"Hiyocchi, come here!" the small boy laughed out loud as he chased after Hiyoka's running figure. No matter how hard he tried, it seemed she was always faster than him.
Looking around quickly, he noted that the park was fairly empty for such a pleasant spring evening. It made him feel a little insecure for a couple of seconds, but he soon remembered that Hiyoka's parents were nearby, watching over them to keep them safe and out of trouble.
Hiyoka spun around a tree smiling widely, aloof to the boy's worries, never letting him catch her.
"What is this, Shouki?" she looked at her smaller friend teasingly. He still couldn't keep up with her, making him frustrated. "Can't catch me?"
"Of course I can!" he answered between heavy breaths. The boy was clearly tired, making Hiyoka give up on their tag, you're it game.
She gave him a knowledge smile, and patted his head. "I know you can. You'll catch me for sure next time."
Hiyoka the sat on the grass to look at the setting sky. She waited for Shouki, who soon followed her, laying by her side and sighing slowly.
The boy felt so relived to have the chance to get a break from all of the trouble happening in his family and spend some time with Hiyoka.
The girl looked down at her friend, wearing the purest smile a child could ever give. It was such a random thought but it was her true feelings deep down.
"Hey, Shouki, when we grow up..." she began, blushing a little. "You will marry me, right?"
The boy's eyes got a little wide from surprise and his cheeks turned to a light shade of red. He stared at her for just a moment before returning the same pure smile, "Yes, Hiyocchi... I'll marry you."
A promise that was eternalized in the memories of two kids having the setting sky as witness. But none of them would think that was the last time they'd see eachother for a long time.
After such turns of events that followed that day, everything became a blur as the time passed. His face, his name. All that lasted was his nickname, their promisse and the moments they had together.
When their innocence and purity was intact. When life... wasn't so harsh.
And she couldn't stop wondering how the boy, her first friend ever, was doing.
"Are you seriously going to eat all that, Tominaga?!" asked loudly a too shocked Kaminari when the mentioned girl walked to their table.
Kirishima and Sero shared his disbelief, both staring at the three full plates Hiyoka carried with her, with the help of a small plant on the girl's left shoulder. They could see Hiyoka was trying hard to not let the plates fall down.
"Hell, yeah!" Hiyoka only grinned as she sat beside Kirishima, on the seat he was saving for her. With the help of her red head friend and the little plant, she put the plates on the table and started eating quickly, making some pauses to explain.
"We have Hero Basic Training in the afternoon, so I must eat a lot if I want to use my quirk in its strongest state," she said before finishing the first plate way too fast and getting ready for the next one.
The girl knew there were a lot of students staring. This time, she didn't care.
"Hmmmm?" Kirishima hummed with his mouth full. He soon swallowed and rose an eyebrow, "I thought you performed photosynthesis, just like plants. That sure would be neat!"
"Why, is Tominaga a plant or something?" Kaminari commented laughing.
"Ha, I wish that was the case," she giggled softly at the idea of being able to perform photosynthesis. She stared at her little plant helper, "Let's say I'm just plant's food."
[Present Mic's voice]
Tominaga Hiyoka. Quirk: Plantae!
This quirk allows Hiyoka to control and create any kind of plant, which includes trees, forbs, shrubs, grasses, vines, ferns and mosses!
But she can only create a plant if she has enough knowledge of the plant's physiology and structure!
Besides that, she needs to give her own energy to the plants in order to control and create them, literally making her their food source, just like the sun but way faster!
It also works from the other side though! Hiyoka can take a plant's energy to power up her physical strength!
"I can't wait to see your quirk in action, Tominaga," Sero answered with a friendly smile, Kaminari agreeing with him.
"Oh, well," she just giggled flustered, thinking about her classmates watching her using her quirk. "Right now I just hope I won't mess up."
"Let's get right to it! This is what we'll do today...
...combat training!"
Wearing her hero costume for the first time sure felt weird to Hiyoka. The good kind of weird - she felt like a forest fairy princess or something like that. And that was exactly how she wanted to look like since forever. A forest fairy costume with a hidden pocket full of varied kinds of seeds. It was kind of ironic coming from a girl considered boyish by almost everyone else.
Even though feeling somewhat glad, fighting against the boy who seems to stare at her all the time made her anxious.
"Ojirou," Hiyoka called her team partner after taking a good look on their 'bomb'. She smiled at him, feeling strangely comfortable with his presence. "I'll be on the corridor now to spread some seeds out there. Don't hesitate to call me if something seems off to you."
After seeing Bakugou/Iida versus Midoriya/Uraraka, their violent fight made her think about having a plan B to sort things out better. Planting seeds around the corners would be a good long-range surprise attack if anything goes wrong, besides taking less of her own energy because she wouldn't need to create a plant out of zero. But she forgot about the most important thing, as usual.
