"Choosing a partner"

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Having provided much of his quirk's capabilities to Midoriya; Todoroki, dedicated himself to pass his annotations of the content of the classes that he lost to his notebook, before spending them complete.

Bakugou, on the other hand, had been behind Todoroki, inspecting his every move so that he didn't have the audacity to see Midoriya, in the time he was sick.

Fortunately for the bichromatic boy, Midoriya was relieved for the next day; in addition, with the cold of his Quirk, all the fever went down in a matter of hours and as soon as he withdrew his hand, the fever was gone.

It was a good omen to have been helpful to the boy he liked.

He just hoped that this grain of happiness would be permanent.

It was Tuesday morning, and the classroom was noisy and eager to have a different training than usual, since in a week it would be Christmas and they wanted to have activities related to the season.

From Todoroki's point of view, it was nothing more than a season that was repeated like all the rest of the seasons, but he knew that for Midoriya those times were of great happiness.

Aizawa-sensei arrived in darkness seated in his face, wrapped as a tamale.

The first thing he did was ask Midoriya if he had already recovered from the cold, to which he said he was in perfect condition.

"Good" He sighed sleepy.

"Professor Aizawa?" Momo raised his hand.

"What's going on?" The professor asked.

Yaoyorozu stood up, saying:

"We all asked ourselves in the group if we could do, of course, with your permission, a training or dynamic related to Christmas"

Aizawa-sensei raised an eyebrow, making a face of disinterest.

"It can be" He mentioned with a stop creating suspense among the students of 1A.

Todoroki saw that Midoriya was writing in frenzy from his hero analysis book. He thought it was lovely to see him so energetic in the morning, letting the pencil guide him through the contours of the paper.

"What will the activity be?" Kaminari raised his hand.

"Yes!" Mineta followed morbidly. "Let it be to work with the girls"

Aizawa-sensei sighed lazily, rolling his eyes.

"Then put on your suits and I wait for you in the gym." He pressed the button where everyone's suits were stored. "You have twenty minutes."

Everyone nodded and went for their respective costumes.

While the whole room was grouped in the gymnasium, Aizawa-sensei was in his typical attire, bearing the same façade of a man revealed and lacking in energy.

"What do you think they put us to do, Todoroki-kun?" Midoriya approached Todoroki.

"I have no idea" He replied, contemplating Midoriya's curious expression, the one he liked to see so much.

"Cut down Christmas trees?" Uraraka asked, causing Midoriya to startle from the question.

"Cut down trees?" He repeated stunned.

"It's a guess" She said doubtfully.

"I don't think it's reliable for the school to cut down trees," Iida corrected seriously. "Because the school should encourage students to be ecological and take care of nature, not damage it, in this case, cutting down trees is prohibited"

"Is the school green?" Uraraka asked, blinking.

"As far as I know, yes" Said Iida, arching his eyebrows.

Midoriya was muttering, with his finger under his chin, narrowing his eyes.

"Will Midoriya know about that?" Iida supposed, looking at her suspiciously.

"I don't think so" Uraraka replied, standing next to Iida. "Hey" She whispered in complicity. "And if we leave Deku with Todoroki, do you think Bakugou will be jealous if he sees them together?" She moved her eyebrows in mischief.

Iida looked at her in agreement.

"Sounds good to me" He winked. "Hey," Iida told Todoroki, who was watching Midoriya stupidly. "Todoroki-kun" He slapped him on the shoulder, getting his attention.

"What's up?" Todoroki said serious.

"Uraraka and I will go over there to talk." Iida excused himself by saying, "If you don't mind staying alone with Midoriya"

"It doesn't bother me" He commented immediately, preventing his nervousness from being noticeable on his face. "Talk what you need to talk" He said politely.

"Sure" Iida nodded happily.

"Thank you, Todoroki-kun" Uraraka chanted, winking at him.

Just when Todoroki was going to approach Midoriya, Aizawa-sensei caught the attention of all the students.

"You'll be in pairs," he instructed, hands in his pockets. "You will go through a series of obstacles related to work in pairs, this means that you must know how to communicate even if it is not for words, and also the theme is about Christmas"

The majority shouted with joy, while Bakugou clicked his tongue in indifference, and Todoroki eyed him in disgust. Surely Bakugou planned to be Midoriya's partner, since they have both worked twice and there is already a history of how they should work, while Todoroki hadn't work with Midoriya, except in Stain's case and in the rescue from Bakugou.

