The Colour Red

2

"WAKE UP!" I groaned at the sound of Riko bursting into my room yelling. 

"Why? It's not even 10am yet..." I said rolling over and snuggling into my pillows, hoping to drown out the sound.

"DID YOU FORGET? YOU PROMISED YOU'D GO WITH ME AND KATSUKO TO THE HERO CONVENTION TODAY!" Riko started shaking me.

"That's today?" I opened my eyes and looked at her, to be met with her nodding vigorously. 

"It officially opens at 12 and we want to get there early, so GET UP!" 

I rolled off the bed and brought myself to my feet, shooing Riko to get out so I can get dressed. Once I closed the door behind her, I stretched and groaned before stumbling over to my wardrobe. I pulled open draws trying to look for something cute but casual to wear. But before I could decide Riko came in.

"Katsuko is going as Deku and I'm going as Ingenium. So closet cosplay is our theme." Then she disappeared. 

"Well there goes my plan of being casually cute..." I sighed, turning back to the clothes in fornt of me. I had nothing near to what Nana has, which means I had to pick another hero. 

Cellophane? Nothing close to him. Pinky? No, too pink. 

I paused for a moment, glancing between myself in the mirror and the black turtle neck that I had hanging up. My eyes slowly shifted to the folded pile of tracksuit pants I had bought a few days ago, a dark shaded red pair sitting neatly at the top. Then an idea made it's way to my head. 

"HEY RIKO? WHEN DID YOU SAY WE HAD TO LEAVE?" I called out, my eyes not leaving the dark red pants.

"HALF HOUR?" Her voice yelled back. 

30 minutes for a closest cosplay... alright. 

I immediately started to yank off the clothes I was currently wearing, and snatched up the tracksuit pants tugging them on. I pulled the turtle neck off the coat hanger and put it on, I dug around for some dark coloured socks and then continues to put on the darkest casual shoes I owned. I looked at myself in the mirror, all I was missing was those shoulder things he had. 

I sighed, knowing I didn't have anything like that. But in the mean time, I had a muzzle that could work for headgear. I sometimes question why the fuck I have a muzzle but I've learnt to just roll with it. 

I managed to pull out the metal that covered the face, leaving me with just the leather that wraps over the nose and under the chin. It sat on the face like a mask but without the part that's meant to protect you from disease and germs. 

I styled my hair in a way that works, it's not exactly like his spikey hair but it was similar enough or can pass as spikey at least. I was ready to go until I remembered the big ass 'R' he had on his belt. So like a petty queen, I grabbed a circular belt buckle and a sharpie - drawing a neatly scribble 'R' and walked out the door. 

"Riko?" I called out, there was no voice response, instead the sound of shuffling caught my attention. There at the door, stood Riko in full Ingenium armour. 

"You going as Red Riot, huh?" Riko's voice was surprisingly clear for someone who was wearing a helmet that covered the mouth. 

"Yeah... guess so." I said as I stepped forward. 

"Before we go. I've actually been working on Red Riot's armour, like his shoulder things?" She made her way to her room and came back with two large cog like things, holding them out to me. I took one and gave a questioning look, before putting my arm through it and bringing them up to my shoulder. I moved my arm around a lot, testing to see if it would move around or fall off - in which it didn't, so I took the other one form Riko and brought it up to my other shoulder.