"You too, Tominaga," the tailed boy answered sheepishly returning the smile. "Let's give our best."
She winked to him, giving a thumbs up and got out from the room. Hiyoka looked around, planting five seeds strategically protecting the door.
The air suddenly began to feel heavy and cold and she immediately began to tremble. Her skin was a little exposed and the costume's fabric was very light, but deep down Hiyoka was never a fan of cold nor where her plants.
Before she could ever think about anything else, the girl found her feet stuck on a heavy layer of ice.
"W-what?" she fell back, sitting on the ice and feeling the cold dominating her whole body. She silently thanked herself for wearing shorts under her skirt. The girl tried to call on her partner, "Ojirou, I'm stuck!"
"M-me too, Tominaga! I think the whole building is frozen!"
Hiyoka couldn't even answer as she saw Todoroki walking in her direction but not really paying attention to her. She couldn't help but to look down to not let him see her utterly irritated expression.
The girl wanted to fight, wanted to win. But with such ice her plants couldn't grow. She wasn't ready for him. Because she never thought he would freeze the whole damn building. That boy... how the hell could he probably know that ice was Hiyoka's main weakness?
Hiyoka was so distracted by her own thoughts that did not realized All Might saying that the hero team won nor that the ice was melting quickly. It wasn't like she cared anymore.
"My holy dude, Tominaga looks so sad!" commented Kirishima watching his friend through the screen. "I feel bad for her."
"Such a quick battle, uh?" Ashido said nodding her head.
"That's a pity, I really wanted to see Ojirou and Tominaga in action." Tsuyu agreed.
"I'm sorry I didn't let you use your quirk at all."
Hiyoka almost jumped from the sudden voice so close to her. She looked up to see Todoroki staring down at Hiyoka's trembling figure, his eyes piercing through her soul. The girl could feel a chill down her spine, but she didn't really know if it was because of him or the cold.
"You're dyslexic... aren't you?" he asked low, only for her to hear. But he forgot two other people were listening all the time too.
"Wait," the number one hero thought to himself, the only one in the monitor room being able to listen to their cconversation. "Young Tominaga has dyslexia? No one informed me about such a thing, not even her uncle Aizawa. I must discuss about it with Nezu, it's a scholar matter we're talking about."
The question made Hiyoka's eyes go wide as she stared at Todoroki in disbelief. "H-how did you know?! No one besides Shouta is aware of it! Unless he told... no, he wouldn't!"
"Tominaga is dyslexic..." Ojirou kept himself quiet to not interrupt their conversation. Eavesdropping was bad, yes, but Ojirou couldn't just make himself interrupt them.
"So it's really you..." Todoroki muttered most to himself. He then rose an eyebrow slightly, confusion clear in his eyes. "I know because you're the one who told me. Because I was there to comfort you when you were diagnosed. You really don't know who I am at all, Hiyocchi?"
That nickname. She haven't heard it for about ten years. Only one person called her that way. The one who gave it to her. Her dear old friend.
Hiyoka took all the courage she had at the moment and put a hand on her chest, feeling her heart accelerating. Her eyes had a sparkle that has been absent for a decade. "I-is that really you... S-Shouki?"
Shouto Todoroki. The nickname she gave for him was a junction of his full name. Suddenly his face was clear in all the memories she had with him.
The boy sighed slowly, directing his gaze at the wall. His expression almost didn't change, but there was something different and Hiyoka could sense it. He wasn't as stoic as he was before.
Todoroki still wasn't looking directly at her, but offered his right hand to help her to get up. "I thought you were avoiding me."
The sentence got Hiyoka by surprise as she accepted his help, and she couldn't help but stutter. "I-I-I wouldn't dare to do that!"
"Well," Todoroki turned his back to her and began to walk away. He looked at her one last time and coldly said, "You promised you'd never abandon me but you did anyways, so I wouldn't be surprised if you were really avoiding me."
BONUS: phone conversations between Shouta and Hiyoka - part 2
Uncle Shouta s2: I heard police sirens after you left. Are you ok?
I am Groot: I'm cool but this cop seems agited cuz I won't let him see my ID
I am Groot: Ok now he's REALLY agited. His buddies got here and they all want to see my ID
Uncle Shouta s2: Are you being a smartass?!
I am Groot: You told me not to talk with strangers
Uncle Shouta s2 I could strangle you right now, you rotten kid. You're killing me, brat.
ooooooo now we know why Todo keeps staring at Hiyoka.
Answering D-Koy24: haha thanks! Unfortunally her hero name is already decided but you bet I will make a joke about it! ;} we are Groot!
I posted Hiyoka's first hero costume on my instagram! Check user jessyedraws if you want to see it!
