Chapter Three: Keep It Going
I was raised in a bad place.
I was a prisoner in a cage with no bars.
They locked me up and threw away the key!
Now, I'm just a shadow,
Of whom I once was.
It's really a shame what they made though…
The weekend came and went by in a blur for the students of U. A. . Everyone was either dreading going back – or excited to get back to their studies. Some of them just wanted to see their friends and talk about their weekend like normal students.
Katsuki was one of the students who had mixed feelings about going back to school. He was pretending that he dreaded coming back in front of his classmates, but he was secretly excited to see them again. Well, one particular student to be more precise.
He had spent the entire weekend texting Auryn all weekend like they had planned, and he couldn't be more happy to have someone occupy his time, but he wished that she was with him in person. He was a little sad that she was gone for the whole weekend, but his spirits were lifted when she asked him to pick her up from the train station on Sunday. However, his happiness was short-lived when he saw her…
When she stepped off the train, Auryn had her head hung low – like someone had crushed her spirit. She had bandages on her neck, her gray hair had covered half of her face, and when she looked up at him, her hair fell away from her face to reveal that she also had an eye patch covering her right eye; showing only her violet eye. She had such a hollow look on her face that he could almost swear that she looked like a dead-girl walking!
When he asked her what happened, she opened her mouth to form words, but no sound came out; making her look like all the life had drained out of her bony body. It was like she had lost her voice. No… it was worse than that. It was like she lost her will to speak! He knew something happened to her, but she couldn't speak. He figured that it must've been shock that was making her unable to speak.
Right now, he was waiting by the front gate. He kept away from his fellow classmates so he could see Auryn. He knew she would be coming around the corner around that time, so it was only a matter of time before he would get to see her again.
He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the familiar sound of metal being dragged on the concrete, and his head jerked up to look in the direction it was coming from to see Auryn walking down the sidewalk.
Katsuki saw that her hair was neatly braided like she had when she first came to school, and the bandages were still in place like the other day, and she still had the eye patch over her eye.
Auryn looked up and seen Katsuki walking over towards her. She smiled weakly at him, but didn't stop walking. She did, however, motion for him to walk with her.
"Are you feeling better today, Auryn?" He asked in a rough tone; watching her face closely.
She did look much better in his eyes – despite the obvious injuries. But he wanted to be sure she was really okay. He wanted to hear her voice again. He NEEDED to know she was okay.
Auryn nodded in response, but still didn't say a word to him. She moved her mouth to speak, but she stopped and looked down at herself when no sound came out of her mouth.
"What's wrong?" He asked in a urgent tone; giving her a slightly concerned look. "Why won't you talk to me? Did something happen to you while you were visiting your family?"
Auryn shook her head and gave him a look that told him to drop it. He knew that look all too well, but that didn't stop him from actually CARING about her. Auryn was fine (minus the little asthma scare) when she boarded the train Friday afternoon, but she wasn't fine when she came back. And seeing the state she was in now only confirmed that something or someone hurt her. And the fact that he couldn't help her only served to fuel his anger.
When the two made it to their homeroom, everyone was worried about Auryn when they saw the shape she was in. They asked her all kinds of questions and Eraserhead could tell that they were scaring her, so he broke them up and sent them to their desks. He quickly started their lessons like he always did, but that didn't stop his students from being worried about the poor girl.
And the same thing happened throughout the day. The students would try to get Auryn to speak, but she didn't say anything and began to panic; making the other teachers step in and kept them from bothering her. They even tried to get her to talk while they were at lunch, but she kept silent. It wasn't until the end of the day when a select few students stayed behind and cornered both Auryn and Katsuki.
Tenya, Ochaco, Ikuzu, and a few other students all rushed over to them with the same worried looks on their faces. Denki and Eijiro closed the door and stood on either side of it to keep them inside and to make sure no one would sneak up on them.
"What happened to you, Auryn?! Did Katsuki hurt you for some reason?! Did you have an accident or something?! Are you okay?!" Ochaco asked in a worried tone; leaning into Auryn's personal space to look at Auryn's eye patch and the bandages around her neck.
"I bet Katsuki smacked you around a few times and you fell, right? Is that what happened?" Denki asked in a concerned tone; giving Katsuki a threatening glare. "He hurt you and threatened you to not tell anyone, didn't he?"
Katsuki jumped away from the group in shock. "WHAT?! I WOULDN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO AURYN! I'LL KILL YOU FOR EVEN THINKING I'D STOOP THAT LOW!" Katsuki roared angrily; trying to reach out to grab the blonde, but was held back by Tenya.
