บท 8: Those Bound By Fragile Ties
"Kaito... Why are we here..?" Izuku asked blankly as he stared at his friend who was busy gobbling up a whole large bowl of tripple chocolate ice cream.
"Well, you were being bummed up all week at your house so...(Nom! Damn! This chocolate ice cream is really good! My intel was right!) Your mom called me to take you out for a while." I replied in between spoonfuls. "Come on! Relax! Eat your ice cream before it melts."
"Ha..." Izuku sighed, his eyes glazing over. "In the exam... I didn't get a single point."
"Mm..." Ah, right now, he would probably just want someone to listen to him so, I'll do my best to be that good friend.
"The one faux villain that I did defeat... was the one that had zero points." He lowered his head in shame. "I'm sorry for failing your expectations in me... but I only did what I thought was right."
"I see..." I muttered, swallowing the last bit of ice cream left. "Isn't that fine then?"
"Huh?" Izuku looked up at me in confusion.
"I mean, you did save that girl, right? Isn't saving people the most important job of a hero?" I rested my chin on my wrist, looking straight into Izuku's green eyes. "If U.A. fails you for saving a person, then what else are they even training heroes for? That's just stupid."
At my words, Izuku's expression brightened a lot. "Then, does that mean I still have a chance?"
"Sure, you do!" I grinned at him. "Have more confidence in yourself!"
"Ka-Kaito..." His eyes began watering and tears welled up. "You're a really good guy!"
"Oh crap!" Seeing big drops of tears splashing onto the table in a comical way, that odd feeling came back to me. Hah... This really is an anime world. "Stop crying so much! You're a grown man already!"
"I'm only 15!" Izuku reasoned out as he sniffled but, fortunately, he stopped crying quickly.
Suddenly, from the corner of my eye, a familiar blonde head passed by outside the shop.
Before Izuku could realize what was happening, I had already stood up, bought a whole pint of chocolate ice cream and ran out.
"Bomberman!" I shouted but got no reply.
"Hey! Mister Explosive Bomberman!" I shouted again and jogged to catch up to him.
Damn it, he's not responding.
"AH~ KACCHAN~"
" SHUT THE FUCK UP, SHITTY EYES!!!" Finally, he turned around, veins popping on his forehead in irritation.
"Aw~ Are you mad that I carried you like a princess at the exam location while lots of future schoolmates, classmates, and pro heroes were watching? Well, don't be! Here! I bought you ice cream!" As usual, I didn't miss the chance to annoy him.
"PISS OFF!!!" He shouted and was about to stride off but something flew towards his head at a very fast speed, causing him to stop and instinctively caught it. "Damn! It's cold!"
Vengeance achieved~
"Just eat that before it melts. It's really good." I said carelessly and walked away.
"Damn..." Bakugo scowled as he watched the strange boy walk away, feeling complicated. Hesitantly, he took the spoon and opened the container, shoving the ice cream into his mouth in large bites, finishing it in seconds.
"...It's too damn sweet."
...
Nya...
Nyaaa!
Nyaaaa!
Passing by underneath a tree on our way back, we began hearing loud meowing from somewhere above us.
Normally, I would've just passed by knowing that it was probably a stray cat that got stuck in the tree but, unlike me, Izuku took every chance he could get to be a hero and looked up.
Above the branches, within the bare canopy, a tiny and dirty kitten desperately grasped onto a branch with its sharp claws, calling out for its mother that was nowhere to be seen.
It was probably abandoned.
"It's a kitten! Kaito, there's a kitten stuck up there!" Izuku shouted. "Poor thing! Let's get it down quick!"
"Ladder! Ladder! There's none!"
"Should we call for help?"
Watching him panicking because of a cat, I couldn't help but smile helplessly.
This guy is really is too kind for his own good.
"Hah..." I sighed to myself and extended my strings towards the kitten. "Just this once."
Nyaa!! Nyaa!!
The kitten struggled at first, frightened, but calmed down when it realized that we were helping it.
"Ooh! Kaito! Thanks a lot!" Izuku's face lit up gratefully.
Nya!
After setting it down on the ground safely, instead of running away as I had expected it to, unexpectedly, it just sat still, staring at me.
It was unnerving.
"It looks like it took a liking to you." Izuku commented.
"...Whatever. Let's just go." I shook my head and turned around. It was impossible. Animals never liked me.
Tap tap...
Pata pata pata...
Nya...
"Kaito... It's following us." Izuku smiled wryly, glancing behind us.
"I know!" I hissed, veins popping in annoyance.
I turned around and crouched down, grabbing the dirty and greyish kitten by the scruff of its neck. "Stupid cat, go home."
Nyaaa!
The kitten called out and struggled, managing to wrest itself free from my grip and climbed its way across my arm and onto my shoulder.
Snap!
The flimsy rubber band that kept my hair together broke, scattering strands of white everywhere.
"Damn it." I grumbled, unable to see anything.
"Um... Kaito..?" Izuku suddenly called out hesitantly.
"Yeah?" I replied through gritted teeth, trying to catch the kitten which had somehow managed to get on top of my head; its claws leaving marks on my scalp.
"I've been meaning to tell you... for the past few months and... It's been bugging me a lot but..." Izuku trailed off.
"What is it?" Finally, I managed to catch the kitten, keeping a tight grip on it this time in case it tries to escape again.
"Your hair... When it's not tied up... Looks like a mop. Please get a haircut!" Izuku shouted nervously.
...oh.
Upon noticing how little I could actually see now, I finally realized the bad state my hair was in.
Maybe... I really should have it cut... a little.
Nyaa~
...
In the end, due to Izuku's insistence and the cat stubbornly sticking to me, unwilling to let go, I ended up keeping it.
Hah... It stinks.
Rudely dumping it into the bathtub filled with water, I was surprised when it just sat still, allowing me to wash it clean.
"...Are you really a cat?" I muttered with furrowed brows, staring at it with arms crossed.
Nya?
In return, it just stared back at me in confusion.
Hah... Of course, I wouldn't get an answer back.
Quickly cleaning it up, I wrapped it onto an old towel and blow dried it, turning it into a puff ball.
But what surprised me the most was...
"Huh. You're actually white."
Nyaa~
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LordOfRot I just wanted to clarify that this novel has Shounen-Ai for those people who didn't read the description.
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