I just realized i've been spelling Kaminari inconsistently… i'm sorry.. That was a my bad.
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-Intermission-
I absentmindedly walked forward, looking down at the ground as the previous events continued to run through my mind. I coudlnt tell what I was angry at: Monoma and his stupid mouth, using a villian attack to rile Katsuki up. Or Endeavor, the supposed number-two-hero, using todoroki for his personal bidding and implied abuse. Actually I wasn't sure if todoroki was abused by his father, but he had said his mother was the one that caused the scar… and yet he hadn't sounded that upset with her.
No… I was over the Monoma thing. It made me angry, but the feeling slipped when I heard todoroki's story. Maybe I was angry with myself: I had continued to listen even though it was a private conversation, and decided to get mad without thought to what todoroki might think.
"Are you done following me?" A gravelly voice spoke, shaking me out of my thoughts. I looked up to see Katsuki was still in front of me, but now instead of a weirdly dark hallway, we were entering the cafeteria.
I looked around questionably, wondering how I hadn't noticed how far we'd gotten. However, he didn't give me any time to respond before making his way toward a specific food line. Okaaay… I looked around and searched for Mina, but remembered she was supposed to be going on a date with Kirishima.
Except she wasn't. She was sitting by Yaoyurozu, who's braid was unraveling slightly, and Jirou. I shifted my gaze from her and found Kirishima, he was grouped with some of the other boys in class, at an entirely different table. I guess it wasn't that far away, just a few tables, but still.
I walked up to Mina and slammed my hands on their table. The bang it created echoed and everyone turned. the loud conversations all hushed and eyes were on me. I had only meant to get their attention, then playfully sound angry.
"Oh," I said, as the students all waited for the scene that was about to unfold. "I didn't- well, I actually was just playing around… My bad." they seemed less interested, probably thinking that I was going to start a fight. "Um, return to your food… please."
"What was that about?" Mina asked, holding back a laugh. I deadpanned and she snorted. Jirou looked just as convincing, while Yaoyurozu had a softer look of amusement. But they stopped and looked at each other after a quick inspection of my face. I scrunched my face in confusion before continuing on.
"Why-" I started, dramatically pointing at Mina then the room. "Are you here?"
"Because I hate seeing people scared." She answered, after putting a finger to her chin and looking up thoughtfully. "And I want to beat up some villains."
"Not in UA," I emphasized, " In the cafeteria. You're supposed to be on a date with Kirishima." Yaoyorozu smiled calmly before turning to Mina.
"I hadn't realized you and Kirishima were dating," She said, making me snort. "Though I had noticed the small looks you too give, so I can't say I'm surprised."
Mina blushed red and began to nervously stroke her horn. "No way," she exclaimed, rather quickly. "We're just friends. Hiroko's just being dumb." She shot me a glare and I put my hand to heart dramatically.
"Dumb?" I'm not being dumb.
"Well," Our creation friend said, looking unpersuaded. "then I apologize." Jirou snorted softly to herself, hearing and seeing how Yaoyurozu really felt about being wrong. I smiled, and looked around, smelling all the delicious scents in the air.
"I'm gonna get some food." I told them, realizing how hungry I was.
I came back a few minutes later, now seeing Uraraka sitting with them. She, too, did a double take when she saw me and I wiped my face to see if I had anything on it.
"Are you okay?" She asked, a look of concern begging to rise from her bubbly voice. "Your face is kinda puffy… have you been crying?"
I cringed a little, realizing why each of them looked confused or concerned when I walked in.
"Ah… yeah." I answered quietly, looking down at the food on my tray. "I kinda got upset when somebody from the 1-B class started talking trash, and I kinda hit a wall really hard with my fist, so…" I knew I couldn't tell them about todoroki and his dad, I shouldn't even know about it.
"Wow," Mina mused, sounding way happier than I felt right now. "I can't believe you got mad, for Katsuki's sake." Wait, no. I take it back.
"That's not the whole story-" I tried, but now Uraraka and Jirou had started to 'ooo'. "He was trying to use a villain attack to get an edge-"
"Are you sure you weren't mad because he made fun of your…" Mina began, smashing her cheeks together in an attempt to sound like a child. "Booyyyfffirrrend."
"No!" I exasperated, feeling my cheeks heat up again. "Monoma was acting like a villain."