Auryn shifted her body to put herself between Katsuki and the other teens. She gave them a firm look and shook her head at them.
"Then what happened to you? Come on, Auryn, please tell us what happened!" Ikuzu asked in a worried tone; giving her a pleading look. "We're just worried about you and we want to help you."
Auryn looked over at the group for a few moments and sighed. She then closed her eye as tightly as she could and opened her mouth as wide as she could as if she were screaming at the top of her lungs. Expecting to hear a loud scream, the only sound that come from the bony girl was the sound of air being pushing out of her lungs.
"Huh? What was that?" Ochaco asked in a confused tone; tilting her head to the side. "What happened to your voice?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Shouto called out from the doorway; making the group turn their heads to look over at him. "She lost her voice."
Auryn smiled gratefully at the duel eyed boy behind her and nodded quickly at him. She then looked around the room, and moved over towards the chalkboard. She picked up the chalk on podium and began writing on the board, and began to as quickly as she could.
The letters were sloppy and crooked, but she letters spelled out words that were easily to understand.
'Correct.' She spelled out; turning towards the others and pointing to the word on the chalkboard.
"So what happened?" Denki asked in a concerned tone; looking over at Auryn. Auryn turned back to the board, and quickly erased the word to write another word.
'I was fighting with one of my cousins, and got hurt.' She quickly wrote out; moving away from the board so they could see what she wrote.
"Are you saying someone hurt you?" Katsuki asked with a growl in his voice; his shoulders shaking in anger. He saw her nodding her head. "I'LL KILL 'EM!" He roared angrily as he made a move towards the door.
Auryn gasped silently, and darted over towards him; grabbing his arm; making them both fall to the ground with her on top of him. She raised herself up enough to give him an evil glare. It was like she was trying to tell him to leave it alone.
She then scrambled to get off of him, and dragged him over towards the board. She picked the chalk back up and scribbled another sentence on it.
'He was helping me build strength in my legs so I will be able to RECOVER faster and be more like you!' Auryn wrote out; tapping on the board to emphasize her point to them.
"You were trying to build up strength in your legs?" Tenya questioned in a skeptical tone; adjusting his glasses to read the message. "Then how did you hurt your neck or your eye?"
Auryn sighed and quickly erased the message on the board. She then moved over towards the windows on the opposite side of the room, and slipped her arms out of her crutches. The students watched with curiosity as she placed the crutches against the air conditioners, and began walking over towards the group.
She wobbled a few times in their direction without holding onto any of the furniture. They could all tell by the pained look on her face that she was hurting, but she had a fierce look in her eyes that told them all that she determined to go as far as she could.
And she actually made it half-way across the room before her legs gave out and she fell sideways. It would've have been so bad for her to fall on the floor, but she stumbled and fell against one of the desks; smacking her head against it as she fell; causing her to blackout and everyone in the room to panic and rush to her aid.
Katsuki was the first to reach her and pulled her into his lap. He tried to shake her awake, and realized that she was out cold; making everyone around them to panic even more. He was about to pick her up to carry her out of the room, but he thought he heard something from the girl in his arms, and with everyone around them shouting and running around the room – he couldn't be too sure.
"WILL ALL OF YOU JUST SHUT UP FOR A FUCKING SECOND?!" He shouted at them; making them all stop what they were doing and turn to look over at him.
He then bounced the girl up to rest her head on his shoulder and he leaned his ear closer to her lips to hear her breathing. He jerked his head away from her in shock. He knew what that sound was: She was having an asthma attack. He did research (like she had suggested while they were at the train station) on asthma and found audio files of someone having an asthma attack so he would know what sounds to watch out for. He also looked up how to assist someone with similar cases based off of the information she had explained to him so he would be prepared to help her where she would be unable to help herself. And he was glad he did – because NOW would be one of those cases.
He quickly looked up at his fellow classmates, and demanded them to go through her belonging to look for her inhaler while he maneuvered her to sit with her back pressed tightly to his chest while they searched for her medication.
Once Tenya found what he was looking for, he quickly went over to Katsuki and pressed the inhaler to her lips while Katsuki pressed as much air out of her lungs as he could when she exhaled and Tenya squeezed the device to release the vapor into her mouth. Katsuki told Tenya to hold both her nose and mouth closed (which caused him to panic).
"JUST DO IT! I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, DAMNIT!" Katsuki snapped angrily; not taking his eyes off of the girl in his arms. "We have to repeat the process again because you missed your chance!" He stated in an impatient tone.
