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Hey, what's happening? Is gravity pulling him down? Could it be Chuuya?Yes, so far Chuuya is the only one who has the gravity ability that he knows. No one else. However, why does it feel strange? It feels more like he's free-falling without any aids. He wanted to open his eyes, but he couldn't. Strange, he thought.Faintly, he could hear some surprised screams from people. Why were they screaming like that?Ah, he wanted to use his ability, Rashoumon, but his body seemed to reject it. He coughed, with a liquid that felt like it was burning from his throat. Seriously, what's wrong with him?'This is strange, what's happening to me?' He thought to himself.Not long after he tried to use his ability, and also tried to open his eyes a few times, he gave up. His consciousness seemed to disappear by itself, even though he was sure he didn't feel anything.Aizawa was explaining some other things before he heard his students start whispering loudly, making him immediately reprimand him, before one of the students interrupted him."Sensei, there's someone falling from the sky!" The student said while pointing towards the sky, which was not too far from them.Aizawa turned his gaze towards the direction he was pointing, narrowing his eyes, before his black eyes widened in surprise.Is that a person? It's obvious. Aizawa muttered in his head.He pulled the cloth around his neck, the cloth immediately 'flew' towards the person who fell, the first try, he couldn't reach it. His students who were standing started to scream under their breath.The second try, he made the cloth faster, before the cloth wrapped around the body of the person who fell. From a distance, Aizawa could convince himself that it was a teenager.Aizawa snorted, while pulling down the cloth that was wrapped around the teenager. The closer the cloth to him, the more he was sure that what he caught was a teenager, who was probably the same age as his students who were screaming in silence now."Silence! Yaoyorozu, call Recovery here." The one he ordered nodded immediately, then ran quickly towards the large building behind him, the school.Aizawa observed the boy, he had messy black hair with bangs that reached his eyes, and the tips of his hair were white. The clothes he wore were predominantly black, with a white shirt, black pants, and a black oversized robe. He looked back, all the clothes he wore were indeed too big.The boy's skin was pale, paler than the palest person he had ever seen. Hey, the boy seemed to have porcelain skin, showing how pale he was.As if his heart wasn't pumping blood at all.His pale face was covered with several wounds, although not much blood came out of them, and looked more like fresh scars. Slowly, Aizawa laid the child on the ground, with him crouching next to the child.Yaoyorozu, the girl he had sent earlier had returned with a short old woman who walked with a cane. Her body was covered in a white coat typical of a doctor."Is this the child?" The old woman asked, Aizawa nodded shortly. "One of my students saw him fall from the sky." Nodding, the woman approached to get a better look at the teenager's condition.Aizawa looked carefully behind him, before looking at his students and saying, "Go back to class. Like I said earlier. You are free to do whatever you want while I'm gone." The students nodded hesitantly, before turning and entering the building slowly."Shota, take him to my room."Aizawa stood while leaning against the door of the all-white room, the school clinic. “How is it?” He asked the old woman who was examining the child, Recovery Girl.Recovery Girl nodded, “It’s okay, his life is not in danger, although there are some wounds that are no longer bleeding, but unfortunately I can’t use my quirk on him, because he is unconscious and his body is also very weak right now.” The woman said.“Principal Nezu will come here to check on him, in the meantime, I will return to my class first, and come when the Principal has arrived here.” She informed Recovery, “Okay, I will watch over this child.”The man, with the appearance of a homeless, especially with his long hair and thick eye bags walked out of the all-white room, then continued his journey towards the class he taught.The man, with the appearance of a homeless man, especially with his long hair and thick eye bags walked out of the all-white room, then continued his journey towards his class. His thoughts returned to the boy, with a super duper skinny body, and a little short, however, Aizawa could convince himself that the boy was really the same age, more or less with the children in the class he taught.'No, no. The most important thing is why he fell from the sky. ' He thought, before letting out a sigh of annoyance. Knowing the principal, he would definitely be given more and more homework