Enigma

Mental Health and Midterms

It grabbed the hybrid and swung her around by the throat. She struggled, feeling its monstrous grip on her trachea blocking the air flow to her lungs. A last thought crossed her mind and she clapped her hands together, forming a black sphere between them.

"Abyss." She choked out, letting the sphere engulf the Nomu as it cried, vanishing into the black. Knees to chest to head against the ground as she fell from exhaustion and lack of oxygen. Shinsou quickly acted, wrapping up Greed in his scarf, brainwashing him moments earlier.

"Celeste!" He cried, running to her and holding her head in his lap. Guards quickly came and took the villain and princess away to be held and treated.

Shinsou paced in front of the large double doors where Celeste was recovering behind. He could hear her cry out in fear when she would periodically wake up. He wasn't allowed inside yet, but he would talk through the doors, comforting her. He learned she had PTSD from her aunt who had checked in on hr recovery, explaining that when her parents died, her nightmares became worse and worse, eventually waking her every few hours. He waited, and waited, to be let in or for her to come out, eventually falling asleep outside of the room.

When he woke up, Shinsou immediately realized he did not know where he was. He was in a dark purple bed with a velvet comforter. He stood up and walked out of the room, looking for whoever put him in there. He recognized Celeste's bedroom doors, dark wood engraved with stars and moons, and through open the doors.

He looked around the room and saw her staring at him from her desk, papers and pen in hand.

"Hey whats-"

"ARE YOU OKAY?"

She laughed as the purplette enveloped her in a tight hug.

"Hello to you too. Yes, I'm okay Toshi, so is my Uncle, I saw him a few hours ago. You should go change so we can go back to the dorms, we have midterms in a few days remember?"

"But you- you were gone, passed out. You woke up so many times crying, I was so worried."

Celeste put a comforting hand on his cheek and brushed it with her thumb.

"I heard you when you talked Toshi, thank you. Now! Let's go home!"

He smiled and went to change back into his uniform.

They said their goodbyes to staff and family and jumped back into the crack in the Earth, courtesy of Celeste.

When then returned to the dorms, they were shocked to see so many worried faces.

"Hey guys, what happened?"

It turns out the Island was not the only place being attacked by Nomus and villains. There had been an attack on the city by the League of villains and some of their classmates had encountered a villain named Stain, notorious for bloody murders of Pro Heroes.

The two teens panicked hearing the news, asking where their friends were. Kirishima had to explain that they were at the hospital as they spoke and recovering from the attack. Celeste exhaled and sat back into the couch chair in relief.

The writing portion of their midterms were only a week away and Celeste was pulling all-nighter after all-nighter to ensure a high score. Their homeroom teacher had upped the anti when declaring that those who failed would not be allowed to go to the summer training camp. She was nervous, but confident in herself to study through the days. Shinsou too, through himself into his studies, spending many nights with Celeste, reviewing their notes and worksheets.

Eventually, the time came to take the written test. As the sheets were handed out Shinsou touched the girl's hand before receiving his. His eyes told hers that she would do fine and she smiled. Celeste bit the inside of her cheek throughout the exam, trying to not tap her foot too loudly. Her tail would wag behind her with nerves and her wings messily stuck out of her blazer. As the sheets were returned graded the next day, she anxiously turned the paper face down. Shinsou monotony beamed at his results, passing with flying colors, but noticed the silverette beside him hadn't looked at hers.

"You can do it." He told her gently, putting his hand on hers to flip the paper. Celeste took a deep breath and turned the paper around, her eyes widening and creasing in joy. She had gotten a top spot in class, below Iida and Momo.

"I passed!"

"Good job Kitty, me too."

"Yes!"