Michi was asleep in his room, his body stripped from clothing other than his sweat pants as he was spread across his bed, his blanket, pillow, and phone thrown all over the room.. his snoring loud in comparison of the silence outside his room.. until the door is opened veeeery slowly.. shushing, and cut off laughter filled the room until Shizu used his quirk, setting Michi's chest hair on fire, the heat and smell of burning hair awoke Michi as he began to throw his body around in a spasm
"WHAAAT THE FUCK?! WHAT WHAT?!"
Shizu, Fugu, Mari, and Hana all laughed surrounded by Michi, with Senshi watching from the hallway, Michi picked up his loose shirt on the floor and put it on, as he spoke in an annoyed voice
"the fuck do you guys want?! It's Saturday!"
Shizu rolled his eyes as he pointed at Michi
"exaaactly! It's Saturday! We want to go to the beach before it gets too cold Michi! Are you in?!"
Michi's eyes shifted towards his computer.. thinking to himself, he began to monologue
"it's only been two weeks... but school is totally kicking my ass... I was really wanting to just hide in my room today..."
Michi took a deep breath, his social battery far from full, he looked at everyone, who was already dressed in beach attire. Mari smiled as she looked at Michi
"Come on Shinomori, it'll be fun to get out of UA for the day."
Michi's eyes widened at this as he sputtered and nodded
"well I guess my hands are tied! Just give me a second!"
Fugu turned around, rolling her eyes noticing Michi's weak will, as Shizu jumped up and down in excitement to go to the beach with his old, returning, and new friends.. Shizu approached Senshi
"Senshi he's coming dude!!"
Senshi placed his hand on Shizu's head in an effort to calm him down
"yeah, I can hear that Shizu, tone it down a bit, it's still early in the morning."
after a few minutes, Michi stepped out of his room dressed for the beach, in the light, it is now shown that Michi has grown a very... VERY patchy mustache... and "beard", causing Fugu to fold over laughing as she saw it in the light, Senshi, and Hana were already walking to the bus, Shizu looked at his friend, with judgemental, yet accepting eyes. Michi looked confused
"what?? What is it?!"
Fugu pointed at Michi's face, unable to complete a full sentence
"That... makes... you look like a pe..."
Fugu tries to catch her breath as Shizu patted her on the back concerned for his twin, as Michi sulked
"I thought it made me look distinguished!"
Fugu stood up straight, still cracking up,
"Yeah... distinguished in a line up for sexual assault-"
Fugu kept laughing as Michi rolled his eyes walking past her, Mari, and Shizu.
"it's gonna be a long day."
after everyone piled onto the bus, everyone sat amongst each other, as Shizu pulled out the map
"Alright so, of course we have to actually swim in the ocean, but I think we should check out this artificial Blue Lagoon a few miles up the mountain!"
Senshi looked confused as he looked at the map,
"The fuck's a Blue Lagoon?"
Shizu's eyes brightened as he looked at everyone for a reaction as he explained
"okay okay so... it's this big lake made in sulfur minerals, that is supposed to help your pours, but it also has this weird blue algae growing in it, that helps with not only the muscle relaxation of the sulfur, but the cleansing of your pours!"
Mari shrugged as she leaned back in her chair, checking on her buttoned shirt as she crossed her legs
"sounds relaxing, I say we finish off the day at the lagoon!"
after a bit of working with the schedule, the group decided on this:
10:30-12:30 Ocean fun
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30 volley ball tournament 2v2
3:30-5:30 Blue Lagoon
everyone separated to their designated benches on the bus as they talked. Senshi seemed bothered by something as he looked out the window, as Hana tapped on his shoulder
"Hey, what's going on you big lug?"
Senshi leaned back onto his chair as he looked Hana in the eyes
"nothing, just thinking about training.. feel like I could do some more by-"
Hana pressed her finger against Senshi's lip
"shhhh... we are taking a break from school, do not make me remind you."
Hana sat there as she hesitated before speaking up
"honestly, I thought you might have had a problem with Mi-"
Senshi interrupted Hana mid sentence
"I don't really care. If you guys want him to join us for the beach. I'm not gonna belly ache and force you to choose between us. That just makes things unfair."
Hana met her eyes with Senshi
"Are you at least warming up to him..? At least a bit more than just aggressively staring?"
Senshi hesitated before speaking
"I'm trying."
Shizu was looking out the window, noticing the working men walking the streets, as Fugu examined the map, figuring out which paths would be most time efficient.
