Mystery from Another World--MHA

Part 116: The Threat

Mirko was alive when Shine arrived--but asleep.

Shine realized her mistake, though it was the middle of the afternoon. 

The light woke up the Pro right away though, and she had kicked Shine into the floor before she realized who it was.

"What are you doing in my house?! In my room?!"

"Sorry," Shine gasped, "I didn't expect you to be in bed... Oww..."

"Well, that's what you get for startling me." Mirko took her foot off Shine's collarbone and pulled her up. "Why are you here?"

"Your phone broke, remember? I wanted to verify the Originals didn't pick you off."

Oh...that was a good reason... Kind of sweet.

Mirko felt a little bad for kicking her now. [How is it any different from how you usually act, Rumi?]

"Well, as you can see, I'm fine." She gestured. "Actually a little surprised at that myself. I thought they'd be waiting for me."

"Well, I can just leave now," Shine said, "Text me when you get a new phone. We should all check in... At least they can't target any one person without all the rest of us finding out about it, though I'm not sure how much that will deter them."

"Well, you don't have to leave right away," Mirko said, "I'm up anyway." She picked up her clock and turned off an alarm that was set for later that evening. 

It went off by accident first. "Curse this stupid, analog device!"

"Are those...cricket noises?" Shine asked.

Mirko rubbed her ears. "Yeah...to me that's loud enough to be an alarm...and shrill enough. Why?"

"Just thought it was odd... I hate alarms. I actually always wake up before mine goes off because my mind dreads being startled awake so much."

"Useful. But not me. Bunnies are deep sleepers." Mirko finally got the darn thing to turn off. "I didn't even know I had this till I realized I couldn't use my phone."

"You know I'm surprised someone like you doesn't have this whole apartment souped up in tech," Shine said, opening the door to see the very ordinary looking living room, "In fact, this is less fancy than my apartment is."

"Who needs it? I live here like 60 days out of the year," Mirko said.

"Even so..."

"I put all the maintenance into the gym on the next floor."

"Get real. Really?" Shine headed out. "Can I see?"

"You want to see a gym?"

"Why not?"

"Sure, I guess."

Mirko grabbed some carrots out of the fridge and then took her up the circle stairs to the gym.

Shine noted how it was geared all to be just right for someone of Mirko's height and quirk skills.

"I'd rather have my own Princess Diaries closet though, if I had money to spend on personalized stuff."

"Why would you need a closet?"

"I never have enough room for clothes... Then again, I shared a room most of my life," Shine said.

Mirko probably had a total of 10 outfits max that she wore out of costume, so she couldn't imagine this at all.

"Well, anyway, that's the tour. I never have guests, anyway."