Midoriya P.o.V

I wiped the beads of sweat that had formed on my forehead. It had been a long time since I sweat this much from a house cleaning. Mom tend to keep everything clean in my house leaving only my own room to clean myself.

I heard a loud sigh from outside. "I totally thought All Might is a tidy person!" Kirishima shouted as he pulled tall weeds on the court yard. "How about inside, Midoriya?"

I laughed dryly. "At least we could already sleep inside tonight I think," I shouted back to him. I looked around. After sweeping all morning and using a bit magic to get most of the bugs outside, All Might's house had been a bit more decent to live in. My body shuddered remembering its condition when we arrived yesterday evening. The roof was still intact but the inside was like it had been attacked by some storm. And also all the little crawling bugs here and there making both me and Kirishima agreed to just camped outside.

"Whoah! You clean like magic, Midoriya!" Kirishima sudden comment shocked me back to reality. His red hair was drenched with sweat, but Kirishima was still his cheerful self. And that alone had brightened up my heart. It was hard to admit it, but even if a week hasn't passed I already missed everybody.

This is harder than I thought it would be...

"Don't give up, Deku kun!"

"O-okay, Ura-" My mouth dried up immediately. What was I thinking? They wouldn't be with me anymore. I was the one who chose this path.

The path of no connections nor bonds.

"Hey, Midoriya," Kirishima called out to me. "You alright? Your face color doesn't look good."

"M-maybe I'm just a bit tired from all this cleaning," I lied to my only companion.

Kirishima looked at me some more seconds. Worry was clear on his eyes. Then suddenly he walked outside for a bit and came back with a glass of water. "Just sit and drink this for now," he commanded. "And also no more magic. Safe it for more important thing," he added quickly.

I laughed. "You are such a worry wart, Kirishima," I scoffed. "But thanks."

"No worry, Midoriya. You can always count on me!" Kirishima grinned widely before he walked outside, once again continuing his gardening task.

He didn't deserve this. Why did I bring him with me to path of doom?

I walked slowly outside. The sun was shining brightly. Usually at a great sunny day like this I could always hear both Kacchan and Kirishima playful bickering from their yard.

I had robbed him from that privilege too.

"Kirishima," I called out to him.

The red hair looked at me, his hands stopped from pulling the weeds. "What's wrong, Midoriya?"

Should I tell him to go back? Would I be able to keep going if Kirishima left me?

"I'm sorry." I could only mutter that one sentence. It was even just a bit louder that a whisper. I was such a coward.

Kirishima stood up and walked toward me. In the next second, he had given me a warm big hug. "You were the only one who reached out your hand for me at that time. I'm me now only because of you, Midoriya." His big hand patted my head gently. "Don't apologize anymore. This is my choice."

"But, Kacchan..."

Kirishima shused me up. "I believe in you Midoriya, and I also believe in Bakugou," he started. "If we are meant to be we will encounter each other again one day."

"Thanks, Kirishima," I said.

The red hair smirked and his hands wiped the tears that even I didn't realize I had shed. "I will go hunt for our dinner. Just rest for now, Midoriya."

I nodded my head. Kirishima bid me good bye as he leaped to the forest, changing into a red furred tiger in the process.

Yeah. Kirishima was right. Even the strongest magic would never be able to cut the string of fate. My eyes trailed to a thin shining red strings knotted on my left pinky finger.

Kirishima's was tied to Bakugou's.

Iida's was tied to Uraraka's.

Mine... thankfully it was still not connected. And I hoped it would never connect to anyone.

I didn't want to hurt anyone, especially those that I care. A connection by string of fate that could never be able to be cut meant I couldn't stop that person from getting hurt.

I sighed. Kirishima still hadn't came back and doing nothing would only make me think of unnecessary things.

"I will just look around," I decided as I walked toward a room that looked like a workshop.

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My eyes swarmed around taking all the awesome things around. I didn't expect All Might's stuffs were still intact and in good condition here. Aside from being covered in dust, all the alchemy equipment was still functioning perfectly. Dozens of jars filled with magic supplies filled the cupboards. And the best thing of all, All Might's book collections were just insanely complete. Even the rare magic book written by the legendary sage Gran Torino was here.

"Is this heaven?" I mumbled.

I didn't know how long time has passed until Kirishima knocked on the door and came in with a plate of warm cooked meat.

"Whoah! This place is awesomely cool and awesomely dirty at the same time." I giggled at Kirishima's comment.

"Yeah. This is the perfect workshop, I just need to clean the dust a bit," I said excitedly.

Kirishima smiled at me and pat my head. "It's great to see your smile, Midoriya. I have prepared the bath for you. Clean yourself after your supper and we will continue cleaning tomorrow. No need to rush..."

"Okay, Kirishima..."

Kirishima walked outside and not long after that I heard a loud crash from the kitchen's direction. I think I needed to redo kitchen cleaning tomorrow.

I was about to go look for Kirishima's situation when I accidentally knocked a pile of books down. "Urgh..." I grumbled. Hopefully Kirishima was alright, I thought while stacking up the books once again.

And suddenly I felt it. The feeling was strange, like being wrapped in a warm fluffy blanket but at the same time there was a cool breeze that kept you from getting hot. I instinctively opened the book.

All Might used to tell me to never open any magic book without rechecking the content of the book twice.

"Most magic book contain traps, Midoriya my boy!"

My brain suddenly just ignored that advice. My hands kept flipping the page. Like I already knew which particular page of that book that I needed to open.

I stopped flipping at page 617.

It was a page of summoning magic. There were not much explanation of the magic, only the instructions written below a drawing of magic circle.

"What's that, Midoriya?"

Kirishima's question snapped me back to reality. "N-nothing, Kirishima. I-I just knocked down some books." I didn't know why I was so nervous.

My hearts were beating like crazy.

Was it excitement? Or was it anxiety?

I didn't know exactly what I felt that day. But everything had distracted me from realizing what the fate had suddenly done to me.

A.N.:

Hi, guys!!
I kinda want to try being like webtoon (anyone a webtoon reader too??) So 3 chapter is up and after this update will be once a week... for now I will choose Saturday for my update week. Hopefully I can stay with it!

So what do you guys think? Any critique and suggestion is gladly accepted especially since this story will be going through a big editting process later...

So hope you guys enjoy this and see you next time!

-Meli