"Hey Fugu?"
"Yeah?"
"How do you think Mom's feeling about being home alone all the time with Kazumi, Sachiko, and Leonin?"
Fugu flipped the map, as she traced the paths
"she'll manage. She had practice with us."
Shizu paused as he turned to his sister
"still.. I feel a little bad, we should visit tomorrow and help around the house. Even if it's just a little."
Fugu let out a sigh, and smiled
"yeah, you're right, it would be nice to see mom again. Maybe even give her a break. I could even get a few books from dad's library, I'm running out of reading material."
Michi shifted himself in his seat as he tried not to stare at Mari, as Mari tried to make conversation
"So, what do you think the rest of our class is doing with their weekend?"
Michi scoffed as he looked at Mari
"umm, my guess is sleeping in... or television."
Mari rolled her eyes
"not everyone has the same slothful ideas as "weekend worthy activities" as you do."
"Sleeping in and watching a show isn't EVERYTHING I do."
Mari looked at Michi, with an unimpressed expression
"oh yeah? What else do you do?"
Michi hesitated for a second
"uhmm, I also play video games."
Michi began to laugh as Mari caught on, it wasn't long after this conversation concluded that they arrived to the beach, everyone stood amazed realizing how almost everyone had the same idea as them, as the group of students made their way through the crowded beach to find a spot. Shizu jumped and started running, calling over his friends
"YO! I FOUND A SPOT!"
Shizu tackled the sand, sprawling his body all over the beach as a woman tried placing her towel on top of Shizu, which erupted a argument of who got there first, as Michi reached there first trying to diffuse the argument.
"see this spot isn't so bad."
Michi said as a man came by, tossing a can into the trash can next to their spot, Senshi stood up as he walked towards the ocean.
"I'm not letting a shitty spot ruin all the fun for me!"
Senshi took off his shirt as he ran toward the ocean, with Shizu screaming as he fell over, taking off his sandals
"WAIT FOR ME MAN! WE GOTTA SEE HOW FAR YOU CAN THROW ME!"
Hana laughed as she ran towards the two boys, with Mari getting up,
"Fugu you coming?!"
Fugu shook her head, as she got into a good spot, being completely covered by the sun
"in a bit, I want to get a bit of a tan started."
Mari looked at Michi, in a bit of a noticeable softer tone, to some, but not to Michi.
"You coming Michi??"
Michi shrugged as he stood up
"I'll be there in a sec, don't wait up!"
Michi saw his group of friends get into the water as he began to get undressed, tossing his shirt and sandals onto his towel.. right before walking towards the ocean, with the confidence he was building up, Fugu commented.
"You're not very good at this, like... at all."
Michi turned around as he was slightly confused
"not good at what..? Swimming?? I know how to swim."
Fugu rolled her eyes, even with her eyes closed as she shoo'd Michi away
"Nevermind, Shinomori. You're hopeless."
Michi ran towards the group of friends, as he joined them in their activities in, and under the water, after an hour, Fugu as well joined them in the water, together the group raced, tossed an American football, and much more... until they stepped out of the water, Senshi took a swig of water before giving the rest to Hana, who easily chugged the whole bottle. As Shizu dried himself off by mildly using his quirk. Michi lifted his towel, drying off his hair, as he tried to get it off of his face, grunting from annoyance.. until Senshi made a comment.
"If the damn hair is bothering you so much, why not cut it already?!"
Michi stopped drying his hair as he lifted it behind his head, as he cleared his voice, he began to try to talk to Senshi casually.. but his voice could not escape his body.. until Fugu spoke out, gathering her items
"drop it Senshi."
Senshi pointed at Michi confused.
"but I'm making a good point-"
Fugu had a stern expression as she repeated herself
"Drop it. Senshi."
Senshi put his hands in the air "fine." As he walked away, Michi slowly lifted his towel as he began walking with the group, in search for what truly mattered on a beach episode, the food they eat for lunch. Eventually, they all decide on an American style restaurant, as they all got Cheese burgers. After eating, and almost falling into a food coma, everyone had their fun on the beach playing a tournament, of course, Senshi and Hana won with an indomitable team coordination. As everyone began to walk on the boardwalk, Mari looked at the sun
"it's getting pretty late... Do we wanna just call it a day?"
Shizu shrugged
"We could, we can just come next summer for the Blue Lagoon"
Michi looked at the time
"I mean we still have time before curfew. We have the time, we could even cut it in half."
