The next day was filled with tense air. My body felt heavy when I walked into the classroom silently. I made no attempt to say good morning to anyone in the room- partly from being unfamiliar with everyone. Katsuki was here before I was but he didn't spare a single look at me. I was honestly greatfully though.
I sat down in my seat behind Katsuki and unfortunately in front of Izuku-kun. "Good morning Katsumi-chan!" He brightly greeted me. But the same guilt and hurt had easily pierced me through the chest.
I only nodded back at him as my throat closed tightly as if to remind me not to speak. A taunt.
I slipped into my seat silently and grabbed out my material's for the day.
What I exepcted Yuuei classes to be like? Not boring as it was. English was our first subject with that damned Present Mic. His English voice was boring stotic and made me want to goruge out my eye balls.
I've always hated school to be honest with you, even applying to Yuuei didn't seem to change that. It was basically the same boring classes from middle school. So not fun and uncool, it almost made want to croak.
Lunch luckily came in the blink of the eye and I found myself sitting at an empty table. Alone. In the middle of the lunch room.
I sighed as I pulled out my phone, not really bothering to eat. I haven't had an appitate since yesterday morning so I've been finding myself just surviving off of water. I took out my white headphones and plugged them into the small decive in my hand.
With the music playing as loud as it could be, the noises around me blurred into a quiet silence, letting my mind wander into its own. I leaned my head against the table and let my arms hang loosely by my sides, letting the cool wood let my brain feel less tender.
My first impressions of everyone was very plain; no one seemed to stick out to me nor make an impression. Of course, there was Kirishima-kun and the blond boy but I didn't both to speak to either. Yesterday still bothered me today and I couldn't find the confidence to even confront Izuku-kun about it. And I know he's noticed my weird impulses, when he asked me to sit with him at lunch, I had backed away and dodged the question.
I sighed as I switched the song on my playlist. I need to find out what to do with all this hurt. I'm sure Izuku-kun will be soon questioning my actions and I want to have an answer for him- I really do. But I still didn't know how to confront the problem yet. I don't like the idea of my best friend hiding secrets from me, I don't like it at all.
I groaned, turning my head to the side, letting one of my brown orbs look around the lunch room...only to see someone sitting on the opposite end of the table.
"Todoroki-kun..." I had whispered his name before I could even stop myself. Oops.
His head turned to me, as he was about to take a bite of his samwhich. I took out one earbud and gave the half-and-half boy a small, half smile. "Sorry, I shouldn't have called you out so formally."
He looked at me then to his food, still held to the entrance of his mouth. "Uh...hi." He meekly greeted me before taking a small bite.
I sweat dropped nervously and awkwardly. "Uhm..." I trailed off, looking at the time on my phone. Two more minutes before classes started, thank god.
"I'll see you in class..." I muttered before getting up and waving. "Bye."
A series of shuffling came behind me before Todoroki-kun had come to my side, his samwitch now gone. "We have the same distnation, let's just walk together."
I stared at the boy for a moment and wondered if he was trying to make friends. "Alright." So after he deposited his tray into the garbage in the cafeteria, we both walked out of the giant room and into Yuuei's hallways.
Our footsteps echoed loudly in the halls, making me feel a little awkward. We didn't talk at all, after a minute into our walk it seems all the color had disappeared from my face and I started to walk uncomfortably.
"So...uh..." Damn my crackly voice. "How are you liking the school so far?" I attempted at small talk.
"Fine I suppose." He hummed.
"Oh." Oh my god, could I be any more awkward?!
We slipped into an uncomfortable silence once again. My hands had some how manged to find themselves tracing the words across my Yueei emblem while my disabled arm just laid limp like it usually does.
"Are you injured?" Todoroki-kun stated in such a deep voice that it scared me.
My head wirled around to meet his mix matched eyes only for my fearful ones to soften. "Um...sorta. It's more like a periment injury though." I quickly explained, my awkwardness making my voice come out to high and forced.
"Ah, I see..." I lead off before we both came to a stop in front of 1-A's class door. Thank god.
He held the door open for me which I thanked him curtly for. He nodded to my response before wandering alone, back into his seat. I watched him for a moment before wandering my own way to my desk.
Izuku-kun and Katsuki where both there in their seats. Katsuki didn't seem like he gave a damn when I slipped into my seat but Izuku-kun had quickly spun around to give me his green, little puppy eyed look. Oh god, not the eyes.
"Are you okay Katsumi-chan? Are you not feeling well? You've been oddly off lately." Oh how I wish I was sick, anything to get away from poundering moments like these.
I bit my lip, hard. "Oh...um." There it is again- the clenching of my chest that caught me mid sentence. "No, I'm fine." I chocked back the nasty tone I wanted to address him in.
Izuku-kun is a sweet hearted boy that I hold dearly to my heart. I never want to address him such manners, he's my best friend. He's been there for me more than I can credit him for. He's an understanding guy which is why I think the lie had hurt so much.
"Ah, I see..." He answered disability. "Just tell me if anything is wrong, okay?"
My throat clenched painfully once again, rendering me speechless. I nodded my head silently as a weird sound had started to resound from the hallway. "Here I am..." A strong voice shouted from beyond the door. My classmates had looked amoung each other with confused looks. It was only when the door open I could see why Izuku-kun had gasped in delightful surprise.
"COMING THROUGH THE DOOR LIKE A NORMAL PERSON!" That's anything but natural though...
"ALL MIGHT!" My classmates had shouted.
