Faith (MHA Next Generations part. 2)

Chapter 37

An alarm went off but Hikori refused to get it. It was Thursday but he was still drained from the day before. The alarm continued to scream at him so he threw out his hand and knocked it off the bedside table with a crash.

'Ah, Shit...'

With a groan, he stretched out.

"OW!" Came a cry that caused Hikori to jump. He looked over to his left and saw Irei rubbing his forehead. "Geez. What a wake up call...!"

"Sorry, Irei...!"

"No problem... But I guess we should get up and get ready." Irei groaned with a stretch as he slid out of bed.

"I guess you're right. But we have to stop by the Nurse's office first. Shimano-Sensei said he wants to redress my hands."

"Sure. I'll come with you. I'll meet you in the common room or something."

Irei left the room and slumped down the hall to his own. Hikori got up and locked his door so he could get changed in private. Once he was done, he made his way to the male bathroom with us tooth brush.

Once he got in there, some of the other boys were already there. He noticed Takami was hugging Dai from behind, head between his shoulder blades, as the blue haired male was brushing his hair.

"I wonder what sort of dress, Suraimu's gonna wear?" Kendo said to no one in particular.

"Who knows, man." Shiro replied as Hikori joined his side. Shiro looked in the mirror to see Hikori next to him. "Morning, Kaminari!"

"Morning, Shiro." Hikori placed his brush in his mouth and started to scrub his teeth, talking around the brush.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Eh. I didn't go to sleep until 11, woke up again at 3 then woke up again to have my alarm demanding me to rise. Perks of having Insomnia."

"Sounds like you had a wonderful sleep."

"Oh my sleep schedule should have a gold medal by now."

Both boys let out small laughs before continuing with their morning routines. Once they were done, they headed into the common room where Irei was talking to Adrien, Iida and Kirishima.

"You ready to go?" Irei questioned as the boys joined the others' sides.

"Yep." Hikori smiled.

"Where you guys going?" Kirishima asked as she messed with her collar so it stood up. She never dressed properly when it came to her uniform; no tie or blazer, top buttons undone so it showed some of her cleavlage and her hair, although it was really spiky and messy, looked like it never saw a brush.

"We're heading to the Nurse's office." Irei explained, taking Hikori's hand and holding it up. "He needs to get his dressings redone."

"Oh. We'll see you in class then!" Iida smiled. "I'll make sure to tell Sensei on your behalf if you're not there by first bell."

"Thanks, Iida."

The two boys then wandered out of the commons, Irei with his bag on his back and Hikori's over his shoulder so it crossed over his chest. They walked together, hand-in-hand until they reached the Nurse's office. When they entered, they saw Minoskie sitting on one of the beds and Shimano tending to an injury.

"Hey, Minoskie!" Irei smiled, causing the boy to look up as Shimano wandered off somewhere.

"Oh!" He gasped. "Hey, MT! Kaminari!"

"What did you do to yourself?!" The boys wandered closer and saw his right hand had a large slice through the palm.

"Oh! I tripped over my two left feet and sliced my hand open on some metal on my desk. I came to the nurse to make sure I wouldn't get a tetanus infection. I'm all good though! What about you? What brings you here?"

"Hikori needs to get his bandages changed."

"What did you do?"

"I went a little overboard crazy with my quirk trying to help another classmate."

"Well at least you had good intentions for hurting yourself. Mine was just pure stupidity and clumsiness."

"What time do you start class?" Hikori asked, realising that the boy was already in class.

"We can get there anytime we want but we should be there by 8:00. I had something's I needed to do so I got to class early."

"Oh...!"

"Hikori!" Came a high, cheery voice.

"Hey, Aunty!" Hikori smiled.

"Come and take a seat next to Minoskie and I'll change your bandages."

Hikori nodded, let go of Irei's hand and sat down on the bed next to Minoskie. Eri then sat down on a stool and pulled herself closer. Irei inched closer to Hikori's left side and watched as the bandages were unwrapped.

Hikori drew in a sharp breath as he saw the red fern like patterns scattered across his hands and forearm. He felt tears prick his eyes once more. He let out a sniffle and Eri squeezed his thigh.

"Hey, it's alright...!" She soothed. "Look. I'll wrap it back up again and you won't have to look at them. See!"

Hikori whipped his eyes with his free hand and was relieved to have them wrapped up again.

"If you need to talk to someone, I'd advise you go and speak to Mr. Deku, alright?"

Hikori nodded and slid off the bed as Irei trapped him in a hug from the side. The two boys then said good bye to Eri and Minoskie as they made their way back to class just as the bell went. They picked up their pace and reached the door in no time. Hikori slid the door open and made his way to his seat, behind Hagakure as Irei closed the door and went to sit down behind Kirishima.

Hikori wasn't paying attention, as his ADHD was acting up, so he grabbed Hagakure's tail and started to play with it, the other boy not even flinching. The only thing that was on his mind was the fern scars on his arms. He didn't like them but, when you have an electrical based quirk, it was to be expected. Right...?

Hikori sighed and tried to concentrate the best he could.

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