Layers Of Suffering (Tokoyami BNHA)

Where Two Ends Meet

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~Belenus~

Belenus never faced such a problem before. Sure, he had faced many problems in his career, but he always had solutions for them.

5 months had passed. This gave him 20 crystals to work with.

20 crystals for 20 students... Perfect.

He gingerly placed the crystals he had accumulated to each of the students over the past 5 months. Since they are now living in dorms, it was harder to find the students outside the building. They had no need to go home. However, 5 months without leaving the school's premise would be out of one's mind.

Of course, Tokoyami would be the least frequent to leave. It took Belenus almost a month to even catch a glimpse of him in the school. Naturally, he was the last person to give.

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~Toloyami~

It was the dead of night when Tokoyami came out. He rarely ever interacted with the outside world before. Neither he was close with his family, nor he had any friends outside of UA. However, he had to escape the school premises once a while; he was training to become a hero after all.

He was getting his provisional hero licence next week and wanted to calm his nerves by taking a stroll alone.

Both his hands were in his jeans pocket as the chilly night breeze ran thought his small frame, making him shiver.

His let his mind wander off to forget about the cold. His relationship with his classmates was more tolerable now. He viewed them as trustable, caring friends instead of the strangers he once thought they would be.

One managed to even protect him by sacrificing himself, making Tokoyami reveal the protective side of himself that he had been trying to hide. That, of course, backfires and Dark Shadow went berserk. It was literally the reason why he didn't want to reveal his emotions.

He had never really knew what it felt like to be sociable, a part of happiness that he didn't have.

Sometimes, he really wanted to be sociable, to be a normal person. Looking at how others laughed and shared gossips with each other, he was missing out on a lot.

He wanted to be a part of them, he really, really did!

And he did...

Only to regret it immediately after. That experience scarred his life.

He arrived at UA, putting on a gothic persona as he'd seen how caring the class was. The last thing he wanted was to get people attention, the last thing he wanted was people close to him, the last thing he want was to hurt others again.

However, after he saw what Shoji did, it changed him. He just can't get over the idea of protecting them with his life.

He had gained the trust of their friends and now, instead of not wanting to injure them, he wanted them to not get injured.

He strolled into a park that was full of trees that were in the emergent layer. They provided him shelter from cold winds and most importantly, silence.

He looked ahead. There was just a straight path around 20 metres wide with trees as tall as skyscrapers covering both sides. Old fashioned street lamps were stingily placed along the pathway; its dull lights did very little to illuminate the surroundings due to a passing fog.