Time Without You // kiribaku

Without You Part 7

When he got to the library, Eijirou walked over to one of the ancient-looking computers and began looking up some of the basics. He looked up Red Riot, mainly only getting results for his disappearance.

He already knew that he went missing, though. That wasn't what he wanted to know.

He scrolled down a bit, barely looking at any of the results that came up. One news article, however, caught his attention.

"Red Riot: Kirishima Eijirou. 'Keeping a good work-life balance is manly!'"

What?

That was his name. Why was this article bringing him up when searching for Red Riot?

He clicked through the article, not really reading all the tips that were brought up about mental health and practicing good work-home balance. He was really just skimming through, noticing one name pop out more than his own.

Bakugou Katsuki.

That is what he looked up next. 'Dynamight and Red Riot.'

There were almost too many results. Some were just sketchy looking blogs from users that sounded like teenage girls. Others were dating sites using the two as a poster couple for proof that their algorithm worked.

He scrolled down some more, finding one article, 'Dynamight and Red Riot: A tale as old as time. Beauty and the Beast.'

It looked interesting, so Eijirou clicked to read it. There was a surprising amount of information there. It started with their relationship before Red Riot was taken. They had been dating since their second year at UA highschool. Before then, they had been in the same class. During their first sports festival, they had been teamed up together for a fight.

He scrolled down and looked at the pictures of the matchup. He noted an angry-looking blonde, and a smirking redhead. Well- smirking until he was blown up and out of the ring.

He looked down at the picture's caption. 'Young Dynamight and Red Riot fighting during the sports festival.'

He looked through some more, noticing a picture of the redhead smiling at the camera with a few of his friends. 'Young Red Riot (Aka Kirishima Eijirou) with his friends young Deku (Aka Midoriya Izuku) and Chargebolt (Aka Kaminari Denki).'

His name again.

So he looked that up next. However, the articles he pulled up were the same ones that showed up when he searched for Red Riot. He scrolled through again, only to find almost the exact same results. He clicked on one, barely even reading the title. It was something about his life, and how it seemed to stop when he got taken.

This didn't make any sense. He was Kirishima Eijirou. But he wasn't Red Riot. At least, not that he could remember.

His mind was loaded with more questions. What was happening? Why was this happening? How did he not know about this until now? Did Tomo know? Why was he keeping this from him?

All his questions were put to a stop when he heard something spill in front of the librarian's desk.

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"How Bakugou convinced me to wake up this early on my day off, I don't even know." Mina grumbled, more to herself than anyone around her in the coffee shop she was waiting in line in. She put in her order and waited at the end of the counter, downing one of the three drinks when she received them. She was immediately woken up from the caffeine in the drink as she walked out of the shop and down the street, towards a subway station.