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Tonight was like no other night, or at least, it shouldn't be. Ochaco was just arriving home after another day of patrolling with Tsuyu, her best friend since high school.
As she walks through the front door into her rather small apartment, she turns on the light connecting the entryway to the kitchen. Walking around the wall with a large cut-out and ledge that separates the kitchen and living-room to set her things down, she notices the misty and cloudy sky coming from her slider door. The clouds were a noticeable dark gray and the mist almost looked like light pouring out from the gaps in the clouds—it reminded her of something.
She shook the feeling off just as she did to every other negative thought or emotion.
Must be about to rain. She figured.
She slipped her shoes off and lingered around the large glass door leading onto her porch before she closed the blinds and headed to her room. She flicked the light on and changed into her pajamas for the night. She was exhausted—better get to bed.
Right?
Having turned the light off afterwards, she climbed into bed. She turned to face her window, which she left cracked open. The breeze brushed across her face and began blowing her hair around lightly. The sight of the dark clouds almost began to be sickening. It reminded her of something. What it is, she has no idea.
She tossed herself to face the opposite direction, she needed sleep and staring out the window all night won't get her it.
God, I’m exhausted.. Why can’t I just go to sleep already..? She questioned. Maybe it’s just earlier than I thought and I’m not ready to fall asleep. She assumed as she grabbed her phone from her nightstand to check the time.
12:03 AM
Well, shit..
She unlocked her phone and cautiously opened a chat.
Chat with Izuku!! :) 💚
Ochaco 💖🌺: hey izuku
Ochaco 💖🌺: i dont mean to bother you, but are you up?
Izuku!! :) 💚: i am now, whats up??
Ochaco 💖🌺: did i wake you up??? sorry
Izuku!! :) 💚: nonono its okay ochaco!
“Ochaco.” she nearly frowned at the notice of Izuku calling her by her first name. She shouldn't be, for one, she called him his first name, so why is she.. upset.. about this? And two, she should be happy her and Izuku are getting closer and are referring to each other as their first names, he was her high school crush, after all.
…
So why wasn’t she? She set her phone back down on the nightstand and lied back down, flat on her back this time. She hadn’t noticed until now, but it was pretty chilly considering it was nearing summer.
The cold reminded her of the same thing.
It all reminded her of Himiko. Of that day.
How cold she was, lying there as she started to lose consciousness,
The cloudy sky she saw as Himiko saved her,
Himiko’s smile.
The way Himiko wrapped around her.
She was laying positioned the same way she was when Himiko..
She sat up. Her head hung as she held it in her hands. She felt tears pooling up in her eyes and let a tear roll down her cheek before wiping it off and looking over to the window again.
She gasped.
A girl appears outside of her window. The girl has the cutest smile in the world and two messy buns tied into her blonde hair. The rest of her facial features are out of view because of Ochaco’s blurry eyes.
“H-Himiko..?” She audibly hiccuped between tears. She hurriedly wiped away all the tears from her eyes, just to see the girl that once stood before her gone.
“Oh , Himiko..”