𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

43. 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤

You sprawled on the couch, face planted in a pillow and right limbs spread wide.

"You all right, Red?" Mirko asked as she stepped through the door.

"I can barely breath but I'm tired." you muffled.

"Well, get up cause today's the last day of your internship."

You rolled onto the floor and stared at the ceiling.

"What's with that look?!" She asked with a laugh.

"Cause I gotta move..." You muttered before turning over and crawling towards your stuff.

"You should be careful. Those wounds haven't healed fully." She said with a raised eyebrow.

"They don't hurt at all."
'They do hurt a little..'

"Hah! Little liar!" Mirko exclaimed, picking you up off the floor and handing you the case+bag. "C'mon kid let's go."

You followed her towards the door and waved at everyone working there.

"Uhm..." Mikasa came up to you with a small smile. "I made this for you.."

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You took it from her and stared at it for a moment.

"..."

"..."

"I'll keep it forever." You said, looking at her with shimmering eyes before pocketing the Fable keychain.

"Well, thank you so much." She laughed while patting your head. "I didn't have enough time to actually put details, but I think it's good enough for a week."

"Either way it would have been cool." You said while nodding your head.

"All right, riding hood." Mirko kicked open the front door gently and placed a hand on her hip. "You did a good job here. There was a lot of improvement too."

"There was? I thought--"

"Don't say anything negative. Take the complement and add to it." She deadpanned. "You can still use some work, but you're doing good. That's what matters, huh? Now you make sure that confidents grows sky high by the time you come back!"

"Right..." You blinked as she repeatedly pump her fist in the air.

"By the way," she got serious for a moment and smiled, placing a hand on your head. "Do justice for yourself, Fable. I'm counting on ya."

You nodded and waved as you left.

"Bye, Mirko-sensei!"

-

You were leaning on Todoroki's shoulder, chin rested on his head as the two of you, Midoriya and Iida we're talking.

"--But the ones who changed the most, or at least went through the most were you four, right?"

"Hm?" You looked up at Kaminari in confusion.

"Oh, yeah! The hero killer!" Sero mentioned.

"I'm glad you guys made it out alive! Seriously." Kirishima added.

"I was worried." Yaoyorozu said.

"I heard Endeavor and Mirko saved you, right?" Sato asked.

"Hm? But they weren--"

"Yeah!" Midoriya exclaimed while covering your mouth.

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"Hiforida" you muffled.

"That's amazing! As expected from the top ten heroes!"

"Yeah. They saved us." Todoroki agreed.

"I saw on the news that's the hero killer was connected to the League of Villains. Imagining someone that scary coming to USJ freaks me out." Ojiro sweatdropped.

"He is scary, but did you see the video, Ojiro?" Kaminari asked.

"Video? You mean of the hero killer?"

"Yeah. Seeing that, you can see how he's really single-minded and, like, tenacious. Doesn't it almost make you think he's cool?"

"Kaminari!" Midoriya exclaimed.

You put your head down nervously.

"Oh-- sorry!" He exclaimed.

"No, it's fine." Iida reassured. "It's true that he was tenacious. I understand how people could think he's cool. But he chose purging as a result of his beliefs. No matter what he thinks, that part is definitely wrong. In order to keep anyone else from turning out like me, I will once again walk on the path of being a hero!"

You looked at Iida and nodded.

"Y-Yeah. N-N-Next time I s-see him I'll s-smack 'em!" You said, shakily pounding your fist into your hand.

"You're trembling!" Kaminari pointed out.

"Nothing's wrong!" You denied stubbornly.

"I didn't say that!" He shouted.

"It is time to commence class!" Iida yelled to the class... surprising. Anyways, it made you over your ears. "Everyone, take your seats!"

"He's loud..." Tokoyami muttered.

"It's 'cause you talked about weird stuff, Kaminari!" Jirou scolded.

"Sorry about that..." He sweatdropped.

You laughed, skipping around the room while clapping.

"Time to commence class!"

"She laughs?! I've only seen her smile!"

"Y/n!" Bakugou yanked you by the collar, making you stop and give him a confused look.

"Wha--"

"WHY DO YOU KEEP HIDING THIS SH*T FROM ME?!"

"I never laughed in front of my mom either."

"WHAT?!"

"What?"