I pulled open the door to make my way to class, late as always.
The classroom door slid open and I poked my head inside.
"Sorry I'm late, Aizawa-sensi." I bowed and made my way to my seat without another word.
"See me after class." He mumbled before continuing his lesson. I groaned internally but pulled it together to focus on the task at hand.
The last bell rang and other students sprang from their seats, I knew if I moved a muscle, he'd grab me with his scarf and I'd be done for. It was quiet for a few moments until the door opened again. A student with purple hair and saggy eyes came through the door.
"You called for me?" He said dully.
"Yes there's something I need you to do." Aizawa slipped the kid a paper, he read over it then turned and walked out. Upon reaching the door, he glanced back to me. There was a small smirk on his lips, I chose to give him an eye roll response.
I stood and greeted Aizawa at his desk. "Who was that sensei?"
"None of your concern, what we really should focus on it your punishment for being late." I let out a huff but took his task. I had been given clean up duty in the cafeteria for the next week. If I were to be late again, it would move up to a month.
I accepted the terms and made my way out of the room to start home. At the end of the hall was Mina and Kaminari.
"Hey Cel-san, how was the talk?" Mina asked.
"I'm on lunch duty for a week." I groaned.
"Ah that blows." Kaminari commented. We began our trek to our neighborhood but was approached by the purple kid from earlier.
"You're Celeste Saito, right?" He asked.
I began to reply but Mina's hand was already around my mouth. I shot her a glance that asked what the hell she was doing.
"That's Shinso Hitoshi, he's got brainwashing and if you talk to him, he'll get you." She had fear in her words. It kinda made me angry. I pulled her hand away from my face and looked at her.
"Are you trying to tell me he's a bad guy?" I could taste the anger in my mouth. "Because if you're judging by powers, then I'm bad too. I can easily lift you or break you." As I told her what I can do, I lifted her off the ground.
"Woah woah, Celeste-san!" Kaminari grabbed into my arm and pulled me from my trance. Once we locked eyes Mina was set free of my ability luckily this isn't her first time dealing with me so she was able to catch herself.
"Mina-san I'm so sorry. Please forgive me. I don't know what snapped." I bowed to her begging for forgiveness. She responded with a giggle and pulled me into a hug.
"I know you mean no harm, Cel-san!"
"Are you done with your little pow wow?" Shinso asked nonchalantly.
I turned to him and didn't answer his question. Instead I lifted him up and we all began walking. Mina and Kaminari talked about their day and their plans for the weekend while I concentrated on keeping the purple boy off the ground.
Once both of my friends had been dropped off, I began my small walk to my house. Right before I got there I let Shinso out and he fell to the ground with a loud thud.
"Aw I was actually starting to enjoy that." I didn't reply to him, as Mina only told me talking to him resulted in him using his quirk. His face contorted into frustration when he realized what I was doing.
"You can talk to me, just don't answer my questions. Also I can choose when I want to use it." He huffed.
"You're quite the character." Was my only response. I turned and walked to my house.
"Where are you going?"
"Home." In an instant I felt reality slip away from me and I couldn't move. Everything was blank except the small voice that was mine in the back of my mind cursing at me and piecing together what I had done.
"Come here." His words echoed though my mind over and over. My body turned and faced the boy. He came closer and closer. The little voice in my mine screeching me to stop to no avail. I was only a foot away when my next command came.
"Stop." He just stared at me. Looking me up and down, questions running though his mind, thought after thought. I stood there helpless preparing for his next attack.
"I've got nothing against you, Saito. Infact I actually admire you. Your telekinesis is powerful but my brainwashing is better. I just don't understand how you were able to get in the hero course and not me." His jaw tensed up and his fists were tight. "Look at you. You're helpless against me." He began strolling around me.
My anger was high at this point. My voice in the back of my head was trying to pound it's way out of the cage he set. It was yelling at him for being a coward and calling him the worst names imaginable. For a split second I thought it got louder but it must have just been my mind playing with me.
"You're nothing Saito. You shouldn't even be in the hero course. What's telekinesis going to do? Nothing that's what." My screeching got louder, no it's just my imagination.
"You can't be a hero when a simple boy like me can take you down. Then again I'm not that simple." He chuckled to himself. Nope my voice was definitely louder this time.
He kept taunting me, calling me horrible names. He planted himself in front of me and tapped on my forehead, calling me more worthless names.
The cage in my mind burst open, like a powerful bomb underwater. All the rage inside my body built up and was finally released. On the outside I was still calm but if you looked closer, my knuckles were white with how hard I was holding it together.
He was laughing about how pathetic I was and for the instant that he closed his eyes to indulge in his insult my fist drew back and released across his face. He was knocked to the ground in an instant. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and grabbed onto my now throbbing hand.
He rolled on the ground holding his face. He went to sit up but I threw my foot down on his chest and stood over him. His eyes opened, well his left side was squinting from already being swollen.
I knelt down and hovered my face over his. I didn't say anything but I didn't need to. He knew he fucked up. A tear escaped my eye and dripped into his cheek.
"Fuck." I mumbled out. I've never hurt someone like this. It didn't feel good. My hand hurt and my legs were shaking. Another tear fell onto Shinso's face.
I fell back onto the ground and wiped my tears away. "I'm not sorry." I lied. I didn't want him to think less of me, specially since I left a mark on him. Everything he said would be true but I didn't want him to know that.
"I accepted your apology." He said while staring at the sky.
"I didn't apologize, I said I wasn't sorry." He turned his head to me.
"That's not what your eyes say, Celeste." I let out a small gasp at him using my name. I tried to avoid eye contact but it was inevitable. The second we connected, everything dropped. Tears streamed down my face and sobs made their way out of my throat. I curled into a ball and laid my forehead on my knees.
There was warmth across my back for an instant but when I looked up Shinso was gone.
