AN: Part 2 of Double update:D

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Chapter 20: The Best Kind of Illogical Behavior

School District 7 Hospital

July 18th, 8:30PM

Asher was slowly starting to regain a sense of consciousness, hearing beeping that she immediately recognized to be the heartbeat monitor of the hospital. She sighed at that fact, though didn't feel all that anxious to be here as she usually did whenever she came because weirdly...

She felt calm…

Calmer than she had felt this entire day and felt like her mind wasn't running at a billion miles a second as it had felt like before.

She wondered if it was Shokuhou's doing to silence the rushing memories and thoughts in her mind she had ever since her headscan, but it didn't feel like the Mental Out esper had entered her mind to do such a thing.

She finally started to force her eyes open, releasing a small groan from how exhausted and sore her head and nearly her entire body felt. Her ears were aching immensely, but it felt like someone had put new Amps on her ears and turned the volume down enough that it didn't hurt to the extent of numbing her mind, only a small annoyance for her to bear.

When she fully woke up, she saw the face of a frog-faced man standing above her, smiling down at her.

"D-Doctor?" She said softly.

"Hmmmm, didn't expect to see you awake so soon." He said with some relief filling his voice as Asher blinked the sleep out of her eyes.

As he moved away from above her, she was able to bring herself into a sitting up position, cradling her head slightly as she sat her back further into the pillows behind her. She noticed at that point that she had been changed into something other than she had on before, wearing one of her t-shirts and shorts as her Tokiwadai uniform seemed to be missing.

She didn't complain about this fact. It was just a little surprising more than anything to notice it not being there…

She heard a chair beginning to roll across the floor, looking over and seeing her Doctor go down to sit in it as he looked at her attentively.

"Do you have any clue as to why you're here, Miss Asher?" He asked, seeing her nod after she hesitated for a couple moments. "Then do you mind telling me what happened today? At the end, I'll probably be able to answer why it did, but…I just want to hear it from your perspective first and add the medical stuff into it afterwards."

Asher looked away and remained silent for a few moments, sighing after a while as she leaned her head back to look up at the ceiling and began her story.

"Ever since I woke up last night, it just has felt like my mind wouldn't give me a break. There was just so much noise that wouldn't stop and wouldn't let up, reminding me of the experiment…Silas a-and my mother…over and over again in a loop that was getting worse each time. It made my anxiety go through the roof to the point that my meds didn't even help anymore, I couldn't sleep through that night, I didn't and have barely ate anything all day and… it just made me feel I guess the word is depressed with a combination of that and everything else I was dealing with in which prevented me from wanting to do anything…."

"My friends next door, Mikoto and Kuroko, they were able to settle that to some extent whenever I just talked to them, but…when they left, all their work felt like it just went up in flames. I had panic and anxiety attacks just come out of nowhere and since I was alone I had to calm myself down somehow, which is one of the hardest things I can say for me to do. I remembered what you've told me before to help that to some extent and found something I liked or was close to something to that anyways and it helped….But it still didn't change the fact that my brain was going way too fast for me to handle…."

"And then I tried to distract myself from it….to help one of my friends with something important by finding the suspect for the Graviton bombings. I took a risk and lost my concentration with my ability in which caused me to overwhelm myself with practically everything. And at that point I was just…done. So done about caring about anything relating to myself and wanted to just be there to go on and save my friends, no matter the cost. I don't know what got me to think that it was okay to push my redshift abilities to the max, but I did which just messed up my head even more…."

"When I got there, I saw that Mikoto was going to protect the people behind her, so I stopped projecting a barrier in a cautious effort to not cancel each of our abilities out. But I caused her to slip in her concentration and her coin fell on the floor. I froze. I imagined watching her dying right then and there because I didn't have the confidence or the skill to save her when she used all of her power to save me from myself before. Someone else stepped in for me and saved them. But I was too far gone in my anger to fully care about that and went to go take it out on someone who I knew and still know deserved it 100%..."

"That's probably the only thing this entire day I don't fully regret doing. All I wanted to show him was that power lead you nowhere but a road that no one should go. I told him more about my life than I've ever told a random person to show him that fact. To make him understand that his illogical decision would lead to nothing in the end…and he just…."

She paused for a long while, thinking back to what had happened and laughed a little under her breath when she remembered what he had said.