"What will the obstacles be like?" Iida asked.

"I will divide you depending on the couples that are formed" The professor replied in total indifference. "Now, you have five minutes to form your partners and write them down on this paper." He showed them a bulletin with two separate lines, indicating that the names of the formed couples would be put there. "And you will give them to me, to tell you what your test will be"

Todoroki seized the opportunity and grabbed Midoriya's arm immediately, exalting him by the sudden contact.

"What-what's up Todoroki-kun?" He replied nervously.

"I want to be your partner" He spoke with conviction, feeling the warmth of Midoriya's arm in contact with his skin. "If you don't mind"

"Eh?!" He looked at him completely surprised, letting out a slight blush on his rosy cheeks. "To-todoroki-kun!"

"Oi! Deku" Bakugou took him by the other arm in a possessive gesture. "You come with me" He said in a loud voice.

"I asked Midoriya to join me" Todoroki defended, frowning.

"Th-this." Midoriya coughed anxiously, directing his eyes to each of them in mere confusion. It was obvious that he didn't understand the reason for discussion that the both had.

"Come with me, damn nerd." Bakugou pulled him, but Todoroki held him so that he didn't land in the arms of the explosive boy. "That half and half will not help you"

"And what about you?" Todoroki inquired, in a threatening air.

"This, well…" Midoriya laughed nervously, petrified and, unable to conjecture about the situation.

"Decide, stupid Deku!" Shouted Bakugou, squeezing Midoriya's arm harder.

"Don't treat him like that!" Todoroki demanded, losing patience. "Midoriya can decide on his own, and I told him to join me first." He stressed possessively, a vein jumped from Bakugou's temple.

"I can decide for him" He grumbled haughty.

"You want me as a partner for the test?" Midoriya asked, speechless.

"What do you think? Idiot!" Bakugou shook his arm.

"Yes, Midoriya" Todoroki replied.

"If you don't decide" Bakugou threatened furiously. "You will stay with me"

"Eh!" Midoriya blushed completely.

"I'll take that as a 'yes'" Bakugou said, with a proud smile. "I'm sorry, half and half bastard, but Deku chose me."

"He hasn't said anything" Todoroki snapped angrily. "Don't speak for Midoriya"

"I don't care about that!" Bakugou barked, clinging to Midoriya's arm, who was trying to understand the complexity of his actions but seemed to understand absolutely nothing. He looked at them with extreme confusion.

"Em, Kacchan." Midoriya turned his gaze to him.

"What?" He inquired with a grimace on his face. "You have any objections, damn nerd?"

"No-no it's not that, Kacchan" Midoriya replied in alarm.

"Then you stay with me" He said possessively.

Todoroki felt an inherent aberration cemented in his stomach because of his bad luck for having Midoriya by his side, even if it was for a test by the school.

He released his grip on his arm, looking down in defeat.

"Kacchan" Midoriya said doubtfully. "Well, Todoroki-kun first asked me to be his partner"

"Hah?!" He inquired, stunned. "Didn't you agree to stay with me?"

"I'm sorry, K-Kacchan" And with a slight nod he ran to Todoroki, bearing a hurried gesture. "Todoroki-kun" He called, as soon as he would look for another partner that was left over.

"Mi-Midoriya?" He muttered in complete impression of seeing Midoriya approach him with a gesture of trouble on his face. "Weren't you with Bakugou?"

"First you asked me to be your partner" Midoriya said, in righteousness, releasing a slight nervous giggle. "And it's not right for me to step aside." He smiled. "If it's not too late, of course."

"It's all right" Todoroki said, moved to the bone; he was so happy that he could die at that moment and more with Bakugou's face a few meters behind Midoriya with an immeasurable discomfort planted in his gesture.

Midoriya sighed in relief.

"I'm counting on you, Todoroki-kun." He shook his hands in courage.

"Me too, Midoriya." He smiled sideways.

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P.S. A chapter dedicated to Todoroki, who doesn't miss the opportunities presented to him, but poor Bakugou for not having had Midoriya as his partner.

The next chapter will be Todoroki.