't send any message" He said, turning to continue looking at the nerd. He must not lose sight of him.
"... Who are you following?" He peeked out behind him, taking him by the shoulders. "Wait! Isn't that the shy boy from your school? What was his name ...? He put a hand to his chin. " Midori?
Katsuki just rolled his eyes.
"Don't ask or talk" He said, shaking himself to make him stop touching him. "I'm only-" He was about to say something else when he saw that the nerd got on a train that had just arrived. Shit, he can't lose him! He ran to the train, entered a wagon back so they wouldn't see him.
"So are you following Midori?" Katsuki's eyes widened on the verge of screaming, but he held back. He saw shitty hair behind him.
"Why are you following me?!"
"Well, I don't know where you're going! I thought that-"
"Bakubro? Kiribro?" In the distance he saw Dunce Face and... That ugly black hair, was that Horse Teeth"oh yes he was.
Fuck, was he going to meet all these idiots on the road?
"Brooooo!" The red-haired one almost screamed, if not because the ash blonde elbowed him to shut up. Still, Dunce Face came running to high"flush hands with shitty hair. "I didn't know you were taking this train!"
The train began to advance.
"Uh, we were supposed to get off at this stop to go to Kats' school" Sero approached, stretching. "Where are you going?"
"Where were we going?" Kirishima turned to see Bakugo raising an eyebrow.
"You, to your houses, I have to do something" Katsuki rolled his eyes.
"... He's following someone, right?" Dunce Face saw Katsuki raising his eyebrows and smiling. Damn this asshole was a smart asshole.
"I'm not following anyone!" Katsuki yelled, nudging Denki.
"You look like you're following someone!" Denki could only laugh. The blonde just rolled his eyes.
He preferred to ignore them and continue with his task, he looked out the window that divided the cars to see if Deku was still there ...
"Is that Mido... something?" He Heard Flat Face say.
"Yeap!" Shitty hair said.
"Are you following him?" Denki got on top of Katsuki to look out the window. He turned to see Katsuki, who fell silent. The one with the black lightning bolt in his hair could see a slight red tint on the blonde's cheeks… "Oh My God You're Following Him! Guys, Kats is a troll just like us!" He turned to see his two friends with amusement.
"Oh wait! That's why I feel the power of friendship surging in you, Bakubro!? Does that mean you're going to talk to him?!" Kirishima hung on the blonde's shoulders.
"Heeeey, wait, is he with other people?" Sero was also on top of him, looking out the window. "Didn't you say he had no friends?" He stung his cheek.
"Get off me! And this has nothing to do with shit about him! And I'm not following anyone!" But the blush on his cheeks gave him away. Damn! Why did he have to be so pale?!
"I have to tell Mina about this!" Denki began to laugh a lot, taking the cell phone from him and started a video call.
"Don't you da-!"
"Denki, honey!" The girl's voice was heard through Pikachu's cell phone. "What a joy that you called! I'm about to get on the train to go to Blasty's school!"
"Don't get on the train!"
"Uh? Why?"
"Kats is a troll! He's chasing Midoriya, look! "He said, turning the camera and pointing at Katsuki and the window. Of course the camera was recording through it but it was blurry. Even so...
"... I see green algae hair! Is the boy really Midoriya?!" The brunette screamed, excited. "Let me talk to Kats!"
"I'm not going to talk to you, you damn witch!" Katsuki was distracted and turned to see her. The train stopped.
"Miss Elder Witch, for you!" She raised an amused eyebrow.
" By the way, I think Midobro just got off" Shitty hair said, pointing to the window.
"WHAT?!" Katsuki turned and when he saw that the nerd and the others weren't there, he ran out of the car.
Of course these assholes followed him, as if he didn't know them.
"Where do I see you?!" The one with the pink hair asked on the phone.
"As soon as we get to a stable place I'll let you know!" Denki said, hanging up and putting his phone away.
Since these idiots weren't going to leave him alone, he managed to get them to stay quiet and at some distance from the nerd's group. Of course, Dunce Face was humming the mission impossible song, but at least he was doing it quietly and quietly...
When they got to McDonald's, he saw the nerd come in through the front door. They can't see him! So he came into the establishment from the kids side.
"Broo! Did you bring us to McDonald's?!" Denki went straight to the games.
"You idiot, you are thirteen years old" Katsuki said loud enough for only them to hear. He saw that Denki, from the slide, sent a message "Oh, he's not telling the alien that we're here, right?"
'It doesn't matter. None of this matters. Just keep an eye on Deku, Katsuki. Just take care that the nerd doesn't end up like the food of those imbeciles' thought the blond, leaning out of the window that divided the children's area of the restaurant ...
He saw them order food and saw how they sat at a table. Uh, did the coconut head ask for a happy meal? ... How childish.
" Hey, Bro. Shark teeth came up behind him. " You're very upset. You really don't know Midobro? Say. You said you didn't talk to him but here you are following him
" Ugh I'm not going to tell you anything, leave me alone. And it's Midoriya, not "Midobro" " Katsuki rolled his eyes.
"... If you say so ..." Kirishima suddenly just stood next to him, keeping an eye on the fool as well.
And so they were, Sero was trying to get Denki down from the games, and Kirishima next to him was watching Deku. Every time he saw them turn to see where he was, he crouched down trying to avoid being seen by the nerd or those weird guys, but Kirishima didn't do it which made him a little nervous. And more, when he saw that shitty hair waved at them.
"W-What are you doing, moron?!"
" Midobro greeted me first!" He tried to defend himself, but Katsuki was already attacking him with a fist to the ribs. This made him crouch down and be level with the blond boy, who was hiding behind the wall. When he caught the air he just turned to see him. "Why are you watching him? Is he your ex or what?"
Katsuki turned red again.
"THE FUCK!? NO!?" He hit him again, now on the head. "WHY YOU SAY THAT?! HE'S JUST...! A friend..." He said the last thing in a low voice making a grin.
"So he's your friend?"
"... Was..." Bakugo turned to the other side.
" ... So... You're following him because …?'
" ... I... I don't know the guys who are with him. And... I heard some unselting shit and… that gave me a bad feeling..." Katsuki said in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed for what he was doing. But, to be honest, he was very concerned that they had the notebook with the nerd's address... And that they knew about Auntie Inko's stories.
"... Are you worried he's in danger?" Kirishima frowned, but it wasn't anger, it was like... As if he was trying to understand the blonde.
Bakugo stayed like that for a few seconds, and then simply nodded. At this, Kirishima raised his eyebrows in surprise, but then looked at him with determination.
"Understood" Kirishima got up from his place, and approached the other two, said something to them and they both turned to see Katsuki. Dunce Face just gave her a thumbs up and a somewhat silly smile, and Sero for the part of her took out her cell phone.
He was about to explode in panic when Mina walked through the door of the playground in an extravagant way, on the verge of shouting "I've arrived! Stop crying!" (as if he didn't know her), but Kirishima ran before he did that stupid and he said something to her ear, which made her calm down. The four fools spoke to each other for a few seconds before approaching Katsuki, who was still sitting on the floor.
"Then the plan is that we are going to approach them and sit close, you are going to stay here. " Sero said.
Katsuki looked at them in disbelief. What are they doing? Helping him? ...
" Sero, your cell phone is the one with the best mic, right? " Mina asked.
"Yes." The black haired one nodded. " What we are going to do is that we are going to buy something to eat, to have an excuse, and sit near them. I'm going to dial you, and I'm going to put the cell phone close enough so that you can hear what they're saying.
" ... Do you do this kind of thing often?
" No, but... If your friend is in danger, I think the best thing is that we work as a team" Mina answered, giving her hand to get up.
" The friends of our friends are our friends too. " Kirishima concluded.
"... Okay".
Quickly, the four fools were at an adjoining table, right next to the weirdos and the nerd. Katsuki already had the phone against her ear, and he listened as the fools talked like nothing ... And he also listened to the nerd and those weird guys talking.
