Broken Mirror (Katsuki Bakugou)

Chapter 3: Close

Today was the day of the mock battle and receiving costumes. Everyone has already gotten theirs, but Kaoru's was a bit late...

"Hey, where's you outfit, Ishino-chan?" Ochaco asked, already wearing hers. Her black jumpsuit along with the pink armor and boots she had on actually look really good on her. Kaoru was jealous.

"I guess it's just a bit late," she replied nonchalantly.

"That's strange. All Might said that everyone's should be in at one o'clock today," Momo said while still putting her top on. That skirt looked amazing on her, let alone the revealing shirt.

"I don't know. Aizawa-sensei said that it's taking a little longer for mine to be made. There's an attachment that they had to fix that's supposed to help hold my fragrances."

"Ohh, I see," Momo said, nodding her head once.

"I hope I get put on the same team as you, Kaoru!" Mina chirped, attaching herself like a leech to Kaoru's arm. She just chuckled anxiously. To say the truth, All Might has already told her the pairings, and she was stuck on the same team as Bakugou. But she didn't want to let them know so that she didn't hurt their feelings.

"I hope I don't get paired up with the hot-headed jerk," Momo said disgustedly, rolling her eyes while checking herself out in the mirror. She was putting her hair up in its normal ponytail.

"Me either," said Mina.

"I wouldn't mind," Asui said. Everyone, excluding Kaoru, looked at her astounded. "What? He's pretty strong."

"But he's not very cooperative," Kyoka said.

"At least he's hot," Toru said. Everyone looked to the floating clothes in the room which was her. Her invisibility can be a bit offputting when you think about it. Everyone else shrugged with a slight nod in agreement.

"Who's ready to do this thing!" Mina shouted in excitement, trying to pump everyone up.

"But Ishino-chan doesn't have her outfit yet," Ochaco said.

"Oh crap, you're right," Mina said, completely oblivious to Kaoru's recent annoyed expression.

"It's okay. You guys go. I'm sure it'll be here in a couple minutes. Just tell All Might that I'll be running a bit late."

With a sad smile, all of the girls left to head towards the training grounds. The truth is that she had been storing her costume in her locker a day in advance. She didn't want others to realize how skinny she actually was. Opening her locker, she dragged her costume out of it. The first thing she put on was the long sleeved crop top shirt. It had a cross on it like Sweden's flag, only on the opposite side. Next was the tights. It was to allow her to move as freely and easily as possible. Third thing was the waist cape; it helped her agility while using her physical strength. Fourth was the boots with spikes on the back in case there was ever an enemy behind her. Next was the elbow and knee pads for protection. And lastly was the perfume attachment. It hung off of her waist down to her hip so that she could easily retrieve one if she ever needed it.

Not only did her costume look cool, but it also helped her in a lot of ways.

She checked in the mirror to see how it looked. She was pleased with it. It was exactly how she wanted it, and because of the colors, it made it seem like she was a healthy size. But she was still nervous about the others finding out. It was bound to happen eventually.

Walking towards the door, she took in a deep breath and opened it. To her surprise, Bakugou happened to step out of the boys' locker room at the same time.

"The hell you looking at?" He growled.

"Nice grenades," she said, raising her right hand to gesture to the gear on his. He looked down to his hand, then back up to her, but she was already gone.