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He glanced back at Asuka one more time, and started to ask if her text had sent. Maybe she didn't have enough signal. Or...maybe it had sent, but Fumika just hadn't seen it yet. Maybe she was already asleep. Maybe her phone was charging. Maybe [i]she[/i] was charging. Maybe he'd done something to make her mad at him--

[i]Like completely disappearing from school and ignoring her for four days?[/i]

He hadn't even thought about it until now, probably because he didn't think he'd ever seen her mad. Well, except that one time. When she had yelled and he'd gone running. He still didn't know what that had really been about except for Jett and Haruka having some kind of dispute. But could that be possible? Maybe...maybe she just didn't want to see him.

But then he saw her.

She stopped, one step away from the bottom of the stairs. He saw her eyes change color--he knew that meant her Quirk must have activated, but why? Had she just been recording something, playing something back? Maybe she was so pissed at him she was going to project someone else to kick him out. He started to speak, his mouth dropping open more than anything--

But then he heard her.

"Yoshida...?" She asked, her quiet, worried voice cutting through the silent air between them. "Why... Why are you hurt? What happened to you?" Her eyes re-focused, meeting his gaze as she slowly, hesitantly approached. 

And all of a sudden he felt like he could breathe again. Even with cracked ribs.

"Yo, Motome-chan!" He raised a hand in greeting with a big grin. "It's...kind of a long story." He rubbed the back of his neck. "And technically I'm not really allowed to say anything about it now. But I mean, if it wasn't obvious enough, I kind of lost a fight." He shook his head with a chuckle. "Two for two. Guess I'm not that great a Main Character after all?" But he didn't really feel bitter as he said it. After all...he had made it back, hadn't he? 

He stepped forward to meet her halfway, managing to stand up straight for the first time that day. It didn't help much, since she was still taller than him, but that wasn't important.

"Sorry I kind of left you hanging for a few days." His grin softened, from something out of Dragon Ball or One Piece to a softer, more real smile. "How have you been?"