My Hero Academia: The Rising Hero | MHA x OC

S1: 13-Aftermath

Third Person POV

Right after the USJ incident, classes were called off for two days, so the teachers and students that were involved could recover and heal. Everyone took that time to rest or do whatever they wanted before they start classes again. Although, a few people were still not exactly over what happened.

With the Akatanis, they weren't really on the subject as they were talking about other stuff, although Ryoichi's gloomy face said otherwise.

"Ryoichi, you're messing with your food again. Ryoichi?" Yui was calling out to him as she was worried for him.

Kari noticed this and snapped Ryoichi out of his thoughts when she tapped his shoulder.

"H-huh?"

"You barely touched your food. Is everything okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine. It's nothing, really. You don't have to worry about me." Ryoichi waved it off as he ate his food.

Feeling the tension in the air, Maize tried to make things less weird. "So, Kari. What's your class like?"

"Well, it's interesting, I'll tell you that. My classmates aren't exactly chaotic in a way, except for this one guy that can make blades out of his body. But Setsuna, Kendo, and Tetsutetsu are pretty cool."

"That's nice. Is your class really smaller than Ryoichi's?" Asked Lizanna.

"Yeah, it's only 21 of us compared to 1A's 25. Odd, but I'm not complaining, so I'm fine with it."

"Can I go to my room? I just want some alone time." Ryoichi suddenly asked.

It got silent again as everyone stared at him or was just giving awkward looks at each other.

"Ryoichi-" Kari tried to reason with him before Yui stopped her.

"It's okay, you can go."

Ryoichi nodded and took his plate of food upstairs to his room. Kari slumped down into her seat, feeling upset now as she sighed.

"Right... At least you're having fun in the hero course, right?" Asked Maize.

"Yeah, sure..." Kari muttered out.

Maize got worried for her now and so was Lizanna. They nodded at each other and knew what to do.

"Hey, mom, I know Ryoichi asked for some alone time, but I'm gonna go check on him." Said Maize.

"If that's what you think is best, go ahead."

Maize left to go check on his little brother while Lizanna stayed with her sister.

"Alright, Kari, wanna say what's wrong?" Lizanna spoke up.

"What do you mean?" Kari asked.

"You were excited to talk about your classmates, and now like your brother, you're all moody and upset. So, tell us what's wrong."

Kari sighed. "It's the USJ incident. I know we weren't exactly supposed to bring it up, but I can't feel like a burden to Ryoichi."

Lizanna and Yui became confused about what she meant by that.

"Why do you feel that way?" Asked Yui.

"I trust my brother with handling himself, but even then, I keep butting in, like I'm just getting in his way. We both want to get stronger, but I keep blocking that for him. Especially when..." Kari stopped talking when she remembered something from their childhood. She's been holding onto it for a while and blamed herself for making things worse for them. "I just don't want to feel like I'm a burden to him and holding him back..."