I bet that 'WHAT' echoed in the classroom, the school, the city, the country and the whole world. Katsuki almost burst my poor eardrums, even though I already predicted his reaction. 'He's gonna explode my face with the biggest 'NO' in my life...' I said to myself with my eyes still closed, already feeling defeated.

I dared to open them and look at him, not knowing whether to laugh, or feel afraid after seeing his startled expression. The boy was unable to speak; it was clear that he was having a hard time recovering from the shock. That's why I decided to take advantage of his state to convince him with good arguments.

Well, you don't always get to talk to a Katsuki who's quiet.

"Please! Please! Bakugou, I beg you! I-I know that you're the only one who could train me properly! Sure that if I knew someone who could do it as well as you, I wouldn't be here bothering! I'm too weak, I need to train my body! A-And you know!? I really want to go to the U.A. Academy an-"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

A brief of silence occupied the pause that without remedy, our conversation sunk into. It felt quite awkward, being cut so rudely while sounding so desperate. 'I just want to crawl in a hole and die right now...' A sweat drop ran down my forehead, I was unable to foretell which could be the next rude words that his mouth would blurt out.

"The fuck are you talking about!? Why in the world would I lose time of my life with you, moron!?" Katsuki yelled before another pause. His expression remained the same, though his disgust became more pronounced. "Besides, if you didn't already know, I'm gonna be the only one who will apply for the U.A. Academy!" He shoved his hands in the pockets of his black school uniform and closed his eyes, returning to the position he was in when I first spotted him. "You're stupid, just like Deku."

I didn't need anybody's help to know that the conversation was over. I kept staring at him with mournful eyes, and couldn't help but sigh. 'I knew it...'

I drove my gaze to the floor with even a sadder expression, even if I knew this would happen. Though, to be honest, deep inside me, I believed he would help me at the end.

But this wasn't the case.

"Ah... Yeah, it's true, I'm stupid. I knew this would happen." I couldn't describe how embarrassed I felt; his classmates were murmuring things at the back of the classroom and probably were discussing my new nickname: 'The Girl Rejected by Bakugou', because I'm sure they thought I was confessing.

"Don't worry, I'll leave now. I'm sorry for bothering you." My grayish blue eyes were unable to meet his red ones; I just wanted to get out of there and not bump into him for a long, long time.

I didn't wait any more seconds and turned my body, walking fast to the door.

"But you know..." Katsuki suddenly said, catching my attention and making me stop. I turned my head a bit to his direction, not seeming very interested, but I was polite enough to listen to him. "You were quite brave coming here to ask me, even if you already knew how I would react."

I looked at him with utter confusion. "And... what's that supposed to mean?"

He sent me a mischievous smirk, making me arch an eyebrow at him.

"I'll train you."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"OI! YOU DEAF, DUMBSHIT!?" He yelled after being sick of my silence. "I've said I'm gonna train you! Wasn't that what you wanted!?"

I blinked a few times and stared at the ash blond boy in disbelief. 'Is he serious?' I wondered to myself without breaking eye contact with him. "Is this true? Are you serious? Don't play with me."

The boy began to grunt after hearing my last words. "Of course I'm serious, you idiot!" He scowled. "Why would I joke!?"

Trust me when I say that I couldn't believe what I was hearing. But the fact that his eyes never left mine was enough for me to trust him.

'So he actually... accepted my request...' I gasped, my body filling up with happiness.

My face lit up; a big smile was adorning it. 'Oh, my God... I'm so happy right now! I can't believe it!' I was truly excited; I never thought that he, Katsuki Bakugou, would be so kind to help a complete stranger like me without asking for anything in retur-

"But I want to get something as a payment."

"...*Facepalm*..."

'Ah... Of course, this was too beautiful to be true.' I sighed, instantly regretting what I was thinking about him. 'But seriously, I need his help. Just come up with an idea of yours, Hayano...'

