Only Red

Chapter Twenty Three

Hey y'all! Here's the next chapter, it's gonna be a lead-in to the next part of the book, which will mainly be centered around romance and mental health. Definitely look out for the drama ahead, hopefully it'll be pretty entertaining! It won't happen for a few chapters though, right now we're still in the transition chapters. I hope you lovelies are drinking lots of water and eating well! Enjoy the chapter!

Everyone is chattering around the table merrily, talking about classes, a recent hero debut, the newest manga release they've been waiting for, and so on. I sit in silence and poke at my food.

This is gonna be tough...

"Oh yeah, Midori said you went to the prison today Kiri, any good news?" Mina asks excitedly. This attracts the attention of several others at the table who also turn to me with questioning glances.

"Oh, yeah, um, the funny thing about that is, um," I try to find the right words to describe my situation in the best way possible without making my friends sad, while also fighting off the furious butterflies in my chest.

"It's sort of a lot worse than we thought?" I eventually settle on.

"EH? Oh no, how?!!" Mina says, looking at me worriedly. I play with my fingers under the table. Now or never, but at the same time I sorta want to pick never?

"So, long story short there's no way to change me back to a boy,-" I start before getting cut off by Mina.

"Oh, that's all? I was worried it'd be something a lot worse!" She cheers.

"-and there's also the slight detail that I'm either going to have to kill my soulmate or lose the will to live and become unkillable forever." I squeak out. Sero spits out the expired apple juice he had been chugging for a dare Denki gave him as he gives me an incredulous look.

"Back up queen, I'm sorry wHuT?" Mina says, staring at me in confusion. I look around once more to see most people at the table staring at me in alarm and am surprised to see that Katsuki was gone, something I hadn't noticed the first time.

I did, however, notice someone new that I seem to have passed over the first time. Shinso was staring at me with wide eyes, though to my confusion he looked more sad than alarmed.

"That... sucks." He voiced sympathetically. Mina shook me harshly by the shoulders as she panicked. I felt a guilty sort of sadness overtake me at everyone's upset looks, which really didn't make sense.

It wasn't my fault, so why do I feel so bad about this?

Denki looks back and forth between everyone in a confused manner, obviously not grasping what was happening as Sero continues to stare in bewilderment before going back to his dare.

I hear a sound in the direction of the stairwell, and turn to see Kasuki staring blankly at the chaos in front of him. After he seems to have regained his bearings he voices his confusion, seeming to sum up the situation pretty well.

"What...the fuck is going on?"