Why Number Six (and Queen Bee) would have been better in the Main Series of “My Hero Academia”
Dear Random Folk: Hey, you mentioned you would switch the villain MHA and BNHA:V; would you expand on that.
Me: Sure! I’ll get to it later.
Dear Random Folk: Hey, are you going to talk about Six and Shiggy soon?
Me: Eh, I’ll get to it eventually.
Dear Random Folk: So, now?
Me: Sure! Just give me a minute!
Okay, so we’ve been waiting a while to get to this. (All I had to do was get a mild fever.)
Okay! So, surprisingly a lot of people have taken an interest in something I said about why the villains in “My Hero Academia” and “MHA: Illegals / Vigilantes” should be switched. Everyone was super patient, and I’m really grateful for it, so here’s the post!
Now, before reading, keep in mind that this is all opinion based. Also, you’re going to be seeing a lot of “what I would have done” or “they should have done this.” This isn’t me saying that I’m better than the author (I’m not. I constantly struggle with my fanfics). This is just me discussing some things for fun.
(In other words, take it with a grain of salt.)
And please keep in mind that the Main Series is still ongoing and nearly 400 chapters long, while the Spin-off is nearly 130, so I may get some things wrong. (If that’s the case, please be polite in your corrections. Otherwise, you'll be ignored and blocked.)
Notes:
*Spoilers!
**My Hero Academia Main Series
**My Hero Academia: Vigilantes / Illegals
*Some Tomura Shigaraki Critical
**Some of these elements may come off as anti. That’s not my intention, but fuck it.
*Long Post, which is why there are no images
*I am writing this while sick (not sick-sick, but sick enough) so grammar may be off and I may forget a few things.
So, here’s a quick summary on both the main antagonists and the protagonist.
Let’s start with our adorable hero first;
Midoriya Izuku is a young lad with hopes and dreams of becoming a hero like the greatest hero of them all, All Might. However, Izuku was sadly born without a superpower in a world where over 80% of the population has one. This not only resulted in him being viciously bullied by those around him—including a kid he considered his friend--but it makes his dream of becoming a hero impossible. Even so, rather than give up, Izuku keeps his dreams alive and studies everything he can about heroes while hoping for a miracle.
One day, when his bullies are particularly cruel, Izuku is attacked by a sludge villain, which nearly suffocates him intending to hide in his corpse. Out of the best of luck, Izuku is not only saved but he is saved by All Might! After this, shenanigans happen, and Izuku discovers that All Might’s true form is a skinny giraffe—I mean, a thin, “frail,” sunflower man!
Here, Izuku asks if he thinks a quirkless can be a hero. All Might, after sharing his past, gently tells the boy doesn’t believe so. However, he changes his mind later when Izuku rushes to save the worst of his bullies from the same villain that tried to kill him. Despite being terrified and knowing he may die, he still gives his all to save some who earlier had told him to kill himself. This action lights a spark in All Might, and after saving the two, he lets Izuku in on another secret;
His quirk can be passed on to others, and Izuku’s heroic act inspired All Might to take Izuku on as a successor!
After a year of training, Izuku improves his body and proves his determination to work hard for his goals.
However, even after he gets his quirk, it isn’t easy. The quirk is not only too powerful for his body, but it comes with several other quirks, as well. As such, Izuku spends the series trying to learn to properly use his quirk and become a hero and a proper successor to All Might’s legacy.
Now on to our dastardly villains!
Number Six was a normal boy with a severe case of agnosia, a disorder surmised to be caused by severe childhood trauma that left him with no sense of self. All for One, the overall big bad of the series, used this condition to morph Number Six into a tool for his needs. He had Six pick out a hero he liked and imagine him as a mentor so he could become his own version of that person, even being given that person's quirk. (It’s worth mentioning that, at this time, AFO still had a working body and face, which is why he didn’t bother to make Six a mini-me. Though, is it just me, or is this all overly complicated?) The hero Six chose was “‘O clock.” 'O Clock an underground hero with the power to accelerate his brain's perception to extreme speeds, making it appear to him as if the world was moving in slow motion.
Six worked as a lackey for All for One for years, helping with the trigger drugs and using them to make people lose control of their quirks. As well as kidnapping other innocent people to turn them into a version of nomus. (The manga calls them “trigger villains” or “Next-Level instant villains” but fuck it. They’re NOMUS, just a different type. [FIGHT ME.] This is also what happened to Spinner, btw. But more on that later.)