"Was he being mean to your…." Uraraka was now joining in. I could understand Mina, I had totally just messed with her…. But what did I do to Uraraka? "Boyyyyfrrriend."
Other people were beginning to look, mostly the boys from our class who actually cared, and I started to shrink down in my chair. Though, I smiled to myself, liking the way they were laughing together.
"They did come in together," Yaoyorozu offered, and I glared at her. "I'm surprised you didn't sit with him." the other girls began to smile wider, Mina especially, her eyes glaring with petty revenge.
"That was a coincidence!" I yelled a little louder with embarrassment. Now I really had the other table's attention. "And now I'm not fixing your braid." I stared at Yaoyorozu, but she just smiled, letting Jirou take her shot at me.
"I mean, you are always calling him hot." she said, slyly smiling.
"Well, that's because he is hot." that was most definitely not the right thing to say.
"Who's hot?" A distinctly familiar voice cut through our conversation, and I resisted the urge to slide down further in my seat.
"Her…" Mina and Uraka started, "Boyyfirrriennd." I clenched my hand but couldn't help but smile, as embarrassing as it was, they were really funny.
"Woah," Kirshima exclaimed, sitting down next to me with Kaminari and Mineta in tow. "I didn't know you were dating anybody. Sorry about the comment with Bokugo earlier then."
I turned to the snickering girls, though Yaoyurozu looked more composed.
"I'm gonna kill you."
"Careful there, Hiroko." Yaoyurozu warned with her lady-like smile.
"You're starting to sound like your…" Jirou started to finish but I tried to cut her off.
"Yes, I got it."
"Boyyfrienddd." And here I thought jirou was too shy to do that.
I rolled my eyes and turned to the questioning audience, the corner of my lips slightly turning up.
"I don't actually have a boyfriend." I told them, and Mineta's sour expression began to lighten. I questioned that for a second before continuing on. "They're making fun of me as payback."
"Payback for what?" Kaminari asked, and I smirked at Mina. Now the tables have turned. Go on Mina, he wants to know about your missed date.
"For- uh," She stuttered and Uraraka looked confused, not knowing about the comment about the date before I left. "Saying she didn't like zebra stripes." So I got a four on one embarrassment smack-down because I said I didn't like zebra stripes. Cold, Mina, real cold.
I sighed, knowing the secret rule of not messing with the friend directly if the said boy or crush is in ear shot, and agreed. "Yes, this was the result of my hatred for zebra stripes." Although it sounded unbelievable and clearly sarcastic, all three boys nodded.
"Well," Kirshima laughed, standing up from his seat beside me, and beginning to make his way over to the food court. "I like zebra stripes, and I think they look cool." He said the last part more to Mina, who played her part well by pouting when he had asked. Okay… I'll take the embarrassment for the compliment.
"Ya hear that," I whispered to Mina quietly. "He likes zebra stripes."
She smiled goofily for a second before standing up and throwing her trash away. So that was adorable.
"So, what do you want?" Yaoturozu coldly asked, her usual composure falling at the sight of the purple boy. I scrunched my nose in confusion, wondering what he'd done to deserve such treatment, especially from her.
Well, I'm sure you already know since you're like a class rep…" Mineta started, and pointed when a group of girls walked in wearing cheerleading outfits. "But they said all the girls have to wear those uniforms for the big cheer battle this afternoon."
"Huh!" Jirou gasped, her ear jacks shaking with her. The group wore orange skirts and crop tops that had bright green outlining. The top had a white stripe across it, 'U.A' written on top, and a green choker to top it off. They were cute outfits, but outside what most of us wore.
"That's odd." Yayurozu said, furrowing her eyebrows together in thought. "This is the first I'm hearing about it… are you sure?"
Mineta held no hesitation as he continued on, Kaminari nodding along in agreement.
"You don't have to believe me if you want to get in trouble. But this is coming straight from Mr. Aizawa. I thought maybe you forgot so I reminded you just in case."
Yaoyurozu looked worried, realizing we didn't have much time left, and grabbed the rest of the U.A. girls.
"We're going to the break room for U.A." She informed me, while tsuyu, Uraraka, Jirou, and Hagakure all followed. Both boys walked away, smiling wickedly and I once again found myself questioning them. I shoveled my food in my mouth and ate as much as I could before Mina came back. Almost choking myself because I forgot she was here.
"What happened to everybody?" She questioned, looking around the loud cafeteria for the girls. I swallowed the last of my rice? Is that what I ate? And told her what happened.
