One Reason Alone

Reina had immediately been taken away the very minute she had fallen on the stage. Once this had happened, Katsuki stood up from his seat and went straight to the nurses office, with Floyd following behind him much to his dismay. Izuku wanted to go with them too though Floyd had convinced to sit out since his match was going to be coming up, regardless of one of the students passing out.

Katsuki had just gotten halfway when he couldn't help but have his usual look on his face.

"I can feel you glaring at me ya know Half-Breed!" Katsuki said annoyedly, "Quit it with that shit!"

Floyd said to him as he stuck his tongue out, "EAT MY ASSHOLE!"

"Why the hell are you making such a big deal out of this anyway?!" Katsuki shouted as he turned to him.

"DUH, BEST FRIEND OVER THERE!"

"Are you sure it isn't because you like her too?"

"I'LL MURDER YOU!" Floyd shouted as he got his Quirk out.

"HEY, THAT'S MY LINE!" Katsuki yelled as his hands started to smoke because of his Quirk.

Just as they turned the corner Katsuki found himself running into something, or someone at least as whoever it had been let out a grunt; he stumbled before he looked and realized from the knee high skirt, shoes and legs, he had run into a woman.

"HEY!" Katsuki yelled in his usual tone, "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU OLD--!"

Katsuki stopped himself when he looked at the person he had run into. The woman had her hair tied into a bun and had been in the color of black, with a single streak of purple on her bangs. Her eyes appeared to be that of purple, and she had a scar on her face, just across the bridge of her nose.

The woman looked at him with a curious look, and Katsuki could've sworn that when she blinked, her eyes changed color from purple to yellow when she looked at him; no one could really tell since her bangs had been covering them. Katsuki found himself struggling to say something to the woman, as she had been giving off a familiar aura.

Floyd didn't seem to take notice as he hit Katsuki on the head, before he said to the lady bowing to her as he did, "I'm so sorry for my classmates behavior. He's not okay in the head."

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" Katsuki yelled, "I'LL KILL YA YOU BASTARD!!"

"TRY ME BITCH!!" Floyd shouted back as he held his fists up, "I'LL KICK YOUR ASS SO HARD YOU'LL ALREADY BE DEAD!!!"

"It's alright." The woman said in a soft tone of voice, "He hasn't done any harm."

"Huh?" Floyd asked.

"It was my fault to begin with." The woman said, "Something had been on my mind and I didn't see where I was going." She bowed to the two of them slightly, "I apologize."

"Oh, it's okay?" Floyd said though he was confused.

"Ye--yeah. Right." Katsuki said, as he had been stuttering which Floyd immediately took notice of, as it had been out of character for him.

"Hold it, you're confused too?" Floyd said, before he waved his hand in front of him.

"If you'll excuse me…" The woman soon said as she walked past them, "... I must be going now. Take care."

Without saying another word the woman took her leave as she disappeared turning the corner of the hallway, leaving the two of them astonished by her.

Floyd couldn't help but say with a shrug, "That was a thing."

"That woman…" He soon heard Katsuki mumble to himself.

"Huh? You say something Piss for Brains?" The young artist said, poking his head a little.

Katsuki's body shook a little before he blew up right in his face, "DID IT LOOK LIKE I WAS TALKING TO YOU INKHEAD!?" Katsuki shouted before he stomped away.

Floyd shouted as he got himself up off the ground, "HEY, THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"

Katsuki pretty much ignored him as he had already been ahead of him. He couldn't help but think of the woman, as the gaze she held was imprinted in his head.

"That woman…." He thought to himself, "... That look she gave to me… Why was it familiar…?"

They eventually reached the nurses office, and found Reina, all bandaged up from the match and laying on her side. She was sleeping soundly in the bed as she had been practically hugging the pillow. "She's still asleep huh?" Katsuki said as he sat on one of the chairs available in the room.

Floyd took another chair as he sat next to him, "Guess the fight took a lot out on her."

They soon heard Reina let out a groan, "I'm so full… I don't think I can eat anymore..." She said softly with her eyes still closed, "...What's that…?... You made a triple chocolate meltdown…? Okay… I guess I'll have one bite…"

"I forgot, she sometimes talks in her sleep." Katsuki said.