["Ahahahahahah! Do you really think I can believe that? As you said before to me, where is the proof of any of what you said of being true? A girl who was already a level 4 as a child and then became a level 5 actually had to go through hardships on par with a Level 2 like me?" He asked as he pulled out one of his spoons from his bag. "Don't even kid yourself trying to play the victim when you did more unforgivable things in a day than I did this entire week!"

"Stop thinking that you can compare yourself to me! You honestly probably deserved all of that suffering for the pain that you most likely wanted to inflict on others! To try and be the Calamity in this city to bring more and more people to your feet or rule them in fear of your power…"]

"He was just a typical person I've met so many times before. He basically called into question if what I told him was the truth. Told me that I deserved what happened to me all because of one thing…One mistake I made that costed me…everything. And in that moment, my mind couldn't take it anymore. The noise had been in my head the entire time since my Amps had broken and I couldn't filter it to a manageable level anymore…"

"It felt like I just stopped functioning and completely snapped in two as it felt like my mental state crumbled to pieces with me in the passenger's seat trying to endure it all. The people that most likely brought me here calmed me down to where I guess I passed out. And now…after waking back up, this is probably the best I've felt in a long while. My thoughts of everything relating to the headscan are still there, but not coming at as fast as they were before."

Asher stopped talking and the room went silent for a while. At some point she felt a hand land on her shoulder as Heaven Canceller let out a sigh.

"My apologies that you had to go through that. I shouldn't have allowed you to go home after that headscan no matter how much you wanted and forced you to stay overnight. But I didn't since you seemed relatively fine other than the fact that your electrical signals and brainwave patterns were just a little off, which was granted due to the headscan and the underlying stress from it. And then when you came in this evening, they were off the charts. Nearly to the extent that it was close to how they were after the experiment. Even with that medicine I prescribed to you, it wouldn't have been able help from what it looks like, only delay the issue itself…"

"Meaning you weren't able to fully and accurately filter your thoughts at a manageable level in which indirectly caused all what you described before due to the effects from the trauma to your brain not being as reduced and suppressed as it usually is." He explained, never once seeing her look at him as her shoulders deflated overtime.

"After I administered an extra dosage of your medicine, it quickly fixed the issue and allowed everything to go back to normal. But now, Miss Asher look at me when I say this…"

She did what was asked of her, looking back and saw the stern expression on his face and concern layered in his gaze.

"You NEED to start speaking up about these things. I know you don't want to be seen as fragile or someone struggling with a debilitating issue. But you have to understand that you need to stop trying to ignore your trauma and the injuries you sustained because of it. I know you wanted to help your friends, but you need to be more careful with your ability or you're going to cause your mental state to fall in the opposite direction you want it to and make it stay there that even Miss Shokuhou couldn't fix it…"

"I also know you don't want to remind yourself of the experiment or your stepfather by talking to someone about it, but again, that should not make you ignore the fact that no matter how much you say you aren't, you are the literal definition of someone who has post-traumatic stress disorder and have severe to borderline extreme levels of anxiety because of that fact. I'm close to forcing you to have a therapist so you can do that…but I'm hoping that today shows you that some burdens are too much to bear by yourself. With you not being able to filter anything, it probably showed you the reality of your situation regarding your brain damage and how easy and fast your mentality can deteriorate. A reality that can get worse or more manageable depending on what you choose to do with it…."

"If something like this ever happens again, promise me that you'll come straight here to fix it before it becomes unfixable and you have a potential mental break of unknown proportions that could leave you in a state even worse than you were today and even after the experiment. Do not just sit there and take it, expecting that internalizing your struggles will make it better later. And use the aid of those around or I'm going to force you to use the aid of someone else other than me, Miss Yomikawa, Miss Shokuhou, and Miss Misaka, understood?" Heaven Canceller finished, hearing Asher let out a sigh.

"Understood…" She groaned as she looked back up at the ceiling.

He had never lectured her that sternly and that in-depth before which made her realize the severity of the situation. He was always fairly lenient on most things she did as well as tried his best to make her the most comfortable as possible, even if just being in the hospital was enough to make her anxiety double than it already was.

"I'm guessing that I'm staying here for the night, aren't I?" Asher asked as she looked down at the IV and medicine drip in her arm as well as what she was currently wearing.

He nodded his head to confirm, prompting Asher to let out another groan of not only having to be here but also having to sleep here somehow as well.

