My Hero Academia: Overcoming Fear

Day Two

Hikari

They all stopped and stared at me. I blinked a few times and muttered, "My apologies."

"Your dye?" Mina asked slowly.

I sighed and looked at my hair. "I dye my hair. It's not actually brown, it's white. I never take hot showers because the dye always rinses out, and now I'm sitting in a hot bath and I forgot my dye! Aargh, I hate this camp already."

"Well, can't you just wash your dye out and then dye it again when you go home?" Tsuyu asked.

"I guess," I said, disappointment clear in my voice. "I just don't like my hair when it's white."

"Can I see it?" Ochaco asked.

I sighed. "Fine, fine. One second."

I dunked my head under the water, scrubbed it, then came back up. They all gasped.

"Oh my gosh, you look amazing!" Mina exclaimed.

Kyoka suddenly held up her hand. "Your hair's awesome and everything, Hikari, but what's all that commotion on the boy's side?"

We all stopped to listen. Momo frowned. "Is that Mineta? Oh my gosh, I think he's trying to climb the wall."

"That perv!" Ochaco said.

Suddenly, we heard Kota's voice and a huge splash.

"Mineta really is the worst, isn't he?" Tsuyu shouted.

"Thanks so much, Kota!" Mina exclaimed. "We owe you one!"

Suddenly, we heard more commotion on the boy's side, and I blinked. "Um, did he just fall?"

Momo frowned. "Did he look down?"

"What is wrong with boys?" Kyoka asked. "Always trying to see us."

"I think Mina made him look down," Ochaco said.

"What? I was just saying thank you. I'm sure one of the boys caught him if he fell," Mina said defensively.

I dunked my head under and washed out the rest of my dye. Then I stood up and grabbed my towel. "I'm going to bed. Goodnight."

"'Night, Hikari," Kyoka said, and I left them. 

***

I was still awake when the other girls came in and went to bed. I had always been a light sleeper, and it took me forever to fall asleep, too. Finally, when I was positive I wouldn't go to sleep that night, I stood up and went over to the door. Everyone was asleep, and I had to be careful not to wake anyone up.

I slowly opened the door and left, shutting it behind me. Sleeping had always been hard when I had a lot on my mind, so I needed to clear my head. I walked down the hall, past the boy's room, and rounded the corner. It lead to a long hallway that seemed to stretch on forever. I sat down against the wall and sighed.

This camp was suppose to help make me become a better hero, but so far it was just lowering my morale. First we had to run three miles while fighting earth monsters just to get some dinner, then I just happened to forget my hair dye while going on a one week trip somewhere in the woods.

"You couldn't sleep, either?"

I startled at the voice and looked up. Bakugo was leaning against the wall next to me, his hands in his pockets.

"No," I said, looking back down. "There's just been a lot on my mind. Makes it hard for me to sleep."

He didn't say anything for a moment. Finally he said, "What happened to your hair?"