Izuku wrings his hands.

In front of him, Yūkawa-kun is pacing restlessly, a distressed look in his eyes as they darted around for any sign of either Akemi or Kōki-san. Neither of the girls' parents are present, and if Izuku remembered right, Suzumi-san is currently in the Netherlands, working out some kind of business cooperation with IKEA, while Kimura Geikyo... He shakes his head, forget it.

The door to the public hospital slides open, and slightly-too-quick footsteps approached him. They sound like them came from rather expensive shoes, and Izuku looks up to see his friend's tormenter himself.

Kimura Geikyō is a tall man, with a pale complexion and squinted eyes behind fashionable glasses. Light brown hair like Akemi's parted and slick back, with a matching handsome face. In the interviews that Izuku's seen him in, Kimura Geikyō had always worn a charming, gentle smile that so many liked him for, but right now...

The man almost looked nervous, concerned as he approached and knelt down in front of Izuku, locking eyes with him. "Are you Midoriya?" Urgency bled into his voice and when Izuku numbly nods he could almost believe that he is really concerned, or even worried, "Have you seen my daughters? How are they?"

"Kōki-san is fine." He found himself answering. "She's in one of the hospital rooms, the police are asking her some question." He gulps, "Akemi is with her."

The man sighs with what sounds like slight relief, and Izuku couldn't help but feel a little impressed at how genuine it sounded. If he hadn't seen first hand what this man had done to Akemi, he might've believed that he is truely worried about his two daughters. The man sits down a seat away from him, and hunches down with his fingers crossed.

The glass door slides open again, and this time, Hibiki-san, Iida, Seiba and Uraraka rushes through, heading towards him, and pauses with different reactions as they see the man seated next to him.

Uraraka seemed a little confused, tilting her head when Hibiki-san froze on-the-spot, staring at Kimura Geikyō with something akin to shock and terror, while Iida and Seiba are glaring at the man through narrowed eyes and caution, before they waved him over.

Izuku stands up and jogs over, Yūkawa-kun following just a little behind him. Iida then grabs his arm, and they leave to sit the the other side of the hall.

"What is he doing here?" Hibiki hisses under her breath, fear seeping into her voice, "What the hell is he doing here, he shouldn't be here at all, he's supposed to be hosting a convention in Osaka-" her breath hitches and Uraraka looks at her then at Iida, who looked so mad Izuku had to wince.

"I don't understand, what's going on?" The girl blinks, "He's Akemi-chan's dad, right? Kimura Geikyō-san?" Seiba nods grimly, and Uraraka tilts her head, "What's wrong then? He's supposed to be here, right?"

"I get that Akemi-san and Geikyō-san doesn't get along, but..." Yūkawa-kun murmurs, "Do you really need to freak out like this? I mean, he is her dad, right? It's not like he's gonna hurt her-"

"Hah." Hibiki-san hisses out, sardonically, "Ha ha, very funny, Yūkawa-kun."

This seems to alarm the younger teen. Hibiki-san, however, doesn't elaborate. Instead, she looks over her shoulder, and lets out a string of very vile curses.

"Hibiki-" Iida looks at the girl, almost scandalized, before he, too, looks over the girl's shoulder and hisses sharply, "Shit."

Uraraka blinks at their straight-laced friend's language, and Izuku turns around, almost freezing when he spotted what the two were panicking about. Akemi, somewhere during their discussion, had exited the elevator and is now standing frozen in front of her father, who held the girl's shoulders gently, almost like a concerned parent. Akemi however, kept her face blank, devoid of any emotions, and smooth. Everything about her is just blank, like a robot going through what it was programmed to do.

The man lays a hand on his friend's shoulder and leads her towards them, Izuku tenses up as with each step, Akemi's expression melts into a much more natural one, unassuming, unsuspecting and neutral. Not quite calm but exactly what'd you'd expect to see if the man walking next to her isn't her abuser.

They stop in front of them, and Akemi leaves her father's side, walking towards them with quick steps and stopping just a little bit away.

"I'll see you all soon, I think." She says, smiling wobbly before pursing her lips and turning away, walking back next to the man, who grabs her shoulder, and leads her back out to the limousine parked outside. And the way Kimura Geikyō's hand was placed, near her throat but not quite...

Reminds him of Shigaraki.


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

Akemi's paring:

Todoroki Shouto: 21

Ueno Hibiki: 6

Midoriya Izuku: 5

Bakugou Katsuki: 3

Iida Tenya: 3

Iida Tensei: 1

Kaminari Denki: 1

Seiba Hiroi: 0

Others (Please state in review!)


Hibiki's pairing:

Shinsou Hitoshi: 8

Kimura Akemi: 6

Iida Tenya: 4

Midoriya Izuku: 0

Seiba Hiroi: 0

Todoroki Shouto: 0

Others (Please state in review!)


I'm so bored now that even the phone isn't enough entertainment. *Sigh* I'll go grab my kindle now.

Onto the comments!

To darkpaladin89: Rip Tenko-kun's kids. Akemi is so not leaving him unscathed.