after this.Opening the door to his classroom, Aizawa immediately went to the podium in front of his class, looking at his students who were sitting quietly in their respective chairs tiredly.One of them, Sero Hanta, a boy with black hair, and strange elbows, because of his quirk opened his mouth. "Sensei, how is the boy?" He asked."Recovery Girl said he's fine. After this I will be back there, don't forget to look at the schedule paper that I have put on your desk, and don't make a fuss while I'm not in class." He said.The students nodded, before the sound of soft murmurs was heard again, this time more, because the students were talking to each other.Aizawa sighed. Ah, he could already feel the new burden that he would have to bear later.He was not paid enough for this.While Aizawa was busy with his class, the two closed eyes finally opened, showing a gray color that was captivating to the eyes, like a cloudy sky. The gray eyes looked empty, while staring at the ceiling of the room in silence. "You're awake." A voice surprised him, slowly, he found someone ─ a mouse? Or a bear sitting next to the bed where he was sleeping.He got up slowly, trying to sit up before looking around again. "Where.. Where am I?" Ryuunosuke asked. The animal looked at him with a small smile, before answering, "U.A. school clinic." Ryuunosuke’s thin eyebrows twitched, U.A? Where is that? He wondered. “U.A?” He asked softly.The rat ─ Ryuunosuke decided to call it a rat. ─ nodded, before explaining, “The number one hero school in all of Japan.” Hearing that, Ryuunosuke’s eyes widened. Okay, it was good to know he was still in Japan, but, in all his twenty years of life, he had never heard of a school called U.A. And again, what was that? Heroes?As if noticing his confusion, the rat introduced himself as the Principal of U.A. “Hey, kid. What’s your quirk?” Ryuunosuke looked at him again, with the same look as before, showing confusion. “Some kind of power.” Slowly, Ryuunosuke nodded in understanding. “Rashoumon.” He answered shortly.So, they call Abilities Quirks? Strange.There was silence for a few seconds after that.It seemed, Ryuunosuke knew where he was now. Previously, the rat explained that he was in U.A which was in Musutafu, however, he was sure that there was no school called U.A there. And again, the Hero they mentioned, and the way they called Abilities as Quirks, Ryuunosuke immediately knew that he was not at home. No, more accurately, not his world.He coughed softly a few times, oh crap. His throat was starting to sting, and his lungs were starting to burn. An old woman stared at him for a moment, before walking over with a glass of warm water in her hand. "Drink this first." She said as she handed him the glass. Ryuunosuke took it, staring at the woman for a moment before bringing the glass to his mouth, he swallowed a few sips, before lowering the glass back down and looking at the rat- Nezu."Can you explain more about this quirk..?" He asked softly. Nezu nodded, wiggling his short legs before opening his mouth and starting his long explanation. After a question and answer session that lasted almost an hour, the old woman, Recovery Girl, kicked Nezu out on the grounds that Ryuunosuke should rest.Well, he agreed. His body really felt tired.He looked at his hands that seemed to shrink, and the sleeves that almost covered all of his fingers. He let out a stifled sigh. Not only did he arrive in another world, he also had to shrink back to being a fourteen-year-old boy. Ah, how annoying, he thought. But at least, he still had his robe.Ryuunosuke lay down, thinking about several possibilities as to why he could appear in this world. It was quite strange that he suddenly appeared here, even though he was sure, and knew clearly that he had died in that world. No, not just in that world. He should have been dead and not breathing anymore by now, wasn't that what happened?He still remembered the battle that was going on in his world, and his battle with Jinko of the Armed Detective Agency against Fukuchi, from Hunting Dogs. He also remembered how his neck was simply slashed by Fukuchi. His body jerked slowly. The pain was still there, he thought.So now, what should he do? Ryuunosuke tilted his body, he played with the sleeves of his robe that were too long while curling up. Wait wait, why did he feel like a kid now? He wanted to go home. He wanted to return to his new family, Chuuya, Gin, and even Tachihara who considered him as an older brother, and Hirotsu who cared about them.He didn't want to be here, alone without someone he knew. He was afraid, there would be no Dazai who would pick him up from the streets this time. Would he be thrown away after this?With that thought, his eyes heated up, he choked, holding back the sad voice that was about to come out. I don't want to..He wanted to go home..
