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It's past ten in the evening when Aizawa left to do some hero work. He made sure everyone was in their room and sleeping when he called Midnight to pick him up. They have to prepare for tomorrow's exercise in another school outside the city. Shinsou is the only one left awake at this hour as he just finished getting personal training from his mentor. The sound of running water from the tap helped the indigo haired boy calm his breath as he cools down. He sat on the doorway facing the backyard as he sips the warm water from his mug, rewinding and visualizing the techniques he was just taught.He slowly closed his eyes as he breathes in the crisp air, then suddenly, he caught sight of a tail at the corner of his eye. A white cat?! He stood up trying to follow where it went. His shoulders went down and he gave a hefty sigh, disappointed but equally puzzled. A boy in a light grey jinbei is walking around on Class-B's yard. He considers going over, but knowing their history together... ah... whatever. It would be bad if he didn't get enough sleep and hurt himself tomorrow coz of it. He rubs the back of his neck and sighed as he put down his mug on the floor. As he gets closer, he notices something off. The boy's narrow eyes looked vacant... and he's walking straight at him!“Hey! Ojiro.” Shinsou grabs his shoulders at arms length.Ojiro's tail zoomed straight up as he yelped. “AAAH! S...S-Shinsou. What are you doing?”“I'm about to ask you that actually, but then I noticed that you were sleepwalking.” Shinsou snickered, his eyes squinting with amusement.“Eh! Sleepwalking?” Ojiro whipped his head left and right trying to figure out where he is. “How did I get down from the third floor? Did I jump?!” He looked up the building to check.“That's the girl's wing. We're on Class-B's yard.” he said matter-of-factly as he crossed his arms, observing the other carefully, expecting a funny expression. His smirk went down, a look of worry replacing it. On top of Ojiro's usual surprised look, there was a tinge of fear. Fear of punishment maybe? But his brows furrowed deeper as if trying to recall what happened.“Sorry... ah... Wha- what time is it?” he started shivering suddenly. 'Finally feeling the cold air?'“Not sure. 10? 10:15 maybe?” he said as he watched Ojiro rub his arms. 'hmm... I guess he really was sleepwalking.'“We ssshould go back inside and go... to bed. Wa- Why are you up so late?” he asked, briskly walking towards their building still huddling himself, stepping over a low bush and making a beeline to the open door. He doesn't seem to be waiting for a reply with how fast he is going.Shinsou on the other hand walked slowly, turning to the left to pass through the walkway. “I had training with Mr. Aizawa. We usually do it after class, but I insisted he extend it. Today's lesson was a bit tricky.” raising his voice towards the boy going farther and farther away from him.“That's great, that's- WOAH!” Ojiro tripped over the mug and shattered the glass door with his tail while trying to catch himself.“Oh, shit!” Shinsou ran towards Ojiro lying flat on his stomach, half his legs outside the door when he slipped, and his tail still hanging on the doorframe. “I'm so sorry. That was my mug. Are you ok?” Panic hit him as blood starts flowing down Ojiro's tail.“urgh... unn... cough*I'm ok.” He starts pushing himself up, still feeling the pain in his chest from being emptied of air from falling down.“Don't move! Just stay right there.” Shinsou pushes him down and started rubbing his back to comfort him, or himself. “Keep your head down.”“What? Why?” Shinsou pushed his head as he was about to face back.'Good, he can't feel it yet.' “Just... stay right there.” He tried to make his voice sound as calm as he could, holding his face firm as well trying not to show his panic. He dashed to the counter to get his phone and tried calling Aizawa. He turned to see Ojiro still obediently lying down as he waited for his mentor to pick up.
(Ring~ ring~)
Ojiro's face starts to contort as the pain finally creeps in. Shinsou gestures with his open palm to stay down.Aizawa has dozed off in the car with Midnight beside him. He is a bit too tired to hear his phone meowing.“Hmm~ I wonder which pocket it's in.” Nemuri shivers in excitement at the idea of going through Shota's waist. “But first a bit of privacy~” pressing the button to close the window separating them from the driver.
(Ring~ ring~) What's taking him so long!?
“unnn... aah...! Shin-sou!” Ojiro balled his fists as he pressed his sweaty forehead on the floor. The glass shards clinked and rasped as the door frame moved.“Don't pull!!! I'm going to get the first aid kit. Stay down.” it's getting really hard to tone his voice when more blood started spurting out. He opened the cabinets trying to find at least some cloth to put pressure on his wounds. That's where they kept those when he was still at the General Department dorms. He just transferred… He actually doesn't know where it is, does he?“Ojiro, where's the first aid kit?!!!”“T... teacher's lounge.” Ojiro mumbled. “Teacher'sss... unngh!”“Ok ok!” Heavy footsteps followed and quickly diminished. The urge to pull his tail free is growing stronger, but he trusts that there is good reason why Shinsou is telling him not to. If he is telling him not to, then... Ojiro put his hands over his head and pushed down. “Don't look. Don't look!” He really wants to get off the cold floor. The glass all around him are already digging through the cloth. He tries keeping his mind off it by timing his breathing. 'It's ok. It's going to be ok.' breathe in~ 'It's ok.' breathe out~ 'It's ok-' breathe in~ breath out~ Time starts to blur. A traditional Japanese song started playing. Who's calling me at this hour? He lowers his right hand to reach for his pocket, glazing over some broken glass, scratching him. It's not there. He felt around carefully trying to locate his phone. It's not within his reach. ….He shouldn't... but who's calling? He pressed the fingers of his right hand gently on the shard-ridden floor and raised his torso with his left arm. He keeps his head down as he searched under the dim light. The flashing light of his phone shone just behind his knee. He slowly moves towards it, now supporting himself with his extended arms, and finally he was able to pick it up.He wouldn't dare sit on his ankles. The pain from pulling just a little is making his thoughts run already. He raised the screen to his face and read. “Blue?” ...in a moment his eyes grew wide and scenes he didn't live rushed through him. Cold sweat ran down his face as his greatest fears have finally grabbed hold. “no.... please.” The song just kept playing as he starts to heave. He pleaded toward the teachers lounge, wanting very much for Shinsou to come back sooner.“Mashi-kuuun~” A girl's voice sent shivers down his spine.
'Who was that? Did I accidentally push the call button?'
