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Chapter 024 - Changes Part 2

Conflicted.

Ever since he left UA and got home, that was all he was feeling for the whole weekend. After everything that happened just that day, from what he's seen to what others have told him, Eijiro had become conflicted. That conflicted feeling ended up causing him grief over the weekend thanks to thinking about what he should believe, who he should support and what he should do.

Eijiro wanted to believe everyone. From his childhood friend to his newly made friend. But he knew that wasn't possible due to all the contradictions and things just not adding up. Especially with everything that happened at the USJ that brought up some new information. He tried to talk things out with his other newly made friend, Tetsu, over the weekend about it all but that didn't help him figure things out either. And he couldn't contact Mina because he still hadn't replaced his phone yet. He thought about dropping by her house to talk to her but he couldn't muster up the courage to do so.

As a result, Eijiro's weekend was agonizingly long thanks to his nonstop thinking about everything. He thought about Mina and how he wanted to apologize to her, get back on the same page with her and hopefully pursue something more with her since they both cracked open that door. He also thought about the one who saved them all. How Izuku Midoriya seemed like an actual decent guy after what he did for them all and how he should not believe everything said about him from Katsuki.

That led Eijiro to think about how he was upset with Katsuki due to his words and behavior. How the blonde bombardier might have exaggerated things or quite possibly lied to him. He needed to find out for sure. And if it was true, he didn't know what he'd do afterwards. He wondered if he'd end up wanting to give up on Katsuki or not. He realized that he had some issues that he needed help with, such as his quick fuse, his harsh language and how he behaved with everyone. How his behavior would worsen whenever it pertained to that one individual. But even with all that evidence in front of him, he still didn't want to give up on him because he believed that he was a good person since he wanted to be a hero and was pursuing it in his own way.

All in all, Eijiro wasn't able to relax at all during the entire weekend. And when he attended UA at the start of the week, he was still lost. He was hoping for an opportunity or a sign that would've helped him broach the subjects he was thinking about with the people that were involved.

Unfortunately for him, he never got the chance. Mina was with the girls almost all of the time. And when he entered the classroom, she had barely glanced at him before looking away without a word. He had noticed the slight expression of pain on her face since he knew her so well. That made him feel even more awful and instead of trying to talk to her, he just shuffled to his desk with a gloomy expression and sat down.

Katsuki did talk with him. But it was mostly with short phrases to reply back to him and he was behaving even brasher and ruder to him. Eijiro wondered why, even while a small part in the back of his mind had an idea about the cause of it.

After the assembly where Principal Nezu gave everyone information about what happened and what UA did as a result, Eijiro had even more things to think about. The new teacher hired to cover for Midnight until she came back. Upgraded security. The dorms and the new things about them. How Izuku had a request for them all. All that and more kept Eijiro busy thinking. So much so that he just went on auto pilot and followed Katsuki to the cafeteria. They grabbed their meals and ate in the cafeteria.

When Katsuki finished his meal rather quickly, he left the cafeteria and Eijiro decided to go with him even though he wasn't finished eating. He thought it might be a good time to talk to his new friend about the things he was thinking about. But even then, he was unable to do so because Katsuki kept up his brash attitude with him.