They headed down to the gym where a few students were working out. Alice had changed into a pair of black workout pants and a tank top. Uraraka was in something similar, only her t-shirt was a faded pastel pink. They started with some brief cardio before slipping into something a bit harder. Soon they were at each other's throats with hand to hand combat. Alice wasnt the quickest on her feet, but she hit hard. Which caused Uraraka to have to brace for upcoming attacks before she could counter. It got some of the other Gym members watching them, their own training paused to watch the two girls whale on each other. Tokoyami had stopped his cardio, watching the two girls with a genuinely curious expression while Kirishima had gone off to the side to cheer them on. Both girl's were lost in their own world, dodging and countering each other almost fluidly. Alice had learned how Uraraka's training had gone at Gunhead's agency and had picked up on it. She hadnt just been watching the student's practice. She'd been taking notes and adding that into her own line of attacks.

The girl's continued for a bit before breaking apart. They werent fighting to beat each other, but to help each other's stamina increase. Uraraka tossed Alice a water bottle and the girl's met in the middle to talk. "That was fantastic!" Kirishima almost dove between them, his arms over each of their shoulders. "The attacks and counters! That was the manliest display of power I have seen in awhile." He stood straighter, his grin wide.

"Thanks!" Alice took a long drink of her water before she responded. "Ive been watching you guys. I like working on stamina as much as I like to get stronger. It just takes time."

"You hit hard too." Uraraka puffed her cheeks and rubbed her arm. "Im gonna have a few new bruises. Ill have to see recovery girl later. I didnt expect you to hit as hard as you do."

Alice felt her cheeks redden, "Yeah. I did a lot of strength work. Im more built for defense than offense." She rubbed the back of her head. Her quirk made things much more difficult. She hit harder and could fight at a distance, but WildSpire was adamant she didnt share that information until later.

"Defense can be the best offense." Kirishima chirped in, releasing the girls as he went to grab his discarded towel from his machine. "Dont you have your test today?"

"Yeah. Its after lunch. Im nervous." She rubbed her arms, looking nervous. Alice wasnt prepared. Even if she tried to pretend she was.

"If you fucking act nervous all you will be is nervous." Bakugo had approached the group with his arms crossed, he snorted and glared at Alice. "Gang Orca doesnt back down, so you better be prepared for a fight. If he even lets you fight him." He looked Alice over, he'd never seen the girl at the Gym. It only pissed him off. How could she get toned from not working out? He'd only seen her working on her homework in the main room. No workouts, nothing.

"Im determined. I wont back down unless I absolutely have to." Alice shrugged. "Doesnt keep me from being nervous though. Everyone gets nervous."

"Well I fucking dont. Its all about being confident in what you can do." Bakugo growled and pushed on ahead, slamming the door behind him.

"He's so confusing." Alice groaned softly. "I dont know if he likes me or hates me anymore." She grabbed her own towel to wipe off her face.

"He totally doesnt hate you." Kirishima said with a bright smile. "If he did, he wouldnt talk to you and he hasnt called you an "Extra" in like... a week?" The male nudged her arm. "Maybe more?"

"That is fair." Uraraka said with a laugh. "He definitely respects you. Heck, he still calls me an Extra and we fought at the Sports festival."

Alice rose a brow at Uraraka, she didnt know why he was more polite to her. She had talked to him more lately and he had made an effort to assist her in her studies, but she hadnt done anything for him aside from doing his weekly chores for him. He had been surprised, but only snorted a 'thanks' before wandering off. Actually, it was around that time that he had stopped calling her an extra. "Huh, you got a point. I did his chores for him last week because I was awake and bored." She shrugged. "Maybe he respects that?"

Kirishima furrowed his brows, "Maybe..." He looked ahead at the blonde as they headed out into the hallway. Bakugo was grumbling to himself with his hands in his pockets. Bakugo was always a mystery. The guy rarely respected anyone, he had gotten the respect from constantly invading Bakugo's space and almost forcing a friendship on him. Alice didnt seem like the girl to do that. "Ill catch ya guys later." He waved to the girls and jogged to catch up with the hotheaded blonde.

