At last, at the very far end of the bar, were certain 6 girls standing, each shaking like leaves. My tears instantly ran down my face, more than they've ever done in any of the reunions I've had.

How I wish I would've had more time with them.

Momo was first to jump into a hug but the others joined in shortly.

"I'M NOT DREAMING AM I? PLEASE TELL ME THIS REALLY IS YOU..." Mina cried.

"I don't understand... But nevertheless you're with us again... my best friend is back..." Momo said in a shaky voice, just for me to hear. I hugged her closer in return.

After a while, we felt more people joining in on the hug. I realised that it was the rest of our former classmates, it was only them at the bar anyways.

"What is going on out here?"

I looked up behind everyone's heads to see Iida, coming out of the men's room. As soon as his eyes met mine, he pushed everyone aside with his signature choppy arms and hugged me.

"Mikio. I knew it was you a year ago..." he said relieved.

He held one hand on my head and the other on my shoulder. He let go though a few seconds later.

"Still not the affectionate type I see..." I said while sniffing with the back of my hand, trying my best to give a smile with the tears running down my face.

He chuckled and fixed his glasses.

"You've been missed, Zella." he put a hand on my shoulder and smiled.

Then, I felt my wrist get yanked and I was being dragged away. I should've known who it was, she hadn't changed at all too.

Mina led me to the rooftop of the bar where the other girls already were sitting down, sharing a bottle.

"Sometimes... even after all these years, you need time with your girls talking about everything and nothing."

I smiled and sat down on the ground with them.

My girls.

"Hand me that bottle, I can't take my crying anymore." I said and took a long, long drink.

- - -

"And then Bakugo and Deku fought the villain head on! They defeated him but were completely beaten up afterwards, so was everyone else. Luckily, the pros came to our rescue." Kyoka explained.

The girls had filled me in on their U.A experiences since I... yeah. It didn't make me sad at all, I only felt proud to see how much they've grown as a group.

"We actually started our own agency a few months ago... for real." Uraraka started, but stopped and looked down to her hands.

"That's cool, how's that been going?"

"It's been alright..." Hagakure said.

"Why are you guys being so weird? I thought you promised me things would just be normal for tonight." I said and looked around.

"Everyone from our former class is apart of it." Momo said.

"What are you acting up for then? It's a nice thing." I asked, looking back at Uraraka who looked like she would explode.

"Oh, come on g-"

"We named the agency 'Copyzuma' *ribbit*."

"Aw... you guys... you named it after- I didn't want to cry anymore..." I found myself tearing up again.

I leaned on Momos shoulder who put her hand on my face. The fact that they named it after my former hero name was just... so nice of them. I wanted to scream and cry for leaving them behind and how disappointed I was in myself for not even bringing their friend back. Just her broken and damaged parts...

"I need a distraction, this alcohol ain't doing it for me." I said and stood up.

"Who's up for some karaoke?"

- - -

I stood on the stage with my favourite redhead while everyone else stood and watched. Singing helped me then and helped me now, no matter how many times I die.

"...Darling when I'm fast asleep, I've seen this person watching me." I sang terribly.

"Saying; is it worth it?" Kirishima sang even worse, just as drunk as I was.

"Is it worth it?" I continued, we sang every other line.

"Tell me, is it worth it?"

"Guess there is something."

"And there is nothing."

"There is nothing in between."

"And in my eyes there is..."

"...a tiny dancer watching over me, he's singing:"

We sang together now, keeping eye contact and smiling the whole time.

"...she's a, she's a lady and I am just a boy. He's singing, she's a, she's a lady and I am just a line without a..."

Suddenly, Kaminari jumped on the stage and grabbed Kirishimas microphone from him and took it away.

"OH BABY I AM A WRECK WHEN I'M WITHOUT YOU..." he looked at me and smiled, even drunk he sounded better than both me and Kirishima combined.

The rest of the group joined in on singing and held onto each other. That's when I got a feeling I felt at that club last year, the feeling of a home. But this time it was real.

"...And if I could take it all back, I swear that I will pull you from the tide." we held onto each other as the song ended, feeling like the group was whole again.

And as I looked up, I saw Izuku, Kacchan and Todoroki all holding each other. I smiled and jumped to the three, it made me so happy that they put their differences aside and became friends, or at least tolerated each other.

I felt a kiss on each side of my cheeks and I smiled, pulling them close again.

The door was heard opening and we all turned our heads to see who was coming in.

"So it is true... I thought my eyes were deceiving me and it wasn't my cousin on that stage..." he said, slightly shaking.

He sprinted to give me a hug with visible dried tears on his face. No matter how much he annoyed me, Neito was one of the people I was the closest to. Given we've known each other since birth and all. He's all wonky but mostly we thought alike, and even looked alike too. Our moms are twins, so everyone though we were twins growing up...

I knew Hitoshi was right behind me so I pulled him in to a group hug, enjoying these moments while they last.

Cause soon, Katana would be back and break their hearts all over again.

- - -

It had been a couple of hours and everyone was heading home. I was supposed to go back to the hospital with Izuku, but before I could, I felt someone put a hand on my shoulder.

I was about to fight them, but they spoke up before I did.

"It's me... I was just wondering, we always watched the sunset. How about we watch the sunrise for once?"

- - -

The two of us sat in silence on our rooftop and let the wind blow in our hair. I watched as my feet were dangling over the edge and the sun creating the usual beautiful orange sky.

"Zella... I want to tell you something. Just to get it off my chest..."

"Stop, p-please. I'm not who I used to be and I'm sure you don't feel that way now."

"Then let me speak to the old Zella... just for second. I beg of you."

"Fine."

He took a deep breath and grabbed my hand. I braced myself for what he was about to tell me.

The last time we were together... and I was Zella... I was reassuring him that everything would be alright. And before he could say anything back, I was dragged into another room. So I really didn't know what he was gonna say, maybe apologise for not doing anything? Cause he was feeling guilty like everyone else? I don't know...