"Alright you bunch of newbies! Hero's vs Villain's. A training exercise, I will split you up into pairs, one group of three. The Villains will be protecting a weapon, and the hero's will be trying to retrieve it." All Might explained.

Iida raised his hand, "But sir, if there is one group of three doesn't that put a team at a horrible disadvantage?"

All Might put a hand to his chin, "Hm. You may be right, but when you are fighting real villains not everything is going to be fair. Sometimes you will be outnumbered by villains and sometimes you may have them outnumbered."

We all nodded, made sense, but still sucks since we had an odd number of classmates. We all go into our pairs. I was paired up with Iida and Bakugo as villains. Against Ururaka, and Midoriya. "Seems fitting for you to be a villain." Bakugo looked down on me.

He's still mad, but more than usual. "Deku, you're finished! I'll murder you!"

He's pissed at Midoriya? At least he seems motivated to win. "Okay villains! Go ahead and head into the building." All Might instructed.

The three of us headed in, as seconds passed Bakugo seemed to be to just be getting more and more intense. I almost couldn't even feel Bakugo's confidence anymore, he was drowning in so much anger. He hated me, but if I could just touch him, maybe…I out stretched my hand. "Don't even think about it cry baby." He didn't even have to look at me. Was I that predictable?

"We should come up with a plan." Iida popped between us. I nodded my head in agreement.

"You guys do whatever you want." Bakugo left the room and went on his own, leaving us with the bomb.

"Your quirk is great for defense. I've noticed you don't have a lot of control of it, so as a last resort, we stay on defense and if there is any reason, I can't move the weapon and we are separated from it, you can move it. Our defense should be flawless between my speed and your telekinesis."

"Agreed." The heroes were given fifteen minutes to win. Iida and I spent some time moving and hiding objects that Ururaka could use against us. Ten minutes had passed there were tons of explosions going on. Bakugo must be taking this seriously. Ururaka finally faced us. Two against one. She didn't stand a chance.

"Stay on the defense, we don't know their plan." Iida instructed. I kept my eyes on Ururaka. The floor was still rumbling. Midoriya must be strong to last this long against Bakugo. The floor continued to rumble, but this time, it was much more intense. The floor began falling apart. I took a step back as a piece of the floor broke off. Shit! I reached out my hand. There was nothing to grab on to! "Tadoka!" Iida called out to me.

If I fall from this fight, I'm going to die. I have to stop myself. Relax, open up my mind, focus on my body. I have to float myself if I'm going to live. Shutting my eyes, I concentrated. Quirk please don't fail me. My, body stopped. Thank god! Now if I can just move myself back up to the top floor. I was almost there, before I couldn't do much more. "Tadoka!" Iida and Ururaka tried to reach for me. Shit. So I am going to die. Why am I so weak?

I should just accept my fate. Maybe this is the universe telling me, that I wasn't suppose to become a hero. I closed my eyes again. This time just accepting my fate. The moment never came. "So, you just gave up, huh? I expected nothing less from such a cry baby."

I opened my eyes to Bakugo. "You caught me? Even though you hate me so much?"

"It's a hero's job to rescue. I still hate you, you undeserving weakling."

This was the perfect time to tell him. His eyes were filled with so much hate though. It wouldn't matter to him. He doesn't care. "Thank you, Bakugo."

"THE HERO'S WON!"

"Dammit." I jumped out of Bakugo's arms. "This is all my damn fault."

We returned to the group. Midoriya was horribly injured, maybe I should visit him later. The entire class reviewed the battle. Yaoyorozu went in detail how reckless Midoriya, Bakugo, and Ururaka were. "Iida clearly performed the best. He took charged and formed a plan with Tadoka. Tadoka was a great team player but didn't stand out either, and then there was the fall…"

I forgot everyone saw that. That I can't even save myself. I need some air. I stepped into the hallway. Taking deep breathes. Clearly, I was a weak link. "What kind of hero can't even save herself? Hah."

"You will get better."

"Todoroki, shouldn't you be preparing for your match? You got picked for hero, right? How fun."

"I'm not worried. Are you ok?"

I nodded. "Good."

He started to walk away, "Why are you so nice to me?" I pushed myself off the wall. "I haven't done anything for you."

"We have a lot in common, I told you that."

"But- "

"That day you bumped into me. I don't know if it was a flute, but when I looked at you, I was filled with emptiness. For a brief second it was like we switched. You cried, and since then you seem full of sadness. I feel responsible."

Of course, he's giving me pity.

"Come back and watch the rest of the class do their combat training, you could learn a few tricks."

