𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆 ➵ OCHACO. U

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐲-𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧

Uraraka gasped, quickly shaking her head as she found herself dozing off once more. ━━Her eyes were heavy, and her body simply wanted rest, more so after that stressing interaction with her classmates. But Uraraka refused to fall back asleep, instead, trying to focus on what she was doing the night before. The three myths in the room with her watched on, exchanging glances between each other as the girl's head fell forward, before she was jolting back up again, slapping her face before turning to the notes and books in front of her.

"Hey, Coy," the said teen yawned, turning to face Uraraka, who sat at her desk, completing the sheet of questions Coy had given her to help study. The brunette had turned the chair to face her girlfriend, who was laying on the plain bed, waiting patiently for Uraraka to finish. "I've been wondering... You left some papers in my room last time with a list of strange names and abilities, what's that all about?"

Coy seemed to think about what Uraraka had been talking about, before it seemed to click in her head. The greenette grabbed her phone laying beside her, beginning to type into it: "it's a list I have of different myths and things for different possibilities."

The brunette thought over what she was told, "you think you can explain it to me better? I want to understand as much as I can! Just in case!"

A soft smile crossed Coy's lips, ━━the girl had been much more expressive around Uraraka, with the brunette's help,━━ before once more typing into her phone; "after you finish." She gestured towards the papers on the desk and Uraraka sweatdropped, bringing a hand to scratch at the back of her head with a chuckle.

"Right. Sorry."

There was a soft knock on the door, and the three myths turned to it, however, Uraraka didn't seem to have heard it as she stared intensely at the papers and books in front of her. Syrax looked back at Amarok and Anzu, before slowly sliding her way towards the door. As Syrax opened the door, the soft creak alerted Uraraka at last, and the brunette turned to the noise, blinking at the sight of the familiar dark blue haired male. 

"Akil━What...what are you doing here?"

Akil greeted the girl with a nod, gripping his cane as he limped into the room, nodding in thanks to Syrax. He eyed the room, taking note to the bland decor, before looking at Uraraka, the kind smile he always seemed to have, stretched across his face.

"Sorry for the intrusion. I was hoping I could talk to you. Aizawa allowed me onto campus and your classmates told me where I could find you." He explained, and Uraraka nodded her head slowly, taking time to take in his words in her exhausted state.

"Of course, what do you need? Is everything━━"

Akil chuckled, ━his attitude was completely different to his interactions with the police and heroes━ "everything is fine. I just want to talk." He gestured to the girl's bed, "may I sit?"

"Oh!━" Uraraka jerked in her chair, nodding her head rapidly, "of course! Sorry! Sit down!"

Akil could only laugh softly as he limped towards the bed, leaning his cane against the wall, before sitting back on the gray sheets. Amarok and Anzu happily greeted the oldest Yoshino child, and Akil was happy to run his hand through their fur.

Akil looked back at the girl, who was fidgeting nervously with her shirt, eyeing her dorm walls with anxious eyes.

"You and Coy were going to tell us, right?"

His voice broke her from her spamming thoughts of fear and anxiety, and her head turned to him, a look of confusion crossing her face, before it followed with brief realization and shock.

Akil smiled at her reaction, "you guys are dating."

"You━uh... how?" Uraraka stammered out.

"I like to think I know my baby sister well enough to know she has a good interest in girls. And well enough to see and understand how she looks at you." Uraraka's face flushed, stuttering over her words as she averted her eyes downward, and Akil continued, "don't worry about not getting my support."

His words caused Uraraka to perk up.

"I'm actually happy about this." Akil smiled at the girl, though his smile seemed to hold a certain pain and sadness to it, "you've helped her. You've... You've done so much that my family and I couldn't. You got her to smile, to open up. You've done so much...."

Akil seemed to be fighting off tears as he sighed, "that is why I'm here."

Uraraka eyed the male in confusion, "what do you mean?"

The older male seemed almost defeated as he looked up at the girl, and Amarok and Anzu pushed into his hands, as if comforting him, "you care about my sister. I see that. And I thank you for believing my family and I, since the authorities don't. I thank you for trying so hard to find Coy, despite having little information on the situation."

Uraraka became uneasy, unsure of where this conversation was heading.

"But, you're hurting yourself, kid. And I know you want to find Coy, I do too. But killing yourself by getting little sleep and missing out on meals, isn't going to help us at all. And I know Coy wouldn't be happy to hear about your state if this continues."

Uraraka blinked, and guilt and even a little anger, ━at what? She didn't know,━ began to build.

"Coy cares about you. I could see it in the way she looked at you. And this, everything you're doing to yourself, isn't helping her, Uraraka."

Uraraka glanced away once more, tears building her eyes. She refused to look up at the shuffling in front of her, only to jolt slightly as a hand was placed on her head, ruffling her brown hair. Her hazel eyes met Akil's kind red, and the older smiles in reassurance, "you're a good kid, Uraraka. Strong too. But if you want to help Coy, please, don't hurt yourself in the process."

With that, the older male gripped his cane, limping towards the door as Syrax held it open, curling happily at the affectionate pat given to her before the blue haired male left the room, shutting the door soon after he was gone.

Uraraka stared at the wall with wide eyes as she let the male's words replay in her head. She failed to notice the cold tears falling down her face, a soothing ache to her dry and exhausted eyes. It wasn't long before those quiet tears turned into startling sobs, and the three myths rushed over to console her. Uraraka leaned forward, placing her elbows on her knees, hiding her face into her hands. 

"He's right." She sobbed, "how can I save Coy if I can barely keep my head up?"

Syrax rested her snout to the girl's arm, curling around the girl in a type of hug as Amarok and Anzu growled, pushing their own snouts against the girl's knees. Uraraka cried into her hands, and the three myths sat with her, letting her cry herself into more exhaustion, before they were helping her lay down for much needed rest.