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Sipping the warm liquid somehow calmed her senses down.
Airi sat between Bakugou and Midoriya as Fuyumi invited them to stay back a little while before going back to school. Since they were caught eavesdropping, might as well explain the whole conflict within their family, was what Fuyumi thought.
At the sound of her name, Airi awkwardly connected gazes with everyone in the room, as if it was completely unusual for her to know before anyone does.
"Ah, right! Of course you told Himari-san.", Fuyumi nodded in understatement.
Bakugou however, couldn't let that fact go as easily as everyone, so he was the first to ask,
"Why did you tell Airi, and not the rest of us?"
The girl shuffled uncomfortably beside him, as Shoto watched each and every one of her movements, wondering who was going to answer first.
"It's none of your business, Bakugou."
"I was the one who asked.", Airi finally admits, earning surprised looks from everyone, besides Shoto. "It was just out of curiosity."
"Out of curiosity?", Midoriya was next to point out the peculiarity, as Airi pursed her lips, unable to connect the dots herself. No, she knew. But, she didn't want to assume anything. Shoto stayed silent however, because deep within his heart, he knew Airi never asked due to curiosity, but she had her own reasons to which he was eager to know as well.
"I...w-well...", Airi tried to find the right words, her eyes darting anywhere else besides the several pairs of eyes locked on her figure. "T-There was s-some kind of.... resemblance... with someone.... It's just, it doesn't matter."
She sighed deeply, shaking her head. "I don't exactly remember why I asked. But Shoto only told me briefly about him. I didn't want to push further, its an uncomfortable topic, anyways."
It can be seen from her peripheral vision that Bakugou wasn't satisfied with her answer, and before he could part his lips to say anything, Airi shot him a look, muttering out softly,
"Just.. let it go, Katsuki."
Fuyumi took this as a sign to continue, avoiding their gazes as she started off, "Natsu and Toya were really close. They played together all the time. It happened soon after Mom was hospitalized. Her condition worsened, that..."
