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I know that I took forever to update so I figure that I have to give you guys a long chapter.

Quick news: 1)I am going to reupload the previous chapters because I am making some minor edits (aka changing blonde to blond and Teruki to Hanazawa when it's Ritsu POV) 2)This story was previously called Complex Phobias (I might change it back but I doubt so).

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Hodophobia - Fear of Traveling


The plan was simple.

The plan was simple.

The plan was simple.

This mantra had been going on in Ritsu's head for at least five minutes and the plan was supposed to be simple. But as he stepped up to his parent's room, faux application papers in hand, he began to seriously doubt that.

Ritsu carried a stack of five papers and at the top of each, the words "Yuba High" were written. Yuba High is a private boarding school. It's so pristine and exclusive that practically no information can be found about it through your standard Moogle search.

At least, that was the story that he was to go off of.

In actuality, Yuba High didn't exist. It was simply a piece of fake information in this "plan" of Hanazawa's.

A plan to get him into UA High.

In all honesty, Ritsu didn't want to do any of this. He didn't want to lie to his parents, to Shigeo. He didn't want to go to some superhero school for who knows how long (because apparently Hanazawa didn't know either) with people he didn't know. But, he also knew that he couldn't just not do anything. Especially with what Hanazawa told him in the phone call.


"It has to do with Claw."

The sleep in Ritsu almost left him at hearing those words.

Claw.

"You have to be kidding."

They had just dealt with them like a week ago! What more could there be?

"Yes," Hanazawa drawled, "because I love joking about crazy esper cults that try to kill kids."

Ritsu let out a dry laugh in an attempt to mask his contempt for the blond. "Get to the point."

"Well, the point is this: Crazy esper cult leader is pairing up with crazy villain cult leader so that they can rule their respective world."

"That's awfully vague. May I ask who exactly this 'Crazy villain cult leader' is? In fact, I would like to know how you know any of this?" The lack of sleep was seriously starting to get to Ritsu now, "What exactly have you been doing that suddenly makes you the keeper of all knowledge? How come you haven't told anybody? How come you're bothering with me, huh?"

Ritsu's was basically gasping for breath at that point. He wanted answers, not this vague "I need you" bullcrap.

"Look," Hanazawa snapped, all amusement leaving his voice, "this isn't something to be taken lightly. And his isn't something that raw strength can just come in and fix. Right now, this is a time for cunning, patience, and stable emotions."

A deep exhale of breath could be heard from Hanazawa's end before he continued.

"You need me to explain myself? Okay Brother-kun. I need you to infiltrate UA High for me."

"UA High?", Ritsu said, "You mean that superhero school?"

"Yes, 'that superhero school'. Evil things are happening right now. By evil people with evil plans. I was able to gather all the information that I currently have by snooping around in that other world and I learned."

"So why don't you just keep doing-"

"It isn't enough. Not enough to do something. I know what they plan to do but not how they plan to do it. That's why I need you.

Rumour has it that the number one hero, All Might, is going to be teaching at UA next year and I need you to be there for that. Particularly in the hero course."

"In the middle of the action? Do you really think that that's a good idea if I'm supposed to be snooping around?"

"Of course it is Brother-kun!" Ritsu could hear a bit of a smile come back to Hanazawa's voice, "There's going to be a green haired kid taking that class, I'm sure of it. I see him and All Might training at the beach every now and then when I pass by and they're close. Get close to him, get close to All Might."

"And you need me to know about All Might because he's the number one line of defense in that world right?"

"Exactly. I need to know how strong he is so that I can gauge how to approach this whole fiasco. When I ran into you I realized that you were the perfect person to help me," Hanazawa explained.

Ritsu still wanted to say no even after all of the explanation. If he helped he didn't know when he would be done or if he would even succeed. Hanazawa should've just gone to an adult, he was in over his head if he wanted to take this on by himself.

"So, Brother-kun, will you join me?"

But it seemed that he didn't want to take this on by himself.