"Oh, those outfits were so cute!" She exclaimed, as we were jogging down the corridors to the 1-A's rest room.
"Yeah," I agreed. "But kinda short, at least for me."
"Well it's not for you, Hiroko..." She teased, her bubbly voice drawing out my name. "It's fro Katsuki."
"Oh, yeah!" I fired back, shooting daggers at her from the side. "You and I are in a full out war, and I won't be taking a surrender."
"Noooo." She whined playfully, smiling just as wide as I was. "But you started it."
"And I'm also going to finish it."
We reached the room and entered, seeing Yaoyurozu looking through several books and websites to make the outfits. For a while, she stressed out about the cheerleading outfits, commanding us to get her some more food, the fatter the better, and to be ready to change when she was finished. She even went as far as getting our sizes.
I had offered to get the snacks, since I really hadn't finished my lunch, and hurried back with tons of sugary, fried foods, and a sucker for myself. (okay.. More than one) When I returned, she was already done with the first one, and it was floating in the air. Which I assume was Hagakure, or Yaoyurozu messed up and it was actually radioactive.
Finally we ran through the opening of the stadium, having heard we had only a minute or two until the games were about to start, out of breath and nervous.
"We.." Mina huffed, her pom poms shaking in her hands. "Made it."
"I.. can't believe…" I said, looking at Yaoyorozu in awe. "You did that so quickly."
She stood up and blushed, being able to regain her breath and smile at my compliment. "Thank you, but it was really nothing."
"Are you kidding," Jirou interjected, her arms covering her revealed stomach. "That was so last minute, but you were able to get it all done."
"That's our class rep for you." Uraraka said, smiling brightly at the taller girl.
Each of us had the uniform on with the matching orange pom poms, and though it was kinda breezy, I liked the way the skirt twirled and swayed. But I was beginning to notice the looks we were getting from the other students, and my cheeks were beginning to heat.
"Get those foam fingers in the air! It's almost time for the last round!" Present Mic announced, his voice crackling in the speakers. But before that: good news for everyone who didn't make the finals. Since this is a sports festival, we've prepared some super-fun side games everyone can participate in. We even brought in cheerleaders from America to get your blood pumping."
All of us froze as we realized we'd been tricked. Those girls weren't U.A students, but actual cheerleaders. And now we all looked ridiculous. Just great.
"Wait! Looks like class 1-A is going full on fanservice!" the teacher said, hyping up our awful mistake. Twice in one day I've been thrown to the wolves on national television.
I breathed in deep and realized I wasn't mad about it. I wasn't mad about anything, having my friends distract me helped my mood greatly. I sighed, thankful for the girls, and to a lesser extent the two idiots who were sure to get pummeled when we had the chance.
"You are gonna regret this!" Yoayurozu threatened, and I smiled at the reaction. Maybe that pummeling was coming sooner than I thought. She fell to the floor in defeat, and Urarka patted her back in comfort. "Why is it that I always end up falling for that little pervert's stupid schemes?"
"Ugh!" Jirou yelled, throwing her pom poms on the ground, frustrated. "I hate those guys." she was blushing and covering her stomach again.
"Well, we do have a little time before the finals start.. And I kinda like these uniforms so..." Hagakure said, invisible arms waving flying pom poems. "How 'bout we just roll with it!"
"Yeah!" I agreed, but Jirou didn't look too happy. "We can even get back at those guys." Mina turned to me in wonder and I smiled innocently. "Clearly they're already distracted, so if we go cheer for them, we can beat them in every game."
"Wow, Hiroko," tsuyu said, her croaky voice making me turn. "That's really evil of you." I acted like it was a compliment and covered my cheeks like I was blushing. Well, actually I was. The attention really did make me feel all warm inside, but I couldn't tell if that was a good thing.
"Have fun competing with these little side games, everyone!" Present Mic called. "After their over, the 16 students from the top four teams will be duking it out one-on-one in a tournament-style fighting competition! I promise you're not gonna wanna miss these epic mashups."
My stomach filled with butterflies again and I remembered the final round. I really didn't want to fight anyone. Scratch that, I wanna fight Monoma and Endeavor. Everytime I thought of the flame hero, I clenched my fist, but pushed down the feeling. If I got upset i'd do something stupid. Anyway, I was going to enjoy the rest of the festival.
