"It's the ten dual commandments!"

I internally groaned as I grabbed my phone and turned off the alarm before checking the time. 7AM. Greeeaaaatttttt... With that thought, I quickly rolled out of bed and trudged into the bathroom to take a quick shower, turning the water as hot as it would go. Sure, my pale skin would be scorched, but at least it did the trick in waking me up.

After a quick 15 minute shower, I got out and blowdried my hair straight, causing it to reach my mid-back. I ran a straightener over my side-swept bangs and a couple of stubbornly wavy sections of hair. Right as I finished turning of the straightener and putting it away, there was a knock at the door. I sighed to myself as I quickly put on an emerald green long-sleeved button up shirt with a black tanktop under it and rolled up the sleeves till they were halfway to my elbows. I paired the shirt with some distressed darkwash skinny jeans and quickly put in my contacts. There was another knock on the door, and I quickly ran to the front door, grabbing my crossbody black messenger-bag style purse and keys.

"Shit!" I cursed under my breath in English as I realized I didn't have my phone. Running back to my room, I hurriedly snatched my phone and anti-depressant off the night stand before running back to the door, popping the pill and swallowing it dry as I pulled on my black high top converse.

Finally, out of breath from rushing through my morning routine, I pulled open my door to see my neighbor with a worried expression which quickly morphed to a 100 Watt smile that took me back a bit. Looking down at my phone, I mentally cursed as I realized that the time read 7:45AM. Being punctual was one thing that I greatly prided myself in, and I hated being late.

"Gomen nasai, Yagi-san," I apologized, trying to calm my breathing down to normal, a guilty look spread across my face.

"Daijobu! Daijobu!" The blonde assured, his radiant smile not wavering a bit, "Shall we go?" I nodded with a small smile as I exited my apartment, locking the door behind me. Yagi-san had waited patiently for me and turned to go keeping his pace slow until I caught up with him.

"So where exactly are we going, Yagi-san?" I inquired softly as I fell into step beside him. He turned to me with a kind, close-mouthed smile.

"Well, for breakfast, we are going to the diner I mentioned. After that, I was wondering if there's anything in particular that you want to see or need help finding?" he responded sincerely. His kindness took me slightly aback. Where the hell do people like him come from?

"I need to find Orideri Junior High, the nearest grocery store, and the Indian grocery store near here. I saw online that there is one, but my sense of direction is terrible," I said, slightly muttering the part about my sense of direction. I heard the chuckle beside me and turned to see Yagi-san with an amused smile on his face.

"That's no problem at all! I'll show you where the Junior High is and a couple of other stops on the way back before showing you the two grocery stores. That way you don't have to carry groceries longer than necessary," Yagi-san decided with way too much enthusiasm in my opinion. I scoffed under my breath.

"I don't see how you doing this counts as me thanking you for helping me yesterday," I muttered in English, not really expecting him to understand but still wanting to vent my frustrations. Now, I just felt like I owed him more. Kindness was not something I expected after the incident nearly 4 years ago, especially not so much kindness and from a man who was essentially a stranger no less. To my surprise, he responded in perfect English with no accident whatsoever.

"Well, Ms. Tsukibara! It is because as I said yesterday that I don't often get to walk around the city with someone else! Especially not a beautiful woman as yourself!" Yagi-san responded cheerfully. Turning to him, I glared at the compliment.

"What game are you trying to play here?" I interrogated, set off by the compliment. I'm sure the hostility was palpable as the usual smile on Yagi-san's face disintegrated temporarily.

"Sorry, Tsukibara-san. I seem to have made you uncomfortable. I assure you that is the exact opposite of what I was trying to do. You just seemed a little down and tense," he answered quickly, his smile returning with little delay, "You're in the city of heroes! This should be a place where you can smile and enjoy life!"

"Heroes are useless," I stated bluntly, my kind meek facade quickly fading, "Yagi-san, I think I will just find everything by myself. Thank you for your help, but I prefer to be alone. Sorry for the inconvenience." With that, I walked off in the opposite direction with absolutely no clue where I was going except that I was going away from him.

Toshinori POV-

I was about to run after her, but decided against it, realizing it would probably make things worse. Tsukibara Kaera. I'm not sure exactly what was drawing me to her. I mean yes she was beautiful. Her green eyes were the color of emeralds and her strawberry blonde hair matched her porcelain skin perfectly. She dressed in a way that seemed very put together and classy, but none of that is what drew me to her.

Her eyes drew me in. Not the color, but the pain that was obviously in them. She clearly was struggling. Maybe I thought she needed a hero, and since she was living right next to the No. 1 hero, who else would be better? But after that last comment, it was clear that she was not a fan of heroes. What had happened to her? With a sigh, I walked off to the diner I had planned to take her to, feeling really in the mood for the food there.

A couple of hours later, after walking around the city, enjoying the peace that seemed to be over the place for once, my thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash followed by screams. Villains. My hero instincts kicked in, and I quickly ducked back into an empty alleyway, changing into my hero form and flying to the sound of the crash. There were already several police cars surrounding the bank that had apparently been broken into.

"Have no fear! I am here!" I yelled heroically as I prepared to launch myself at the villains when one of the officers stopped me.

"All Might, sir! Please be careful! They have a hostage!" the officer informed me. Keeping my signature smile on my face, I gritted my teeth as I looked to where the officer was motioning to. It took all of my strength to keep my smile in place as I saw a familiar pair of emerald green eyes looking at me in terror with a gun pressed to her head. Tsukibara Kaera!

The gunman seemed to be shaking when he saw me which only increased my concern. Nervous villains with guns and hostages are much less likely to think twice about shooting. Observing the situation, I noticed that the other criminals had already been apprehended. The man with the gun was looking around nervously when the most amazing thing happened.

A/N- CLIFFHANGER! Haha! Sorry, but I really wanted to stop it here. Also, I know the first chapter was written in 3rd person and this chapter switched to first person. After struggling with capturing the sincerity of the characters in 3rd person, I decided to make the switch. I will be changing the first chapter to 1st person soon. There won't be any major changes to the story. Just the POV.

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