Knowledge is love

Bonus: Movie night

*A/n: This chapter takes place before the main plot. This is the movie night y/n mentioned back in part 31*

Y/n was sitting in class, resting her chin against her hand with a tired look. Her eyes were slightly red because she was crying a bit the night prior. Reason being was because she lost someone close to her but what made it hurt was she didn't know if he was actually dead or just left. She asked her parents but they didn't have a clue. She tried to call his family but they didn't answer her. It was almost like he just vanished. And it hurt.

"Y/n?"

Y/n looked up to see Yuzuriha hovering over her holding a bento wrapped in a pink cloth.

"Hey Yuzuriha, how are you," y/n asked.

"I'm okay but are you okay," Yuzuriha asked. "You were staring off into space and your eyes are a little red."

"Oh, yeah," y/n said as she rubbed her eyes. "I pulled an all-nighter last night. I was trying to better my sword dance for the culture festival."

"Y/n, you shouldn't push yourself too much," Yuzuriha said. "You need to give your body rest or else all the practice will be for nothing."

"Right, I'll keep that in mind, sorry," y/n said with a soft, little smile.

"Come on, it's lunch time and Senku is doing a test launch of the rocket today," Yuzuriha said. "And I know you don't want to miss that."

"You're right. Let's go then," y/n said.

Y/n gets up from her desk and follows Yuzuriha out to the field. She walked behind her so she wouldn't see her sad features. Since no one, outside of the Mori family knew the other side of y/n's life, her friends wouldn't know why she was sad. Y/n also didn't want to worry them since there was a lot going on right now. From preparing for the culture festival to personal stuff such as perfecting the rocket or family issues. They just had too much to do so y/n didn't want to add more to their plates.

They make it to the field and see Taiju and Senku already there. Taiju was eating some food while Senku was preparing the rocket for launch. Taiju gets excited when he sees y/n and Yuzuriha and waves hi at the girls. Senku greets them but doesn't take his eyes off the rocket.

"Yes, we didn't miss it," Yuzuriha said, relieved.

"Yeah. But what took you girls so long," Taiju asked.

"Sorry it was my fault," y/n said. "I wasn't focused and lost track of time."

This caught Taiju and Senku's attention since that wasn't like y/n.

"Oh no. Are you okay," Taiju asked.

"Yeah. Just tired since I was up all night," y/n reassured.

Taiju sighed in relief but Senku wasn't buying it. Reasoning being was because y/n was one of the last people to pull all-nighters. She knew how important sleep was and she was always the one scolding him when he told her he pulled all-nighters which he did frequently. Y/n always got upset when he did so he thought her saying she did one was weird.

"So Senku, ready to launch," y/n asked, trying to change the topic.

"Yeah, just give me another minute and we'll be good," Senku said.

"Great," y/n said.

Y/n gave a little smile which made him narrow his eyes. That smile she gave looked forced. Sure if you just look at it, it would look like a normal one. But Senku's seen y/n's smile enough times that he knows when her smile is real or what kind of smile it is. And that smile she gave him was not only fake but her eyes had sadness behind them.