"Hey Jiro, what took you so long? Did you find your phone?" Ashido asked as she turned around to see the earphonejack user who just walked into the common area.
"U-uh yeah, it took me a minute to find it." She replied, trying to hide her heavy breathing.
"Awesome, well get over here we have some juicy gossip to talk about!"
"Sorry Mina, I'm actually not feeling too well right now. I think I'm just going to head up to my room."
"Oh alright then, I hope you feel better." Ashido replied as she turned around to face the other girls in the class. Going back to their previous conversation.
"Thanks." Jiro said before giving a quick nod and making her way to the elevator. The purple haired girl was still in a very noticeable state of panic. Not only had she overheard parts of a very serious conversation between one of her classmates and teachers, she just full on sprinted back to her dorms so to avoid the green haired boy. Her mind was still reeling from the information that she had heard just a few minutes ago, not sure what to make of it. "One For All", All Might giving his quirk to Midoriya, the boy only being able to use a fraction of it. All of this was just too much too for her to completely wrap her head around and she needed to go somewhere quiet so that she could think. As the elevator doors opened, Jiro continued her brisk pace back to her room only needing to make it a few more meters before she made it to sanctuary.
"Hey Jiro!" A familiar voice called out to the purple haired girl, causing her to turn around. It was Uraraka, her brunette classmate.
"Yeah, what's up Uraraka?" She responded while doing her best to not look like a mess.
"Have you seen Deku-kun anywhere?" She inquired, the question causing Jiro's heart to race.
"N-nope, I haven't seen him since class ended." She responded, having to make an effort to appear aloof and not as flustered as she really was.
"Oh ok, well thanks. See you later."
"Yeah, you too."
'I wonder if she knows anything about this.' Jiro questioned internally as she continued her walk back to her room.
When she dropped herself onto her mattress, the purple haired girl let out a deep sigh, trying to calm her mind down so that she could properly organize her thoughts. To be honest she had no idea where to begin. Too many things were just not adding up for her. Could All Might really have given his quirk to someones else, why Midoriya, why could he only use a certain amount of it before he hurt himself, how long has it been since he gained this quirk, what exactly was the relationship between those two? All of these questions were swarming around her head as she tried to piece together what she already knew. Unfortunately her mind was too cluttered with thought to string anything together. She sat up and made her way to her desk, reaching down into one of the drawers to pull out a pen and paper while having a seat, hoping that writing her thoughts down would help her organize them a little better.
"Alright, so let's go over what I know." Undoing the cap on the pen before she began writing. "All Might possibly gave Midoriya his quirk. Midoriya can only use twenty percent before he causes harm to himself, also he's apparently made a lot of progress since receiving the quirk…." She continued as she kept making bullets on the paper that was in front of her. This went along for the better part of twenty minutes before the girl finally realized that she was done writing. The sheet of paper was completely filled with every last thought about the green haired boy that she could come up with, everything from since the start of the school year.
Even with the notes in front her that detailed everything that she could think of, a few things still weren't adding up. If all of this were true, why exactly did All Might pass on his quirk to Midoriya? If All Might's quirk could really be given to other people, then who gave the quirk to him? And who else knew about this? Obviously this was a major secret between at least the two of them, that made complete sense seeing as if the public found out about something like this it would be national news. Also, judging by Midoriya's mention of Gran Torino and the fact that the elder hero was present with All Might during his final battle against that villain, she guessed that he probably had some knowledge about this situation as well. All of this was almost too much for the heroine in training to think about as she dropped her head to desk in defeat, exhausted from the mental gymnastics that she was trying to pull off to piece together this mystery.
"Maybe I should just ask him about it directly?" The girl began thinking out loud again as she picked up her head. "But if I do that then I don't exactly know what would come of it." She continued while scratching her head, annoyed by how complex this was going to be. Mentally going back and forth over whether or not she should even bring it up with her green haired classmate. She didn't know the kid very well at all and judging boy how shy and bashful he acted on a daily basis only means that if she were confront him directly about this would cause the boy to have a breakdown. Jiro knew that she couldn't just sit on this information and not say anything about, doing so would cause her to go insane. 'Screw it, I need to get some some water.' Deciding that taking a break would be best for her at the moment.