Out of nowhere, like REALLY out of nowhere, he falls for Pop*Step (a contrived plot, but that’s another post.). After she rejects him, Six gets her possessed by Queen Bee, turning her into Bee*Pop, who destroys the city with Bee bombs. There he decides to debut as a “hero” and take his place as 6 ‘o Clock, 'O Clock’s successor. However, this plan is ruined by both Koichi and Endeavor. (Mainly Endeavor, who burns him the fuck alive, but he focuses on Koichi for narrative reasons.)
After Koichi saves Pop*Step, Six makes a final attack on Naruhauta. There he unleashes an army of Anonymous Goons to cause trouble before using all his powers to try and kill Koichi.
Eventually, with the combined powers of All Might, Endeavor, and Koichi, Six is on the verge of death. Instead of retreating to heal, he goes to find Koichi. After giving him a scar so the latter will always remember him, Six kills himself.
The final villain, and the best and most terrifying if only she was given better writing, but that’s another post, is Kuin Hachisuka, the Queen Bee.
The Queen Bee is a mysterious figure who takes the form of a swarm of bees that possesses young teenage girls. In BNHA: V, she takes hold of Tamao, the daughter of Knuckle Duster. She uses her bee quirk to spread around the Trigger drug, collect blood samples, and even set off bombs.
One day Knuckle Duster tracks her down and tears out the “Queen Bee” before killing it. However, one of the bees escapes, allowing her to survive. This bee is caught and kept by Six till he brings her Pop Step, who she controls. Koichi saves Pop Step, however, and she is taken to the hospital, where the “Queen Bee” is removed and kept in a jar. (I know her summary is short, but trust me, she’s one of the best BNHA villains who actually does shit.)
Now that we have the basic intros, let’s move on to the reason we’re here;
Why do I think that the villains should be switched? As well as some plot points?
Well, the first reason is that these two villains best fit the tone of MHA. My Hero Academia is supposed to be a comic superhero story with a school and Shounen element. Everything is supposed to be a bit “out there” with little reality. Basically, a superhero fantasy. Six and the Queen Bee would fit better in that genre than Shiggy.
The plot with Six and the Bee Queen fits better in BNHA as their personal plots are about the nomus / the brainwashed villains of AFO. They are literally going around and turning ordinary people into monsters. It also fits AFO’s theme of taking advantage of normal and desperate people, who have no one to turn to, then twisting them into monsters. We see this with Spinner;
Spinner was the victim of discrimination and, out of everyone in the LoV, he was the only one with actual noble intentions. However, as soon as AFO got his hands on him, he turned Spinner into a next-level instavillain. (No, really! Go to the wiki and compare the current Spinner to them! He checks nearly all the boxes.) Worse, he crushed his mind and made him a mindless follower who barely remembers what he was forced into.
Queen Bee and Six create the Insta-Villains and are a part of the experimentation process. As a bonus, Six has the “bomber villain” genes in his body as well, making a form of Nomu. So, having them in MHA would tie everything with the villains together while having the villains contribute to the plot. (More on that later.)
The reason why this is important is that Nomus are the ones that carry the threat and the emotional impact for the main cast. Kurogiri connects to Aizawa and shows that AFO has not only been stealing corpses but has been eyeing UA students especially, which connects to UA. And the Bat Nomu is a personal connection to Izuku and Bakagou, who are both major players. And we know Dabi’s connection to the plot. Meanwhile, the Trigger Villain plot line explains what’s happening to Spinner.
See how well the two would fit?
Moving Queen Bee and Six, as well as the insta-villains plot line to MHA, would give a lot of answers without the overuse of exposition.
It would also considerably up the stakes for when All Might retired. New villains are popping up every day, and now the most powerful hero retired. This would put a severe strain between the heroes and civilians. The heroes not only have to deal with the stress of picking up All Might’s slack, but now they have to learn to tell the difference between civilians that were corrupted and real villains. The tension can build till it accumulates to the destruction of the city, which serves as the final breaking point.
(Don’t get me wrong, I understand that the city’s destruction was supposed to be a sudden and unexpected event, but still.)
In BNHA:V, it feels like two different stories are going on that occasionally bump into each other. Maybe that was the point, but it’s not as interesting, in my opinion.
Speaking of possibilities, let’s talk about Queen Bee. There are so many things she could bring to the story.
I already spoke of her work with the trigger villains, but there’s another way that’s more personal to the heroes. Namely, she could bring the danger to them.
