Danger

Laughing

Where did these scars come from?

"It was just an accident in training, Shin. It's nothing to worry about," Eri said with her biggest smile.

She wasn't lying. Earlier that week, she said go out to the forest to train. The girl tripped and rolled down the small slope of the forest, earning a few cuts and bruises from falling twigs and pointy plants.

But eri also wasn't exactly telling the truth either. Some bruises were from the rocks and stones sora and the other girls threw. And some cuts were put there by eri herself.

The purple boy looked at his sister.

"How 'bout we work on balance?"

"Sounds like a plan!"

《《《time skip》》》

"You got everything?" Shinso asked the white-haired shortie.

"Yep!" Eri chirped as she played with charms on her bracelet.

"Cool. Let's head out, bun."

"Right!"

The two walk out to shinso's car. It wasn't very big, but it was enough for him, eri, and papa. And that's all they needed.

The ride was anything but quiet. Eri was jamming to her music. Disney music. And she new every word to every song. Shinso sang the duets with her. He did for years.

When they arrived at the school, eri hopped out if the car with excitement.

"Welcone to high school, bunny! It sucks! Your gonna love it! Bye, love you!"

"Thanks a lot, shin!"

She smiled and rolled her eyes just a little. Time to head inside.

Eri knew these halls like she'd been here her whole life. Or, at least since she was six. So finding her way around would be no problem. But people would. Everyone crowded around her the second she walked in.

"Oh my gosh!"
"You're Eraserhead's daughter!"
"You're so skinny! You should really eat"
"How a tiny girl like you do any harm!"
"I bet she doesnt believe in violence."
"Whats with that horn?"

The comments continued, but eri's focus didnt. Shinso was right about one thing and wrong about the other. High school does suck. But she doesnt love it. Eri's thoughts were interrupted when she suddenly ran into someone, knocking her over and all her stuff falling out of her hands.

"You ok?"

A boy. With a hat. Red with two horns on it. Dark brown hair. And tall conlared to eri. Well, then again, everyone is tall compared to eri. A 5'3 high school girl.

"Yeah, I'm fine...." Eri finally commented. She gathered all her things that seemed to be scattered through the hall. That's when she realized..

"Oh no! My bracelet! I need it!"

"Bracelet?", the boy bent down and picked up a small item that was lying at his feet, "you mean this?"

"Yes! Thank you."

"I couldn't help but notice the charms on that bracelet, by the way. Where'd you get it?"

The bracelet had four charms. Each representing one of the big three. One was a sunflower, for mirio. One was angel wings, for nejiri. Another was a bird, for tamaki. And the last had a message on it, We Love You 1000000♡.

"My best friend, neji, made it for me. Her, tamaki, and mirio are my favorite heroes! They saved my life! An-and deku and kiri and tsu and choko!" Eri lite up while she spoke. She loved talking about her heroes.

"Wait deku?"

"Yeah! Wait! Oh, I was rambling again. Sorry..." she looked down and lost her smile.

"Nah, its fine! I love talking about my hero, too! Deku!"

"Huh..?"

"I'm kota!"

"I'm eri."

"Theres your smile! Next thing, I've never been in this school before and I think I'm lost. Help?"

They both giggled and eri helped him with his schedule.

"Hey! We're in the same class, kota!"

"Great! Let's go, short stack!"

"Come on, I cant be that short!"

"Well you are, nugget!"

For the first time in a long time, eri was laughing for real. She had a real friend her age. Maybe high school wont be so bad.