After a quick walk downstairs Jiro made her way into the kitchen where she was able to get a bottle of water out of the refrigerator. She cracked opened the drink and started taking sips as turned around to make her way back to her room, not doing a good job paying attention at what was in front of her as she was distracted by her thoughts. Without any warning she felt herself run into something or someone when she turned the corner, causing her to fall to the ground.
"Watch where you're going cable-ears!" Bakugou shouted while he looked down at his shirt, which now had a considerable amount of water on it.
"My bad, I didn't see you." She replied as she stood herself up.
"Yeah, it was your bad you extra. Try opening your eyes next time!"
"Geez dude, it was an accident. Chill out."
"Tch, stupid asshole." Was his only response as the explosion quirk user turned around to walk away.
'Wait, he's known Midoriya for a while! I wonder if he knows anything about this.'
"Hey Bakugou, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"What the hell do you want now?"
"You've known Midoriya for a while right, since before high school?"
"What's it to you, why are you asking me about fucking Deku?"
"I was just wondering, his quirk is pretty strong."
"So what if it is?"
"Has he always been that strong?" Jirou asked the boy. Although it was only for a split second, she could see the blond haired boy's eyes widen before going back to his usual angry scowl. He didn't bother giving a response, instead he just gave a growl and turned back around continuing his walk to wherever he was going, his heartbeat increasing just enough so that Jiro could notice it. 'Okay he definitely knows something.' She said internally as she stood stationary for second. She knew the two boys had some sort of history, so any dramatic changes in Midoriya, let's say receiving a super powerful quirk, would definitely have been noticed by Bakugou.
Deciding to leave it at that, the purple haired girl made her way back up to her room. Even though her curiosity was still peaked she realized that she probably wouldn't get any answers anytime soon. On top of that she had homework and studying that she needed to finish before bed. Electing to push everything Midoriya related to the back of her mind for now, Jiro chose to focus on her schoolwork for now. But one thing was clear to her, she wanted answers and she was going to get them.
The following school day was as easy going as it could get. Fridays were typically the days of the week where the classes just reviewed previous lessons and watched over footage of whatever hero training they did the day before, allowing the students to critique and analyze other's performances so that everyone could learn and improve for later on. Jiro and Midoriya, along with Bakugou, Todoroki, Iida and Yaoyorozu all receiving positive feedback on their performances. It wasn't very often that Jiro found herself in the same category as the top five students in the class. She took a moment to steal a quick peek at Midoriya as he blushed over the compliments he received for his actions during the day's previous training session.
By the time lunch came around 1-A was split off into their usual groups. Midoriya was sitting with Iida, Uraraka, Tsuyu and Todoroki while Jiro was with Ashido, Hagakure, Kirishima and Kaminari. The whole day Jiro was trying her best to pay attention to the lessons but she couldn't help but have her mind go back to the situation regarding a certain green haired classmate of her's. She looked over to table where he and his friends were, they appeared to be laughing at a joke that seemed to be at the expense of Iida. 'Maybe I'm just overthinking all of this.'
"Hey Kyoka, you know you're staring again right?" Hagakure said, interrupting the girl's thoughts.
"Huh?"
"At Midoriya, you're staring at him again. You've been doing it all day."
"What are you talking about Toru?" She inquired with a perplexed look on her face.
"The entire day since we went over the footage of yesterday's training session you've been stealing peeks at Midoriya."
"Is that so, does our friend here have a crush?!" Ashido interjected.
"Very funny, what makes you think I was even looking at Midoriya?"
"Well, I doubt that you were looking at Iida, and even though Todoroki is totally handsome and all I remember you saying that he's not your type."
"Okay…"
"Come on girl spill it, you have a thing for him don't you?" Ashido said as she slid over to Jiro, giving her a sly grin.
"You guys are crazy."
"I mean, when you think about it, Midoriya's kind of a catch if you ask me." Kirishima stated, deciding to enter the conversation much to Jiro's dismay. "I know he's kind of plain looking, but he's wicked smart and stupid powerful."
"Speaking of which, he's gotten a lot better at using his quirk too hasn't he?" Kaminari asked the hardening quirk user.
"Yeah, I mean I didn't get to see him take out that Overhaul dude after I got knocked out during the raid we did with the pro's. But, from what I heard he mopped the floor with him."
