When she returns to the campsite, Ochako is trembling.
Tsuyu stood by her side, eyes down cast and misty. Ochako can't even muster up the energy to cry. She's so tired, and her throat hurts.
Akemi and Bakugou are gone.
They're gone, they're really gone and there's nothing she can do.
Deku-kun looks a lot worse off than her, sniffling and hiccuping as he walks by her side. Todoroki's expression is blank, his eyes a little too wide and form trembling a little too much. Tokoyami's condition is just as bad, battered and bruised and eyes downcasted.
When they enter the classroom, several heads swivel around in their direction. Ochako hears some breaths of relief, while others notice their distress.
Aizawa-sensei, who's in the corner, reaches them in several quick strides. Tokoyami is the only one of them who turns and looks at him as he spoke.
"What happened?" Aizawa inquires, eyes scanning over each of them.
Tokoyami sags, and next to her, Deku-kun sobs indiscreetly. Ochako wipes her sleeves over her eyes quickly, an unsuccessful attempt to keep her tears at bay. Tokoyami gulps and follows Aizawa-sensei to the corner to explain the situation, and Iida-kun approaches her.
"Uraraka-san, are you alright?" he asks, blatant concern bleeding into his voice. At the sound of it, Ochako finally finds herself unable to hold it in. The tears spill over, and she sniffles and sobs loudly, burying her face in her hands. "Uraraka-san?!"
Iida steadies her, holding her by her shoulders as she chokes on her tears and trembles. She finds herself being pulled into a hug before she knows it.
She loses count of the time it takes for her sobs to dwindle. And even then, she's still shaking slightly. She doesn't speak as she pushes herself upright, standing up on her own.
"Can you tell me what happened?" he asks, concern still clear on his face as he looks around. He steadies himself, seemingly preparing for the worst as he asks in a steadier voice.
"Uraraka-san, what happened?"
She hears footsteps behind her, and backs away as Todoroki approaches, his mouth pulled in a thin line. His arms are trembling at his side as he forces himself to meet Iida's eyes.
"Todoroki?" Iida askes, "What is it? What-" he looks around once more, his voice lowering into a much softer tone. "Where... Where's Akemi?"
Todoroki doesn't speak. Instead, he reaches into his pocket with one trembling arm, and pulls out a familiar device.
Ochako chokes on her tears again. She watches as her friend's eyes lock into it and flash with recognition, before being blown wide with disbelief and horror.
"No." Iida chokes. "No, no, no." He shakily takes the phone from Todoroki's hands and Ochako is forced to watch Iida's eyes swell with tears as he repeats, "No, not Akemi, No..."
Ochako watches helplessly when her friend curls in on himself, shaking, and begins to cry.
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!)
There ain't much to say, really...
Well I have finally started on chapter 222, it's not done, not by far, but at least I started.
I'm very sorry so announce that with school back on track I'll have to go back to my privious update schedule, where I'll only update on Tuesday and Thursdays, the next update will be on the coming Tuesday! Please look forwards to it!
(On the bright side, this gives me and my beta-reader more time to go throughthe chapters, so the quality will probably be better.)
Onto the comment(s)!
To darkpaladin89: RIP Tenko-kun's kids.
To Guest: Oh no don't cry! I'm happy I have the ability to write things that move you enough to cry but please don't!
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