"Alright Hanazawa-san, I'll join you," Ritsu said these words so assuredly that one would almost think that he had even the slightest clue what he was getting into.


With this in mind, he gathered up his courage and knocked.

"Come in."

Ritsu stepped in and closed the door behind him.

Inside the room was his mother, sitting on the side of the bed with reading glasses on the tip of her nose and a phonebook in her lap. She glanced at him, then to the papers in his hands, and then back to the phonebook.

"What are those for Ritsu?"

"Uh...well kaa-san," Ritsu mumbled, "I've been looking at this one school, Yuba High, for quite a while now. Since my time in Pepper Middle was coming to an end I thought that I would send an application in, just to see if I could make it and well..."

"Yuba High? I've never heard of it,"

"That would make sense,"

Finally, she lifted her head and looked at him. "Why would that make sense?"

"Well...it's an abroad school," Ritsu mumbled.

He could see the moment the panic went into his mother's eyes. They went wide and stared into him.

"What?" She sounded breathless.

"It's not that far!" He was quick to reassure her. "It's only in Taiwan."

"That's over a thousand miles away!"

"Technically it's only 1,345 mi—"

"Don't."

"Okay."

Ritsu slowly walked toward her, handed her the papers and took a small step back. He watched as she pushed her glasses up and started looking through the papers. She thoroughly looked through each one and what they asked of her.

Things like permission to put him in their custody, his medical background, what he would be provided with and that she understood that parents/guardians were not allowed to be aboard the plane that would be taking the students to the school.

When she finished reading everything she let out a huff and looked to him.

"Taiwan? Really?"

"Yes kaa-san," Ritsu assured, "Really."

"It's so far away and do you even understand Mandarin? How will we even pay for this?"

"I've been looking into this a long while so I've learnt a bit. Besides, it's an international school so they have a class for it. As for paying for it, I got a full ride scholarship."

That was a bold-faced lie. This whole conversation was a bold-faced lie.

Ritsu took a step closer to his mother and said, "I know you don't want me to go away but I've been looking forward to this for so long. It's a place where I know I'll be challenged and it's something that I want."

She looked into his eyes and he did his best not be intimidated. They stayed like that for a bit, holding eye contact with each other. Finally, she closed her eyes and visibly deflated into the cushioning of their bed.

"First you start staying out late and now you want to head out a thousand miles on your own. Honestly, I don't want you to do this,"

Ritsu was panicking but he put his head down to hide it. Was she going to deny him? What would he do now? What would they do now? He had to say something. He had to convince her to—

"But—" she looked back to him—"my want for you to stay here pales in comparison to my want to make you happy. If you want this," she gestured to the papers, "then why would I want to stop you?"

Shaken out of his negative thoughts he looked at his mother.

"Really?"

"Yes Ritsu," she assured, "Really."

He wanted to crumple to the floor. He did it. He did it. But was it worth it to lie? Did he even have a choice?

"Although I do have to convince your father," she mused, "but I'll try my best."


Ritsu's first hurdle was cleared once his mother agreed to let him go to "Yuba High" (something he still felt horrible about).

Now he needed to talk to Hanazawa because this "plan" still had so many holes.

He was walking down the sidewalk that lead to Hanazawa's apartment. The same sidewalk that he almost came crashing into a little while back and the same sidewalk that still had the pile of feces on it.

Carefully side stepping the pile, Ritsu made his way to the entrance of the apartment complex and up the flight of stairs. Hanazawa, being the person that he is, had his apartment on the top floor.

Ritsu came up to door 528 and knocked. The last time he'd been here they went over the fake documents for "Yuba High". Hanazawa told him to get the papers signed and come back. Although the papers weren't signed, they might as well have been. Once his mother agreed to something his father was sure to go along with it.

He was there because he wanted to know what was going to happen next. Even though the two of them have been discussing this quite a bit there were still so many things that Ritsu didn't know.

Where would he be staying once he leaves? How will he apply for UA in the first place if he doesn't exist there? What would they do to earn money? And why hasn't Hanazawa opened the door yet?