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Faint voices could be heard. Several voices, more than two, were talking nearby.Ryuunosuke opened his eyes, realizing an orange light was shining through the window of the Recovery Girl clinic room. He adjusted the light that came in, before sitting up and looking at the two men, and Nezu talking.
They looked serious. One of the men, who had oddly styled blonde hair noticed it before he elbowed another man with a homeless appearance next to him and looked at Ryuunosuke with a smile."You're awake. How do you feel?" Ryuunosuke nodded slightly before looking at Nezu confused. "That's Present Mic or Yamada Hizashi." The teenager nodded slowly. Nezu walked over, and sat down on the bottom of the bed, approaching where Ryuunosuke's feet were, He immediately pulled his legs and folded them in front of his chest to hug.
"Now, now, Akutagawa-kun. I know you don't have a place to go back to, right?" Ryuunosuke nodded."And of course, it's impossible for you to stay here." Once again, the younger nodded. "Therefore, I decided that you can live with Eraserhead, or Aizawa Shota and her husband, Ah, yes. I forgot to mention that the one who saved you was Aizawa." Ryuunosuke looked at the man with long black hair.Aizawa nodded slowly looking at him, "Is.. okay? Why not an orphanage?.." Ryuunosuke asked softly. Nezu shook his head, "Unfortunately, Akutagawa-kun, that's impossible for us to do, considering your condition. Besides, if you're with Aizawa and Yamada, your safety is more guaranteed."
Ryuunosuke didn’t need to be guarded. He could guarantee his safety, he knew that. However, when he heard Nezu say that, he looked at the two men standing next to the rat before he looked at the bed sheet. “Also, I have decided to enroll you in school, specifically in class 1A, taught by Aizawa.” His gray irises stared at the rat in shock, “..What?..”“I will put you in class 1A, under Aizawa’s supervision.” The rat repeated his words. Ryuunosuke stared at the rat in disbelief. He appreciated that, He swore. But, can he go to school?
No. Not because of his age, or because he didn’t understand any of the lessons. Unfortunately, he understood all the general lessons, including mathematics.It wasn’t that he wanted to study those general lessons in the first place, Kouyou was the one who chose to do that to him in the first place. However, the problem for Ryuunosuke was, he was a serial killer, Port Mafia’s Mad Dog.
And this rat in front of him, who served as the Principal offered him, wait, told him to enter the hero class? REALLY?! No, more like, is it okay? Didn’t Nezu consider some possibilities like, Ryuunosuke being a Villain, or something else?“..If I refuse?..” Nezu stared at him for a few seconds, before shrugging his shoulders, “It’s not like it’s some kind of negotiation, Akutagawa-kun.” Well, he expected it. Why did he even ask that? This rat in front of him was just like Mori. He should have realized that from the start.“Akutagawa-kun, you don’t want to stay here all night, do you?” The person being questioned fell silent, He held his hand limply, before nodding reluctantly.Slowly, He looked at Aizawa and Yamada who were standing not far from Nezu, before Aizawa opened his mouth, “You will start school in a few days, or so after your condition is better. I will also bring you here a few times so you can adjust. Besides, there’s no way I can leave you alone in my house.”
Ryuunosuke nodded, even though fear began to nest in his heart. Meeting new people had never been his forte. He managed to have a few conversations with Nezu for information about this world before.But with those two heroes? I don’t know. Especially after He knew that one of them would be noisy, as noisy as Dazai when he bothered Chuuya. Or maybe even noisier.
Speaking of Chuuya, how do you think he is, huh? He has been separated from Chuuya and Gin since all this started, especially after Tachihara turned out to be a spy for Hunting Dogs.Even so, Ryuunosuke didn't really blame Tachihara. Because it could be their boss, Mori Ougai who ordered it. But who knows. He let out a shaky breath, remembering the chaos in his world again. He coughed a few times, making him cover his mouth with his hand. He had to return to his world first. He need to return to his world. For now, let things go as they flow.Even though he was monologuing like that in his head, he couldn't ignore his blurry vision and his eyes that felt wet. Ryuunosuke buried his head between his legs that were folded in front of his chest, closing his eyes. He could feel a hand hesitantly touching his lowered head gently, making him flinch a little and lift his head quickly.
