The Green Tea Anthology - Izuocha week 2023

Chapter 2: Cute combination (Kaleidoscopic)

"He's going to have two shades of color in his hair!"

"No! He's going to have his mother's hair!"

The sound of two animated voices covered the pink-colored room, while outside there was no noise at all. The hallways of the place were empty, and most of the lights in the building were already off. It was one o'clock in the morning, and most of the students of the hero course were already in bed resting or doing whatever they were doing on that calm night.

But in that room specifically, there was no trace of sleep or tiredness. It seemed that the night was young for the people inside those four walls.

At that moment, it was a sleepover for friends. And that meant they weren't going to sleep early, and they were going to talk about a lot of gossip and love. It was the best thing to do at that time, especially knowing that at night the most honest feelings and deepest secrets were released. Both girls decided to do what they always did whenever they got together; talk about the romances they saw every day in class, plus bet on who was going to end up in love with whom.

Yes, that was what Mina and Hagakure did at times when everyone was already resting.

And it wasn't a light topic to talk about, to tell the truth. After all, Mina and Hagakure were the most obsessive girls in those topics, being no surprise to many that they always planned the Valentine's Day ideas of the classroom. Because of that obsession with love, every conversation they had with that topic could turn into a memorable and laugh-out-loud experience, or a presidential-level debate where it could end in small disagreements.

They had both finished talking about Momo and Todoroki, and had come up with the idea of talking about their future marriage with a child. They both agreed that it was nice to think that they could get married and be a luxury family, but they disagreed a lot about what the child would look like.

They weren't serious debates, but that was the bread and butter of both friends' sleepovers. And so, it was with the romances they saw all over UA. Maybe that was what brought them together too much. Beyond companionship on missions, love and gossip was something that totally bonded them.

"Well, let's save the debate for later - who's next on the list?"

"Let's see." Hagakure began to look at the list they had both made. "Midoriya and Uraraka."

"Excellent. I already wanted to talk about them."

Hagakure put the list aside and pulled a roulette wheel towards them both. It was a small roulette, with numbers from 1 to 20 marked on it. The girl gave a quick spin and landed on the number 14. This made Mina grab the respective card the roulette had said.

They knew it would be boring if they only talked about love in a broad sense. They wanted to expand the theme of love and gossip, so they decided to play a little game. For each couple they talked to, they had to spin a little roulette wheel, and depending on the number that came up, they would draw a card that showed a different topic to discuss. It could be about what a future wedding between that couple would be like, or even what their first date would be like. Or simply what they had in common.

"What does it say?" asked Hagakure.

"It says, what colors do you think would best represent their relationship?"

Not all questions necessarily had to be factual. They could even be comparisons or tie-ins to fictional stories.

"I think that's an easy question, Hagakure." Mina said with great assurance. "Green and pink. There's no doubt with that."

"Are you sure? I mean, with the rest we've thought a lot, but..."

"Come on, trust me, you think I don't know them both well?"