Draining Song

Part Six

Reader pov

As I'm reading my book I overhear Kirishima and Aizawa Sensei talking. It's not like I'm snooping, it's just hard not to when I'm sitting so close. When I hear the words "Fatgum" and "work study" in the same sentence, it gets even harder to ignore. 

A little bit more into their conversation, Aizawa Sensei calls me over. "Kirishima and you are both wanting to do your work studies at the same agency. Amajiki from the big three has been doing his work studies there for a while, you can ask him after class to take you there himself," Aizawa says as he signs a paper. He passes it to me. "This is a permission form for you two to leave campus supervised by an upper classman." 

"Thank you, Sensei," Kirishima and I say at the same time with a bow. 

A few minutes before class ends, Aizawa lets us leave to find Amajiki's class. We make small talk on the way and as we wait for the bell to ring. Amajiki is one of the last ones out, following after Mirio with Nejire behind him. "Amajiki Senpai," Kirishima calls out. 

The shy third year startles like a deer in headlights. "Y-yes?"

"Please take us to Fatgum," We beg with deep bows together. "We would like to do our work studies with him!"

I look up without standing straight and glance at Amajiki Senpai. His face is a bright red and he's hiding behind his hands. "Yes, I'll take you. Just please stop doing that," He mumbles. 

Kirishima and I look at each other with our eyes lit up. "Thank you so much, man," Kirishima beams. 

"Please don't make it into such a big deal. It's nothing, really," Senpai whispers. 

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The train ride feels awkward with Tamaki Senpai - he begged us to drop the formalities but we kept the Senpai - not being much of a talker. Kirishima doesn't seem to realize as he talks on and on. He bounces from topic to topic, one second we're talking about the clouds and the next what the work study will be like. I'm only half listening and nodding my head as I scroll through cat memes on my phone. I show a couple to Tamaki Senpai and we chuckle a bit but he still seems a bit tense. I can understand why, it's hard to open up to people. Especially ones as loud as Kirishima, but he's a cool guy outside of all of that energy. 

We arrive at our stop and walk a for a few minutes until we arrive at a building. "It's huge," Kirishima yells, running all over the front entrance. 

"It looks like everything I imagined and more," I agree. 

Our chaperone nods and smiles gently. "The Fatgum agency is one of the best out there."

I'm glad we finally get more out of Tamaki Senpai so I just smile with him. He takes us to the reception desk. "Tamaki, how lovely to see you," the receptionist smiles. "If you're here to see Fatgum, he'll be available in a few minutes. Why don't you give your friends a tour while you wait?"

"Thank you, have a good day," He replies politely. Tamaki Senpai waves as we walk off to explore.