Aizawa's eyes widened at that, before he pulled his hand away slowly and cleared his throat, "You're safe here, it's okay. We'll take care of you." He said softly, Ryuunosuke stared at him for a few seconds before snorting and burying his head back into his legs. "I want to go home.." He whispered. His gray irises stared out the window, he leaned his head towards the door, lost in thought.He didn't think he would really agree to Nezu's order. It felt strange. Even though he got a place to stay, he was still unsure. He was still afraid, because, in his previous world, he wasn't a good person.Hell, good? He was a serial killer who killed only because of orders. He killed them with pride, because it reduced their remaining threat. Can that be called good? I don't know. Ryuunosuke wasn't sure about that.Besides, he also never interacted that much with other people. The maximum number of people he communicated with (no, those who communicated with him.) could be counted on the fingers of one hand, facing so many people made him tired.
He was clearly not the type who liked to be surrounded by many people, unlike Jinko. Ryuunosuke furrowed his eyebrows at the thought. Why all of a sudden Jinko? He sighed softly.Aizawa stared at him through the rearview mirror, while Yamada sat behind the wheel of the car they were driving. The man looked at his husband, who stared back at him. They shared a few glances before Yamada nodded slightly and cleared his throat. "So.. Have you ever been to school before?" The blond man asked, Ryuunosuke stared at him for a moment before shaking his head, "I didn't."Aizawa looked back at him through the rearview mirror, "And?" The teenager stared out for a moment uncomfortably, before shrugging his shoulders. "My living environment doesn't allow for that." He answered. Aizawa cleared his throat softly, before nodding his head. "Hey, can you.. read?" Ryuunosuke looked back at him through the rearview mirror, their gazes locked for a few seconds. "I do."The pro hero raised an eyebrow curiously, "Who taught you?" Oh my god, do these heroes always like to ask questions? He thought Eraserhead, or what Aizawa called him, wouldn't ask many questions. Ryuunosuke was already having trouble holding back the cough that was trying to come out, which he didn't want. His lungs felt hotter and hotter, and he found it impossible not to answer.“A.. senior..” He answered in a hoarse and raspy voice, before looking back out the window. He placed his hand that was resting on the car door in front of his mouth. Oh, please, the longer he held back his cough, the more his whole body ached.His lungs rejected the oxygen he was breathing. It wasn’t hard to cough it out, but Ryuunosuke was sure it wasn’t just a cough. The red liquid would definitely come out with his cough. He cursed everything silently, wondering why he had to return to this weak body of his. At his age, his illness was severe. He was still in that slum.Ryuunosuke gripped his hand tightly, his knuckles turning white. “You want to cough, right? No need to hold it in.” Yamada said. Ryuunosuke stared at him, before slowly nodding in hesitation.He let out a cough, accompanied by the blood he had tasted earlier. Staring at the blood, Ryuunosuke clenched his jaw in annoyance, before another cough followed. Aizawa handed him a tissue, which he accepted without hesitation. He's still coughing.“Hizashi, stop at that convenience store later.” He simply said, his husband nodded. Not long after the car started moving, Yamada really stopped in front of a convenience store, Aizawa walked out, leaving Ryuunosuke and Yamada inside. Ryuunosuke stared out the window, at the cars and motorbikes that were passing by, considering it was still afternoon.“Do I… really have to attend that school?” He suddenly asked in a small voice, more like a whisper. His throat was still sore after all that coughing, and he wasn’t going to torture himself by using a loud voice. Yamada stared at him for a moment, before smiling. “Like it or not, you have to…” He said in a voice that was surprisingly not loud.