𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 ~ 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐣𝐢

12. Target

Back at Futama's I always tried to make friends, or that's how I remember it; my classmates were nice but I didn't consider them as friends, I guess I was just afraid of boring them since I wasn't (I am not) that interesting as the rest of the kids. I saw myself as the boring kid who couldn't even handle a proper conversation for five seconds without stuttering..

You were indeed my home as a kid, we were in different classrooms Fourth and Second year so the pressure of being nice and impress you weren't that strong because we only meet during lunch break. I never felt the need to be someone else but me when we were together. That sensation of freedom when you are with someone that you feel you've met your entire life.

The feeling of belonging

And those are the best friendships, when you connect with a person immediately so effortlessly and smoothly, no facades in between. Two persons knowing each other and growing together from the outside and the inside. Supporting and fighting side by side against whatever attempt to hurt any of you.

You didn't push our friendship, it just happened, the way I met you and Mirio are completely different, in fact; you never looked for me.. We just casually met thanks to a butterfly..

My most precious casualty

It is nerve-wracking to think how hard it was for me to "belong" in my classroom when I was young, who would have guessed that when you hit puberty it is way harder, teens are more about how you look and how you talk, if you make a mistake you are already their target until you graduate and if I say I wasn't the exception would be a horrendous lie. Teens can be harsh when they have all the intention to hurt you, Mirio was my shield but those words from my classmates stayed in the depths of my heart no matter how hard I tried to let them go

Those are lies

But what if they're not?

What if they're right?

Are we that unworthy?

No, shut up..

The moment Principal Nezu introduced Mirio, Hado and myself as The Big Three our classmates already started judging if I was worthy of such a prestigious title, they didn't see how much work and passion the three of us put into it, all those nights of self doubt, everytime we fell we stood up. They only saw Tamaki, the shy and anxious student who passes out the moment he sees a crowd, but the truth is that despite all of that I got the title of Suneater of The Big Three, and I'm proud of that

Sometimes..

***

Since Aizawa-san is one of the pro heroes that are going to the meeting, he already talked to Principal Nezu and my homeroom teacher about my absence today at U.A. However the students that we're involved as well in that case (Mirio, Hado-san, Deku, Kirishima-kun, Uravity and Froppy) are not going to attend to said meeting.

I went with Aizawa-san to the train station, both of us wondering about what you might say and why there's an old pic of you in a folder related to the Shie Hassaikai

We finally get to Fatgum's agency; Ryukyu, Rock Lock are already here Fatgum and I are sitting next to each other waiting for you to arrive. My nerves are getting the best of me but I try with all my strength to keep it cool

Suddenly the door opens; you and Bubble Girl appeared, which caught the rest of us out of guard, we didn't expect her to be here. She exchanges a few words with Erasehead and he nods at the rest of us to know that her presence is going to be important in the next minutes. You and Bubble sit right next to each other, the last one seems a little emotional..