I didn't know what he would want in return, so I opted for the reliable old. 'Why I feel that I'll regret offering him this kind of payment...'

I shook my head, trying to ignore my own thoughts and approached his figure again, his cocky grin becoming wider at every step I took towards him. "Alright, here is the deal: if I enter the U.A. Academy thanks to your help, I'll carry your bag every day to the academia and your house, and I'll bring you the meal every day, too. What do you say?"

The boy's expression turned rapidly into a scowl. "Is this all you have!? What kind of shitty payment is that!?" He exclaimed annoyed.

'Motherfucker...' I grunted internally. "Deal, or not?"

Katsuki watched how stiffly I offered my hand to him for a handshake. He locked his eyes with mine again and noticed that they were telling him that he only had two options, due to my serious expression.

"*Tsk* deal..." He finally said after a few seconds, reaching my hand with his own in a reluctantly way and turning his head in another direction.

'YAAASSS!'

"Thank you a lot, Bakugou!" My face lit up again, as if none of his characteristic rude words appeared in the conversation. I sent him a big smile, unexpectedly making the red-eyed boy jump a bit and feel his cheeks warm.

"N-Now, get out of here before I regret it, shitty face!" He ordered, still unable to make eye contact with me.

"Yes! I'll leave now! Have a nice day, Bakugou!" I said, all excited.

"G-GET OUT ALREADY!"

Despite his bad behavior, I happily left his classroom and went to mine, hopping like a little kid. "He's gonna train me~... He's gonna train me~" I singsonged, but stopped immediately when I began to feel the weird looks I was receiving from the other students that were in the hallways. "*Ahem*... *Ahem*..."

Suddenly, on my way, I spotted Izuku turning a corner and waving at me. "Good morning, Kamagure!" He greeted.

"Oh! Good morning, Midoriya!" I greeted him, too, and stopped in front of the boy. "I've not seen you this morning until now, where were you?" I asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Hehe... Sorry, I kind of stayed a bit watching some heroes fighting a villain..." He replied with a pink blush on his face, rubbing the back of his head and feeling that what he had done was a bit childish.

I giggled at his cuteness. "It's alright, Midoriya. Just be careful and don't get in trouble!" I exclaimed, receiving a nod from him. The boy already had enough with that bully to even get more problems in his life...

And speaking of the bully, I almost forgot that the one I asked for help was no more, no less than his childhood friend, and the same person who bullied him. 'Should I tell him...?' I wondered, feeling somehow quite guilty. 'Katsuki treats my broccoli-head so bad... and I just betrayed my boy!'

Izuku, noticing that I was making a weird crying-face all of a sudden, became a bit worried about me. "Kamagure? Is something wrong? Did I say something bad?"

'Oh, my dear, you didn't say anything bad... It's me, not you... Oh, God...'

However, the beautiful bell rang and saved my poor ass, making me not have to tell my friend what I was hiding from him. I really needed time to know how to tell him.

"I-I'm okay, Midoriya, sorry! I didn't mean to make you worry!" I stuttered. "We s-should head to class!"

"Oh, well, if you're alright, then, everything's fine!" He exclaimed with a bright smile.

'OH, DEAR LORD, I DON'T DESERVE HIM!'

The boy turned his body and waved at me. "See you later, Kamagure!"

'PLEASE! FORGIVE MEEEEEE!'

"S-Seeya, Midoriya!"

[Katsuki's P.O.V.]

I watched Hayano leave the classroom, unable to contain her happiness. 'DAMN IT! WHY THE FUCK HAVE I ACCEPTED THIS SHIT!?' I wondered to myself, as if I had just betrayed my own religion. 'JUST BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT HER DAMN QUIRKS!? BUT WHAT THE FUCK!'

I threw my hands to my head in frustration, sensing that I'd just made the worst deal of my life. But now, there was no going back. I'd had enough time to decide before giving an answer to that shitty girl and obviously, backing down is something that isn't in my dictionary.

