❈║Broccoli & Coconut║❈

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With a smile that was either taunting or reassuring, Deku-san asked,

"What's a hero course girl doing in here~?"

Uraraka blinked twice, a little confused upon the boy's question, "Eh? Um... What I'm doing in here? Uh..."

Now what was she supposed to say? She had no idea what was she supposed to tell a ghost what she was doing in his little haunting area that looked worse than a basement that had been locked for over ten years. Ashido sent her there to summon the ghost out of curiosity and just for a pint of entertainment but since no matter how many rumors there had been, the only logical thing that came to mind was; ghosts aren't real dammit!!!

And now that there was a real ghost boy — who was rather innocent looking for someone with rumors to kill students — consider her having the greatest panic of their entire life. Sure the ghost boy looked innocent and his aura screamed safety, she was still unsure what that smile of his meant but one shouldn't judge a book by its cover!! Danger was still at hand! She didn't know what this ghost was capable of! Rumors are rumors and in Deku-san's case there were many different rumors and she didn't know which one to go along with.

A quick mental slap to herself and Uraraka tried her hardest to put her herself together so she could think of a way out of this. Now, she wasn't the smartest tool in the shed but she knew that this situation would either kill her or grant her everything she wished for.

"Hello~? I'm still here, you know..." Deku-san stated and with his next statement a mischievous smirk crawled onto his face as he closed in a little towards the brunette, "Spacing out like that... Its almost like you got scared by me a little too much."

Uraraka shivered at the ghost's gesture, 'Oh damn right you got me scared... Pretty sure you're gonna kill me next. I hate you, Mina....'

"Hm~ I wonder..." The boy backed up before letting himself float in the air freely and that was when she noticed two white will-o-wisps — one with a green center and the other with a red one — floating around his frame in circles, stopping at the sides of his face which itself took a turn to a dark expression as he stopped in mid air, staring at the brunette with a piercing gaze that only triggered her fear more.

"Are you really capable of being a hero?" The green head asked, locking his hands behind his back. His posture proved the seriousness of the question.

Every kind of safety and protection that the brunette felt around the boy was gone and replaced by fright and solemnness.

"I-I... I—!"

"A ghost that could possibly be the death of you; that's what the rumors say about me, right? Weren't you afraid before? Did you even think once what if the ghost is real before calling out to me, hm~? What will you do if I were to kill at this very instant? What should a hero in training do in this case, hm? Quirks can't really harm me, you know~" Deku-san's voice took a teasing turn with a mocking tone.

The brunette in question, however, remained silent. With no words to reply with, she turned her head to a side, looking away from the ghost boy.

The ghost boy shook his head sideways and said with a pitiful tone, "Oh you poor innocent coconut head~"

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"Hah?" Uraraka tilted her head to a side, confused before registering what she was just called. She immediately turned her head back to the ghost, "Who—? Who are you calling a coconut head?!"

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