Enigma

New Home

Within the coming week the students of class 1-A moved into their new dorms and settled in.

"That's the last one young one. I won't lie, I'll miss having you awake bright and early to train." Pro Hero Snipe said dropping the last box in front of her room.

"Aw Sensei. Don't worry I'll always be around to wake you up at all hours of the night." She laughed and hugged her mentor. Snipe walked away, leaving Celeste with 5 heavy boxes to move into her room.

She sighed and prepped herself to carry her things in.

"Need some help?" She heard a voice from behind her ask.

"Yea, thanks Toshi." She said smiling, turning to the boy. He grabbed a stack of three boxes easily and she grabbed the other two. Kicking open the door, she set the boxes down on the bed and realized that she had left her guitar in the corner of the room. She quickly ran in front of it to hide it before the boy noticed.

"You ok?" He asked her after setting down the last of the boxes.

"Y-yep!" She stuttered as he got closer to her. Shinsou was a lot taller than her so she knew he'd seen the instrument when he towered over her. Celeste squinted her eyes shut in a brace for impact kind of way.

"Is that your family?" He said walking over to a frame hung on the wall.

She looked at the photo and smiled fondly in the memory.

Her father stood tall and with his half smile smirk, in a red and black suit with a white cape adorned with golden embroidery that clashed with his black hair and red horns and eyes. Her mother stood next to him with her gold eyes that showed so much kindness and her long white hair with a golden halo around her. She wore a dark red dress with golden embroidery and two black arm loops, draped on her upper arms, making her large pregnant belly stand out. In the middle, a little girl with both their features was being distracted by her tail as she looked into the camera lens.

"You have a sister?"

"I had... a younger sister. She passed..." Celeste muttered out as her memory flashed back of the event. Her sister had been ill from a young age and passed away not long before she had decided to go to the U.A. so she had enough memories of the girl to keep her going, but still missed her. She put a hand on her heart as she remembered the little girls words "Be happy in Japan. Don't cry, I'm always with you."

Celeste shook her head as the tears fell away, hopefully unnoticed.

"I'm so sorry...Your parents look cool though."

"Y-yea, they were."

She hoped he didn't notice her use of past tense again as it slipped out.

"Did one of them teach you the guitar?"

Shit, he did see it.

"Y-yea, my dad and I play together."

"Can I hear you play sometime?"

"I- I'm not very good and-"

"I didn't ask that."

"B-but I... s-sure."

"That's better." Shinsou said as he adjusted the frame on the wall to be straight and patted Celeste's head. "You ok?"

"Y-yea. I just-" Celeste looked up at the frame and felt her heart strings tug. She quickly grabbed the frame and turned it around so the picture would not be visible but it would still be mounted. "- I can't right now."

"Are you ok?" Shinsou asked in a calming tone as Celeste took deep breaths. "Y-yea, I'm sorry, I just need to... reveal."

While she had become more open with her classmates, Celeste had still been hiding her form when not in hero training.

"Here, sit down." The purple haired boy said motioning towards her bed.

"S-sorry. I know this probably looks weird." She apologized as she laid down and tried to breathe.

"Not at all, do you want me to lea-"

"No!" Celeste quickly cut him off, bolting up as she began breathing faster again and her cheeks darkened.

"Hey, hey, deep breaths, it's ok. I won't go." He said as he put his hands on her shoulders and held her close as he rubbed her back.

"I'm sorry." She replied, clutching onto his shirt in comfort.

"Why?"

"I- I'm a mess and I'm bothering you and-" he put a finger to her lips and shut her up.

"You are not a bother, now come on." Shinsou said, pulling her down on top of him as he fell back on the bed. Celeste let her head fall onto his chest and closed her eyes in comfort. She felt Shinsou's hands wander to her hair and eventually her horns.

Celeste let out a light squeak as Shinsou pet her horns lightly.

"A-are you ok?"

"Y-yea, they're a bit sensitive and that tickled a little."

"Do you want me to stop?"

"N-no, it was nice."

"Ok, I'll be more careful."

Shinsou slowly ran his hands through her hair again and gently started to make his way to her horns. Celeste closed her eyes and began to drift off from the familiar feeling.