"You want to be a hero Shinso?" Smiling, Sayako raises a brow at Shinso as the two stand on the school rooftop Shinso leant against the wall, shadows draped over him as he stares at the girl sat down on the iron railings of the roof, her legs dangling down, moving up and down, turning to smile at him as the evening sun shimmers against the blonde roots of the girl.
"Yeah…" Shyly, Shinso bows his head, staring up at the kitten perched upon his shoulder nuzzling into his cheek.
"That's awesome you could be like Eraserhead he's super cool, the way he just swooshes its what I wanna do with my threads, Shinso we should become heroes together, we'd rule the underground with your book smarts and my street smarts we could even be number one!" Animatedly, Sayako gushes beaming brightly. Shinso simply stares at her, a small shy smile upon his lips as she leaps off the railing, pushing herself off it, releasing her fingertips flexing around the railing now pushed herself off to approach the two.
"You think so?" Meekly, Shinso whispers, furrowing his brow at her, scratching the back of his neck.
"I know so don't you agree snowba-ARGH!" Happily, she places her hands on her hips traveling them down to her knees as she turns her attention to the kitten but…
"Why won't you love me?" Childishly, Sayako whines reaching out to the kitten that simply hisses leaving her slumped defeated figures, tears freely falling only to whine rejected at the sharp hiss of the kitten perched upon his shoulder, cradling her bloodied scratch mark.
"I told you, you were too intense." Tiredly, Shinso tuts shaking his head at her as he gently grabs her head, pinching her chin with his forefinger, examining the scratch mark, a light scratch fortunately but still, he had told her time and time again about her intensity with cats.
"Yeah, yeah…regardless I know you can do this. Let's achieve this dream together yeah!?" Perkily, Sayako smiles offering her hand out to Shinso simply shaking his head at her, a low chuckle escaping his lips, a Cheshire like grin upon his lips.
"Yeah…" Softly, Shinso smiles taking Sayako's hand in hers, vowing this dream to come to fruition…or so the two thought.
"Did you hear?" Sayako's been expelled!
"Good riddance that villain should be locked behind bars did you hear what happened to Akihiko!"
"Hospital right? Poor guy…"
"Good thing we had Shinso's quirk!"
"Yeah guess that villainous quirk isn't so bad after all!"
Silently, Shinso sits in his seat, the group of boys and girls gushing gossiping amongst one another as his lilac hues narrow twitching. His teeth grind together, his fingertips curling into a pair of furious fists as he hears them, glancing over at the empty desk, seeing the scars, cracks marred into the desk, seeing the small smears of ink now smeared to the side, all evidence of before long gone. He simply stands up, alarming his so-called friends. He storms out of class, blinking back the glassy shine to his lilacs.
"When I saw you again…with them…"
Silently, Shinso wanders through U.A hearing his general studies classmate gush gossip as his lilacs bored begin to wander feeling a hand tug at him as he stops in his steps, feeling his blood turn ice cold at the group before him, seeing the group converse chirpily chat with one another brushing past them as if they didn't exist. But he knew those eyes anywhere even with the failed dye job as they walked by him, his chest aching, hurting, wincing when she doesn't even bat an eyelash at him.
"Tch hero course they think they're so much better." Shinso perks up at one of his classmates seeing the long brown haired girl that had tugged at him, that had lingered around him often that had often spoke to him glare daggers at their back as Shinso's lilac hues remain glued upon her back.
"Found you!" Startled, Shinso gasps at the sudden slash of air, darting back narrowly avoiding the slice sent his way, his lilacs meeting a pair of coal black as their battle begins…
"Urgh…I did it again". Annoyed, Sayako sighs slumping her shoulders, exhaustion etched into her tired tone. She hangs helplessly, swaying from side to side. Sighing, Sayako focuses feeling the fibres uncurl, freeing her as she swings herself, perching herself crouching down on the lamppost, collecting the material draping it around her neck as she begins swinging using the cloth around the rooftop until…
Stunned, Sayako's eyes expand when seeing Shinso fight Aizawa, holding his won against Aizawa, dodging his strikes his lilacs darting all over until meeting Sayako's' green. The two nod at one another, a spark of understanding between them both. Sayako's eyes narrow noting the exit as she wraps the scarf around the exit swinging herself inside as soon as she comes crashing down, hearing the small jingle of victory, Aizawa stops so does Shinso as Sayako comes rushing back in, towards the road, finding Shinso all by his lonesome, cradling his cheek.
"That's going to bruise." Nervously, Sayako shoves her hands into her pockets, towering over Shinso sat down on the floor.
"No shit." Shinso curses making Sayako snicker slightly as a still silence falls between them both, Shinso simply glancing to the side. Sayako shuffles slightly looking uncomfortable trying to find the words.
"Look um Shinso I'm sorry…for pushing you away like that for being a jerk I didn't mean to…" Anxiously, Sayako sighs scratching the back of her naked neck.
"It's my own fault I used my quirk on you." Ashamed, Shinso bows his head, his lilacs glassy.
"You did?" Stunned, Sayako exclaims taken aback.
"You don't remember?" Shocked, Shinso exclaims.
"I don't remember much of those last days before my transfer, seems something was going on up there and with the stress of school things went weird…" Honestly, Sayako sighs at the memory, she remembered going in seeing a few fair things from razors in her book, being pushed down the stairs and recovering to a handful of things. The doctor did say they wanted her to stay for further tests perhaps that would have been the better option.
"Sayako I…I used my quirk on you. You're the last person I ever wanted to use it on." Pained, Shinsho slams his eyes shut disgusted at the memory while Sayako surprised blinks at the memory.
"Well…what was I doing to make you do that?" Sayako quirks her head to the side.
"You were beating up these guys they had been harassing you for weeks about your dad, the flower on the desk was the final straw…" Seething, Shinso's fingertips curl into a pair of fidgeting fists.
"Oh…well thanks." Sayako shrugs.
"Huh?" Shinso blurts out.
"Knowing me I probably went a tad bit overboard." Nervously, Sayako smiles scratching the back of her head.
"You sent one to the hospital they had to have surgery…" Severely, Shinso answers straight faced.
"How the heck did I get into this hero course, I'll never know…" Sayako groans head in hands.
"I do." Softly, Shinso whispers making Sayako's green soften at him.
"Shinso …I know this is when I should say I'll never push you away again but knowing me…my life is still a hectic roller coaster, there's still so much going on that I want no one to be a part of for their own good you know? It's something only I can deal with and if I do push you away again, I'm sorry but I'll try not to in the future. I can't make any promises knowing me but…I'll try. I just need to organise my life and hero training better you know?" Sayako explains to him.
"About damn time you realized. You know how irritating it is knowing you got into the course but not me." Annoyed, Shinso scowls slamming his fist lightly into her head making her falter from the small touch.
"As frank as ever." Sayako sweat drops at him.
"Now come on I'm beat. You owe me some food." Frowning, Shinso tells her.
"Yeah, yeah…" Softly, Sayako smiles taking Shinso's paler, softer, bigger hand in her darker, rougher, smaller hand as she helps him up, the two smiling softly at one another as they head out Aizawa perched upon the rooftop watches them leave…
*And that's the end of the exam arc I know a few may question why I split it up but I thought people would get confused with so many flashbacks in slanted text I know that can get to my eyes sometime so here. There will be more coming don't worry but would love to know your thoughts on it on Shinso and Sayako too!*