“Make sure you get the package tomorrow. We're counting on you.” then the call ended just like that.His whole body trembled. The air and the floor seemed even colder now. He stumbled upon his feet and simultaneously pulled his tail free. It fell with a loud thud. Then he did the stupidest thing... he looked back.-------------------------------------Shinsou rushed into the teachers lounge and quickly looked around. 'That's Sensei's room so it might be there.' He still holds the phone to his ear waiting for Shota to answer as he digs through the cabinets. “Where is it!?”(ring ring) still no response. Then it hit him. He'd wake up Eri. Wait. no. That's a bad idea! Who's the other teacher in this building? …. There are no teachers in this building tonight! Eri went to the hospital to get her checkup accompanied by Thirteen. He put down the call and rushed back to where Ojiro was. He planned on just wrapping him with his shirt and carrying him to Vlad King next door.“Ojiro! We're going outsi-” he stopped before he got to the corner. A blood trail was left marking the floorboards towards the elevator. There he saw Ojiro leaning on the rails as the door was closing. He is too far to reach so he dashed towards the stairs. 'Stupid! So, so stupid. Shit. You're an idiot.' He kept cursing himself for losing his composure just because he saw blood.Ojiro scrolled through the names on his phone and stopped at 'Grandfather.' He pressed call with his trembling hand and started to tear up. He held on to the tip of his tail draped on his right shoulder with his left arm crossing over his chest. If there were any problems he's the one he should call on first. It would be very disrespectful to do it at an ungodly time of night, but this is a pressing situation. He really needs to tell him about this right now! “Grandpa, pick up. Quick!” His hand is suddenly raised high over his head. He grabbed his wrist with his left hand and pulled it down, throwing the phone. It clacked against the floor and slid towards the corner. He bolted out towards his room just as the door opens. Shinsou can't stop thinking of how much blood Ojiro already lost. 'I got to go faster!' He is already skipping four steps at a time and even running against the wall. When he got to the third floor there is more blood to follow. A door slammed at the end of the hall. “OJIRO!” He ran towards it while shouting his name.“STAY AWAY!” He turned on the lights and grabbed his bed sheet and started tearing it to shreds.Shinsou is banging on his door commanding him to “Open up!” Why didn't it work? Didn't he just answer me? “Ojiro, open the door. We have to go to Vlad King or else you'd bleed out!” He's not getting an answer. He backs up and rams the door with his shoulder.Iida dashes out of his room quite alarmed, his glasses sitting crooked on his face. “What's the meaning of this? Why are you banging on Ojiro's door?!”“He's bleeding out! He have to get him out and take him to Vlad sensei.” the panic set in his voice.“Alright, stand back!” he fixes his glasses before kicking the door in. “Ojiro!? O-” just having one foot past the threshold, he is frozen in his tracks. Nothing could have prepared him for what's happening.The boy has his bloodied tail wrapped up tightly around his torso with the torn curtain. Another line is tied to the veranda's railing, the other end wrapped around his neck.....He falls.“Move!” a flash of indigo went past the speedster and jumped off.The push finally gave Iida back his momentum, going across the room and catching the quickly snaking line. Luckily Shinsou had wrapped a length around his arm and caught Ojiro preventing him from snapping his neck. They are but 4 meters away from the ground when he heard his right shoulder dislocate.“Sshhhhhhhhht!” he cussed as he grabbed the line with his other hand, arm across Ojiro's back. “What the fuck were you doing?!” They swung forward and backward as Iida pulls them back up. It's too dark to see anything so Shinsou guessed that he passed out. When light finally hit his face it became clear how bad it really is. “Iida! Pull him in! Scissors!” he shouted in as few words as possible to save time.They quickly removed the cloth letting oxygen back in. Thankfully he was able to breath normally despite the deep marks on his neck. There was no time for interrogations as Iida sped down the stairs and shouted for Vlad. Shinsou stayed kneeling on the bloody floor repeating the image of the blond apologizing with his first few breaths, his voice hoarse and eyes threatening the floodgates to open. 'That idiot. What was he trying to do?.... Was it because of his tail?' Did he just... take another opportunity away from him? “Shit...” He can't let degrading thoughts enter his mind again. He already passed. He's in the hero course. He deserved this... but he caused that... His phone rings and vibrates where it lies outside the door. Fear sets in. He knows that he had to take responsibility, even if it was just an accident.-----------------------------------Back in the car, the partition goes down as Aizawa has his arm raised pushing Midnight away from him. “Shinsou. Why are you still up? We have training exercises tomorrow.”“Aizawa-sensei...” he gulped, having difficulty pulling out the words from the lump in his throat. “I caused an accident. Ojiro is injured quite badly.”“Stop the car!” The driver carefully pulled to the side and parked.“Did a problem come up?” Nemuri straightened her back wanting to know what exactly had him this alarmed. He raised his finger gesturing she keep quiet.“How is he?” he calmly asked.“Iida took him to Vlad-sensei. I'm going down to see if he's ok. He... um...” Shinsou covered his mouth as he remembered the glass door as he steps over the trail of blood towards the elevator.“How serious is it?” Midnight raised her voice as she reached out for the phone. Aizawa held her hands down and pressed it against the seats.“He slipped on my mug, and his tail hit the glass and it broke. It went really deep. There was so much blood! I tried to call you. I can't find the first aid kit... and … and... Eri and Thirteen weren't there. Shit!” the words came rushing out one after the other as he rushed across the hallway.“Shinsou. Calm down.”“There's a pool of blood in the elevator! Sensei.” he shouts into the phone. His shoulders stiff from the compounding guilt. He turns and runs down the stairs.“Hitoshi. You need to calm down. Let me talk to Vlad.” his voice is kept low and steady, but the hand holding hers is getting tighter. She tightened her grip as well asking him in a whisper if he wants to turn back. They waited... Aizawa lowered his head and held the ridge of his nose. “Let's wait for a bit, Nemuri.”