Chapter 173. Finishing Interview/Nemuri’s Thoughts
I nodded while thinking about the best way to phrase all that happened. “Well… I saw the image of Mr. Shield with someone else beside him grabbing onto the briefcase that I assumed was a large part of what the incident was about.” Nezu nodded at me, implying me to keep going. “I quickly ran through the hallways, and found the other man. I then quickly incapacitated him, and retrieved the briefcase while asking Mr. Shield if he was ok.”
Nezu then looked at his folder with a pondering expression. “We have now since found that the man you have captured was working with the villains, so that was a good misconception.” He chuckled a bit while the other teachers including Snipe let out scoffs and snickers as well. “If you would, please continue.” Nezu said while closing his folder again. “Well… It wasn’t long until Mr. Shield let slip what he was researching, and what was being stolen. A quirk amplification device.”
That last bit caused a bit of murmuring among the teachers, discussing how bad it could have been, among other things. Nezu clapped his hands to quiet them down. He then looked over at All Might, and I glanced at him too. I saw his face full of regret, and sadness for finally understanding David’s plan to get his quirk back. “Then…” I tried to keep going, but just speaking that monster’s name just made me feel sick. “Wolfram?” I looked up to see Nemuri helping me out with her question.
I smiled a bit to thank her while nodding. “Yea…” I took a deep breath then shook my head making a decision. “Can you just tell them? I don’t…” I bit my lip with a sigh. Nezu then gained my attention. “Kaminari… We have been informed on this part… What I want to ask is if you need counselling.” I looked at Nezu incredulously. I opened my mouth, but I was at a loss for words. I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. Nezu seemed to understand my plight, and talked to me with a surprisingly worried tone that I never heard from him before.
“Young Kaminari… I understand that you may not want to do this… However there is no shame in talking things through.” He was tiptoeing his way around saying the words ‘help’ to avoid touching a nerve. I closed my mouth and looked away from all the gazes on me. I didn’t want to see their looks of worry, but the worst part was how justified it was. I did have some problems, but a lot did have to do with Denki influencing me. We both were getting better, and the girls’ love was such a support beam for me. ‘Just like Denki’s dad’s was mom’s.’ I scoffed a bit just thinking like I was repeating history.
Nemuri then spoke up to me, to grab my attention. “I am licensed, but haven’t counselled someone for a long time. However, if it would make you feel more comfortable, you could always talk to me.” I looked at Nemuri, surprised by that sudden bit of information. She scoffed while reading my expression. “I’m full of surprises.” I nodded slowly with my eyes still glued to her. It did make me feel more comfortable talking to her. She already knew all of what I wouldn’t want to share with another shrink.
I saw the look in her eyes, she had a few emotions that were flying around, but I could see that most of it was her desire to help. I held my head in my hands and sighed, not wanting to look at the teacher’s while I was thinking. ‘I can’t keep dumping all of my problems and insecurities on the girls, and Nemuri does know all about me. I definitely trust her, and this might help me become a better man for the girls…’ I couldn’t find a downside, and just nodded silently.
I just heard Nezu talk in his more cheery attitude, while typing on his computer. “Good! I’ll place this in your schedule so you don’t forget, and that is all!” Nezu smiled and nodded at me as I pointed to the door, asking to leave. I nodded in thanks towards all present, and left without another word.
Nemuri saw Calvin leave in silence. She sighed from just watching him. She still didn’t really understand completely all that Calvin told her. Souls living together in one body. It sounded unbelievable, but mind altering quirks weren’t unheard of. That was plausible, however him coming from the past was what made her head spin. After she came back to the school, she had a few minutes to herself before Nezu would grill her on what happened. She took that time to see his history tests. It was all horrible, and just served to prove his story.
Nemuri did jump at the opportunity to talk with him alone. She was almost blushing while just remembering how she had to stop herself from standing in her seat to ask him. ‘What is wrong with me?’ Nemuri was off thinking about what she was doing, only to have her thoughts broken out from Nezu complimenting her. “Good work making sure that Kaminari has an outlet. We need to be sure that he will stay on the right path.” Nemuri gave him a smile while adjusting her oversized red glasses from her costume. “Of course. It’s a teacher’s duty to make sure their students are the best they can be.”
