Tenya didn't know what he was expecting when he returned. All of them unharmed? Unlikely. Several injured? Maybe. Dead? He shivered at the thought. No. They can't be.
As his classmates one by one walked up the stairs he was relieved to see them relatively uninjured, with only slight scratches and a bad scare.
But after Todoroki, Kirishima and Bakugou walked up the steps and still no signs of nither Akemi nor Midoriya, he began to worry.
"... Where's Akemi? And Midoriya?" He finally asked aloud, as the police detective walked by.
"Midori-?" The detective thought for a second, "He is alright, and is currently being treated in the nurse's office."
Next to him, Uraraka-san breath a sigh of relief.
"And as for Kimura, " his face turned grim, "She is only mildly injured, but she seems to be unconscious. And according to the medics, she has fallen into a coma. She is expected to wake up soon, but..." He shook his head.
Tenya jerked back as Uraraka gasped. A few of their classmates looked stunned.
"Kimura...?"
"But her quirk is crazy strong, right? How did that happen?"
He looked towards Bakugou, Todoroki, and Kirishima, who was with both Midoriya and Akemi.
"...Kimura took a blow from the bird villain foe Bakugou." Kirishima finally answered. "She moved so fast, and she said she used her own Astral Energy." He winced. "She... It wasn't pretty."
His heart sank, and it didn't rise.
Akemi isn't sure where she is.
Huh... Beeping?
Eh. Right. She blinked slightly.
"... Hey, you hear... Oi, she's blinking!"
Blurred faces came into view. She squinted.
Huh? Scarf guy? What's he doing here... She blinked, and snuggled into the bedsheets.
"Ake...? Oi, Akemi!" She blinked again and finally, her eyes cleared.
Where is she?
There's Tenya. And Kirishima. And Peppermint Swirl. Izuku's at the end of the bed, crying with Uraraka. Bakagou's in the corner. Kōki, Hibiki, and Hiroi's here too.
"... Where's scarf guy...?"
"Scarf guy?" Kirishima blinked.
"Guy I met on Christmas Eve... Bumped into him, on Ringoki..." She mumbled and struggled to sit up.
"Woah slow down! You were out for two days, take it easy!"
Two days...
Two days?!
She shot off the mattress, just in time to bump heads with Hibiki, who launched herself at her.
"AKEMI!!!" She screeched, "Don't scare me like this! Ever again!"
She laughed a little sitting up. Hibiki pulled back a little and smiled.
"By the way, there's a little surprise for you~" she sang, and stepped aside.
"— Hibiki-chan, I'm back with your water."
That voice...
"By the way, do any of you need anything? I can always—" a petite woman with long raven locks pulled into a familiar symmetrical French Waterfall Crown Braid stepped into view. He pale skin identical to hers and dark coal eyes the same shade as her sister's.
"Akemi?"
"...Mum?"
Akemi teared up.
A year.
It've been almost a year since mum came home.
Her mum pulled her into her arms, and it's all Akemi can do to hug back and sob into her shoulder.