----------------------------------Shinsou passed the common room towards the backyard. A few robots have come to pick up the shards and replace the door. “Humans are so careless. Tsk tsk.” one of them beeped while sweeping the floor. “They make too much mess.” said another soaping up the blood on the floorboards.“Shut up!”“Hey! We're working here.” the sweeper waved his arms in anger as Shinsou stomped through kicking aside some glass.The glass door of the adjacent dorm is open, light shining across all windows. Iida turns his head from his bent position and nods at Shinsou as he hesitantly steps in. It was really quiet aside from the sound of running water. Ojiro is laid on top of the counter with his legs curled up to his chest. His breath trembled as his head rests on Iida's right arm. The larger boy arches over him to get him to warm up.As Shinsou gets closer he notices two used needles at the other end of the counter. He walked behind them as he can't stand to look at the state he's in. “Vlad-Sensei, Aizawa-sensei wants to talk to you.” he raised the phone avoiding the teacher's gaze, lips tightly pursed.“Wait a moment.” the large man concentrated deeply, holding tweezers an inch deep into Ojiro's tail.Ojiro winced. He wound himself tighter as Vlad pulls out a long shard of glass. Iida held him closer to his chest as he tried to comfort him. “You're ok. It's going to be over soon. Just hold on for a bit longer. After this, I'm going to run us towards the hospital. We just need to close all the major arteries, ok.”“Yes~ I'm … going to be fine.” he whimpered out a response. A klink was heard as Vlad placed the shard in a bowl littered with other pieces.“That's right. Take deep breaths.” Iida looked over his shoulder to Vlad about to pull from another cut. He held down the base of Ojiro's tail while his other hand clasped the two smaller ones in them.“uungg!...”“Shh shhh shh... It's all out now. It's ok.” a klink accompanied a calm but booming voice. “I just need to wrap you up a bit.” He held out his hand and took the phone from Shinsou. “Aizawa? … Yeah. He's doing fine. He lost a good bit of blood so I had the doctors prepare a transfusion.” He pinned the small device between his ear and shoulder as he washed his hands. “I'll watch over the kids tonight, you go to the meeting.”Vlad wiped a damp cloth over Ojiro's tail making sure to temporarily seal the smaller blood vessels as his hand passes. He looked at the other two boys. “They are holding up well. Umhmm... Yeah. Sure, you can count on me... Alright. See you tomorrow.” He cut the call and gave the phone back to Shinsou.He raised the tail to pull away the bloody cloth and replaced it with a new one, gently wrapping it around and loosely tying it. “Hold it up for a sec.” placing it over Iida's extended arm. He walked over to the side pulling a table cloth and a runner out of a drawer. He looped the runner around the tail and tied the ends, then gestured Iida to pick Ojiro up from the table. “Shinsou, go to the other end and quickly spread this out.” Shinsou finally gets in front of Ojiro's tired, pale face.“I'm sorry~” the blond whispered with his eyelids half closed.“...I'm the one who should be apologizing, you know.”“You saved me, right?”“...Yeah...”“My mistake then...” Ojiro closes his eyes as his words grew softer. “Thank you...” After they have wrapped him up Vlad slung the runner around Iida's neck to hold up the tail. He sped off leaving behind a still worried Shinsou. The large man gestured the boy to come to him. “Give me your shoulder.”(Crack!) He had him rotate it a few times to make sure the socket is back in place.“Don't blame yourself for this. Ojiro himself said that it was an accident. Your quick reflexes saved him tonight.” Vlad gave him two taps on his left arm and a shake. “We don't know what is going through his head right now, so we have to watch over him.” he muttered as he pulled an icebag out of the freezer. “Hold this over your shoulder.” placing it on before squatting down to get a trashbag from a lower drawer and a medicine jar from the one above it. “...Are you tired?”“A bit.”“Good. Here's a sleeping pill just in case. You may sleep on the couch if you don't plan on going to your room. If you do and you still can't sleep, come back here.” He handed him a glass of water as well. Shinsou promptly swallowed it and set it down on the counter.“Thank you, Vlad-sensei. I'm going back to my room now. ”“Use the front door when you go back.”Shinsou bowed before leaving. The robots cleaned throughout the night leaving no trace of the event. I'll be posting the drawings in my art account on twitter tumblr and insta Follow me there for more art.
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Aizawa was finally able to come back before sunrise. What remains of the disinfectant wafted into his nose. He checked the elevator and saw no trace of blood. Good. The other students didn't have to see that first thing in the morning. He went up to the fifth floor where Shinsou's room is. He didn't bother knocking, using his master key to just peek inside. Not there? 'Might be out on a jog.' is what he logically came up with. Next is to go into Ojiro's room on the third floor. The floor here has been cleaned up as well. All in all, everything is in order except for the missing sheets and curtains... Sheets... and curtains? He shook his head as he stepped towards the drawers to gather some clothes before going back downstairs.A line of light stretched out from the slightly open door in the teachers' lounge. He did expect his room to be open, but the lights to be on as well? Aizawa enters to see the mess it is in. Shinsou is crouched over the table with a couple of books in his hands. It seems he tried to reorganize before succumbing to the sleeping pill. Shota gave a sigh as he carried the boy. He laid him on the couch, covering him with a blanket tucked under the table for movie nights. It will be a few more hours till they'll be picked up by the bus. Enough time to visit Ojiro at the hospital and come back to have a long talk with his apprentice. He went to check the door that was supposedly broken last night. A lone mug sat on the counter. The floorboards have a few scratches on them, but nothing too noticeable. The door? It's as good as new. He gently pushed it open and walked to the adjacent building. Vlad sat with his bulldog with a cup of coffee.“Rough night?” Aizawa pulled up a chair in front of the large man and laid the bag of clothes beside him. The dog wagged his tail and pranced towards him to be petted.“Iida kept me up to date. Ojiro's stable. He won't be out and about for a bit. A few of his nerves were severed along with some major blood vessels. Want some coffee?”