"Only for a nightly supervision, since I need to make sure that this is not a short fix. I don't want you to go through that again, so this will make sure that it doesn't. You'll be able to check out in the morning after a small test from me to see if everything is fine." He explained as he rose up from his chair.

"I know you're not a huge fan of this place, but I promise it won't be as bad as you're imagining. If you need it, I do have something that could help..."

He pointed to the medicine drip in her arm as a cord to one of her buttons in her bed went to it.

"When that button is pressed, it will temporarily release a mild sedative into your blood stream, which should relax you enough to go to sleep with ease."

She nodded as he saw him walk over to his door to prepare to leave, looking back over his shoulder to look over at her.

"Well, I'll get out of your hair now. You know what button to press if you need anything, I'll just be in my office working on a couple things."

After he left and the entire room went silent, Asher found herself alone in the darkness of her room as the moon gleamed through the windows.

She had always hated coming here, since it always seemed to be connected to her memory loss where her first memory being here was where she had no clue who she even was. She had been scared and confused and trusted no one who was around her, remembering being forced to sleep numerous times through sedatives since her heart was too weak to handle the stress of her freak outs at that time.

It wasn't until now that she realized the dream she had last night could have related to the event itself since Shokuhou for some reason hadn't been able to get anything relating to the moment and time of when she had been hit by a full powered blast of Misaka's electricity.

Apparently, that had been too much for her body to handle on top of all it already had been through, sending her heart into cardiac arrest in which Misaka herself had to be the one to defibrillate her heart before it stalled out.

She fell into a coma and woke up out of it completely about two weeks later, still recovering from the injuries she sustained from the experiment. In her confused state, she left and escaped her hospital bed, aimlessly walking until she found herself at the Tokiwadai dorms though not realizing then that was where she was.

She noticed the familiarity and went inside, again somehow finding herself at Misaka's dorm room without even knowing it was hers but what seemed to be the most familiar out everything she had seen that far. She unconsciously used her ability to unlock the door and go inside and saw no one in there and just sat on the bed that seemed to be the most comfortable.

Without realizing it, she fell asleep using her friend's stuffed bear as her pillow until Misaka had discovered her there when she had been out searching for her. She called someone to assist to help her move her back to the hospital and sat there with her until she woke up the next time. Even if she couldn't really remember who she was at that point and time, it was the first certain fact that she knew that the Electromaster was trustworthy to be around.

As Asher laid there staring up at the ceiling, the light came on out of nowhere, causing her to immediately shut her eyes and groan from recognizing the doings of someone she could see as the bane of her existence on occasion.

"Uggghhh, Kuroko…why is it that you always turn the light on whenever you come into any dark room I'm in? It's so illogical of you to-"

That was when her eyes widened at the fact that the teleporter herself was here, hearing a resounding laugh of two other girls when Shirai had ported herself away for a couple of moments.

"Well someone sounds like she's in a better mood than she was earlier. Even if she takes a bunch of them, naps seem to be the best way for her to regain some of her energy most of the time."

"Though it seems she found herself in the hospital again unfortunately, but at least she seems to be better than you said she was before, Misaka."

When she brought her surprised gaze to look over at the front of her bed, she saw the smiling faces of both Misaka and Uiharu respectively as Shirai teleported back inside with Saten. They each had a bag in their hand, though she wasn't able to see anything that would indicate what was inside of them.

"What are you four doing in here? Aren't visitation hours over by now along with way past curfew?" Asher questioned all at once before being completely rushed by both Uiharu and Saten as they nearly crushed her into a hug.

"ASHER!" They both screamed aloud as the wind was knocked out of her from the force of them charging her and practically sent her back into unconsciousness, causing Misaka to immediately pale at the sight.

"Hey hey hey! Don't be so rough with her!" Misaka said hastily in shock, hearing Shirai chuckle next to her.

"It seems they were a little more excited to see her than we thought they were going to be, Sissy…"

As Asher sat in their hold for a few moments, her eyes widened when she heard sniffling from both sides of her, feeling wetness developing on her back as a light blush fell on her face.

"W-What's wrong with the both of you? All of you even... Every time I seem to wake up, I'm attacked by one of you like this with Kuroko being a small exception in respects to that. It's not of the logical sort to rush someone in a hospital bed though…" Asher remarked, trying her best to lighten the mood from realizing that the both of them were crying their eyes out.

