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Author's Notes : Okay, I usually like to put author's notes at the end, but I guess this needs a little context. Turns out, several people asked about what happened to Hori, and here it is.
The backstory had been in the works for a while, even before I started writing the novel. I was never going to write it down directly, maybe an idea here or there, so they were just ideas in a draft, nothing formal.
But whenever I tried to write a summary of what happened, I always ended up writing a whole chapter, so here it is! And in case it wasn't clear, this is completely canon.
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Izumi, 16, first year of high school.
I continued humming as I walked, texting the misfits I called friends while laughing lightly. We're supposed to et up near here in a few minutes. I looked up and looked around… Now, where was I?
I was supposed to arrive near the mall… why am I in a residential area? I tilted my head slightly in confusion before searching for the street I was on. I then tried to locate myself using the GPS, but it still didn't make sense to .
Sotis I really hated that I had inherited Zoro's sense of direction.
I sighed tiredly as I prepared to send my location and a distress signal to the other kids to co and get , when I heard a scream along with so barking. I looked up only to see a boy about 6 or 7 years old running before he tripped and fell.
I tried not to laugh and approached him carefully, I saw the dog that was barking at the boy and I barely had to flex my Conqueror's Haki for the dog to start whining and hiding from .
"Hey kid, are you okay?" I asked, crouching down and looking at the boy. The boy stood up slowly and awkwardly. Gray hair, olive-green eyes, and a line of blood coming out of his nose. Tears seed to be forming in his eyes.
I smiled slightly and patted his head gently.
"Okay, okay, don't cry, everything's okay." I tried to comfort the boy, who just whimpered and nodded slowly, holding back his tears. "Well done." I smiled slightly. "Do you know where your parents are? Your ho? " I asked slowly. He nodded again. "Okay, why don't you show us around? I'll keep you company and protect you from the bad dogs? " I smiled slightly.
"...thank you... onii-san." The boy murmured timidly, I simply nodded. I helped the boy stand up, brushing so dust off his clothes before standing up, the boy imdiately took my hand before starting to walk slowly.
I had mixed feelings. It wasn't that I minded helping the boy; on the contrary, I was happy to do so. But it was more than obvious that the boy knew where he was going; in other words, the 6- or 7-year-old had a better sense of direction than I did.
Quickly shaking off the jealousy I felt toward the boy, I continued walking slowly, hand in hand with the boy. The boy had cald down considerably and was now much calr.
From the looks of it, we weren't far from his house, because in just a few minutes, we reached our destination. The boy barely paused as he easily entered the house. I tried to stay outside out of respect, but the boy just looked at and tugged at my hand.
I sighed and followed him into the house.
"Sister!" the boy shouted once we entered. From one of the hallways appeared a smiling teenager.
"Welco So-" The teenager froze when she saw the bleeding boy. "What happened to you, Souta?!" The girl asked in panic, dropping what she was holding and launching herself at the boy nad Souta.
"I fell," Souta said calmly.
"What?!" the girl exclaid in panic, I blinked several tis... oh, she was Kyoko Hori, and this was her brother... this is... unexpected.
"I guess that's all right, so I'll be going now." I said awkwardly as I turned around to quickly leave the house.
"Ah, sorry! Thanks for your help! " Kyoko said as she thanked in a panic. I lazily raised a hand, only for Souta to grab my shirt and stop from leaving. I sighed tiredly.
"Souta?" Kyoko asked confused.
"Onii-san... stay..." I sighed tiredly again, looking at Souta's pout and bright eyes, which was a terrible mistake. In the end, I couldn't refuse to go inside and have a snack with the Horis. I let the conversation basically run its course, still having undecided on whether or not to get involved with Kyoko.
A few weeks ago, I'd started my first year of high school. Kyoko Hori was definitely in my class. I'd seen her, but I hadn't interacted with her at all. Really, just because she's Izumi Miyamura now doesn't an I have to go and marry Kyoko as soon as I see her.
But... I guess coincidences don't happen for nothing? I an... the chances that with my guidance I'd sohow end up next to Souta just as he fell and be led to the Hori house were astronomical. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try?
"By the way, what's your na?" Kyoko asked after a few turns. I humd lightly. "Well, let's see how this turns out. Izumi Miyamura and Kyoko Hori got married and started a family, and she was cute, so... I didn't see why I shouldn't try."
