Arc 5: She is my present

Tags: No sex, nor lewds, maybe nect chapter :3

I was coming back home after a long day; I felt emotionally and mentally exhausted. Not only did I have to deal with Trivia's presence, but Tsuyu scolded me all the way back to the station, and once she found out I left Ibara by herself, she scolded me more. She said, "No more secrets," and I agreed; I don't want her to hate me. I saw Momo being calmer about the situation, but I could tell she was upset too, so I had a loooot to explain to her once they were back. The worst part was that Momo told Ochaco to keep an eye on me like I was some damn kid.

I rubbed my head as I felt distressed, Ibara next to me trying to calm me down. She was honestly too nice with me when I didn't deserve it either; it was a very unfair situation. I had all this, and I believed that I didn't deserve any of it. Trivia was right: what the hell was I doing here? I am such a mess.

"Jack? Are you alright? You keep making faces; you can confess to me if you want."

"Yes—no, look, Ibara, sorry I cannot speak to you right now. I promise to go with you to church next time, okay?"

"Take all the time you need; your house is close, right?"

"Yeah, it is."

"Let me join you there."

"Thanks, you can stay to sleep. I know there is a curfew and everything at the school of not letting anyone inside after 8:00 p.m., so I can—"

"Oh, don't worry; I asked for special permission. Mister Sekiijro is waiting for me outside; that's the call I made before we got off the train."

"Oh... Wait, you can ask permission?"

"For important situations, not things as silly as dates or hanging out."

"Oh, okay... I just thought other things."

"You are always overthinking; don't worry, no one is out to get you." Ibara noticed something odd when we approached my house. "Oh, is that someone you know?" I looked at my house; there was a girl sitting there in front of the door, left like an abandoned baby with a lot of heavy technological equipment lying there. "This is a very sad image."

"Yeah... That's Sirli; it's a student back at Nemo." I remember the words of Trivia saying he left a present for me. "And I think she is my present."

"As in, she is your girlfriend."

"Woah, no, hell no, haha, no, no, no, She needs more maintenance than I do, no way in hell I could handle her."

"It's not nice to mock a lady like that. Specially if she is going through something" I closed my eyes and breathed; yeah, I did unnecessarily insult her, that was awful coming from me. I looked at Sirli, who was staring at me with sad puppy eyes in the distance, hugging her own legs; it was cold outside; I had to do something, it seemed.

"I apologize, Ibara. Can you go to U.A. from here? I need to handle things here."

"Yes, of course, see you on Sunday!"

"Sunday? Ah, right, church." Hmmm, I hope I don't burn when I enter the establishment.

"Hi, Sirli... How are you?" I stood up in front of her as she looked up at me; she then stood up as well.

"Trivia said you will house me while Blackout's job and mine are over in Japan."

"Blackout's here?"

"No, he is at another city."

"OH THANK GOD! Phew, holy shit, I would've gone crazy if he was here. If there is someone who despises me more than Trivia, it's probably him, haha."

"..." Sirli was quiet, not responding to that. "Anyways, I will be living here for a while; help me get my stuff inside."

"Whoa, who decided that?"

"Trivia did. Sorry, I honestly opted to not do this, but he said that it would be better for you to house me. I know he is just doing this to piss you off."

"And you are going along because…"

She looked to the side, not wanting to respond to that either.

"Whatever, yeah, I don't want to face that cunt until the end of our school year... You look tired, Sirli."

"I always look tired. Help me, please?"

"So much equipment, what's this?"

"My computer"

"And?"

"That's it, that's all it is—that's my computer."

"Wait, you connected to a laptop when we talked."

"Yeah... Did you want me to use one of the most powerful computers in the world to speak with you about making equipment for a quirkless guy?"

"Mind you, that quirkless guy is the best hero of our time."

"... Did Trivia speak to you? Or why are you acting like this?"

"... Yes."

"Just help me, please." I grabbed her items using my quirk to gain a boost in my strength, opened the door, and placed everything inside. We spent the next hour placing everything in an empty room I had inside the house.

"You can stay here for the moment."

"You want me to sleep on the floor?"

"I uuuuh pft okay." I rubbed my temple. "I will make you a bed with the dirt outside; be right back."

"No need, I can sleep on the floor; you have done enough already. Good night." She was always so hard to read at times; I guess I should let Tsuyu and Momo know about this. I took out my phone and started texting in her room.

"Who are you texting?"

"Hmm? Just, uhm, a few friends of mine."

"You made friends here?" I felt insulted by the question.

"Am I not allowed to?"

"No, just surprising; it must be nice. You look really bad."

"Yeah, Draw messed me up."

"I didn't mean physically; you look sadder since the last time I saw you."

"Sirli, do you need something from me?"

"No... I assume I just said something I shouldn't have. Apologies; I will go to sleep now."

"Hmmmm, okay." I left her room feeling a bit annoyed at her question. Why was she even here? It was a long day; I turned off the lights of my bedroom and decided I would get some sleep as well.

Or that was the plan, at least...

I woke up late at night; it wasn't morning, too dark to be morning, I could tell as I heard gentle knocking on my door. It better be a demon, but from here I could tell it was just Sirli. I went there and opened my door, looking down at her. "Sirli? " I asked begrudgingly, tired.