"The vapor has to stay in her lungs in order for it to take effect." Shouto reasoned in a logical tone; nodding in agreement. "All you'd have to do is hold your hand over her mouth and nose for ten seconds and release."
They repeated their actions once again, and this time, Tenya didn't hesitate to hold his hands over Auryn's mouth and nose. He slowly counted to ten (A/N: 1- 1000, 2-1000 just like that!) before he finally let go of her face.
And like magic, Auryn jerked forward and started coughing a few times. However, because she couldn't speak, it only sounded like (to the group) a rat being strangled. Despite the fact that she was now breathing better, she was still knocked unconscious. When she stopped coughing, Katsuki eased her back against his chest to help her even out her breathing (like she had told him at the station).
"How in the world did you know what to do, Katsuki?" Ikuzu asked in an impressed tone; watching his rival hold onto the girl.
Katsuki growled at the green-haired male. "It's none of your damned business, DEKU!" He shouted angrily; giving him a nasty glare.
"Stop yelling, Katsuki." Tenya said in a polite warning; standing up from his place on the floor.
The brown-haired girl gasped and rushed over towards the door. "I'll go get Recovery Girl!" She declared in a hurried tone as she opened the door.
Katsuki called after Ochaco. "No, I'll take her to her office." He said in a determined tone; getting up off the floor with Auryn in his arms.
The group all waited for Katsuki to walk out of the room before they all exchanged sly looks at one another. Tenya grabbed Auryn's crutches while Ikuzu picked up her discarded inhaler and bag. Then they quickly followed after him and stayed close to him. Tenya explained that they'd keep a clear path of all the lingering students away while they moved down the hall and held the doors open for him.
Once they all arrived at Recovery Girl's office and explained what had happened, she immediately commanded Katsuki to put Auryn on the bed and told them all to wait outside the office while she took care of the injured girl.
While they were outside of the office, Denki stood next to Katsuki with his hands behind his head and Ikuzu made sure to stand next to Tenya in case Katsuki were to lash out at him. Ochaco stood next to Denki and Shouto while they all waited. It was a tense silence that none of them could stand.
"So, spill the beans already, Katsuki," Denki said in a sneaky tone, "how did you know what to do when Auryn fell down?"
"I must admit that I, too, am a bit curious about that." Shouto added in a flat tone; folding his arms over his chest.
Katsuki huffed and looked away from the group. "For starters," he said roughly; giving the two males standing with him against the wall an evil glare, "Auryn has chronic asthma. And Secondly, she told me what to do if she ever had an asthma attack."
"Oh, so she went into an asthma attack back in the other room?" Tenya questioned in a careful tone; lifting a finger to fix his glasses in place. "That would explain why she passed out back there."
Katsuki nodded in confirmation. "Well, she didn't exactly tell me all of that… I looked most of that stuff up online over the weekend." He said in a bitter tone; looking down at his shoes and gripping his arms tightly.
"It's still pretty cool of you to know what to do in such a critical time, Katsuki!" Ikuzu declared in a proud tone; giving the ashy blonde boy a brave smile and making Katsuki blush bright pink.
Denki chuckled at the boy standing next to him. "Don't bother trying to cover it up, man! We all know you like Auryn." He teased the other boy; causing Eijiro to snicker along with him.
"And how did YOU know she has asthma when no one else did?" Eijiro inquired in the same teasing tone; pressing the explosion hero in-training for answers.
Katsuki jumped away from the two in surprise. "What are you talking about? I don't like her that way!" He protested hotly; moving away from the group.
"I can see in your eyes as plain as day! There's no use hiding it, pal!" Eijiro declared; giving Katsuki a playful smirk. "And I can prove it, too!"
Katsuki snorted and folded his arms over his chest. "Good luck with that." He challenged in an arrogant tone; hiding his nervousness as best he could.
"This I've got to hear…" Shouto mumbled under his breath; mimicking Katsuki's posture.
"Okay, I'm out." Tenya said with his hands in the air as he pushed himself away from the wall and started to walk away. "Let me know how she's doing when you see her."
"I've got to be getting home, too," Ochaco said in a disappointed tone; following after the taller boy and Ikuzu following suit.
Eijiro and Denki waited until the trio was out of range before they exchanged devious smirks with one another before they both looked over at Katsuki. Denki moved to stand on the other side of Katsuki while Eijiro took his place.