Floyd said as he laughed a little, "I can see that."

They heard Reina groan pleasantly at what she had been dreaming, "Hmm, it's really delicious… Especially the fudge… Your such a good cook, Katsuki-kun…"

Katsuki's face turned red at this and could almost swear an arrow went straight through his heart, while Floyd on the other hand looked pissed at to hear this sort of thing.

"She's dreaming about me!?" Katsuki exclaimed in his head, as his body shook again, while his hand had been over his chest as he didn't quite know how he should react.

"Oi, Bakugou..." Floyd said as he got his Quirk out like Wolverine, "Got anything to explain. Bub?!"

"STOP JUMPING THE GUN YOU HALF-BREED IDIOT!!" Katsuki shouted to him.

"Oh I'm sorry! It ain't my fault you keep doing weird shit to Reina!" Floyd said as he got in his face.

"WATCH YOURSELF INK BOY!" Katsuki shouted "WOULD YOU RATHER GET BURNED AGAIN!?"

"I'd like to see you try!" Floyd shouted.

Reina groaned in her sleep as she said "No Floyd. We shouldn't do it in public… People are watching.."

Floyd turned to hear what Reina just said. "Huh?!" he started to turn red at this and as well as a nosebleed, Katsuki on the other hand--

"INKHEAD! WHAT DID YOU DO?!" He yelled as he started to activate his Quirk.

Floyd said to him as he tried his best to stop the nosebleed, "HEY IT AIN'T MY FAULT ASSHOLE!"

Just as they were about to start a fight, someone entered the room. They only made their presence known when they heard someone clear their throat. The two of them jumped and they were both shocked to see it had been Kuriruzu Mahi of Class 1-B.

"Um…" Kuriruzu said as she sounded nervous, "Hi?"

Katsuki shot a glare over in her direction, "... What are you doing here you damn Hedgehog?"

"... I wanted to talk to Nouki, but…" Kuriruzu said, "... It looks like she's not up yet…"

Floyd shot a glare in her direction as well before saying, "No thanks to you! Give me a good reason why I shouldn't kick your ass all the way to Morioh Town!"

"I already got a talking from your old man. Aihara..don't need it from you-"

"SCREW THAT, YOU ALMOST KILLED REINA AGAIN! YOU STUPID PRICK!" Floyd shouted.

"Please, just let me explain." Kuriruzu said, "I came here so I can--"

"LIKE I SAID FORGET IT, KNUCKLES!" Floyd yelled drawing up a Morning star, "I DON'T CARE IF I GET KICKED OUT! LEAVE HERE NOW!! BEFORE I GET REALLY MA--!"

"I CAME HERE TO APOLOGIZE!" Kuriruzu suddenly yelled.

Katsuki's eyes widened at this, while Floyd dropped the weapon he drew up in mere shock as he tried to process the words she had said to them.

"You… What?" Katsuki said with a quizzical look on his face.

"I…" Kuriruzu said hesitantly, "... I want to talk to Nouki, so that… I can tell her I'm sorry."

"You came to apologize?" Floyd asked as he scratched his head still trying to process it all, "You..the bitch who nearly insulted us? Who looked down on us? The world must be ending"

"Do you really have to call me that?" Kuriruzu asked.

"Well I ain't wrong, Sandslash.." Floyd replied with a shrug. "Go back to that hole where you came from."

"ENOUGH WITH THE POKEMON NAMES ALREADY, INKHEAD!!" Katsuki and Kuriruzu yelled.

"Why are you booing me? I'm right." Floyd said as he picked his ear out.

"Even so..." Kuriruzu said, "... I still wanted to say it to her. So that she can hear it for herself." She took a deep breath before she began to explain it all, "I admit… What I did was too far, and, you're right, Aihara. I could've killed her. I and maybe everyone else was jealous of the attention she's been getting from the other teachers, and the praise she got from Pro-Heroes that come here. She got to have the luxuries of being raised under a pro and was basically handed everything on a silver platter while the rest of us had to go through one hardship after another. Many of us thought that… She was stuck up about herself and prideful, and we thought if one of us crushed her spirit then maybe, we could have a chance to have what she had."