" So you say that Genji was an sandbender?" He heard a nasal voice, he guessed it was the frog's voice from what he heard when he was at school. He leaned out of the window a bit.
"Yeap! He was born in the desert, but when he was about our age or maybe older, he moved to Republic City." He heard the voice of the nerd say, and from where he was you could see that he had not taken a single bite of his food, but he had the hamburger in his hands ready to take a bite. "He came here because, as the earth federation started building things and expanding Ba Sing Se to the desert, the earth kingdom ended up displacing a lot of nomadic people from the sands. Meanwhile, in the earth kingdom in the great city of Ba Sing Se, when they still had the rings, there was a boy who they were doing a reality show because they believed that he was the one of the four elements." Finally he took a bite of his food, but the dumb continued speaking with his cheeks full. " The boy's name was Liu, and it is said that people believed that he was the type of the four elements, that's why they were televising him and they had a bread and circus with all this because apparently there was nothing interesting that was happening at that time in addition to the advancement of technology." He swallowed and took a potato chip. " But in three years he didn't manage to control a single element other than earth, while on his side Genji was confusing his sandbending with airbending. " He put the potato in his mouth.
" So during the time of Genji people did know about the type of the four elements? "The coconut head he asked, then took a drink from the small glass of soda that he had.
" Yes. They also knew about things like spirits and others, especially because here in the republic city there was a portal that led into the spiritual world but, I don't know who yet but I suspect it was Sena, the one who came two lives after Genji, what Hill. " The nerd said smiling.
Uh ... he remembered that when they were little, after Auntie Inko told them about the portals, Deku said that he wanted to go find where it was supposed to be. Katsuki always said that it was silly, but the truth is that he was also curious. Auntie Inko said that in the world there were three places where there were ruins of two of three portals: One in the north pole, one in the south. The republic city that remained a mystery. He always believed that maybe he was under the sea or something ...
He closed his eyes trying to listen ... Uh, weird, he didn't hear fools talking anymore, only weirdos.
" Yes it sounds interesting, maybe one day we can look for it. Do you know in what area of the city the portal was? " He heard the glasses say.
" Well ... I have an idea. In fact, I think we have already been there, many times. He saw the nerd shrug.
" ... How did we already go? " The four eyes adjusted his glasses.
" Have you not noticed that the library garden has a very strange shape?
" Wait ... you say it's in the library, kero? " The frog girl cocked her head.
"It's a guess of mine!" " The nerd began to move his hand nervously. " The thing is ... The pattern that snake paving stones have a very particular shape, as if they were roots coming out of the large tree in the center of the garden. "Katsuki had seen the garden when he followed the nerd, and now that he thinks about it ... According to what ... It's in that book that talks about mythology, huh ... Spirits are closely related to the plants. And well ... That tree is very big, it covers almost all the garden land and part of the roof of the library, and under its shade trees still grow as if they had the sun on them all the time, but never in the three years I've been there, I've seen that ... They grow enough to touch the top of the biggest tree ... It's as if the land of the library had ... Magic or something, enough to keep all of that alive. And well ... Spirits are pure energy, and ... A-An uncle of mine says that magic is energy for which no scientific explanation has yet been found. He took a bite of his burger.
Uh, the nerd still remembers how the old media supports Auntie Inko's stories, huh?
" ... Now that you mention it ... It's true! " The coconut head said.
" It's true. Those snake patterns make it look like roots coming from that tree. How cute ... " The frog said, smiling softly and taking a bite from his Nuggets.
"Interesting theory, Midoriya. But then why is there a tree there? Is it closed?"
"Uhm ..." He saw the nerd bring a hand to his lower lip, squeezing it. " Uh, well ... I think so. As I understand it ... The three portals of the world have been closed for ... About two hundred years.
They kept talking about other things: more stories about Auntie Inko, some training, school, some ... Tornados? Also some of the Toph Beifong that one from his Aunt's tales, and they continued like this until he saw the square rise from its place.
The truth is that ... After listening to them speak naturally, that concern that arose when he saw them at the door disappeared ... The nerd apparently had friends ... How crazy.
They said something about being full and went out the front door as fast as they could.
In that instant, Katsuki hung up the call, texted Sero with a thumbs up, and watched as the four fools came running to where he was.
"They didn't look dangerous! " Denki was the first to speak. "Although they said very strange things. Those stories were weird".
"They weren't weird! They were interesting! " Mina said automatically. "... speaking of interesting… Hey Kats, is your friend a witch or something?"
"What?... Naaah" Katsuki frowned, looking at the girl. He knew that the geek was weird, that he did weird things like talking in his sleep and so on, but ... A witch? Pft.
"Uh, Mina, I don't think it's very manly of you to call other people witches-wait you practice witchcraft".
"Uh, duh! It's not an insult, Eiji! " The girl stuck out her tongue. "And… are you sure he's not a witch?"
"Why do you say that Midoriya is a witch?" Flat face she raised an eyebrow.
" Well, he said some witchy stories while talking to his friends" She smirked. "Either that, or he is very into mythology and he knows things that he saw in mythology forums on the internet or something".
"It's the second. His mother tells him those things" Katsuki raised an eyebrow. "But what the hell does that have to do with... Being a witch?
"Uhm... Well..." She cocked her head. " My aunt told me some stories when I was little, and they were similar to the ones your friend told me" For some reason, without knowing, they started walking back to the train station. He saw that Kirishima was carrying a paper bag, he supposed that he bought some food to go... "They were stories of a person who can control the four elements and who had the duty to maintain peace and balance in our world, who disappeared about... Two hundred years ago. She always only told me about one person, I was curious that your friend mentioned several people even with names and everything... I always thought that they were an extremely long-lived person.
"Uh, no... Auntie Inko says that dude is ... A reincarnation or something like that..." Katsuki narrowed his eyes. "... Wait, the fool's mom tells Deku those things. Are you calling her a witch?"
"Well... Yeah! But not in a bad way, Kats" Mina smiled warmly at him. "It's just that my aunt always says that passing knowledge from the past in a world where... No one thinks of magic anymore... It's a way to preserve it. Witchcraft really is... Passing what you know about mythology, natural medicine, divination, spirits, and spreading it with the people you love... People say that bending is not magic, but no one has really found an explanation for why we do it".
"There is explanation of how, the fire bending is igniting the oxygen in the air with a fuel that comes out of the body of the firebender, airbending is aerodynamic through heating and cooling the air through electromagnetism, earthbending is basically using the tectonic plates and electromagnetism as well, and waterbending is magnetism that repels and attracts the atoms within the water to move it exactly like the moon... Bending as a whole is based on electromagnetism, at different levels" Katsuki frowned. "It's not magic".
"That's what they tell us" Mina shrugged. They were already inside a train. "But that doesn't explain why we can do it, or why there are people who can and people who cannot" She held onto a railing. "Nor why, although there are combinations of genes, some are born with one ability or another and not both when the genes are supposed to come together and so on. You are the scientist; you should know that".
"... Tsk, it sounds pointless".
"Not many things have an explanation, and yet they are part of the culture and lives of millions of people" Mina leaned against the railing. At that moment he realized that the dumbasses were sitting except for him and her. "And those things that have no explanation, we know them as magic".
Katsuki looked at the ground, thinking. Was his Auntie a witch? Because for something she knew those stories... Now that he remembers it, Auntie always knew what kind of plants to give them for stomach aches or things like that, and the nerd would suddenly do it too, to drink their medicinal teas and that's because Auntie Inko said it was fine... Wait, the nerd is also a witch?... What the hell did that make him? Katsuki Bakugo, the smartest student in his classroom, was a witch? Because he also knew those stories... No, wait, they were just stories and he believed that it was better to take real medicine and not leave something to chance for little plants. He didn't believe in divination bullshit or spirits or anything like that. Pinky had tried to convince him before reading his hand to know his future or something like that, but he rejected her because he knew that success was in his future, besides that it was bullshit to depend on predictions like that. While all he did to start treating the nerd badly was half believing in scam fortune tellers on television, he had learned over time not to believe in that (the old hag said that this was all bullshit and well she was right, but don't tell her that he admits it because he doesn't want to agree with her), and he had even put aside the idea that the fool's nightmare was a prediction: Now he simply believed that it was a scene from a movie and the nerd had internalized it. Also, he knew that his Auntie and the nerd didn't believe in witchcraft either, the nerd always did everything about science and that, and Auntie Inko was a nurse who, although she used her powers, preferred to treat her patients with pharmacy ointments rather than botany... Except for those fucking ginger teas for the flu, and peppermint for the stomach ...
