Ice Cold

Guilt

You crossed your arms in an attempt to ease your rushing thoughts. It took so long to find a way to sort of make friends beyond colleagues in UA. How much longer would it take to do it in France?

"Are you okay?"

You turned, Iida standing there with a tilted head. Ah, right, Iida is always here first. "Yes, I'm alright. Are you already headed to class?"

"Yes, it is better to be an hour early than a moment late!"

You were almost positive that he had that quote somewhere on his wall. "Well, have fun in class. I have to complete some work."

"A shame you can't be an official student in our class." Iida bowed. "See you, Y/N."

Soon after, Midoriya and Shouto came by. "Hey Y/N!" Midoriya greeted with a wave. Shouto bowed his head and then began digging into his school bag.

You watched him for a moment and he pulled out a thick but small book. "Here."

"What is it?"

"It's to translate French." He let his hand fall to his side. "I saw some things written in French on your bed and I didn't think you could read it."

You stared down at the title and hid your face behind the book. "Thank you..."

"Todoroki-kun, Midoriya-kun!" Iida came speeding down the hall. "Make haste! It is fifteen minutes until class starts!"

As you watched his figure walking off in the strange way that he always does, his arms cartoonish and bent as his feet sped him down the hallway, your eyes softened and you sauntered back to your room. You were about to collapse onto your bed but you noticed the pile of postcards on your bed with the French messages to your mother.

When you picked up the top one, you finally noticed a significant detail in who it was signed from.

Reeves.

Your eyes widened a bit and you took the book that Shouto gave you. Now, you were intrigued.

Himari,
I wish you were back here in France. Do you ever miss running through the gardens of my home as our parents have lunch? Hopefully you're having fun in Japan, though! I went to a gift shop today and found this cool postcard with the Eiffel Tower. Hope to see you soon!
Reeves

You traced over the pencil indenting the postcard. No hesitation, no erase marks. This is exactly what he wanted to say. "Could it be the same Reeves...?"

Another postcard made it to your hand.

Himari,
I found one of the prettiest dresses at the shop today! It was all white and had a frilly skirt and collar with lace at the sleeves. It was so expensive though, but it reminded me of one of your dress designs. The owner of the shop had a quirk that can double items so I guess that's how they got so many dresses without going broke. Hope to see you soon!
Reeves

You took the last postcard, seeing that the postcard was a lot shorter. Only one sentence.

Himari,
I miss you.
Reeves

Himari was your mother's name, although you only knew it because of the name engraved in the leather of the book. You had thought that it was the title of the book at first.

Now that you thought about it, you don't remember your father calling her Himari. Simply 'dear'.

You twirled a lock of your hair on your finger, something you sometimes saw Jirou doing with her ear jacks. It did make your mind ease a bit as you tried to think. If it were the Reeves in the form you signed, then... how would you know? It's not really something that comes up in conversation.