Illusions of grander goals

A short beginning

Aina lay on the roof, feeling the sunlight on her skin. Her eyes were cracked open ever so slightly, watching a couple butterflies flutter a couple feet above her against a clear blue backdrop. A perfect day. She couldn't see the butterflies very well, but in her mind's eye she saw them perfectly, right down to the tiniest speckle on the designs of their wings. The sunlight felt nice on her skin, causing her to sigh in contentment and close her eyes. She lay there, feeling the butterflies flutter just above her when she felt a shadow block off some of the light. Opening her eyes she looked up to meet her brothers gaze. Yoake looked down at her from where he stood, an eyebrow raised.

"You said you were going to do the dishes." He said, a slightly annoyed tone in his voice. Aina snorted, sitting up as she felt his quirk struggle to affect her. The butterflies dissolved into light as she chose to stop concentrating on their existence.

"You know your quirk doesn't work on me. Stop trying to lie to me." She walked past Yoake to the open door to head inside.

Yoake simply huffed, following after her. "I'm not lying! You said you would."

"Then why were you using your quirk to try and convince me?" Aina countered, walking down the steps and into the house. "Either way, I've been doing the dishes for the past week. It's your turn."

"But I'm not any good at the dishes!" Yoake lamented.

"Then start doing them and you'll get better at them." Aina walked into the living room and unmuted the TV.

"-17 hostages and unclear intentions or demands. The Negotiator has been called onto the scene to try-"

"Dad made the news again." Aina called to her brother who had succumb to his fate and was currently washing the dishes at the news man drowned on about the incident.

"Think he'll be late home?"Yoake called back.

"Likely" She responded, pulling out a package of fish that had been defrosting in the fridge since that morning. Aina began preparing dinner, anticipating a late father. Yoake finished washing the dishes after a little bit and began conversing with his sister.

"What high school are you planning to go to?"

"UA"

"Seriously?"

Aina looked up from the green onions which she had been chopping. "Yes, seriously. They have a nice course, it's only a few towns over, which wouldn't be much of a problem anyway since they have dorms, plus a lot of powerful heroes have graduated from there." She Finished chopping the green onions and added them to the tray and placing the fish in the oven as she spoke.

"What's wrong with Ketsubasu academy high school?"

"Nothing. Just because it's were dad went does not mean I need to go there too."

"But dads stories-"

"Are Dad's stories. I want to make my own, so taking a different route will help me make my own."

"But U.A.'s acceptance rate-"

"Doesn't matter. Either I'm good enough or I'm not. It makes no difference."

Yoake huffed in annoyance. "Ok, Solar panel."

Aina narrowed her eyes at him. "Gas lighter"

"Flashlight"

"Manipulator"

"Trickster"

"Same to you"

"Smoke and mirrors"