phoenix ✦ k.takami (hawks)

Twenty

She's not for everyone and she knows it. People find her different and strange. She dances in the rain, she laughs when she cries and loves through her pain. People fear the unknown and they never knew a girl like her.
~ M.S. Pastore

Track 21; temperature by maxime.

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Twilight was falling over the horizon, leaving the city to glow in the artificial lights drifting from open windows. The cityscape at night was always a picturesque moment and took your breath away each time, you'd never get tired of seeing it. You were wearing your hero costume for the first time out in public, and the short winter jacket didn't do much to protect you from the cold.

"Watch where you're going!" An annoyed voice shouted from below you, and you flapped your wings before you dropped your head.

Shinso Hitoshi was very annoyed at the fact that you were carrying him, the talon pieces of your costume digging into the back of his clothes. If he gave you the opportunity, you'd willingly let go of him. You were thinking about doing it, especially as you recalled Aizawa's words.

"The two of you need to work together instead of against each other. You've been sparring and practicing for a month now, and it's time to put the skills you've learned into an actual scenario." Aizawa said, sucking on his juice box. "Also, Shinso, you have no trust in (Y/N), and you already know that she's your immediate escape route if anything goes wrong, so why do you keep on antagonizing her?"

The teenager didn't have any words. How was he supposed to explain that he felt completely outmatched by you? Your quirk was much stronger than his, as he could only brainwash people. You, on the other hand, had the ability to fly, use telekinesis, and you could script a few types of glyphs that had different effects. He hadn't seen any of your large glyphs, as you'd been practicing with Aizawa in private so as to not risk Shinsou's safety.

"I guess I'm just hoping that she'll snap one of these days." He shrugged, lying between his teeth to his mentor.

He heard you laugh from next to him. "It's like you forget who I live with." You sniffled and wiped a fake tear from your eye, and he scowled.

That was another reason he always tried to get a rise out of you. Anything he said to hurt your feelings or pride you brushed off without a second thought, and you always returned it with a smile. You didn't take him seriously, he thought, which made anger bubble in his stomach. The downfall was that his lack of maturity towards your obvious strengths that he didn't have was going to get him in more trouble than he wanted.

He didn't take Aizawa's words to heart, though they floated through his head as you and him glided across the night sky. Soon enough, the two of you came upon your destination and you set him down gently on the rooftop before making your own soft landing.

"So let's go over the plan." You suggested, crouching down and resting your elbows on the ledge of the roof.

He grumbled under his breath before he crouched down next to you, propping an arm up on his elbow and resting his chin on his palm. He checked his watch on his left wrist. "It's 19:56. Our target is supposed to leave the building at 20:00, we made it here just in time."

The mission the two of you were sent on wasn't one that would endanger either of you. It was a simple plan that involved following a target to find his whereabouts. He was a minuscule criminal known for petty thefts and robberies in the dead of night, but there was a chance he was connected to the Yakuza and this was an opportunity to hopefully uncover one of their bases.