"Wow, don't you recognize , Hori? I'm your classmate, Miyamura." I said mockingly, I saw the mont he froze and how he looked at in complete disbelief.
"Huh?" he said foolishly, I laughed amusedly.
"I guess you didn't expect it, is it the hair? Or the piercings ?" I asked playfully. Kyoko blushed deeply.
"M-Miyamura-san! I'm sorry! " I didn't recognize you! " Kyoko squealed in embarrassnt.
"Don't worry, I understand, there's a reason I wear my hair down." I said nonchalantly, Kyoko continued to look at slightly blushed as she blushed.
"Y-you look good." Kyoko squealed, I raised an eyebrow.
"Wow, thanks." I purred in her direction, humming as I stood up. "Guess it's ti I go," I said nonchalantly. Souta grabbed my clothes again, and I just smiled at him and placed a hand on his head. "Sorry, Souta, but I had other plans and I've already stayed longer than long," I said apologetically.
"S-Souta, let Miyamura go." Kyoko scolded her brother, Souta pouted, but let go of , I laughed lightly.
"Don't worry Souta, I'm sure we'll et again." I said simply.
"Really?" Souta asked excitedly. I nodded.
"Yes, of course, if your sister asks out." I said to Kyoko while winking at her, Kyoko froze before exploding in red, I laughed lightly. "Thank you for the hospitality, but I must go." I said simply. "See you in class, and don't make wait too long to ask out, Kyoko." I purred her na before standing up and starting to leave.
Luckily, I was able to find my way out easily, just in ti when I heard a loud thud, like soone hitting their head on the table.
"Sister?" I heard Souta call his sister. I laughed playfully as I left the house. I grabbed my phone and texted my friends. They still had yet to co get .
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Integrating myself into Kyoko's life was really easy. So easy it felt almost natural. To my surprise, Kyoko had managed to ask out that sa week. To my surprise, we had a good ti, she was so fun to be with that I didn't bother trying anymore.
As the weeks went by and I spent a lot of ti at her house, mainly with Souta and her, my relationship with Kyoko grew stronger and stronger, to the point where I t her parents and vice versa.
Our relationship had progressed enough for to sleep over at the Horis'. Although, well, I slept next to their father, Kyosuke. I liked him. He was a good guy, despite being just as weird here as he was in the version I rembered.
As usual, I woke up with the sunrise, looked at Kyosuke sleeping next to on the futon, and carefully got up. Without making a sound, I grabbed the training sword I had brought in a sheath and quietly left the house.
Like most houses, there was a small yard in front of it. It wasn't as spacious as I'd like, but it was big enough to dance as usual. I grabbed my phone, set a small alarm, and put it back in my pocket.
I took up my sword and began to dance, following the steps of Hinokami Kagura. I could feel my body relaxing and moving automatically. I moved from one form to another, completely enthralled and attuned to the sunlight. Dancing for the sun always relaxed .
I had continued dancing for about an hour before I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, finally stopping as I took a deep breath.
"Oohhh! That was fantastic! " said Kyosuke as he clapped in excitent.
"It was beautiful, nii-chan!" said Souta happily.
"I didn't know you could dance so well, Miyamura-san," said Yuriko, Kyoko's mother.
"Oh? Didn't I ntion it? " I said confused, I had been dating Kyoko for almost a little over a month.
"Not that I rember, where did you learn a traditional sword dance?" Kyoko asked curiously. I shrugged.
"I believe it," I said honestly.
"Wait, really?" Kyoko asked in surprise, I nodded.
"Yes, it's called Hinokami Kagura. I like to start the day and welco the sun with it," I told her honestly. "I even do it all night to welco the first sunrise of the new year." I said honestly. Kyosuke whistled in amazent.
"What dedication, any particular reason?" Yuriko asked, surprised.
"Sothing like that? Hinokami Kagura is a dance based on my sword style, Sun Breathing, which mimics the sun, so it just… seems right to ." I told her simply.
"I didn't know you wield a sword? You're in the kendo club? I think you ntioned it once," Kyosuke said, stroking her chin.
"Not , my friend, Kazuto is, but I stop by sotis." I told her honestly, Kyosuke snapped his fingers.