"... This is confusing". He said pouting. "I just followed the nerd to see that he wasn't in danger, I didn't need a class of... Your fucking witchy bullshit..."
"Easy Kats" The girl put a hand on her shoulder, calm. "Maybe you just need to release the stress that caused all this. Then we can talk more about this later, whether you want to or not"
The truth is that after that trip to McDonald's following the nerd, everything returned to normal. They returned to the gym, and Kirishima handed the bag of fast food to the blonde. The blonde didn't accept it at first until his stomach growled, and he forcefully ate that shitty burger. Afterwards, they continued with their practicing, their formations and how they combined their techniques to be able to create strategies in case one day they got lucky enough to participate in a competition or something, and Katsuki beating them all four in a 4 against 1 match (as always). And everything must have continued like this, but when they were about to leave, shitty hair approached him.
"Hey, Bro, will you accompany me to the plaza that is on the way to the station right now that we go back?"
"Do you want to go buy shit there? For what?" The blonde raised an eyebrow, after changing into his normal clothes.
"Uh, well..." That fool scratched the back of his neck. "I need to buy something for my mom for her birthday, but I don't know what she might like and well... Your parents are dressmakers, I thought you would have good taste for those things". He smirked. "I want to buy her a bag, but I'm sure that I'll end up buying something ugly if I don't have someone else's opinion."
Katsuki raised the other eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
"… Okay? but after that I go to my house and you to yours and don't follow me or anything like that." He rolled his eyes.
"Great!"
It was like... Eight at night. They walked out under the light of the crescent moon (He calculated that in a day or two it would be full), the stars were not very visible because of all the light at the streets and buildings of the city and the neon signs of the area, he only could see some planets in the sky and a plane flying down little by little, probably arriving at the airport on the other side of the city.
"... Hey Bakubro, about your friend Midoriya... Why aren't you guys talking anymore?" Shitty hair turned to see the blonde, but he only saw him frown.
"It's none of your business" The mere mention of Deku made him feel uncomfortable. He tried to walk faster but Kirishima kept up with him quickly.
"I know, but..." Kirishima pouted. "Sorry, I know don't know you very well, but I know that it is difficult for you to worry about someone else" He said suddenly. There was one thing he didn't dislike about the dyed hair boy: he didn't mince words. "If you did followed today Midoriya, I don't know, I thought maybe you got into a fight or something ..." He grimaced.
"I already told you, it's none of your business. It was just… something I did today and that's it". He rolled his eyes.
"It may not be but..." He put a hand on his shoulder. This made them both stop in the middle of the crosswalk, under the light of a street lamp. "The truth is that I care about you, bro"
Katsuki turned to see him, raising an eyebrow.
"Look, even if you don't want to tell me if you got into a fight or something... At least let me help you get your friend back".
"Why do you want to help me with that?"
"So that you are no longer alone through the day".
" What do you win from that?" Katsuki frowned.
"I don't expect anything in return" He shrugged and sighed. "Look, uh, it might sound strange to you, Bro, but, sometimes people want to help others just for the sake of it." He turned to the sky. "And the look you had while following Midori was... As if you wanted to say something to him but you couldn't"
Katsuki was silent looking at Kirishima. He felt as if... That hand that wouldn't let him speak to the nerd or open up to others had suddenly come loose, but something told him that that invisible thing was going to imprison him again in minutes. It was as if the hand was giving him "permission" to vent to this empathetic asshole in front of him
... Maybe it wouldn't hurt to tell him…
"... Deku and I grew up together" It was the first thing he said, he turned to the other side. "We were always close to each other because my old hag and the nerd's mom are friends since before either of us were born..." he crossed his arms, turning to the ground, and leaning on the pole. "We always used to play together, but somewhat rough. We played and I used to beat Deku because he was always a weakling, but… we were playing so I never thought it could affect him or something and the truth is I doubt it did... But when we were like... nine or ten years old, I don't remember..." He took his hands to his hair, scratching his scalp in frustration. Kirishima just watched him, listening carefully. "One day he told me something... And I didn't react in the best way. He told me about a nightmare in which he basically dreamed of how someone dies and I... I somehow ended up thinking that person was him and… I took that as an excuse to... Annoy him? Something like that. My stupid ten-year-old brain said it was a way to protect the asshole, but it wasn't. I ended up hurting him and making that no one in school talks to him and they started bullying him badly, including myself. And I realized my mistake, but it was late and the damage was done, and because of that… I feel like I just can't fix this".
Kirishima nodded his head, sighing a little.
"That sounds bad. But… question. Is Midoriya spiteful?" The moron cocked his head, his hands on his trouser pockets.
Katsuki thought for a bit.
"... No, I don't think so..." Katsuki made a grin. "That nerd has a fucking chicken heart, I doubt he's capable of holding a grudge. In fact sometimes I doubt if the bastard has even a drop of malice on his body..."
"You took it all when there was a distribution" Kirishima joked and Katsuki looked at him in a bad way... Although deep down he gave him a laugh. He just snorted and rolled his eyes. "Just kidding, bro" He clapped him on the shoulder. "But if you say that Mido has a heart of gold, then I doubt that he holds a grudge against you for something, it could it easier for you to fix it."
"That's the bad thing" He said automatically. " I know that the idiot doesn't hold a grudge, he doesn't even do it with his father who is a shitty person. I know him well enough to know that the moment I speak to him and say "forgive me for tormenting your life for three years," he is going to forgive me. I-I don't deserve it, and I don't like to get things easily… Mostly this"
"Uh, yeah?"
"Especially because ... I've tried at least not to treat him badly again, but every time I get close to... Talk to him ... The memories of when he told me that fucking nightmare and his face of horror come to me mind and …"
" You get aggressive"
" ... Maybe?"
"Why are you so worried about the nightmare you are saying?"
"I don't know! I don't really think that thing has any reality onto it. I know the nerd well enough to know that maybe he saw something on TV and was traumatized and now he dreams about it all the time. But the thing is... When I found out he had that nightmare he woke up screaming like the baby that he is, and when he told me about it, he told me that his body hurt... I don't even remember how much he told me, but I couldn't stop thinking on his body hurting and just… Loosing him during a nightmare. It's an idiotic thought, it's illogical, but for some reason I just…."
"Hmm... Why don't you ask Mina about that? She knows about nightmares and magical things that happen with them".
"... Do you think I'm going to depend on a fucking witch for this? Don't be stupid".
"Well, I don't know who the stupid one is, because you cling to a nightmare that YOU didn't have to basically ruin your friendship with your childhood best friend.
"... You son of a-"
"Shut up" Kirishima put his hand in front of Bakugo. "And don't ever call Mina a 'fucking witch'. We are talking about you losing a friendship because of your attitude and you dare to continue with this nonsense"
Bakugo was silent. This was a different Kirishima, his typical smile was now serious ...
"... I'm sorry" He said, but half rolled his eyes. Kirishima on the part of him just pouted.
They started walking again but kept talking.
"Don't insult her like that. She is very proud of her roots"
"Yes, I understand, I won't do it again... Speaking of how did you all meet?"
"... Are you taking an interest in the great and amazing story of how we became friends?" Kirishima smiled automatically, again with the energy that this asshole always carried. "The power of friendship rises little by little in you!"
"Ugh! I was just asking! Not that I'm interested!"
" Ha! Bakubro, you really are falling before the power of friendship! You care about your friend Mido and now about us too!" He said, grabbing him by the shoulder and shaking him a bit.