She could sneak into U.A. under the guise of a teenage girl and is always around other students that she could take out in a heartbeat. Or could possess someone already in the cast, such as Toru, as no one, except maybe Ojiro, would notice a thing. And having Kuin take control of one of the Class 1-A girls, or having her infiltrate them, would give Class 1-A a personal stake in the war, which readers would eat up.
As of now, everyone is just fighting the villains because they attack them (with dumb plans, btw. But that’s a different post). However, if Kuin took or was one of their own, suddenly there’s a personal stake. With the former, a friend was hurt and brainwashed under their very noses, yet they never noticed. With the latter, someone they trusted and held dear was a vile villain all along, doing horrible things while pretending to be their friend. Either one would light a fire within all of them to get payback and give them a stake in the war.
Plus, if the discovery happens before Izuku leaves U.A., it could add to his reasons.
Don’t get me wrong, Izuku’s reasons aren’t bad, but they could be stronger. And Kuin would do that!
Because now there’s extra emotional guilt. Someone Izuku knew and thought was a friend was actually a villain who possessed an innocent with the purpose of getting close to him or All Might. The enemy was right in front of him, ready to cut his throat, yet Izuku never noticed.
As is, Izuku left because someone MIGHT have gotten hurt because of him. In this case, he leaves because someone did. And it’s a lot stronger than someone getting hurt on a battlefield. When you’re fighting, you expect danger and people to get hurt. It's still devastating but expected.
At U.A., Izuku thought he and everyone else was safe. They were supposed to be safe, and for a while, everyone believed they were. Having Queen Bee rip that rug from under him would be devastating and would prompt Izuku to push everyone away as his sense of security, for himself and others, was destroyed.
Oh, and to the few wondering, couldn’t Tago do that in canon? The answer is no. Correct me if I’m wrong, but Tago has a time limit on her Quirk and would need to “refuel” every so often. Therefore, resources would have to be used to keep a prisoner alive and to get the blood to Tago through massive security. Plus, Tago doesn’t have the acting skills needed to play someone else 24/7. Note I said 24/7. I know that she can act for a time.
Kuin, on the other hand, could act 24/7 as she has a literal bee army to do her work. This gives her something only Twice would have; mobility. But I’m getting off-topic.
There are also two underlining themes in MHA that make Kuin perfect for the story;
The first is a bunch of different types of people coming together for the common good to help people by using their individual “quirks.” Having the heroes fight against someone with a literal hive mind who steals others' identities and quirks would heighten that.
More importantly, there is an underlining theme of identity in the series.
Both our heroes AND our villains struggle with that in a way.
On the villain’s side, Twice has no idea who he is after his clones massacre each other, and he is always searching for where he belongs. Tago’s identity struggles come from “wanting to be herself” while her quirk pushes her to become other people, as well as her past, where her parents forced her to act like someone else entirely. Compress desires to take on his family legacy and hides his own face the entire time. Spinner had an identity, but it was twisted by AFO when he brainwashed him into an Insta-Villain / nomu. Dabe’s whole tragedy started when circumstances took something Touya had placed his entire self on, till he lost himself and became Dabe. Then there is Kurogiri, whose identity was stolen, and there are hints of him taking it back. Then there’s AFO who's attempting to steal Shiggy’s body, but let’s save him for later.
On the hero's side, there’s Shoto, who’s struggling to be his own person and break away from his father's control to become his own person while seeing his father for who he is. Following him is Tenya, who’s carrying his family legacy on his back, and Yuga, who has to pretend to be someone else. In a way, there's Toru—who is a break of pace as, despite being invisible, knows who she is and has more confidence in herself than anyone. There’s even a semblance of an identity arc with Bakagou, who learns that maybe he’s not so great, tries to examine his past actions, and do somewhat better in the future. Not to mention there’s All Might, who struggles to find his place in the world now that he’s no longer the number 1 hero. And let’s not forget about Izuku! However, we'll wait a bit to talk about him.
The point is that identity is a rather large--albeit unspoken--theme in MHA, and because of that, Queen Bee would be perfect for the reasons already stated.
Speaking of an identity crisis, let’s talk about Six finally, shall we?
It’s interesting how little has to be changed for Six and Shiggy to switch places in the series. You can easily have Six in Shiggy’s place and it would fit. Actually, having Six as Nana’s grandson would fit his personal story better than Shiggy’s.