"That's right, you ntioned it," Kyosuke said cheerfully. "I thought you wanted to keep in shape and all. You're pretty thin. You should eat more! Not that you knew how to handle it properly," Kyosuke added. I smiled slightly.
"Yes, I want to believe I'm good. After all, I want to take the UA entrance exam." I said with a smile. I could see everyone's eyes widen.
"UA?! Are you going to be a hero, Nii-chan!?" Souta asked excitedly. I smiled slightly.
"That's the plan." I winked at Souta.
"to UA? Is that your plan? " Kyoko asked, I could see her slightly tense, I just looked at her lightly while nodding "yeah! I'm super strong! I have faith I'll get in." I said happily. Kyoko only seed to tense up more, before I could ask Kyosuke launched himself in my direction.
"I believe in you! You can do it! I have faith in you! " Kyosuke said cheerfully as he placed his hands on my shoulders and shook . I just laughed lightly.
"Thank you." I said simply before looking at Kyoko, who was quickly entering the house. I looked at her, slightly confused. Had sothing happened? I shrugged and headed towards the house.
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I never got to talk to Kyoko, and in fact, I forgot, there were more important things. People had started spreading rumors. Obviously, about . I was still wearing glasses and my hair down in class, so I looked pretty gloomy, which was actually what I was going for.
Obviously, it didn't bother . But half the rumors were directed at Kyoko, and most of them were coming to so sort of consensus that she was dating out of pity, or that I had trapped or blackmailed her in so way and they were feeling sorry for her.
Really, the imagination of teenagers could be really creative when they wanted to.
I guess we'd gotten to that point… I wasn't going to cut my hair, not in a million years. I loved my hair the way it was, I wasn't vain in any other way—for example, I barely cared about what I wore other than whether it was comfortable—but I loved how my hair looked tied up, and I wouldn't cut it, ever.
But that doesn't an I can't get ready before going out. I tied half of my hair up neatly, just like I always did, so my face looked just right, contoured enough to fra the shape of my face, and I left my glasses aside—after all, I didn't need them.
Once I was ready, I headed to school late enough that most of the students were inside the classroom, luckily, most of my friends, and especially Kyoko, were already there, so it was easy to follow their presence.
Just as I expected and as always happened when I did it in public, stares started coming from all sides, I ignored the girls who were left gaping and walked through the school before entering my classroom.
The classroom fell silent when I walked in, Kyoko turned to look at and froze, I smiled widely, walked up to her and lightly kissed her lips.
"Good morning, Kyoko." I said while winking at her before heading to my seat.
"Izumi?!" Kyoko squealed in confusion. That finally broke the silence.
"Huh?! It's Miyamura?! " "He was always so cute!? Damn, no wonder Hori pocketed him first! "
I quickly ignored the chatter while smiling slightly.
"Is everything okay?" Kazuto asked, sitting next to in a low voice. He seed confused, and I just laughed. He and the others knew very well why I didn't tie my hair up in class, so I guess it's normal for him to be confused. I just nodded and promised to talk to him later, with all the other kids.
Classes proceeded as usual, except for the sidelong glances from the entire class, which was becoming annoying. But during breaks, most of the girls imdiately ca up and started talking.
I imdiately ignored them, even though it was terribly annoying and only confird why I hadn't bothered to even tie my hair up in years past. But still, I'd do it for Kyoko. Speaking of her, I turned to look at her only to freeze.
I expected a cold, almost annoyed, and angry look directed at the other girls, but for so reason it was focused on . I stood up to try to talk to her, but Kyoko turned and quickly left the classroom. I tried to follow her, but the girls quickly surrounded .
I frowned slightly… what the hell had happened?
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The next few days were… difficult. Kyoko was ignoring , which was annoying because we still did things together. I went over to Kyoko's house a couple of tis, she responded briefly, and almost never started a conversation between us. This was getting ridiculous.
I waited for class to end, without even hesitating I grabbed Kyoko's wrist and started dragging her.
"Izumi!? Where are we going?!" Kyoko asked in surprise as she dragged her.
"To the roof." I said simply.
"Izumi... we're going down." Kyoko said slowly, I froze halfway down the stairs and could feel my cheeks blush slightly. Kyoko sighed behind and smiled slightly before losing her smile.
