Forgot to say but Nejire is also in the Harem, completely skipped past that.
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MC POV
I agreed, it was as simple as that.
Setsuna had come over again and I had agreed, it was as simple as just saying we could try, which I had previously said, I just confirmed it with her.
I don't know if I'll actively pursue more but I won't push away.
"Do you really have to do this?"
"..."
"Truly?"
"..."
I lean back onto my bed as Kuro lays under my arm, she had grabbed my attention so we could lay down.
"You're lucky your cute", no response on her end.
"Look I wanted to work on some stuff so I can't stay laying down, why not just sit on my lap?", she opens her left eye before sitting up.
I get into a meditative position as Kuro lays on my lap.
Sitting straight up I breathe in and out slowly before closing my eyes doing my best to completely drown out my senses.
No, not quite drown out my senses, more like focus on another or something else so the others go away.
Slowly losing those feelings I start picking up on something else, my Life-Force, the thing that I've been using to activate my quirk in different ways.
This time instead of stopping here I attempt to delve deeper, to touch any feeling that is under the veil the abyss.
I sit there for seconds, minutes, so long passes I lose track of time before I find something to tug on.
Slowly but surely I grasp this feeling, doing my best to not go to fast but not to slow.
Grabbing onto something both as heavy as a rock and as light as a feather I untangle the strings that make it's body connecting its strings to my own as if tying a knot out of another rope.
As I get to close to completing the knots I feel something knock me out of my mind as I fall to my bed gasping for air, my vision almost completely black.
Kuro walks up to my face licking it once before sitting down.
'What happened?"
{"You delved far into your subconscious and senses, but due to you also having been using Total Concentration you ran out of breath, this is due to you not being able to use it constantly and when your body goes into it's limp state you started reacting weirdly though you did get a bit of a benefit"
Current Breathing Mastery: 82%
Total Concentration Breathing: 37%}
'It spiked! But why, I can only assume that when delving deeper my body had to forcefully teach itself to naturally use Total Concentration Breathing to keep me going'
{"You are correct in your assumption, though it won't work again. Your body did teach itself but it can still only do so much by itself without your help."}
I shift my body onto it's back as I close my eyes again attempting to look deeper, I notice the connected strings.
(BTW these strings are completely metaphorical representations of his senses and other things. Also the reason why the MC was able to gain access to Gravity sensing, which is what he was trying to do, is due to the fact that he has knowledge and experience in sensing non natural thing "Self Life-Force Detection: Mid-Advanced", he also sat there for about an hour)
I let out a sigh as I notice the night sky through my one window.
From the door Setsuna enters as she lays down beside me, her having returned from the bathroom though she also seems out of breath but not exhausted, probably had to deal with some of the kids, they quite like her.
"You seem happier than when I left, did something happen", I wrap my hands around her pulling her closer, her face just inches from mine.
"Something good did happen, just figured some stuff out with my quirk", I kiss her on the forehead as she shifts me onto my back, nuzzling her head into my chest bringing my black cover over us, Kuro on my other side.
"That's good, but it's nap time now so", she closes her eyes, her right arm stretching over my body hugging me and slightly touching Kuro.
We both drift off into a slumber.
Time Skip - School, 3rd hour (Doing it like this is easier)
My day goes about how you'd expect, but there was something I noticed.
Jiro, I remember Setsuna telling me about her glances but never took time to speak to her, now that I think about it there is a few things I've been meaning to do but forgetting.
It's only been a couple days since the USJ, a week at best and yet so much has happened.
Time Skip - Lunch time
"Hey mind if we talk", Jiro turns around as she walks alongside.
"Oh Y/n, do you need something", Momo is the one to respond, a light blush on her face.
"No, I was actually trying to talk to Jiro, if you don't mind", Jiro avoids looking at me before muttering a sure, her personality hugely different compared to normal.
Momo gives her a concerned look before Jiro takes a bit of command and walks off towards one of the vacant hall ways.
"Momo do you mind watching Kuro while I talk to Jiro", Momo nods her head as I head off.
"So what did you need", she avoids looking me in the face, finding the floor a lot better of a place.
"Well I had a question for you", her body tenses a bit, "Did I do something, you've been sneaking glances and I wanted to make sure I didn't offend you or something, figured it would be best to ask in private".
As I talk I notice her deflate a bit as if thinking I was gonna ask something else.
"I- Um... No you didn't do anything wrong", her voice is a bit off as she plays with her earphones a bit.
'You sure?", I take a small step closer, not to much as I do my best to avoid causing her discomfort.
POV SWITCH - Jiro
My face is on fire.
God I can't let him know I heard his talk with Tokage after school.
