That day Akemi walks home with heavy thoughts on her mind. She walked in her room with light slipping around her as if she wasn't there, and slumps onto her bed, exhausted.

The exam took quite a bit out of her, true, but it was the thoughts that made her want to just... Actually sleep without the usual horror behind her eyes. And it's just so tiring to close her eyes and sleep every night, only to wake up with bile in her throat and tears in her eyes and a panicking mind. She looks up to the ceiling, silent and rolls over to her side, before she pulled out her phone and calls someone.

The call went through a few moments later. And Akemi presses the phone to her ear.

"...Kai." her voice ctlracks as she started, but couldn't continue. There was a noise of alarm from the other side and some scuffling, before a reply came.

"Akemi?" Kai-chan's voice was concerned, "What happened?"

"I just..." She stops midway, "I don't want to fix what's between me and Father." She states, tired, "Maybe it's because I can't, maybe it's 'cause I won't, 'cause I'm too selfish and too petty and not generous enough. I don't care, I don't want to fix it, but..."her fingers caresses the seaglass pendent of her necklace and her heart twists, "I don't want this to just... continue. I don't want to suffer like this anymore." She chokes back a sob. "But I don't want to mess up again, Kai, I'm scared."

Her voice cracks, and she can hear his sharp hiss of anger, alarm, whatever it was, but Akemi was too tired to care and she continued to hold her phone to her ear as the silence lingered. "Akemi..." his speaks quietly from the other side, "I can't come to find you, I can't be there to help you, not directly, but what I can tell you is that I care for you, and no matter what happens, I'll always be a call away." Akemi's breath hitches, and he continues, "I know you have your own friends now, and they have to be worried about you, especially that Hibiki you told me about, if she really is like what you told me."

Akemi smiles slightly, "She is." She whispers.

He grunts softly, "And Akemi, whatever you want to do, as long as it helps you, I won't oppose."

For a long while, Akemi doesn't speak. She simply sat there, phone held to her ear and sniffling slightly. And then she cracks her mouth open, and speaks.

"...I want to do something about it."

"Then do."


Current Poll Results~ (from both the poll and the reviews)

Akemi's paring:

Todoroki Shouto: 17

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: 7

Others (Please state in review!)


A fairly short chapter, but this one is mostly about thought process than anything.

This is a call back to the chapter 'Then Don't'. When I designed Akemi as a character I thought of her as the type of person to try and avoide some of her problems even though she is capable of facing them. It's a common problem really, among teenagers. We like avoiding problems and just end up making things worse. It's just a little strange that not a lot of characters in BnHA have these common teenager problems. Or maybe it's just that I'm stupid and didn't notice.

No worries, the next chapter is the summer holidays and they're a lot more light-hearted!

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