“I know, it feels bad to be away from home, right? But, we can’t take the risk of sending you back to Yokohama. I don’t know if you know about this or not, but little listener, Yokohama strictly forbids anyone from going out or entering it. Those who go in won’t come out intact, and those who go out won’t be able to get back in.” Ryuunosuke widened his eyes. It seemed like it was a similarity between Yokohama in this world and Yokohama in his world.“The Yokohama government and the HPSC aren’t on good terms, and we doubt they’ll listen to us, so… It can’t be helped.” Ryuunosuke nodded his head slowly, moving to hug himself. “Shota and I will help you adjust to school, if that’s what you’re afraid of.” Yamada spoke again.Ryuunosuke stared at him for a moment, before leaning his head back towards the door. He hugged his body that was shaking from the cold, damn it. Even his (Dazai's) oversized robe couldn't get rid of the cold. He closed his eyes slowly, then felt something covering his body, making him immediately show his gray eyes again.His body was covered with a thin cloth, but enough to keep him warm, he looked at Yamada who put the cloth on him. "You can rest if you're tired, I'll wake you up when we get home." Home, huh? Maybe he meant his and Aizawa's house, because after all, his home was Yokohama, along with Gin, Chuuya, Tachihara, and Hirotsu. And Jinko.He erased the thought immediately, before closing his eyes while tightening the cloth covering his body. “You messed it up.” Huh? He turned around, looking at himself. His adult body. “You messed everything up.” The adult Ryuunosuke said again. He stared in disbelief at his adult body, his adult self.“Huh, you always mess everything up.” The more mature one snorted.“Wh─ What do you mean?” The adult Ryuunosuke snorted again, “You know what I mean.”Then, he transformed into Dazai.Ryuunosuke stared at him in shock, what was this? “Akutagawa.” The cold voice startled him, making him flinch once more, “Disappointing.”His gray eyes widened, before he closed them. True enough, he had always been a disappointment to Dazai. “Atsushi could have done better than this. I just gave you one simple order, and you died.”Ryuunosuke shook his head slowly, “Apologize, I’m sorry, Dazai-san. I'm sorry.” He felt a kick, “It’s useless.” Dazai opened his mouth again, “Why did I pick you up from that slum? You could have died there for all I cared. I thought you would be of benefit to Port Mafia and myself.” But you were no longer in Port Mafia.“You’re just a useless dog.” Ryuunosuke closed his eyes, enduring the pain from the kick Dazai landed on his chest, his lungs burning even more. However, he couldn’t show his weakness in front of Dazai, or he would disappoint Dazai once again.He had already disappointed me enough. “Just one kick, and you’re already acting like you’re going to die. Can’t you stop disappointing me, Akutagawa?” Ryuunosuke shook his head, “I'm sorry, Daza─”“Blah blah blah, I don’t care. You’re going to die soon because of your weak lungs, aren’t you?” He let out a sarcastic laugh, “You can’t even live long with those lungs.” No, this was wrong. This was all wrong.No one knew about his illness at all. No, not even his own sister knew. Then how did this being in front of him know? Only he and Mori knew this, and maybe now Jinko too.His breath quickened, holding his chest that was getting more painful. Was he being too obvious? Was he too obvious that his cursed disease was so obvious to everyone? Dazai would definitely think he was weak now, for sure.This was his fault, he should have hidden it better. He wouldn't be able to make Dazai proud.
Even if Dazai said he was proud after the incident with Mobi Dick, it must have been a lie. Chuuya must have forced Dazai to do that. It must have been a lie. All of it was a lie.He was still the same disappointment as the kid with the sad eyes 6 years ago (Was it even 6? Ryuunosuke didn't know anymore.) Before he realized it, his cheeks were already wet with tears coming out. Ah, now he was crying. Pathetic, disappointing, Dazai was right.
He's always been a disappointment.
