"Y-You...you just..." Akira stuttered, her hands clasped tightly over her lips. "YOU JUST KISSED ME!"

Zoë grinned, crossing her arms over her chest, and nodding her head towards Yukino once again.

"I'm pretty good at it, right?" She teased. "Yukino? Care to testify?"

Her girlfriend laughed and returned her high-five.

"I can confirm that," she said playfully, splashing her girlfriend lightly with the water, causing her to squeal.

"Alright then! If there's no objections, let's continue the game!" Zoë said happily. Akira and Shiroi looked at each other, panicked. It wasn't like they could suddenly claim they didn't want to play anymore, so they didn't really have a choice but to keep quiet.

"Shiroi," Zoë asked happily, clasping her hands together. "Truth or dare?"

The girl paled, and stepped forward slowly.

"D-Don't think for a damn SECOND that I'm s-scared of you, y-you freak!" She yelled. "D-Dare!"

"You sure about that?" Zoë asked innocently. The girl bit her lip, clearly out of her mind with anxiety.

"Y-You know what? T-Truth!" She stammered, clearly shaken up by Zoe's "threat". "I-I'll answer anything! I'm not a liar like you!"

"Uh...when the hell has Zoë ever lied to YOU?" Sakura asked quickly.

"Shut it, bitch!" Akira barked. "She's a liar!"

"Whatever you say," Sakura said quietly, rolling her eyes. Zoë gave her a warm smile, silently thanking her friend for standing up for her.

"Truth, huh?" Zoë asked, tapping her chin as if she was in deep thought. "How about...oh, I know! Why don't you tell everyone what happened a few months back?"

Both girls paled, but Akira was the first to find her voice.

"W-What the hell are you t-talking about, y-you skank?" Shes managed. Zoë just smiled.

"Oh, don't tell me you forgot!" She chirped. "When you told me to kill myself! Tell them what happened then!"

Gasps echoed around her, and a few of her classmates started to speak up.

"W-Wait, what?"

"Did she really...?"

"Zoë didn't..."

"What the hell?!" Kei screamed. "Why would you say something like that?! What's this about, Shiroi?!"

The girl's face fell, but she quickly burst into fake tears, and Akira rushed to "comfort" her.

"Y-You're so MEAN, Kei!" She wailed. "I-I told you, didn't I?! Zoe's a liar! There's something seriously wrong with her! I-I'd never say something like that! She's insane! SHE told ME I should...I should..."

The fake tears continued, and Akira started crying with her.

"I-It's true!" She blubbered. "S-She...Zoë told both of us we should...j-jump off the school roof..."

As if molten lava was seeping into her veins, she felt her temper start to flare up. Her fingers quickly curled into tight fists, her nails leaving crescent-moon shaped indents in her palms.

"Z-Zo?" Sakura asked quietly. "Y-You don't need to listen to them, okay?"

She saw Shiroi peeking through her fingers to see Zoe's reaction, and she snapped. As if she was being stabbed, a guttural scream ripped its way out of Zoe's mouth.

"How...HOW DARE YOU?!" She roared. All of her classmates' bodies went stiff, and they whipped around to face her. "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT I...THAT I TOLD YOU..."

"Z-Zoë, you've gotten calm down!" Yukino said, shaking her gently, but the greenette was too far gone. There was no stopping her now.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!" She screamed. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW LONG I CRIED FOR?! HOW MANY DAYS I LOCKED MYSELF IN MY ROOM, HATING MYSELF TO THE POINT WHERE MY DADS WOULDN'T LET ME OUT OF THEIR SIGHT?!"

"W-Wait..." Shiroi whispered. "W-We didn't..."

But before she could get another word in, fake or not, a snap echoed through the quiet wind, and everyone went silent.

Shiroi's hands flew to her nose, and she desperately tried to stop the blood flow dripping down her face. Utterly shocked, she looked up, barely able to make eye contact with the fuming greenette.

"Y-You...you just..." she stammered. "YOU JUST BROKEN MY FUCKING NOSE!"

"AND IT FELT DAMN GOOD TOO!" Zoë snapped, her palms sparking violently without warning.

"Z-ZOË! W-WAIT!" Sakura yelled. "Y-YOU GOTTA STOP!"

