บท 39: The Psycho and The Sociopath
__________ POV Narration__________
Himiko Toga was not having the best of times. She had just started her 'career' as a villain and she wanted to see what she could do around Hosu City.
She had heard something about some mass recruitment and decided to check it out. But it turned out to be quite boring for her.
It was some plan to kill the 'Symbol of Peace' and she really didn't care enough about that to join up.
She was about to leave when someone that she found intriguing entered the bar.
The tall insectoid that was also known as 'The Symbol of Evil' the only known villain to have fought the Symbol of Peace to a standstill.
Now, Toga wasn't the type to care much for titles and other things. But she found his appearance 'exotic'.
She suddenly got an urge to see how his blood looked like. It wasn't something she could help, it was the nature of her quirk.
She was quite excited when that villain had started riling up the insectoid. She was hoping that maybe Beru would get injured.
But something else happened instead. She couldn't even see it properly, but the man's neck was cut open. She knew Beru did it, she could see the blood on his finger.
More and more blood spurted out of the man's neck. Beru didn't even spare him another glance. Even when some blood got into his drink, he just kept gulping it down.
Not even looking at the corpse of his previous attacker.
Himiko found that scene extremely exciting. She was hoping for some blood to get spilt. And she had gotten her wish, the floor was soaked in blood. Just not Berus blood.
She also found Beru interesting, she started seeing him as someone like her. Someone she could befriend, someone that would accept her for who she truly was.
She decided to follow him out and see if she could stir up the courage to talk to him.
But him suddenly spreading his wings startled her, as she hid behind the nearest object she could find.
She was trying her best to hide. Even though she actually wanted to speak to him. Her fear kept her from approaching the Insectoid.
She wasn't afraid of Beru, she was afraid of being rejected.
__________ POV Beru__________
This girl is pretty good at hiding her presence not gonna lie. I almost didn't notice her at all.
Well, almost, I can still notice it. I can literally hear her heartbeat from behind that dumpster. Well, it's more like a trashcan than a dumpster.
I can see some of her hair as it is just wiggling around in the air. She didn't choose a great hiding spot...
"YoU cAn cOmE ouT NoW~" I just stared at the hair, the girl rose from behind that trashcan and looked at me with a strange smile.
What's her deal? This isn't exactly a great ambush if that's what she was going for.
Well, she's blonde, wearing her hair in two buns. She's also in a high-school uniform. I don't recognize her at all. But she looks kinda cute.
But she also looks completely crazy. (just my luck)
"Hello! I am Himiko Toga, a pleasure to meet you, sir!" I mean, that's great and all. But what's your deal?
"HeLlo, i Am BeRu~" I mean, I will respond to her greeting.
The only reason I'm not leaving right now is that I have a lot of free time after this...
"Heyy, so... I just wanted to see if we could become friends!" Toga just spurted out frantically.
What? I just told her my name. Does she already want to be friends? What does she want out of me? (paranoia lenses ON)
"Umm... Why? I barely even know you. You look young, and you are plenty cute, go spend time with your friends or something.~" I stopped making my voice distorted for a while.
I'm also kinda curious about her now. It's not like I get to talk to all that many people usually. (Shigaraki and his folk don't count)
My high skill in social interactions conveyed my message clearly. (the message was 'leave me alone I don't care')(they didn't btw)
Why is she turning red though?
"Y-You think I'm cute? I-I wasn't expecting our relationship to develop so quickly~" NOW HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE!
WHAT? This is what she took from my round-about way of telling her to fuck off? She just singled out the compliment and ignored any other word!
She doesn't even look like she heard the rest of the sentence.
"How old are you again?" I am a bit concerned about how simple she is. She might get taken advantage of or something.
"Oh! I am 16, perfectly grown-up." No, you aren't, you're a teenager. I barely even consider myself a grown-up, and I'm like in my thirties(didn't keep track) if I put both my lives together.
"I mean, you are young. You shouldn't be spending your time in shitty alleyways and villain hideouts~," I will try to persuade her to leave me alone after building some trust.
Maybe I can also tell her not to get into this kind of life without any good reason. It's not like she can get anything good out of it. Women usually have it rough in the underworld...
Although, her smile got really wide when she heard my question. "I'm glad that you care" I don't, but go on.
"But at least I can be myself in this place. I don't need to worry about what others think of me." Well. That's not exactly odd to hear from a 16-year-old.
I looked at her a bit, she squirmed in place for a while. She clearly has something on her mind. Not gonna lie, her mannerisms are quite cute.
"What is it? Speak out~" My words immediately made her talk.
"Sir... Can you please give me some of your blood?" There it is. My hot-to-crazy scale was warning me of this.
"I-It's not that I want to hurt you... But, my quirk makes me want this..." Hmm? Well, That's a better reason than what the other crazies I've dated had.
"I guess? But I won't give you much.~" She looks a bit desperate, which makes me pity her. And any open wound would close up in seconds for me, so this isn't that big a deal at all.
It's kinda like bending down and helping someone pick something up.
"R-Really! THANK YOU!~" She jumped and hugged me. Jeez, she can jump quite high. I wasn't expecting that. Well, I saw it coming, but still.
Then, I felt a knife trying to dig into my back. Well, she couldn't really scratch it at all. But she tried.
"You won't get far like that~" She looked a bit surprised, but I think it's more that I didn't react violently to her attack.
I mean, I did say I'd give her some blood, she likely just took that as an invitation or something.
She broke the hug and looked up at me. I just cut open my palm with my claw and let some of my blood flow in front of her.
She quickly opened her mouth and brought it close to my slowly regenerating wound. I slowed it down on purpose, I mainly wanted to see her reaction.
Didn't think it would be this major. Drinking blood is not that big a deal. At least she's all that weird. I've seen much worse.
She opened her eyes while licking my palm. It looked like she had stars in them or something.
Eventually, the cut closed up. She was still licking my palm though, I ended up having to stop her by pulling it away.
I mean, no reason to get weird about it, she's a bit too young for me. I'd say she should come back when she's a bit older or something.
"Thank you! Ummm, can I please come with you? I-" I put my hand up, stopping her from speaking more.
"Nah, I don't really have my own home." And I really don't feel like looking after you all the time.
"Oh, by the way, don't join the mission Giran is recruiting for, it won't go well~," I said as I spread my wings again.
"Till next time!~" I flew off, not giving her a chance to say anything else. She still had time to smile brightly and wave at me.
Really, what an odd encounter. I didn't expect something like this to come out of a shitty walk to a bar.
I think I'll just sleep a lot to pass the time or something.
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Btw, Toga isn't really the love interest. She's still 16 at this point.
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