Miss Rebel

《23》 Deception

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After the incident, the 4 U.A students were transferred to a hospital...the 3 boys with minor injuries were unable to meet with their female companion for the moment. Since she was the most injured out of all of them. 

  After a night's rest, one of the heads of the police officers visited and explained the whole situation about their actions towards the Hero Killer, Stain. Under the law, what they did was wrong...but morally, they did the right thing. In the end, they were off the hook and Endeavor took the credit for defeating the villain. 

  As long as he was behind bars...everything else was okay.

Once their minor injuries were healed and were interrogated by the police, they were ready to leave the hospital to return back to school. They were unable to meet or check on their blonde classmate, as visitors were forbidden to meet her at the moment. Or...so they thought--
  "Hey what's up cuties~!" Alma exclaims in English, opening the slide-in door of the hospital room where the 3 boys were found. Her appearance surprised them.

  "A-Alma-?!" 
 

She flashes them a wink, walking in closer to their beds. She took note that they were all dressed up in their normal outfits while she still wore the hospital gown.
  Midoriya was the first to talk, "Y-Your shoulders...! Are you okay now?"
  "That Nomu sure gave you a hard time!" Iida spoke right after, moving his arm towards her like a robot.
The girl perks at this, peeking over to her injured shoulder. She pulls down her gown a bit, exposing her bloody bandage shoulder to the 3 boys. The sight startled them a bit, "Not quite...looks like the Nomu's claws dug deeper than we thought,"
The three stay silent, their eyes focus on her shoulder as they recall the creature swooping her down, claws digging her shoulders as her body dangled loosely. At that very moment, they couldn't do anything...bodies frozen from fear. If Stain hadn't reacted....who knows what could have possibly happened.
  "Unlike you three, I have to stay here for another week," She lets out a sigh before grinning, "I don't have much time here~ The nurses are probably searching for me~"
  The boys sweat at the last part. No surprise that the older girl sneaked past the nurses and went straight to their room. On cue, the voice of a troubled woman was heard outside the door as frantic footsteps could be heard following.

  "Miss Walker...??! Miss Walker?? Where are you...!!"
 

Alma laughs at this, a sly smirk forming across her face while the rest stare at her with a poker face, "Looks like that's my cue to leave---!"
She was ready to leave the room when suddenly....a timid voice calls out her name.
 "A-Alma...Wait--!"
She turns around by his call, eyes peering curiously over at his nervous face. It was cute at first...but his eyes have a different meaning than usual. Something wasn't right...and it was obvious due to the tense air he emitted. Alma narrowed her eyes briefly.
"What's up?" She perks, still keeping her smirk on despite feeling otherwise. It seems like Midoriya hesitated for a moment, eyes drifting to his side. He was nervous..confused...as her words from the previous incident echoed inside his head. He couldn't sleep because of it. Her words really bothered the boy.
  "A-About what you said--! To S-Stain....!" He looks over at her, his eyes almost pleading for the truth, "Y-You...w-weren't serious w-were you...??!"
 Alma's heart almost dropped at this, not from his worried look...nor his words...but rather...His eyes...pleaded for her words to not be true. That her words with Stain were a fluke for the villain to fall for her trap. It wasn't true...It couldn't be true---
She felt her hands twitch, she did not like the look that Midoriya had. The doubt lingering in his eyes just stung her heart simply for the words she said.
  She lets out a silent sigh, "And what if it is true? Why does it matter?"
  Midoriya was then silent, mouth agape as no words were able to come out of his mouth from the shock. While both Iida and Shoto stood there, tense by the air.
 Her eyes....were cold. Just like before.
Midoriya couldn't help but be reminded of her cruel words as he watches her soulless eyes peer over at him---
    "--HAHAHA!! OMG" She suddenly laughs, her laugh completely cropping out the tense room. The 3 boys stare at her with the most utter surprise, with dumbfounded look. Huh? Why was she laughing?? What was going on???
  Still laughing, she begins to point at their faces, "LOOK AT THOSE FACES!! MAN, YOU GUYS ARE FUNNY--!!"
  They were trying to adjust to the situation...what was she on about? Wasn't she annoyed??
  "W-Wha---!??" Midoriya manages to say, blinking owlishly at her sudden laugh. He was trying to understand why she was laughing. The situation itself wasn't funny so--?
"Anyway~ I really got to go before I get into any more trouble, " She flashes them a grin once more, "See ya guys back at school~!"
They wave her goodbye, immediately forgetting about what happened earlier. In the end, what mattered most was that they were safe and sound...and that the hero killer was no longer roaming and hunting down innocent heroes as he usually did. His reign of terror was finally brought down to the end.
The 3 boys exited the hospital, Midoriya turning to peer back at the big hospital. When he did, he halted in his stop, eyes widening as he caught a glimpse of something feint leaving his sight inside the hospital. The other two turn to this, noticing Midoriya's hesitation.
"Midoriya? Is there something wrong?"
The boy snapped from his thoughts, now looking back at the two boys who waited for him. He shook his head, trying to push back his thoughts, "N-No...it's nothing..."
  The two boys turn to each other, shrugging at Midoriya's strange behavior before walking ahead...as the freckled boy followed behind. Doubt filled his mind, glancing back at the hospital...still picturing the familiar figure he swore he saw.