And there he was. The bulk hero of our century. Wearing a glimmering superhero costume with his spikey blond hair and his set smile. He had walked into the classroom, taller than any man I've come to meet.
But sudden flashes of my last encounter had travled in my mind. My left arm had brushed across the fabric on my right. Those memories...that day...
"So the rumors are true, huh..." Several of them mumbled. There where rumors about All Might teaching? That's surprising.
"In this class, foundational hero studies, we will build up our foundations through battles!" He announced while showing off his bulging muscles. But the very thought of going through a battle made a shudder go through my body.
I turned to see Katsuki grinning wildly. "Katsuki..." I muttered. "Please, I already know what you are thinking."
"Shut it!" He hissed back, furrowing his eyebrows and clenching his fist. "I know it's bothering you as much as it's bothering me!"
"You can't be talking about what I think you're talking about..." Well he was quite angry when Izuku-kun had showed off his 'quirk' just as much as I was in shock.
But before our conversation could continue, Katsuki had gotten up and walked around to the corner of the room. I watched him go to see that now on the side, the coloums had extended to where our class numbers where neatly displayed. "Are ya going to sit there or get your damn hero costume?" He hissed at me.
I blinked once before slowly picking myself off the seat and making my way towards my number. Just as soon Katsuki plucked his out and basically ran out the room, I just picked up mine. All that was left now was me and small grape dude but I didn't attempt to make any conversation starters and just left.
Under two minutes, I had walked my way into the girl's locker room and out in my costume. The other girls gave me bizarre looks as I quickly stripped off my clothing but since I was the first one done, who cares?
My hero costume was probably one of the most simple looking ones. My costume was a white belly shirt that had one long sleeve to cover my right arm since it won't be effective during a fight. My bare legs and left arm where exposed, however. The more exposure I had with my skin, the more I can use my quirk. I had a short leather tight skirt that went mid thigh. Additionally, I had skin tight flats, the color of my skin. I had ordered these shoes to be specifically made for the soles in my feet to let out it's wind currents.
I let my straight blond hair down and adjusted the skirt on me as I walked to the training area. But as I slowly made my way towards the area, several other students had started to crowd around me.
"You're showing too much skin." The explosive boy remarked as he came to my side. I looked him and down, scaling up his outfit. The colors of his hero costume consisted of red, black, and orange. Typical colors to describe a fire. His clothing was skin tight to where I could pin point exactly how many abs he had- eight damn fine abs. There was a silver 'x' mark across his chest, exposing his defiended collar. But he also wore a simple black mask to cover the top part of his face with somewhat looking flares on the side of the mask, blending into his hair. And, for some reason, wore guanlets on his arms. Heavy looking ones.
"It's for my best performance." I answered with a thick tone.
"Yeah, sure." He muttered, directing his attention to the teacher who started to do a head count.
"Alright class!" All Might clapped his big hands together, making an echo go throughout the area. "Let me explain what we shall be doing today!"
Too enthusiastic...he seems a bit too forced towards his teaching unlike our homeroom teacher Aizawa-sensei...
"Sensei!" A recognizable voice sounded out to my left. I turned to see a robot looking guy hold up his hand in a awkward position. Ah, that's Iida-san. "Are we going to be doing a mock trail like what we did in the exams?"
"Yes!" All Might answered. What the hell is up with him screaming out his responses? Its giving me a damn headache...
All Might went on to explain to us what we where going to be doing today, but my attention went somewhere else. "Katsuki..." I mumbled, nudging his hand with my own. His skin was soft...
He directed his red orbs at me while cranking up his eyebrow. "Please don't do anything reckles..." My eyes wandered over to Izuku-kun before snapping back to him. "Promise me."
He set his jaw. I could see the argument bubbling up in his throat. "Katsumi-!" He nearly yelled. But I took his right hand into both of mine. I know Katsuki is reckless, too reckless. He won't care who he hurts, even if it isn't Izuku-kun. "Please?" I begged.
I lowered my head and shakily held his hand. "How..." I could feel the trembling coursing throughout his body. "How can I sit back and watch that rat face Deku hurt you?" He hissed, snatching his hand out of my grip. I looked up, shocked, and watched the stocky boy walk up to All Might.
I knew Katsuki felt the same way I felt but I didn't think that he would act upon my feelings. I almost felt touched by his caring attitude until I remembered he might crush Izuku-kun's face in.
"Ms. Katsumi!" I heard the familiar bulky hero voice call my name. The #1 hero, saying my name. Holy shit I never expected this.
My head snapped towards the glittery hero. "Y-yes...!"
He motioned me to come towards him so I silently obeyed. Once I was a good foot away from him, he leaned down and whispered into my ear. His breath was hot and strong, it sent shivers down my spine. "There is an odd number of students in class so I shall assign you to...let's see...Group A."
He stood up straight again and sent the class a dazzling smile. Group A? Who the hell was in that group? I wasn't even paying attention!
I walked back quietly into the crowd of students and accidentally stood next to Izuku-kun. Crap. "What group did All Might assign you?" He asked.
"Group A..." I muttered.
His face brighten up, or at least I think it did. He wore a mask over his head with two large bunny like ears in green and white. I could still see his eyes whiched seemed to brighten up at my answer. "Me, you, and Uraraka-san are on the same team! Isn't that great?!"
I internally groaned. You really know how to fuck up my day, huh. "Yeah, totally..."
"Group A will be hero's and Group D will be villains!"
I looked around, confused once again. I leaned over and asked, "Who the hell is in Group D?"
Izuku-kun had looked back at me and swallowed thickly. "Kacchan and Iida-kun."
Ah, shit.