HPDBC CHAPTER 190(Eavesdropper)
CHAPTER 190(Eavesdropper)
CHAPTER 190(Eavesdropper)
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---1A Dorms, 6:35 AM...
After getting out of the showers and getting dressed, wearing a pair of shorts and a large shirt, Jiro gathers her things and begins the trip back up to her room from the showers and laundry area downstairs.
"Morning Kyoka!" Uraraka greets her, falling into step beside her as she too is heading back to her room to change.
'It's way too early to have that much energy,' Jiro thinks, but instead just looks over at her friend. "Morning Ochaco, a late start for you?"
"Oh, just a bit. I kind of got carried away sparring with Mina last night, so I overslept."
"Oh that, yeah she mentioned you've been teaching her some of the Gun Head martial arts from your internship," Jiro says as they enter the hallway, moving toward the elevator.
"Yup, she's a natural, atleast more than me, Mina's got some serious moves already."
"Well she likes to dance so I bet that helps her out," Jiro shrugs.
"What about you?" Uraraka asks, taking a closer look at Jiro, seeing small dark bags under her eyes. "Trouble sleeping?"
"Uh, I, was up late studying for midterms," she lied. "They should be starting soon so I don't want to wait too long."
"Oh shoot!" Uraraka facepalms as they enter the elevator. "I totally forgot about those! Awe man I need to start studying more, I've just been so caught up with working at Ryukyu's Agency that my school work hasn't been as big of a priority."Fịndd new updates at novelhall.com
"Yeah well I imagine that's difficult to manage."
"Yeah, you know how it is, every time you're out on patrol you come back exhausted, studying after that just seems like torture."
"Well, I actually wouldn't know," Jiro says, and she see's Uraraka looks like she's about to apologize. "Its fine, really. But don't think just because we failed the Provisional License exam that we can't catch up to you. Because while you're all out of UA we've been training harder than ever, you'll see."
"Yeah! Then we can go on patrol together and help people," Uraraka gets excited at the idea. "Oooh! Maybe all the girls can form a hero team together, with a super flashy Super Move where we all work together to take down a big villain and save everyone!"
"Let's focus on one thing at a time Chaco'," Jiro says. "I still have to actually pass the next exam first, then we'll talk about combo moves afterward."
"Oh you'll be fine," Uraraka says as the elevator begins taking them up. "The only reason you didn't get it this year was because there were just so many third-year students from other Hero Courses there, next year you'll be a second year during it, and a lot stronger."
"But I'll have fewer allies, so I think it balances out."
"Mmm, maybe, but I guess you've just got to be even stronger and win anyway!" Uraraka gives her a dazzling smile, and Jiro just gives an awkward one in exchange.
"You make it sound so easy, but yeah, that's exactly what I'll do!"
"I..." Jiro stutters for a moment, then her eyes get teary as she finally lets it all out. "Because I like you, and I know I tried not to but I really do. And I like Momo, and I don't know what to do, so when both of you got all, close, like that, I just kept listening in ok.
What else was I supposed to do? Both the people I'm attracted to were...and I just...I...I don't know. I'm sorry. Please don't tell anyone, don't tell Momo that I'm---"
"As if I care about some teenaged sexuality crisis, and again, you aren't very subtle, but relax Momo is too sweet to treat you any differently either way."
"What about---"
"I already knew why you were listening in," Horizon shrugs. "I just like watching you squirm, atleast that makes us even."
"What?"
"But I do have one question," he ensures he's making proper contact with her, and reads her body as he speaks. "When you were listening in, how much can you see. I imagine you have something like echo mapping, right?"
"I'm not that good yet, I could only hear," Jiro says. "Sorry to disappoint...even more."
Luckily for her, he detects no lies. He was fairly sure she wouldn't have gotten much detail like his face and certainly not his tattoos, but better safe than sorry.
And removing Jiro from the board is always preferable to compromising Law Matani.
With her dodging that bullet he steps away and continues looking around her room, as she desperately tries to make sense of what's happening.
Taking deep breaths she wipes her tears and just observes him, before finally speaking.
"Are you going to report me to Principal Nezu?"
"Don't be stupid," Horizon says. "What Momo and I were doing is so much worse than your preerected antics, the teachers acknowledge that they can't fully stop students from fucking, but they have to atleast try to prevent it. But atleast try not to be such a creepy pervert in the future, or just ask to be there, doubt either of us would mind..."
Jiro's mind is sent reeling with that thought, and she blinks a few times to try and make sense of it, but before responding with some outrage, she takes stock of the situation.
And realizes she's really holding no moral position to be judging him "what?"
Horizon stops looks around and walks up to her, then leans in closer to her face, "I sensed it early on, so if I wanted to. If you were anyone else spying on us, this would have gone very differently, but since its you we're having a pleasant and hopefully fruitful conversation about this."
Jiro nods stiffly, feeling the hairs behind her neck stand up, a new sense of danger filling the room.
"But you're you, and how this ends is quite obvious, so I saw no reason not to let you have a glimpse of your future. Atleast now you know what you're signing up for..."
Jiro freezes for a moment, and from the look in her eyes, he can tell her brain is struggling to process all of this.
And the redness on her face says she's finally making some progress in understanding him.
Shaking his head he sighs, and pats her head, "don't be late for class, and try not to be any weirder around us..."
And with that, he warps away, happy with how he's using the perks that come from being Horizon.
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