"Don't touch me."
Kirishima ignored him, running his hand down his back.
"Mina and I are neighbors. Mina's auntie is the witch of the neighborhood and my mother sometimes goes to ask her for things to clean the house and things like that, so when my mother thought I was old enough to go alone she started to send me for the concoctions and things that Mrs. Kayama prepares. Mina started living with her around the age of five or six after her parents died" Katsuki frowned. "So when I started going for what my mother asked me to, Mina took care of me. One day she invited me to play and from there we started playing together".
"So... Mina is an orphan?"
"Well, yeah. But she has told me that she wasn't very happy. She lived in the South Pole and you know how they are there that they don't want anything from the outside world and stuff. Her parents fell ill with something strange and died. It was pure luck Mina didn't catch that thing" He shrugged. "Then her nanny Nemuri adopted her and brought her to live here in rep city. " While they were walking, Katsuki started kicking a can that was in the way. "Nemuri doesn't have bending, but Mina did manifest the power, as you know, so she started training in an academy for waterbenders that belongs to Sero's family and he was already training there".
"So... You two have known each other since you were little because you live nearby and because your mother is a client of the witch's aunt, and pinky met flat face through training?"
"That's how it is. Sero comes from a family of circuses, and that academy they have is to recruit new members. That's why Sero is so flexible, and he knows how to do all those cool stunts, because they taught him"
"... Okay... Go on"
"Sero and Denki go to the same high school and they were already friends before, almost as much as Mina and I are" Kirishima released the blonde as he saw that the can went to one side, and now he kicked it and passed it to Katsuki. "One day I with Mina to her academy, and there I met Sero. After that, the three of us started hanging out, and one day Sero brought Denki over. And then Denki showed us his gym, and he introduced us to his cousin and his cousin's bodyguard, but you haven't met them yet. " They were walking, passing the can between the two.
"And then they started harassing me."
"You like to be with us!"
"Yeah, right" He said sarcastically.
"Oh, come on dude!" Kirishima laughed a little. "If you weren't comfortable with us, you would have already kicked us out or something".
Katsuki rolled his eyes and didn't say anything anymore.
"Also, Mina made us a prediction one day that someone with your description was going to start hanging out with us".
" ... Wait what?"
"She also mentioned someone who "was very special to the world" but we don't really know what that means..."
"... Kirishima."
Apparently from hearing him say his last name, shitty hair just froze.
"W-What? Did I say something bad...?" He seemed scared now. Katsuki just rolled his eyes.
" What do you mean that the girl predicted shit?"
" ... Oh! Right, we didn't tell you!" He automatically took out his cell phone and began to show him some photos of a bowl of water with various objects on it and a tarot deck.
"Mina asks us to help her practice her clairvoyance and she gives us readings on these things" He pointed to a bowl of water where he could see drops of wax that, strangely, looked like flames and an eye in the center of it. "Mina says that when she does these things, sometimes voices reach her ears. Last time she did it, she said that the voices told her that a very explosive firebender with blonde hair was coming into our lives, and that he would be our leader for a time. And three days later you spoke to us in the park".
"... What the fuck?" It was the only thing she could say. "You're not making it up, are you?"
"Of course not! If you want, ask the others" He smirked. "Or-Or! Tell Mina to read your fortune!"
"..." Fuck, now he was curious... ugh he didn't believe on this "... Tell her if you want"
"Very well!" He said and then started running. Katsuki at that moment realized that they were already in front of the plaza. He rolled his eyes and went straight behind him. After buying the gift for the rock's mom, they went to the train station and parted ways.
On Saturdays, Katsuki spent time with family, if hearing the old hag yell at his pops for his incompetence and yell at him and he at her when cleaning, was to spend time as family; although they also had the habit of spending the whole afternoon watching movies or series (sometimes bad on purpose so he and the old hag would make fun of how bad they were). On Sundays he with with his pops to an area near their house, in a mountain, to later train with him in that place their firebending. So he really didn't see anyone from his school or the dumbasses in those two days. Before all the shit went down, Deku went with them, but since he started behaving like an ass with the freckled boy, he no longer went... Fuck he misses the nerd so much.
... Shit, don't think about him, Katsuki. Your Saturdays and Sundays are boring, think better of what you did that following Monday.
His Monday was weird. He woke up, had breakfast, got dressed, went to school and... The nerd wasn't there ... Neither was the teacher.
He was there for a while, the extras talked to him and he answered without even paying attention to what they were saying. He just looked out the window as the soft rays of the dawn sun entered, he kept his feet on the table of his seat and his bottle of water in his hand. He took a few sips of it, keeping her gaze on the horizon ... until he was interrupted by the nerd who abruptly walked through the door.
"I-I'M SORRY BEING SO...!" He yelled as he entered but everyone just stared at him. "... I-Isn't the teacher here yet?"
"No?"
The nerd turned red with embarrassment and went to his seat quickly.
Katsuki stared at the nerd out of the corner of his eye... The messy hair, the pillow marked on his cheek, the clothes all wrinkled and dark circles. It was like he had just woken up or something, which was very rare for the nerd. I mean yes, the bastard was sleeping out of nowhere while he was out but ... He was always very punctual, you know? So seeing him show up late was the weird thing.
Speaking of weird, that "there is something wrong" was VERY present, stronger than ever ... Well no, that day three years ago when Deku woke up crying at home at night was the day he felt most present ... He should ignore it, maybe the nerd last night had that nightmare again and that's why he looked so tired ... Just focus on your things Katsuki, just that.
When the teacher arrived it was lunchtime, so he had no choice but to let them eat. Katsuki crept up to the seat of the green haired one (who had gone to the bathroom) to do his usual but ... She noticed that Auntie Inko's bento was missing.
"'I'm sure the dumbass forgot his food…" He was about to leave when he saw the boy's wallet ... He took out his own wallet, from it he took out a bill that he had (he didn't even know how much it was) and left it in the other's wallet and ran away before anyone could Realize.
When they returned to the classroom, it turned out that the teacher's asshole basically gave them the day off. They left early ... Ugh didn't want to go home.
He turned to see the geek, who looked smiling, and saw how faster than he ever took his things out of the room. Shit! He did the same but hoping the nerd wouldn't see him (as always).
He followed him, but this time they didn't go to the train station, the nerd went straight to his apartment. There, Katsuki was quiet ... Uh, now where was he going? He already said that he didn't want to return to his house, and besides today he had training with those assholes ...
Maybe it would be a good idea to go back to school. Those fools had to come get him to go to the gym anyway. He could take advantage and do his homework in the little school library or something ... Wait, he had no homework ...
"... Fuck it." "Anyway he went back to school. And there he was for a few hours until he got a text message.
[Group "Bakusquad"]
[Alien Queen added you]
[Smileman changed your name from "Katsuki Bakugo" to "Bomberman 💥 "]
[Alien Queen changed your name from "Bomberman 💥 " to "Blasty"]
What is this? The blond wondered. He quickly opened WhatsApp.
Electro Man[01:15 PM]:
Hey, who changed the chat name? ಠ ︵ ಠ I liked more marvelous team, don't be okay
Alien Queen [01:16 PM]:
I think it was EijiTheRock but we agreed to do it yesterday
remember?
Because we added Blasty💥 here~
Blasty [01:18 PM]:
Why the hell are you putting me in your dumb groupchats?
Eiji the Rock [01:18 PM]:
Brooooo you are here now!
we saw an interesting thing yesterday regarding our PB team!
and we said oooh sounds inturusting~
show it AlienQueen show him
Eiji the Rock [01:19 PM]
If you say yes, we just need to get an airbender.
Mina, without saying anything else, sent the link to a Twitter post.
Blasty [01:20 PM]:
I don't have twitter.
Blasty [01:21 PM]:
And why the fuck did they call me Blasty? I Hate this shitty nickname.
Katsuki entered the configuration quickly looking for where the name was being changed.