Seriously, the fact that Shiggy is Nana’s grandson has almost no effect on Shiggy’s arc. All it is in the story is a feeble way to give Shiggy a connection to Izuku and All Might. Yet, it’s so weak that you can give that plot point to any character, and it has the same emotional weight. (Okay, there's some story weight as it’s supposed to be why AFO decides to make Shiggy his “successor,” but again; weak.)
Nana has no effect on Shiggy. He doesn’t even know who she is! Which is dumb on AFO’s part, if you think about it, as he could have used that knowledge to make Shiggy hate All Might even more.
“Hey, Shiggy? Remember that your dad was an abusive asshole? Well, here’s why; your grandma ditched him to raise All Might instead.” Boom. Instantly, there’s a reason for Shiggy to be Nana’s grandson. Not only that, Shiggy now has a personal reason to hate All Might—and heroes. Because now all his pain is because of All Might. And that hatred extends to Izuku now, who carries his grandmother's soul in him. But I digress.
Six being Nana’s grandson works better as Six wants to be a hero. And to make this stronger? Change it so that the hero he wants to “become” is All Might instead of O’Clock.
These two changes do a lot of things that are important to the narrative;
First, with his personality, he would instantly focus on All Might and Izuku because that quirk should rightfully be his. After all, it belonged to his grandmother, right? It should have been given to him, not some quirkless kid! He should be All Might’s protege!
Instantly there is a “rival” connection between Izuku and Six;
Six wants OFA, which he believes will not only make him a hero but is also “rightfully” his in his mind.
Six is also a great mirror to Izuku. Both have heroes they admire so much that they try to emulate them, something that is shown to be unhealthy in both cases. The difference is that Izuku grows out of this and even comes to see his hero for the person he is. Six never does. Till the very end, he clings to his ideal of O’ Clock and even the idea of becoming like him, even after meeting the real thing.
This brings me back to the theme of identity;
Six, because of AFO’s manipulations and mental trauma, has no sense of self (so they claim). In his entire arc, he tries to create an identity for himself. He takes great pains to craft a narrative and an image for himself and gets upset when circumstances foil that. The thing is, he wants to become someone else and doesn’t even think about who HE is.
That’s why Six needed to fight Izuku.
Izuku admired All Might so much and even tried to emulate him at the beginning, which we see not only held Izuku back but hindered him from growing. It was only when he took what he learned from others and made it his own that Izuku started to grow and thrive. He became his own person, but by the end, Six didn’t. Instead, he became faceless, to the point where no one ever knew who he was, even when he died. He’s just a villain that will be forgotten by everyone except Koichi. And he knew it, which is why he gave Koichi the scar. So he’d remember Six every time he saw that scar. Even then, Koichi has no idea who Six was.
Izuku, on the other hand, will be remembered. He will be remembered by friends, family, and those he helped. Izuku—like Six—may be carrying on a mantle and a legacy but he’s still Deku / Izuku is still his own person. (To strengthen this theme, I would have had it that Izuku’s personality can be affected by the quirk he’s using.) This is what would make Izuku and Six’s rivalry powerful to me.
They both want the same thing; to be like their heroes and carry on their legacy. However, one grows and becomes their own person. The other doesn’t.
Foregoing a segway;
Another thing I like is that, unlike Shiggy, Six is an ACTIVE antagonist. This means that his actions push the story forward, something a story like MHA needs but BNHA:V doesn’t. MHA is action-packed, so it needs a villain that moves the plot along.
I’m sure others will argue, but Shiggy very rarely moves the story along.
At first, he does; he leads the villains to attack U.A., introducing the main characters and the readers to the villains. After that, though, his actions are more like they’re filling up space as they have no real effect on the main plot. He reaches out to Stain? Stain gets caught in his introduction arc. (Plus, that was AFO’s idea.) He releases four Nomus after Stain pokes him a bit; none of them have an effect on the overarching plot. (Even though Bat Nomu SHOULD HAVE, but I digress.) He attacks Izuku in the mall? The most you can say is that it encouraged U.A. to change sites but is that really such a change story-wise? The attack on the camp; AFO’s orders, and he didn’t go. The rest of the LoV did more. True, he ordered the villains there to kill Izuku, but again, nothing comes from it. And the order to kidnap Bakagou came from AFO. Then After AFO is captured and Shiggy finally gets his chance to shine, guess what? Overhaul takes over the arc, and the other members of the league go to work. (Does Shiggy do anything there? I’ll be honest, I don’t recall.) He takes Overhaul's arms and quirk, but does he use that to move the story at all? (Does he even use it?)
