The Aftermath
"Are you sure you're alright?"
"Yes! I'm okay!" Yamiyo sated.
After the stunt she pulled, she required healing from Recovery Girl, who was very nice and kind, to be able to leave without being in any pain. Although she was all healed thanks to Recovery Girl's quirk, she still wore a cast around her left arm to keep it from getting any more damaged. It was healed, but the bone wasn't as strong as it was supposed to be, the cast was just a precaution to make sure it doesn't break again.
Other than the broken arm, Yamiyo's ribs took quite a beating with two of them broken. They were healed completely, but there was major bruising that hurt whenever she turned too much or put a little pressure on it. Other than that, she was good.
"How much longer do you need the cast?" Yamiyo hummed and racked her brain.
"About two or three days tops. After that, I can tear it off." Fumikage nodded and returned his gaze forward.
Yamiyo slowly grew closer and closer to Fumikage the more eyes she spotted on herself. Having people stare at you would make anybody feel self conscious. Yamiyo smiled weakly when they brushed shoulders and Fumikage stared at her.
After they passed UA's gates, Yamiyo felt and heard her stomach growl. She wrapped her right arm around her stomach and laughed awkwardly. Fumikage gave a low chuckle as he shook his head slightly.
"Should we go out for food? I know I don't cook, but I know that we don't have much food left." Fumikage thought for a moment before nodding.
"Sounds good." Yamiyo nodded and swung her backpack around so it was hanging on her cast. She unzipped it and rummaged around for her phone, her fingers curling around the device. She pulled it out and unlocked it, immediately going to search up places to eat.
Most of the places were either too much yen or they were too far away for them to go to. She grumbled slightly as they climbed onto the train and found their seats. "Why is this taking so long?"
"You tell me." Yamiyo shot a small glare at Fumikage. She sighed and looked out the window as she felt the train jerk and start moving forward. Yamiyo leaned her head against the window and continued to scroll through the list, thumb moving across the screen. She saw movement out of the corner of her eye and she looked over her shoulder to see Dark Shadow peeking at her phone.
"Oh! That cafe looks good!" A shadow claw stretched from her shoulder and pointed to a little picture of the front of a small cafe. Yamiyo hummed and pressed her thumb to the screen. The cafe popped up and she smiled.
"It's not too far from here. If we get off at the next stop instead of the third we just need to walk a few blocks. And the food isn't too expensive either! And it's only about half a mile from home." Yamiyo held her phone out to Fumikage, who silently took it and looked at it for a moment before nodding.
"If you wish." He paused for a moment before handing her phone back to her.
Yamiyo turned her phone off and shoved it back into her bag. She adjusted herself so her head was laying on Fumikage's shoulder. Dark Shadow curled up in her lap as she petted him.
"Aahhhhh that was so good!" Yamiyo smiled as she walked beside Fumikage.
He nodded. "It was." Yamiyo brought her right gloved hand to her mouth as she yawned into the back of her hand. "Are you tired?"
"A little." Yamiyo meekly replied, rubbing the back of her neck.
"You should get some rest when we get home. Your body will need time to heal." Yamiyo nodded and looked ahead.
Not too long after, it started to become very crowded as people started leaving work and heading home. They were very quickly swept into the middle of the madness and Yamiyo kept her arm pressed against Fumikages as they pushed themselves forward. Going the opposite direction of the crowd wasn't doing them any good.
Yamiyo hissed in grimace when she was harshly elbowed in the side. She stumbled into Fumikage and he had to quickly grab her so they didn't fall over.
With the help of Dark Shadow, they were able to locate a small alley to duck into. Yamiyo pressed her back against the wall and slowly slid down until she was sitting. Fumikage stood by the entrance and watched the people walk by for a moment before he walked over and joined her on the ground.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm okay." Yamiyo let the back of her head thud against the brick wall. She threw her arms up in exasperation. "I can't believe we forgot about rush hour!" She groaned.
