Battle Scars (Daughter of Aizawa)

Chapter 5: Classmates

Tsuki POV

As I grab my gym uniform and exit the room, can feel my dad rolling his eyes through the back of my head about my remark. 'I'm one to to talk though, I basically ruined my chances of starting off fresh and making new friends. Everyone probably thinks I'm crazy now.'

I mentally scold myself as I manage to catch up with Kyoka right before we get into the girls locker room. The both of us stop at the door and I feel my ears twitch at the sound of multiple conversations going on through the other side. 'Ok. Maybe this won't be too bad. Oh, who am I kidding? They're all gonna hate me.'

"Hey. Chill."

I turn my head to see her looking at me with hint of concern.

"I'm fine. I-," I start before she cuts me off.

"-Don't even try that with me," she cuts in. "I may not be able to sense chemosignals like you, but I've known you long enough to tell when something is troubling you. You're overthinking this aren't you?"

"Jeez, you sound like my dad," I say with a light chuckle.

She laughs a little at my remark before continuing,

"I'm sure everything will be fine. I don't think you really scared anyone too much from your little encounter with Iida." She says as if she just completely read my mind. 'Iida? So that's his name.'

"I hope you're right." I say sighing and pushing open the locker room door so we can make our way inside. When it's fully open, we're met with complete silence followed by 4 sets of eyes and an invisible silhouette staring me down.

This causes me to shift uncomfortably, rubbing my arm and awkwardly looking away toward the floor. I glance back up toward Kyoka, giving her a look as of saying "fine huh?"

She glances back and just gives me a "sorry" face in return.

Unable to read the room, I sigh in defeat with my ears and tail drooping in disappointment and start to find my way to my locker only to be stopped by a girl with pink skin running up to me. This obviously caught me by surprise, as I wasn't really sure what to expect. The sudden action made me stiffen in my tracks and caused my nerves to become even more uneasy than they previously were.

"Hi, I'm Mina Ashido. We all talked for a bit before you guys made it in and we all agreed that the way you stood up to Iida was so badass! I would've never pegged you as someone to have a dark side, but you seem really nice." She says to me with unexpected enthusiasm prominently visible in her tone.

This completely threw me as I was taken aback for a moment. Despite her sudden forwardness throwing me for a loop, I could clearly see that she meant no harm by her words or actions. And I guess they don't think that I'm a complete weirdo after all. Because of this, I felt that the least I could do is get my shit together to merit her a response.

"Umm, thanks Ashido. That's pretty sweet of you all to say," I smile at her while fiddling with my tail. "I'm usually not a mean person, I swear. I...just really value my sleep and when someone gets in the way of it, I guess I just kind of lose myself." I manage to get out.

"Oh we totally understand! I'm not much of a morning person either so I'm pretty grumpy when I wake up too." She replies.

This makes me loosen up a little more to where I feel more at ease than I did before.

"Ok cool. You guys have noooo idea how happy that makes me feel." I say, letting out a breath I didn't realize I was holding in. "I thought you'd think I'm some scary weirdo or something."

"WHAT?!?!" They all somehow manage to say in unison.

"That's ridiculous, why would you think that?" A girl with long black hair tied into a side ponytail asked me.