After some debating, the group made it to the Lagoon, buying the tickets, everyone entered one by one.
Shizu was first, who entered almost like he had already been here. Swimming at the surface very softly
Senshi walked in, causing larger ripples across the pool, as Hana followed suit.
Mari swam in softly and mindfully as she stopped mid stroke
"oh... you don't really have to swim, we're floating."
Shizu nodded
"similar to the ocean in the Red Sea, this lake has a lot of sulfur in the water, causing you to float, but for the Red Sea, it's the salt."
Shizu began to rub the sulfur water into his face Fugu swam in copying her brother, as Michi took handfuls of water, washing his face. Michi let the water take him how it wanted, as he floated on his back, taking deep breaths as he closed his eyes.
Eleven year old Michi Shinomori ran towards the Baga residence, as he saw Fugu reading, and Shizu playing outside on their front plot. Michi quickly jumped onto Shizu's back with an energetic tone,
"SHIZUZUZUUZUZUZU!!!"
Shizu swung his body around as he tried to get Michi off his back before falling over and landing on Michi, causing the best friends to laugh hysterically, as Michi stood up, he saw Fugu sitting under a tree reading her book as he smiled, and approached Fugu
"Good morning Fugu!"
Fugu closed her book as she rolled her eyes
"you always come over freaking out like you haven't seen us in years."
Michi rolled his eyes
"ugh, sometimes it feels like that with my mom. I was already running over here thirty minutes ago when she stopped me. "It's haircut day" she said. Bleh."
Fugu laughed entertained
"she sure did go with the "Cadet" cut today, Soldier."
Fugu teased Michi for his buzzed head as Shizu jumped onto Michi's back, screaming
"PAY BACK MICHI!!!"
as the two wrestled, Fugu went back to her book until Michi and Shizu were done wrestling.
"I forgot to tell you guys! I listened to more of my dad's voice diary from when he went to UA!"
Fugu's eyes widened as she heard this
"didn't you say your mom and dad said not to anymore?"
Michi stood proudly as he pointed at Fugu
"Well how else am I going to keep up with Senshi while he's already started training with his dad?! I need the next best thing when it comes to my dad's experience!! And I made a break through!"
After some convincing, Michi pulled Shizu, and Fugu to a part of the streets that was difficult to see, as he explained his plan to Shizu and Fugu.
"So. What my dad said in the Voice Diary is that the way he learned how to control, and make his quirk stronger, is by working it to the bone! Even before UA!"
Shizu and Fugu looked at each other, Shizu seemed to be onboard, as Fugu seemed a bit more cautious, being warned prior by her mother about... "Shinomori antics"
Fugu held onto her arm as she backed away slightly
"I don't know.. it doesn't seem like a good idea.."
Shizu rolled his eyes as he grabbed his sisters hands
"come on Fugu! Let loose a little, we're learning for ourselves!"
Fugu was still hesitant as she pulled away of Shizu
"But mom and dad said our quirks are unpredictable Shizu. They said we need to be careful!"
Shizu blew his sister off, wanting to impress his friend instead as Michi was showing off his quirk already, the two friends laughed as Shizu began to activate his quirk, the fire spread from his fingertips up his arm.
"Woahhh... see Shizu!! What is so bad about this?! It's cool!"
Shizu nodded with glee, as he tried to use it, throwing punches in the air, imitating a hero, like Shoto. Fugu began to approach her brother and friend, realizing, it truly might not be as bad as she thought, as Michi's eyes widened
"S-Shizu's your shirt!"
Shizu looked at his shirt, noticing that it had began to burn, as he tried to pat it down, the fire from his quirk began to erupt, making more intense flames as he began to burn himself, his cries for help got worse as Fugu and Michi watched in horror, Fugu pointed at Michi in a loud and commanding voice
"MICHI! THE HOSE!!"
Shizu began to scream on the ground, his screams were petrifying.
"AAHAGGAG F "
the cracking of skin burning, and the smell grew more intense as Fugu screamed at Michi again
"MICHI! THE HOSE!!"
"MICHI!"
"MICHI!"
"Michi!"
Shinomori's eyes opened wide as he swung his body upwards, head butting Fugu on his way up.
"OW Son of a bitch!"
Michi cautiously put his hands out checking on Fugu as he approached her
"ah shit! Fugu are you alright?"
Fugu put her hand out, forcing Michi to keep the distance as she held her forehead
"I'm fine.. but damn... you have a thick skull. We're leaving."
Michi looked out of the pool to see everyone leaving,
"ah.. sorry you had to come and get me."