Ristu knocked again.

Still no answer.

He knocked again, this time louder.

Still no answer.

He was going to knock down this door if it didn't open soon. Sure, he wasn't super strong but he had enough—

No. This was a learning experience.

If Hanazawa didn't want to open the door, fine. He would do it himself.

Breathing slowly, he envisaged the lock from the inside. It was a two-step lock with a chain lock toward the top and a twist lock toward the middle.

Using his powers, Ritsu grabbed the chain and removed it from the door. Then, he gripped the knob of the twist lock and turned it to the right until it—

Click!

'Perfect.'

Ritsu grabbed the knob on the outside and pushed the door open. He looked in and finally realized why Hanazawa hadn't opened the door. The lights were off. Which meant that Hanazawa wasn't home.

He felt like an idiot.

Not wanting his trip to be in vain, he looked around him to make sure that no one was looking and then made his way into the apartment.

There wasn't much to see in the living room. It was just as clean as it was when he first came over. The kitchen was just as tidy and the floor was just as spotless.

He made his way through the small hallway and to Hanazawa's bedroom. It, just like the rest of the apartment, was clean. The bed was made and the small work desk was clear of clutter. Except for a small note that said:

Satis Club 6pm

Entrance in the slide at the park

Why would there be a club inside a slide? That didn't make sense, unless...

Ritsu made his way toward a window and looked out. Outside, there were two kids playing tag. They were running in a circle around a—

'There it is.'

He quickly made his way out of the apartment (he locked it behind him of course), down the flights of stairs, and out of the building.

A little ways away there was a small kiddy park and in the middle of that park was a small, bright red slide. Ritsu made his way toward it and around the kids who had switched to playing hide and seek.

As he made his way up the 6-prong ladder in two steps, he felt a little bit ridiculous. He felt even more ridiculous when he sat down at the entrance of the slide and realized that his feet almost were almost sticking out the other end of the slide.

Not wanting to feel this embarrassment anymore, he gave himself a little push and—

"Hey Hana, where did that scary looking guy go?"


Bakugou was tired.

It had been a long day for the aspiring hero and he had spent it at the junkyard. That was where he always went because apparently when you have an explosive quirk that's triggered by sweat and an explosive personality to match, gyms really won't want you. So he made use of the junkyard and all the scraps it provided for training.

He was tired and sweaty so the cool breeze was welcomed. The day was turning into dusk and Bakugou had to get home before the old hag and pops finished dinner. If he didn't eat with the family he didn't eat at all.

Today he had practiced propelling himself through the air with his quirk. His goal was to stay up for 30 seconds while using the least amount of energy possible. He was currently at 16 seconds.

To get into UA he had to keep on working and improving his quirk. Of course, he was going to get in regardless (his quirk was perfect after all) but something in him told him to at least put some effort in, for once on his life.

While he was woolgathering, he failed to notice that someone was walking right toward him.

They crashed into each other.

"Ow what the the fuck!"

"Ouch, I really need to start looking where I walk."

As he got up, Bakugou saw a that the person who bumped into him was a boy with spiky hair. He was holding his head and mumbling some nonsense to himself, not even bothering to apologize for what he did.

"Hey!" Bakugou growled, "Watch where you're fucking going you dumbass!"

The loser actually had some decency to look sorry. However, the look didn't last long and he quickly retaliated.

"Well, I'm sorry, you jerk!"

Who did this extra think he was? If he had bothered to watch where the fuck he was going they wouldn't be like this in the first place.

"You better be sorry! Watch where you're going you worthless creep!"

When the he rolled his eyes Bakugou had to do everything in his power not to throttle him. Getting caught illegally using his power on some weakling wouldn't be becoming of the next top hero. Threats however, were never below him.

Pulling a sneer onto his face, Bakugou made his way past the kid (making sure to bump into his shoulder while doing so).