"Me either- Dark Shadow stop- I said- hey that's- knock it off!" Fumikage scowled. Dark Shadow looked at them innocently, well, as innocent as he can look with half of him inside a tipped over garbage can. "Get over here!"
"Ugh, finneee!" Dark Shadow grumbled, backing out of the garbage can and slowly hovered over to them. "Party pooper."
"You were messing with another's property!"
"It was already on the ground when I found it!"
"Still!" Yamiyo giggled at their bickering. Although it gave them some weird glances from the people walking by, it was still entertaining. Not many people can say their brother argues with his quirk.
"Alright, alright! Stop fighting. Dark Shadow, that's both rude and gross to do, Fumikage, don't encourage him." The two stared at her before nodding.
"I'm still booored!" Yamiyo hummed and slid her backpack off her shoulders and onto her lap. She rummaged around her backpack before she pulled out her keys.
"Here, play with these- just don't lose them!" Yamiyo handed them off to Dark Shadow, who immediately laid on the ground and started fiddling with the keys like it was the most interesting thing in the world.
"And you tell me not to encourage him?" Fumikage stared at her.
"There's a big difference between encouraging and keeping him entertained so he doesn't do anything we'll regret." Yamiyo replied, smirking. She chuckled a bit and watched Dark Shadow fiddle with her keys.
Before they knew it, the crowd was reduced to just a small amount of people passing by. They quickly recollected their things and set off towards their house.
"I've been meaning to talk to you about earlier." Yamiyo stared at him, her confusion evident on her face.
"What do you mean?"
"Before we entered UA for the exams, you rushed us inside. And while Present Mic was telling us about the exam, a blonde and a green haired boy were staring at us." Yamiyo stared at him in shock.
"How-"
"I asked Dark Shadow to look around after you freaked out after looking behind us. He caught them both staring." Yamiyo swallowed hard and gripped her backpack strap tighter. "Do you know who they are?"
Yamiyo nodded and bit her lip. "I knew them when I was very little. I think I was four the last time I saw them..." Yamiyo trailed off and shot a quick look at Fumikage.
He sighed and nodded. She smiled weakly and bumped shoulders with him. She sighed and looked at the sky, watching a bird fly through the air. Then was when she noticed the sun starting to set.
"We should hurry... the suns going down." Yamiyo slowly started to pick up the pace. Fumikage was slightly ahead of her as he rubbed the spot between his eyes. It was clear to Yamiyo that Dark Shadow was being loud and begging to be let out. Yamiyo kept pace with Fumikage and placed a supportive hand on his back.
"I'm glad we chose the cafe and not another place... I'm not sure if we would've made it home on time." Yamiyo sighed as she closed the door behind them, quickly flicking on the light.
Fumikage hummed beside her, taking off his shoes. "Indeed. The sun was already gone by the time we reached the door." Yamiyo copied his movement, taking off her shoes without thinking too much about it. The action was basically muscle memory at this point.
Yamiyo threw her bag towards the dining table as she slipped off her Uniform jacket with a little trouble due to having her left hand in a cast, but in the end she was able to get out of it.
"How are you going to sleep? You mentioned earlier that the bruises hurt when you applied too much pressure to them." Fumikage pointed out as she was hanging up her jacket. Yamiyo froze, mid into the action as her gaze fell to her feet.
"Didn't think about that..." Yamiyo sighed as she turned away from the coat rack and padded towards Fumikage in the kitchen.
"Hmm... I wonder.." Fumikage mumbled as he walked out of the kitchen just as she walked in. She watched him wander into the bathroom, her ears twitching when she heard him rummaging around.
"Do you remember if we still have pain-killers?" Yamiyo froze and paled a bit.
"U-uh..."
"Oh- nevermind. I found them." It took a moment before Fumikage was walking out with a medicine bottle in hand. He stopped walking and stared at her, worry in his eyes. "Are you okay?"