Katsuki processed on this as Floyd stayed silent as well; his expression softening slightly before Kuriruzu continued, "... I was caught up in that, I didn't realize that she wasn't the person we thought she was. And--"

"Who was it?" Katsuki soon said to cut her off.

Kuriruzu looked up to him confused before Katsuki repeated himself soundly oddly calm which shocked Floyd, "The person who started the rumors about her. Who was it?"

"Actually I wanna know too." Floyd said as he drew up a Zanpakuto. " So I'll make sure in his next life. He'll be reincarnated as a rock."

"Umm…" Kuriruzu started to say, "... It was someone from the second year. Hirako Shinozaki I think was his name."

"I see." Katsuki said, looking to the floor.

"Oh a Second Year? No problem. I'll slay him before he can rest in pieces." Floyd said with a straight face.

"Are you trying to get expelled?" Kuriruzu asked.

"Bite me." Floyd told her as he soon said with his weapon in hand, "I'll mess him up so bad that people are gonna ask if he's the Japanese Prime Minister, Shi-"

"No." Katsuki said suddenly.

Floyd practically fainted on the spot at this, as he dropped his weapon on his foot.

"OWOWOWOWOWOW! WHAT THE HELL?! I HAD THE PERFECT JOKE!"

"I wasn't talking about the joke." Katsuki said to him. Floyd's jaw dropped at this as he had been astonished; Even Kuriruzu was shocked by his response.

"Is this a sign of the apocalypse?" Floyd said, earning a bonk on the head from Katsuki.

"But…" Kuriruzu started to say, "... I thought… You of all people would want payback. Aren't you angry?"

Katsuki soon looked to Kuriruzu as held a stern look, his hands in his pockets, "Angry? Nah… To be frank, I'm downright pissed. To think that someone from this very school, hell someone older than we are would start up some bullshit story all because of what? They didn't have what she had? When you really think about it, it sounds so childish that I could almost laugh."

Floyd couldn't help but comment, "You have a point there… Ew, did I just say that?"

"Don't you want to hurt them?" Kuriruzu asked as she wasn't too sure if she should accept this.

"You damn right I want to!" Katsuki soon said, "I want to make them eat their own words! I'll make them get down on their knees and beg her to forgive them for what they did!"

"And we're back with your regularly scheduled program.." Floyd said with a shrug.

"But…" He soon said as he looked at Reina, "... A certain someone showed me… Holding a grudge against someone ain't gonna get you nowhere. In all fairness it's just gonna bring you right back to where you started. Before you know it you'll find yourself lost to it, so lost in fact that you'll lose sight of everything that's around you. Including things that are important to you. Besides as much as I want to, I'd be no better than the bastard that started up that ridiculous story."

Floyd let out a gasp as he soon found himself back in that familiar setting. As he heard Katsuki's words, he replied when they were on Ground Beta, when the only thing on Katsuki's mind was Izuku. He remembered seeing the look on Reina's face when it had been written with nothing but concern, and even after it was done, she still wanted to be there for him.

Floyd once more had an astonished look on his face as he said, "I don't believe it... You're not so much as a piece of shit!"

"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!" Katsuki soon yelled getting his demeanor back

"Nothing dear.." Floyd said with a smile

"...Hey, Bakugou…" Kuriruzu soon said, getting his attention, "... Do you think she'll forgive me? After all that I've done to her?"

"Knowing her, she will." Katsuki said to Kuriruzu, "The thing people don't know is that she doesn't care what others think about her, or what they say and do. Hell, I don't think it matters if it's a Villain tormenting her. The only thing she wants to do is help people, good or bad she'll find a way. Despite what you and your classmates may have said… Because at the end of the day… She just wants to see someone with a smile on their face. A real smile."

Floyd once more had been put into shock, as his expression softened slightly; He looked over to Reina as he couldn't help but say aloud, "And all this time, I was trying to defend you… You really are a tough nut--Reina Nouki..."

