Roy Kusayanagi
Acion Nakamiji
Hitomi Maeda
After only a few minutes sitting down, Mamoru, as energetic as ever, had relocated him to somewhere else. To a table not so different from his former one, with four seats. Three of them were occupied. One for himself, one for Tomoe, the girl previously taking a bite of his own ‘masterpiece’ and one for Hitomi, the girl who kindly patched up his ‘battle wound’. Good grief to know. That he was seated with someone like two of them, who, despite dissing his cookings, was still kind of nice, unlike some. Not that he couldn’t put up with them, it was more comfortable this way. The last seat was empty. Acion did not know whether it was intentional or not, but hopefully the fourth guest would be the same.
He sat down, feeling a little bit better. Yet, the aura didn’t vanish completely.
Hitomi had chuckled at Mamoru’s compliments to her, and blushed when her roommate implied Acion was her boyfriend. Hitomi didn’t even answer that question and just gave a look to Tomoe that said ‘Really? You’re doing this here?’ Turning to Acion and chuckling sheepishy, she broke the ice by saying;
”Don’t mind my roommate. She’s just teasing!”Tomoe gave a cute giggle while brushing the back of her head with her hand as if she was unknowing to what she had said.
Tomoe soon after arriving at the table implied that Acion and Hitomi were hooked up. The winged boy was pretty much frozen by the sudden statement. What? Ok, he was with her, but that didn’t mean he was ‘with’ her.
”No, no. We are not.”But thankfully, before any possible misunderstanding could be sparked, Hitomi was already apologizing, kindly.
”Uhh, it’s fine. I harbor no ill-intention against that.”She was being a lit more kind than he expected. The girl then suddenly took an unexpected course of action, which was to latch straight onto Roy. To most people, with common senses, the scene was rather weird to witness, but to the winged boy, it was...nostalgic. For a moment, he was taken back. Many, many years ago, when all of this hadn’t even started to form.
”Nee-san! I don’t want to go out! It’s cold! I want to stay home and be by your side!”
Acion gave a smile to Roy, but partly because he was contemplating on something else instead. But nevertheless, he was also curious. She said ‘long time no see’. So as it turned out, Roy apparently knew this small girl over here. And cute as well. Kind of suspicious...
”I’m ok. You two seems to be close. Do you guys know each other before we’re here?”Roy turned back to Acion with a small smile,
“Yeah we do. Me and Tomoe were in the same children's hospital way back” he put his hand on his chin trying to think.
“About 5-6 years ago, it's some reunion to have from going to your worst physical condition to one where you can fulfill your goals” he said smirking back. He winced once more as the girl squeezed him, before turning back to Acion.
“I Don't think I told you yet about what exactly was wrong with me in the past. Now is a good time as any if you want me to explain..that is if it is alright with her as well” Roy said looking over at Hitomi.
”Hospital?” That’s a little...unexpected.
”I would like to hear about that as well…””Me too, but Tomoe-chan! You didn’t tell me you went to hospital either!” Hitomi exclaimed.
Tomoe opened her mouth and gave a wide yawn looking exponentially more drowsy as minutes passed by. Her head was starting to droop as she seemed more interesting in eating then listening to the conversation the others were having, stories about her and Roy back in the hospital went right past her head. Tomoe picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks and dragged it towards her mouth where she started softly chewing the meat. After gulping down the meat she heard the sheep girl call out to her in which she turned her head to the girl giving her a drowsy but happy smile. Without a word she nodded her head twice before turning back to eating another piece of meat.
Tomoe felt too tired to eat anymore so instead lowered her head to the table dropping one of her bangs in her food and closed her eyes sleeping almost instantly. Her arms were hanging from her body while her head supported the rest of her body from falling from the stairs, she softly panted while the rest of the conversation continued.
The Boy smiled and made his way over to a seat next to Acion, he slowly but surely sat down jumping a bit from shocks of pain. Once he finally sat in the chair he took a deep sigh..
“Well remember how during the exercise I told you I can make things from stored sunlight, well the repercussion of that is the more energy I have…” He said looking at Acion.
“My body heat rises exponentially the more energy I have, a double edged sword perhaps. Prior to Pre-K I was fine but as soon as my quirk manifested that was when the health problems came. My younger body was unable to withstand the physical stress of my quirk. On top of that I didn’t know how to release the energy that I stored up so it added onto the problem. I was pretty prone to dehydration and other heat related illnesses, I got pretty much nearly every heat related problem except a heat-stroke” He chuckled a bit.
“Thank God” If he had suffered a heat stroke, most likely would it have irreversible effects on him.
“Fast forward a few years of physical therapy and hard work I was able to grasp some control on my quirk. It was a matter of sink or swim to me. I Met Tomoe back then who was a sleepaholic, it kind of made me a little mad why she chose to sleep so much instead of enjoy life. I would often go to check on her but she would be in deep slumber most of the time. When she was awake we would have fun. Tomoe was one of the few people I enjoyed seeing in the hospital because she was generally at inner peace somewhat. Though she would sometimes invade my personal space without permission, and often forgot about my abnormal body temperatures.”“I spent my time just watching heroes go out and make the world a safer place. Kinda sparked something in me to get better as well. Though when you're in the hospital for so long you see people go in and out whether it's the appropriate way or unfavorable way. The patients do not necessarily have someone to look up to so I decided I want to be that person. I know the infuriating odds they were dealt, I seen it with my own eyes, and felt it with my own body. So it is pretty cool that I can attend a top hero school with someone I once knew.” He said with a small grin turning to Acion.
“I am able to carry out a normal life now so don’t treat me any different, or i’ll have to hurtcha” Roy concluded to everyone at the table, as he pounded his left fist into his right hand before surrendering to the pain. You could see his eyes get a bit watery.