[Katsuki Bakugo changed his name from "Blasty" to "KING EXPLOSION MURDER"]
Alien Queen [01:22 PM]:
You don't need Twitter to see it Blasty ~ just click on the link you'll like What you'll see ~ 💕
Smileman [01:23 PM]
THE FUCK KATS, YOUR NAME IS SO LONG GONNA CHANGE IT
The boy rolled his eyes.
KING EXPLOSION MURDER [01:25 pm]:
It better not be porn.
Mr. Electric [01:26 PM]:
I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT, LEAVE ME ALONEEEEEEE
Katsuki opened the link: It was a promotional image of a pro-bending junior tournament that would take place in about six months. The first places were scholarship opportunities to train professionally in the sport, and independent schools and teams could enter ... Wow, apparently, they were serious too. This is good.
[Smileman changed your name from "KING EXPLOSION MURDER" to "DYNAMITE"]
Smileman [01:27 PM]
Lol fits you.
But you're going to kill me.
So...
I'll think of another name lol.
[Smileman changed your name from "DYNAMITE" to "KEM"]
Smileman [01:34 PM]
Your name of Mr. Kats explosive was very long so I put it in the initials of that thing.
KEM [01:34 PM]
Anyway, as long as it's not one of his kitsch El smiles.
So you want to enter the tournament? We have to choose between Rosita and Flat face then.
Mr. Electric [01:35 PM]:
Ooots that I am not eligible? ಠಗಠ
Alien Queen [01:36 PM]:
Denki love💕
You know that I love you with all my pink marshmallow heart💗
But Blasty💥 is our team leader
Eiji The Rock [01:37 PM]
also you can't control your flames without causing a fire
or get rays for not controlling your energy
Mr. Electric [01:37 PM]:
... Well. But then I am your representative! (ノ ಠ 益 ಠ) ノ
KEM [01:38 PM]:
Since when do you know about finances?
Mr. Electric [01:39 PM]:
Ooots you trust furendo
I want to tell my uncles to sponsor us for the expenses
Although I think everything will be here in Rep City
Mr. Electric: [01:40 PM]
We only need to see who we make the uniforms with.
Katsuki made a face. Could the old woman she? Uh ... I didn't want to ask him but ...
KEM [01:43 PM]:
I'm in charge of investigating that mother of the uniforms.
Now we just have to organize ourselves and find someone to join the team to be the airbender.
By the way. I left early today. I see them outside my school at 2:30 instead of 3 as usual.
I mean, get there early.
I mean you, dunce face.
Katsuki smirked. Wow, things were working out really well for him to follow the path of her dream. But now, did he know any airbender? Not really ... It had to be someone his age. It was a junior tournament.
That's what she was when she got another message, but privately.
[Pinky Witch shithead sent you a message]
Pinky Witch shithead [01:48 PM]:
hey blasty 💥
Eiji told me that you said something to him the other day
From your friend Midori
Of dreams that he has
And of my ✨ witchy predictions~ ✨
I leave school a little earlier than you
In fact I'm going out
I usually go to my house to eat before I go for you
For what I thought to ask you
Now will you accept me to make you a prediction?
If you don't want to, there's no fart
I'm just asking to see if I bring my little things.
Because, I mean, I can read your little hand but
If you have more specific questions if I use my material.
Damn shitty hair ... Why did she say if-wait he never told him not to tell anyone what he said did he?... he was also a bit curious about what the girl was going to say to her. I mean, I didn't believe in any of this but ...
Me [01:50 PM]:
If you want, but I don't understand why you want to make me a prediction.
I only have questions about the nerd's dreams.
Also, what exactly did the shitty hair tell you?
Pinky Witch shithead [01:52 PM]:
He only told me that you told him that your friend has strange dreams and that he told you that you will ask me about it
But is that
Sight
I can hear you say what I know about dreams
How they work and that
But those dreams are not yours
And I feel like you may have more questions than you want to admit
I could personally try to help you understand the dream world
But my divination methods albeit if they say things like
✨ Oh let's meet a blonde boy~ ✨
It not only works for that
But for self-discovery
It's like therapy but without going to therapy, you understand?
For example, your hands will tell me things that, perhaps you know, but you have not told anyone
The cards, the water and the wax will say things about your present, your past and your future.
And although they don't govern what is going to happen to you
They help you make decisions
To make your own decisions.
Me [01:55 PM]:
The therapy uses a scientific method. Don't suck. Don't compare a science like psychology to your weird witchy thing that doesn't even have scientific proof.
...
Oh well.
Bring it if you want.
Pinky Witch shithead [01:55 PM]:
Perfect!
I knew that one day you would accept that I read you the furtive mwahahah
La Girl Rosa brujil [01:57 PM]:
OH IF I FORGET TO TELL YOU SOMETHING‼ ️ ‼ ️
If you have a chance, bring something from Mido
And eat something really substantial
In other words, eat something well before we go
It's not just the fruit that we always eat when we are on the way to denki's gym is worth it.
Eat something substantial to keep you energetic
I don't want you to pass out in the middle of the session
AHSI also put cream on your hands to be able to read your hands at ease
And there it all stayed. He didn't answer him but something told him to pay attention, so he bought something to eat (his money almost ran out, he only had enough to go back and forth. Ugh, this happens for giving his money to the nerd! at least he made sure the dumb bought something like a sandwich and didn't fuck fries like the bastard sure had planned). He went to the living room again, to see if the fool hadn't forgotten something in his place. He found nothing except for a bitten pencil (EUGH!). It had the nerd's name on one side so it was his. She put it in her trouser bag.
When it was time to meet the idiots, the first to arrive was Mina.
"Blasty!" She came in front of him, carrying a backpack.
"How much shit do you bring?"
"First of all, hi ~ how are you? I am good" He rolled his eyes. "Second, well I bring my things. "She said, taking the backpack and opening it in front of her. Katsuki raised an eyebrow, and she peeked out curiously. " My Tarot deck for when you have specific questions, my water bowl for hydromancy which is my specialty as well as to clean the Gym environment and prevent us from getting ugly ghosts and things, a little of moon water that I made exactly 28 days ago by myself " She pointed to herself proudly. "The magnifying glass that I use for palmistry, which is the first thing we are going to do, some of the skin paint that I use to help me with my chi, birthday candles of various colors just in case, a bigger candle that I steal from my nana, oil, and two ham sandwiches that I prepared before coming here". She pulled out the sandwiches and handed one to the blond boy. "Here, for you~" This one took it raising an eyebrow.
"So much shit is involved in your witchcraft?" He frowned, seeing all the things. The bowl was metal ... he opened the sandwich and took a bite.
"Uy, Kats. This is very little compared to everything my aunt has" she said smiling, closing her backpack and putting it on her back again. "These are just the little things that are one hundred percent mine and that I can get out of the house without her getting angry".
"... Hey, isn't that bowl too heavy?"
"Nah, it's aluminum."
After a while the other three fools arrived and went quickly to the gym, almost without stopping.
"Close the windows I'm going to cleanse the environment to make some predictions to Kats~"
They instantly complied.
"Uuuh, did Bakubro finally accepted?" Dunce Face asked, smiling. The red-eyed one rolled them somewhat jaded.
"Something like that" She said calmly. She took out the bottle of paint, and with her fingers began to make the figures that she always made on her arms, face, fingers and legs.
"Oh, this is exciting ~" Shitty hair's began to push Bakugo to where Mina was. "You will see the power of Mina in action!"
Mina sat on the pot floor, and she began to make noises with a stick and the aluminum bowl.
" Just don't panic. "Sero she said after closing the last curtain. " Every time Mina does these things the gym gets really weird with ghosts and things like that. " Sero swallowed somewhat nervously.
" I don't believe in ghosts. " Katsuki raised an eyebrow.
" That's what Sero said before Mina did a reading on him! " Dunce Face screamed derisively. Katsuki rolled her eyes.
" I think they only suggest themselves. The net all this mother feels that she is going to end up being bullshit ...