The only time, Shiggy’s actions fuel the story is when he and the rest of the League fight the Meta liberation army and convince them to join. Then after that, he goes to sleep like a sleeping beauty till Mic’s wonderful voice wakes him up. After that Shiggy releases a tidal wave of death, then AFO takes over as the big bad again.
Shiggy’s actions rarely move the plot along, and in a story like MHA, that’s a serious fail. (Now, in BNHA:V, on the other hand, it would be a plus, but that’s in another post.)
“But that’s the point! Shiggy is supposed to be an innocent manipulated and brainwashed by AFO. His sense of self has been stripped away, and so he’s basically AFO’s puppet, whether he likes it or not.”
Yes, I realize that. But regardless, Shiggy still could have done shit! He’s the MAIN VILLAIN. He’s on the villain posters and everything! He could have done something!
I mean, don’t get me wrong, Naraku of Inuyasha wasn’t always there, but he was the main motivator for the heroes. Inuyasha’s gang came together for the sole purpose of defeating Naraku once and for all. Without him, the entire story falls apart. Take Shiggy out, and 90% of the story would remain the same. More than that, none of Shiggy’s actions affect Izuku personally for—I’m estimating—over 200 chapters. Again, in a story like MHA, this is a pretty big flaw. Especially since Shiggy has almost NO effect on Izuku’s arc till the end.
Six, on the other hand, does stuff that moves the story forward.
He captures the remaining of Kuin’s bees and allows it to grow into the new queen, which would later possess Pop*Step and lead to the climax. He attacks the Sky Egg, which allows Koichi to become popular enough to gain the respect of Jeanist and Ninja dude who players in the climax. The attack also leads to an important conclusion to Captain Sunshine’s arc. He then kidnaps Pop later, again leading to the climax. This action is also what pushes Koichi out of his comfort zone and forces a change in his life that might not have come otherwise.
Again, nearly every action he does pushes the plot forward. And even though they don’t meet till the end, his actions affect Koichi. For example, at Naniwa, Six’s actions with the police and the drugs cause a robot to go out of control and cause issues for Koichi and Pop, placing the two in danger and putting them on Tsukauchi’s radar. (The Detective had heard of them but didn’t have a serious interest till now, which comes into major play later.) Then there’s the stuff above.
The thing is that for Koichi’s story, Six and the Trigger plot line isn’t needed. Koichi’s story is supposed to be about “ordinary” people, and both kinda ruin that. Hence one of the reasons they should be switched.
So! In conclusion;
Number Six and Queen Bee fit the comic style and fast pace that the Main Series is trying to adapt and, with a few changes, could add a LOT to the story. Not just plot-wise, but for all the characters as well.
Shiggy could have worked, but not the way, he’s used in the story. But before you all jump down my throat for “bullying” poor Shiggy, guess what? All the reasons I stated that make him ill-fitted here, are what I believe makes him absolutely perfect for BNHA:V, as I’ll explain here.
In the meantime, please share your own thoughts! Do you agree with what I said and that the villains would be better flipped? Or do you think it’s fine as is?
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The Many Versions and Quirks of Midoriya Izuku
The Many Versions and Quirks of Midoriya Izuku
by ComradeNyarlathotep
A simple collection of prompts for future works that I'll do... eventually...