"Follow ." Kyoko said simply, and this ti I was the one following her. Once we reached the rooftop, Kyoko turned in my direction. "So?" Kyoko asked simply.
"You've been ignoring ." I said directly, Kyoko looked away.
"You must be delusional," Kyoko said with a shrug. I frowned.
"Kyoko." I said slowly, narrowing my eyes at her. Kyoko flinched slightly and bit her lip. I sighed. "Please... please tell what's wrong, did I do sothing?" I asked slowly. Kyoko clenched her fists tightly and glared at , almost furious.
"What was that?" Kyoko asked once we were alone, I looked at her confused.
"What was what?" I asked confused.
"That! The hair, the attention, everything! " Kyoko exclaid, startling with surprise.
"My hair? Is it wrong? " I asked still terribly confused as I touched my hair lightly.
"It's tied up," Kyoko said tersely. I blinked and nodded.
"Yeah... I thought I'd bring it on a leash, I was getting tired of the rumors about you, and well, it doesn't bother ." I said with a smile, Kyoko grimaced.
"Yeah, you looked pretty comfortable with all that attention you were getting," Kyoko said coldly, and I stopped stiffly.
"Wait, are you upset about that?" I asked incredulously. I an, yeah, I'd turned into so sort of queen bee now, or rather, king bee? I had no idea what that term was in this world, but yeah, I'd started attracting a lot of attention from basically the entire female population.
And that was like 85% of the student population. And I didn't even understand why. I an, there were so pretty good-looking guys in my group of friends too. Maybe it's just the novelty, but still, it's not like I'd been paying attention to anyone.
I even tried my best to avoid all the girls as much as I could, but the damn teenagers were terribly insistent.
Kyoko gritted her teeth.
"No! Yes! I an, I don't know! " Kyoko exclaid angrily as she began to pace nervously.
"Kyoko... what's going on? You've been acting strange for a few days now." I said with a frown. Kyoko stopped stiffly and looked at before biting her lip.
"Why didn't you tell you wanted to go to UA?" I asked directly.
"But I said it the other day with the rest of your family present." I pointed.
"Before! Before we left." Kyoko exclaid frustrated.
"Does it bother you that I decided to go to UA?" I asked incredulously. Kyoko clenched her fists and nodded.
"I... yes, I don't want you to go to UA." Kyoko finally said as she stared at . "UA is dangerous, being a hero, a hunter, anything is a danger, you'll be constantly putting yourself in danger, no... it's not a place for a boy." Kyoko finally said as she looked down.
My eyes widened slightly before hardening. This whole problem wasn't really my hair, it was that she didn't want to go to UA?
"I'm going to UA." I said directly without hesitation. "UA is where I want to go."
"But why!? Your quirk is not a strong quirk, a fighting quirk, you could hurt yourself! " Kyoko exclaid, almost sounding panicked.
"A quirk isn't everything, I'm more than capable of fighting with my sword." I replied imdiately.
"I don't understand why you want to go to UA so much! You can do anything! You can inherit your mother's shop! "Or open a restaurant! " Kyoko said, sounding more and more desperate.
"Kyoko…" I said almost pitifully. "What's going on…" Kyoko bit her lip.
"I can't protect you," Kyoko said, trembling slightly. "I won't be able to protect you. You could get hurt at any mont, even die! I... I'll spend my whole life worrying about you! I don't want that!" Kyoko exclaid, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes. "Can't you really change your mind?" Kyoko pleaded. "Why do you want to go to UA so badly?"
I sighed wearily. Why is this happening? We were doing so well, was it really such a big decision? Should I have ntioned this before? Were we too young? Everything happened two years before canon. Maybe I was too hasty in starting to date Kyoko. Maybe I should have let everything play out more organically, given more ti.
Getting to know each other better before we started dating. Still… I wasn't going to give up on going to UA.
"Because I can and because I want to. UA is where I belong," I said imdiately without hesitation. And… that about sumd it up, didn't it? There was much more to it, but that was the essence of it all.
Because I want to and because I can.
My old life was just… I wouldn't call it boring, I was content with it. I had a full-ti job, ca ho, and watched shows, read manga, novels, played gas, or anything to entertain myself.
I would go out with my family or a few friends occasionally, and that was it. I had no aspirations for anything, no ambitions. As long as I had enough to live and enjoy the few pleasures I had, I was more than happy with that life.
