A Twisted Cat's Tail

by snakebit1995

Mandalay is starting to get up there in age and is feeling a bit of pressure from her friend to find a boyfriend. She brushes these off but after a chance meeting and later interactions she begins to spark feelings for a man, the only problem is that he's half her age and still a student at UA. Now she has to decide to push these feelings far away, or run head first into them.

6. Chapter 6: Paper

Italics indicate thinking

Since Mandalay is going to be making her anime debut this coming week it's only fair to get back to this.

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Mandalay's POV

"Hmm." I closed my folder and started packing up my supplies.

Another day of school was in the book, and another day of trying not to act like a schoolgirl with a crush was finally coming to a close.

"Umm Miss Sosaki." A voice said.

"AH!" I gasped "Midoriya!"

I felt like my heart was going to burst out of my chest, but for once it wasn't from seeing Midoriya, I was just a little spooked since I had zoned out. I wasn't against seeing him right now but it certainly was welcome. Things has been stressful at work the last few days with preparations for some internships speeding up as well as the culture festival being around the corner.

"How can I help you?" I smiled softly.

"I just forgot to give you this assignment I was making up after my internship." He said.

"Oh thank you so much." I took the papers from him, my hand brushing against his, flustering me just enough to make me drop all the papers.

"I'm sorry!" he said.

"N-No it's my fault." I hurriedly started to pick them up.

"Let me help you." He said.

"You don't have to, I made the mess." I said as we both reached for the same paper "Ha!"

I pulled back and quickly snatched up each of the piece of paper.

"Well I have grading to do I will see you in class tomorrow." I practically bolted out the door like a cat out of hell.

I got back to the apartment, I was a wreck.

"I can't keep acting like this, someone is bound to see." I said laying on my bed "UGH But I can't keep that kid out of my head, and he was so kind too getting his assignment to me right away and helping me clean up. Why can't he be like ten years older!"

With the next portion of the semester starting I knew I was going to be seeing more and more of Midoriya, I needed to figure this out sooner rather than later.

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AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

I know this is short but I figure it's something since I've been off for a while on this. It's hard to write this since Mandalay doesn't have much of a character to work with.

Suggest what you'd like to see in the future.

Till Next Time!