"Hey, you took off quick. Whats up BakuBro?" Kirishima fell in step beside him as they made their way out into the main gathering area.

"Nothing's wrong, why would something be wrong?" Bakugo snapped back at him, a low growl in his throat. The fuck was shitty hair getting on about? He was fine.

Kirishima held up his hands, "I was just checking, something seemed off earlier. You arent the motivational type and seemed kinda pissed that Alice was nervous."

"Well I am pissed! How she got into our dorm without having to become a hero? Its disgusting. She's a support student, she should be in the support dorms. Fuck, she hasnt even worked out since she got here, but shes still able to take on that floaty bitch. Its Bullshit! No wonder she's nervous! She has zero training and expects to just get her license today?" Bakugo gritted his teeth, small explosions popping up in his palms. He didnt know why he was so angry about all this. Alice technically didnt do anything to him. She was actually fairly polite, which only pissed him off more. He didnt know why it pissed him off either. He was frustrated and the girl only made it worse.

Kirishima frowned as they walked towards the showers. He could tell something was up with Bakugo. The only person that really got him riled up was Deku for obvious reasons. He was kind of curious on how the male thought of her. "Well, she doesnt seem that bad, right? She could be worse."

"Could be? She cant fucking spell anything in Japanese, she was spelling things wrong constantly in her fucking Japanese homework. You live in Japan and cant even spell the fucking language." He snorted. Bakugo whipped open his locker and snagged his clothes. "I think the only class she wasnt failing was Math, which only pisses me off. Who the fuck is good at math of all things?"

"Arent you good at math tho?" Kirishima sighed softly. So the whole possible crush was a no go. Maybe Bakugo just respected her drive? He didnt think Alice was the boy's type anyway. She definitely got along a lot better with Tokoyami.

Which... Speaking of bird boy himself...

"Yo! Tokoyami! What do you think of Alice?" He called the bird boy out as the male entered the locker room. Wonderful timing. Tokoyami froze, his face turning a dark red under his mass of feathers.
"

She's nice." He cleared his throat, heading to his locker. The male didnt make eye contact with Kirishima, which only made the redhead grin wider.
"

Just nice?" Kirishima turned his attention to Tokoyami as the male fumbled with his locker. "Thats it? Nothing else. No other thoughts?" Tokoyami shook his head and grabbed his clothes, he wasnt going to fall for Kirishima's probing. "Come on, you GOTTA have some thoughts. She has the same interests as you, shes super into the dark stuff, and she-"

"We are just good friends." Tokoyami cut the male off with a curt response. "She is a wonderful human being and a pleasure to be around. What else do you want me to say?"

"I dunno, something? Do you think she's cute? Like what's been going on in your head? Give me something here!"

Another sigh escaped the bird's mouth and he turned to stare at Kirishima. "She's incredibly pretty. She is my type-"

"Dude! You need to ask he-"

"Let me finish! She's my type, but I made an oath not to get involved with someone while I was at this school, No distractions." Tokoyami gritted his teeth. "Id love to ask her out, but I want to focus on being something here. The gods themselves made this girl with my likeness. We get along so well and I have to remind myself that dating is not my purpose here."

Kirishima's smile faded and he frowned. "Im sorry, man. I didnt mean to push. I had no idea."

"I know. Ive been sitting on it for awhile. I didnt want to admit it, but I realized it the moment we met. Shes gorgeous and incredibly smart. She cares deeply for other people and every time I learn something new about her- it makes it harder and harder for me to follow through with my oath." Tokoyami closed his locker door and glanced back to Kirishima. "Just dont tell her. Itll make it even harder than it already is."

Kirishima nodded slowly and closed his locker door, heading towards the showers to get ready for school. Man, that had went a bit worse than he thought. He liked Alice and figured both her and Tokoyami would be a cute couple- now he just felt bad for even torturing the other boy even more. He sighed softly, letting the water run over him. He was actually kind of surprised that Bakugo had been so quiet about the whole thing. Normally the blonde was making snappy comments or interjecting himself into the conversation, but he was quiet. Maybe he was getting sick? Kirishima sighed, roughly washing his face. "Hopefully the day goes better than the morning did."