"It's crazy considering how hopeless he was at the start of the year. He couldn't even use his quirk without breaking something."
"Yeah, it's still weird how that use to happen to him. I've never seen someone with a quirk that had such a major drawback."
"Well he did say that he was a late bloomer, I remember him saying his quirk didn't actually manifest until he graduated middle school." Kirishima said as he took a bite out of his food. The mention of this causing Jiro to direct her attention towards him.
"Really? He said that?" She inquired.
"Yeah, but I guess with that much power it takes a while to get used to."
"Ooh Jiro, you should totally ask him out!" Mina said, re-joining the conversation.
"Seriously, did you not listen to anything I just said?"
"Sorry, but I think you two would look super cute together."
"Plus he can help you out in math." Hagakure joked to the earphonejack user.
Jiro sighed as the conversation went on like this for the remainder of lunch. Although she enjoyed joking around with her friends like this, conversations about relationships tend to go off the deep end especially if Ashido was involved in them. Jiro did appreciate the possible new information about Midoriya relating to his quirk. If he didn't have his quirk until after middle school like Kirishima said then that was just another piece of the puzzle.
The rest of school day went by pretty smooth. Soon enough Jiro found herself in her bed, listening to the new 'Deep Dead' album she initially planned to play for herself yesterday. Thanks to her specially made headphones she didn't have to worry about picking up outside noise or conversations. After about an hour of laying on her bed, doing nothing she decided that it was time to get up and stretch her limbs, along with getting some air into the room. She made her way over to the window and flung the doors open, taking in the breeze that hit her face immediately.
As she took in the sight of the campus from her window she looked down to see none other than a certain broccoli headed student practicing kicks outside of the building next to the bushes. 'Does he ever stop training?' She thought to herself while she watched him spin and thrust his legs about, taking moments to look down at a book to his left. His work ethic was pretty well known by this point, every time anyone saw him outside of his room he was either working out or studying.
"Plus he can help you out in math." Hagakure's words replayed in Jiro's head.
'That's it!' She said to herself. 'Maybe if I can convince him to help me out in math, I can somehow get him to tell me about his quirk and All Might.' She continued, realizing that this was probably her best shot at getting the boy to reveal his secret to her. Without hesitation she grabbed her jacket and made her down the stairs, passing by Satou and Sero on her way to where Midoriya was located. As she made her way around the building she saw the strength enhancement user was taking a break, presumably from fatigue of his training session.
"Hey Midoriya!" She yelled as she approached the boy, startling him enough to make him jump at the mention of his name.
"J-Jiro-san!"
"Sorry if I'm bothering you, but do you have a minute?"
"Um sure, what's up?"
"Well first, I don't think I ever properly got to tell you what an awesome job you did yesterday during training."
"Don't mention it Jiro-san. But it would've never worked without you, I think I should be one the one thanking you."
"You're funny. But uh…. I was wondering if I could ask you a question, well it's more like a favor now that I think about it."
"What did you need?"
"I need help with math, I know you're pretty good when it comes to everything so I was wondering if you'd be able to give me some help."
"Sure Jiro-san, but why are you asking me? Yaoyorozu-san has a higher grade than me and you two are already good friends."
"Yeah well...Momo is smart and all, but she's not really the best teacher. From what I've heard you take very good notes and can explain things very well." It wasn't a total lie but it was believable enough to not raise suspicion.
"Oh alright then, in that case I'd be glad to help you Jiro-san."
"Really?"
"Yeah, what kind of aspiring hero would I be if I didn't help a classmate in need."
"Awesome, I'm free tomorrow after twelve if you wanted to just knock it out then."
"That's fine with me."
"Alright, it's a plan. I-I'll see you later then."
"Goodbye Jiro-san."
"Yeah." Was all the purple haired girl said as she quickly turned around to make put some distance in between herself and her classmate. Her hastily thrown together plan had been a success, now all that she had to do was just wait for tomorrow and then she'll have the perfect chance to ask him. When she passed through the hallway on the way back to her room, she took a moment to peek outside the window getting one more look at Midoriya as he went back to practicing his kicking technique.
'Tomorrow is sure going to be interesting.'