"W-We were s-so worried about you w-w-when we heard that you had that an-anxiety attack the other day that exhausted y-you to the point that you couldn't co-come out of your room to see us." Uiharu said tearfully. "We genuinely th-thought we had done something to cause it after the way y-you had acted at Joseph's that day, but Misaka assured us th-that you were just really stressed out which lead to it happening when y-you were at your doctor's appointment."

"Wait really?" Asher asked in shock as she slowly but surely reciprocated both of their hugs. "B-But I told you that it wasn't-"

"It probably didn't h-help but stress you out even m-m-more when I asked you to make that marker remover for me. I sh-shouldn't have pushed or p-pestered you to do that and I'm s-sorry!" Saten remarked shakily as Asher became even more taken aback. "A-And next time when you want to make a grand entrance, please d-don't let it involve you running into a building with a b-bomb in it. Even with you being a Level 5 esper, I don't th-think I've ever been so s-scared or worried about anything until I-I literally saw the whole floor blow up in your f-face."

Asher's face completely fell at that, unable to keep up her usual stoic face as her eyebrows turned upwards as she felt many emotions rise up in her chest that she couldn't fully describe.

All she knew is that she felt bad…but in a good way, not realizing how worried she had made probably all of the girls in the room, not just Misaka herself.

I knew they seemed content with me being around in comparison to most people. They talked to me right from the get-go and didn't even recognize who I was. And when they did…they still didn't seem to care and still talked to me so kindly and casually just as much as Mikoto and Kuroko does…. She thought as the bottom of her lip trembled, feeling her body growing tense as her eyes became glassier and glassier.

But I didn't think…I had never thought that they actually cared this much…

To blame themselves and worry themselves over someone like me for something I myself told them that wasn't even their faults to begin with….that it was me having the issues with myself.

Kamijou's the same way…

He apologized…said sorry that I went through something when it wasn't even his fault to begin with…

["I'm sorry…Asher… That you had to go through that for so long by yourself. Just from what you said alone, I know it must have hurt you deeply to stay silent when you were constantly tormented by the hardships you were enduring right in front of them."]

And then openly told me words that I've only heard from Mikoto as no one would ever say them to me before and barely after I had met her…

["No one should ever have to feel that way or experience that and you are no exception. You're not worthless. You are significant. And you deserve to be happy just as much as the rest of us. It's not your fault that others misunderstand your intentions in wanting to understand them. It's their fault for not allowing themselves to get to know a pretty cool and laid-back person like you, where all you want is to find people who just see you for you, Like Zapper and…Me as well..."]

Those two…or should I say those three with Kuroko in mind, they've each told me that once as well before. Something I found so illogical for the short amount of time that we've known each other…

["Was that all it was? Honestly…." Shirai said as she shook her head, before looking at Asher with a smile. "For someone as smart as you are, I'm surprised at how flawed your thinking is. Of course, I don't find you unsettling. We may argue on occasion, but I still consider you a good friend nonetheless."]

Kuroko...

["Nothing is wrong in trying to take care of something by yourself, Asher, as there are some things in this world that require it." Saten said before a small smile came over her face.

"But, there are times that you need to look at the people around you who care about whatever is happening to you and embrace their help, not ignoring it or turning it down, thinking it would bother someone like Misaka and Shirai or me and Uiharu on that matter."]

Saten…

["We may have not known each other all that long," Uiharu said from behind her, walking up and laying a hand on her other shoulder. "But we've known you long enough to be concerned for your well-being, and we're your friends so of course you can come to us about something like that!"]

Uiharu…

And…

["If you're in pain, you shouldn't keep it to yourself. You should share it with those around you to start to lessen that suffering. Please… allow us to start that process to prevent you from conceding to it and losing your way completely."]

Kamijou…a boy so senselessly stupid at times that almost annoys me more than Kuroko does but… one of the kindest people I've met in my life along with the others.

They all…c-care about me.

Value that I exist immensely more so than most people.

All of them are illogical…no amounts of logic in any of their actions no matter how much I analyze them….

But…

That illogical behavior is surprisingly the one that I want to be around even if I can't find the logic within it.

At that point she stopped holding herself back and let the tears fall from her face in the realization that she had been fully accepted by other people that just saw her for just being her as Kamijou said to her previously.

That Silas was completely wrong in his premise that no one valued her life…noticing more than just Misaka actually did than she had ever thought possible.

