The ghost of his past

Private talk

Shinso POV

If I had to do a short summary of the rest of this evening in one word: reunion.

I had to translate what Oboro had to say to them, obviously, and he even told me before every sentence say something like "In a ... voice" to get his point across. Mic wanted to hug him so when Oboro hugged him I had to say when he did and what angle. Sigh.

Nezu wanted us all to go to bed early. It was only 20:00. Then again, that's an everyday sleeping plan for someone like Bakugo I probably should be following.

I finally get to my room, Oboro behind me smiling like someone so happy they have no care for anything else. I flop onto the bed and let out a large, exhausted sigh.

"That...was a lot" I say tired.

Oboro sits on my bed crossing his legs and still smiles "Not enough for me!". Of course it isn't.

"Still can't believe they forgot you for a second" I joke, maybe to dim his mood just a bit. But he threatens jokingly "When I'm alive, you bet your heart that they're taking the next cloud to Antarctica".

We giggle happily.

I stop though, and apologise "I'm sorry for being a dumb*ss and not telling anyone about you, you were right".

"It's okay!" He exclaims happily "It's honestly understandable. If I didn't possess you, some might've thought you were crazy".

"I'm still a dumb*ss" I repeat smiling this time.

"Welp! Now everything is out! No more secrets! No more insomniac excuses! They know about me, who I am, how to help me..." he trails off, eyes widen, teeth gritting. We both realise at that moment...

"WE FORGOT KUROGIRI!?!?!"

How could we forget the most, shocking heartbreaking news of this whole thing!? Probably because it all ended on a happier note than we expected. Ugh, now when am I going to be the one to bring it up?!

I hate my life, I truly do. How could we be such idiots?!

As me and Oboro panic, him out loud and me internally, from outside my door I hear footsteps. Then a knock on the door interrupts our panicking. I calm myself down. Can't make a scene in front of anyone... for now.

"Come in" I slightly yell.

The door opens and Aizawa is there. I told him everything, why's he here? Oboro stops overreacting and Aizawa just leans on the door frame crossing his arms.

"You hungry?" He says out of the blue. It caught me off guard. But coming to think of it, I am a bit hungry. I didn't really bring any Katsu sandwiches to spare from lunch. Don't really want to bother him though.

"I'm fine, nothing too-"

"You ate small snacks in your room for lunch and dinner yesterday as being shown," he starts, inferring to my small bin, which was indeed full of packets of snacks from yesterday. Damn, no need for the call-out. He continues "And the only actual meal you had, since I heard you skipped breakfast, was sandwiches. So you're hungry, and you and I both know that you're not sleeping till midnight so no excuses for anything. We're going out to a restaurant to eat, got it?".

Damnit.

I say the only other thing that comes to mind "Well, I don't want to bother you with anything".

"Nah" he replies bluntly, "I'm willing to pay and to take you out. If Oboro is in this room, he'll tell you how rare this is".

I look at Oboro and he nods agreeably, "It takes a lot for Shota to do something willing" he says with his finger in the air.