"If you ever do shit like this again," he turned back to look at the smaller boy and created tiny explosions in his hand, "I'll blow your face off."

The kid looked at him before remarking, "Is that a threat?"

He really didn't value his life now did he?

Lid blown, Bakugou did a full 180 and marched over to him. He grabbed the collar of his sweatshirt and pulled the kid up to his eye level. He was done with this shit.

"Yes, it is," he snarled. "If you disrespect me again, regardless of your quirk, I'll blast you to smithereens."

He still didn't let go of his collar after he was done. Honestly, he expected the kid to either shut up or say something that would be detrimental to his health. What he ended up saying threw Bakugou a bit off his rhythm, although, he would never actually admit so.

"Quirk?" he muttered, almost to himself before realization seemed to settle in, "Oh a quirk."

Hearing this, Bakugou quickly released the kid which caused him to fall onto his back and groan. It's not like he cared about how the— he couldn't even stomach thinking about the word —felt.

The way he spoke, he sounded—

"Tch, whatever you useless loser."

'Disgusting,' he thought as he headed back to his place. He had to get away from that kid as quickly as possible lest his qiurklessness be rubbed off on him. He couldn't believe that some defenseless loser thought that he could stand up to him when he didn't even have a quirk to fight with.

By the time he got home the lights were off and the dinner table was cleared. If he hadn't been caught up with that creep he would have been able to eat.

Sighing, Bakugou washed his hands, went to the counter, grabbed a knife, and started making some food for himself. Just like he was used to.


It hadn't even been 20 minutes since he went down the red kiddy slide but, after his encounter with that fiery blond, Ritsu was in even more of a rush to find Hanazawa and go home. He swore to himself that he would make it back in time for dinner and he wasn't going to upset his family again, especially after his mother agreed to let him go to "Yuba High".

The only problem that he had was that he hadn't the slightest clue where Satis Club was. He tried asking for directions but the first person he ran into, a woman with literal sparkles surrounding her, had no idea what he was talking about either. He had just asked a fourth person and was growing more frustrated with each look of confusion he received.

So there he was, standing in the middle of a crowded street, completely lost. He should've just went back home when he realised that Hanazawa wasn't at his apartment and tried again tomorrow. Well, at least it wasn't too late to do that now.

With that, Ritsu pivoted on the ball of his foot and started to make his way back to the old abandoned park that the red slide led him to. He was about two minutes away from his destination when a—

"What the—!" he said, recoiling in fear and confusion.

In front of him, there stood a six foot tall, tower of a woman, with large and pointy canines. She too recoiled from him. That is until a wicked smile came upon her face and she sauntered toward him. Which, in turn, made him back away from her. He would have backed away for as long as he needed to but his back and an alley wall became abruptly acquainted with each other.

The woman used that chance to corner him block him from any chance of escape. She towered over him and bared her fangs.

"What do we have here?" she hissed. "A boy? Young people are always the best to prey on. So small," she pet his head, "so ignorant. You'll be a perfect addition to my little army."

Ritsu could only stare up at her in slight horror as she talked about making him her "meat shield" or a "scapegoat". What could he do? Actually, he realized, there were a lot of things he could do.

"One bite and you're mine ki—"

Using his powers, he flung her into a pile of garbage bags that were on the opposite side of the alley. Garbage bags which, unfortunately, gave her soft landing. Soft as it was, it was enough to enrage the serpentine woman.

"How dare you!" she shrieked as droplets of green liquid started to excrete from the tips of her fangs. "You brat! I am a lady! Forget controlling you, I'll kill you!"

She lunged at him with her teeth exposed and he got ready to defend himself with telekinesis. The "lady" never did reach him however. She was stopped by a wall of flames that separated him from her.

To his left, a man with crimson hair and fire for a facial hair appeared. He wore a dark bodysuit (Ritsu couldn't tell what color it was due to the bright light) with fire accentuating it. The man was tall and bulky and the way he held himself, mixed with his clothing choices, had Ritsu completely convinced that this man was a—

"Ssshit," the snake lady groaned, "If it isn't Endeavor, the number two hero. I was almost worried. Good thing it isn't All Mi—"

"Shut up."

