Eight

Okay, best picture I could find of the kiddo (the one with his phone out). With the bonus of Dadzawa and Shinso.

"So his parents are dead." I repeat free Detective Tsukauchi tells me about the fire and other things that I will need for my report. "To put it simply, yes." he replies taking a seat in a chair beside my hospital bed. "Do he have any relatives?" I ask, Tsukauchi shakes his head "Not that we've found so far. But he seems pretty attached to you."

I would think so with him clinging to me in his sleep. "I can take care of him until we find a family member." I offer, "That's what I was hoping for," the detective says before double checking if I am sure about this.

"I'm sure, if I need any help I got friends and family to turn to." I say. "Alright," True Man says "his name is Kozume Kenma, he's only three years old." 

The detective soon leaves so that I can get some rest. Which isn't going to happen as I get a call from an unknown number. "Hello?" I answer, only to get yelled at "Todoroki Azula!! What on earth happened?!" my only sister yells, forcing me to hold the phone away from my ear for a sec. "What exactly are you talking about?" I ask because there are a lot of things she could yell at me about. "The fire you ran into. What else could it be?" 

"Loads of other stuff, but I was just doing my job. I'm fine, honest." I tell her. "You're fine? Funny, I heard that you are in the hospital."  Fuyumi counters, "Who told you this?" I ask. I haven't mentioned this to anyone, "Toya texted me." Fuck you Toya, "I just needed some stitches Sis, I'm honestly fine." I tell her. "If you say so, I'll come by tomorrow if you are still there. 'Kay?"

"Okay Sis, love you."

"Love you too." with that she hangs up the phone.

Next Morning 🌄

I walk into the hero mall with Kenma holding tightly to my hand, we are here to get him some new clothes. "Okay, which store do you want to go to first." I ask him, he points to one and we go into it. I look for some clothes that he might like in the store, but none that I found suited his taste. 

We go to another store, and another, and another and still nothing. I swear, we go to the food court to get us something to eat for lunch. We had McDonald's, but the kid was quiet and not giving much of a response when I try to get to know him. I think I'm going to need some help.

This is how I end up at my childhood home with Kenma holding my hand, myself being unsure if I should knock or not. But I don't have to desire as the door slides open "Oh, uh, hey Dad." I wave sheepishly. "Azula." my father seems startled "What are you doing here?"

"Needing help from Fuyumi." I answer as Dad let's us in to the house. It hasn't changed much.

"Someone called my name?" my sister calls as I take mine (and help Kenma's with his) shoes off. "Yup!" I call back before looking at my father "Sorry for coming without warning." I tell him as Kenma lets go of my hand "Fu-san! Fu-san!" he says, running over to my older sister. "Kenchan, what are you doing here?" My sister says picking the three year-old up.

"It's fine." Dad says. "Why didn't you tell me about Kenma?" my sister asks me "And why is he here too?"

I let out a sigh "He had a long night." I say simply not going I to the details right now. But hey! If I knew Kenma and Fuyumi knew each other, then I would've had Fuyumi help me before I go my morning coffee.

"Have you two had lunch yet?" my father asks me. "Yeah." I reply "But I think Kenma wants to spend time with Fuyumi." I add noticing both my father's facial expression and how excited Kenma is "You think so?" I nod my head to my father's question. 

I go into the living room, to see if everything looks the same as before; from what I can tell, it has. "You guys haven't changed much 'bout the place have ya?" I ask more to myself than anything. But I still get a response, "Didn't have the heart to." Dad replies.

Wednesday

Thank God for older sisters, Fuyumi helped me get clothes, shoes and toys for Kenma; and is willing to watch him when I have patrols. Win-win!

So today is not too different than it has been, Fuyumi comes over to take Kenma to pre-school which helps me be able to get my work done without any hassle. I take care of more recent reports from last night before getting into something casual: a white T-shirt, pair of ripped jeans, a pair of white Vans and a red beanie with my red hair covering my right eye; before grabbing my phone and old school bag and heading off to meet up with Kirishima and Bakugo to study for my final, that I don't have. I am literally just using my stuff from last year, yeah I forgot to ask Aizawa for study stuff sue me.

"Hi Bakugo." I smile, arriving to the café Kirishima sent the address for. "Tsk." is all he says as Kirishima runs over "Hey! Sorry for being late." the red head huffs. "It's fine, I just got here. I tell him, we go in and order before sitting at a table.

"Let's get this over with." Bakugo says after our orders arrives. "Cone on Bakubro! You agreed to help me." Kirishima says as I pull out my papers and pencil case. All my papers being from my third year, towards the end of it. But I rather not have Kirishima find out that I already graduated and cause him to feel bad.

I work silently as Bakugo "tutors" Kiri which includes bashing the boy on the head every time the red head gets a question wrong. This is Math not Taekwondo -_-

"Hey Azula." Kirishima says after Bakugo left for the restroom, "Can you help me with this math problem?"

"Sure." I smile "What's the issue?" Kirishima turns his book to face me and points to number six:

Which equation would you choose to solve for one of the variables? Explain. 3x-2y=19 2x+4y=36

"You see, I'm not entirely sure which option would be better." Kirishima says. I tilt my head a little, thinking "Well," I say "I think this question is asking for your opinion, more or less." Kirishima gives me a confused look "What do you mean?"

"Think about it, which one would be easier to set equal to one of the variables?" I ask him.

"3x-2y=19"

"Okay all you have to do now is explain why you choose it." 

"That's it?" Kirishima asks before smiling as I nod my head. "Great, thanks Azula."

We go back to doing our own thing as Bakugo comes back. Just in time for Kirishima to get a phone call, which causes him to leave earlier than intended. "So d'you still want to hang out?" I ask Bakugo, who is starting to turn pink for some reason "Your choice."

I put my stuff back in my bag before resting my elbows, looking at the blonde across the table from me "So how have you been?" I ask, "I've been okay considering Shitty Hair ditched us." he shrugs, also taking  his focus away from his studies "The Old Hag keeps asking about you and all that shit."

"You make it sound like a younger sibling teasing about a crush." I eye roll, taking a sip of my coffee. "Well since somebody hasn't been answering my fucking texts it has been dip shit." Bakugo says, shooting a glare. "Sorry." I say "Things have been busy for me at the moment." I sag my shoulders a little, causing the one with stitches to hurt a bit. I guess a bit of pain showed on my face as Bakugo's face turn to a concerned one "You got hurt?"

"Yeah, work Saturday but it's minor compared to what I got a couple weeks ago." I tell him. 

"Minor?" he asks, I hum in agreement "Yeah only 23 stitches this time then some first degree burns."

"You are calling that minor?! What the hell bitch?" Bakugo growls, I roll my eyes "To me it is, do you want to hear about my injuries from a couple weeks ago for a comparison?"

"Fuck no!"

Our table goes quiet as I finish my coffee. I check the time, it's almost three. "I better get going." I sigh as I grab my bag. I need to pick Kenma up from Fuyumi soon then I have patrol later tonight, Toya will be at the apartment so Kenma won't be alone.

"Alright, text me when you get home okay?" Bakugo requests. "Okay. See ya later." I say before heading off.

Bạn đang đọc truyện trên: AzTruyen.Top