Just as Zoë was about to lunge for the girl again, Yukino and Sakura had pinned her arms behind her back, keeping her from attacking her for a second time.

"Oh, no you don't!" Yukino whispered. "I won't let you hurt yourself like this!"

"G-GET OFF ME!" Zoë screamed, her voice raw. "SHE...SHE DESERVES IT!"

Just then, a huge splash interrupted her screams.

"Z-Zoë?!" Izuku yelled, activating One For All to get close to his daughter as fast as possible, Bakugo, Asui, Kirishima, Iida, and Uraraka close behind him. "W-What's going on?! I heard you yelling, and-?!"

He was stunned into silence when he saw the blood dripping from Shiroi's nose and down Zoe's right fist. But what shocked him the most was the familiar hate burning in her green eyes.

"Z-ZOË!" Bakugo screamed, quickly pulling his daughter into a fierce hug. "W-What the fuck's going on?! What happened?! Are you hurt?!"

Just then, Asui reached her daughter and screamed.

"S-Shi's nose is broken!" She yelled. "B-Bakugo...Midoriya...she...Zoë..."

Just then, Zoe's body went completely limp, and her eyes glossed over. She would have fallen into the water if Kirishima hadn't caught her by her bloody arm.

"W-Whoa! Z-Zoë?!" He yelled. "W-What's going on?!"

By then, the rest of the alumni had made their way into the water, and Momo had already rushed to Shiroi's side and started creating medical supplies she could use to help her.

"S-She's burning up!" Kirishima yelled, causing Bakugo and Izuku to whip around to face their daughter, limp in the redhead's rock-hard arms.

"N-Not good!" Izuku managed. "I...I think...I think it has to do with her Quirk..."

"What the hell do you mean?!" Bakugo roared. "'Zuku...what's wrong with her?!"

"I think..." Izuku whispered. "I think she inherited some of your...anger issues, Kat. And it seems like they...boiled over, just now..."

Everyone went silent, save for Akira and Shiroi's sniffles and Zoe's steady breathing as the water washed away the remainder of the blood in the water.

AN: THE WORST AUTHOR EVER IS BACK, AND I'M SO, SO SORRY FOR THE HIATUS!!!! Holy crap, how long has it been?! I don't even wanna know- COVID and online school have TAKEN OVER my life, and I barely have any time after school that I can use to do what I love, since I always go straight to sleep after my classes are over, and the stress keeps me up at night.

I still cannot believe the insane, overwhelming amount of support you guys have still been giving this book, even while I'm a horrible author and put off continuing it for so long. I am truly sorry, and I promise I'll do my best to start updating regularly again, unless you're all sick of this book, in which case, PLEASE let me know, I don't wanna annoy you guys with chapters you don't care about! I'm also going to be updating most of my other stories in the next week or so, so please look forward to that, and if you can find it in your hearts to forgive me, I would be so incredibly happy.

Totally random topic shift, but I've been writing one-shots NONSTOP in class, and I think I have like 70 piled up somewhere, and I wanted to know if you guys would be interested in seeing them? Most of them are from different fandoms, like My Hero, Danganronpa, Genshin Impact, Angels of Death, Assassination Classroom, Xenoblade 2, and a TON more. I've been experimenting with my own Omegaveras headcanons, and while I'm kinda embarrassed and nervous about them, I trust you guys to not make fun of me and my...strange prompts.

I'm so incredibly grateful for each and every one of you, and I want you to know that I still read every single comment you guys post, and I try to respond to as many as I can, and I will continue to do that to make reading this book as fun and interactive as possible for you guys!

Also, I wanted to say a HUGE thank-you to LucaTodoroki for starting their OWN book based off of this one!! It makes me so incredibly happy, and I'm just really excited about it, so go give them some love!!

Also, I promise the fluffy chapters will return soon, I've been dealing with some unpleasant memories and anger towards some people in my own life who have done similar things to me, and I just needed to let out that anger somehow, so thank you for sticking with me. It means everything.

TL;DR, I'm sorry for being a dick and not updating, but I'm gonna try to get better, and when I do, I'll hopefully start posting the one-shots I've been writing as a sort of apology to you guys for putting up with my "schedule" if you can even call it that.

Anyways, I love you guys so much, and I'll be back again soon! I hope you're all staying safe and doing what you love!

-Crystal 💙💙💙