“No~ I think I had enough to drink since last night. Is there something you need to tell me you might have missed?” he asked as he leaned down to scratch the dogs ears.Vlad took a phone out of his pocket and put it on the table. “Ojiro's guardian called last night. It was a younger man, but he used his “Grandfather”s number. There were a lot of missed calls till a robot handed it to me. I told him that the kid's ok but he might have tried to kill himself after getting badly injured. The boy had his tail tied up and there was a ring around his neck.”“He used the sheets...” Shota sunk in his chair.“Apparently he jumped. I had to put Shinsou's shoulder back in it's socket.” he grumbled as he finished his drink. “I gave him a sleeping pill. I hope he took it.”“He fell asleep, wrong room though. What did the guardian say?”“Nothing. He thanked me for taking care of him and hung up.”“umhm...” he sighed as he scratched the back of his neck. “Well, I better go.”“What was the meeting about last night?”“It's confidential. But be on alert. There might be actual villains mixed in with the examiners later.”“Yeah? You be careful too.”Aizawa went back through the same door and closed it, giving the common room one last check. He brushed Shinsou's hair before going out the front door with Nemuri waiting for him.------------------------------- Iida has his arms crossed under a blanket while sitting beside Ojiro's bed. Both boys are fast asleep when Aizawa and Nemuri entered. The black haired man switched on one row of lights, taking a moment to watch them from the doorway while Nemuri walked past. She carefully pulled back the duvet covering the blond's neck to confirm the bruising around it. She furrowed her brows as she laid it back down.She played with the boy's soft hair as she gazed at his subtle expression of distress. “Aizawa. I think you should stop your late night hero work for a while. You need to be more alert for your kids.” She is right about that. “Besides, your eyes need more rest. If you keep at this pace, eye drops won't help you anymore.”He rubbed the back of his neck in frustration. He knows. But at this time, his specific expertise and connections are needed. Maybe in the future when more stealth heroes like Hagakure, Tsuyu, Kuroiro, and Shinsou can share the workload, maybe then he could concentrate on rearing students as well rounded individuals.Nemuri taps Iida's shoulder waking him up. It took him a moment to recognize the woman in front of him as she is in rather conservative clothing. He has never seen her in a formal suit.“Sensei. Good morning.” he said, forcing back a yawn.“Did you feel rested enough to join today's exercises, young man?”“Yes. I think so.” he replied putting on his glasses. “But I think I'll wait till Ojiro-san wakes up. I don't want him to be alone.”“Aw, that's very thoughtful of you. He'll be glad.” She cupped his face and rubbed her thumbs on his cheeks. “The nurses will be taking over for today so as soon as you can, come join the other kids. The bus will leave at 7:30 exactly.”“Yes. I'll do my best to catch up to everyone. I can't miss an opportunity to learn and improve on forming strategies with the others.”Midnight put a finger to his lips as his voice getting a bit too loud. It's still dark out and they wouldn't want Ojiro to wake up. Aizawa finally walked over deciding to look at Ojiro's tail, flipping over the duvet. Nemuri slapped his hand for the abrupt intrusion. The cold air made the boy stir a little.“tsk” she pinched his hand as she scowled at him. But the state of his tail did put them at ease. It is covered in bandages, but what skin is showing is of a good color. She pulled the duvet back down and tucked it under him. “I want to hug him so badly, don't you?” He just nodded, but was not really listening.The black haired man looked intently as he pondered what could have caused this unexpected reaction from a boy who is usually level headed. How wound up has he been to make an attempt at his life after the injuries he sustained last night. He experienced almost the same injuries in his first year so what changed? His thoughts were interrupted by a traditional Japanese song strumming in his pocket.“Turn it of!” Nemuri whispered loudly as she pushed him towards the door.Ojiro sat up. His eyes are slits still sensitive from the light.“Ojiro-san?” Iida stood up to give him some support, but the boy quickly got out of bed and bumped into Aizawa. He swayed a little as he searched his teacher's pockets then gave up shortly.The older man held him up with his left arm as he took out the phone from his back pocket. It was just an alarm, but still, the boy is not at all amused that he couldn't get to his phone in time.“Grandpa~” he whined as a few tears fell from his eyes. He's clearly not fully awake.Nemuri raised her arms, wanting so much to fawn over him. “So cute!” she blushed. “Give him over.”As she reached for him, Aizawa pulled to boy into a tight hug. He closed his eyes and sighed. “Ojiro?”“mmm...” Sleep still envelops him as his cheeks grow damp with tears.“Let's talk later, alright? Let's put you back to bed.” He gave him a kiss on the forehead before pulling him up by his legs.“Grandpa~”“Yes? What is it?” Maybe he'll have to talk to the senior to know more. “I need… to die.” ...“Repeat that for me?” Nemuri raised her voice. “Did he mean to say 'I need you Today'?”“He's not in a state to say anything logical. Let's wait till later when he wakes up.” he reasoned as he laid Ojiro down on his side and gently positioned his tail in a comfortable position. Nemuri pulled the duvet over him and tucked him in.“Iida. I will have you excused from this exercise. Your priority right now is to look after him.”“Yes, Sir. Understood.” he saluted, equally alarmed at the short phrase. He is still shaken from what he saw last night so he demands from himself not to hesitate if anything so happens again.“We'll be going back to the dorms and won't be back till 4pm. Prevent him from doing anything he might regret later. Here. Keep this phone for him. If anyone calls, just answer it. But if any of your classmates ask what happened, downplay it. Don't even mention his attempt at suicide. We don't want them to worry.” Aizawa fears what might become of todays exercise knowing that villains have infiltrated the venue. He would have canceled it, but the Committee demanded that they continue. If it weren't for an important package being exchanged there, the Committee will have decided to cancel as well... or so he hoped they would.Nemuri brushed Ojiro's cheek and gave him a kiss letting some of her pheromones rub off. “Sleep tight, our baby boy. Sweet dreams.” Daybreak~ The students have started their daily routine. Some kids are out jogging. Uraraka, Bakugou, Midoriya and and a few other competitive ones have gone out early. The others will join in later after they had breakfast. A small discussion is happening in the dining hall.