Reina let out a groan as she opened her eyes. She let out a yawn as she opened her eyes while sitting up.

"Ugh… Out of all the dreams… That by far was the weirdest one..." Reina said with a groan before she noticed Floyd, Katsuki and Kuriruzu in the room; she couldn't help but jump a little, "... Did I miss something?" She couldn't help but ask as she tilted her head.

"Hey there Lollipop Head." Katsuki said in his casual tone of voice.

Floyd added as he smiled, "Welcome back to Earth."

Reina smiled at the two boys though was surprised to see Kuriruzu standing there in the room with them. "Mahi?" She said, "What are you doing here?"

Kuriruzu was a bit hesitant before she took a deep breath and bowed. "I'm sorry for putting you through so much trouble." She said, surprising her, "What I did to you was awful, and I nearly got you killed when all you wanted to do was the right thing. I took others' word for it instead of considering how you felt, or what you were really thinking. I have no excuses for the way I acted, and I don't wish to make you suffer anymore. I'm truly sorry Nouki, and I hope you can forgive me. But if you can't, than that's alright too. I know what I did, was too far and I was out of line. I'm sorry."

Reina's expression softened at her words, as Kuriruzu kept her head down. Katsuki and Floyd awaited what Reina would reply, as did Kuriruzu herself as she started to feel anxious when she stayed silent.

"If…" Kuriruzu started to say, "If there's anything I can do to earn your forgiveness, I'll do anything you ask of me. I don't even care if it's humiliating."

Reina still stayed silent as she pondered a certain thought in her head. Though it wasn't long before they saw that familiar warm smile on her face.

"Reina-chan."

Kuriruzu picked up her head looking surprised.

"Huh?" Kuriruzu said confused

"Call me Reina-chan." Reina clarified, "Everyone here already does."

"...But why?" The girl with quills said, still confused as she picked her head up, "Why would you want me to call you that?"

Reina with still a warm smile replied as she held out her hand to her, "Because Mahi-san… I want to be your friend."

Kuriruzu was taken back as she couldn't help but turn a little pink. Finally she held out her hand, taking it in her own as she found herself smiling a genuine smile to her.

"It's nice to meet you, Reina-chan." She said.

Reina couldn't help but giggle at this as she smiled too.

Floyd soon slid over to Reina's side as he started to nudge her in the elbow, "So dum dum,how are your feeling? you were talking in your sleep a few seconds ago…"

Reina couldn't help but turn red with embarrassment, "Oh no, you guys heard that!?"

"Unfortunately." Katsuki said with a growl, though his face had been a little red as well.

Floyd couldn't help but ask, "So who's dirty magazine did you steal this time?"

"I STOLE NO SUCH THING!" Reina shouted as she was red from embarrassment.

"I see you couldn't help after that dare a few years back!" Floyd chuckled.

Katsuki soon realized something as he asked, "When you woke up, didn't you say you had a weird dream?"

Reina soon lost the red in her face at this before she said, "Oh yeah I did. Boy, was it a weird one."

"So you did steal a dirty magazine!" Floyd said as he snapped his fingers, "Why is your first assumption a dirty magazine?!" Kuriruzu asked.

"IT WASN'T LIKE THAT YOU PERV!" She shouted before she explained, "... Though it was still weird."

"How weird?" Katsuki asked.

Reina soon replied, "Super weird. Floyd-kun and I were both in the gym and he suggested I do this exercise using the kettlebell that he found in Lena-senpai's workout videos, but I told him I didn't want to since we were in public, but we did it anyway. Hurt my ass afterwards and I think I broke my spine while doing it."

Floyd's jaw dropped at this while Katsuki's eyes widened in shock. Though it hadn't been long before Katsuki had started to burst out laughing as he fell to the floor kicking up his legs as he did this.

Reina on the other hand remained oblivious as to why Katsuki had been laughing, as she asked Floyd, "So… Why did you think I read dirty magazines?"

Floyd turned red as he had been embarrassed as he quickly stuttered, "N-N-Nothing!"

