Chapter 2
"Hey Tadoka! Sit here!" Kirishima waved me over the second I stepped through the door. I smiled, at least I was making friends. Near him was Bakugo. God, I hope his big mouth didn't tell everyone where I worked. Angry as ever I see. Next thing I know, I bumped into someone. "Ouch."
"Tadoka are you okay?" My red headed friend offered assistance. "I'm fine. Hey I'm sorry about that." I looked up into a pair of two different colored eyes. Instantly, I felt pain. I grabbed my chest; I thought my heart was going to explode. A single tear graced my cheek. I touched it, shocked. I hadn't ever cried before.
"Todoroki, are you just going to stand there or help her up?"
He reached out a hand. "Oh no, I'm fine I swear! I ran into you! My bad!" I was getting flustered? All I knew is, I didn't want to touch him, he hurts too much.
"Tadoka, you're crying." Kirishima pointed out. I felt my face. It wasn't just one tear. I needed to get out of here. No one would understand…I ran out of the room. This is so embarrassing. I would probably get in trouble for not going, but that was better than embarrassing myself in front of such strong peers.
I hid out till lunch time. I still had business to discuss with a certain hot head. Standing against the wall, I waited till I heard the loud mouth. I took a deep breath, and waited till he got closer. "Bakugo." I didn't look up. He didn't say anything. "Will you have lunch with me?" Looking up he seemed disinterested.
"Why would I…"
"SEE YOU LATER BAKUGO! HAVE FUN ON YOUR LUNCH DATE!" Kaminari shouted and took off with Kirishima.
"WAIT YOU IDIOTS!" Bakugo shouted. He turned back to me.
"Well since you're free now, follow me." I started walking away. "Please, its important."
I heard Bakugo grumbled. "Don't tell me what to do."
We got to a small table. I sat down and unpacked my lunch. "you might as well eat, to keep up on your strength." Bakugo sat down across from me. "What is you want? I don't really want to be seen with a cry baby, who can't handle a simple push."
I bit my tongue. "About last night, I really need you to keep it a secret that I-"
"I don't care cry baby. Your business is yours. Hardly even worth mentioning." He got up and walked away.
"Thank you Bakugo." I called after him. He just kept walking. Part of me wanted him to stay. I wanted to feel that confidence, that ambition.
"Tadoka, was it?" I turned around, to see Todoroki.
Shit. Shit. Shit. I have to stay calm. "Yeah, that's me." Todoroki sat down across from me replacing Bakugo's spot.
"Are you okay? From earlier? I didn't think I bumped into you that hard."
"Yeah, I'm okay, just a rough start to the day, I guess. It really wasn't your fault. I should have been paying attention."
We sat in silence for a minute. He's the opposite of Bakugo, quiet. "I have been hearing in the class that you should have tried to get a recommendation." He piped up.
I spat out my sandwich. "No way! I'm nowhere near as good as you or Momo. I mean I ranked 15, that's not good at all."
He stood up. "Lunch is over, we should head back to class."
Why did he even ask me something like that? Kirishima must be running his mouth. "Todoroki? How much did I miss this morning?"
"Not much, we are selecting our class rep. Midoriya or Yaoyorozu."
He really wasn't much of a talker; his mood had changed quite a bit. He was starting to have a feeling I have become familiar with. Confidence. That feeling is so addicting.
"Glad to see that you decided to join us Tadoka." My Aizawa called me out.
"Uh, sorry sir. I had some things to deal with."
"See me after class." His eye bore into me. It was like he saw right through me.
Well shit this is what I get.
"Now for your new class rep. Midoriya you have the majority of class votes. You will be the classes new representative."
Midoriya stood before the class. "I really appreciate this, but I don't think I would best represent our class. Iida, is far more fit."
Midoriya, he oozed with passion. Iida stood from his seat; the remainder of the class cheered him on. "THANK YOU MIDORIYA! I WON'T LET DOWN CLASS 1-A!"
Iida was happy. The class passed quickly. I took notes on everything possible. I had to make up for the first half of the day and show Mr. Aizawa that I wanted to be here. "Class dismissed. Tadoka, come here."
Part of me hoped he would have forgotten, but I should have expected a pro would never forget. I approached his desk, and bowed. "Mr. Aizawa, I am so sorry for missing class this morning."
"Do you even really want to be here? You are already skipping class on the second day, your quirk isn't great, your ranking is low. I don't want to waste my time on a student if they don't have any ambition, or passion."
He was right. "Thank you, sir, I want to be here. I won't let you down again."
"In regards to your second quirk, its painfully obvious that you have no control over it. It's making you look weak. So, with no control how did you convince an entire panel of judges to put their faith in you?"
He caught me; I may have cheated a little bit. My second quirk, not only can I feel another person's emotions, but I can also control them. I may have influenced the impression of me, so that I would get in. I took a deep breath. "Honestly Mr. Aizawa, I took a chance. I wasn't sure if it would work or not."
"Well since I haven't even seen anything impressive from you, I would say it did. You are dismissed."
I bowed one more time before leaving. I had enough time to get to work. I raced out of the room only to run in to someone. "You Cheated? How?!" The anger really overwhelmed me.
"I don't have time Bakugo, what're you even doing here?" I tried to run. I couldn't move. Bakugo grabbed on to my wrist. "No! You are going to explain to me right now! You don't even deserve to be here!"
There was a moment of silence before my phone went off. I pulled it out of my pocket and showed him. "You're in luck, I don't have anywhere to be now." He dropped my wrist and we started walking.
He stopped right outside the school. Taking a deep breath. "I have a second quirk, my parents, they bred children until they got a perfect combination of the two. I am the youngest of 8 children. You may have heard of them 'Telepath' and 'Emotional Disturbance'."
"But those are…"
"Villains. I know. They were killed not long after I was born. They just wouldn't allow themselves to be taken in. I have had no time to train my quirk, between working, helping my sister, and studying. I felt I had to do something. So, I attempted to mess with the judge's emotions, to put their faith in me, to take that risk and give me a chance. My parent's history won't define who I am going to be."
"YOU DUMBASS!"
I flinched, "Don't you realize by cheating you made the choice of a villain. You won't ever be a hero." Bakugo finished before walking away from me. Was he right? Is being a villain in my blood? Maybe I did make a poor choice in cheating but I did it for a good cause. A selfish cause.
I didn't think, I just did it. Before I even realized I had thrown a small pebble at the back of his head. "What was that for you, dumbass?!"
"Fight me. Let me prove it to you. I deserve to be here as much as you!"
A snide grin came across his face. He turned around to face me. "Bring it, loser, you won't last five minutes." Before I knew it Bakugo used his explosion quirk. He was in front of me, landing a hit straight to my gut. Damn it hurts. I won't last if he decides to use his quirk against me. I have to be smart and fast. At least three steps ahead. I need to play defense until I can think of something. "COME ON! SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT WEAKLING!"
His hand sparked. Shit he is going to use his quirk. I moved a boulder in front of me, it was going to have to work for now. The boulder exploded into small pieces of ruble around me. I'm going to have to try and control him into submission.
