Everything's Not Okay

Of Course

"Woah Denks, you look like you've just been through hell." Sero snickers.

"Are you okay?" Kiri, nice as always. He should worry a bit more of himself. He looks like he hasn't slept in days. I may be used to not sleeping, but he most certainly isn't.

"Yeah dude! I was just studying all night!" Okay I wasn't studying the WHOLE night, but when I got home from work to the time I had to get ready. Maybe from 4 to 5:30? I don't know, I didn't keep track of time.

"Yeah right, you were probably just playing video games!" Sero exclaims. Kiri turns to him as if his remark offended him.

"Sero!" Kiri nudged his side to tell him to quit it. I watch them in silence.

"What? We all know it's true. Nothing to be ashamed of, we've all had our nights." At least Sero isn't making it seem as bad as it is. Though that's not I did.

"Ha, you got me there." I scratch the back of my neck. I need a distraction. Something to take my mind off of this conversation. Anything.

"Of course that's what he was doing. What did I tell you, he wasn't going home to actually do work." Mina glares. I've noticed the tension between us ever since yesterday. I though she would've blown it off and gone back to her usual bubbly self ,but here we are in the cafeteria.

"Mina, you shouldn't say that." Kiri whispers to her. The rest of the class is staring in shock now. Everybody has been sitting next to each other ever since the incident. It's comforting, but harder to keep things a secret.

"Mina are you okay?" Ochaco asked. I offered Ochaco a soft smile that she thankfully returned back. It's not Mina's fault, it's mine.

"Let me guess you can't come to the hospital again?" Mina says while stabbing her food with a fork as if I wouldn't see the obvious anger. Ochaco's question doesn't get verbally answered, but I'm pretty sure she knows everything's not okay.

"No, not exactly." I whisper.

"Unbelievable." She throws her arms up.

"Mina it's okay, he just can't make it. He's probably busy." Kiri rests his hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her, but it doesn't work.

"He's busy?! Do you hear yourself Kirishima? I swear you're too nice for your own good, because Denki is taking advantage of it."

"He's not. I'm fine, he hasn't hurt me in any way."

"Mina, you have to understand that some people don't have time to do certain things." Ochaco tries once again to calm her down.

"Don't have time? Denki has all the time in the world! He's not watching over siblings like Tsu, working so he could earn money for his parents like you, taking care of this class like Kiri does, and he most definitely isn't stuck in the hospital after fighting against villains because he was too busy being a dunce!" My eyes widen and whole table pauses. It was like Mina froze the whole class cause no one spoke a word or moved. Even some other students stopped.

"Mina, you shouldn't have said that." Kiri breaks the silence, but no one makes a sound.

"Well someone had to." She grumbled, though her eyes looked like it showed a bit of remorse even if it was for a second.

"I- I have to use the bathroom." I whispered. I kept my eyes on the table and no one else.

"Denki, she didn't mean it." Sero tries to stop me.

"N- no it's okay. It's kinda true right? I didn't do anything during that attack. Even if I didn't go stupid, I was still a coward. Midoriya is in the hospital right now after fighting one of the strongest villains there, yet after I heard there was villains I was terrified. I shouldn't even be in U.A. let alone Class 1-A." I chuckle sadly.