𝑨𝑬𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑼𝑺 𝑴𝑬𝑳𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑯𝑶𝑳𝑰𝑨 •𝒃𝒙𝒃•

i see humans but no humanity

AN: WARNING! THERE WILL BE MATURE THEMES ON AHEAD!!!!!!!

The next day, when school rolled around the corner yet again, Arashi wanted to do nothing. Perhaps if he was even a tiny bit willing, it would be fine as it was, but school was never a priority, even now.

But Aizawa made sure he went to school.

And that man was not someone Arashi could avoid.

_

"You look better, Genzai." Kaminari was the first one to greet him, for whatever reason.

What should Arashi say to that? Well, he didn't really care enough to answer, but he could at least give him that, right? An answer.

"I feel better, as well." Arashi walked past him, propping the bag further up his shoulder as he felt it slip. He had a feeling that if he had dropped it, he'd probably be too lazy to pick it up and would end up kicking it to his desk and just leave it there.

Yeah, he'd definitely end up doing that.

"That's good!" Kaminari called out from behind him.

Arashi didn't turn around, but he could see it from the corner of his eye; the way everyone had gone still the moment he walked into the classroom and the exact moment silence washed over it. Seriously...it was as if he was back in his middle school, with the way they were behaving around him, he may as well be back. Sure, he didn't give the best first impression, but was this necessary?

Why were-

He silenced his thoughts as he sat down in his chair and settled the bag on the side of the desk. He found himself gritting his teeth a few seconds later. He didn't care, so it shouldn't concern him, right?

He simply...didn't care.

_

Lunch came around the corner without any incidents, including Bakugou's relentless way of annoying him by kicking his chair. It was a surprise he didn't do it a single time, but it was to be expected as well, especially after their...last interaction. He almost snorted as he thought about it. God...It was amusing, interacting with Bakugou.

It made him feel not as...angry at everything as usual, somehow.

He shook his head as he walked down the halls, intending to escape for a few minutes while it was breaktime. With his hands in his pockets, fingers fiddling with the change he had left after buying banana milk, he rounded the corner and was hit with a wave of...of something he couldn't quite name. It made his knees give out, and he managed to stabilise himself enough to not collapse in a heap of weak muscles and burning nerves. It was as if he was on fire, the intensity making it all that much harder to wrap his head around what was happening.

"Ah, it really is effective, eh?"

Arashi's blood ran hot in an instant. "Yoshida-fucking-Haru, huh?" He forced the words out, barely making them audible enough. "What a surprise..." From the corner of his eye, he saw the said boy walk towards him, and he couldn't help but see another boy behind him, trailing after him, not taking his eyes off him.

This, whatever this was, must be the other boy's quirk.

"What, not happy to see me? You always do tend to disappear during lunchtime," Yoshida grinned, flashing his sharp teeth at him, and took one more step before he tilted his head. "What's wrong? You look a bit...under the weather."

Under the weather, eh?

He sure did feel like it, thanks to him. And he kind of hated it, so he did the first thing that popped into mind; he pushed himself off the wall and whipped his fist forward, aiming it directly at Yoshida's nose. Alas, it wasn't meant to be. Like it didn't matter, like there was no strength in Arashi's body, Yoshida caught him by the wrist and twisted his arm behind him as he slammed him chest first into the wall he was previously leaning on.