We grouped up at the stage again, most of the classes giving us dirty looks. I couldn't tell if it was because most of us were beating them or because we were drawing so much more attention in these uniforms.
I sighed and found a spot beside Mina and searched for Kuku with my eyes. I hadn't seen him or heard him, I guess, since the hallway, and I wanted to make sure he was okay. He looked unhurt, but his cheeks were red and his eyes drifted to us ever so often.
That was another reason why I wasn't mad at Kaminari and Mineta, they were helping me in my shipping schemes.
"Aw yeah." Kishima siad, when I was in ear shot. "Finally getting the chance to show what we're made of."
"Kirishima, we've been doing that all day" I said, and he turned around along with Sero, who was standing next to him, and was taken aback. Clearly both hadn't expected the cheerleading outfits.
"U-uh yeah," he stuttered and his eyes went to Mina. I saw the faintest of blushed rise and before he turned back around quickly and continued his thought. "But I've watched these fights every year, and now I'm actually in them!"
"So wait." Mina said, but Kirishima only gave her a side glance before looking back at the board. "Is it always a tournament?"
Sero wasn't having as much trouble as Kirishima,and I took it as a good sign. "The final's always a one-on-one competition, but they switch it up every time," He explained. "Last year it was a foam-sword fighting match."
"Come closer and draw lots to see who you're up against." Ms. Midnight said, probably the calmest I've seen her all day. She was carrying a yellow box that said 'lots', one that looked similar to the one we used during hero training with Mr. Aizawa. "Then enjoy the pleasure of the recreational games before we start. The 16 finalists have an option of participating in those activities or sitting out to prepare for battle. I'm sure you all want to conserve your stamina… I'll start with the first place winners."
Ojiro raised his hand, gaining Midnight's and our classmates attention. "Um… Excuse me… Sorry. But i'm withdrawing." the class collectively gasped, and I furrowed my brows in confusion. This was really odd, though I don't know enough about him to really understand anyway.
But this is a rare chance for you to get scouted." Iida confined, his tone expressing his confusion.
"It just wouldn't be right." Ojiro responded, putting his hand down. "I barely remember anything from the cavalry battle until the very end of it. I think it was that guy's Quirk." I was still having a hard time understanding what he meant, but not remembering seems rather odd. "I know this is a great opportunity. I wish I could take advantage of it but my conscience won't let me."
"Just think about this," Kuku tried to interject, standing next to Iida at the front.
"I have, okay?" Ojiro assured, his voice hardening in finality. Everyone gave their all in round two, but I was just someone's puppet. No way. I don't wanna advance if I don't even know how i got here. It wouldn't be fair."
Oddly enough, that sounded familiar, like how Katsuki wouldn't accept an actual win unless he was number one. Never settling for anything less than a confirmed and absolute victory.
"You're making way too much of this!" Hagakure protested. The floating skirt and pom poms once again shaking. "Just kill it in the finals and prove you should be here." aww, she believes in him… that's so cute. But is it ship worthy?
"Yeah what she said, I didn't do much in the battle, either," Mina tried, but Ojiro just facepalmed.
"That's not it." He said, with confidence. "I'm talking about my pride here. I refuse to give that up… Also, why are all the girls dressed like cheerleaders?" his confidence shattered a little as his voice slightly cracked.
"Ha!" I laughed, and turned to Mineta and Kaminari. "You guys wanna answer?"
Both looked away, whistling innocently.
"Listen to him," Kirishima said, eyes welling up with tears. "He's so manly." I looked at him incredulously and wondered what was up with him and the 'manly' thing.
"This sort of talk is incredibly naive, my boy," Ms. Midnight reprimanded. "That turns me on! Ojiro, you're withdrawn!"
"How is this woman a teacher?" I whispered to Mina. She shrugged her shoulders with the same expression I'm sure I was making.
"Now let's see." she continued on like nothing happened, again, and put her finger to her lip. "We'll have to move up a student form the first place calvary team so we have enough contestants."
"We were frozen most of the time." A girl with orange hair pulled into a side ponytail said. "Honestly, we barely did anything in the cavalry battle. Isn't that right?" she looked behind her to a group of girls, who I did at least recognize as her teammates. "You should choose from the group that kept fighting the whole time. Team tetsutetsu."
"Kendo," said boy called, looking astounded.
"I'm not doing this as a favor. It's just fair." she responded, a light smile on her lips. Wow, I think her charm and charisma just won me over.