"Are you hiding something, Aihara?" Kuriruzu asked.

"NO!" Floyd shouted, before he said to himself internally, "Shit.."

"JESUS CHRIST INKHEAD!" Katsuki shouted as he tried his best to stop laughing, "THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE!!"

"I was rooting for you man but it seems now Imma finna kill your ass!" Floyd shouted as he got out his Ink Zanpakuto. "SEE YOU IN HUECO MUNDO, MAN!"

Katsuki stopped laughing and got himself up off the floor, "Oh, can you even bro?"

"NINJA PLEASE!" Floyd shouted.

"H-hey! Are you gonna fight him here?" Kuriruzu asked.

"DAMN RIGHT!" Floyd shouted.

"BRING IT, YOU AMERICAN JOKE!" Katsuki yelled as he started to activate his Quirk.

Reina couldn't help but groan as she facepalmed herself, "Why are men always so complicated?"

Just outside of the room down the hall two familiar people had just gotten up the staircase only to hear an explosion and the ground shook beneath them. This of course had been All Might and Floyd's grandfather Oda as they had both been startled by this.

"Sounds like they're at it again." All Might said as he let out a sigh, "I can tell that your grandson takes a lot after you Oda."

Oda let out a chuckle as he said, "Yep, the spirit of youth never dies out."

"Reminds me of you and Malcolm when we first met." All Might said, "Speaking of, have you been in touch with him?"

Oda replied, "Of course! Last I heard he's over in Russia with a couple of friends. Not quite sure if he was there for vacation or a mission."

"Must be nice to have a brother in law, I mean. Josephine really picked a good man."

"I was against marriage at first, but it ain't so bad! You oughta hurry up and get married, then you'll get what I mean!"

"Let's not get too--"

All Might stopped in mid-sentence when he spotted someone just at the end of the hall. A young woman with black hair, with a single streak of purple on her bangs. All Might didn't really pay mind, until he saw a familiar scar across her face. The woman looked just as surprised as he was when she laid her eyes on him.

Oda soon took notice of the young woman's presence too, as his eyes widened out of shock; her eyes moved to him.

He started to say, as he had been stunned, "Do my eyes deceive me?" He soon called out to her, "Hey! Is that you over there!?"

The woman merely smiled warmly before she turned the corner disappearing from their sight. All Might and Oda went to follow the young woman, but when they turned the corner… She was gone.

Oda looked to All Might before he asked, "Don't tell me… That was.."

"... Yeah." All Might replied, "I'd know that scar anywhere… It was her."

Oda quickly ran ahead as he started to look for the woman, "Damn it, where did she go?!" He ran further down the hall, calling out, "Hey! Where are you, stupid girl!? Come on out here now!!"

All Might clenched his hand, while his body shook a little.

"After all this time, you came back... Alcina…"

***

-Sometime Ago; Jabba Road-

Izuku and Katsuki sat just underneath a tree waiting for Reina to come out of the abandoned building. It seemed like an eternity as they sat out there with bullets lodged into their bodies. The screams died out a long time ago, though they knew he had been getting whatever he had deserved after the crimes he had committed in the past. They just couldn't understand how a person could do something so heinous to those that strived to become Heroes.

It was really cruel of them to do.

Finally after what seemed like an eternity, they saw a familiar girl come out of the building, dragging behind her was the leader of the Black Knights looking as pale as a ghost. She also had Katsuki's jacket over in her other hand and it looked as though two of the black knights were floating in the air. She dropped them to the floor as she wasn't being gentle with them.

The leader seemed to whimper as he shook, "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry… Forgive me…"

"The hell did you do to the asshole?" Katsuki asked.

"Trust me when I say…" Reina replied as she shivered slightly, her eyes still silver, "... You're better off not knowing."

Just as she went to take another step, she felt her legs give out and she fell on her knees as she groaned. "Reina-chan!" Izuku exclaimed, as he went over to her, "Are you okay?"