The man, Endeavor, was quick to grab her head and knock it against the red brick wall of the alley, knocking her unconscious. He looked extremely irritated and didn't really give Ritsu a "hero" vibe but he was strong and capable regardless.

"Hey kid," Endeavor said just as Ritsu about to walk (run) away, "try to stay away from shady places like alleys. You civilians are too weak and will get hurt if you aren't alert."

With that tiny bit of wise (albeit obvious) advise, the man left with the unconscious, towering snake lady over his shoulder and in cuffs.

'Well that was bizarre.'

Now that Ritsu was safe, he made his way back to the abandoned park he was heading to before. He was bummed out about coming here for nothing but after getting shouted at by a stranger and getting attacked by a villain he was excited to go home.

Climbing up a short, rusty, and creaky ladder, he sat down at the top of an old yellow kiddy slide. He briefly studied its sad condition. The slide—as well as the rest of the park—was probably really clean and taken care of before it was abandoned. Why was it abandoned in the first place?

Looking up at the sky and seeing how close it was to getting dark, Ritsu pushed himself down he slide. By the time he came out he was...still in the park.

"What?"

He came in through the red slide and ended up outside the yellow slide. How come he couldn't go down the yellow slide and end up outside the red slide? That didn't make sense. Had the portal gone that quickly? Or maybe he had to-

When it finally clicked Ritsu felt ridiculous. If he went down to get here he'll have to go up to get back. Crawling up a slide like a confused toddler would definitely be embarrassing but what choice did he have?

At least the park was abandoned.

Swallowing his dignity, Ritsu made his way up the ladder. It was cramped in there but at least it was a short slide. He'd back home in like a seco—

"What in the world are you doing Brother-kun?"

Ritsu froze. There was a brief moment of silence between him and the blond before he let out a muffled groan:

"Uuugh, what are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?" Hanazawa retorted before continuing on in a coy matter, "Honestly, I was feeling pretty good today too before I saw your butt sticking out of an abandoned kiddy slide.

"I get what you're doing, you're trying to head back home, but it is hard having to see this from an outside perspective."

Ritsu, butt first, shimmied his way back down the slide. Once he was out, he turned and glared at the blond. He stood there smiling in a sweatshirt and jeans with colors that clashed horribly together and he had a bright yellow backpack on.

"Where were you!"

"I was over there," he pointed to the alley where Ritsu had been recently attacked and saved. Just a bit further down the alley there were double doors.

"You're kidding me," he hissed.

"Why would I joke about my location? I was at a place called Satis Club. Quite the shady place if you ask me but that only makes sense."

"I got attacked literally one meter away from there! And it was because I went looking for you!"

Hanzawa's smile went away for a bit as he finally noticed how scuffed up and sweaty Ritsu looked. His cheeks flushed red with embarrassment before he lowly mumbled an apology.

Seeing that the blond was somewhat remorseful, Ritsu decided to let it go. Besides, he didn't want to stay at this creepy park any longer. He hadn't noticed it before but the whole area surrounding the park looked abandoned.

"Why is this place so devoid of life?" he asked.

Hanazawa merely furled his eyebrows at him. He looked around the area before visible realization struck him.

"Oh!" he laughed, "That's because all of the villains that hang out around here."

"Villains?"

"Yeah. Once Satis Club was created villains would get angry in there and settling their arguments out here. Eventually it became so frequent that the residents of the area fled. Now this place is basically the entrance of the underground." Hanazawa looked him in the eyes and said, "Try not to hang around here, for your own good."

"Noted," Ritsu remarked. There was no way that he was going to go anywhere near here again. Especially after getting attacked like that. But if he shouldn't hang around here then why was Hanazawa?

"Hanazawa-san, why were you here?"