"Let me put it to you this way, man," Denki started in a slightly serious tone, "what would you do if someone was trying to hurt Auryn?"
"I'd kick their sorry asses for fucking with her." Katsuki replied with an annoyed growl; glaring cynically at the blonde.
"How about if she's upset or crying?" Eijiro added; leaning forward to look at the boy standing next to him.
"I guess I'd try to cheer her up." Katsuki replied with a lazy shrug.
"And how about when she smiles at you?" Denki asked in a friendly tone; looking over at the red head standing on his other side.
Katsuki looked between the two with a defensive glare. "Why do you want to know?" He shot back; his face a mixture of annoyance and confusion.
"We're just trying to make a point." Denki said in a logical tone; holding his hands up in defense. "How about I try and guess how you feel when she smiles?"
Katsuki snorted and folded his arms back over his chest. "Give me your best shot." He answered in an arrogant tone; smirking deviously while he thought they'd never be able to guess right.
Eijiro nodded and leaned back against the wall. "Okay then, here it goes:," he started in a readied tone; looking up at the ceiling as if his thoughts were being displayed up there, "whenever she smiles, it feels like the world isn't as dark as it seems. You feel like you can do anything and your heart might even skip a few beats. And it gives you another reason to keep going, right?"
"Yeah, man, and you feel better on a real shitty day when she smiles at you, too, right? I mean, you're not as much of a hard-ass whenever she's around and you actually spend more time with HER than the rest of us! I'll even bet that you'd do whatever it takes just to keep that smile on her face, because it almost hurts when it's gone, right?" Denki chimed in; helping Eijiro out.
By the time the two were done explaining their observation to Katsuki, he couldn't help but to stare at them when they both moved to stand in front of him – his eyes were wide with shock. They actually had him pegged! How could they have possibly known how he felt? He thought he hid his actions from them.
"How did you know all that?" Katsuki asked in a shocked tone; unfolding his arms and letting them hang limply at his sides.
The two males in front of him both laughed and shook their heads. "It's not rocket science, man! I mean, why else would you go out of your way to research ASTHMA and its symptoms? OR how to help someone whenever they got into an asthma attack?" Denki said in a reasoning tone; shrugging his shoulders in response.
"If it was any other female student, you probably wouldn't give them the time of day, either." He added in a thoughtful tone; giving Katsuki a playful wink. "And I'll be willing to put my life on the line and say that Auryn likes you, too, Katsuki."
Katsuki blushed and looked down at himself with a stunned expression on his. He didn't say anything because he was too shocked at the mere suggestion of Auryn liking him. The two boys in front of him took his silence as a good sign to keep it going.
"You think so, too, Denki?!" Eijiro exclaimed excitedly; giving the blonde a surprised look.
"Well, who DOESN'T see it? I mean, the way they spend so much time together, you'd think they'd hook up by now." Denki said in a careless tone.
Shouto sighed and gripped the bridge of his nose in aggravation. He walked over towards the two and placed his fingers under both of jaws. "Alright, you two, you've made your point. Now, let's go before he decides to blow up the school and kill us all." He said in a flat tone; dragging them away.
He looked back at Katsuki (who just stood there shocked in their wake). "Take care of her." He said in a simple tone; his eyes glaring in a warning.
Katsuki watched them leave and waited until they were around the corner before sighed and leaned all of his weight against the wall behind him.
Were they right? Did he really develop his feelings for Auryn so quickly? Was he that obvious? Did everyone know? Did SHE know? Should he tell her? How would she react?
He snorted at his thoughts. 'She'd probably just go in another asthma attack or something.' He thought bitterly to himself as he looked down on himself.
He was startled out of his thoughts when he heard the door slide open and Recovery Girl poked her head out into the hall.
"Oh, did everyone else leave already?" She asked in a disappointed tone; looking around for the rest of the group.
Katsuki nodded and sighed in defeat. "They all said they had something to do." He explained with a weary shrug of his shoulders. "I wanted to stay and see how she was doing."
The old woman nodded in understanding. "Well, she's recovering just fine now, and she's awake." She told him a caring tone. "Why don't you come inside and see how she's doing? I'm sure she'd be happy to see you."
Katsuki followed her into the room, and went over to see Auryn sitting up in the bed; looking down herself with shame written clearly on her face.
"Hey, Auryn." Katsuki said quietly; taking a seat near the bed. "How're ya feeling?"
Auryn groaned and leaned into her legs. "I feel like a class-A idiot…" She whispered in a hoarse tone.
