Chapter 113.
I looked at the others and everyone was as shocked as I was about Deku’s anger. I had to try and calm him down. “Deku, that was my last idea for my quirk. Anything else has been just a vague idea of what could be. The last thing I made had to do with magnetism. Deku, I’m fine. I told you I won’t be training in ‘3rd Gear’ anymore. The only time I have overheated like that is in ‘3rd Gear’. That was a one time thing of figuring out what I can do. I haven’t done it since, and don’t plan on it. I didn’t tell you about it because if I already made the decision to stop, there was no reason to worry you more about what was already done.” Deku took a deep breath before looking at Momo and Mina.
“He obviously tells you both more than the rest of us. Is there anything else you think needs to be said?” I looked back at the two who were also freaking out over the sudden attention. Shoto decided to give me a hand at this point. “Midoriya, I think we are all a little stressed with what is happening. But let’s try not to drag others into your fight.” Deku then started yelling at him. “Aren’t you mad at him too!? He is killing himself for us, and does it behind our backs so we can’t even tell him we don’t want him to do it!” That is when Mina chimed in. “He did that for me! I had to watch from the beginning, and had to try and break his fever when he was unconscious!! I had to watch first hand as he almost killed himself for me! I’m totally the most mad out of all of you!”
I looked back at Mina who had a very rare scowl on her face. Everyone was in shock at seeing her like that. She quickly took a deep breath and wiped it away for just a frown. “I watched the man I love almost die for something as stupid as a test…” She said in an almost whisper, but everyone could hear her. They then were all processing together my relationship with Mina. I was surprised that she said it, but seeing her tear up at remembering what had happened to me I just put my hand on her head as she leaned into my chest. “I’m sorry Mina, but you saved me. I’m right here because of you. Please don’t cry, I told you I wouldn’t be doing that again. I don’t want to see you like this.” I just petted her head as she sniffled.
I looked back over to Deku as he was in shock, and almost lost all of his anger at this new development. “Deku, I’m sorry. I have a problem with self experimentation, and not caring about my body as much as I should. I’m trying to change that, I really am. Please try and calm down. Seeing you this mad is kinda scaring me.” Deku took another deep breath before walking closer to me. He didn’t look up and just waited. I took my hand off of Mina for a second before ruffling his hair a bit. “I’m sorry little bro.” He just nodded while still looking down. I put my hand back on Mina’s head as she rubbed her head deeper into my chest. That is when Kirishima started to talk.
“Are we going to talk about this now?” He said while pointing at me, petting Mina while she was embracing me, and Toga on my arm. Momo was glancing at me and fidgeting. I wasn’t sure if she wanted to announce her being with me as well, so I decided to side-step that. “Do we have to?” I said while chuckling at the idea. Uraraka yelled at that idea. “No way! You have been so close to most of the girls in this class, and I have been dying to know which one you were interested in. I guess it was Ashido.” I laughed a little while looking at Momo. ‘Do you want them to know?’ I was sending a message through my eyes. Momo noticed my gaze and was still fidgeting. She seemed unsure. I nodded and looked back to Uraraka.
“It is a bit complicated, but Mina and I are very close.” I said while petting her cotton candy hair. Toga ever the boat rocker decided to speak up then. “And I want to join in!” She yelled as she was rubbing her head on my arm she was hugging. I sighed and decided not to say anything. I would just bury myself with whatever I tried. I just waited for a bit for Mina to let go, but never really did. I eventually sat down on a vacant bed with Toga on my right, and Mina still on my chest while sitting on my lap. “I guess my little stunt hurt you more than I thought.” I said sorrowfully as she just nodded while in my chest. The others would have been asking a bunch more questions, but seeing this scene made them hold off for a better time.
I just kept petting her hair. “I’m right here. I’m not going anywhere. I’m sorry you had to see me like that. But I’m right here. With you right now. I’m not going anywhere.” She just nodded while unable to say much. After some time she finally let go of me. Her eyes were puffy and she was still sniffling, but she had on a small smile regardless. “Sorry, I totally overreacted.” I looked at her and grabbed her hand. She looked at me surprised, but I just looked into her eyes. “You should never be sorry for showing your emotions like that. I hate seeing you like that, but I would hate it more if you bottled it all up, and never let me in on how you are really feeling. Please just stay by me until you feel better.”
Mina just sat on the bed beside me, and placed her head on my shoulder as I placed my arm around her shoulders. The class was feeling conflicted at this point. Some were mad at the PDA (That was mostly Mineta). Some just liked seeing us together like this. Others were wondering if this was a good time to ask how it all started. And a few were wondering where Toga sat in all of this. I just started to lovingly caress Mina’s hair while I began to talk a little about our relationship.
“Mina and I have been together like this for a little while now. Just after the final exams. This is new, and we don’t really know where it will take us, but we love each other and that's all that I care about right now.” I looked at everyone and they were all just kinda staring. I chuckled at them and spoke vaguely of our relationship.
