Human Dissection [CLOSED] [Taka]

It had been an interesting first few days for Taka, slowly beginning to acclimatize himself to being inside the walls of UA. In truth he had struggled being in the city. After spending the majority of his life within the countryside, it didn't feel like home living here within the rows upon rows of buildings. He missed the mountains of Hokkaido. And, perhaps more then he cared to admit, he missed his father. The pair had barely been separated since his father's retirement from the pro-hero world. In truth, this was more a test to see if Taka could truly stand on his own two feet. If he was planning on being a hero, he was going to have to learn how to do so.

Still, it was a rather lonely proposition.

He began walking the grounds in his uniform. In truth, he detested it. Not for any aesthetic reason. The red, blue, and white of UA was something that he shared a great deal of pride in wearing, even if he didn't feel as if he didn't deserve to wear them. No, the reason he detested them so was due to the sleeves. With his robes, he could at least make an effort at hiding his arm away. However with the need of his uniform, he had to resort to pinning the sleeve up to prevent it hanging loose, almost signposting his missing limb. Even if no one asked him about it, his paranoia made him feel as if they wanted to, but were too embarrassed to ask. As such, he had attempted to prevent anyone from attempting to make the point, and gave the majority of the student body a wide birth.

As Taka casually enjoyed the grounds on his own, away from the imaginary eyes and the daunting questions, he slowly found himself lost in an area of the grounds he had never seen before.

Ohh not again...

Hone had a habit of himself getting lost. In comparison to the city, UA was small, but for someone who had learnt the distinction of the rock formations of his home town, and had watched them morph over the years, looking around a citadel of glass and concrete was a hard adjustment to make, especially after only a few days.

Suddenly, coming from behind him, he could hear the sound of a guitar being played, before slowly being followed by a song being sung. He couldn't put his finger on it, but the tones coming from the boy seemed oddly familiar. Slowly turning to face the direction of the noise, he saw the boy from a few days ago from that dreaded "experiment" that Taka had tried to block from his mind. Damn, what was his name again? It  mattered not right now, Hone had found himself entranced by the music being played, and closed his eyes to enjoy it for a moment before trying to find his way back. Afterall, what is the point of singing if no one is there to hear it?

"Good afternoon Hone-San!"

Suddenly Taka's eyes shot open at the sudden call of his name, taking in a sharp breath. His eyes darted towards Raphael as he saw the blond teen approach him. He could feel his heart beat increasing in his chest as he watched his classmate approach. His ears, once filled with beautiful song, now rung out with a pounding that reminated from within his chest. Sharply Taka turned to face Seraphine before immediatly lowering his head in a bow.

"Seraphine-sama, I apologise for disturbing you!" Taka replied quickly, his voice shaking slightly as if he was a criminal who had been caught red-handed with a swag bag over his sholder. As he listened to Raphael begin to ask if he had disturbed him, his head shot back up and immediatly began to shake his head in denial.

"Oh no, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you! I was just enjoying your voice, but I know I shouldn't have just begun listening. I'm sorry if you wanted to be alone, I appear to have gotten lost again. Again, I'm sorry! I know we're all new here and I'm honestly trying to find my way around, but I should do better in studying the map so I don't happen to stumble on people wanting to be alone and not listed to, although that said I would listen to you if you asked me to, because your voice is wonderful, but not without you expressing your want to be listened to before hand. That was exceptionally rude of me."

As Taka finally paused to take a breath, his eyes looked down at the smaller boy, before lowering his head once more in shock at the fool he clearly felt he was making himself out to be. What in God's name could Raphael would be thinking of him after that outburst? Quickly he lowered his head into another bow.

"I'm sorry. I shall leave you in peace..."

Taka felt himself come to a stop from his sharp turn away as Raphael, listening to his words. His instinct was to keep walking, and to hell with the consequences of where he ended up. Hell he was already lost, and had been so since the day he arrived.

This is why he should have just stayed in the dooms.

He slowly turned back to Seraphine, his hand clutching onto the map he had in his hand tightly, thinking of how it always seemed to get him lost. Slowly he released an exacerbated breath, before walking up to Raph, his hand holding out the map as it dangled helplessly in the wind. Much like him, it seemed to have given up any hope of finding his way around.

"I was given this by front reception when I first got here, but all it seems to do is get me lost again. I can't get any GPS on my phone either, I think they must have removed it from the grid as a security measure then they were building the place..." Taka explained as his mind thought back to the big, thick metallic gates at the front of the school, keeping this place safe for staff and students. However, the more he looked around, and at some of the quirks that were being trained as heroes, he couldn't help but consider maybe those gates were to protect the public from the students until both them, and their quirks, were ready to be utilised. Suddenly, Hone snapped out of his train of thought, before looking at Seraphine, before bowing his head once more.

