I'm Fucking Fine, Okay? - EraserMic -

3

Everyone rushes to the pool. I just stand in place frozen by fear. How the hell am I going to get out of this?

I hear some splashing sounds as people jump into the pool.

'Coming Sho?' Hizashi looks at me.

'Erm, well, not the biggest fan of swimming to be honest' Hizashi laughs.

'Jesus Sho. Each day you become more like a cat, I swear it. Come on'. He begins dragging me outside. He plops his bag onto the group, and takes off his shit and jeans, revealing a pair of green trunks.

They're the same colour as his eyes.

I snap away, looking at something else. Can't be caught staring at my best friend. That's not what best friends do.

Suddenly, I'm covered in water as Hizashi jumps into the pool. He surfaces, splashing water at me.

'Come on Sho. Strip. Get in!' I look down at him. I begin to bite the inside of my cheek, tasting blood. Fuck. Slowly, I pull my jeans down, revealing the bottom half of a wetsuit. Without looking, I also pull of my shirt, revealing the top of the wetsuit. Hizashi stares at me.

'I get cold.' I sit on the edge of the pool, and slowly slide in, holding my yellow swim goggles. Well this is going really badly.

You should leave. Nobody wants you here.

Hizashi swims over to me. 'It's all good man. My mum's got hypothyroidism so I totally get it'. I relax a bit. Thank fuck.

He splashes water at me, bringing me out of my daze. I splash water back at him, giggling. 

'Was that a giggle?' Hizashi stares at me. I go red. 'N-no' I stammer.

'Liar! You giggled!' Suddenly, Nem jumps next to us. 'He giggled?!'

'Yeah!' Hizashi laughs. I put on my goggles, and begin to slowly go under the water, trying to hide my embarrassment. Everything goes quiet. I can hear the faint muffling of voices. I sink down to the bottom of the pool, crossing my legs. I look upwards.

 My lungs begin to burn, but I ignore them. Suddenly, the water is broken by a woman with long purple hair as she dives in. She notices me, smiling.

This would be a peaceful way to die, I think. She stares at me, horrified. 

She begins to swim closer. Fuck fuck fuck. I activate my quirk, just to be on the safe side. Okay. You've got this. Happy thoughts.

I stop activating my quirk, and force myself to think happy thoughts. God I love swimming! I should do it more often. I hope Nem's having a good time. I wonder how my cats are doing. I should probably feed them when I get back. 

I look at her; she smiles, and then kicks her way to the surface.

Fucking mind readers.

- later - 

I unlock the bathroom door, successfully back in my normal clothes. I've decided to put my capture weapon back on, because it helps calm me down. Hizashi stands there waiting.

'We've got a problem Hizashi'. He lift his eyebrow. 'What?'

'There's a mind reader here'. Hizashi's mouth opens in shock. 'What are the fucking chances! Are you okay? Did she hear anything-'

'I'm not sure. I want to stay away from her. I don't want her outing me to the whole fucking party'.

'Okay, what does she look like?' I stop and think. 'Long purple hair. Yellow eyes'.

'Cool. If I spot her I'll nudge you and you need to force yourself not to have gay thoughts'

I give him a death stare. He looks at me dumbfounded. 'What? What did I say?'

Before I could scold him, Nemuri was back on the table. 'I'm getting massive Deja Vu being back here guys! Anybody remember the party of 2011?' Hizashi hollars. Snipe whistles.

'In honour of that memory, we're going to play some teen party games!' Everybody laughs. 'Totally optional of course. Just thought it would be a little fun! So grab your poison of choice, and head into the lounge!' She jumps off the table, picking up an entire bottle of red off the table.

Well this is going to be shit. Hizashi nudges me in the ribcage. 'Wanna join in?' I stare at him. 'Take a wild guess'.

'Yes?' He asks sarcastically. I roll my eyes. He huffs. 'I'll make you a deal Sho. You join in for one game, and you can go back to your hobo clothes for the rest of the 24 hours'.

I don't want to make a deal with the devil. But I really miss my sweatpants. 'Ugh, fine'.

I push past him into the lounge. He follows behind me, practically skipping. I sit down on the floor next to Nezu.

NEZU?

'What are you doing here?' I ask dumbfounded. He scoffs, drinking tea from a mug. 'Could ask you the same question Eraserhead. You hate parties.'

I cross my arms. Hizashi sits down next to me. 'He wanted to celebrate your friend's birthday, didn't you Sho?' I nod in agreement.

'Well I came because Midnight has an exquisite tea selection'. Hizashi laughs.

'No Nezu. You came because you love chaos. If I recall, back in 2011 you managed to High Specs spin the bottle for your own amusement. You made Hound Dog kiss Vlad King even though you knew they hated eachother at the time.'

He smiles cheekily. 'What's the fun of being the smartest person in the room if you don't get to use it?'

Midnight claps. 'Okay everyone, first game is Truth or Dare!'

I'm getting too old for this shit. Midnight turns to Cementos. 'Truth or dare'. He thinks. 'Dare'. Midnight thinks. 'I dare you to go outside and draw a penis in the cement.' Everybody laughs. Cementos begins heading to Midnight's back garden.

'Wait, what are you doing-'

'You said outside Midnight. You didn't specify where'. Everybody laughs. He activates his quirk, creating a giant penis drawn in cement. Everybody laughs.

He heads back inside. He turns to sombody sat across from him. 'Sara, truth or dare?' I snap to the girl he's talking to, and go as white as a sheet. Long purple hair. Yellow eyes.

'Truth'.

'Are you and Ro engaged yet?' She laughs. 'No not yet. I keep dropping him hints but he can't seem to get it.' Everyone laughs. She snaps her eyes to me.

Oh no.

'Eraserhead, I believe. Truth or dare'.

I internally begin panicking. How far is her range? Can she read my thoughts now? Should I use my quirk? No, that would be too obvious. I shrink into my scarf.

I cough, clearning my throat. Dare is the safest option right now. 'D-dare'.

She smiles. 'I dare you to swing across the ceiling singing the spiderman theme song'. I huff, get up, and do as I'm told. I hear the clicking of photographs, rolling my eyes. I sit back down next to Hizashi.

'Hey Peter Parker'.

'We will never speak of this again'. I glare at him, before turning back to the group.

'Midnight, truth or dare'.

'Dare'.

'I dare you to put me to sleep for the rest of the party. I'm tired.'

Everyone laughs. Midnight walks over to me. The last thing I remember is smoke.

- later - 

I open my eyes, and find myself curled up on Midnight's bed. I can hear the party going on downstairs.

Fuck I hate being alive. Why do I have to wake up?

I stretch, and yawn, as I do, I notice somebody stood in the doorway to the bedroom.

It's Sara. And she doesn't look happy.