His first impression of Kimura Akemi is of memes.
When the girl greeted him with a dab, smacked Midoriya around with a clipboard that came out of nowhere, then proceed to throw the ball with her speech of 'Yeet or be Yeeted', he almost laughed his head off, the look on Aizawa-sensei's face back then was priceless.
And Ejirou's next impression of her is obviously, 'with this girl is seriously OP'. Since that's all he could think when she frigging re-shaped the building from the inside and skated like a pro, knocking Todoroki out. Todoroki, one of the strongest of their class, knocked out.
That's... Woah.
After that through the week he watches her crazy interaction with her friends and class prez, he finds her funny, talkative and generally someone nice to hang out with.
Then USJ happened.
She just threw herself there. She didn't even think. Kimura Akemi, a girl his age, just took, no, caught a punch from the Nomu, and remained standing. Just how manly is that?
He sighed as he walked down the axle; he doesn't hate grocery runs... He thought as he picked up some cereal; they're just annoying.
"Kirishima?"
He looked up.
"Ki-kimura?"
The black-haired girl stood there, finally, for once, her hair in a simple ponytail.
"What're you doing here?"
Nevermind, there's the braids.
A few minutes later, Ejirou found himself standing a little awkwardly next to the girl as she checked out all of their purchases, which he noted was with big smiles and small conversation.
"Hey, Kimura?" He asked after leaving the convenience store.
"Yeah?"
"Why do you... I dunno, normal people don't talk that much when they check out stuff at the store, but you're like all sunshine and chatters." He glanced at her, "Not that it's a bad thing and all! It's just..."
"Uncommon?" She finished for him, and laughed. "Well, can you imagine standing in front of the cashier all day long, saying the same set of stuff all day long like a robot? It's boring. And people don't even talk to you properly." She hums as she looks up at the sky, swinging the bag of cat food around, "So I has this habit of making small talks or just generally trying to be as nice as possible."
"Be it the guy calling for ads, or the store cashier, or that person I'm calling to complain about a product or service. I try to be nice. I'd like to think it makes their jobs easier." She grinned at him, "and sometimes, I think if I try to teach others to do that, their lives would be a lot less dull and much better!" She looks up and waves, "ok, I gotta go now, see you at school tomorrow morning, Kirishima!"
Ejirou watched with dumbfounded silence as the girl jogged into the station, and groaned, dragging a hand down his face.
"HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO MANLY?!"
That's actually a habit of mine. And I'd like to share it. A little makes a big difference, right?