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When Ryuunosuke opened his eyes, he was already in a room with calming gray walls.He tried to remember what happened, before he realized that he was probably at Aizawa and Yamada's house. The atmosphere of the room he was in, surprisingly not like what he thought.However, maybe it was better this way, with a calming feeling that made him relax his awkward shoulders for a moment. He thought, this wasn't as bad as he thought before, maybe.Not long after, the door opened, revealing Aizawa who was carrying a tray, he looked at Ryuunosuke, before placing the tray on the nightstand right next to the bed. "Want something to eat?" He asked Ryuunosuke looked back at the man, before sitting down. He was silent for a moment and shook his head, Aizawa sighed softly, before nodding. "Okay, I'll leave it here. Eat whenever you want to eat, okay? I'll be outside if you look for me."The smaller one watched the others leave the room.Ryuunosuke sighed softly, before folding his legs in front of his chest.So, what was before was just a dream.Dazai wasn't with him. He was alone here, there was no Dazai who would hurt him.Wait, what?Ryuunosuke shook his head with his eyebrows knitted in confusion, before burying his head on his legs.However, the words of the creature that imitated Dazai in his dream... felt very real and true. Maybe, this was his destiny to arrive in this world when he died there. Yes, that's right.Maybe this was the world's way of punishing him for always being a disappointment and useless thing. It wouldn't be enough to kill his friends in the slums and be abandoned by Dazai, what was that?That wasn't suffering.The suffering given to him by the world was the emergence of Jinko who became a new student, Dazai's favorite, and his death to protect his former mentor's favorite child.Right. That must be the reason. The world must want to make him die twice, or maybe more. Because so far, he has always been a disappointment, right?Slowly, the robe he was wearing lengthened, and sharpened, moving to sway towards him. Ryuunosuke stared at Rashoumon, before looking at his hand. He took a deep breath, moving the moving cloth towards his arm. "No.." He whispered to himself, pulling Rashoumon back into his robe.He let out a sob without realizing, why did he hold himself back? His hand moved to wipe away the liquid that came out of his eyes, the liquid fell continuously, making him wipe it again continuously as well.He held back the sobs that forced their way out, but they only became louder. Frustrated, he threw his head on his legs before the sobs became even louder, trying to hold back his noisy voice. Everything was suffocating. His chest was getting tighter.The door to the room was hurriedly opened by Aizawa and Yamada who followed, both of them fell silent before looking at Ryuunosuke who was crying on the bed. The two men walked closer to the crying child, before Aizawa took a seat on the bed, right next to the child.He moved his hand hesitantly, placing it on Ryuunosuke's head who immediately flinched, making him pull his hand back. This wasn't good at all. He sighed, "Hey, it's okay.. It's me." He said softly, trying to calm him down.The sobs could still be heard, before Aizawa looked at Yamada, telling him to get out. Yamada nodded, before leaving and closing the door to the room slowly, “Hey..” Aizawa opened his mouth again, the man took a deep breath, before opening his mouth again, “Is something wrong?..” Stupid question, Shota.A few seconds were filled only by Ryuunosuke’s sobs before the boy answered, “Everything. Everything is wrong. The previous second I was protecting my friend, and the next second I fell from the sky.”His breathing became heavier, before Ryuunosuke opened his mouth again, “I didn’t ask for all of this to happen. So, why is this all..” He could feel a hand on his head, “I know you don’t want to be here.. I also know how hard it feels.” Aizawa moved his hand slowly on Ryuunosuke’s head.“I will try my best to return you to your home, so for the time being.. You will be here, and continue your life, right?” Ryuunosuke lifted his head slowly, not much. Just so his eyes could see. Aizawa let out a small smile, reassuring him with his words.Ryuunosuke nodded, before wiping his wet eyes.Aizawa smiled again, "You still don't want to eat?" Hearing that, Ryuunosuke fell silent again. His stomach was indeed hungry, but his sore throat made him lose his appetite. He was used to not eating, but... his stomach was really struggling with hunger right now. Staring at the tray on the nightstand, Ryuunosuke slowly nodded, finally choosing to eat.Aizawa smiled again, even though it was really invisible, he reached for the tray and handed it to the younger one. Ryuunosuke ate quietly after that. "So... Akutagawa, I'll take you to the shopping center tomorrow." Staring at Aizawa, Ryuunosuke chewed everything in his mouth before asking, "For?..."The person being asked snorted, "There's no way you're going to wear that one oversized shirt all the time, right?" Ryuunosuke fell silent. Ah, that's right. "... I don't want to take off my robe." He said.