'Fuck... But I know I can train her well...' I thought. 'And if I do so, she will become my worst enemy to reach number one...'

I gave myself the privilege of taking a few minutes and think about the possible outcome of the training if the girl really gets to go that far, but I shook my head quickly. 'N-Nah, even if I train her, she won't be as great as me!' I concluded, or more like I tried to convince myself.

I returned to the same position I was in before Hayano came and closed my eyes again. There was something in my head that had to do with her request that was also bothering me.

'That dumbass said I was the only one she asked for help... What did she mean by that?'I began to play with the tip of my nose with my index finger, little by little feeling again that unpleasant sensation of the warmth of my cheeks. 'S-She's right if she thinks I'm the best!'

But I couldn't stay in my thoughts for much longer. Suddenly, I saw Deku entering the classroom, and couldn't help but laugh a lot; I bet he didn't know that his friend came to me all desperate asking for help.

"G-Good morning, Kacchan..."

"Don't talk to me, damn nerd."

He quickly headed to his seat, and when he reached my side, I noticed he was holding some weird notebook.

'Huh? 'Hero Analysis for the Future'...?'

~.~.~.~.~

[Hayano's P.O.V.]

The bell rang as every day at the same hour: school was over. Our teacher had reminded us about that 'future plans' thing and of course, everybody wanted to be a hero, even me; I was sure about that!

'I can't believe Katsuki agreed to train me!' I exclaimed to myself, a shy smile was on my face. 'It's true that I'm getting close to Izuku, I even told him about my quirks.' I thought with amusement after remembering how the green-haired boy wrote all the information I was giving to him in his notebook at full speed without missing any detail, as if I were one of those heroes he admires.

'But I don't know much about Katsuki, and he doesn't know much about me, either!' I chuckled quietly. 'Well, sure that I'm not going to complain at all, haha!'

I kept my things in my backpack, and I was ready to go home. However, as I stepped out from the building, I found Izuku with a burnt notebook in his hands.

"Hey, Midoriya, what happened?" I asked the boy while approaching him.

He showed me his notebook with a sad expression on his face, and I noticed it was the same one where he wrote the information I gave him about my quirks. "It was Kacchan." He replied. "He took it from me, began to read it and then, threw out the window after exploding it..."

My eyes widened at his words. "What!?" I couldn't help but frown in annoyance. 'He's such a fucking jerk! How can he be a hero acting like this!? How could I ask him for help!?' I grunted, regretting what I did this morning a lot.

"And why would he want to read your notebook!? What does that matter to him!?" My irritation was quite noticeable; the ash blond boy had no right to invade anyone's privacy.

"I don't know." He shook his head. "And I also don't know what he read to make him so angry to do that..."

I brought my right hand to his shoulder and caressed it, trying to reassure him. "Seriously, Midoriya, don't let that bully hurt you. You're better than him!"

The boy replied with a smile and nodded. "Thank you, Kamagure."

"Don't mention it." I smiled back at him. "Oh, and call me Hayano. There is no need to call me by my last name!"

The green-haired boy started to blush uncontrollably at my words. "Ah! O-Okay! You can call me Izuku, too... H-Hayano..." He answered, unable to not to stutter.

"Haha, great!" I cheered. "Wanna walk home together, Izuku?"

"Uh, sorry Kamagur- I mean, H-Hayano. I'm gonna take a long walk before going home." He answered in an apologetic tone.

"Alright! Then, goodbye!"

"See you tomorrow!"

I waved at my green-haired friend and headed to the exit of the school gate. To my surprise, when I turned the corner, I saw Katsuki leaning his back against the wall with his hands shoved in his pockets and surrounded by his friends.

"About time, idiot!" He complained after eyeing me.

I tilted my head a bit in confusion. "Uhm... Were you waiting for me?"