Katsuki's eyes softened at the sound of her voice. "Hey, you can talk again!" He said in a surprised tone; giving her a slight smile.
"I noticed something wasn't right when she first woke up and I immediately knew what to do!" Recovery Girl chimed in a motherly tone; picking up her equipment. "I gave her a breathing treatment and some hot tea and now her vocal cords are back to normal – well, for her standards anyway, and now I'm about to go make her an ice pack for the bump on her head."
Katsuki nodded to the old woman and turned his attention back to Auryn. Auryn sighed and leaned back against the pillows.
"Okay, Katsuki," she said in a weary tone; closing her eyes as if she were bracing herself for something, "let's have it."
Katsuki tilted his head to the side. "What do you mean?" He asked in a defensive tone; watching her face scrunch up.
"You're going to yell at me or something, right?" She questioned in a hollow tone; not bothering her open her eyes to look up at him. "I overdid it and probably scared the living shit out of you and the rest of the guys."
Katsuki sighed and shook his head. "Well, you do KINDA deserve it for making everyone worry, and I won't deny and say that I wasn't scared when you collapsed, but I'm willing to overlook it if you answer a few questions for me." He responded in a serious tone; giving her a determined look.
Auryn opened her eyes to look over at him. "Okay. Shoot." She said in a ready tone; sitting up on the bed.
"Why did you push yourself so hard back there? You know, walking without your crutches and all that." He asked; keeping his focus on her.
Auryn shrugged her shoulders. "I wanted to prove to everyone that I really AM trying to get better… I can actually walk a lot further than that on my own though." She answered without missing a beat.
"Then why did you go into an asthma attack?" Katsuki challenged in a firm tone; folding his arms over his chest.
"Well, I WAS standing next to the air conditioners when I started walking. If it wasn't the dust somewhere that got me – it was probably the mold from somewhere in the ventilation. Quite possibly stress from all the students crowding us in like they did – I'm not really sure on that one."
Katsuki nodded. "I'm also going to assume that the reason you fell and hit your head was because of your asthma then." He said in a wise tone.
Auryn shrugged her shoulders. "Well, I have been stressed out a lot today…" She said in a thoughtful tone; looking up at the ceiling.
There was a brief moment of silence between the two. But Katsuki wasn't done asking his questions yet. "How did you get hurt?" He asked in a serious tone.
Auryn closed one eye at him. "You were there when I fell, Katsuki." She answered flatly; giving him a bitter look.
Katsuki stood up from his seat and leaned on the bed. "THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT AND YOU FUCKING KNOW IT!" He yelled angrily.
"Oh, you meant about my bandages. My bad." Auryn said in a nervous tone; leaning away from the boy beside her. "Okay, here's what happened: while I was staying at the main house this weekend. I was working on building strength back up in my legs, right? Well, after walking around without my crutches for a few hours, my cousin had a bright idea to see if I she could send me into an asthma attack by blowing smoke in my face… I coughed so hard that I wasn't paying attention to where I going and fell down the stairs and crashed through a window."
Katsuki huffed and sat back down on the bed beside her legs. "Okay. That might explain the eye patch you had on earlier," he said in a relented tone; giving her a nod, "But that doesn't explain the bandages around your neck, Auryn."
Auryn groaned and reached up to touch her neck. "You've been asking me all these questions since you walked through that door. Now, I'M going to ask you a few questions." She said calmly; not looking up at the boy.
She then took his silence and uneasiness as a signal to go ahead. "First off, have you ever ONCE heard me ask you about your family or your family's affairs?" She asked in a serious tone; leaning into herself but still not looking over at Katsuki.
"Uh – no – I don't think so." Katsuki answered in an unsure tone; looking over at the girl.
Auryn nodded. "Okay, now, have I ever kept asking you about your personal problems?" She asked with the same seriousness in her voice.
Katsuki shook his head in response. "No. You haven't." He replied with a nervous tone; this time with his shoulders tensed up.
"I haven't, have I?" Auryn asked calmly; tilting her head to the side. "Well then… maybe I SHOULD start asking you all those personal questions and see how YOU like it!" She said with a darkened warning; finally moving her eyes to look over at the boy next to her with a threatening glare. "I'll even do you one better and ask you personal questions in front of the ENTIRE homeroom class and see how YOU like having people stare at you and judge you with the same pitiful look that they've given ME whenever YOU do that to me."