Words: 1147, Chapters: 3/?, Language: English
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, SCP Foundation, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout (Video Games), Hearts of Iron (Video Games)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi, M/M
Characters: Shiozaki Ibara, Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki, Toga Himiko, Yanagi Reiko, Kodai Yui, Hatsume Mei, Jirou Kyouka, Yaoyorozu Momo, Kendou Itsuka, Tokage Setsuna, Hagakure Tooru, Ashido Mina, Tokoyami Fumikage, Kuroiro Shihai, Shouji Mezou, Class 1-A, Class 1-B, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, League of Villains, Joshua Graham (Fallout), Meta Liberation Army
Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Shiozaki Ibara, Midoriya Izuku/Yanagi Reiko, Kodai Yui/Midoriya Izuku, Kodai Yui/Yanagi Reiko, Kodai Yui/Midoriya Izuku/Yanagi Reiko, Midoriya Izuku/Toga Himiko, Hatsume Mei/Midoriya Izuku, Hatsume Mei/Midoriya Izuku/Toga Himiko, Kendou Itsuka/Yaoyorozu Momo, Hatsume Mei/Jirou Kyouka, Ashido Mina/Hagakure Tooru/Tokage Setsuna, Ashido Mina/Hagakure Tooru, Ashido Mina/Tokage Setsuna, Hagakure Tooru/Tokage Setsuna, Kuroiro Shihai/Tokoyami Fumikage, Hagakure Tooru/Shouji Mezou, Hachisuka Kuin/Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku/Tsutsumi Kaina | Lady Nagant, Hachisuka Kuin/Tsutsumi Kaina | Lady Nagant, Hatsume Mei/Toga Himiko
Additional Tags: Villain Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has a Blood Quirk, Midoriya Izuku Has All for One Quirk, Midoriya Izuku Has An Erasure Quirk, Scary Midoriya Izuku, Bakugou Katsuki Faces Consequences, Midoriya Izuku Adopts Eri, Midoriya Izuku Adopts Todoroki Shouto, Religious Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku Has Multiple Quirks, Noumufication, Quirk Experimentation, Toogata Mirio Has One for All Quirk, Midoriya Izuku is Joshua Graham, Joshua Graham!Izuku, Scarred Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku is in the Meta Liberation Army, Midoriya Izuku is in the League Of Villains
Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43763031
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MHA Vigilantes Week Day 2
Prompt: Family/Knuckleduster/Timeskip
Tags: Family Feels, Vigilantes as Found Family, Angst
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Cold and Empty House
The house is cold and still. The only light in the room comes from the blue-tinted glow of the old box TV. The room smells starkly of ash and beer and empty cans pile up on top of each other on the floor.
There sits a man in the room.
Waiting.
He looks to the clock, ticking idly on the wall.
Not time yet.
It didn’t used to be like this. This house used to be full of noise. Loud music, the clinking of dinner plates and cutlery, and the dissonant sound of shouting and slammed doors.
Now the house is still, with only the buzz of the TV and the ticking of the clock.
The man in the arm chair sometimes swears he can still the other sounds. The loud music, the dinner plates, and the sound of shouting and slammed doors that still haunts him.
He takes a swig of his beer.
Sometimes there would be laughter, he thinks, though that seems so far away now.
He remembers the giggles of a little girl that once ran around his feet. The worried whispers of someone after he came home too late after a mission. The way this house used to be warm and inviting before the bitter chill moved in, and sucked the life away from it.
He remembers the feeling of holding her, once so small she could fit into the palm of his hand, and the terrifying, anxious feeling that came with wanting to protect her. How he had blinked and seemed to miss so much.
The trill of the clock hitting the hour shocks him out of the past.
It’s time.
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This apartment is small, and loud. No part of it is free form noise.
There’s noise from the kitchen where the young man clatters in the kitchen and works at the stove.
There’s noise from behind him where the young woman fiddles with something unseen behind the curtain, but certainly no one can say this house is quiet.
There’s no clock here, no place to watch the time idlily tick away. Instead he finds himself sitting on the floor and thinking.
Just thinking.
He plans and tomorrow, and the next day after that. Always in an attempt to keep his mind on the mission.
He knows he can leave at any time, but then he’ll have to return to that house. The one echoes with the sounds of his mistakes.
He much prefers this noisy, but cramped apartment. Even with all the steps it takes to get up to it.
“All rightly!” says Koichi. “Dinner’s done!” There's the clacking of ceramic on tile and he plates the curry and spoons out the rice from the rice cooker.
“It’s about time,” says Pop, emerging from behind the curtain, “I was starving,” she drawls.
He rolls his eyes at the teenagers’ dramatics, but also has to stop a small grin from appearing on his face. It reminds him of someone.
They sit together at the low table, and say a thank you. Then the kids launch into an animated conversation about the next event their holding on the supermarket rooftop.
He says silent tonight. There’s nothing he really needs to talk about. He just sits and enjoys the noise.
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This house is frozen and dark. The only light in the room comes from the blue-tinned glow of the TV. The room smells of decay, which mixes unpleasantly with the pungent odor of honey.
Everyone in the house is quiet, but the buzzing sound fills the room and rattles the walls.
She sits in the room, idly flicking through channels on the TV, disappointed at the selection.
She yawns as she takes a bite of her dinner, bored and apathetic to the corpses that share the couch with her.
She'll stay here for a few more nights and leave once the hive needs feeding again. But for now she’s content to call this strangers' house her home.
But, not so far away, a man once again vows that he will save her from that cold and empty house.
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