Snipe nodded silently in his chair with his boots on the table, and All Might in his deflated appearance nodded a bit solemnly. “I hope young Kaminari will overcome this…” All Might did understand a lot of the pain, and the desire for destruction for the untimely death of his master he viewed as a mother. But Nemuri was the only one that did know the full extent of Calvin’s and Denki’s mental state.
She knew that Calvin was doing well. He was sad, but he had plenty of support with his relationships. Denki was the wild card. Calvin was the main personality, so she didn’t know Denki much, but knowing all of the past incidents, she had a picture of depression and rage issues. Calvin was also gaining a few of those while mixing together with Denki. She had seen only Calvin mad without Denki, and it was something that still gave her chills if she just remembered that empty look, devoid of all emotion, even if he wasn’t looking at her.
Everyone soon adjourned, and Nemuri was given the schedule for her therapy sessions, only giving Nezu information that she deemed showcased Denki, or Calvin being a threat to society. She knew that the girls would hold him back, so she was confident and glad that she wouldn’t have to say anything. She then paused to notice how glad she was. She adjusted her glasses with a frown as she kept walking through the empty halls. Some part of her was happy to know more about Calvin than almost anyone else. Though she would never admit it.
Nemuri just thought back to all the lingering gazes and moments Calvin and her had together. She enjoyed toying and teasing Calvin, she liked to watch him squirm, but she also enjoyed caring for him as well. Just remembering herself listening to Calvin talk about how he thought of her was something that always was in the back of her mind. She couldn’t let it go. It was so freeing to know that someone liked both sides that she had. Dating was always with guys that couldn’t handle her sadistic side, or creeps that only wanted that side of her.
She had given up on dating for that exact reason. There was nobody that could accept all of her. She had enough fun just teasing, but after hearing all of Calvin’s relationship with all the girls, and especially with Toga. It made Nemuri jealous. She wanted what they had. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes and help all the girls stay calm with her finding them out. However she also wanted to talk more with them all to find something wrong that Calvin was doing. Something that they hated about him.
That was the way Nemuri’s dating life always was. Just waiting for the guy to inevitably showcase how they couldn’t handle her, or how they were just looking for her body. The more she listened to them, the more filled with disbelief she became. She began watching more closely, to find something that she could find wrong with him, but all the things she tried to find wrong, she found herself liking instead.
She watched all the ways that Calvin was trying. He was constantly striving, despite always feeling below and subpar to the girls he loved. She had to admire that. She was told by the girls to get as close as she could to Calvin, and she understood why the girls wanted her to. They wanted to showcase that they weren’t wrong in loving him. She even found herself enjoying being close to him more than she should. She found it enjoyable to see Calvin’s expressions towards her. She always loved seeing embarrassment, and fear. But what surprised her was how much she liked seeing him worried for her, enthralled with her, enjoying his time with her. She liked seeing him depend on her, while also worrying, and caring for her, despite now knowing all that he was bearing.
Hearing his opinions on herself was the most stressed she had been for a long time. She was shocked by how much she was worried about how Calvin saw her. When she did hear what Calvin did have to say, she couldn’t help but gain a grin on her face. She tried to hide it, but Toga’s silent giggling just proved how fruitless it was. Nemuri just felt so happy for knowing that Calvin only liked all of her. When she was more serious, not teasing for collecting as much information as she could. She hardly noticed the change she had made, but when it was pointed out how much Calvin didn’t like only part of her. He only liked all of her.
Hearing all of the stories from the plane ride back only solidified her own thoughts. She wanted to be a recipient of those stories as well. Nemuri wanted to be closer, and care for him, while also teasing, and frightening him just a bit for her amusement. It was a strange sense of wanting to take care of someone, while also having them take care of you sometimes. Nemuri certainly never had anything like that, this was a new idea to her.
However, Nemuri begrudgingly knew that this was never going to happen. She was a teacher, and he was her student. A student in counseling with her now. She was also almost twice his metal age. This was just never going to happen. Nemuri knew that, and whenever she reminded herself, it just hurt worse while she was getting closer to him, and knowing more about him. ‘If only I were a few years younger…’ She thought with a sad tone as she continued to walk towards her apartment.