I didn't consider myself a bad person, but I wasn't good either, or at least not in a heroic way. Even though I liked spending ti with my family or friends, I liked having a lot of personal ti without interruptions.
Literally, to do nothing but my own thing, even if it was sothing as simple as reading a novel or playing gas. I preferred to spend hours doing that, and I even got annoyed if soone interrupted those plans.
And that's exactly why I never had a serious partner either. Relationships take up ti, ti I wouldn't want to spend on anyone, so I never ford any lasting relationships with anyone.
It would have been so easy to fall back into that rhythm. In this world, I had practically everything secured. I could study sothing easy, or the sa as my previous life, get the sa monotonous, easy job I had, and live with that.
Or I could even easily inherit Mom's business, with my quirk it would be so easy to achieve that, that my future would practically be assured.
and… I almost did it.
Really, even when I knew I had the templates of two really powerful people, the customs were hard to ignore.
Reading novels about people who are locked in their rooms or the epito of laziness who go to another world, or who have a very fixed lifestyle and suddenly seek to be powerful or sothing like that and they overexert themselves and everything and change considerably, is just ridiculous.
Customs don't change overnight, unless there's so major trauma involved, and most of the ti, there isn't. Yes, being transported to another world could be considered a monuntal change, but it really wasn't.
In fact, Kazuma was the best example of what would actually happen if soone with a personality like his were to go to another world. Even in another world, he remained extrely lazy and a pervert most of the ti.
So no, it wasn't instant, I wasn't reborn in this world and sohow focused on being a role model, becoming the number one hero, or the strongest swordsman, even after seeing that I was in a mashup of apocalyptic series.
It might sound cheesy, childish, or stupid, but what really changed my mind was my mom.
Iori Miyamura, my mother was the daughter of a renowned politically powerful woman whose na I didn't even like to think of, I straight up hated the person who was my 'grandmother'.
My 'grandmother' had sohow managed to purchase the sperm of Ryuma, a National Hunter, for hundreds of millions of yen, obviously hoping to produce the next generation of super-powered hunters.
Obviously, Mom didn't know that part, that she was Ryuma's daughter; to her, it was simply the disappointnt of not being able to inherit the strength of a naless S-rank Hero. And I only found out about Ryuma when he looked up a few years ago, when he learned about my existence and my swordsmanship.
But leaving that aside, when all my 'grandmother's' investnt simply resulted in my mother, with a ridiculous cooking quirk, being kicked out of the family as soon as she ca of age without any financial support whatsoever.
Mom refused to give up and built everything she has from scratch, opening a small bakery that beca a complete success thanks to her quirk, with the extra money she quickly earned, she was able to pay for a fertility clinic to get pregnant.
Obviously, since I couldn't afford the DNA of any male with a 'strong' or 'heroic' quirk, it was basically completely random and then I was born.
Luckily, I ended up being an exact copy of my mother, sothing that made very happy, except that I had blue eyes, while she had bottle green eyes.
Mom was terribly happy, and half the ti she didn't even know what she was doing. Being a single woman raising a child without any help or support from other family mbers was difficult for her, but she never stopped trying.
She read books and books about children, about parenting, about everything to help her raise . She basically did everything she could to raise , and she did it with a huge, happy smile.
She did everything she could to be a good mother, a mother she didn't have, and she had no doubt that if she had a girlfriend, or fiancée, she would also strive to be a good mother to them.
And I was more than happy to call her my mother.
And there was another cliché from so isekai I had read: there were several reincarnated characters who couldn't see their new 'mothers' as mothers, either because they already had one in their past life or because they were too old for sothing like that, and it was completely stupid.
Like you can only have one mother or sothing, a mother was a mother, no matter how old you were, it was stupid.
My old mother was still my mother, but this one, Iori Miyamura, was my mother too, and I had no sha in saying that I loved her, not a mother who tried so hard to be a mother by learning as she went along, not a mother who loved as much as she did.
And I wasn't going to let her die. For the Gates, for the villains, for the end of the world, for anything. And I started training and changing.
The insoles guided so easily through everything, but I still trained hard every day.
It wasn't in my nature to be good, to be altruistic, enough to be a 'hero', I could stay ho, and simply defend my mother from any danger, but… I wanted to change, I guess for the better.
