Mockingbirds Don't Sing Lullabies

Chapter Ten: What Next...?

Nezu took a deep breath before saying,"Welcome everyone. Let's get started."

Ash looked at him out of the corner of her eye from her spot along the wall. He had his hands neatly folded on the table and an unreadable look on his face, as though he couldn't sense the tension coursing through the room. Ash crossed her arms and leaned against the wall. She kept her face neutral and unaffected.

Nezu calmly continued,"As I am sure you have all heard by this point, a student has been found dead."

"Who?" Interrupted Present Mic.

Nezu turned his head to look at Midnight and then Ash. Midnight opened her mouth to respond but was cut off by Ash,"Minoru Mineta." She pushed off the wall to stand up straight and stuffed her hands into her back pockets. Her arm brushed the drying blood on her side that had come from carrying Mineta's body to the infirmary. When the room remained silent for a few seconds, all eyes on her, she took that as an invitation to continue. "Uraraka found his body on the roof of the dorms, leading to the bathhouse. He had been impaled through the heart by a fence post. He was already dead when his body was found. From the temperature and state of his blood I say he was on the roof for about a little over two hours and did not die until, I would say, about forty-five to thirty minutes before found." She let the information sink in before turning to Nezu and adding,"In case you were wondering." She returned to her spot along the wall.

She kept her eyes on the far wall. After a few seconds the shock on the teacher's faces wore off and faded into careful calculation as they assessed the situation.

"We need to send the kids to class. Keep this day as normal as possible. I know they will have questions, especially class 2-A. We could give them the bare minimum of the facts until we figure out exactly what happened early this morning." Aizawa looked at each face in the room as he talked at last landing on Nezu, who was rubbing his chin in thought.

Nezu finally met Aizawa's gaze and nodded,"I believe that would be best. Just inform the kids that a body was found this morning and they will be updated further when we have the details. As for 2-A, tell them the truth. Keep them quiet though. Tell them this is an ongoing investigation. Tell all the children that if they wish to they are allowed to go home.That's all for now. We will have a further meeting after school." With that he got up and walked out, the teachers following close behind. Ash was the last to leave. She headed straight to her room to change. As she walked an announcement was made. All students were to go about their normal day.

Kirishima let out a deep breath. Questions began to run through his brain. Who had screamed? Why did they scream? What was with that weird announcement? He ran a hand through his hair and then returned to styling it. He was still deep in thought when he heard the door to his dorm open. Bakugo was back from his run. The door clicked shut and was quickly followed by a deep "Hello". Kirishima leaned back to look around the door frame of their bathroom. Bakugo's back, which was to Kirishima, was cover in sweat.

"Hey. How was your run?"

"Good." Bakugo pulled his shirt off, causing Kirishima's breath to hitch. He stepped out of the half bath (it consisted of a toilet and a sink with a small mirror) and leaned against the wall. Bakugo turned around as he pulled a shirt on. "So what was that strange announcement about?"

Kirishima shrugged his shoulders,"Beats me. There was this scream this morning. Sounded like it came from the girls bathhouse. We were told to stay in our rooms until further notice. About half an hour later they made that weird announcement." Bakugo just grunted in response. He walked over to the dresser Bakugo was standing beside and pulled out his uniform. He stalled, looking at Bakugo, who was leaning against the dresser. Bakugo had on a concerned frown. "What?"

"You look bothered."

"I'm fine I promise."

"You know I can tell when you lie to me, Eijrou."

Kirishima suppressed the shiver that arose at the sound of his name on Bakugo's lips.

"I'm fine. It's nothing. Really." He looked him in the eyes and gave him his best smile. Bakugo just let out a noise that translated to 'yeah right'. It made Kirishima smile. 

A/N: i apologize for such a late up date. My account got all messed up for a while and the i had writers block and high school.