The Assassination of My Hero Academia {Discontinued}

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Chapter 4: Surprised By Uncertainty

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"Nagisa?"

"Huh?"

Nagisa lifted his gaze from his plate of food to see the Midoriyas staring at him with concerned looks. He didn't blame them. He imagined he looked very distraught at the moment.

"Is everything okay?" Izuku asked, holding a bowl of rice in one hand and chopsticks in another.

"Yes, you look a bit out of it dear." Inko added as she poured tea in three cups.

Oh, he was way out of it.

Anyone would be after what happened the previous night. He couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched, even when he went to bed.

"Sorry, it's nothing really- I just had a weird dream, that's all." The blue haired boy told them.

That wasn't entirely a lie. It felt like a dream, a nightmare to be more precise.

Izuku kept his eyes on the other male, not fully convinced by his answer. His mother on the other hand, "Well if you say so Nagisa-kun!" she didn't bother to dwell on it for much longer. She smiled, "Make sure to eat everything on your plate so you'll have enough energy for the day, alright?"

Nagisa smiled back, "I will. Thank you very much, Inko-san." He then continued eating his breakfast as if nothing was wrong.

Izuku decided to do the same even though he didn't feel like Nagisa was being completely honest. And it wasn't just now – he was acting very strangely the night before as well. He seemed shaken for some reason when he sat down for dinner. He also didn't seem very eager to go back to the guest room. The greenet remembered the younger boy asking his mum if he could do a million things before he finally went back to his room. It made Izuku wonder if Nagisa was afraid of being alone.

'Maybe he's scared of the dark or something…' the greenet thought as he put a piece of chicken in his mouth. Whatever it was, Izuku could only hope it wasn't anything serious.

They had finally finished their breakfast and Nagisa and Midoriya were both ready to go to school. That is until the greenet's mum stopped them.

Well, Nagisa specifically.

"You want to try something with my hair?" Nagisa repeated the woman's request in surprise.

Inko smiled. "Only if you don't mind Nagisa-kun, I just want to tie it in a different style."

Nagisa placed a hand on one of his pigtails, pondering for a moment before nodding. "Okay! Sounds good!"

"Great!" she chimed, "It'll only take a moment!"

And a moment later, Inko had finally finished tying the boy's hair.

"And done," she said giving a wide smile, she turned to her son, "Izuku, could you get me my hand mirror please?"

"Sure," Izuku dashed off for a second before coming back with a green hand mirror. He gave it to Nagisa and the blunet held it up to level with his face. As he gazed into the round reflective surface, he could see that his trademark twintails were gone and replaced with a longish high ponytail.

He smiled as he moved the mirror around to see the ponytail in different angles, "Wow Inko-san! It looks great!"

"Doesn't it?" she grinned, "When I saw your hair down yesterday, I just knew that I had to try this style!" she placed a hand on her cheek adoringly, "Oh, and it looks so lovely, doesn't it Izuku?"