"Oh yes!" Hanazawa said as though he forgot something. He digged reached his arm around his back and grabbed the backpack. He placed it on the ground and dug through it a bit before removing a stack of papers, cards, and booklets. "I was getting us some illegal legal documents," he said as he showed Ritsu four fake birth certificates, four fake passports, and two fake ID cards.

"Why do you have four passports and birth certificates? I thought you only needed me." Although he tried not to show it Ritsu felt hurt. Was he not good enough to help? It hurt in the smallest of ways but it still hurt.

"These are for our 'parents' as well as the IDs. Well technically their your parents and my guardians."

Oh. He was worried over nothing.

"Your guardians?"

"I'm adopted," Hanazawa elaborated. "I mean we look nothing alike so it would be weird if we lived together otherwise."

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about actually. What's the situation going to be like once we get to work? How are we going to get money? Are you going to get a job? Am I going to get a job?"

Hanazawa looked at Ritsu for a bit before he broke out into laughter. "Brother-kun you worry too much," he said as he walked up and patted Ritsu's shoulder, "But I do understand that you feel a bit out of the loop and I promise I'll catch you up but first we need to get back home."

Looking up at the sky, Ritsu saw that the sun was already beyond the horizon. He had about 20 minutes before his mother got mad.

"Yeah okay, let's go."

Up the slide they went. Ritsu made sure that Hanazawa went first before climbing up the old yellow slide himself.


"Hey Kai! The scary looking guy is back!"

When they got back, Ritsu and Hanazawa took their time as they walked. Since it was dark by now, Ritsu decided that he didn't want to make the trip up to Hanazawa's apartment just to head back down and rush home.

"So," Ritsu drawled, "are you going to fill me in on things? I mean, I am the only other person helping you so it would be pretty dumb for you to leave me in the dark."

"Okay okay I get it," Hanazawa yielded. "Brother-kun, while you are busy digging up information on All Might, I will be 'exploring' the inner workings of the hero system. For money, I'll be the one finding work. You focus on All Might. Remember the green-haired kid? Hang around him, but if he starts drawing in too much attention you need to distance yourself as soon as possible, you don't want to be on anyone's radar."

"That's kind of a lot to take in. Wouldn't it be easier not to interact with him at all?"

"I suppose that it would," Hanazawa pondered but Ritsu could almost smell the snarky follow-up the blond had. "I also suppose that it wouldn't be a big deal if you missed any important, worlds-saving information because you weren't 'interacting' with him. I suppose you could just follow him around everywhere he goes but not like a stalker just someone who constantly trails someone he never talks to because it's 'not like you like him' or anything. I suppose that, in a world of people with unpredictable powers, no one will grow suspicious of you. Not at all."

"Uugh," Ritsu groaned, "You can drop the act. I get it."

"Good," he said. "When you're attending UA you need to be involved in everything without letting anyone knowing that you're involved in anything."

By that time, the two had reached the front of Hanazawa's apartment building. Looking down at his watch, Ritsu saw that he only had about five minutes to get back home. He told Hanazawa so and started to make his way back.

"Wait," Hanazawa called out.

"Yeah?"

"Training starts tomorrow morning, be ready."

Ritsu just smiled at the blond in conformation before heading home. He was so ready for this.


6 Months of Ritsu falling, Hanazawa being snarky, and Ristu punching him later

"The flight from Seasoning City, Japan to Taipei, Taiwan will board in 15 minutes."

Ritsu couldn't breathe. Why? Because he was currently being chocked out by his mother's hug.

"Ooh my little man is going off on his own!" she leaned back to get a good look at him before continuing, "Make sure that you call at least two times a week and give me notice ahead of time of you're going to be unable to call."

"Yeah yeah kaa-san." She was worrying too much.

She just smiled at him before leaning down so that they were at eye-level. "I'm not kidding," she stared into his soul, "Make sure you call or else I'll drag you back here myself."

A cold shiver ran down his spine. Is this what Hanazawa had seen before he had relocated his jaw? Are threats what Ritsu inherited from his mother?