"I sh-should be the one apologizing.. …I didn't feel comfortable enough to tell you I was struggling with something that day a-and did my best to hide it from you…and I-I'm s-sorry about that…so so sorry that I caused the both of you to w-worry as much as you did these l-last two days when I w-was resting ." Asher said shakily as Saten and Uiharu rose up in surprise, never have once ever seen her cry before or hear so much emotion in her voice at one time.

When she brought her face up to them, a large and genuine close eyed smile was on her face as streams of tears fell from her eyes.

A sight that brought a smile to Misaka's face since it always seemed she did that whenever it was just them alone.

"I guess, I-I didn't think anyone worried close to the extent that Mikoto does. S-She's such a worried w-wart that it nearly borderlines illogical in any case she does it." Asher remarked amusedly, hearing everyone around her laugh as a massive blush fell on Misaka's face.

"Hey! That's not-Tch! Y-You're can be just as bad as I am!" Misaka shouted as she pointed, seeing Asher remain unfazed by her comment as she closed her eyes and shrugged her shoulders.

"Maybe I am…But that still doesn't change the fact that I-"

This…

Was sadly a mistake that Asher realized she made way too late…

She wasn't paying attention to notice Uiharu and Saten quickly move out of the way as Misaka sent an object from across the room and nailed her in the face, causing everyone around her to scream in shock except for Misaka when she fell back in a daze as smoke rose up from her head.

"MISAKA!?/ SISSY!?" Saten, Uiharu, and Shirai yelled as they noticed that she threw her new skateboard directly at Asher who was left helpless to defend herself from the onslaught.

Misaka's face was bright red as her eyebrow was twitching angrily, seeing Asher's hands twitching about as much or more than it was as blood began to trail down from her nose.

"Um M-MK I thought…or at least remember asking you to tell me i-if I say something incorrect this m-morning. I don't t-think I did bu-but if I did I-I'm very sorry." Asher said with a whine as she watched the ceiling spin above her. "I d-don't r-really want to have to stay an-another day at the h-hospital bu-but I h-honestly think you nearly or did break my nose….and I don't think I deserve that whatsoever…"

"TCH, there you go with that selective memory again! Because I thought I also told YOU this morning to stop doing what you just did OR FACE THE CONSEQUENCES!?" Misaka grumbled as electricity sparked from her hair. "Use that logic of yours properly for once to see that is not the issue in this situation!"

Silence fell in the room for a while as Asher slowly rose up from her bed, using her left hand to cover her nose as blood fell freely from the gaps between her fingers.

"Oh yeah…you did say that didn't you? I guess I forgot about that somehow. Thanks for the apparent reminder…" Asher stated matter of factly with a sweatdrop as her voice was muffled behind her hand. "And thanks for the n-new skateboard…I-I appreciate it even if y-you nearly killed me with it."

At that point everyone in the room started laughing, unable to hold it in for much longer as Asher looked around in confusion and Misaka's anger quickly simmered into nothingness as she laughed along with them.

Asher sighed at that fact as she let a few chuckles escape her breath.

"I always seem to be the one at the center of you guy's amusement…" She stated with a small smile on her face as the laughter seemed to grow more within the room.


A little while later….

Since Asher had to stay for the night, they quickly showed her the cards that they made her to read, sending her into more disarray when it came to her emotional state as she tried her best to not shed anymore tears as her face heated up to greater heights than before with Saten not doing that much to help.

"Awwwwww, do you like them that much Asher?" Saten asked as she surprised attack Asher with another hug as steam nearly came out of her ears.

"Please st-stop…I don't think my brain can handle much more of this. I'm trying my hardest to keep my brain running somewhat smoothly but…you're going to end up making me short-out with all this close contact Saten…And I don't want you to get amusement out of seeing me like that." Asher warned, already beginning to see swirls in her vision as she heard Saten and the others laugh at her comment.

After they had finished, Misaka was given the bags of chocolates to put into Asher's room when they got back to the dorms as Shirai went off to take Saten and Uiharu back to their own dorm, leaving the two level 5's together alone.

Misaka could tell that no matter how much she tried to hide it, Asher was starting to get tired, trying her best to suppress her yawns only to lose after a while. She could see her nod off once or twice before abruptly coming back into awakeness again, not allowing sleep to fully claim her.

"Well this is a first or at least rare." Misaka said aloud as she took a seat next to Asher's bed, seeing her send a sideways glance. "It's not like you to fight going to sleep, since you seem to be able to do it anywhere you are."

