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Hibiki can hear her own shallow, weak breaths, see the light seeping in beyond her eyelids, feel the covers over her body and taste the smell of the medical equipment in the room. But as if frozen in ice, despite being completely relaxed, she couldn't move at all.
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The heart monitor sounded in her ear, so calming, like a lure to sleep. Hibiki felt her consciousness slip, and knowing she will wake up, she slept.
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Hibiki sat on the stairs to the rooftop, eyes bored as she started off at the ceiling, fork dangling from her mouth as she thought about everything and nothing.
"Ah."
She looked down, and at the base of the steps stood a petit girl— hair down in a pair of plaits and golden eyes dull and lifeless, in her arms a notebook stuffed with colourful flags and photographs along with a bento box, uniform a little messy and the yellow school cardigan draped loosely over her thin, frail, frame, with a ton like band-aids all over her arms like herself.
"Place's taken, huh." She muttered, "sorry. I'll just, go."
"I don't mind!" Hibiki called out, "you're the new girl, right? In my class?" The girl looked back towards her, an eyebrow raised. "Kiyama something, isn't it?"
"...Kimura." She answered, "Kimura Akemi."
Hibiki smiled brightly, "let's eat together, Akemi-chan!"
Akemi-chan slowly blinked towards her, and offered a small nod.
"...okay."
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"I'm telling you, Tenya-kun, she's really good!" Hibiki whined as she dragged Tenya down the hall, "Akemi-chan is amazing at English! She even aced the pop quiz and the teacher was speechless!"
"What? No way! Iida's first-place-with-every-subject is being challenged?" Hiroi joked, "now this I gotta see!"
"Akemi-chan!"
Akemi-chan looked up from her read of Percy Jackson and stared at her.
"Akemi-chan, this is Tenya-kun! Tenya-kun, meet your rival at English!"
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Hibiki sat at the side of the roof, sleeves of her cardigan rolled up, revealing the bandages and small, faded scars.
The door creaked open behind her and Hibiki turned around.
Akemi stood there, eyes wide with disbelief and for the first time she've seen, with emotions.
"Akemi-chan..."
"Hey..."
"Don't do it... Please!"
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Hibiki walked towards the rooftop, bento in hand as she pushed open the door, and nearly tripped over a pair of shoes.
She looked up, and there, as the edge, barefoot, hair loose, cardigan off to reveal even more scars than she does, stood Akemi-chan.
As she fell forwards, Hibiki's bento hit the floor and she rushed forward with a speed she didn't know she had.
"AKEMI!"
Akemi-chan hung from her arms, golden met blue, wide and filled with disbelief, then both swelled and spilt tears.
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Akemi smiled as Hibiki jumped her from behind, their graduation slips in hand as Tenya and Hiroi watched with fond smiles, their mothers not far behind with grins and cameras.
Akemi chuckled and slapped her on the back. Yelling out 'Tag You're It!' She ran off, Hibiki blinked for a moment before chasing after her, laughing all the way.
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Hibiki walked down the hall with Tenya, a worried look on her face.
"...I'll check the girl's washroom." She said, it's their first week at Soumei and Akemi's missing. She approached the door, Tenya behind her as she knocked on it.
"Akemi?"
"Akemi are you in there?"
Hibiki frowned and opened the door.
Her eyes widened with horror.
"AKEMI!"
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Akemi's golden eyes snapped open, and she almost cried.
"Hibiki?"
Hibiki clenched the bandages around her right wrist as Akemi's left hand raised against the light and she stared at the same bandages on hers. Across the bed Tenya wiped at his eyes, teary, and Hiroi sobbed.
"Akemi, don't you ever, ever dare to scare me like this again!" Hibiki lunged onto the bed and hugged her friend tight, "you scared me! Akemi you scared me!"
"Hibiki... Tenya, Hiroi... I'm sorry...!"
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Arctic blues fluttered open, and met amber golds.
"Akemi?"
"Hibiki...!"
Parts of this chapter is based off a lovely song named 'My R' 'Watashi no R'.
Don't you dare scare Akemi like that again, Hibiki.
Please RnR for more of Akemi and Hibiki's friendship!
The poll to decide Akemi's final pairing begun! Please review to vote and voice your opinion!
The choices are here:
Todoroki Shouto
Midoriya Izuku
Iida Tenya
Seiba Hiroi
Ueno Hibiki
Kaminari Denki
Bakugou Katsuki
Tokoyami Fumikage
Others (please state in reviews!)