"I am having trouble sleeping on the floor; may I stay here and see if my situation gets better?"

"Are you asking to sleep in my room?"

"On the floor of your room, yes, if it's okay."

"May I ask why you have trouble sleeping?"

"I feel lonely, and your place is not as cozy as my room, not to mention that I had a nightmare and I don't feel mentally well enough to sleep there."

"...Blunt and straightforward as always."

"Do you not wish me to be? I have come to the conclusion is better, I know I am not the best mentally after all, I don't want to bore you like I did to Drew"

"Come on in." I opened the door for her as she dragged in her mantle and a pillow and lay on the floor. "Where is your bedroll?"

"What bedroll?"

"Fucking hell, Sirli, just get on my bed; it's big enough for the two of us. Maybe you can't sleep because you are lying on the cold floor." I went back to my bed and lay on one side of the bed.

"It wasn't too cold, but thanks." She gets on top of my blanket and uses her own blanket to cover herself; I wasn't going to tell her anything about that.

"Trivia is mad at you, just so you know."

"I am aware." Now we were talking great; that's the last thing I needed.

"He believes you are taking advantage of the U.A. students."

"I am not." Or at least don't think so.

"He sent me here to spy on you." I went silent, turning around to see her; she was with her eyes closed, trying to sleep calmly.

"..."

"Jack, are you asleep?"

"What do you think?"

"I just assumed since you stopped talking to me."

"You said something out of the blue again."

"Well, if it concerns you, I also came here to do another important job."

"Why are you spying on me?"

"Trivia has the concern that you will become a villain working under Adam."

"... I am not going to be a villain; I am trying to do better, I swear." My voice became shy, weak, almost timid; I felt so horrible right then and there.

"I personally think that out of all the people that can become villains at our grade, you are not one of them. I am betting my money on Blackout or Mirror, you know.

"... He still hates me with a passion. I hid for months; I didn't see him in school or hear announcements or talk to him, and he still hates me. Everyone back home does. See why this is the fucking worst? I cannot be happy there, so I want to stay here. I want people to talk to me, to go out and have fun, to play, and to talk to them, but now you are all coming here and ruining this little heaven of mine. Why can't I be happy?"

"Weren't you happy before?"

"I was, but then Trivia and Portis and all of you kept looking at me weird since that time. I cannot keep doing this; my stress is through the roof. I just can't continue staying there... I need to finish school, and then I'll come here and stay here, and I can make a new life with friends and people that like me."

"... Oh... I see... Do you hate me as well? Makes sense with all that I am putting you through."

"No, not you; you are okay. I don't hate you, never hated you. But you don't like me either."

"What makes you think that?"

"We never talk, we never go out, and I made your situation awkward back at the holidays."

"Oh, you remember now? You did throw up in my room that time."

"Drunk, that's how drunk people work."

"I thought you were—"

"Well, I disabled it; I wanted to be drunk, and I regret it, okay?!"

"...Sorry for making you shout."

"It's... It's tiring having to deal with all of you, okay? I am exhausted of having to put so much effort with all of you; with them I can play and have fun and be happy, and now I feel all my drama and past is leaking all over them, tainting them. I ruined everything in my life; please don't ruin this for me."

"I won't." She spends a few seconds in silence. "I—honestly thought we were friends. You are one of the few people that talked to me back then, even if for short times. I have trouble speaking with others besides you. Trivia always speaks to me, but it's always about his job and plans and help. I feel that he only keeps me on the school because he wants me to help him."

"Trivia is a horrible dude."

"He is not. You know he is not. He is just too abrasive with you; he has his reasons and I think he is kinda handsome."

"Evidently... I ruined everything for everyone that day, didn't I?"

"What day?"

"The day of the accident."

"Accident? You mean Trivia almost dying?"

"Yeah... I should've said yes and joined him; if not, everything would be better. We would have more people back in our class, and not everything would be so messed up and awful."

"Maybe... Or maybe you would've died instead, what happened happened Jack."

"It would've been better than him turning into what he is."

"... I have never blamed you for that, just so you know; what happened that day was his fault. But it did change everything... For better or worse it just happened"

"I could've avoided it."

"You don't know that; no one does, Jack. Stop blaming yourself. We are what we are not because of you. If anything, it's the fault of bad decisions and villainy, so don't think this is all you. Sorry for keeping you awake."

"It's alright... I have class tomorrow, and I need to sleep off some of my wounds. Hope you don't mind... Also don't mention this talk to anyone please"

"It's okay... Good night, Jack."

"Good night, Sirli."

"... Did I make things awkward?"

"Oh my—look a little, but don't mind that I know you are a bit awkward at times, but you are sincerely someone who cares, and you listen to others... I like being sort of kind of your friend, but I don't feel we are friends because I never hang out with you."

"Oh... Want to hang out when we have free time?" For as tempted as I was to say no, she was too awkward at times and strange for me; I couldn't help but feel bad. She was lonely like I was back at Nemo as well. I feel that she just wants some company really; I never think I have seen her with a clique or group of friends; the closest is being Trivia's lapdog.

"Sure, when we have time."

"Cool... Friend."

"Friend."

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