Akemi crackled as Kō smacked her across the arm, hard, with a beat red face. She loved teasing her sister about that. The pet phrase is not that funny, of course, it's her horrible way of denying it that makes the whole thing hilarious. She did the exact same thing when she first pointed it out and Akemi laughed so hard she choked.
Akemi smiled and smacked her sister on the back of her head, and Kō pinched her arm and twisted. Yelping, she poured and was about to make a comment when her phone vibrated in her pocket. Slipping it out she stared at the caller's I'd for a moment.
What?
Why is he calling her now? Akemi frowned, not that she don't want him to... Deciding herself she walked out the room and picked up the call.
"... Kai-chan?"
A familiar exasperated sigh came through. "Knew you'd still be calling me with that stupid nickname."
Akemi chuckled. It's him alright. " What're you calling about?"
" I heard about what happened in Hosu, you got involved, didn't you?"
She can imagine the exasperated face of the teen- wait, no he's four years older than her he's an adult now- it has to be worthy of being a meme.
"Not a lot, I wasn't injured." She replied, "I'm visiting Hibiki now, so I'm at Ueno Private."
"Oh." There was a beat of silence, "how is she?"
" Fine, but at this rate if I don't put a leash on her she'll probably get herself killed soon." She half joked, " But Kai-chan, How are you lately? I haven't seen you since... Well, a year? Two? I don't know. Do you even live in the Hohana ward anymore?" She pressed, leaning back against the wall, " I'm worried you know."
" I've been busy." There was a pause, and Akemi don't blame him. Kai-chan's family had always been secretive about that organization of theirs. " After my grandfather died I was being groomed to become his heir and inherit his..." He hesitated, " legacy."
"Oh," Akemi smiled a little, " Are you happy? At least?"
" Well, not quite. But I am doing to get to where I want, if that's what you're asking."
"Then I'm glad." She replied, running a hand through her loose ponytail (yes just a ponytail), " I'm glad, Kai, I was just wrried, I guess. If it's not to much to ask... Can you just, well, give me some signs? At least, tell me that you're alright? The lest time you called me... That was back right after the USJ."
"..." There was a beat of silence, and Akemi faltered.
" It's okay. I won't ask you if--"
" I'll text you." He interupped, not rude but voice soft and almost apologetic, "I can't promise anything, but I'll try."
She smiles.
"Thanks."
She can hear his soft amused huff as she smiled, before the call cut off with a soft beep. Akemi lowered the phone, and glanced back into the room.
Kai-chan and her... They used to be so close, eight-year-old Kimura Akemi could never imagine a life without him, and look at them now.
They really changed, didn't they?
" Akemi?"
Turning, she say that it's Todoroki, who had poked his head out probably by someone's request, " Ueno's whining for you now, please come back in."
She glanced towards the room, and chuckled at the utter chaos that is going on. She slipped her phone away and made her way back in.
" Who was that, by the way?" Todoroki asked.
" My childhood friend. We grew up together, but last touch after his grandfather died and he was moved to one of their other estates." She smiled, " he said he'll text me more often from now on."
" That's nice."
She took a deep breath before entering the room, and for dramatic effects, Akemi raised a feet and kicked the door open, declaring that she is going to put a leash on Hibiki, who squealed and laughed and Kōki slammed her head against the wall repeatedly, looking ready to take a dive out the window.
Things changes, she thinks, but as she looks at her friends around her, she knew that this is something that will never change.
Current Poll Results~ (from both the poll and the reviews)
Akemi's paring:
Todoroki Shouto: 16
Midoriya Izuku: 2
Iida Tenya: 3
Seiba Hiroi: 0
Ueno Hibiki: 3
Bakugou Katsuki: 3
Iida Tensei: 1
Others (Please state in review!)
Hibiki's pairing:
Todoroki Shouto: 0
Midoriya Izuku: 0
Iida Tenya: 4
Seiba Hiroi: 0
Kimura Akemi: 3
Shinsou Hitoshi: 6
Others (Please state in review!)
I realized Kai-Chan wasn't mentioned as much as a normal childhood friend should be and is trying to patch that up... You guys will be seeing more of him from now on! I first tried to stuff in all of Kōki's team in the same chapter but that didn't work out, so like the first few chapters I'll be introducing them one by one soon, like Akemi n co, what Kōki n co gets up to can be hilarious.
Right, So yeah, Daily updates are happening now! Don't worry my workload haven't changed, (I have over 20 chapters stacked up waiting to be uploaded, it's torture.) and with no school at all I'm getting bored. While a few extra days of break is great, a whole two months shut indoors is just awful. You guys who lives in Europe will get what I mean soon.
Well, on to the comment! (Since there's only one, I guess. Not a surprise.)
To darkpaladin89: She really is not so little, and this height difference is based off mine and my little sister's (My sis is enormous.), my pride as an older sister has been ruined. I think Kōki will get along with Red Riot, don't you think?
