[Masao Ando]

Everything had been changing so fast lately. Between everyone showing off how much they had improved at the Sports Festival and meeting new students, Masao could hardly keep up with it all. She was having new feelings, feelings for someone else, and it reflected all through her life. She was texting him a lot, hanging out with him, training with him, she might even her first date coming up. A date. She liked someone so much she wanted to go on a date...

Even her quirk was rapidly changing. She still thought back to how her armor had manifested differently in her training with Ylva. Would something like that happen again today? She was training with Misaki, and she trusted her a hell of a lot more than she did that ice brute. Standing out in the training grounds she flipped her phone's camera display around to take a selfie of herself. Then delete it. Then take another, only to delete it moments later. She repeated this process for a lot longer than she would be comfortable with before just sending the picture to Enma, her face beet red by the time she hit sent. What was he doing right now? What would he think?

...

Did he think about her as much as she thought about him?

She took a deep breath and tried to center herself. She could think about Enma later, she had all day to do that, but for now she needed to focus on training, and on being present in the moment. Her friend Misaki was showing up. It would be rude not to give her, her full attention.

''Takanashi-san, it is good to see you.'' She bowed formally when Misaki finally arrived.

Takanashi Misaki

[Takanashi Misaki]

180 words Masao Ando gym outfit

"Yahallo~" Misaki greeted Masao back while waving in her direction. The formal bow took her somewhat by surprise, specifically the angle of it, and by her tone she could tell that there was something Masao wanted to ask. Which, of course, made this the perfect time to get a request through since she was much less likely to refuse. 

"Takanashi-san? Boooo, we've known each other for so long now. Call me Misaki already, Masao-chan."

Truly, what an evil mastermind she was. Cackling on the inside she put on her most innocent smile. Masao could suspect nothing. No, her secret identity had to stay in tact lest she had to tearfully flee on a rickety boat with a mournful soundtrack, rain pattering down heavily around her while the fleeting figure of the lover Misaki would absolutely have one day stood tearfully on the shore. Her lips curled up just the slightest bit at that thought. She should have rope some people into movie night soon. 

"How have you been recently? Anything interesting happen?"

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by Pinn @ THQ

[Masao Ando]

There was something endearing about Misaki's signature greeting, like a catchphrase that was hers alone and told you exactly who she was. ''...If you insist, Misaki-san. Forgive me I do not take to informal ways of addressing people very naturally.'' It was something she was self-conscious about, but the only reason she was expressing this doubt to Misaki to begin with was because she was close with her, probably closer than anyone else. Sure, she knew Ylva, but the two always kept a distance between them because there was a sense that any of her secrets or vulnerabilities that Ylva knew could be used as a weapon against her and vice versa.

''I have been well. Nothing out of the ordinary has happened if that was what you are thinking. Perhaps except for my quirk, it has been acting strange. Do you recall how I told you I could not activate it on command? I am starting to get a feeling for it again. It was not that my quirk was malfunctioning, but rather it was changing the conditions for its activation.'' She was gracefully avoiding the topic of her crush, or so she thought. ''How about yourself? I am here to supervise your supermove training today, and maybe learn some more about my own power. However, your development comes first. You already possess a formidable quirk, and who knows where you can take that with more practice?''

She didn't realize it, but in her ramble about her powers she completely neglected to mention her smithing work. Uh oh, that would be suspicious. ''I suppose I neglected to mention that I have been commissioned to make weapons. A pair of boots for Natesa Bee-san, a sword for Momoiro Sakurai-san and another sword for a third student.'' Who she deliberately didn't name, and Misaki would be none the wiser! ...Probably, that girl was scary perceptive sometimes. ''Between work and social obligations I have been quite busy.'' Usually her only 'social obligations' were with Ylva and Misaki, but lately she had been coming back from her workshop later, and going out early every morning to meet with Enma in the training fields.

In short, Masao Ando was the least suspicious student on campus.

Takanashi Misaki

[Takanashi Misaki]

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"Alright, you're forgiven but make sure it doesn't happen again." Misaki responded in a mock serious tone with a gruff nod and her hands on her hips. Keeping her face straight was increasingly difficult when Masao continued speaking. Those were a lot of words she were using. Especially considering how much she was leaving out of her explanation. A tinge of anxiety went through her as well before she mentally waved an imaginary hand to dissipate the metaphorical clouds of doubt. No point taking it personally until she knew the details. It might not be a lack of trust in her, maybe there was another reason.

"Me? Oh, you know how I am. Idol work is pulling me one way, acting gigs another and I can barely keep up with my schoolwork on top of all that. It's keeping me razor sharp," she added with a wink. She truly was enjoying how busy she was, the constant motion keeping her energy levels high as they could be. It was undeniable however that her combat skills and quirk development were lagging behind a bit as a result but hey, that's what they were here for today.

"I for one think your quirk is far stunning than mine. I'm looking forward to seeing how it's developing." She made sure to cross her arms, close her eyes and nod with a certain amount of gravitas to emphasize her point.

Much like Masao feared Misaki very much noticed her not mentioning one of the names. With her mind churning she put one and one together, extrapolated some things and ended up with seven. Adding a little teasing into the mix she decided to hide her irrational anxiety over the potential rift forming between them with some refuge in audacity.

"I see, I see. Soooooo…" She trailed off with an increasingly smug smile. "Your boyfriend is keeping you busy huh?"

Her smile turned into an open mouthed, wide eyed stare at Masao's reaction.

"No way. NO WAY!!! Hell yeah! Details, girl, I need details! Masao~~~," she almost squealed. Misaki was going to be absolutely insufferable for the next while.

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by Pinn @ THQ

[Masao Ando]

''Understood, Misaki-san.'' She sounded serious in the way she replied, but she said it with a smirk on her face. She couldn't go upsetting one of her only friends, especially not Misaki. ''Your work ethic is most impressive, between hero work, acting jobs and idol gigs you have plenty on your plate. It is probably no exaggeration to suggest that you are more busy than I am.'' After all, she wasn't working a ton of jobs or anything, just alternating between working in her workshop and training to become stronger. ''I am eager to see what you have been practicing.''

Misaki polite as usual, complimented her quirk. ''It is but an armor quirk, I have been practicing a new move, but I have not been able to perfectly replicate it every time. Besides, from what I can tell all it does is make tougher armor.'' She neglected to go into details for fear of rambling too long and boring Misaki. She was much more interested in what her friend was up to anyway.

''M-My boyfriend?!'' She felt her pulse increase as she looked over at Misaki, embarrassment written all over her red face. ''How did you.. We aren't! Well...'' She muttered, suddenly getting a lot more shy. ''He said he's my boyfriend, and I really like him.'' She couldn't look directly at Misaki, opting to look at the ground instead, fidgeting with a lock of her red hair as she talked. ''We went on a date together...'' She covered her face with her hands and squatted down. ''And we k-kissed...'' It almost felt shameful confessing to all of this, confessing to the fact that she had feelings and wasn't just the cool, stoic third year student who pretended to know everything that she was doing. ''I apologize, Misaki-san, do you think less of me for not telling you sooner?'' She asked with her face still buried in her hands.

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