Chapter 24

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Touya left the kitchen, apple in hand.

"Oii, what you got there, Touya?" One of the boys named Akui, taunted as they walked through the hall "Stealing food again?"
He rolled his eyes, throwing up a middle finger as he took a bite out of the fruit.
All of them cheered, the same boy shouting with a grin "Don't get ahead of yourself! You'll be a villain before you know it!"
"Go fuck yourself," Touya muttered as they all snickered.

"You know, Keigo's been hanging out with Yukiya and his group recently? He's getting popular isn't he?" They smirked, knowing it would get a rise out of the the white-haired boy.
"Ok, and?" He locked his jaw, brows furrowing.
Akui shrugged "I just remember you and him making out in the tree house but that doesn't seem to happen anymore,"
"Stalking us? That's a bit creepy of you, Akui," He raised a brow, taking a final bite of the apple before throwing it into the nearest bin. It was actually pretty far, but he'd always been good at sport (curtesy of the intense hero training as a child).

Touya began walking down the hall again, trying to ignore the hyena's as they cackled quietly to themselves.
"People have been saying he's amazing, you know? Lightning fast and all that. Hero worthy," They continued to provoke him.
"Don't care." He grumbled.
Akui and his followers chuckled "You broken up yet?"
"It's none of your business but no. We're actually closer than we've ever been but we prefer to keep shit private. So, if you don't mind, i'm gonna go see him now. Please. Leave. Me. Alone." He spat, speeding up.

"Weird for an 18 year old to be dating a 16 year old, isn't it? Like, you're a legal adult." One of them mentioned - he didn't know who, couldn't be bothered to check.
Another replied "Nah, pretty sure it's fine since they dated for years,"

"Oi, scar face!" Akui shouted at him again "You had sex yet?"
"Kill yourself." There was nothing lighthearted about that comment, there was intent behind it... and they could all feel it, too.
They fell silent "What did you say?"
Touya huffed a laugh out of his nose and turned on his heel to face the hyenas, specifically Akui "Kill yourself before i do it for you."

Touya sent them a sarcastic smile before pivoting back around and heading to his ward.

When he entered however, Keigo's bed was empty. And it was neatly made, a Home nurse removing the name tag by his bed.

When he'd left the room, the blonde boy was busy reading a book, the one Keigo would tell him all about before they went to bed each night. He'd summarise every chapter, reciting as much as he could with a smile as Touya played with his hair. He'd always loved listening to him, as he wasn't the most talkative.

But something was up.

Making his way over to the nurse, brows furrowed as he asked him "What's going on?"
The man handed him a cheery smile "He's been selected by the Hero Commission! Isn't that great news?"
"What?" Touya's world fell still "Hero Commission?"
The older man nodded.

The boy observed with wide eyes as the nurse carried on clearing Keigo's bed. What does that mean? He's left? He's gone? Going?

Rushing out of the room, Touya hurried down the halls, peering down corridors in case he was in one of them, possibly packing final things. But when he'd scanned the entire building and he wasn't anywhere, he had no choice but to barge into the office.

The rickety wooden door flung open, hitting the wall with force. It rattled for a second as Touya stood in the doorway, clearly on high alert.

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