“We’ll do something about it… We can replace it with a jacket for you to wear with your school uniform. I won’t throw it away.” Hearing that, Ryuunosuke let out a sigh of relief and nodded. Thank goodness he could still keep his (Dazai’s) cloak.At that thought, Ryuunosuke snorted softly to himself, Dazai.He would forget all about his dreams for now. And what happened after that dream. Ryuunosuke would believe Aizawa who said that they would help Ryuunosuke return home. Maybe that was for the best right now, to keep him alive for now. He could stop caring about the voices that told him that he was a disappointment and useless, and that he would be better off dead.He would ignore everything for as long as he could, even though he was 100% sure it wouldn't last long. At least, as long as he could, right? Yes. As long as he could.Ryuunosuke stared at his half-empty plate, feeling like he couldn't finish it all, his stomach felt better, he wasn't as hungry as before. But his throat still hurt."You don't have to finish it if you don't want to. Drink it, I also bought a cough medicine for you earlier, drink that too, and get some rest." Aizawa stood up from the bed, his hand took the half-filled plate before handing Ryuunosuke a glass and a syrup medicine instead. Ryuunosuke took both, before hesitantly opening the cough medicine. Would this make his cough go away? No.. But.. He would respect Aizawa a little.He drank the medicine, before finishing half of his glass. Aizawa cleaned up all the food scraps, before leaving the room. Ryuunosuke stared at the door closing, before sighing, coughing a few times, before lying down again. He wouldn't lie when he said that his body, as well as his mind, really felt tired.Everything really drained his energy. Not to mention he imagined the crowded, crowded, and filled with noisy people who were busy looking for something in the shopping center tomorrow. He definitely wouldn't feel comfortable with all of that.He decided to close his eyes again, and for the first time, he felt like he could sleep soundly tonight. Wrong.He couldn't sleep soundly at all.Bullshit, what would sleep soundly? What happened instead was he felt death again. Suddenly realizing that he was fighting the captain of the Hunting Dogs was not fun at all. He had to feel everything again, he was the one who told Jinko about his illness, and also his neck that was almost not completely connected. Ah, damn. He held his neck slowly, with shaking hands and sweat dripping from his forehead.Three times he closed his eyes today, to sleep and rest, none of them ended well. What's with this ongoing nightmare? What's next?Ryuunosuke sighed softly, staring at the closed window curtain. He stepped towards the window, slowly pulling the curtain aside. He could see an imperfect moon, it seemed like it was approaching the time for a crescent moon.But even so, he could still see bright white light, illuminating the dark room he was in. Ryuunosuke leaned his body forward, resting his face on his hands. "So bright.." He muttered. He stared at the large object above the sky, with his mind somewhere else. "Huh.." He snorted softly, realizing the question he was asking in his heart.His eyebrows knitted together in displeasure."Why him?" He raised his other hand, touching the window glass slowly, his hand flinched when he felt the coldness of the glass. However, that didn't make him pull his hand away. He pressed his hand perfectly against the glass. Still staring at the moon, he suddenly whispered softly, “How is Jinko..”His eyes widened realizing that, once again he snorted, followed by a displeased tsk. What did Jinko do to him that the damn ancient tiger kept appearing on his head? Annoying. Ryuunosuke pulled his hand that was attached to the window, placing it right in front of his mouth before coughing. This time it was just a light cough, different from the previous one, which produced blood.There was no way the cough medicine that Aizawa bought earlier would be useful for him, what was damaged was the lung membrane that made it difficult for him to breathe to the point of asthma, here. But, maybe because of the better atmosphere and air here, his coughing had decreased.True enough, different from Yokohama in his world, there wasn’t so much smoke that bothered him here, making his breath less obstructed.Okay, that was an advantage for him.The door to the room opened, revealing a teenager his age, with dark eye bags, and messy purple hair that almost covered his eyes. Huh, that reminded Ryuunosuke of his bangs that interfered with his vision. Should he cut him off?The boy stared at him for a moment, before asking, “Can’t sleep?” Ryuunosuke stared at him for a moment, before shaking his