And she would have continued to be a sucker had it not been for the fact that, as the girl tapped the aluminum bowl, the atmosphere of the gym began to feel somewhat ... Heavy. Very heavy. Overweight. And cold. Cold on her back, her hands ... As if something had hung on him, as if the hand that she was preventing him from speaking to and defending Deku wasn't enough and now something else had hung on him. She felt like she wasn't breathing and"
" HEY I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING! Wait a minute Kats, I need to get these guys out or things will go wrong. "Mina she rolled her eyes and got up, hitting the bowl harder and shouting things that, the truth, she couldn't pay attention because of the heaviness in her chest and body. And suddenly, she felt normality return, just ... That hand was still there.
" ... WH-WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ?!"
"Uh, he did hit you badly..." Mina made a face. "It was a spirit, I think... I've never seen them so I don't really know what it was but..." She sat down again, facing the blonde. "I'm sorry about tha ..." Katsuki stayed in her place, hugging himself. She made a face and turned to see the other boys, who seemed normal compared to the blonde. "Kats, calm down. Take a deep breath..." she raised a hand and put it on the blonde's head. "Calm dow-"
"I'M CALM! DON'T TOUCH ME! AND DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" She shook violently so the girl pulled her hand away from her head. He saw her wrong, but he began to do deep breathing (as her father had taught him for her firebending training). With each breath the rapid and erratic beats of his heart began to calm down little by little... "I'm calm …"
"Fine..." She said, although she kept her cheeks puffed out. The other three sat next to them. "Kats Can you light this candle for me?" She handed him a big candle. He did, rolling his eyes, and passed it to her again. She put it aside.
"Give me your hands..." The red-eyed dude stretched out his palms. She began to review them with her magnifying glass. She sometimes moved his hands to bring them closer to the candle and see in better light.
"Why do you use a candle and not electric light?"
"Because this is how I work. And shut up!" The girl said seriously, which was something weird for her. Katsuki rolled her eyes, but still she didn't say anything anymore. She just waited for him to finish. " Uh ... Kats, you're right-handed right? " He just nodded. "Okay..." she put the magnifying glass to one side of her and began to touch the lines of the boy's hands with her fingers.
And they stayed that way for a while until she lowered the boy's hands.
"Your hands show guilt, Kats. Not that you are guilty of something, but that you feel a very great guilt. Your anger issues are related to this. Also, they show that you are a very smart guy, but you get carried away by your feelings when you shouldn't, and when you should, you overthink things without even giving yourself the opportunity to simply let yourself go. Also, this is related to that guilt you feel, because when it is time to face this you let yourself be carried away by fear, and when you don't have to face this, you start to think about everything that could go wrong and because of that you end up in a spiral of anxiety that you express in anger". She took his right hand and showed it to him. "Your intelligence line and heart line" She pointed to both lines: the one in the center of his hand and the one just above it "They are straight and almost parallel, but..." now, she pointed to a small line that came out of the line above that collided with the one below. "You have a small twig in your heart line that collides with your intelligence line. And it manifests in your two hands, which means that it is something you've always carried. Also, you have a hard time expressing feelings other than anger, all a product of your anxiety".
The blond raised an eyebrow. Okay, he did feel guilty but... Seriously, what the fuck? Surely all this was made up, or maybe shitty hair told her that he felt guilty about Deku. Yes, it sure is. His hands couldn't say that much shit.
"That's practically what your hands tell me when I simply see them: Guilt, anxiety and hidden feelings that you don't want others to see. What do you think?"
"... You already knew me, you got all this out before with whatever shitty hair told you" Bakugo crossed his arms, but seemed mostly unsure.
"Bakubro, I just told her that your friend Mido's dreams"
"I didn't take it from anywhere, your hands told me everything, Kats" Mina sighed. "But if you want we can leave it here, if you don't feel so safe..." The girl took the candle, to put it out, but-
"... I still have questions" Bakugo said, his cheeks somewhat red.
"About what?" Denki raised both eyebrows, smiling and poking his rib.
" About... The nerd, I think".
"Oh, yeah! Wou said that... Let see if there is something with him in your little hands~"
"Wait, can you see other people with that? " Katsuki frowned.
"Not quite, but I can see how you feel about other people" She smirked. Katsuki hesitated for a few seconds, but ended up giving her his hands again. Mina picked up the magnifying glass and checked quickly, squinting and grimacing in the process. "Okay this is weird..."
"What's weird?" He just looked at her, and he couldn't help but tilt his head a little ...
"Okay, uh ..." She let go of the boy's hand and put the magnifying glass to one side of her, rubbing the bridge of her nose. " I need confirmation of something I saw. I'm going to..." she reached out to grab her backpack. "What do you prefer? Yes or no answers or a specific question with present, past and future?" she pulled out the box with the deck
"... What did you see?" He frowned.
"That your guilt has to do with Midori..."
" ..." he said nothing, but hissilence said yes to the pink-haired girl.
She sighed, pulling the deck out of the box.
" Your hands say that there is something that you haven't said. Something... that you feel. Something that only you feel. And you can't control it..."
"..." He turned to see his own hands, and then those of the girl who were shuffling the cards. "... Maybe... Maybe it's true...
She turned to see him with her eyes which dishes.
"Ay, Kats..." She bit her lip "... Did you bring something from your friend?"
"Yeah, but why do you use it?" He reached into his trouser bag, pulling out the bitten pencil.
"Give it to me" She didn't answer him. He gave it to her automatically, though she rolled her eyes. She ran the tip of it through the fire of the candle and then rubbed the pencil across her tarot.
"Shuffle this yourself. " She gave him the cards. "Shuffle them ten times, while you think about a specific question. We are going to make it past, present, and future... And as soon as you finish, you are going to say your question out loud... and use full names not nicknames" Mina said, giving a slight sigh of concern, which was very palpable.
"Is this a one-time thing?"
" We can ask several questions if you want, but it is best that you try to ask the specific questions. Sometimes the cards can give you double-edged meaning if you're not specific"
Katsuki nodded, and then he saw the deck in his hands ... What question could he ask? He just knew that he cared about the nerd. He only knew that he needed to know that this dream wasn't his end, he needed to know what he could do so the nerd wouldn't end up dying dismembered or whatever, and why he felt that "there is something wrong with him" since he was little...
'Got it,' he masterfully shuffled the cards. He counted each move she made one by one, and when he reached number ten he adjusted them.
"Izuku Midoriya's nightmare, where there is a battle between elements and the death of two men, one dressed in the colors of the nations and the other dressed completely in black with a mask on his face... what does it mean? Is he going to die like that?"
"... Okay..." The girl nodded, although she was surprised by the question he asked. " Now take the first three cards and lay them in front of me from left to right" She indicated.
He did what she asked. He didn't even have the thought of "don't tell me what to do". The atmosphere was heavy and this was no time for his shitty attitude.
As soon as the cards were in order, Mina took the first one and turned it over. The first figure showed a very tall burning pagoda, from which two people were falling.
" ... The Tower..."
" Oh no" Was the first word he heard coming from the other three fools since Mina got so serious.
" Does it mean...? " Katsuki turned to see the four from the corner of his eye. Their faces said this was... bad.
" The tower means destruction." Mina said. Katsuki instantly gasped.
... WHAT?!
"B-But it's in the past!... NO?!" Denki asked bringing her face close to the cards.
"Yeah, it is in the past." Mina said, taking it in her hands. " This card is ... Negative at a certain point, but it depends on your attitude towards everything... When it is in the past it says that what was built was destroyed..." she put a hand to her chin frowning the frown. "... And if it were a yes or a no, I would say no. So, no, I think it isn't your friends death"
Hearing that only instantly calmed him down, and in fact the other three calmed down as well. He heard that even Kaminari and Kirishima celebrated... And he did too, internally.
"But this is not the end" She said. She placed the card in its place again and held up the second. This showed a smiling person who was carrying a bag in his hands, he was standing on a cliff and you could see water under it; the man had a small dog next to him; the sun rose to one side of the card; and everything absolutely everything looked at the man.