Fugu took her hand off her forehead as she swam towards the exit
"it's fine. I wanted to."
After a long bus ride, everyone had gotten home safely and soundly, the only thing more soundly, was their sleep. But some slept better than others.. Michi stared blankly at the roof of his room as he sat up, frustrated with himself as he grabbed his hair out of frustration, feeling the crusty, cracking sound of his hair. As he got out of bed, he quietly made his way through the dormitory, passing the kitchen oven, flashing the time
"3:24 A.M."
Michi looked in the mirror of the shower stalls, seeing his hair in a frizzled mess.
"what's going on there?"
Fugu said in a hushed voice, Michi jumped as he heard her
"uh.. this is the guy's shower."
Fugu imitated Michi's voice,
"d-duhhh.. tHiS Is ThE GuY'S ShoWER- you left the door open, I'm just at the entrance."
Michi approached Fugu, showing his hair as Fugu looked at it, grabbing a chunk of it as she scoffed
"I don't know how you did it, but somehow you got that water to damage your hair. Did you rinse it before and after getting into that pool?"
Michi shrugged as Fugu pulled on his hair, his head moving to where she pulled
"um.. I was supposed to?"
Fugu let go of the hair as she rolled her eyes.
"Yeap. Now your hair is as damaged. You're gonna have to cut it or get it conditioned."
Michi looked in the mirror with a sigh of frustration unsure what to do. As he heard the scraps of a chair being pulled into the kitchen, as Fugu pulled our scissors.
"Well come on. Sit down."
Michi looked confused at Fugu as he walked into the kitchen, sitting down in the chair, Fugu left, and came back with a razor and a comb
"I didn't entirely agree to this. Baga."
Fugu began to attempt to comb the hair
"you sat down didn't you? Don't worry. I've been cutting Shizu, and my sibling's hair since I was 13."
Michi looked stressed
"that doesn't bode well for me."
Fugu yanked down as Michi yelped in pain.
"Pleaaase only cut as much as you have to."
the sound of scissors snipping echoed in the walls of the Dormitory
"oops. Too late B)"
after a few minutes of silence, Michi looked at Fugu at work, it seemed like she was actually putting a lot of effort into cutting his hair.
"so um.. why couldn't you sleep-"
Fugu pulled on Michi's head moving it back into place
"don't talk while in cutting."
Michi sat there in silence as he heard more snipping
"... I dunno. Sometimes I don't sleep as well as I used to. Then I heard you getting up so I thought I'd bother you for fun."
Michi waited until he heard Fugu cut again
"is this your idea of 'fun'?"
Fugu smiled deviously
"it will be when everyone sees your weirdly shaped head after I'm done cutting all your hair off."
Michi pulled away before Fugu pulled him back onto the chair
"Stop. I was joking."
Michi sat in that chair for what seemed like an hour, before Fugu snipped one last time, then turned on the kitchen light for a minute, examining her work.
"well... it's a lot shorter than what you had but it still looks nice!"
Michi looked in the mirror, noticing the haircut, it honestly was nice. For the first time in a few years, Michi was able to look himself in the mirror without hair getting in the way, after some time styling it, he left the bathroom and stood in the kitchen.
"umm.. thank you, I appreciate it."
Fugu pulled out a razor, with her arms crossed
"nah. We're not done yet. Sit. Down."
Michi slowly sat down as Fugu began to shave the "mustache" he had
"woah woah hey-"
Fugu held his head stead, using her knee to keep him planted on the chair
"Hey don't move unless you want a scar to come with the hair cut. I'm doing you a favor. You look like a stinky rat with this dumb patchy Bull shit."
after a while, Fugu walked away, washing her scissors and tossing the razor as Michi used a broom to sweep up his hair
"thank you.."
Fugu turned around shaking her head
"I didn't do that for free."
Michi looked confused. "What?!"
Fugu nodded, "yep. The next time all of us go out to eat, you gotta pay for everyone. That's the price of my haircut."
Michi looked frustrated at the Fugu the Snake as he pointed at her
"I would have rathered if I went to get a hair cut and paid for that instead. Our lunches total like 100!"
Fugu laughed as she grabbed her scissors and began to go back to her dorm.
"Exactly! Win-Win! Glad you understand! Have a good night!"
Michi sat in the kitchen, not done with sweeping as he scowled, looking at the time, 3:55 A.M.
Michi continued to sweep his hair until he eventually walked to his room, and slept.