“Hey, the floor feels a bit rough today. Do you think the robots overdid the cleaning?” Mineta noticed it first as he is nearer to the ground.“Yeah. It smells like bleach too.” Kaminari complained holding his nose.“Someone didn't seem to mind. I bet he slept on the couch all night.”“Poor guy. Sensei might have overdid his training.”…“Do you have shaving cream on you?”“No~ but I got something better.” the grape's face warped into that of a swamp creature.“Mineta... I think you should keep that to yourself.”“It's not what you're thinking!!! It's face paint! Face paint! I already learned my lesson last year. What kind of idiot would you think I am to do something like that twice? You're the one who is having dirty thoughts”“Huuuuuuh???”“Yeah, you! You and Sero spread a rumor about me molesting Mount Lady. You assholes!” he pointed, vibrating in anger.“Oh, yeah? Who was it that climbed the divider during our first camp?” Kaminari leaned down and bumped Mineta's forehead.“Oy! Guess what?”“What?”Mineta raised his hand to grab at his hair.“Don't you dare!”The ensuing tumble had them sticking to each other. Kaminari mostly trying to pry them apart. “You're stretching my clothes! Fucker!”“That I am, Twink!”“Gah! Take that back, diaper baby.”A pair of slippers flew right into their faces!“Break it up, bitches. Just because Aizawa isn't here doesn't mean you get to mess around.” Mina had enough. She got woken up in the middle of the night from a nightmare with someone screaming bloody murder. She knew she shouldn't be watching horror flicks, but the whole thing was just so bad it's hilarious. “Sorry to intrude, but have you guys seen Ojiro? He promised a sparring session with me today.” the braided Chinese guy from Class-B came through the kitchen waving at the other kids eating their breakfast.“Good morning, Rin-kun~ Breakfast?”“Thankyou, but I already ate, Hagakure-chan.”“Well, you're both rather formal.” Kaminari remarked sarcastically.“Did Ojiro get replaced?” Mineta snickered.Pink palms grabbed their dirty mugs and washed them with acid.“OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!”“Yes, yes. Just like that. Bark, you dirty mutts!” she commanded with a straight face.One of their flailing arms hit the mug off the counter. Luckily Rin caught it.“Ojiro-kun's not in his room so I was expecting he was already with you guys.” She added an extra sweet tone to his name to imply that they are in that kind of relationship.“Hmm. The other boys haven't seen him.”“Ah... That so? I guess I have to call him.”Mineta and Kaminari are flushing their eyes with water making quite a mess.------------------------------A lively pop song rang out of Ojiro's phone. Iida is puzzled. Did Aizawa give him the wrong one? He walks over to check who's calling anyway. Ojiro popped out of the covers making the angular figure turn into a rectangle.“Hagakure-san, good morning~” he greeted in a sleepy voice.'A custom ringtone?' Iida thought. The blond didn't need to look at his phone to know who it was so he guessed that was the right assumption. “Woah~ She's blushing.” Mina pointed out.“Shush! Good morning, Ojiro-kun. Rin-kun is waiting for you. He said you promised him a sparring session.” Her heart is beating really fast just imagining him lying down under the soft light filtering through the curtains and turning slowly to greet her with a soft smile... Gosh, if only that could be real.“Oh... Sorry... um...” he turns around to check his surroundings. His eyes finally adjusted to the light and recognized the broad figure standing at the foot of the bed. “Iida-san? Where exactly are we?”“I think you need to lie back down, Ojiro-san. I'll take the call.”“unn...” he nodded and went back under the covers.'Do you always wake up this way, Ojiro-san?' Iida is troubled. “Hello? Hagakure-san. We're at a hospital right now.”“Hospi- WHY!” her shrill voice pricked the skin of the surrounding kids.His hand immediately pulled the phone away from his ear. “ Please stay calm, Hagakure-san”“Telling me to stay calm isn't making me calm at all.” she pouted.“Ojiro got into an accident last night. He needed a couple of stitches so we stayed overnight. There's nothing to worry about. He's in good health.”“Nothing to worry about? What kind of accident requires stitches? Are you sure he's ok? I want to talk to him.” “Is that why the floor's scratched up?” Mineta whispered to Kaminari.“and the bleach? Geez! I hope it's not what we're thinking.” Pikachu winced while whispering back at grape.Rin definitely overheard though. “Could you ask him where exactly? If he'll be staying long I'd like to visit him.“Hey, Iida. What hospital and room number are you staying at?” getting a bit impatient.“Why are you making her worry? Give me that.” Ojiro crawled over to Iida and took the phone before plopping face down on the foot end of the bed. His tail rests on top of the pillows wagging a bit. “Hagakure-san. I'm doing ok. I'm just really sleepy.” he yawned as he raised his arm to rest his head on it.
'Aaaaaahhh His sleepy voice is so cute~'
“Are you feeling any pain right now?”“No. My whole body feels numb. It's like that time when we had a contest of who could stay in the cold pool longest.”“I won that one.” she joked.“I'm pretty sure it was Kaibara coz he cheated by-”“How can you be sure if you can't see me?” she giggled as she rocked in place.“I'm pretty sure we can see your silhouette when you got out, Tooru-chan.”“Gah! Mashi-kun? You peaked?”“hehehe” “Tooru-chan?” Does he really talk like this when he's alone with her? Iida's glasses were glazed as he stared at him. 'They are young adults, I guess.'A sweat drop grew on Ojiro's face, not moving from his face down position. “Mashi-kun?” Kaminari, Mineta and Ahido asked in unison.“I knew it!” Mineta posed victorious on top of the counter. “You use your invisibility to sneak out at night and do the dirty in his room. It's canon. Canon, I say! GAK!!!” Rin chopped his neck.“Oooh~ How far have you gone with him?” Mina poked at her side.“We didn't do anything!” Hagakure's face became flushed. You can almost see the curves of her cheeks and the tips of her ears.“Is it that surprising? She calls him Mashi-kun half the time when we went training during spring break.” Rin stated.“You have to tell us about this training. Why haven't we heard of it?” Mina stepped closer to Rin with a crazy look on her face.“Yeah! Why are you siding with Class-B, you traitors?” Kaminari chimed jokingly.“I think you just presented why they didn't tell you guys about it.” Rin facepalmed. “Hagakure-san, I think I will call you back later. I'm going back to sleep.”“Yes. Of course. Get some rest and call me back later, ok?”“Yeah. Talk to you in a few hours.” Ojiro ended the call as soon as he heard Hagakure hum and crossed his arms over his head.