Reina replied as she grasped her head as she let out another groan, "... I'm alright. I guess this fever is worse than I thought it was…"

Despite a bullet in Izuku's arm he quickly helped Reina over to the tree where Katsuki had been and sat her down next to him, before he leaned against the tree as well; putting his hand over where the bullet had been stuck at the moment.

"This is a fine shitty mess you got yourself into, you damn, Lollipop Head." Katsuki said to her with a pissed off look in his eye.

"That didn't stop you two from following me now did it?" Reina asked as she put her head upward; still shivering from the wind that blew passed them.

"You got to do a lot of explaining to do you know!!" The angry blonde yelled, "Why the hell were you even with these assholes to begin with!?"

"Kaa-chan! Don't yell at her, she's been through enough!" Izuku said, "But… He makes a good point about explaining everything."

Reina said nothing as she had chosen to remain silent, letting a raspy cough. Izuku soon added, "Reina-chan please… Kaa-chan and I care about you, and we want to be able to help you. But you need to tell us everything about why you were with them and… Why they were--" Izuku had been hesitant with his words as he didn't want to recall the leader kicking her around earlier, "--Hurting you earlier…"

Her silver eyes looked to Izuku as she had noticed the look in his eyes and the expression he had been making.

She sighed as she patted his head, "How can I refuse you when you're making a face like that?" She said as she smiled her warm smile again trading glances back and forth with him and Katsuki, "Since you two risked your own lives for me I'll tell you two everything that's been happening… But… Not right now…"

"Why?" Katsuki said with a growl.

"It's this damn fever." She replied, "It's killing me. It's too hard to keep my thoughts straight."

While Katsuki still held his glare Izuku gave an understanding look, "Then… Promise you'll tell us later?"

"Okay…" She replied, "But promise me something in return."

"Sure, what?" He said.

Reina soon gave him an answer, though it was indeed a strange one at that, "Later...Don't tell me that my eyes changed to silver."

The two of them looked to her confused; Reina let out a sigh, "... I know it sounds strange, but… It'll make sense later." Izuku still looked at her confused but he had eventually nodded his head. Reina patted him on the head again, "You really are a good friend, you cute little dork."

Soon enough Izuku got up and went to call the police about what had happened. Though he couldn't get a signal as he went to go see if he could find a signal from his phone, leaving Katsuki and Reina alone. Despite her shivering, she noticed Katsuki shivering a little too. With effort, she moved a little, taking his jacket; as she sat on her knees she held the jacket to him.

"Here." She said holding it to him, "You can take this back. You need it."

Just as she said this, she sneezed and shivered again. Katsuki let out a sigh, before he took the jacket from her. To her surprise he put the jacket back over her shoulders. "You need it more than me, you idiot. The last thing any of us want is for you to die of a cold."

Reina couldn't help but smile a little at this as she pulled the jacket closer to her. "How out of character of you…" She said amusingly.

Katsuki merely clicked his tongue as he looked away from her; Reina couldn't help but giggle.

"Though despite the act, it's nice to know that you haven't changed after all this time." She said, "It makes me happy to know that… Kaa-chan."

At that point Katsuki froze; the only person other than Izuku only one other person had called him by that nickname. Only one person alone; though he thought it was impossible.

"Hold on…" Katsuki said as he had still been stunned, "... Do you mean to tell me… That you…"

She gave no reply this time as this time, she had only a sad smile on her face. Immediately Katsuki knew the answer to his own question as his body shook a little.

"You do remember me, don't you?"

"Quirks work in mysterious ways…" Is what Reina replied, "... At least, when you have one like mine. It's both a gift and a curse."

"I don't understand…What are you--?"

"I'm sorry. I'm afraid it's too long and hard to explain why it is the way it is."

"Than tell me in a way that makes sense!"

"... Are you sure you want to hear it? I'd rather not make you upset."

Katsuki didn't reply verbally, instead he only nodded his head. Reina still only had a sad smile on her face. "How do I put this…?" She started to say as wiped the sweat off her brow a bit, "... Inside my head, they're three versions of me. There's the one you're seeing right, the one you saw before… and the version that doesn't remember you or anything else. This version of me can only stay out for a certain amount of time, before I go back."