As Roy was explaining, to Acion’s eyes, he wasn’t seeing just the blonde, or Tomoe latching onto him, but a picture of himself overlapping the guy’s image. A picture of his own self, acting and motioning just like Roy. Even the hand movements, the lips speaking just like him. And the sorrow of his early life.
And that was when he realized…
Roy was nothing different from Acion.
There were significant differences, but after drawing all the comparison, one could see its similarity. Roy had great problems with his quirks when he was little. Him being hospitalized because he was unable to control his quirks. Acion being grounded for nine years because he was also unable to control his own quirks. Roy admiring other heroes, Acion aspiring to be like them, even better than them. And most importantly, the two had gotten over their issues with their own strength. With their own power.
And he spoke like it was nothing. Like it was just a regular story, even chuckling and grinning at Acion. It brought him into thoughts
The winged boy reflected the life he had gone through. What he had done. And what he had become.
Wasn’t he once the boy who never gave in to failures? The one who had crashed so many times in his own self-designed self-training that he could not count the number of crashes he had, or the scars he inflicted upon himself. And the number of self-encouragement of ‘I would succeed this time!’ that he said. And now, only after a mistake that he was falling into depressions. How ironic can that be?
He had tried, he had failed, and he had improved. To the point that he had moved from being a total loser to a champion of air combat, and one of the powerful students in middle school. And it was that that had changed him. He had moved so far in such a little time, succeeded times to times that he soon lost the ability to feel humility of failing. And now that reality was giving him a reminder of that…
What the hell had he become?
As he was being drifted away, silently, the sound of Roy’s fist hitting onto his palm knocked him back to his sense. And the watery eyes brought a realization that the winged boy needed.
”Roy.” He said, as he reached out a hand for his shoulder. But when he already got to it, he started pausing, considering that to say.
”I believe for everything you do, you’ll have one ally behind your back.” Acion then spoke, indicating himself. Not very meaningful, but probably ok.
He did, after all, deserve it.
Roy smirked back at Acion before making a dopey face to his last remark.
“Yep, my mother of course” Roy said smiling, soon a piping hot bowl of beef udon made way to him and you could see the excitement in his face. Soon he went blank then slightly depressed realizing that the hand he usually ate with was inoperable. He picked up some chopsticks with his left hand and struggled to eat the beef udon. Every attempt was a failure at picking up the beef. You could see the frustration forming.
Roy stabbed the beef with his chopstick ate a slice in one bite before remembering where he was once more. His face turning a light red, he turned over to the sheep girl.
“I don't believe we have met miss, I am Roy Kusayanagi. It is nice to meet you” he said with a smile.
“Hi!” Hitomi smiled back.
“I’m Hitomi. You’re the support student who was transferred to the Hero class, aren’t you? I’m in the support class, but second year. I don’t really have any inspiring stories, I’m afraid. I had a fairly uneventful childhood. My quirk was expected and besides hair trouble and getting into clothes, has been easy to live with. The only unconventional thing about my past was that I looked after the house, did all the cleaning and cooked for myself and my parents, but they were busy with their jobs and I still enjoyed myself.”Roy smirked a bit, guess news travels fast about a transfer into the hero course. He stabbed another piece of meat and ate it. She seemed pretty harmless overall. He was a bit flustered at the fact she openly compared her childhood to his. He chewed a bit and his face lit up at realizing how the food got better with every taste. Roy sealed then made a remark to her statement.
“As long as you have the will to make the world a better place. You're a hero in the making In my book.” After taking a look at the girl In front of him...she was quite adorable.
“With that fur you must be pretty comfy during the winter season.” He shook his head in disagreement,
“I used to love the winter but now I despise it. The sun isn't out as long and I get terribly cold “ he said fighting to grab some rice from the bottom of the bowl with the chopstick.
“That’s a nice, sentiment, but I’m not sure I want to be a Hero. I’m scared the fame would change me, or stop me being so close to me family. Besides, I’ve already planned out my future; I want to finish the support course, then get an internship that one of the costume-making companies. And yes,” She smiled, getting shy.
”I like the winter. I prefer it to summer because my hair grows too long and I have to pay a lot to get it cut or my head gets too hot.””Uhh…”He didn’t catch onto his statement…
Oh well, no matter.
The conversation evolved into another topic after Hitomi joins. And its whether about winter or summer preferences.
”For me, I also like summer, but winter is probably the most productive time of the year. Practices. I am used to flying under the snow, for the sake of hardening my ability to withstand coldness. You can feel it if you go through it.” Acion placed his hand next to Roy and Hitomi, the palm face down, for them to touch.
”Doesn’t look like it, but my skin is harder than most.”Roy had his last straw with the chopsticks, setting them aside. He did what he should have done a long time ago, making a spoon construct he took a big scoop of rice. He was in his own world as he enjoyed the meal scoop after scoop. Acion broke trance with his arm popping up next to the boy. Saying he preferred the winter. Roy raised an eyebrow as he inspected the boys hand.
“Looks pretty well maintained too me, looks like you had a lot of manicures.” He said teasing the boy as he stuck another spoon in his mouth.
A small vein popped on Acion’s face at that.
’This guy…’ He was doing this on purpose wasn’t he?
Fine. He had had enough of this. As a result of this back-and-forth, he had absolutely nothing in his stomach. And his ‘great friend’ over here was stealing all of it. But he would not let the others take it as well. He grabbed a chopstick and began to grab a piece of meat for himself as well. Hitomi had been taking small mouthfuls during the entire conversation, however, so by the time the boys started fighting for food, she’s already had her fill. Plus that would go some way in explaining why there was so little food left. With the tips of the chopsticks in her mouth, she watched on as Acion wolfed food down.
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