“I have to reassess my previous mental image of you, Ojiro-san. That facet of you, I found rather surprising. I'm dumbfounded” Iida sat resting his elbows on his knees and his fingers laced together over his lips. “Still, it's good to see that you didn't suffer nerve damage.”“Shut up. Let me sleep!” he grumbled as his tail hit the pillows repeatedly, sweat drops falling comically as his ears turn red. He's fully awake now.----------------------------------------------------------- Shinsou finally wakes up when a warm mug was pressed over his head.“Vlad told you to go to bed, not go through school property.”He tilted his head up to see Aizawa looming over him. “Sorry. I messed up your room.”“Ojiro is doing fine by the way.” he reported as he sat by Shinsou's waist. “Did you notice anything strange? It's not like him to do what he did last night.”“He kept avoiding me?”“Anything else?” 'He did ask me a few times to not get partnered with you.' but he couldn't just say that out loud.“He was sleepwalking. Then somehow, when I tried to brainwash him last night it didn't work even when he answered back.” he puzzled, wrapping his fingers around the mug Aizawa placed on his chest.“Hmm...” He rested his chin on his hand. “Get up. Let's do an experiment.” He surveyed the area and saw a bunch of his students teasing Hagakure over something.“Try it on him while he's running.” he gestured towards Pikachu.“Kaminari. Come over here.”“What's up 7-up?”“Just for that sprint from that table towards the front door and back. 10 laps.”“Geh!” he immediately regretted being overly friendly. “I'm sorry.”“Now.”“Aarrgh! Yes, Sir.” there he goes with a hopping start.During the 3rd lap Shinsou started laughing at him. “You run like an idiot.”“Who you callin-” then off went his brain cells as he slowly comes to a halt.“He didn't fall down.” Aizawa observed, his hand still on his chin. “Later, tell me exactly what happened on the third floor. I need to confirm some things. Now how about making him splash water on his face.”“Huh?”“Just do as I say.” his teacher said with a straight face.“Go get some water and splash yourself with it.” Kaminari did as told, but the mind control didn't break.“Now make him slap himself.” Aizawa ordered in all seriousness.“Raise your left hand and slap your left cheek. Raise your right hand and slap your right cheek.” and again Kaminari didn't wake up. “I think this experiment will be fruitless. He doesn't have enough brain cells to get himself out.”“mff PFFFFT!!! ahahahahahahaha! Omg. You're awful, Shinsou. Simply awful.”“You think so?”“ahahaha Yea-” oops“Alright, Mina. Raise your right hand and slap Kaminari on his left cheek.”
(SLAP!) that was crunchy
“OUCH! What the fuck? Mina?” Kami yelped then looked down on his wet shirt. “What the hell?”“Kaminari?”“What?!” got caught again.“Raise your right hand and slap Mina on his left cheek.”
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“What kind of weak ass slap is that? Slap her like you would an ass cheek.”(SLAP!) cough~ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)“OW. Kami you bastard!”
(SLAP!!!)
“AAAAAAH WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? Why are my cheeks hurting?”Shinsou can't stop himself from laughing, holding his sides.“Alright, that's enough for today. We'll be leaving at 7:30. Make sure you are prepared well before that.'“AAAARGH!!! Sensei is smiling. He's definitely enjoying torturing us, and Shinsou just went along with it. You traitor! I'll tell Iida on you later.” Kaminari chopped the air mimicking their class president.Aizawa went back to his office and dropped the smile. “Where did I keep the guardians' contact numbers again?” mumbling to himself as he scowled at the mess. Ojiro hums along the pop song with food in his mouth. He swallowed before answering the phone. “Hagakure-san. Are you on the bus right now?”“Yeah, we just boarded. I thought you'd call earlier.” she huffed.“Sorry. They did some check ups on me and changed my bandages.”“Did you eat breakfast yet?”“They gave me a tray after the check up, but I was still hungry so Iida got us something else to eat.”“What is it?”“Burger and fries. Haha.”“Wow, so unhealthy. That's irresponsible.”“I know right? But he insists I eat some comfort food.” he said as he took another bite. The crinkling of the paper tickling Hagakure's ear.“How sweet. mmm... Hey, Ojiro. I've been thinking. Maybe this Sunday we could go to the amusement park. Just you and me.”The kids at the back end of the bus overheard, but they didn't seem to be interested in butting in like earlier. After a stern talking to by Rin, the trio of noisemakers felt rather ashamed of their attitude towards the pair.“Ah... um. Ok. Sure.” his voice muffled with food.“You don't sound very enthusiastic.”“Ahehe... What rides are you looking forward to the most?'“mmmm. The roller coaster and the log ride!”“oh...”“What does 'oh' mean? You sound depressed.”“It's just... sigh~ I just have some bad memories last time I went there.”“Aw. Why?”“I really want to join in with the others last time, but all the rides I want to try can't fit my tail.” Hagakure visualizes his tail going down. “Any ride that has a chair with straps on it won't let me ride. Safety reasons~”“No fair. They should really update their seats by now. There are quite a lot of mutants already.”“Even Koda can't ride because he is to big.” he grumbled as he bit into the burger again.She can't help but feel sad hearing how disappointed Ojiro is.“Hey.” she tried cheering him up with her own brightness. “They added a new tower this year. I think you can ride it. I saw that some of the chairs have a separate backrest from the seat. You can stick your tail through it.”“Really?”a bit of hopefulness in his tone.“Yeah. It's a swing ride. They called it Flying Fiesta. It doesn't jump around like thrill rides, but they say it's a lot of fun.” She isn't sure herself because it would be her first time if ever they go this weekend. “It's like a speeding carousel but so much higher up! We can see the whole park from there and we get to go around for a few minutes rather than a few seconds.”“That sounds really fun!”“Yeah! You get to feel the wind in your hair and scream all you want.”“I'm really looking forward to it now.” he said jovially before slurping his drink from a straw.“And... um... They have couple seats.” she whispered.Ojiro choked. The whisper was loud enough for the people around her to hear. Jiro(sitting beside Mina, behind Hagakure) is blushing while Kirishima(sitting in front of Hagakure) is silently apologizing for letting his buddy feel lonely last time they went. 'I'm so sorry I didn't notice your struggle. You should have told me, darn it.' with a tear in his eye and with a clenched fist raised. Shoji(sitting beside him) blushed as well.“Woah! I'm sorry. Are you ok?”“I'm ok. (cough) So what other rides do you suggest?”