"See you tomorrow, Mina!" Rui smiled and waved as her best friend hurried off to catch the bus home. She turned towards her route home, stopping when she found Katsuki standing there. "Hey, Katsuki. How's your arm?"

"It's fine."

Rui wasn't sure how to take his tone, but she reached into her purse and pulled out a small jar. "Here."

Katsuki looked at the small jar that she presented to him. "What is it?"

"It's a poultice I made using some herbs I grew at home and the purified water I use with healing. You should take it, for your arm."

Katsuki's eyes narrowed. "I told you my arm is fine."

Rui flinched at his tone. "Just take it, alright?" She shoved the jar into his hand and stormed off. 'What an ass...'

"I don't need this," Katsuki said, following after Rui.

Rui ignored him and continued on her way.

"Don't ignore me, Rui."

Rui barely glanced back at him. "I can't talk to you when you're being an ass."

"I think I have a right to be an ass right now," Katsuki retorted.

Rui glared at him as he met her pace and walked beside her. "What makes you think you have the 'right'?"

"Gee, I don't know, maybe the fact that yet again I'm the last one to find out what's going on with you? You've been back for two years and not once did you try to reach out."

"Because I knew that you'd act like this!" Rui pinched the bridge of her nose. "You always do this when things don't go your way...!"

"So what, you were just going to keep me in the dark forever?"

"No, I just-"

"You just what, Rui, hmm? Don't give a shit?"

"Ugh! See this is exactly why I was ignoring you! I can't deal with you when you're like this! No matter what I say, it just gets thrown back into my face!"

As they continued to argue, they turned down the same street.

"And would you stop following me?" Rui demanded.

"You're the one following me!" Katsuki retorted.

"No, you're the one following me!"

"Ugh, whatever!" Finally having enough, Rui summoned her water board and zipped off to get away from Katsuki and clear her head. "Stupid jerk..."

Katsuki watched as Rui took off and kicked a nearby stone into the bushes. "Damn it..!" He looked down at the small jar that was still in his hand and he sighed. 'Even though we're not on good terms, she still worried about my arm...' He sighed and continued walking home, just wanting to get home before the rain started to come down.

Rui made it home quickly and stepped inside her new apartment, slipping off her heels before weaving her way through all of the boxes- having just moved in earlier that day. She went to her bedroom and set her heels inside her closet, then fell back on her bed and stared up at the ceiling for a moment.

'Why is he such an ass...?' she wondered, thinking back on her argument with Katsuki. 'I miss when things were good between us...' She turned on her side and sighed. 'I wonder if things will get better...' Her phone dinged and she checked it to find a text from Mina letting her know that she made it home safe and hoped that Rui did too before the storm hit. Rui smiled and let Mina know that she had, her smile growing when Mina wished her a good night and looked forward to seeing her tomorrow.

Setting her phone aside, Rui decided to get some more unpacking done and started with her bedroom. As she worked, she selected a playlist of her favorite songs and set the earbuds comfortably in her ears. She unpacked her clothes and shoes, organizing them into her closet, then moved onto setting up her vanity table and her jewelry armoire. Once she had finished with that, she moved onto unpacking her bathroom stuff.

Another ding came from her phone and she looked to see a text from Ochaco, asking what she was up to tomorrow.

'I'm going shopping with Mina tomorrow. I need some stuff for my new apartment. Would you like to come with us?'

'Sure, that'd be fun! We could grab lunch after!'

'Sure, I'd like that :).'

'Will you need help unpacking?'

'I've already done my bedroom and I'm almost done with the bathroom, but I'm saving the rest for tomorrow. I'd appreciate the help if you're offering.'

'Of course, I'd be happy to help! See you tomorrow then?'

'Yeah, see you tomorrow :).'

Rui saw the time and figured it was time to get ready for bed, so she set her phone aside and drew herself a bath- tossing her clothes in the hamper before grabbing a towel and setting it near the tub. She sank beneath the warm water once her bath was ready and sighed with content, a smile growing as the pitter-patter of rain sounded outside.

Leaning against the wall of his balcony, Katsuki stared absentmindedly at the sky while listening to the rain. A light across the way came on and he glanced over, wondering when someone moved into that unit.

'Must have been some time today.'

He watched whoever it was moving around inside before coming out onto the balcony. When he saw who it was, though, his eyes widened. Standing on her balcony, directly across the way from his apartment - dressed in a silvery nightgown and robe with a towel around her shoulders as she dried her hair- was Rui. When they met each other's gaze, Katsuki could see that Rui was just as surprised as he was.

"Are you kidding me?" They both said, their surprise turning to anger or annoyance.

Katsuki watched as Rui glared at him and immediately went back inside, slamming the door shut and disappearing from his view.

'Of all people that could have moved in there, why did it have to be her?' he wondered aloud and sighed. He watched the main light turn off, a light in what he assumed was her bedroom lingering on for a moment before being shut off as well. 'Damn it...'

Katsuki turned to go back inside, sliding the door closed and locking it before falling back onto his futon and staring up at the darkened ceiling.

'Damn it...'