head slowly. The boy snorted, “Same here. I’m Shinsou Hitoshi, you could also call me Yamada Hitoshi, but I prefer the former.”Shinsou stared at Ryuunosuke with a raised eyebrow, oh, maybe he was waiting for Ryuunosuke to introduce himself too. Ryuunosuke looked down at the floor before looking back at Shinsou, “Akutagawa… Ryuunosuke.” Shinsou nodded.He walked towards a chair in Ryuunosuke’s room, not far from the window he was leaning against. “Uh.. I have insomnia, how about you? Why can’t you sleep?” Ryuunosuke walked a little away from the window, approaching the bed not too far from the chair, before sitting down and answering Shinsou’s question. “I.. almost never sleep at night. But it seems like tonight was just because of a nightmare.”Huh? What is this? Did he just open up to a kid he just met? Shinsou nodded, “Father and Dad told me about you, they said to give you time to get used to it first, but I heard a sound and wanted to check it out, it turned out it was just your coughing?" Ryuunosuke slowly nodded. He pulled his legs back, folded in front of his chest, like how he had been for almost the entire day.“You know what? I was like you when I was first brought here. I was brought here because my parents, wait. My mother died, and my father was a villain. Dad, I mean Aizawa decided to take me to live with them.” Shinsou opened his mouth, starting to tell his story.“For the first week, I literally didn’t leave the room they gave me. It felt weird, I couldn’t process it all, I mean, imagine if your dad suddenly got arrested and you thought you were going to live alone, before your favorite hero came and decided to adopt you! It was pretty crazy.” He continued. Well, most of the ending was understandable to Ryuunosuke, although there were many things that were quite different from what he experienced.Ryuunosuke nodded, indicating that he was listening. If it were in his world, Kouyou-san would probably scold him for being rude, making other people look like they were talking to themselves.Although he often violated that, especially when dealing with Jinko.“What I’m trying to say is, uh.. More like.. I’m sure you’ll start to get used to it here, unlike me who used to be alone, maybe I can help you get used to it here. I’ll help you if you need anything. My room is right in front of yours.” Ryuunosuke nodded for a moment, before opening his mouth and muttering, “Thanks..”Shinsou nodded, “Oh, by the way! I heard you’re going to be put in class 1-A, the class taught by Dad, right? What’s your quirk? Mine is brainwashing, it does sound like a villain quirk, I hope you don’t avoid me after this. The way I activate it is by talking, but don’t worry, I have no intention of putting you under my influence.”Ryuunosuke stared at him before sighing softly, damn it. Why did this kid become so energetic? Wasn’t it just a few seconds ago that he was still stiff, and cold, and.. I don’t know! Ryuunosuke didn’t know. But, he thought Shinsou’s quirk was really interesting, it would definitely be useful in the Port Mafia.“Mine is Rashoumon.” A dark cloth slid right a few centimeters in front of Shinsou’s face, “Don’t touch it. Rashoumon can cut through space,” he continued. Once again, Ryuunosuke didn’t know why he was telling Shinsou. However, seeing the purple-haired boy staring at him with slightly rounded and sparkling eyes was quite calming and made him feel more comfortable.“That’s really great. Of course you can easily get into hero class with that. I’m quite jealous of you. But don’t worry, I feel like my quirk isn’t trained enough to enter hero class.” Shinsou said once again. “I think.. Your quirk is also quite great.. And useful, it doesn’t sound like a villain’s quirk, at all..” Ryuunosuke said in a small voice. Shinsou looked at him with his eyes widened in surprise, “You are.. something. This is the first time I’ve met someone who doesn’t think my quirk is more suitable for a Villain, besides father and dad, of course.”Their conversation continued until the clock struck 3 o’clock, Shinsou stood up from his chair and looked at Ryuunosuke who was holding back his sleepiness. Not much different from him. “Thank you for talking to me. Talking to you makes me feel like I can sleep for a few hours before class. Since you’re also sleepy, go to bed. I heard you're going out with Dad later, right?" Ryuunosuke nodded."You too.." He said before slowly lying down on the soft mattress that seemed to have been waiting for him. He buried himself in the cotton island, covering himself with a blanket that was thicker than the one he had at home.Even if it was only a little thicker, it was something, wasn't it?Shinsou walked out, closing the door of the room with a sigh before returning to his room which was right in front of the door of the room occupied by Ryuunosuke, he was right. He let out a small smile, Well, talking to Akutagawa is something. I feel like I could sleep for years, he thought.