xoxo gossip girl || anon || mha

chapter IV

all day today, you couldn't help but notice how often kaminari tried to talk to jirou. it seemed like he'd opted to being with her more than his actual friend group.

though, at lunch, he did sit with you. yet, the only topic of conversation seemed to be her, sero bringing up how close him and her have gotten and kiri teasing him almost the whole time.

you acted as though you didn't care, you acted as though it didn't bother you, you acted as though you didn't like him...

for the most part everyone believed it, they didn't bat an eye. surprisingly enough, however,  bakugou noticed your low energy and apathetic attitude. you reassured him and lied that you just didn't get enough sleep, which he hesitantly believed.

on the other hand, mina could read you like a book. before you could finish your food, she sat up from her chair and grabbed your hand as she exited the cafeteria, yanking you out of your seat in the process.

"what the- mina what's your problem?" you exclaimed, "admit it, you needed to get out of there. i could tell how uncomfortable you were." she looked at the ground, hiding her face. you sighed, "okay yeah, thanks, i needed to get her out of my head..." you admitted.

she took a deep breath in, raising her head whilst shaking the hair out of her face, "glad you told the truth" she smiled sweetly, "let's talk about something else then..."

we briefly sat in silence musing about anything else we could talk about, "what did you do after school yesterday?" she asked a bit awkwardly, "not much... but i did get a weird dm from some anonymous person on insta" you recalled, "they said they were someone in our class who noticed i was sad..." you smiled slightly at the kind gesture.

mina noticed your smile, it was rare after all, "well... what else...?" she asked eagerly, "nothing much, they were really pushy about knowing what was wrong though..." you recalled, "hmm... well if they care that much there's a few reasons they could be texting you" she noted, you nudged her to continue, "well, they could be one of your friends that noticed and felt bad for you."

you thought about it, but that didn't make much sense, "if they were just a friend, why would they do it anonymously?" you pointed out, "good point, but that kinda leads to the next possibility..." she hesitated a bit, and looked away, "it could be someone with a crush on you."

now that made more sense, a bit of an immature way to reach out to you but it made perfect sense, "i guess that makes sense... any other theoretical reasons?"

"for now, that's all i've got... but it they text you again let me know please, this is kinda fun!" she requested joyfully, you smiled at her behavior, "okay sure"
you both realized, soon after, how late it had gotten and rushed to you next class.

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at the end of the day, you left your last class alone. you weren't in the mood to talk to anyone besides mina who had apparently disappeared...

you plugged you earphones into your phone and listened to music, tuning out all other sounds around you, distracting you from anyone or anything that might be around.

you felt isolated but in a good way, you needed this time to yourself. it felt good.

you eventually made it to your locker which you opened up semi-conscious of your actions. you stayed focused on your music until you saw something fall out of your compartment just as u were taking out your sweatshirt. your eyes fell down to what had fallen: a slip of lined paper folded in quarters. you reached down for it, as you didn't recall ever putting anything similar to this in your space before,

"it's the second one :)
-xoxo gossip girl"

it read.

you immediately knew that this was a note from anon but it took you some time before you realized what it meant. they were referring to you and mina's conversation from earlier, "the second one" being that anon was texting you because of a crush...

your face grew lightly pink for a brief moment before you realized that you and mina had been alone during that conversation... this person either followed you two or overheard...

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