My Pawfect Rebirth

109: Wildflower

"Uhh... What happened to you two?" Aster asked as he just happened to run into the blond and greenette after they finished training for the day. 

"We've been training all day with Emra and one of her friends, so we've had a long day." Izumi said. 

"I can tell, you guys look awful." 

"No shit, my hands feel worse than they did yesterday." Katsuki huffed. 

"Even with Emra putting a healing spell on us, I don't really think it did all that much now that we trained all day." Izumi said. 

"Well, looks like you two need to revive yourselves." Aster said. 

"On what and where?" 

"Where else would it be?"

"I figured it'd be this place." Katsuki groaned. 

"We haven't been to this place in a while, and it tastes good too." Izumi said. They were standing in front of the same Ramen shop that was owned by River. 

"When I used to work out all the time, I'd come here just to relieve myself. Thought you two might feel better coming here, and no, I don't plan on getting you two drunk or something." Aster said.

"Hey hey! Haven't seen you two lovebirds in a while, oh and Aster too." River said, as they entered the shop. 

"Hello again River, nice to see you." Izumi said happily. 

"Man, what the hell happened to you two, you guys look like you went through the ringer. Oh- did you two get a little rough with each other last night~?" 

Both Izumi and Katsuki turned bright red, because though River wasn't 100% correct, it was a pretty good guess. 

"No no, River, they just finished training with Emra." Aster said. 

"Oh darn, that doesn't sound like a fun excuse compared to my guess." River said.

"What've you been doing while me and Kacchan have been busy dealing with the League, Aster?" Izumi asked. 

"Oh y'know, just busy dealing with the tormented souls, went back to my college classes, the usual stuff." Aster said. 

Just as they got their food, Katsuki noticed how the corner of Aster's lip looked like it was punched or bitten. 

"What's that?" Katsuki asked. 

"Huh? What's what?" 

"That, that thing on the side of your face." Katsuki said. Aster turned Beet Red and jerked his head away from the blond. 

"Hm? Is something wrong, Aster?" Izumi asked. 

"No no no, everything's fine. Just uh- Lily punched me in the face yesterday, it's not a big deal." Aster said.

"Yah- you let your boss punch you, what for?" 

"I just did something stupid yesterday and she decided to punch me, it's fine." Aster said. Izumi and Katsuki looked at each other and noticed how Aster was still blushing as he was eating. 

"Are you sure you're okay, Aster?" 

"Yeah yeah, I'm fine. I've been put through the ringer since I became an assistant to a Grim Reaper, so I'm used to this kind of stuff. Don't worry about me, Lily can be a bit... oh what's the word?"