And what better way than to take All Might, or Midoriya, as role models?
I tried so hard to try, to be, and… any of them would try to help in any way they could, and this world so mixed up… needed a lot of help, and UA would be a kind of lting pot.
But like I said, I wasn't that altruistic, I couldn't just throw myself into heroics completely, so… I decided I could be a hero, help others… and still be myself.
My irritating and chaotic self.
So I decided to go to UA, to be a hero and a hunter, the best I could be. For my mother and for myself.
"I'm sorry Kyoko... but I'm not going to give up on going to UA." I said firmly, Kyoko bit her lip as she let out a dry laugh and tears fell from her eyes.
"Then… I guess there's no other option, right? I… I can't do this… I wouldn't be able to bear the helplessness and worry of it all." Kyoko said sadly, I sighed sadly as I nodded.
"I'm really... really sorry, Kyoko." I said honestly. Kyoko simply nodded before running off. I didn't even turn around to follow her, just sighed as I sank to the ground and lay on the hard concrete floor, staring up at the sky.
This was horrible… but it was right.
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…it hurt a lot.
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Day after the UA sports festival.
I was arranging the freshly baked goods on the display shelves when I felt a small, rather familiar pulse of Haki, the likes of which I hadn't felt outside the store in a while, hovering outside the door. I smiled slightly as I grabbed one of the nearby boxes and packed so cake slices.
"I'll be back in a few minutes," I said to the air as I placed the box in a bag. I saw Taylor, who was organizing everything in the store, looking at confused. My mother was with Azula and Ruby, explaining everything about how the store works.
To my surprise, Azula and Ruby were paying close attention as my mom explained all the tasks around the shop, even as Ruby ate so freshly baked cookies.
I laughed lightly at my mother's enthusiasm for her shop and her 'future daughters-in-law' as she called them, still not giving up on one of them inheriting the shop in the future.
I walked out of the store with the bag in hand and ran into Kyoko, who was slightly startled.
"I-Izumi!" Kyoko squealed in surprise and quickly blushed slightly. I snorted in amusent as I lifted the bag in front of and handed it to her.
"Here. For the family." I said simply, Kyoko's eyes widened.
"What? I can't accept it! At least let pay for it." Kyoko said quickly as she took out her wallet, I rolled my eyes, grabbed her hand and placed the bag between her fingers.
"Co on, I guess you wanted to talk." I said simply with a shrug. I walked a few steps away from the entrance and leaned against the wall. Kyoko looked conflicted before sighing and walking to my side and leaning against the wall as well.
We both fell silent for a mont, I let Kyoko lead the conversation, anwhile I could feel Taylor's bugs all over , I rolled my eyes as I killed a couple to show my displeasure at their blatant lack of privacy, but did nothing to drive the rest away.
"I saw you… I saw you at the UA festival." Kyoko finally said.
"So? I'm super strong, aren't I? " I said cheerfully as she raised an arm and punched my bicep. Kyoko smiled almost bitterly and nodded.
"You are," Kyoko said finally, and I laughed lightly. "You were right. You are strong, Izumi, much stronger than I could have imagined years ago." Kyoko said with an almost bitter smile. My smile fell a little.
"Do you regret it?" I asked simply, looking up at the sky. Kyoko just laughed disdainfully.
"Funnily enough… no." Kyoko said easily, sounding completely sincere, I looked at her curiously.
"I saw the news about the USJ incident," he said simply, and I grimaced. "The villains attacked your class, invaded UA, and then I saw the Festival, and your fighting prowess was beyond compare. You were poisoned and fought almost savagely. I... I wouldn't have been able to bear so much worry if you had to do that all the ti." Kyoko smiled scornfully.
"I'm sorry." I said simply, Kyoko shook her head.
"Don't be sorry. You... it's your decision that you want to make, and that's more than okay, it's not your fault that I can't bear it." Kyoko sighed quietly, as if she had already accepted it.
"Even so, I'm sorry... I really thought we would work out." I said with a bitter smile, Kyoko laughed lightly.
" too, everything was so... perfect, maybe it's cliché, but we were too young." Kyoko mocked, I laughed lightly.
"There's a world of difference between 16 and 18," I mocked playfully as I shoved her with my shoulder. She laughed lightly.