After telling the class a little more about Mina and I, they finally relented with the questions. Shoto just smirked at me while seeing me tip toe around anything definite. I chuckled at him sheepishly. He knew about our relationship since Toga mentioned it, but I never really got a chance to explain it to him. My best guess was that Momo or Mina talked to him about it. I sighed and continued the conversation back on track. “Well anyway, all of us are going to be living in a dorm at the school. If we're lucky the villains responsible for this will all be going to jail. Or even better, pushing up daisies.” I said that last part more quietly, but most of the class heard it.
They were a little conflicted about my wish, but knew that I was just saying things and not really going to try and take the law into my own hands. That is when Shoto asked something to change the topic again. “Do you know who the other student that may join us?” This caught everyone’s attention. They completely forgot about that bit of information from the sheer amount of stress that was going around the room a few seconds ago. “Well I never talked with the principal about him, but I really think that Nezu will agree with me on taking him in as well.” That is when Ida spoke up. “Kaminari, are you sure you should be talking about the principal on a first name basis?”
I chuckled at him, always the rule lover. “Well I don’t know, but with all of the time we have to talk to each other, it gets annoying just calling him ‘the principal’.” This caught people's attention, as plenty didn’t even talk with the principal yet. “Anyway, the new student has some trauma that he can’t remove his mask, so don’t ask him to take it off, or why.” Everyone was now dying to know who I was talking about now, but I only really knew him as ‘Twice’. “I don’t know his real name, but he was also in the group with Toga here.” I said as the people that were there understood immediately and were explaining it to the other classmates. While they were doing that I finally looked over to the wild Bakugo in the corner, just sulking.
I walked over to him, and his frown deepened when I did. I looked out the window with him and spoke quietly to not let the rest of the class hear us. “I’m glad you're ok.” Hearing this just focused his rage. “I don’t want your damn pity.” I nodded while still looking ahead. “It wasn’t, even the strongest person can get blind sighted from time to time.” Bakugo scoffed at that. “I never told you this, but I beat Endeavor.” Hearing me say that Bakugo snapped his head my way to see if I was lying.
“The only reason why I won was because he didn’t see me as a threat. Had he taken the right precautions I would have lost easily. The strongest heroes out there will still lose without help from others. You keep pushing everyone away, and you’ll become the next Endeavor. That is what I’m trying to get you to see. It is good to have pride in yourself, and strive to be the best to earn that pride.” I smiled slightly at the window.
“But once you feel superior to everyone just because you think you are, is when you stop being human. I think you were also there when Shoto talked about his family. I know you will become a great hero, one of the best there is. But if you get eaten up by the goal of being #1, is when it starts to hurt others, and when it goes too far. Bakugo, your pride is a double edged sword. It will help you get to new heights, and the ability to help lots of people as a strong and powerful hero. But if it takes you over to just be the best, you can become the next Endeavor.” I said that last part as I walked away to let him think about what I said.
I walked back over to the group to see the rest of the class huddling over Kyoka’s bed. I rushed over to where I could see her. I looked to see her moving around. I gained a large smile seeing her wake up. “Ida, should we get a nurse!?” I yelled in excitement. He looked over at me, and nodded. “That is a very good idea. I will go find one immediately!” He yelled as he ran out the door. The rest of us were just waiting with bated breath seeing Kyoka starting to wake. I smiled as she sleepily opened her eyes.
I was the first thing she saw, and the second that she did see me she immediately leapt out of the bed and tackled herself into my arms. She hugged me for dear life and started crying. I just petted her hair as she was weeping. “You're ok now. Everything is over. You’re safe now.” I just said over and over to reassure her. After some time she stopped crying and just kept hugging me. “Kyoka?” I said to try and check on her. She just looked up at me with upturned tearful eyes. I gave her a comforting smile and set her down back on the bed, but she wouldn’t let go.
“Kyoka, you have to let go.” She shook her head while hugging me tighter. I didn’t know what to do, and just looked at Momo and Mina for some help. Mina walked up to Kyoka, and placed her hand on Kyoka’s shoulder. Feeling this, Kyoka perked up and looked at Mina. Mina just gave a large smile that just wiped everything sad away. Kyoka started to let me go and settled with just holding on to my clothes. Finally calming down Kyoka started to look around, only to notice that the entire class was staring at her. She suddenly got very red, and started attacking me.
She punched and stabbed me with her earphone jacks. After a little bit she finally stopped and just looked down, while gripping at my clothes again. “I hate you…” She whispered under her breath. I smiled while hugging her back. “No you don’t…” Not long after the nurse came into the room with Ida and a doctor in tow. I gave her hand a squeeze of affection before we all had to clear out of the room. Everyone was catching Ida a little bit of what he missed. Meanwhile Mina, who had announced us being together, was happily hugging onto my left arm, while Toga was still enveloping my right.