A little blush appeared on his face after my question, and it got worse when he heard his friends' chuckles. "*Tsk*, of course, shitty face! How are we supposed to meet if we only see each other before class and in the break!?"

"Oh, well... You're right."

"Let's exchange our phone numbers. Hurry." He ordered a bit flustered, wishing to end this torture as soon as possible.

My eyes widened due to the unexpected command. "U-uh, okay..." I couldn't help but get flustered, too.

The fact that his friends were there and were having a hard time holding their laughter was quite embarrassing, at least for me. And I was sure that for Katsuki too, because he sent them the most deathly glare that I've ever seen, making his friends stop instantly.

'Wow, it's true that even his own friends are afraid of him...'

And yeah, both of us had our cheeks bright red, but we tried to maintain our composure.

As we finished, we separated our ways to our houses. 'I CAN'T BELIEVE HE ASKED ME MY PHONE NUMBER IN FRONT OF HIS FRIENDS, OH, MY GOD!' I exclaimed internally like a crazy bitch. 'AND HE GAVE ME HIS, TOO, WHAT THE FUCK!'

I stared at the screen for a few seconds, reading his phone number from my contact list. "God... That was so embarrassing..." I said while cupping my hot face with my left hand.

And I didn't have to wait too much to receive my first message from Katsuki; some minutes later, my phone was already buzzing.

Although me, being the innocent person I am, I thought it was my godmother asking how I was going, but never expected it could be him. 'That was fucking fast.' I laughed.

~Phone messages~

The King of Explodo-Kills: hey

The King of Explodo-Kills: shitty face

The King of Explodo-Kills: is this your number?

The King of Explodo-Kills: I SWEAR THAT IF IT ISN'T, I'M GONNA MURDER YOU TOMORROW!

('Oh, what a good way to say 'hello', Katsuki.' I thought with sarcasm.)

Reapermau5: yes it is

Reapermau5: you don't need to kill me

The King of Explodo-Kills: good

(I took a look at his username and choked with my own saliva in the middle of the street.)

Reapermau5: btw, seriously?

Reapermau5: 'The King of Explodo-Kills'?

Reapermau5: HAHAHA

The King of Explodo-Kills: what?

The King of Explodo-Kills: look who's talking

The King of Explodo-Kills: 'Reapermau5'

The King of Explodo-Kills: tf does it even mean!?

Reapermau5: touché

~.~.~.~.~

That was the very first conversation I had with him via message.

However, I had to put my phone back in my bag after hearing my sudden stomach's call. "Mmm... It's cake time." I announced.

Nobody can meddle in the relationship that the cakes and I have. That's why I decided to go to my usual cake shop for a piece of chocolate cake, since stocks were exhausted at home.

"Aaah... just the only thought of that makes my mouth water!" I exclaimed, already sensing the sweetness and tasty flavor of my dear dessert in my mouth.

Although my way there wasn't going to be as peaceful as I thought. I had only just reached the city center when a lot of people shouting in the street brought me from 'Cake World' to reality.

'What's going on?' I decided to approach the crowd to see what was happening. 'Mm?'

"He has a boy!" Shouted a man.

"The villain is taking advantage of the teen's quirk!" A woman yelled.

"Stay away, this is dangerous!" A hero ordered.

There was an aqueous villain who had a boy as a hostage. And to my surprise, that hostage was nothing less, nothing more than Katsuki. I didn't know how that could happen, but my face went pale at the moment I recognized him.

'What...?'

My eyes widened in shock, I thought I was dreaming.

'B-But how...?'

It was only a few minutes ago that I was talking to him.

'K-Katsuki...'

Now I wasn't hungry anymore; a knot was formed in my stomach. I never thought I would see the ash blond boy like that, I never thought I would see anyone I knew like that...

And he was crying, the villain was absorbing him. But to make it worse, the heroes were unable to immobilize that damn villain and free the boy.