"Seriously, you guys." tetsutetsu said, pumping his fist in a very familiar fashion "thank you!"
"Well, my darlings," Ms. Midnight exclaimed, wrapping her hands around the 'lots' box tightly and descending down the steps. "You four will draw lots amongst yourselves once I get the rest of the 15 challenged. If one of you gets Ojiro, you will actually be fighting someone from team tetsutetsu."
I nodded and waited for the lots to be drawn. I wasn't paying much attention till my name was called, and It was facing Kaminari. Ooo, I did not want to fight lightning again. And this time they guy can actually aim.
"Sorry, Hiroko," He said, coming up to me with arrogance after all the names had been drawn. "but I won't be going easy on you." He put his hands behind his head and puffed out his chest, making it hilariously difficult to not mess with him.
"Oh, and here I was thinking I'd make it even father…" I mocked, going along with this illusion. "Too bad I'm fighting you, Kaminari." His chest puffed out even father, and I almost felt bad for messing with him. "Well, try not to go too hard on me, I don't want to go home with brain damage."
"I'll be sure to keep you safe from that."
I snorted and nodded along, stroking his ego. Now I just felt bad. I smiled and turned away, seeing Kuku staring at the bored.
"Hey, Kaminar, I'm gonna go talk to Kuku." I told him, and smiled with a wave. Except when I reached where Kuku was, Ojiro had wrapped his tail over my friend's mouth and glared at the purple haired boy from before. I had no idea what was going and just turned, deciding to not mess with what other declarations of war Kuku's been getting today.
"Hiroko!" I heard Mina call, and I turned to see her waving her pom poms around. Looking way more excited about them than before. I waved, before grabbing a sucker from the pocket Yaoyorozu put in the skirt for me. "You forgot your poms." I realized I'd set them down earlier and I went over to pick them up, sucker in my mouth.
"thanks." I said, no longer having any free hands.
"So are you gonna do the games?" She asked, getting close to my face. I shook my head and shifted the candy with my tongue.
"Don't wanna waste energy." I told her, thinking about how tired I had been just an hour before.
"Let's press pause for a momentary interlude!"' Present Mic interrupted, and Fireworks began to go off in the sky. I looked up and enjoyed the pretty colors. Though I immediately regretted it because It was noon and the sun was still out. "It's time for some pulse-pounding side games!"
The first game was a scavenger hunt, which most of the boys from 1-A participated in. Even Kaminari, Sero, and Kirshima who were in the tournament. Us girls, however, actually had fun being cheerleaders.
"Come on Shoji!" I yelled, watching him search for his item. I'd already gone through my other sucker, and now I was running low on my second. Oh the woes of me. Kirshima came running toward us, and I looked behind me to see if there was something he was looking for. Except his eyes never broke my gaze.
"Hiroko." I called, and I gave him a questioning look. He showed me the card and It read: A child with candy. "Can I borrow you?"
"Why is that a thing?" I questioned, but dropped a pom pom and jogged with him back to the seat with his stuff. Apparently he needed two more items, a rubber duck and a fan. Which I felt bad for him, why would anyone have a rubber duck on them.
He didn't win, and I went back to the group with the girls. They played another game or two, and I cheered loudly for my classmates.
When it was finally time for the tournament, and what little peace I'd gained from the games began to dissolve. Realizing that I'd really have to face off against my classmates was worrisome, especially if either todoroki or Kastuki were going to be my opponents. Both for obvious reasons of course, but I was scared that I might just let todoroki win, just to tick Endevor off.
We had to change out of the cheerleading uniforms once the games ended, and I made sure to stuff my pockets with the suckers I'd bought from earlier. I also grabbed my phone, before realizing I had three missing calls from my Dad. I cringed but followed Mina and Yaoyurozu to where we students were supposed to be.
Our box was near the rest of the classes, and glass dividers separated us. The students who were fighting in the first two matches would wait in the designated waiting room, while the rest of the class would wait in the private seating box.
I smiled to myself when I saw how our class was sitting, with most of us to the right, while Katsuki sat alone with Kaminari.
"Can you save me a seat?" I asked Mina. She scrunched her nose in question before I gestured toward where the two boys were sitting. She slyly smirked before nodding, putting her jacket over the chair next to her.
I bounced over to them both and took a seat right behind Katsuki, before getting sidetracked with the want to touch his hair. I pushed down that erge, deep, deep down and got closer to them.