"Yeah I know. I guess, I wanted to keep myself up a little while longer." Asher sighed before the expression on her tone grew serious. "But hey Mikoto…I'm um…sorry about earlier at the mall."

Misaka's face fell in confusion before realizing what she was talking about, seeing her grip her covers in a shaky embrace.

"Even if I wasn't thinking all that clearly enough, I was making a conscious effort to upset you. Illogically thinking it would make you not want to come and find me. And when you did…it probably concerned you even more to see how I ended up...I probably worried you immensely a-and I should have listened and-"

Before she could continue, she felt Misaka's arms wrap around her neck as her head landed in her chest, immediately reciprocating the hold after she had rejected before.

"It's alright, I know that today or more specifically since that headscan hasn't been the best for you. Just promise me next time when it gets that bad to say something. I'm not very fond of seeing my best friend in that much pain and unable to do anything to really help." Misaka said genuinely as she felt Asher lean into her as she nodded her head, still trying her best to fight going to sleep.

She knew that she was very uncomfortable with hospitals with her probably afraid that she'll come to a complete blank on everything like she had the time she had been in here without any of her memories when she woke up the next morning.

She secretly tapped the button on the medicine drip that her Doctor had told her before held the sedative for her to get the sleep that she actually needed right now, knowing that she would have delayed it to the best of her abilities.

Asher didn't seem to notice until it was too late, feeling her body relax even more without her control as her eyes went from wide open to slits in the matter of moments, sighing at the fact of her consciousness beginning to be taken away from her.

"Dang…You always seem to…be able to find that…button with ease…." Asher murmured as her eyes fully closed with her arms falling limp at her sides.

"Well Z, if you weren't so stubborn whenever you're here, I wouldn't have to. Now get some rest." Misaka said amusedly as Asher fell asleep in a matter of seconds, deeply enough to hear her softly snoring in her hold.

As she smiled down at her, she saw the light go off as Shirai teleported right next to her.

"I guess it's time to go back to the dorms, Kuroko?" Misaka asked without turning to see Shirai behind her.

"Yeah…I know that you don't want to leave her here by herself, but we've almost reached the time that the Head Resident allotted us to come and see her." Shirai stated as she also smiled at the sight of Asher completely relaxed for the first time today.

After holding her for a couple more moments longer, Misaka let out a small breath and carefully laid the sleeping girl back in her bed, not even seeing her stir once as she was completely out like a light.

"Alright..." Misaka relented, rising up to her feet as she laid a hand on Shirai's shoulder.

"Oh before we go, I forgot to thank you for not intervening before. I know it must have been difficult to just leave her like that, but it was for the best that I handled the situation." Misaka stated aloud as Shirai let out a sigh.

Shirai had come at the later end of the confrontation between Asher and Kaitabi to make an arrest of the Graviton Bomber. She was shocked to see how unhinged she had been, seen by the fact that her ability unknowingly went out of control and siphoned the oxygen from the area around her.

She must have unconsciously attached onto the gravity of just Kaitabi, however, as Shirai herself had not been affected even when she was in range.

"You don't have to thank me for that as that was the least I could do for you Sissy." Shirai said with a wave of her hand before a stern expression came on her face. "But you can explain why you were with a boy who doesn't even seem to be the least bit good for someone of your caliber!"

"B-Boy? W-What boy?" Misaka questioned as her face heated up, trying her best to deny the fact that she had been with Kamijou.

"Oh don't play dumb, even though you called out to me before hand, there's no mistaking it that you were with that troglodyte!" Shirai remarked aloud, completely appalled as she looked off to the side. "How could you Sissy? How could trade your affections for someone other than me?"

"N-NO it wasn't like that at all, I swear!" Misaka said hastily as she moved her hands back and forth. "He was just a passerby that happened to know Zierdan and that's all! I tried to get the idiot to go on his merry way, but he wouldn't listen to me and stayed anyway, I promise!"

Sure, it wasn't the truth, but it wasn't really a lie either. So Misaka didn't see any harm in saying that, not wanting to start any rumors to spread around in this little group to get in the hands of either Uiharu or Saten of all people.

This seemed to relieve Shirai's nerves to some extent, seeing as though she took it as the truth even if she was still skeptical.

They took one last look at Asher who slept comfortably in her sheets before they teleported away to make it to the dorm on time to prevent any punishments or lectures coming from the Head Resident herself.


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