Violet Eyes

Chapter 36

Helix lore? I hope you're interested in Helix lore, bc that is literally all this chapter is. 

The next morning, I woke all three of the boys up at seven. None of them were happy with me. 

"We're going to school," I stated, already dressed and ready. I had woken up at five, unable to fall back asleep. I stole another cigarette from Hitoshi and added another scar to my collection. My mind was clear, my anger was in check, and I wanted to get out of that goddamn house. 

Katsuki frowned at me but had no other visible reaction to my statement. "No, we're not." 

"But I played nice!" I cried, thinking it was highly unfair for him to offer the deal and not follow through with it.

"Yeah, and then you had a panic attack. You're not going to school." 

My betrayed look morphed into anger at the drop of a hat. My rage was in check, I wasn't going to swing or say something mean, but that didn't mean I wasn't still pissed. "You guys aren't skipping. Either you bring me with or I sit here by myself all day." 

Arm wrapped around my waist, lifting me into the air with a gasp. "Toshi, put me down!" I yelled, fighting against the hold he had on me. 

I was dropped onto his bed and he promptly collapsed on top of me, his face buried into my stomach. "We're staying home and you're sleeping," he stated, already sounding close to passing out again. 

"I need to get out of this room," I said for the millionth time. How did none of them seem to grasp that locking me up was doing more harm than good? "Please, Toshi. I need to get out of here. Just let me go to school. If I freak out, we can come straight back. Just let me try." 

At the sound of his annoyed groan, I knew I had won. He pulled his head away, tossing a look over his shoulder at the other two boys. "Do we let him try?" 

I saw Eijirou frown as he thought about the idea. "Does he have one of us in all his classes?" 

"No," I admitted, because they would just get more stubborn and hard-headed if I lied. "But Uraraka is in everyone that you guys aren't. I'll be fine!" 

Katsuki pushed himself from my bed and made his way over to Hitoshi's, kneeling in front of me and grabbing my chin. "Do you actually think you can do it? Or is this just a ploy to get out of the house?" There was a hard set to his voice, something that hadn't happened often since I'd been back. All three of them had been walking on eggshells around me the past few days, scared to raise their voices or seem too aggressive. As sweet as it was, it wasn't helping. 

I didn't back down from his gaze, needing to prove to myself that I could handle it. I'd pulled myself together after being stung out more times than I could count, what was one more? "Both." 

"You promise that you'll find one of us if it gets to be too much?" the blond pressed, his resolve slowly slipping. 

I tried to nod, but his grip didn't allow for it. "I promise, Kacchan." 

He shook his head at me, a soft smile taking the place of his stern expression in seconds. "You can't just use that stupid nickname to get anything you want, you know." 

"But it works so well," I teased right back, my own smile cementing itself onto my lips. Ugh, all three of them just made it so hard for me to hate the world and all its occupants. 

"Whatever," he muttered, finally releasing me. "We're going to school." 

"Fuck yes!" I paused for a second, realizing that I was missing a key component for any school day. "Hey, what happened to my phone?"