"Of course I do." She agreed, and we both fell silent once more. "So... a fiancée?" Kyoko asked playfully, and I let out a laugh.
"Actually, three. They're helping Mom with the store." I said playfully, Kyoko burst out laughing.
"I see Iori hasn't changed in the slightest." Kyoko laughed, I laughed amusedly, because yes, Kyoko had received the sa treatnt from my mother, in fact, it's possible that she would have been sadder that I broke up with Kyoko than I was.
"She's an old bitch, she's not going to learn new tricks." I said dryly, Kyoko snorted.
"Don't let your mother hear you calling her an old bitch behind her back." Kyoko mocked, I snorted.
"She deserves it, practically replacing as her favorite child in favor of three strangers." I complained, and I certainly didn't pout. Kyoko burst out laughing.
"Aaww, mama's boy doesn't have his mommy's attention anymore?" Kyoko mocked mischievously, I rolled my eyes.
"Yes, yes, yes, laugh all you want," I said dryly. We both looked at each other and laughed lightly. It was… so easy to be with her. I wasn't in love with her anymore, but still, it was nice to talk to her like this again.
"Well, I have to go, I didn't even know I got here when I realized, I just... walked here." Kyoko said simply, I nodded.
"It was good to see you, Kyoko." I said honestly, Kyoko nodded.
"You too, Izumi." Kyoko said with a smile. " And by the way, just because we're not dating anymore doesn't an I can't care about you, so don't go dying with so random villain." Kyoko scolded , almost glaring at . I snorted.
"Still worried? Then there was no point in separating." I mocked her, Kyoko rolled her eyes.
"There's a world of difference, Izumi, believe it or not," she said softly. "Besides, you're not my responsibility when you terrorize the world now," Kyoko said with a mocking smile. I burst out laughing.
"I'll have you know, I haven't made any of my classmates cry so far." I said playfully, Kyoko snorted loudly.
"You're losing your touch, Izumi. Over a month and no one's crying? You disappoint ." Kyoko said with a laugh, and I shrugged with a smirk.
"Unfortunately I'm now in a hero college, I must leave my skills for the villains." I said in a pained voice, Kyoko laughed lightly before sighing.
"Seriously... stay safe, don't let any villains kill you." Kyoko said softly.
"I wouldn't even dream of it." I said amusedly, Kyoko smiled before sighing.
"Good... good luck Izumi." Kyoko said before smiling widely.
"And you too, really, we need to get together again, and with Souta, I really miss that shorty." I said amusedly, Kyoko nodded amusedly.
"He misses you too." She said simply. "And so do my parents. Kyosuke keeps bothering about it." Kyoka snorted angrily, and I burst out laughing.
"I guess he hasn't changed in the slightest either." I laughed playfully, and she smiled back. With a final goodbye, Kyoka simply turned around and started walking.
I stared at her for a few seconds before smiling. With a final sigh, I started walking inside the store, before stopping when I saw my mother and the three girls busy cleaning the entire store with the task at hand. I snorted as I looked at her.
"Next ti you want to spy, be quieter, I could practically hear you murmuring," I said mockingly.
"I told you he heard us!" Ruby growled as she dropped the broom she was holding.
"So, what did Kyoko want?" Mom asked casually, trying to look nonchalant. I snorted.
"I'm not going back to Kyoko, I thought you were happy with your new daughters." I mocked her, Mom's eyebrow twitched slightly.
"Whoever said I'd co back? I didn't say anything," Mom said quickly. "And I'm more than happy with my daughters! Better than an idiot son like you! " I snorted once more as I headed for the kitchen.
"I really feel the love, Mother." I said dryly before smiling slightly.
Yes… what I had with Kyoko was good, as brief as it was, but I wouldn't trade it for one bit. I wouldn't trade what I had now for anything.
Author's Notes: Well, that's all, I hope you liked it! And in case you're wondering, Kyoko is unlikely to ever appear again! Maybe at so point as a wink or sothing, but definitely not as a couple!
And in case you're asking, Izumi's "grandmother." I have no idea if she'll appear or not. I had several ideas, and that "grandmother" had several important nas, so there might be an arc if I decide to use one of them, but I'll see how it all plays out for now, so I can't guarantee anything.
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