Thursday, March 7, 2019

100 Challenge 31 - rage

Present Mic stormed into the break room, his eyes blazing under his orange tinted glasses. He kicked an unoffending chair out of his way and slapped a magazine on the table in front of his friend.

Eraserhead looked up to see the Voice Hero barely holding himself together. He was bent over, pointing at the photo on the cover with his mouth set in a thin line. His mustache ends were frizzed out as if they also indicated his extreme dissatisfaction and his finger was shaking.

The cover depicted Toshinori Yagi and Elly at some function they had coincidentally met at. Neither had known the other was there, so their greetings had been warm as they had been somewhat nervous beforehand. The enterprising reporter had taken their friendly hug to mean a lot more. The title read '<i>All Might and Cheshire: their first date?'</i>

"I've never seen you this angry." Aizawa raised his eyebrows in concern.

"I'm not angry, I'm  - I'm <i>hurt</i>," he snapped, pounding his fist on the table. He sneered, his teeth showing as his upper lip curled. "I can't stand when people make things up like this."

"You know what the press are like." His friend shrugged. "And one can barely call <i>this</i> a shining example of journalism."

"She's <i>my</i> girl, Shota! Not his!"

"Yes." 

"No one cared when <i>we</i> started dating!"

"They didn't recognize you, more often than not." Aizawa lifted his cup, then frowned as he saw it was empty. He set it back down and added, "You look very different in civilian clothing."

"We're practically <i>engaged</i>! We live together!" He caught the book in his hand and threw it across the room, adding some very choice curses in english. 

"Whoa," Yagi murmured, sticking his head in the door. "What's got Yamada riled up?" Aizawa made a slashing motion across his throat at the other man. Unfortunately, he didn't see the warning for what it was and entered the room. "Ahhh... Mr. Present Mic?"

"Damn it!" He whirled around, stomping one foot on the ground as his emotions overcame him. "Get the hell out of my way!" He pushed past him and out the door.

All Might stared after him, baffled, as he stood there partially hunched over with one hand stretched out. "Was it something I said?"

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