“The teapots?”“Sounds nice.”“Then the carousel and the ferris wheel... hmm” she counted her fingers thinking what else they could try.“It seems all of these just go round and round, Hagakure-san.” he chuckled.Hihi “I guess you're right. Maybe we'll try the simulators. We'll just have to go to as many as possible. I hope it won't be raining that day.”“I sure hope so. I want to take you to their candy shop. Have you tried their caramel?”“Is it good? Oh, wait.”“I think you'll be the better judge of that. hehe” The conversation went on for another 15 minutes talking about the rides, the arcade, and food stalls. It's starting to get really uncomfortable in the back end of the bus. “Oy~ I'm getting diabetes. When are you going to stop?” Kaminari whined.“I'm experiencing gangrene!” Mineta is already grinding his teeth.“I like listening in to sweet talk, but this is too much. When does the exciting part come along?”Mina is lazily staring at the ceiling, her legs stretched far from her seat.“I don't want to say this, but they are right. Hagakure-chan. I want to know what happened last night. I'm still worried.” Rin finally spoke up, being the one keeping the other three silent with this threatening aura. He thought it would be best to board the A-bus just in case they'd keep teasing her. He occupied the other empty seat beside Sero while she sat alone.She huffed at them,”Fine. Ojiro-kun. Rin-kun is still worried about last night. What happened exactly?”“Uh...um...” Ojiro had long past finished his drink. He's just slurping on the melting ice. “I don't actually remember much. I think I slipped and fell.”'Is that really all that happened?” she asked again. “He said he slipped and fell but can't remember anything after that.”Shinsou was about to stand up when Aizawa held his shoulder. Bakugou noticed the sudden shuffling.“Let's ask Iida.” Rin suggested.“Can we talk to Iida for a sec?” Hagakure shifted away from the window and set the call to speaker.“Sure.” He turned his body towards the broad boy. “Iida-san, What did you remember from last night. I can't recall anything.” Ojiro stretched out his hand towards the other student sitting beside him.Iida furrowed his brows, puzzled at Ojiro's expression, not a wrinkle of trouble on his face. There is no mirror in the room so only he can see the marks on his neck.“Iida-san?” the blond asked again to get his attention.“Ah. Sorry. I was lost in thought.” He stood up and took the phone sensing the scratches left on the back of Ojiro's hand as his brushed under them.He took a deep breath before putting the phone to his ear. He hopes not to make Hagakure shriek at him again. Mr. Aizawa also told him to be careful with his words. “Just as Ojiro-san said. He slipped and fell. He accidentally broke the glass door and cut himself. Luckily Shinsou was there to help him.”“Shinsou did?” Ojiro placed his tail over his shoulder with his head tilting against it. “I should thank him then.”There is certainly something wrong going on, but he hopes it is for the better that he doesn't remember. “It was around 10pm, I think, so I was quite alarmed when Shinsou woke me up by banging on my door. It wasn't as bad as he made it seem, but Ojiro was unconscious so I rushed him to the hospital.”The blond combed his fingers through his hair trying to feel for a bump. Iida gently pulled down his hands. They are really quite small in his, he thought.“He's quite alright now. So don't you worry.” He put his thumb up, a smaller one still held in it.“um...”a sweat drop formed on the hand. “Gosh, man. We were really worried.” Kaminari gave a sigh of relief. “I guess it made sense now why Shinsou was sleeping on the couch. Good job, Shinsou.” Kaminari threw a shout-out to the front of the bus. “But I still won't forgive you for making a fool of me earlier today!”The indigo haired boy turned around and gave him a tired smirk.“We were imagining really gruesome things earlier when we saw the scratches on the floor and the smell of bleach.” Mineta is massaging his temples trying to forget the images.Rin grimaced at the thought. “I'm glad it wasn't that serious, Ojiro-kun. I was afraid we'd lose a sparring partner. I really enjoyed our time at your place.”“Oh, wait. Could you repeat that? I'll put you on speaker as well.” Iida fumbled as he sat beside Ojiro on the bed.Rin felt rather awkward having to say that again. “I'm, uh... glad it wasn't that serious, Ojiro-kun. I was afraid we'd lose a sparring partner. I really enjoyed our time at your place.” saying it a bit slower with a few pauses in between while he blushed a little.'He said the exact same thing.' the kids were amused.“Kaibara would be specially sad. Tsuburaba and Awase too.”“This is sounding more and more like a reverse harem and a fujoshi dream.” Mineta commented, quickly raising his suitcase when Rin pointed his scales at him.“Mi-ne-ta~ I am Definitely going to have to punish you when I get back.” an unusually deep angry voice came out of Ojiro. “I don't think I'd be using my tail yet, but the rest of my body is capable of doing much harm.”“Ojiro-san. That's... understandable, but still.” Iida's eyes being just dots on his glasses.Sero, who sat beside Rin is sweating buckets trying to hold in his laughter. The sudden change in demeanor from the level headed boy was hilarious. Kaminari is the same say 'You're so dead' his crooked face said to Mineta.“uh... Don't worry about it. I'll beat him up for you. Concentrate on your recovery first.” Rin replied.“Yes, I'll do that. Thank you for worrying about me.” now back to his usual soft tone.'Definitely something wrong with him.' Iida thought to himself.“Can I get back to talking to Ojiro in private?” Hagakure intruded.“No! I had enough salted caramel for one day.” Mina grinned but her eyes are pleading, no, threatening her to end the call. “My ears are burning!”“It's my phone, you know.” (beepbeepbeep) “ah...”“Low batteries” Kaminari snickered.“ahaha Wait. Iida-san. What hospital and room number are you at? We want to visit later.” Common sense king Rin gets to finally gets to ask the important question.“Blue Gate General Hospital, South wing, Room 5634.”“Thanks, Iida-san. Ojiro-kun, we'll be doing our best so wish us luck on today's exercise. We'll tell you all about it once we get back.”“Gambate! I also want everyone to know that Hagakure-san won't have mercy on anyone so be careful around her.” Ojiro cheered with his chest puffed up. “Pray you won't be on the opposing team.”“I'll do you proud!” the invisible girl pumped her fist in the air.”“See you guys in the afternoon.” Iida says his goodbye.“Bye~”the other kids chorused before ending the call.…“Kaminari-kun. Charge this for me, please.”“Urgh. You guys should seriously just buy a powerbank!” but he pulled out a cord anyway.