My Hero Academia: Relationship Pool

Chapter 82

I ran at the robot and threw my arms up into the air as I folded myself downwards and did a roundoff and when I landed with enough momentum to throw myself backwards and did a couple of flips until I landed with my legs around the robot's neck. My crotch right in its face, and it clearly hadn't calculated that I would come at it this fast cause it lost balance and stumbled backwards without falling.

I tried using as little energy as I could on my body by just sharpening my fingertips to be able to dig them into the metal that connected the robot's head to its body and pulled. The robot reached up and grabbing onto my leg and arm trying to pull me off, as it couldn't see with my torso covering its line of sight. 

But I squeezed my legs tighter around it's neck, and I didn't let it move me an inch. I pulled on the robot, and I couldn't help but scream as I felt it give and heard a few wires snap. I pushed back just a bit to pull again to help wrench the head straight off the body. 

I took in a sigh of relief as the robot fell backward, and I straightened my legs out to land on my feet as the headless robot landed on its back underneath me.

I dropped the head at my feet and tried taking a couple of steps forward, but I was done. 

I was swept off my feet before I could even begin to falter. Cool shade protected me from the sun or prying eyes as my body gave up. I could feel the pain in my back, the ache that I've been hiding and my lower back cramping. My body wanting to explode.

"Is everything alright?" I could hear the instructor ask outside of Shoji's arm canopy.

"Yes, everything is fine." Shoji said above me. "Y/n was getting a little overheated. I think they just need to sit in the shade for a bit."

"Well, if they start to get worse don't hesitate to take them to Recovery Girl." The instructor told him. "Here's their score sheet." 

"Thank you, sir, I'll make sure y/n is taken care of." Shoji told him and I could feel him start to walk away with the vibrations coming from his body. "Are you doing, okay?" 

"Yeah, just peachy." I tried saying without making it obvious I was in uncomfortable pain. I don't think it worked.

"What else can I do?" Shoji asked. 

"I just need a couple minutes to rest." I told him. "I should be able to hold myself together without needing to eat in just a few minutes."

"Okay, I'll take us over to a shaded building that way you have some privacy if you need it." He said. 

"Thank you." I told him and I couldn't hold my head up anymore. My forehead rested against Shoji's chest.

"Umm, y/n?" He asked.

"Yes?" I asked without opening my eyes.

"Do you have horns?" He asked and I realized the headache in my temple was more than a headache. I lifted my head away from Shoji's chest and felt my forehead. Horns had come most of the way out of my head and I hadn't even noticed. 

"Shit." I cursed and held my face. I had lost myself much more than I thought I had.

"I promise I won't tell anyone." Shoji told me and he stopped walking; I could feel through the cracks in his arms that the air was cooler so we must have gotten to the shade. "Do you want to come out? It's not well hidden over here, so it would be risky if you don't want to be seen."

"I'd rather stay in here." I said and tried not to panic. I know Shoji means the best. That doesn't make this any less scary.

"I understand." He told me. "Do you want to talk about it?"