" Oh, the Fool! This is a good one, Kats! " The girl smiled and gave a quiet sigh.
" And what does that one mean?"
" It means the origin of something or a great change " She took the card, showing it now. "The fool's card represents the beginning of something, and if it is upright, it is something positive. " She gave it to him. Katsuki took it in his hands, touching and feeling the small reliefs that the card had. " This, combined with the tower card, means that what was previously destroyed is giving rise to something new and positive.
" ... And what does this have to do with the nerd?
"Hmm ..." She put a hand to her chin. " What do you think if we roll the last one? Perhaps the future will tell us what kind of change he represents"
He just nodded. She turned the card over and showed a woman with two sabers and a bandage on her face.
"... hey, Kats ... Can you repeat your question for me?"
"Uh, I asked if Deku's nightmare meant his death."
" You asked this as if that dream of your friend was a premonition, right?" He nodded. "Hmmm... The past says no, the present confirms the past, but the future...
" What does this last card mean?" He frowned.
" This last one is a two of spades ... It is a very ambiguous card, in questions of yes and doesn't represent a maybe ... " He frowned.
" ... That is...?" He felt his heart beat violently again.
" Okay ... Look. My interpretation is ... " She was thoughtful for a moment. " Your question is if that dream is the future of your friend. The past says no, it says the dream is ... Something that already happened, like, a long time ago. The present says that this dream is a change, a new beginning, a positive new beggining... But the future says that it could happen again"
"Happen again?!" Katsuki felt his breath start to shake.
" Don't take it so literally, Kats. " Mina tried to reassure him. "It is likely that your friend in some past life has died like this, and he is reliving it between dreams.
" Past Lives? " He frowned.
" Uh, yeah. " She just sighed. She took up the cards again and began shuffling them. " We all have past lives unless you are a Literal new soul. Sometimes we reincarnate as animals, sometimes as people, it depends on how we have lived ... By the way your hands say it too, I counted twenty on yours. You are three less than Denki" She passed the deck back to Katsuki and he took them. Without saying anything, he just repeated the process. While he thought about the question, she continued speaking. "About your friend and his past lives ... From what the card said, it is ... More likely that what happened to him in that past life will be repeated, but being a maybe, it may or may not happen. Your friend is doing something different, probably, that will prevent him from having that tragic ending again, but there is still the possibility there that it will repeat... And, I don't know, but maybe it's something that even he doesn't control himself, since the two of spades is such an ambiguous card, it represents that everything that happens afterwards will be regarding the decisions that the questioner makes ...
"... I mean, if ... That happens again. Is it my fault?"
" ... If you decide to interpret it like this ... Just... Prepare yourself. How about you better ask another question? " She smirked.
" ... " Katsuki just nodded, analyzing what the girl said ... So, it was ... The past? ... And if it happens again, will it be Katsuki's fault? Not the nerd? Or will it be both? She didn't answer him the last question at all... Ugh this is confusing. He sighed again and said a question out loud. "What can I, Katsuki Bakugo, do to prevent Izuku Midoriya from dying like in that dream?" And instantly took out the three cards again.
"Wow Kats, you learn fast," Sero commented in a low voice.
" I'm the best, obviously I learn fast". He answered back, but kept his tone low as well.
" Show off ~ " Mina giggled a little.
" Whatever" He rolled his eyes and handed the deck back to the girl. She took the first card...
" Oops I think you left one more. " She said, separating the two cards. Katsuki was about to take the extra card to return it to the deck, but she stoped him " No, Kats. We have to add this because, in this cases, this type of things aren't accidents" Katsuki nodded. And she turned them over: she came out one that she had a man and a woman found about to hold hands; oh, and she was upside down. The second was one that had a man with a long cape facing his back, and five glasses at his feet.
"Uh, inverted lovers, and a five of glasses ..." Mina bit her lip.
" Lovers? What does that have to do with the nerd? "Katsuki got something red from ... Imagine something ... Although she also thought about 'ew no!'. " ... And being upside down mean something bad? And what the hell with that other one you said?
" Hahaha Ay Kats " She laughed a little " Lovers give different interpretations depending on what is being asked and the context. She took it in her hands making a face, although she looked amused. " Lovers don't always talk about a romantic relationship, it can be one of friendship, parents and children, or love of oneself. It is just a card that represents love in general. Here we are talking about what you can do to prevent something bad from happening to Midori for what it would be ... a love between you and your friend, and you decide if it is a matter of you want it, you like it or any of those things. " She shrugged, and the truth is that Katsuki turned redder.
" Tch ..." and she turned to the other side. "... OK. Then?
" Being in the past and combined with the five of cups, it may mean that you made a hasty decision, which caused you to do a lot of damage ... And now you feel guilty for that. She put a hand to her chin. " Did your relationship with Mido end ugly?
" ... Something...
"Oh, Kats ..." she cocked her head, making a small pout as if she was saddened by what the boy said.
" Don't even look at me with pity! Follow that mother or I'll go! " Said the blond annoyed. The pink haired one just gave a soft sigh.
" I'll pick up the next card. " Mina said smiling a little.
The next card was a card that had three sabers embedded in a semi"realistic heart.
" A three of swords, also inverted ... " Mina frowned a little. " This ... It's weird. It is supposed to represent a pain that has not ceased to be present and that you are going through a very ugly moment in your life ... But being the other way around means that little by little you are overcoming it, although it still hurts ... Have you talked to him lately?
"... Well ... The truth is ... I've always tried, you know?" The ... Friday wasn't the only time I followed the fool. She crossed her arms, though she seemed to be mostly hugging herself. " I ... I take care that he eats at school, and he tried to make the bully who are not me, leave him alone. But ... But I don't speak to him. I can not. Something won't let me ...
" Oh, that's what you told me. That when you try to talk to him he gives you something and you get aggressive, right? " Kirishima said, to which Katsuki just nodded. Mina raised her eyebrows a little sadly.
" Uh, that means you would have to work to get over this ... You want to regain your friendship with him right?
" ... If I want, but only if he allows me ...
" Well, it's a two"part thing. From you and him. It depends on both of us. " She brought her hand to the third card. Turning her over, she came out of the tower again, but inverted.
" ... Damn mother, that card loves me, doesn't it? "Katsuki hit the palm of her hand on her forehead ... " How bad is it now?
Okay I was already a little into these mothers when he didn't even believe. Ha! The girl is good, the blond guessed.
" Oh, Kats! Don't be so upset! Sight. She rubbed her hands a little. " This card itself represents conflicts. Conflicts that destroy something. In the past, it is that it already happened, in the present, it is that you are going through it, and in the future it is that it will happen. But she is reversed. She pointed to the card. " When inverted it means ... Something similar to normal ... But that one is aware of these changes and conflicts. It is one who doesn't want to take the first step. In this case, YOU are the one who has to take the first step, to get closer to him ... This basically means that you know what you have to do. You want to protect your friend, but ... You ruined their friendship. Now, it hurts you not to be with him, and you carry a guilt that doesn't let you advance. What you did that ruined their friendship will be destroyed, but YOU are the one who doesn't want to get close, YOU are the one who doesn't allow your friendship with Midori to be born again. " Katsuki frowned. Mina continued. " The lovers plus the five drinks say that your relationship with your friend ended because of a very stupid decision you made and now you feel a lot of guilt. She"she saw it a little wrong, he returned that look, although she looked scolding. " And the present says that that decision still hurts you, for the same fault. The future says that the decision you made is going to be destroyed, but you prevent it from happening ...
" I told you to talk to him again! But did you listen to me ?! Noooo! Kirishima poked the blond haired one on the cheek. Katsuki brushed it off instantly.
" Leave me, rock face!"
Mina started laughing.
" Uh, so are you going to talk to him again?" Sero cocked his head, resting his elbow on his knee and her cheek in her hand.