"Thank you for your assistance. I'm sure you'd prefer to be left to your singing, rather then assisting me. In truth I think I was just trying to gain a better understanding of the area. I used to live in the mountains, and was able to find my way around by the rock formations, but with all these buildings...Well they all look the same to me..."

Taka raised his head from his bow, listening to the other student. A small smile crept across his face as the words sounded into his ears at the boys own struggles. He wasn't an exceptionally cruel person, far from it, but it gave him some comfort as to the fact it wasn't only him that was struggeling to get by. He slowly remembered back to the "Dodgebrawl" incident, and remembered that Raphael seemed to be struggeling then too.

As Seraphine began to lead them, Hone followed, listening to him as he continued discussing his own difficulties. Slowly the smile removed from his face as Raph brought up his home, and slowly the thoughts of Taka's father began to flood his head. The pair had talked a number of times since Taka had made the journey here. Tsuchi had already teased him that he'd already turned his room into a bachalor pad with a jacuzzi, and that he might have several "new mothers" by the time he gets back for the holidays, but past the conversation usually returned to silence. It had been a jarring experience for the pair of them, having seen each other everyday, and now the only form of contact was through a phoneline.

Still, that's what growing up was, wasn't it? Leaving the nest and forging your own path...Or something like that...

Suddenly, Taka snapped back into reality as he was questioned around the mountains.

"Oh, I'm from Hokkaido. A place called Hell's Valley specifically. Very prone to to earthquakes and mud slides."

"Oh the bear's are fine. You just got to leave them alone, and they'll leave you alone. After years of being hunted down when they wonder into the city, I think they've learnt to just stick to the woods now. That said, if people go into the woods after them...well..." Taka explained before trailing off. It wasn't as bad as he was making it out to be. People calling for heroes because a bear had trapped them into their cabins and they were too scared to try and leave. But that was city people in a way, always being fearful of what they didn't understand. A small chuckle left Hone's lips as he thought of the irony of his present situation. He laughed at the thought of people being scared of the bears, and yet people would probably laugh at him for the fact he's been away from home for just over a week. It was all the same really, when boiled down to it's simplest terms.

Difference causes discomfort, an aspect Taka knew all too well when his eyes casually gazed down at his missing forearm.

His eyes slowly looked up again to see the dorms before him, his smile growing wider at the fact Raphael had lead him right where he needed to be. It was nice to finally meet someone nice, rather then half the faculty that seemed to believe that attempting to kill the students were the best way to train them to be heroes.

However, the smile swiftly dropped from his face as Seraphine asked his question. Hone stopped in his tracks as the area suddenly seemed to turn cold for him, a small gust of wind the only thing filling the silence between the two. Raphael attempted to apologise for asking such a thing, before suddenly Taka interjected himself.

"Yes...I miss it..." He replied bluntly, as a small tear began to form in his eye.

Quickly Taka raised his hand to his face, wiping away the tears as he shook his head at Raph.

"Oh, please don't worry...It's just...I think that was the first time I've ever actually said it out loud. It's difficult when you spend all your life knowing something, and then it suddenly changes, you know?" Hone attempted to explain as he began to steady his breathing.

"I dunno...It's just that when I left Hokkaido, I thought it would be easier then this. It was a change, something that I really wanted, and now that I'm here...Well all I'm doing is missing home all that much more. I knew it was going to be difficult, but since taking that plunge...It just feels like if I go back then I've failed, you know?" Taka questioned, before he stopped, realizing that he was still talking. This is was the first time he had ever admitted to himself what the problem was. The fact that this place wasn't home. But in truth what was home anymore? Yes, he could go back to his father, but would that ever feel like home again? He chose UA because it was far away from home, because he would be able to see just how far he could make it without his dad there to hold his hand.

And yet the moment it's taken away, Hone longed for it once more.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to vent upon you..."

Taka listened to Raph's words, attempting to bring him some comfort. As Seraphine spoke of trying their best, Hone slowly nodded his head in agreement. As cheesy as the words may seem, and as nevous Raph may be at saying them, it didn't change the fact that they rung true. They were here to be tested, and in a way, this was simply another test Taka would have to get through.

Except, maybe now, he had a friend as well.

"Oh...I'm in number 4, just my luck really...Yourself?" Taka joked, feeling somewhat more comfortable in his macarbra sense of humour.