" I wasn't really paying too much attention," I admitted, "so who's up first?" I looked down at the field and saw one of the teachers at the school using his Quirk to create a stage or ring to fight in. It kinda felt like the tower of Heaven, where two people would fight to surrender. Wait, I'm fighting Kaminair and his lightning, so does that mean it really is the tower of Heaven? Who does that make me?
"It's stupid Deku and that whiney extra with purple hair," Katsuki answered cooley, his hot temper subdeued for once. I nodded and smiled to myself, liking this calm version. "Now get out of my ear before I rip it off your head."
I leaned back with a pout and got ready to get up when my phone rang. I checked who it was and cringed. 'Dad' read the screen and I panicked. I couldn't not answer it, or he'd really be mad, but If I did answer it I knew I was in for a scolding. Or worse.
"Answer it!" Katsuki demanded, looking over his shoulder with a venomous glare. I matched his intensity, for once I actually wanted to punch him in the face. Usually his attitude was funny to laugh at, or even mess with, but not when I was about to die.
"I'm walking into my own demise, Katsuki," I snapped back at him. His eyes widened in shock for a second but I kept going. "I jumped off a building, talked to a boy, and wore a crop top all on the same day. He's either gonna kill me or make me go back to America…"
His initial shock turned to rage in a second, but I answered and put the phone to my ear. I threw up my finger in an attempt to tell him I'd fight him in a second.
"Heyyy, Dad." I drawled, acting suspicious. I felt a flash of heat hit my finger and I looked down to see Katsuki firing off a small explosion towards my outstretched hand . I hissed and flinched back, before gripping my finger with my hand and using my head to support my phone. "Holy Zanpakuto, that hurt."
"What hurt?" I heard my dad's voice close in my ear. I bared my teeth at Katsuki for a second but hurried out of the loud stadium just as Present Mic began to announce the next fight.
"Oh, just tripped," I did not need him to know I was still hanging out with Katsuki, even if he didn't know who he was. If i could, my Dad would stay blissfully ignorant to anything related to the hot-headed blond.
The area just outside the stadium opening was almost empty, since it was designated for students only. I mentally thanked our principle, knowing it would be a lot more stressful if more people could listen in.
"Well, I'm glad you're okay." He said, and I relaxed, hoping he'd be more happy with my safety than remembering why he called. "Now. You will be transferring out of U.A. and you will be coming home immediately."
"What?" I yelled in range. "You said I could do a semester at least."
It'd taken so long to convince him. So many hours of pleading and bribing all going down the drain. I breathed in a quick reassuring breath before clamping my fist together. I purposely focused on not activating my Quirk. the last thing I needed was a broken phone.
"And you also said it would be safe," He argued. "Not only was there a break in, you broke your leg and bruised your ribs. Then you didn't even call to tell me you were alright." I clenched my teeth, feeling exasperated with the situation. the worst part, I really didn't have an excuse. I knew perfectly well how he would react, and yet I still didn't call him. Like and Idiot.
"I… thought it would be better if you didn't know."
"Keeping things from me won't keep you at U.A., Hiroko." His voice was hard and I felt a bubble of anger hit me.
"Well keeping me at home won't stop me from being a hero."
"It's not you being a hero I'm worried about," He clarified, and I rolled my eyes at his familiar argument. "I'm worried you're going to stop relying on me, or anyone and start keeping us away. Like you already did."
"I'm not gonna shut you guys out," I tried to reason, but his angering tone cut me off.
"You already have," He yelled, and I breathed, trying to not let it get to me. " You just admitted to thinking that keeping me out of the situation would make it go away. Well, Hiroko, did it go away?"
"They haven't shown up. So yes it went away." I said, but realized that it wasn't what he meant. He sighed sadly on the other end, his irritation beginning to subside.
"Lilly calls." He told me, his voice calmer with a shimmer of worry. "She didn't tell me about the break in and I had to learn about it through the news, but she told me that you're having nightmares again." I looked down at the floor in defeat, the sparks of anger he had ignited began to deflate. Leaving me emotionally distressed, I'd been through a lot of feelings since this day started, and it was only half way over.
