Viper Tongue

Fly

A few months later
Perhaps my method of dealing was a breakup was a little strange but for me, travelling was the best cure! So for a few days, maybe weeks, I cried and emptied fridges while hopping from place to place gradually getting further and further from the league area

There had be no sign of Karma since he too walked out that door the same night Dabi did, no communication or anything. I supposed he was doing what I was, slipping into hiding until things cooled down and we went unnoticed by the world fading into no one more than civilians going about their lives

I was glad he'd found his calling and had moved on from our teenage fiasco, I'd done the same for the most part! Still lacking the confidence to leave Japan, I moved around Karuizawa and Otaru for a little while before tracing the borders getting as close as I could to leaving the country, there weren't many places I hadn't been!

However there was one thing the same about everywhere I went...there was always one person I saw with those three dots as if they were hoping from person to person following me but I payed no mind to them, I needed to put the past behind me if moving on was still the plan - and that also meant I would no longer hide my body

No one had told me there was so many interesting people to meet! Some of them from places I'd thought to never venture to but now that they'd told me about them, that was all I wanted! Just to feel the sun on my face and the tarmac road roll away underneath the car as I discovered the world before me

Right now, I couldn't afford that but hopefully with my current job as a pool technician - that and the bartending course hopefully would be enough eventually to earn me enough to get out of here, it was a far fetched plan but some plan was better than no plan - it's not like I was asking to become immortal, just to see a little

"So where are you planning to go next?" My hands rested behind my head as Ichika's voice rant through the phone to my left, she was the only one who knew where I was and had sworn to keep it that way, the league hadn't come knocking on doors just yet so she was fine where she was but with every partnership - came the part where they decided to burn bridges

"Anywhere, everywhere! You know, you should really visit Fukuoka - the fresh air is really something...I also might need to drop contact soon, they'll be after you too" she hummed in response also enjoying the sound of the tide echoed in the background calming our minds, it was nothing like the chaos I was used to, and not a part of me missed it!

My anxiety wasn't gone, it made an appearance every time I ventured somewhere new but none of it was caused by people, I wasn't afraid of their every reaction - I had a chance to breathe in a space that didn't make me overwhelmed I'd want to unknowingly throw up...and the iced coffee! Now that was to die for! No matter where I got it, instant chills down my spine!

Soon the sun turned white and the sky opposed its blinding shade so I sought out the apartment I was staying in. This kind of thing gave me good ideas for where I wanted to settle down permanently when the time came, I got to find out what kind of layouts suited me and what didn't as well as the interior design but it beat sleeping on the streets!

There wasn't any fear of dying in the night due to a surprise villain attack or the building coming down around me because of the fact this part of town had a low crime rate...except for me, but I was past that! From now on, I was nothing but good intentions and unspoken stories of a masterpiece! I was finally started to like myself for more than just my defences

I was alone but I was free to fly...