“So since when were you boyfriend and girlfriend?” Mina poked the invisible girl's cheek.“um”“I want to know that too. You already seem pretty close when we stayed at his house.” Rin tilted his head.“Well, it's complicated.”…“You guys aren't dating!?” Mina sounded extremely disappointed. She was a bit too loud. Everyone turned their ears towards her.Hagakure scooted back towards the window and rested her arms on the window sill. She gave an extremely long and heavy sigh before her head hit the glass with a thud.Realization finally hit him. They were the ones intruding every time the two tried to confess to each other. After which they hit considerably harder than usual during their sparring sessions.“Forgive us... We'll make it up to you.” Rin groveled.“Don't you guys dare stalk us on Sunday.” Some minutes passed before Recovery Girl and a blue haired nurse came over with a large fruit basket. She said that he could be going home tonight if the later examinations go well. He was so excited that she treated him with an extra powerful dose to make sure he gets his wish. A wagging tail can bend anyone to his will. With that she left and the nurse stayed to monitor him. After a 30 minute nap, Ojiro called again to tell the good news.The other kids have been chattering about other things while the back was uncomfortably quiet.Hagakure's phone rang.“woh... Ojiro's calling.” Kaminari still had the plug in his mouth. “I guess he misses you too much.”The phone's owner has been sinking in her seat the past half hour. She lazily raised her hand, her fingers gesturing to give the phone over. She figured she'd wear her gloves since they are minutes away from the exam site.“Wait a minute. Before I give this back to you, you have to promise to confess to him today and get it over with.”“How is it not official? You guys are practically a pair. You are treating this like a wedding proposal.” Rin has trouble making sense of this confession and dating thing. Is it when they finally stick to calling each other on a first name basis, he wondered.“Geez, just give her the phone.” Mina swiped at Kaminari but he pulled away his hand just in time.“Here.” he hands it over as he unplugs it.“Thanks for charging it, Kaminari-kun.”“You're welcome~” he smiled then turned to his other 'friends' with a vexed look. “At least someone knows how to show gratitude when they use me as a charger.”Jiro snickered. “You, specially!” He reached out over Mina to grab her ear jack but missed. They then slapped at each other's hands playfully.“Break it up, you two, before you accidentally slap me.” Mina pushed them apart. “Hello, Ojiro-kun.”“I can go back to the dorms tonight!”“Really?~” The invisible girl straightened her posture as she pinched her cheek.“Yes! Recovery Girl came by. I feel great.”“That's wonderful!” Hagakure is attracting bees right now with how sweet her voice is. “Why is it so noisy though?”“Hey, turn the speaker on.” Mina tapped her.“Iida and I went out for some fresh air. There's quite a lot of kids around.”“I'm so glad Iida-san is there with you. He must be taking care of you rather well.”“He does. He's like a big brother. It's a bit embarrassing when he carried me for a while though.”“He did? Sound's fun.”“No! Not fun at all. It was embarrassing. He carried me like a bride for a couple of minutes. When I complained about it, he put me on his back. The kids were laughing at me.”“Monkey-big-bro.” a kid is heard through the phone.“Now the kids are calling me Monkey-big-bro.” he whined. “Ah... They want to touch my tail.”“I guess it's not a problem, right? Since you are so used to it already.” she giggled.“I trained him well.” Kaminari jests in a soft voice.“Ha ha. Very funny. I feel like fish bait. Now four kids are messing with my tail. I feel like a cat mom... Now they're taking off my bandages. HEY! Don't do that. ARGH!!!”“Oh mygosh. RUN! Ojiro-kun.” the kids at the back leaned in, quite amused at the development. They are holding in their laughter so the tailed hero won't suddenly end the call in embarrassment.“I'm being attacked by piranhas! Aaaaaah hahahahahaha” giggling and high pitched laughter mixed with his.“Where's Iida-san when you need him?”“He got used as a horse. He's running laps with kids riding his arms and shoulders. Ouch! Don't pull too hard.”“Is it ok to take them off already?”“I guess it is. The stitches have closed properly.” a bit of hissing is heard from him.“Will you be back for dinner?”“I'm not sure. I hope they discharge me right after the physical exam.” ow ow ow“This side is done!” they heard a kid shout.“Turn over.” another one squeaked.“Wow. That was quick, but that hurt. Be careful with oni-chan's tail ok. I need it to catch bad guys.”“Monkey-big-bro is a hero?”“That's why his tail got beat up. Of course he's a hero.” one of them is making up a story now.“woooooow”“I saw him in in a video. He kicked ass! He beat up that jewelry thief with his tail.”“Ah...”“You don't have the heart to tell them, huh?” Hagakure wondered what that “Ah...” meant.“Actually, I did catch that jewelry thief so I'm not gonna say anything more about it.”“He squeezed him so tight his eyes popped out!” the kid's got a wild imagination.“Eeeewwwwww!!!”“DON'T OVEREXAGERATE! I did squeeze him, but it's just to make him unconscious.”“He popped the bad guy's lungs!” another kid thought his input was funny.“NOOO!!! Iida-san, I need your help!” the kids are laughing even louder now.Hagakure can't stop her laughter either. “Do your best to survive, Ojiro-kun.” The other students are suffocating!“Aaaaah! I can't take this anymore. You've hurt Monkey-big-bro's heart. He's gonna die of embarrassment.” making dying noises.“We need to save him! He needs air.” blowing noises and raspberries.“Ok, stop. Your just spitting on me. Be quiet now, ok. Big-bro is talking on the phone.”“Would you like anything in particular?” Hagakure continued.“Hmm... Maybe beef stew. I'd like to thank Iida-san for taking care of me.” ow“Big-bro's tail is sticky.”“I'll wash that off later. Thank you for taking off the bandages for me.”“You're welcome~”“All right children. Say goodbye to Monkey-big-bro.” the sound of brakes squeaked through the phone followed by the hydraulics of the door.“Bye bye, nii-chan. Bye bye. Thank you for playing with us. See you on tv!”“Bye bye!” Another set of brakes sounded off. “Here's our stop.” Shinsou stood up to let Aizawa pass. They are in front of tall walls surrounding a college complex. A large gate much like in UA opened to let them in.“I'll now be explaining the mechanics of this exam so listen up.” the black-haired instructor tied back his hair as he checked on the students.“Ojiro-kun. Our exam's about to start. I'll call you later.”“Do your best. I'm looking forward to dinner. See you later, Hagakure-san”“Yes. I'll beat them all up. See you later, Ojiro-kun.” She's totally fired up!