"She told me you've even called Hazel a few times…" He paused for a moment and I didn't confirm or deny it. "We could get you back in therapy-"
"No," I cut him off, not liking the idea in the slightest. "Therapy- therapy was for when I needed it… I don't need it anymore." I sighed heavily and looked up, hearing the crowd in their seats scream with anticipation. "I don't need it or want it. Besides, there are other kids out there who probably need it more than me."
"It's not about the other kids, it's about you."
"Thanks, dad. But I really don't want to do therapy anymore," I told him truthfully. "It… makes me feel weak, I guess." I whispered the last part to the phone, not wanting anyone to know. It honestly made me uncomfortable to even share with my Dad, but I realized that he might be right. Maybe I was pushing them away.
"Okay," He said, sounding somewhat relieved. "Thank you for telling me that." He sighed lightly and the feeling of the air shifted, "So that boy..."
"What boy?" I asked, and I once again mentaly facepalmed for asking such a stupid question.
"That boy your teacher thinks you like," He stated matter-of-factly.
"Ha! I do not like Katuski."
"Oh don't lie to me, Hiroko." He warned, his more fatherly 'boy-talk' voice was beginning to appear and I cringed. "I saw the way you saved him on tv, you too seem awfully close."
"The way- We were in the middle of a game…" I protested, wondering why everyone was getting on me about Katsuki. "If I didn't we would have been disqualified or something."
"Mhhmmm."
"Oh my God, Dad." I face palmed, but felt smiling again.
"What?" He asked innocently, and I shook my head in disbelief. "I'm just asking my daughter about the boy she likes. I don't see the problem."
"I mean, think he's hot but I don't like him."
Wow, that was dumb
"Hot huh?" He questioned, his voice becoming a little sharper. I felt an awkward tension surround me and I just wanted to hang up. "So if he came up to kiss you right now… you would let him?"
"Dad!" I shrieked, hoping no one was paying attention. Only one girl was walking by, who was giving me a sympathetic look.
"If the answer is yes, then you will still need to be coming home," He said. "Better yet, put him on the phone. I want to talk to him."
"Nooooo," I drawled. Hoping to express what an absolutely awful idea that would be. " I wouldn't let anyone kiss me, because boys are icky."
"You just said he was hot."
"What did she say?" I heard my grandma yell in the back, and I cringed even more. Now I'd have two people riding my case. "Put me on the phone."
"'Hey, Nana." I smiled innocently into the phone.
"What's he look like?" She asked, her raspy voice greeting my ears. "Is he rugged, normal, or just plain ole fine?"
"Why...?" I cried, "Just why?"
"Isn't that what you were always saying?" she asked, "Especially about that one boy from the killer and killer show?" I tilted my head in thought, trying to remember what she was talking about. "Ya know, with the lighting kid and the scary clown."
I snorted and realized she meant one of my anime.
"Yes, Killer and Killer." I went along with the name and shook my head. "And no, I never said that."
"Maybe not that, but you were always talking about boys." She clarified, her voice light with laughter. "So, were you talking about the red head or the blonde?"
"Nana…. I'm not telling you." I said, already embarrassed with telling my father, if I could help it I was not telling my grandma. "And if you knew why did you ask?"
"It's definitely the blonde."
"Wha- how could you possibly know that?!" I questioned, she 'tsked' and I put my head down in defeat. "Was there anything you really needed, Nana? I have to get going soon."
"Oh I don't think so," she challenged, and I could feel her authority through the phone. "You haven't called in months, I am not being pushed aside for-"
The rumbling of the stadium cut her off, and I worried that there was an earthquake. It stopped just as quickly as it started and I looked around questionably at the walls.
"What was that?" She asked, and I really did have a clue.
"Not sure," I answered, still surveying the hall for any indication of a clue. "Maybe we could talk later tonight?" I heard her hum at the offer and I smiled, looking forward to talking with her when I wasn't mentally preparing to beat up my classmates.
"Fine, but you better answer."
"I will, I promise."
"Okay, love you."
"Love you too."
I wanted to finish the finals in this chapter, but eh. I'm also worried the girls were out of character… Weeeel, I'll do more character research for later chapters. Also, if you haven't noticed, KiriMina is definitely hinted at and I totally will be adding scenes because i love them and i'm sorry for those who don't. But the most contradicting ship would probably be KiriBaku and clearly you ain't here for that. Lol
Okay, just a few things to clear up, there will be changes in the tournament, so prepare yourself. I'm not going to say who wins or who fights who, so I guess ya'll just gonna have to wonder.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed.
;p