Katsuki gasped in shock. 'Have I really been doing that to her?' He couldn't help but wonder as he watched the deadly glare only intensified with each word she spoke. 'Why couldn't I see how I've been treating her until now? It's not like I was actually trying to single her out or anything! I'm just worried about her! She's actually the only one my class that doesn't tease me or joke about me at my expense.'
Katsuki took a few moments to let Auryn's words sink in before he sighed and slumped forward in his seat on the bed. "I'm sorry, Auryn." He mumbled in a defeated tone as he hung his head in shame. "It's just that – I really… CARE… about you. I mean, I feel like you're the only person here that DOESN'T tease me or do stupid shit that pisses me off. I feel like you don't judge me and no matter how bad of a day I'm having, you always seem to know how to make me feel better.
And the thought of seeing you every day with a new bandage or if someone is bothering you, I get so angry with both them AND myself. I'm mad at the ones making you uncomfortable and I'm madder at myself for not being able to protect you. I can't help it – it just… happens." He said in a defeated tone; trying his best to stay calm. "I've never really fucking CARED about anyone else like I care about you before."
Auryn gasped at the boy sitting next to her. She had no idea that she had big of an impact on U. A.'s biggest bad boy. She thought he liked her well enough, but she never imagined he felt THAT strongly for her.
Without her knowledge, tears had started running down her cheeks. When she realized that she was crying, she quickly bowed her head and her shoulders shook with each passing sob.
No one had ever told her anything like that when she was younger. Everyone always wrote her off or rejected her. But hearing someone actually say that they care about her or like her, it made her feel like she wasn't a NOBODY anymore! She was finally SOMEBODY in someone's eyes!
Katsuki jumped back slightly when he noticed Auryn was crying. "HEY, DON'T FUCKING CRY, AURYN! I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOUR FEELINGS OR ANYTHING!" He yelled in a frantic tone; not knowing what to do for her.
Auryn took a deep breath and tried to get control over herself. "No, Katsuki, you didn't make me upset or anything… it's just – no one has ever told me half of the things you said…" She managed to say in a broken tone; lifting her head up to look at him.
She quickly raised her hand to stop Katsuki from talking when she saw him open his mouth to say something. "For as long as I can remember, everyone I've ever known has treated me like I was a Nobody – like I wasn't even there and that I didn't matter… I was actually starting to give up on myself – I figured that if nobody cared, then why should I? My world had been so dark for so long…
But YOU saw me when no one else did. YOU are the reason why I push myself beyond my limits and in your own unique way, you are MY HERO – you saved me when no one else would even bother. So, thanks, Katsuki… thanks for being my hero. I won't give up on myself anymore. I WILL get stronger so you won't have to worry about me and I will be able to stand on my own as long as you're with me."
Katsuki kept silent for a moment. He didn't know what to say for the longest time. He had never been someone's hero before. Heck, he didn't even think he was actually helping Auryn as much as she said, but he was still grateful for her speech. He now felt better about saying all those things he had just told her.
He then sighed and stood up from his place on the bed and gave her a cocky smile. "All this mushy shit is making me wanna vomit." He said in a rough tone; turning away from her. "But still…" he added while he looked over his shoulder at her with the same cocky smirk, "thanks for telling me all that… I mean it, Auryn. I will try my best to help you out in any way I can and as much as I can. I promise."
Auryn chuckled and held her hand out to him. "Good. You can help me outta 'ere!" She said in a joking tone; giving him a brave smile.
Katsuki laughed and took a hold of her hand. He helped her off the bed and handed her the crutches propped up against the desk.
After they had made it a few blocks away from the school, he stopped at their normal crosswalk where they would split up to go to their respective houses.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow. Good night, Katsuki. Be careful on your way home." Auryn said in a gentle tone; turning to walk away.
Katsuki reached out and grabbed Auryn's hand. "Wait, Auryn! I need to ask you something!" He called out in an embarrassed tone; looking down at the ground.
Auryn looked over at Katsuki with a blank stare. Something then flashed past her eyes, and she smiled sweetly at him. "Don't worry, Katsuki," she spoke with a faint smile on her face, "I won't tell anyone what you said back in Recovery Girl's office. I promise I'll take it to the grave."
Katsuki then stared at her for a moment and let go of her hand. She then turned back around and moved closer to him. She then leaned in closer to him, and planted a faint kiss on his cheek like she had did when they were at the train station.
"I'll see you tomorrow!" Auryn said as she turned to walk away from him.
Katsuki stood there frozen in place for a few moments, before he lifted his hand up to touch the cheek. He didn't even know he had a soft smile on his face until he felt the muscles stretching under his skin…