Only Red

Chapter Twenty Nine

It was a peaceful day in class 1-A, (well as peaceful as a hero course class with a liking for villains, an angry pomeranian in the form of a teenage boy, and a cinnamon roll who has a broken bone kink can be).

Or at least it was supposed to be.

"Tetsutetsu, please come to the- wait wrong one. Kirishima, please come to the office. I repeat, Kirishima Eijiro, please come to the office." I give Aizawa a curious look as I put away my History notebook and pencils and walk over to the door.

Mina, Denki and Sero share an alarmed expression as they look back and forth, seeming to have a conversation with their eyes, before giving me a sympathetic look. Mina walks over and pats my shoulder.

"I think we all know who 'accidentally' started that fire in the 2-F dorms, and 'forgot' to tell someone about it yesterday, but sometimes you just have to take one for the team." Mina, Denki and Sero bow their heads in respect before she pushes me out the door with an energetic 'SAYONARA BITCH!'.

I blink in confusion before shrugging it off.

I'm sure it's nothing too important... or... flammable. Hopefully.

I hum absentmindedly as I walk down the hall to Nezu's office, hoping it's nothing too serious. I run into Midnight on the way and give her a cheery smile and wave, but she looks away and quickly walks past.

I frown.

Is she still mad about that time M*neta painted a (bad) picture of her and him at an ice cream shop when he was supposed to paint a historic moment in hero history, and said his reasoning was that 'someone as hot as you would be making history if you went out with me'.

Unless maybe she was the one who had to put out that fire in the second year dorms and is mad because I was called down because they think it really was me???

I finally reach Nezu's door and decide to try and talk to Midnight about it later.

I knock, and after hearing a high pitched 'come in' I open the door. Inside the office Nezu is sitting in a heavily pillowed chair so he could see over the normally sized desk, and he motioned to a chair on the other side of it.

I feel butterflies start to flutter in my stomach at his unusually pensive face, a hard contrast from his usually chipper expression. I sit in the cushioned chair and try to meet the small (mouse/bear/dog?)'s eyes with courage.

"Principal I would like to start off by saying that Denks, Mina and Sero started the fire-"

"I am aware of Miss Ashido and her companion's involvement in the fire and they will face their punishment in due time, but that is not why I called you here today."

"I know what you think but I swear it wasn't me, it only happened because Mina was playing with a lighter and Sero covered Denki in Vodka-wait really?"

He nodded and motioned for me to stop talking. I clamped my mouth shut, a bit worried that whatever I got called here for was more important than Sero's older brother giving him vodka and lighters.

"To start off with, let me just tell you that there may be a way to reverse the quirk's effects you're under without killing your soulmate."

"Really that's amazing if I don't have to kill anyon-"

"Instead it has been brought to the table the option of killing the quirk bearer instead."