Arcane

-9-

After Pikachu was stable Mina fell apart, Wailing and telling Denki that 'He's not allowed to die like Hanta did.' Hitoshi comforted her and Eijiro just held on to Denki tighter as the sleeping blonde recovered. Katsuki and Izuku were both very confused but didn't try to push it until the group had calmed down. It was completely silent until Katsuki spoke.

"Who's Hanta?" The room was once again silent, with the occasional sniffle from Mina until Hitoshi broke the silence with an explanation, looking at Eijiro and Mina for permission(Which both agreed with silent nods to).

"Okay last year, in the middle of the year one of the weekends had begun, as usual." He paused, wincing as he remembered the awful day that took his friend.

"Hanta had apparently pissed off a group of people and they" Hitoshi took a deep breath. "and they beat him to death with s-some stolen lunch trays, the killing blow was one to the back of his head." Toshi pinched the bridge of his nose as he tried to forget to find his friend's body an hour later. Izuku had a face of realization, remembering the day, everyone always remembers when people get killed in this place.

Katsuki nodded, not pushing any more questions on his distressed friends who were usually so bright. The friends stayed in the dorm room for the rest of the day before having to leave due to curfew.

Once Hitoshi and Izuku had made it back to their dorms safely Katsuki entered his room, completely drained of energy. Shoto was sitting on his bed, reading some book that Katsuki had never heard of. He looked up and noticed the blondes change in mood. 

"Are you okay?" Shoto asked as Kat kicked his shoes off and fell back onto his bed, too tired to change his clothes into nightwear.

"Yeah, my friend just got stabbed and I needed to make sure Shitty hair and everyone else was okay." Katsuki yawned as he got under the covers. The lights were off but the lamps on both boy's bedside tables were still on. Katsuki switched his lamp off, looking over to his roommate only to find him already staring at him. Katsuki, feeling flustered, flipped onto his side facing the wall.

"G'night Icyhot." Katsuki mumbled as he drifted off to an uneasy sleep.

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Katsuki walked up to the group, feeling extremely sore from all his bruises he had gotten from the day before. He was also wearing a black light jacket to cover up the bruises on his arms, he didn't need the others to worry or barge into his personal life. The blonde saw Denki sitting between Eijiro and Izuku, looking exhausted but energetic nonetheless. Katsuki sat across them, sitting by Hitoshi and Mina. since it was the weekend and they basically had no rules not much people were in the cafeteria, most stole from the kitchen and went to go eat it in their dorms or in the halls with their friends.

"How are you doin' Pikachu?" Katsuki asked as he scanned the cafeteria looking for Shoto subconsciously. Denki grinned at his explosive friend's worriedness.

"I'm fine, still hurts like a bitch, but Eijiro helped me through it." Eijiro bashfully blushed and looked away, finding a trash can very interesting. Katsuki nodded, noting a sad look pass through Izuku's eyes but vanish just as quickly as it came.

The group chatted and eventually went into a debate about how whether a tomato should be a fruit or not. They eventually got bored sitting at the table and went on a walk through the level 4 halls, Hitoshi, Izuku, and Katsuki unfazed by their peers glares while Denki, Eijiro and Mina fidgeted slightly but other than that, we're fine with surrounding themselves with psychopaths. As they walked they Spotted Toga sitting on the floor next to a classroom door. Eijiro edged Denki and Izuku behind him. But Toga seemed less energetic and her injured knee came insight, along with her bandaged hands. Once Toga had seen Izuku she visibly flinched, looking down at the ground and her body folding in on itself to make herself seem smaller and invisible. Denki gripped onto Eijiro's elbow, not in fear of the girl, but in a small action to calm the overprotective redhead. It seemed to work cause his shoulders relaxed and he seemed less ready to fight

Katsuki had noticed the crazy bitch's reaction and wondered if the small freckled boy had anything to do with the girl's injuries. The thought was quickly shoved down as he heard shouting come from around the corner. The gang of friends, curious, decided to walk towards the shouting and ruckus. 

They arrived just in time to see Shoto Break someone's arm. The male screeched, making Katsuki wince at the volume but not at the violence unfolding before him. Shoto was fighting two more guys, the third-down since he was crying about his arm. the one who's much bulkier of the two opponents swung a punch at Shoto, who dodged it easily and kicked him in between the legs. Everyone visibly winced at the action as the bulky male fell to the ground. The last male was easily taken down by once knee to the gut, making him spew the contents of whatever he had eaten that day. Shoto huffed and ran his fingers through his two-toned hair as he looked up and immediately noticed the Blonde, who was impressed by the taller male. Shoto smirked and was shoulder bumped by his brothers who grinned at him and asked him something, which Shoto replied with a shake of his head.

"E-earth to Kacchan~" Katsuki jumped and looked down at Izuku who cheekily smiled. The blonde rolled his eyes.

"We're go-going to my d-dorm cause I don't think any of us want to b-be by vomit and I have board games, so stop staring at S-shoto like he's a p-piece of meat," Izuku said as he and Katsuki migrated to the back of the group. Katsuki's eyes widened and he scowled at the green-haired male's comment, controlling his blush. Izuku giggled and shrugged.

Katsuki couldn't like this guy, could he?

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