I had heard him mentioning his clubs times to Tokage during one of our breaks and figured I could try talking to him then, not finding any other time that would allow just the two of us.
"-do you want to have an open, or poly relationship", the question still beats in my mind, I may or may not have also mentioned it Momo, and now he wants to have a talk with me.
...
...
Ah that's all, he was just worried about my glances, what was I getting so worked up for... was I hop-.... No, it's nothing, just the room.
"I- Um... No you didn't do anything wrong", my voice is a bit deflated but still a tinge of embarrassment.
His voice doesn't waver as he asks if I'm sure, I toy with my earphones as even from here I can still barely hear it.
That symphony playing through the air around him, his heartbeat creating the tune far above that of any chorus to any song.
I had asked my mom about it, she didn't know the song but one day had dropped me off and I pointed Y/n out, she immediately user her quirk to check and was in as much disarray as I was, but at the end wasn't of any help.
Despite her love for Punk Rock she ended up doing a bunch of research on this tune, but few things even came up, none if even remotely similar to the tune, that lov- that amazing tune.
I glance up at him taking in his rather bea- nice features, the slight purple tinge to his eyes staring into me, not past me, not through me, into me as if trying to realize 'me'.
Man or music a question my mom had proposed to me after her falling out with dad.
His dream was to become a Rockstar, but after the fall (Omaezaki) it all came crashing down, his work place was ruined and I was born months later making him have to focus on taking care of us.
He never found time to pick his guitar back up but he did find time to drink, it was never bad but it caused problems among my parents, once I was 11 they had completely fallen out.
My mom still in her poor mental state had proposed that dilemma to me, Man or Music, you couldn't have both a Man who's job was in music was a man to avoid but a man without was one to be around, the two simply couldn't go together.
As I grew up I realized how silly her words ended up being, though it still affected me, probably why I had picked an interest in girls, call it a rebellious phase, if I couldn't have man and music I would have woman and music.
Nothing ever came of it, if you don't include my slight attraction to Yaoyorozu, but still why does he seemingly have both, he has the personality and care, but also the music around him.
In my stupor I didn't realize him take a step forward, now realizing he has taken a step I go into fight or flight, I choose flight.
Quickly dashing past him I return to the lunch room quietly taking a seat next to Momo.
She asks me if I wanna talk about it as I shoot that down and instead poke my jacks together, something I subconsciously started doing years ago whenever I was embarrassed.
I notice a small figure on the ground moving between tables and opt to ignore it.
POV Switch - MC
...Did I do something wrong?
I let out a sigh as I start heading back, Kuro arriving at my feet.
Maybe Setsuna can shed some light about this situation.
I find Setsuna, Izuku, Ochako, Ida, and Mina all sitting together, or Mina is standing seemingly asking something of Ida as she heads back to her table.
I sit down beside Setsuna, her having grabbed me some food.
It'd probably be best to ask later in private.
Time Skip - Ground Alpha
It wasn't, after telling her what happened, and having to recall how Jiro was acting as Setsuna insisted on it she ended up giggling a bit before shrugging her shoulders saying she would ask Jiro or Momo about it, whichever she got to first I guess.
Currently Aizawa and I are starting my training on gaining control of Tainted Corruption, I'll have to apologize to Kendo for her loosing her sparring partner, though Kirishima should be there today.
This cycle ends up going on until the festival, during the days I was in the CQB training Kuro had started to join me now fully recovered.
Jiro had still somewhat avoided, but we had all been focusing on our training for the most part.
Slowly but surely going through the days, getting Nagant to 'warm up' if you call smiling a bit more and shooting a lot harder 'warming up', my control on gravity not having changed much I can grasp it but it's not combat applicable yet.
I even attempted to talk to Todoroki but he was as cold as ever.
The only other odd thing that happened was Fuyumi acting a bit weirder than normal, being a bit quieter around me or just avoiding me.
Women are really confusing for me... maybe I should take Midnight up on her offer...
God have I fallen this far I'd start making deals with the devil herself.
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So I'm cutting this chapter a bit shorter than normal, or the new normal (2k words).
I'm finding a bit of a block on what I can do relationship building wise do to the pacing so I figured I would go along with the main story so the characters have more proper time together and I can have the MC, although in-between chapters, get better at relationships and training, since you all probably don't want me to explain every time the MC does training.
So I'm gonna start at the festival, or it's beginning and work from there.
I'm in a rough spot relationship building wise due to the lack of time between characters, Setsuna and the MC was understandable they're two hurt souls, but characters like Momo and Jiro are gonna take time, as for Midnight, Shimura, and Fuyumi I've got ideas but I need the story to progress for that.
So a time skip was simply what I figured the story needed.
2059 Words (When I say normal 2k words I mean actual story and not A/N