" ... I-I don't know." He put his hands back, leaning on the floor while still sitting. "Every time I talk to him he gives me something ... It's ... It's just ..." He began to breathe harder, raggedly. " This asshole is ..." he put his hands to his head in frustration. " Every time I try to do whatever, be it approaching him or even asking for a pencil in class or whatever bullshit, something always happens that ends up making me upset, i don't know. Just ... Every time I talk to him, whatever it is, it makes me mad, and he ended up fucking everything because I end up repeating that stupid vicious circle that makes me go back to bothering him, hitting him, and wanting to destroy that fucking smile that he carries all the time, Because just to see him so unconcerned about the world and to know that he dreams of that fucking nightmare that a fucking TV show made me believe for years"YEARS that it was a premonition of his death and they gave me night terrors seeing the body of a Deku of ten, of eleven, twelve and thirteen years old butchered or impaled on peaks of land made me feel horrible, as if I wasn't able to take care of the asshole I grew up with, and to top it off after starting to behave like shit with him and that every time I approach him shrinks in his place as if he were a trapped rabbit awaiting his death and that now I was the cause ... he ended up making me mad at me. A long time ago I realized that what I did was wrong, but the fucking guilt I feel doesn't let me say anything"
" Kats ... " Some hands took him by the cheeks. Kirishima, Sero and Denki were silent, but they also had a hand on the blonde's back and shoulders. The hands of the pink haired one were the ones on his cheeks. " Calm down ... This can be arranged ...
Now he had a lump in his throat. I shouldn't cry, no. He wasn't weak. No. It wasn't like Deku who could cry all he wanted. He was supposed to be the strong one who never cries. No. When they were little Deku cried for both of them. No. He shouldn't cry.
"Kats, if you don't feel ready to talk to him yet, don't worry ..." Sero said. " You will know when you should do it, when the moment tells you ...
Katsuki turned to see him, with a tired expression ...
" I don't know."
" Look Bro, you said yourself that you doubted that Midobro held a grudge against you. Kirishima clenched his fist, raising it enthusiastically. " With that you already know that nothing bad will happen. If you apologize, you could regain your friendship in small steps. But first you have to find the moment when you feel ready.
" Want a tip from the cards? Mina asked, handing the deck back to the boy, though he didn't take it instantly. " When you have a roll like this, you can also ask for one last piece of advice, taking the last card from the deck. He"He pointed under the card. " Perhaps they can tell you something so that you can take the initiative.
" ... " Katsuki saw the deck, and took them decisively. "So I take the last one?" Mina nodded.
Katsuki sighed. 'Nothing else can go wrong and weird this fucking late ...' she thought to herself, and put the card that Mina told him to get out of it. This time he turned it over himself: It was a card with ten swords wedged in a row, with a sunset behind them and clouds above.
" Oh…"
" Oh, now what the fuck? " Katsuki asked in frustration.
" Oh Kats, how do I tell you this ..." she began to fidget. " I think you will not be able to wait long to speak to him, this card is not good.
" Because?" Kirishima asked now, his eyes widening.
" Okay, this last card we draw is asking for advice, and the ten of spades is ... Almost the same as the rook."
" Wait to? "Katsuki felt her breath go away. Tower is destruction, tower is destruction ...
" It is a card that represents a bad omen, that something bad could happen... " She closed her eyes, thinking aloud. "We are talking about that you feel guilty and cannot talk to Midoriya... This card IS a bad omen, caused by yourself, where you have to assimilate these bad things to try to fix what you ruined, and close a circle ... A vicious circle, in which you got yourself. Because if you don't ...
" ... Something bad could happen to the nerd, like in his nightmare..."
"Not just him, Kats..." she looked at him seriously. "Also, to you"
And in that moment, something inside him woke up, and the hand that was holding him and choking him, released completely at last.
The next morning he woke up early, despite the fact that he stayed a bit late investigating things about what happened that Monday afternoon (he would never admit it but ... He actually ended up liking that tarot mother a bit ...) . He got out of bed, had breakfast, and made his lunch for that day, along with a little bit more ... just in case. What's more, he better prepared another bento just like yours.
" Are you preparing two lunches? "The old woman she asked when she got to the kitchen. She had a cup of coffee in her hand.
" What do you care?"She said suddenly, tying the second bento well.
" Ha! Who do you think you are, asshole ?!" She said too, but she came up behind her and put her hands on his shoulders. " Who is the other one for?
Katsuki rolled her eyes.
"Deku yesterday didn't bring lunch and I ended up lending him some money. I'm going to make sure that today at least I have something to eat ..." She said, something red was showing. Even so she Mitsuki didn't say anything, she just smirked raising an eyebrow.
" How considerate of you, Katsuki." She shook her hair and turned around taking a sip of her coffee. Katsuki rolled her eyes.
Suddenly, the house phone rang. Mitsuki went to attend.
"Bakugo Fam" Inko! How are you?" Instantly Katsuki started to pay attention to the conversation his mom was having. " Huh ?! How did Izuku not sleep ?! " ... The nerd didn't sleep? " What do you mean? Okay okay I tell him. Yes yes, don't worry Inko. Yes! Don't worry after a while it takes everything, if you don't worry Inko. So Izuku is going to stay"ok ok yes yes, of course he can take care of himself ... Yes, send him a lot of messages. Yes. Sure! See you later, say hello to your boy. Ha! Yes of course, as if I was lucky. Have a nice day, friend. Bye, take care. " And the blonde hung up.
" Katsuki, put away that bento. Inko says that Izuku didn't sleep last night and he's not going to school today. "She told him from her place.
"... Don't screw with me." She dropped her face onto the bar. " Now what do I do with this shit ?!
" Let your dad take it. " She shrugged her shoulders. " Now get ready. Inko asked if you can take your notes to Izuku, so do it before you go with your buddies. Or better stay with him, Inko told me that she is going out and not coming back until late at night.
And Katsuki just snorted. Well, she would talk to the nerd after school then ...
After a while, she was already in her living room. And it was all relatively normal with all the extras talking to each other ... Well, no, it wasn't normal. Izuku wasn't going today. From what she managed to hear, the nerd hadn't slept last night ... Why was it him? Uh, did he ever dream about that thing again? At least she already knew that it could be something else and not a premonition ...
" So the teacher was like all distracted yesterday because he forgot that he was going to Make us an exam? And he's going to make us one today ?! " He heard an extra say suddenly. His eyes widened. Oh no"
At that moment they heard the door slam open, and a haired boy-WAIT IS THAT DEKU?!
The boy had a DEVIL SIZE dark eyebags. His clothes were WORSE THAN EVER, all dirty and moisty. His typical smile wasn't there and... he looked worse than a demon, it wasn't just that he didn't slept last night it was way worse than that... And he had such a scary face that he didn't say anything and he just went to sit at his place.
'What the fuck?' Katsuki thought, getting up from his place and approaching the nerd with a raised eyebrow.
" Hey, Deku. Weren't you supposed to stay home today because you didn't sleep yesterday? You look horrible. But hey today have-"
"Go Fuck yourself, Kacchan"
... Wait wha-!?
AUTHOR NOTES:
Fifth chapter of my BNHA x Avatar fanfic! There are more clues and little things out there that are gradually unveiling more things for our characters!
What I promised I did, and here is Katsuki back! Now we go again with a little lore and construction, but this time from Bakugo and his squad's point of view! We still know that people don't know about the avatar, but there are people who still know about these stories in addition to our protagonists Deku and Kacchan! AND MINA IS A WITCH!
Ah, we are also finally syncronized on both POVs! AND DEKU JUST SNAPPED AT KATSUKI! HAHAHAHAbr /
Why is he here when he wasn't supposed to go to school?
Question Time! (If you like, you can respond in the comments):br /
- Have you ever had someone do divination to you? Are you interested in it? I know quiromancy, but very little... althrough tarot is iNTURUSTING...
But, like Katsuki said, tarot is not a replacement for therapy. If you need and can, take therapy!
Anyways! I love y'all! Thank you for reading! 3
