My Angel

A Long Journey

" Sora, are you finished packing?" Her grandmother's head peeked through the door just as she had closed the carry bag.

" Yosh, all set!" The girl said proudly after managing to defeat the crammed bag.

" The bag though... It seems lighter than expected." Her grandmother placed a hand on her jaw as she looked at the blue mass on the ground. " Are you sure you took everything you need? Everything I've given you?"

" Yes yes Grandma, all is in there." Sora pointed at the sack about to burst at any moment.

" It's just, I'm a little worried about you. This is the first time you leave my side for this long." Her grandma's complexion softened. " And there was I-island too..." The woman murmured

" Grandma! I'm 15 now. I can take care of myself!" Sora folded her arms and puffed her cheeks. " I don't want to be treated like a kid for the rest of my life! Plus, we'll have teachers around. What would possibly happen out there in the camp."

" Right, maybe I'm overthinking." Heaving a short sigh, Yui smiled at her, giving her a hug and placing a kiss on her forehead. " Very well then. I shall leave you. You need to get up early don't you. Sweet dreams, dear." She smiled while slowly closing the door behind her.

" You're treating me more like a kid now, Grandma." Sora sweat dropped. Still, that's how her grandmother was. She was very thankful for her love and care that made it up for her nonexistent parents.

" A training camp..." Sora slumped down on her futon, her face beaming with excitement. " I wonder how it will be. I can't wait!"

She rolled on her bed, her heart throbbing rapidly in her chest before stopping to pick her phone as it buzzed. It was Iida, reminding them once again of the time of the gathering. As diligent as ever, Iida-kun.

As she scrolled through her messages, her red eyes fell upon a certain name. There was no contact from that number for almost half a year. Yumei didn't contact me much. Even when I call her, it only lasts a few minutes. She said she is quite busy with something now.

Sora sighed flinging her arm to the side and letting the phone slide of it. " Hope she is fine."

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The 1st day of the training camp finally came. A quite dewy morning. Until a certain voice yelled...

" I'm late!!!!!"

Sora rushed out of her house, almost slipping and falling. She promptly tried to smooth her hair down as much as possible. " Why today of all days... I totally forgot to set my alarm!"

She met with Yuu who came to check on her halfway to his house, only for him to be grabbed by the wrist and tugged behind her. " Wait, Sora..."

" We're gonna be late! Aizawa-sensei's gonna punish us!"

Imagining the angry face of their homeroom teacher, Yuu as well hastened his pace. " It's finally here, the first day of the training camp!"

" I can't believe it. I could swear it was just yesterday that we were running down this same road in our new uniforms!" Sora smiled at him.

" It's been half a year since that. And I have to say, you haven't grown an inch taller since then, Sora." Whisper teased.

" Don't be a meanie! I'll grow at the right time! I'll be as tall and as beautiful as Grandma!" She stuck her tongue out at him.

" Here she is acting in a childish way again." Whisper chuckled.

Yuu couldn't hold back the smile that formed on his face. A lot of things happened during that half-year. He had been through a lot, he fell down and struggled up again. There were many times he felt useless. There were many times he regretted not being able to do anything. Hard as it was, he felt he managed to grow through that time.