He was soon pulled out of his mother's arms and they became replaced by his father's. Just like his mother, his father gave him a hug that left no room to breathe. After another far too long hug he was pushed an arm's length away and his father held onto his shoulders.

"Let me get a good look at you," he said while tilting his head this way and that way, up and down. Once he finally got his good look he let out a soft hum and let go of Ritsu. "You'll be fine in Taiwan, I'm sure if it."

A simple "Thanks" was all that Ritsu could muster out. He felt that if he spoke too much his shame would reveal itself. Would it be too bad if he just told them the truth? Sure, he's probably be grounded and never be able to see Hanazawa again but did it matter when—

"Ritsu."

He wondered how much shame and guilt his body could take before he burst. "Shige-nii."

Shigeo didn't give him a verbal response, rather, he went up and hugged him. Ritsu had been receiving a lot of hugs from Shigeo as of late. This one was different from the others however because he wasn't sure when he would have the ability to hug his brother again, so he just held on tighter.

"The flight from Seasoning City, Japan to Taipei, Taiwan is now boarding."

"That's my flight," he said. Shigeo let out a soft hum in response and they finally let go of each other.

As he made his way outside to where his plane was, Ritsu couldn't help but be filled with a sense of dread. He turned around to see his family smiling and waving at him and he smiled back. A wavering smile, a smile that he wasn't sure he could keep on for much longer.

When his legs turned and went running over to his family, he didn't even register it. He was staring at them one moment and then in their arms the next. His face was wet with hot tears as he mumbled all the sincere goodbyes he could muster.

With that feeling of dread eliviated from him, he made his way back to his dropped carry-ons and toward the steps that lead up to his plane. He was out of his family's sight by now and he was trying to settle himself down while he waited in line.

"I didn't know that you had any other feelings than irritation and angry confusion."

The person in front of him turned around to face Ritsu but he knew who it was from the moment they spoke.

"Hello jacka—"

"Hey hey hey," Teruki cut him off as he put his hands up in defense, "no need to get upset, I just want to make sure that you're okay Brother-kun."

Ritsu was a bit off-put. "That's...pretty nice of you actually, despite your terrible way of approaching the subject."

"See Brother-kun? I'm not heartless," he said, obviously offended, "I'm actually quite a nice person."

"Yeah, yeah. And stop calling me that."

"I try to but it's just so fun. It's like a little nickname for you. Besides, you still call me 'Hanazawa' and I've been training you for six months."

During the six months they had spent training, Ritsu had eventually dropped the "-san" from the blond's name. Calling him by his first name shouldn't hurt...too much.

"Fine... Teruki."

Hanazawa's—nowTeruki's—mood noticably brightened up as they took another step forward in the slowly moving line. "Thank you. We better head out now don't you think?"

Ritsu looked at how close they were to the stairs that lead up to the plane and then back to where his family supposedly was, for he couldn't see them now. He looked to Teruki before nodding his head in agreement.

Together, they slipped out of line, Teruki with the purple cap on his head pulled down and Ritsu with his hood up. They made their was back inside the airport through another door and went to the bathroom which made Ritsu groan upon seeing it.

They made there way inside and Ritsu pulled up a barrier around his skin, ready to jump into another toilet portal. If he had to guess which stall it was in he would place his bet on the one with a love heart scratched into the door and with the spider webs "decorating" it.

As he made his way toward the stall he was surprised to see that Teruki was not following after him. Instead, he was feeling his hair in front of the trash can.

"What are you doing?"

"Well Brother-kun—"

"Stop calling me that."

"I finally figured out the tell for the portals."

"Would you mind sharing with the rest of the class?"

"I would love to," he said as he turned his attention from the trash can to the bathroom mirror. "I figured out the tell while I was scratching my head looking for portals. It turns out, that I was scratching the answer all along. Your hair will grow softer as you get closer to a portal on this side and it will grow coarser when you get near a portal on the other side."

