𝐖𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 || ᵇ.ᵏᵃᵗˢᵘᵏⁱ

XXXVII

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Aeri and Bakugou were allowed to chill out for the rest of the day, having completed their supposed 'training' for the day. They sat on the benches not really knowing what to do, there was no signal, no sights to see—just the camp. Jungwon made it to the camp an hour after them, his sweater almost fully stained brown.

He stormed up to Aizawa. "This is Chanel!" He whined, tearing the jumper off his body.

"Give it to me and go sit with your sister," was all he said back. Obviously now realising that none of the students would be in a good mood after falling off a cliff and then having to trek miles through the forest, fighting beasts made of mud—and that he was the one who'd have to deal with all the whining.

Jungwon turned to the bench and Aeri waved lazily at him. Bakugou stared him down as he approached as if he was taking away his quality time with Aeri.

"That sucked ass," Jungwon said as he sat down, loosening his top button and the tie of his uniform. Aeri hummed in agreement, dozing in the sun. "Do you have sunscreen?" He asked her. Aeri nodded and pointed to the tote bag on the table, Jungwon opened it and yanked out the sunscreen, rubbing it on his face angrily and hoping the shade of the trees was enough to stop him from getting sunburnt during their little adventure.

"How long do you think it'll take the rest of them?" Aeri questioned, opening her eyes.

"It's 1 PM now... I'm betting 3 PM." Jungwon replied, checking his watch.

Aeri looked over to Bakugou, waiting for his answer. "7 PM"

"I'm gonna go for 5 PM." Aeri nodded, angling her face back up to the sun.

"You're playing it safe, going in the middle of both our answers." Jungwon scoffed. Aeri smiled.

"The most reasonable answer is the one between two extremes." She told him.

"You sound like Jinyoung." Jungwon rolled his eyes, dodging the slap Aeri sent to his arm.

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It was dark by the time the rest of the class turned up, bruised, dirty and tired at 6 PM. Her father sent them all to get washed up in the public baths and the three that arrived earlier followed them, wanting to wash off the grime that had been sticking to them for hours.

Aeri sunk into the water with a contented sigh, Mina joined her a second later, laying her head on Aeri's bare shoulder. "Tired?" She asked Mina who groaned out a yes.

"Turn, I'll scrub your back for you." She offered and Mina complied instantly, grateful for the help. Aeri grabbed Mina's washcloth and soap and began to wash away the dirt and sweat coating Mina's skin, applying pressure in places where her muscles felt stiff from overexertion. Mina sighed happily and closed her eyes.

"I feel brand new," Mina said, rolling her shoulders back after Aeri had finished. "Thank you." She turned back around and sat facing her friend. "Let me do you now." Aeri smiled and accepted shyly, hoping her friend wouldn't comment on the scars covering her back. She had no cool excuse for them really, a lot of them were from sparring when she was younger and inexperienced.

Luckily, Mina didn't even blink at them and got straight to work, but it was cut short when they all heard commotion from the other side of the wall—the boy's bath.

All the girls looked around at each other with frowns, knowing exactly what was going on and swiftly wrapped towels around their bodies to protect themselves from the class pervert.

By the shaking of the fence, they knew Mineta was climbing it, and by the way Jungwon and Iida were shouting, they could tell he was too far up for them to pull him down. Aeri prepared a shuriken angrily so that when that fucker's purple head popped over the top of the fence, he wouldn't even get the chance to see before he was falling back down with a sliced-up forehead.