Katsuki raised his eyebrow at this, "Go back…? Go back to where?"

"... Where I always go…" Reina said before tapping her head, "... Back here. And I'll be back to just being the friend of Katsuki Bakugou."

Katsuki only seemed to look at her in horror as he found himself struggling at his next set of words. He froze when he felt a hand against his cheek, "I know what your thinking Kaa-chan. I know what you want to ask of me. But… There's nothing I can do. Because this isn't my doing."

"What are you talking about…?" Katsuki asked, his voice sounding surprisingly soft.

"I'm afraid I can't say much but…" Reina began, as she removed her hand from his cheek, "... Someone… Took something precious from me long ago… And everything in life has a price. It's the reason why I don't have control of my Quirk now."

"Who… Did--"

"I wish I knew… But the person that did this to me erased that part too. All I know is, whoever it was, really doesn't want me to remember them."

Katsuki finally reached out to her, this time he placed his hand on her cheek making her freeze up. He had finally thought of what he wanted to say to her. He had to say it now before she---

"Nouki… I… I lo--"

Once more he had been cut off, as Reina suddenly threw her arms around him, not minding that the jacket fell off her shoulders and back onto the floor; he became paralyzed, as he didn't know what he should do. It wasn't long before he felt her own body shaking.

"I'm sorry..." She soon said, he heard her voice cracking in his ear "... I know you want to say it… I know you want me to hear those words… But please… You can't… Not while I'm like this…"

Finally Katsuki felt something wet on his face; he thought at first, it was the weather, but… The sky had been clear of any clouds. It wasn't long before he realized what it had been.

It was his own tears.

"How…" He said with his voice cracking as he put his hand to his face, "... How can you say something like that…? Why would you say something like that…?... I've… looked for you… For so long… I wanted to find you… I wanted to see you.... I wanted to… I wanted to…"

Reina proceeded to shush him gently as she brushed her hand through his hair, like a mother would do for a child.

"And despite my predicament…" Reina said, "... I wanted to see you as well and talk to you like before…"

"Then why…?" He said, "... Are you saying that you don't…?"

He felt her shake her head, "I never have… But I don't want you to say it… Because I don't want it to hurt afterwards. So… It has to be me that sees you as a friend."

Katsuki felt himself break mentally as the tears fell like rain, and onto the concrete floor. "But it's so hard…" He said as his body seemed to shake even harder, "... It's so hard to even… Talk to you… When your…" He felt himself choke as though it was starting to become harder to breathe, "I…. I want you to remember me… I really want you to but…"

"And I want those memories of you to stay." She said as she gently broke the embrace, "And someday they will… Just not right now…" Katsuki didn't quite understand as he was beginning to drown in his own tears. Reina wiped away his tears as she gently shushed him.

"Listen carefully to Kaa-chan…" She started to say, "... The person's Quirk… The one who did this to me, will eventually fade away, and the good… And the bad memories… They'll slowly start to come back. Maybe not today… Maybe not tomorrow… But someday it will… Can you wait for that day to come…?"

Katsuki had been hesitant to answer, in fact he couldn't get words to come out of his mouth. That seemed to have changed when he felt lips press against his cheek followed by a warm feeling in his chest.

She had given him a kiss.

"Promise me… You'll do what you do best…" She started to say with a tired voice, "... And… Don't… Give...Up…"

Finally he felt her forehead rest on his shoulder; she began to breathe softly, indicating that she had fallen asleep. Finally with a deep breath he wiped away his tears, and regained himself, holding Reina in his arms after he had put his coat back over her shoulders.

"Who do you even think you're talking to you idiot?" He started to say softly, tightening his hold on her, "... I didn't give up then… I'm not gonna give up now… Even if you don't remember for a hundred years… I won't give up…"

He adjusted his hold on Reina, as he sat her across his lap. Her breathing was still soft yet hoarse, his expression softened a little as he couldn't help but admire the sleeping face she had. He didn't know why, but he decided to return her earlier gesture.

He gave her a kiss on the cheek, taking care not to wake her.

"... Because to me… You're my entire world..."