"No drugs..." Yamiyo shuffled away from him, subconsciously rubbing her left shoulder where a star shaped scar was. Fumikage sighed and pocketed the medicine bottle.
"If you want to get some rest, you'll have to take these. I don't know what happened to you in the past, but I'm not letting you stay up all night when you need rest so you can heal." Fumikage explained. Yamiyo stared at the ground and squeezed her eyes shut.
Hey, need help pipsqueak?
No.. I'm ok.
"A-Alright.." Yamiyo hesitantly shuffled over and she could see the relief in his eyes when he handed the medicine bottle to her. Yamiyo stared at it before taking a shaky deep breath and rushing into the kitchen in search of a glass cup.
The quicker she got this over with the quicker she could be done with them.
Yamiyo fumbled around before she found a glass cup. Running around, she was able to get a cup of water. She put it on the counter and quickly popped the bottle open, pulling out a small pill.
Without missing a beat, Yamiyo tossed the pill into her mouth and chugged the water. She could feel the pill go down her throat, and it felt off to her. She slammed the glass on the counter and took a few deep breaths before dropping the glass in the empty sink.
I'll deal with it later..
"When are the acceptance letters coming in?" She called from the kitchen.
"They said in about a week or two. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter." Yamiyo hung her head for a moment. She just wanted to know if she got in or not. She couldn't handle just waiting around for two weeks knowing that there was a chance she could never get a letter, it just added onto her anxiety.
She wandered past the living room and Fumikage as she made her way to the bathroom, closing the door behind her. She quickly brushed her teeth and ran a brush through her hair and tail (as it was still infested with dust and knots) and quickly finished up.
She slipped out of the bathroom and saw Fumikage leaning on the wall towards the left of the bathroom door. He shot her a small glare. "You do know you're privileged to have your own bathroom attached to your room?"
Yamiyo smiled. "I know."
"So use it!" He snapped lightly as he slipped into the bathroom.
When she was brought into the family, her 'parents' gave her the bedroom with the built in bathroom to make her feel more comfortable and safe. For the first few days of being with them, she had hid in her bedroom, too afraid to leave. She was thankful for the bathroom for that period of time.
She padded towards her bedroom and locked the door behind her and drew the curtains as she began to slip out of her uniform and throw on her pajamas. Once she was finished, she opened her bedroom door and waited by it.
It was a few minutes before she watched Fumikage leave the bathroom through the archway leading into the kitchen/dining/living room. He started walking towards her, as his bedroom was to the right of hers while their parents were further down towards the left.
She smiled and stood up, waving slightly as she re-entered her bedroom. "Night, Fumikage!"
"Good night Yamiyo." He responded with a small smile as he walked past her and towards his bedroom. It was their little ritual to wait for the other and wish them 'good night' before they went to bed themselves. They don't really remember when they started doing it, but there was something reassuring about it, but Yamiyo couldn't place her finger on it.
She closed the door behind her and quickly climbed into bed, pulling the sheets all the way up to her chin. There was still a bit of soreness from her sides, but no pain.
Yamiyo listened silently as she heard a bit of noise coming from Fumikage's room. This happens every night as Dark Shadow would always roam around his room and knock stuff over or fiddle with the things in his room.
Yamiyo didn't mind as it reminded her that they were just right next to her if she needed them. Although Dark Shadow could be noisy and rambunctious some nights, she was always able to sleep. If she didn't hear the noises, she would sometimes go to Fumikage's room just to make sure they were okay.
When Yamiyo could barely keep her eyes open, Yamiyo finally let them close and sighed into her pillow.
Good Night...
I know that there was no real meaning to making this chapter. I was honestly wondering if I should've mixed it with the next chapter, but I decided against it and added a few things about them that weren't in the original chapter.
I'll try to rewrite the next chapter and have it out by tomorrow, but don't be surprised if it isn't uploaded tomorrow!
Anyway, hope you enjoyed it! Thank you for reading and see you next time!