'HOW IS THIS HAPPENING!? WHY NOBODY CAN HELP HIM!?' I started to panic, my legs were trembling. Even if the heroes were fighting, they couldn't do anything. And to top it off, the villain was taking advantage of Katsuki's quirk to make the rescue harder.

I had to do something, and I had to act fast. I couldn't only stay there and watch.

'W-What should I d-...!?'

But I didn't have too much time to think. In a blink, I spotted a boy from the corner of my eye, who began to run as fast as he could towards Katsuki.

'Who...!?'

It was the quirkless Izuku, possibly having been watching everything, and obviously feeling unable to be on the sidelines.

Suddenly, the pressure I felt to act quickly increased to such points that my vision began to get blurry because of my tears.

'WHAT THE HELL HE THINKS HE'S DOING!?'

I was terrified; the villain could take him, too.

'WHAT CAN I DO!? THIS IS FUCKING BAD!'

I didn't realize the moment when I started to see everything in slow motion. I was too desperate; I felt a lot of pressure in my head, making it go blank because of the overthinking at such critical moment: two people I knew were about to get killed by a villain.

That's when without noticing it, I was running, too, preparing my hand to invoke my scythe.

'I can... save... yo-'

"DETROIT SMAAAASH!"

'Huh!?'

*WOUSH*

A person with a voice that I recognized perfectly punched the villain so hard that he created a huge gust of wind. 'A-A-All M-Might!?' I got to take a glimpse of his characteristic smile, instantly making me feel a mixture of shock and calm. I could never think that All Might, the one and only, would come to save us, catching the three of us before his super punch.

Katsuki, Izuku and I were lying on the floor, where the pro hero left us before vanishing at full speed. We were dumbfounded; everything happened too fast, and our heads were still processing it all.

I took advantage of the strength that was coming back to me again to sit up, using my left hand as a support while caressing my dizzy head with my other one. "Ugh... My head..." I complained. "W-Wait! Where's All Might!?"

After taking a look at my surroundings, I couldn't help but curse a lot. I really wanted to thank All Might for saving me the day of my parents' death, but he was already gone.

I decided to direct my gaze to Katsuki and Izuku, noticing that they were also recovering from the shock. "Are you two okay!?" I asked concerned while trying to get up.

"Y-Yeah, I think so..." Answered Izuku while rubbing the back of his head. "Are you hurt, Hayano!?"

"I'm fine, too, Izuku..." I chuckled tiredly, cleaning my clothes.

Katsuki, who was beside us, noticed that his beloved childhood friend and me called each other by our first names, something that didn't seem to please the hot-headed boy, even if he had already asked himself why the fuck should he care about that thousands of times. "*Tsk*"

"Kacchan... are you okay!?" Asked Izuku all worried after hearing him grunting.

"SHUT UP, YOU SHIT!"

"A-Ah, sorry!"

I couldn't help but frown at the ash blond boy. He was almost strangled by a villain and still had energy enough to behave the way he does, as if nothing happened and after witnessing how his friend tried to help him despite the fact he didn't have a quirk.

'Yo, damn motherfucker, your damn friend just risked his life to save your fucking ass and you're going to keep up with your shit!?'

However, some pro heroes approached us before I could say something quite rude to Katsuki, or more like they stopped me before making everything that was going through my head see the light of day. They began to scold Izuku and me, but were praising the red-eyed boy because of his awesome quirk.

Although, he remained silent, too filled up with impotence due to the fact that he couldn't do anything to release himself from that monster.

And could he call himself a hero?

Fortunately, they let us go at last. They told us that we should be more careful from now on, try to forget what happened today and continue with our normal life. That's why I decided to go to the cake shop, as I said I was going to do, buy the biggest chocolate cake and relax at home.

Because I needed it a lot.

"I hope Katsuki and Izuku don't get in trouble..." I sighed tiredly after noticing how the ash blond boy followed his childhood friend with his fists clenched.