Strings 糸

#003 - Loop

Bakugou stood there, stunned. Earlier, he was sure that Aizawa didn't recognize this thing as a manga, instead he thought it was a black journal.

"Hey, you!" he looked at the orange haired pony tail girl. "Tell me what this is!" he shows the manga right at the girl's face.

The girl named Kendou, looked at him in confusion.

Monoma started laughing. "This guy is losing it. HAHAHAHHAHA. Don't mind him, class pres—"

"A journal?" Kendou answered, placing a hand on her chin.

This caused Monoma to pause and look at the girl in shock. "What?" he questioned, trying to check if he heard it correctly.

Kendou arched a brow. She sighed and pointed at the manga that Bakugou was holding. "Umm. He's obviously holding a black journal." she said seriously, giving him a pointed look.

"You've got to be joking." Monoma chuckled, not taking her seriously.

Kendou looked at him in offense. "Excuse you. I'm not blind." she crossed her arms. "Why on earth would I joke about it?"

Both boys just stood there in silence.

"What?" Kendou said, starting to get creeped out.

"Kendou..., that's a manga." Monoma told her, still in disbelief.

"What!? Maybe you're the one who's blind! There's no way a manga would look like that! It doesn't even have a cover." she exclaimed, grabbing the manga from Bakugou's hand and began opening it. She showed it right in front of their faces and flipped its pages. "See? There are no drawings. It's just plain paper!"

Monoma just stood there, stunned.

At that moment, a sudden realization dawned on Bakugou.

His eyes widened in panic and quickly grabbed the manga back. He made sure no one was able to get a clear view on the drawings. He ignored the "Hey!" coming from the girl. He began to regret asking them about it.

He just remembered that All Might and Midoriya has a very important secret. Only few people knew about it for a reason. It would be dangerous to have it leaked on some stranger. He doesn't know what kind of intentions that boy has, so better safe than sorry.

Although he haven't read further in the manga, he remembered some of his dreams. From what he had gathered from those pieces, there is a traitor in UA. He could've sworn he saw him in his dream. He is sure that the traitor is male. But for some reason, he couldn't remember his face at all. It was all hazy.

It is all clear to Bakugou that people here cannot be trusted that easily.

"Screw this! I'm going back to class! Forget everything I said!" Bakugou told them, quickly trying to get away from them.

Meanwhile, Monoma looked at a brown haired boy who happened to pass by. Before Bakugou could even enter his classroom, Monoma grabbed the manga from him and quickly approached his other classmate.

"What the—Give that back!" Bakugou tried to reach for the manga, but the blonde grabbed his hand.

Right now, the explosive boy is having second thoughts whether he should blow him up or not.

Monoma ignored the boy's protests and looked at the person who's now in front of them. "Hey, Tsuburaba. What do you see?" he asked.

This guy, Tsuburaba, tilted his head in confusion. "Uh? A journal with blank pages in it?"

Monoma's eyes narrowed in suspicion, his face became serious. Before he could even question it any further, Bakugou managed to grab the manga back.

"Hands off! This one's mine!" Bakugou snarled at him.