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08.

I shook my hand, wincing a bit as Ceioni smirks at me. She had just threw a roundhouse kick towards me, showing me some moves. I couldn't lie I was impressed about how nimble she moved, and even for someone as small as her, she packed a punch.

"Not bad, short stuff." I smirk looking her over. It was the weekend, one of the days we'd often spend together if Mina didn't want to have another stupid outing. Kirishima was camping this weekend with his family so we wouldn't see him till Monday.

"I may be short but my legs have reach." She says, kicking her leg out to rest on my shoulder just to show me how high she could actually kick. "I could probably kick Iida in the face."

"I'm sure." I tell her as she removes her leg from my shoulder. She adjusted her clothes, pulling her black leggings up on her hips. Her hair was in two buns at the top of her head and her shirt hung loosely off one of her shoulders. She'd just come from training with her dad when she decided to come to my house just to annoy me. She'd wrestled with Bruno, just the way I did and he absolutely loved her.

She flopped down on my bed, Bruno quickly claiming her by laying on top of her. She lets out a giggle, wrapping her arms around him and scratching behind his ears.

"Is Yuno or your mom cooking tonight?" She asks leaning up to kiss Bruno on the top of his head. His tail wagging happily as he accepted her affection.

I shrug, sitting in the middle of my bed, cross legged and looking at her. She was always so fucking happy. Like everything and everyone around her made her happy. Her skin glowed under the light of my room, the TV still going from a movie we finished not too long ago. She sat up, Bruno curling into her lap as if he was a puppy, and she allowed it, wrapping her arms around him like he was a teddy bear. Her eyes blinking at me. Everytime I looked at her, I couldn't understand how she could be so fucking pretty. She could do absolutely nothing, and I'd still think she was pretty. Her hair could be a mess, drool on the corner of her lip crust in her eyes and she'd still be so fucking pretty.

"You're spoiling him, and he's gonna expect that all the time." I tell her looking down at Bruno as he sleeps comfortably on her lap.

"That's fine with me." She says with a shrug. "He's a precious good boy who deserves all my love." She nuzzled her face into him, making his tail wag lazily in his sleep. I cross my arms.

"It's not fine with me when you're gone and he expects the same shit from me." I say tilting my head to the side so she knew I was serious.

"And when he does you better snuggle this precious baby." She glares at me as if that was suppose to be a threat behind it. I wave her off.

"So, Katsuki." He clears her throat, her eyes shifting around my room and avoiding me. "I've been hearing things."

"Well, you have ears." I say matter of factly.

"Okay jackass." She shakes her head finally looking at me. "What I meant to say was– there are people talking."

"Well, people do have mouths Marie."

I chuckle as she reached over to try and hit me, but obviously missed.

"You know what I mean!" She says rolling her eyes. "Anyway, Hagakure– what do you think about her?"

"Huh?" I frown. "Why?"

She offers a shrug before looking down and beginning to pick her nails. I noticed she did that when she was nervous about something. Getting to know her was probably the best thing I could've ever done. I've noticed her mannerisms. Her tone. Her body language gave her away the most, but so did her eyes. I knew her– I knew alot about her. Maybe the same as she knew about me or more.