Akemi sat to the side as her classmates and friends crowded her sister, asking after her worriedly while Kōki, annoyed, waves away their concern. But Akemi knows better, the corners of Kōki's mouth is twitching, and her eyes are softer than they usually are. She is happy that they came.

Akemi smiles as she fiddles with her necklace, fingering the cool pendant mindlessly like she always do. Kōki glances over the room, and her face falters ever so slightly. Akemi offers her a gentle smile, to which Kōki huffed.

Izuku and the others stayed for about twenty minutes, chatting and trying to cheer Kōki up, before they all left and Akemi closed the door behind them. Kōki is quiet as she sat on the bed, gripping her previously injured arm.

Akemi quietly walked back to her sister, and took a seat by her side. Kōki is quiet, and she gently hugged her.

"Sis..." She'd knew Kōki for so long, and she'd never heard her talk like this. Kōki is hurting, and it hurts Akemi that she's hurting. "Sis I'm scared."

Akemi gently pats the top of her head. "shuuuu... It's okay, Kō, it's okay." She hums, "I'm right here. You're fine."

"I'm not scared for myself, sis." Kōki's voice cracks. "Ever since you started school at UA... You've been getting attacked over and over again, I didn't- I didn't care much at first, I thought it's fine since you're in the hero course and that's kinda normal, right?" She sniffles and Akemi holds her little sister tighter. "But- but when I had to fight him, when I had to fight that villain, sis I nearly died." Kōki grips her hands tightly, and she grips back just as tight, comfortingly. "You faced them so many times, Akemi, you nearly died for so many times... And then you're heading off to the I-Expo the day after tomorrow and I won't be there with you and something's going to happen—"

"Shuuuu—" Akemi soothingly interuppts her sister in a hushed voice, " nothing's going to happen. Okay? Nothing. I'm not going to the I-Expo without you." She pat's her sister's head, " the Expo's postponed, There's been a security update recently and they're postponing it to the week after the next." She pat's the top of her sister's head, "I'm not going anywhere."

"What about the training camp?" Kōki asks quietly, " you are going to the training camp, right?"

Akemi doesn't reply. Instead her hand finds the piece of red sea glass dangling from her neck, wrapped in elegantly shaped wire and glistening slightly.

Her fingers travel up along the chain silently, finding the small clasp she gently pryed it open, and slowly, took it off. Without a word she slid the necklace around her sister's neck and gently clasped it in place, and pulled back to look.

The piece of red sea glass was small, glittering slightly under the florescent lights of the hospital room, beneath the thin silver wires that surrounded the pendant. It's cylindal surface is not smooth but rugged, just like the day she found it.

They found it.

" Sis?" Koki blinks, "wha..."

"I wanted to have something else instead of this, since this is already quite old." She said softly, " take care of it until I get back, okay? When I get back, I'll give you your own sea glass." She smiles she ruffles the taller girl's hair, "when I get back we're going to throw this away, and we'll each get our very own necklace."

Koki wipes at her eyes, and shakily, nods.

"Okay." She whispers, "okay, I'll take care of it. I'll take care of it for you until... Until you get back."

Akemi smiles, their conversation moves onto small talks and little jokes, the sisters chatted and shared stories, and Akemi didn't leave I she had to go for lunch.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow, when you get discharged." Akemi hums, smiling.

"Yeah yeah, and go, you big sap." She laughs as she closes the door, and leans against it gently. Her fingers travel up to where the charm once was, around her neck, and touches nothing.

Twelve years. Twelve years and she'd never took it off, not even once. It's always been with her, the small piece of red sea glass...

The last piece of evidence that her father once loved her.


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

Akemi's paring:

Todoroki Shouto: 21

Midoriya Izuku: 6

Ueno Hibiki: 6

Bakugou Katsuki: 4

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 just re-watched the entire Evillious Chronicles, I'm not in the mood to joke. *sniff sniff* That whole thing is just SO SAD! *Bawls like a baby*

Onto the comment(s)!

To darkpaladin89 (Ch 193): Agreed. There are little problems that petting cats can't solve.

To darkpaladin89 (Ch 194): It is quite confusing, But I promise you it'll make sense soon enough.

To darkpaladin89 (Ch 195): Last time I tried to give Chubby a shower I barely got away with my life.

To darkpaladin89 (Ch 196): And said friends glomps Kōki.