"Huh," Ritsu expressed, quite dumbfounded. That was a completely ridiculous tell and he to Teruki so.

"Ridiculous tell or not, it's still the tell," He said as he raised the hand that wasn't in his hair and pushed it through the mirror which had created a ripple affect in it. He turned his head to look at Ritsu before smiling, "Are you ready to see the apartment I got for us?"

Ritsu gripped the handle of his carry-on backpack and smiled back at Teruki before nodding.

"Yeah, I'm ready."


When he entered Apt. 126 Ristu was quick to figure out its layout. First of, the place was very brown-toned which was an odd choice coming for the brightly colored blond to pick. The living room was to the right of the door and consisted of a couch and a table with a tv in front of it. To the left of the door was the kitchen which was outfitted with a stove, oven, and a pretty sizable fridge. The table that went with it had 4 chairs around it.

There was a short hallway a little ways ahead of the door that lead to three different rooms. One to the left, one to the right, and one at the end.

He opened the door at the end and saw that it was just a bathroom. Then, he made his way to the room to the right and saw that it was a bedroom. The bed was neatly made with a cream bedsheet with a deep blue blanket on top. There was a tv in front of it and doors that seemed to lead to a closet next to the tv. The wall opposite the door had a desk with a window in front of it, a bulky computer on top of it, and a small and empty bookshelf next to it.

Ritsu made his way out of the bedroom and into the room on the left. It was also a bedroom and it had the same layout as the other. The only difference was that this one was a complete mess.

There were crumpled pieces of paper littering the carpeted floor and the small trash can was overflowing. Next to the desk was a giant and frankly ridiculous conspiracy board. Complete with red yarn, news paper clippings, and photos of random people. Even that hero, Endeavor, who had saved him months ago was on it.

While pondering the absurdity of the mess, Ritsu heard the door open again. It was Teruki. He stood there with a sheepish smile that showed he had enough humility to at least feel ashamed about the mess.

"So what do you think of the place?" he mumbled.

"It's nice," Ritsu said as he gave the room another once-over, "but you need to explain this. It completely contrasts how clean your old apartment was."

"Planning a takedown is quite hard and I was trying to get my thoughts organized."

"Well you should try to get your room organized out else you'll crash and burn. Haven't you ever studied before?" Ritsu picked up the small trash can and made his way out of the room. "If you keep this mess up you'll get irritated when you lose something."

"No not really," Teruki said as he followed him out of the room and into the kitchen.

"You're kidding," Ritsu said in disbelief while emptying the smaller trash can into the larger kitchen one. "How did you even make it to high school without studying?"

"Well, it didn't hurt that I had people willing to help me."

"You had enough people like you that much? Unbelievable."

"I guess that you could put it that way," Teruki weakly chuckled.

Ritsu gave the blond a quizzical look before letting the weird response go. "It doesn't matter what happened before. What matters matters now is that you," he shoved te now empty trash bin into Teruki's hands, "need to clean up and organize that pigsty. I'll help you out."

"Yeah oka—wait no."

"What?"

Teruki, first putting down the trash can, went into that mess he called his room and came back with two composition notebooks. He shoved both of them into his hands and said:

"You are not going to be helping me Brother-kun—"

"Don't call me that."

"You're going to be studying for the UA entrance exam."

"I still have time to do that later so there's no need to be in a rush," Ritsu insisted.

"The exam is in a week and you have to learn everything you can about this place and at least some of its history. Not just how to fight and do math," Teruki counter-insisted. He proceeded to take Ritsu's shoulders and push him into his own clean room. He placed him down in the chair of the desk and then left.

Ritsu just stared forward, dazzed, before realizing what just happened.

He got up and went to the closed door but when he tried to open it he found that it was locked.

"Hey! Unlock this door!"

A muffled "Study!" was the only response that he got.

Ritsu huffed in defeat before returning to his desk. He looked down at the top notebook before turning on the computer and getting to work.

He needed to change that lock. Why would someone even make a bedroom door that locks on the outside?


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