Anime Avengers

Chapter 46 (2/2)

{Izuku Midoriya p.o.v}

While the class is training like we have been, two students at a time would sneak out of the training room to go set up their part of the party plans, and of course I let All Might know about it so then he's not upset or anything.
For now we're just distracting Kirishima and acting out our plans to be less suspicious. But all day I could tell he wasn't thinking about his birthday, like he didn't remember it himself or just didn't care enough to think about it. I could tell what he was thinking about was actually Kacchan, I don't blame him though. I've been thinking about him and the whole situation as well. I remember how much Kirishima wanted to get him back the first time Kacchan was kidnapped by The League, whether he had our help or not. Yet he chose me to have the opportunity to help out too and everyone knows how much I still care about Kacchan even throughout everything he's done to me. And surprisingly Todoroki wanted to help, along with Yaoyorozu and Iida. I could understand her wanting to help out with disguises and such, but Todoroki actually wanted to help get him back. But I think he's one of the few people in class that aren't intimidated by him at all so he probably saw no problem in helping out, but his ice was useful anyway. And then of course Iida only went because he's class rep and thinks we're idiots, in return for that reason I got punched by him and not for the first time either. So if Kirishima wanted him back so badly back then, he's extremely determined this time. Especially when Kacchan is compelled against his own will. I can see it in Kirishima's eyes when I look at him. They're full of anger and sadness at the same time.
"Hey you have to hold it more still, Midoriya."
I snap out of my thoughts when I hear Kirishima's voice. I'm holding the punching bag for him and he's using his quirk on it as well, "Sorry."
He starts punching it again when I make it stay still for him. About a minute through I notice his quirk slowly getting harder the more he gets pissed off.
"Uhhh, Kirishima? You should um let off some of your quirk before you break something or someone."
But he ignores me, not intentionally. His thoughts blocked out everything and there was no stopping him when he finally reached his monster looking phase.
I gulp and start sweating nervously,
"K-Kirishima???"
He yells loudly and takes one final punch at it and puts a giant hole in it, also making it fall off the stand and on top of me.
"So...heavy."
After he finally stops his quirk, he looks down at me and moves it off of me, "My bad, Midoriya. I got carried away."
"It's okay." He has cuts and bruises all over his hands now.
I stand up and watch him wipe his sweat on a towel.
I need to distract him for a few more hours. Iida will text me when the party is ready but I'm sure it's not even close to done.
"Ah shit, I forgot my water bottle at the dorm. I'll be back."
"WAIT!"
"Hm?" He looks at me in confusion and I look around in panic.
"Here! Have mine!"
"But it's yours. That's gross dude. Don't you want to avoid germs?"
"Well uhhh you can put fresh water in it over there at the water fountain and unscrew the lid to drink from the bottle itself so you're not putting your mouth on the mouth piece if that makes you feel better."
He thinks about it for a second but nods and goes to the water fountain. I sigh in relief when I sit down on a bench. I see his phone light up in his gym bag and I feel curious and open the bag a bit more to see the screen. It's a text from his mom telling him to have a good day. But what really caught my eye was his wallpaper. Him taking a selfie with Kacchan. Kirishima is doing a peace sign with a big white smile on his face next to Kacchan who is actually looking at the camera for once but of course looks annoyed about it and flipping off the camera as well.
He really cares about him huh.
"What are you doing?"
I look up and see Kirishima standing in front of me with my bottle to hand it back to me. I put the phone back and smile nervously, "I was just seeing how much battery you have left before needing it charged, can't be too careful these days. A fully charged phone is always best!"
"It's only on 90%."
"Great! You're perfectly fine! Hahaha." I take my bottle and put it in my gym bag.
"Are you hungry, Midoriya? I wanted to go to this new spicy food joint down the street and didn't know if you'd like to come or not."
"Oh, sure. But we should shower! Always good to have the best hygiene and proper manners in public after working out!"
"Obviously, I'm not gross. Let's go."
"But I didn't work out?"
"You still smell like the sweaty environment you know, it's just as unhygienic."
"I guess you're right. Let's go then!"
"You don't have to sound overly excited about a shower dude, you're making it weird."
"Aha, sorry."
God help me I suck at this.