"Okay." I followed after him. Even if it was pity being around someone decent was refreshing. I entered back into the room the entire class quiet, keeping their eyes on the screen. I took a spot next to Todoroki. Our class was full of so much talent. "Everyone is so amazing."

"You can be just like them. You just have to work harder. It may seem like everyone is a natural, but we all work hard." Todoroki walked away. "I'm next, watch carefully."

Todoroki's combat training was amazing to say the least. His movements were so fluid, he made it look so easy. I watched in awe. "He's amazing." I want to be just like him.

"ALRIGHT CLASS! WELL DONE! YOU'RE DISMISSED!" All Might gave us a salute before leaving. I have so much to think about. How to get better, control my quirks, become smarter. Todoroki said I could so it. If he thinks, then maybe I should think so.

I started on the long walk to Yuki's. Damn why couldn't I have a cool speed quirk? It was already dark considering I stopped to visit Midoriya.

"Midoriya, are you open to visitors?" I peaked through the door.

"Oh hi, Tadoka. Sure, how did the rest of the challenges go?"

"They were amazing, I got to see our match as well. You were incredible Midoriya. You almost went that whole fight without using your quirk."

He smiled lightly. "I didn't have much of a choice, I can't control this power."

"We have that in common, lets learn together okay?" I smiled at him. Gently placing my hand on his. "We can do it!"

I sent a quick text to Sir, letting him know I was going to be late. "Cry Baby." I stopped in my tracks. "I need to talk to you."

Bakugo walked me to work. He complained the whole time. Why did he even bother to walk me? I let out a heavy sigh. The nights were starting to feel cooler. Tripping on raised concrete, I fell into his back. Oops. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"

"Sorry, I tripped. I swear." I nervously laughed. He's so intense. I snapped out of it. "What did you want to talk about? You've just been complaining the whole time about walking me to work."

"Of course, I am! How could anyone let such a baby walk themselves!" He went back to complaining. About the walk, about how much he hates me, how much he hates Deku. We got to the restaurant, and he still followed me in, complaining, yelling, and being his old Bakugo self. He took a seat at the bar. Still complaining. It's like he completely forgot about me. Oh well. As long as he isn't hurting anyone he can stay. I changed into my uniform, got him a cup of coffee, and set it in front of him. He took sips in between his mumbling.

"Bakugo. Did you need to vent? Is that why you're here?"

"Shut up, twerp."

"Well, I will be back, I have customers. Try not to mumble and bitch while, I am away. I would hate to miss anything." I rolled my eyes, and I swear I saw steam come from his ears.

By the time I had the order taken and all the tables bused. He was just sitting there. I refilled his cup. "Why didn't you tell me, about your quirk not working during the exam?"

"Would it have really made a difference to you?" I retorted quickly.

"I guess not."

I smiled, "I didn't think so. I can't prove it to you yet, but I'm going to show you. That I can be good. Maybe then, you can forgive me, and we can be friends."

"You won't ever be as good as me."

"HEYY, sweet cheeks, tip is on the table!" The drunken customers walked out of the bar. As soon as they left, I rushed over to the table to collect my tip and bus the table. "Dammit." Just their phone numbers. Back behind the bar I discarded the numbers into a trash can.

"Its not that I feel like I'm entitled to tips, but it really gets my hopes up when they mess with me." I met eyes with Bakugo, he was angry again. Damn does he ever take a break?

"I have to head out Tadoka, see you tomorrow." I saw him off. "Goodbye. I'll see you at school tomorrow." I'm not sure if he ever got to actually talk to me about whatever it was, but he left angrier than when he initially got here. I hope he's okay.

I spent the next two hours cleaning the restaurant from top to bottom. It was so slow this evening. Barely made anything at all, and it started to rain outside. Could it get any worse?

I stepped outside. Still raining dammit.

"Hey."

"Bakugo, what are you still doing here?"

He looked in the direction of a car with the headlights on. "Its those men whose table you waited. Figured I would wait and see if they would leave. Guess not, So I will walk you to your house."

"I'll be fine really."

"Dammit cry baby! Don't insult me, I waited this long."

I smiled, and started walking. "Well thank you then." The car followed for a couple blocks before giving up and taking off. "Does that happen a lot?"

"Kind of. I guess its what happens when you work at a bar and grill. I've never had any issues though. They follow, some times they approach, some times they try to fight. It really all depends."

"Tch. That's insane, why not get a bus pass?"

"I would if I could afford it. My sister and I struggle to make ends meet; we don't have the funds to transport me too."

For the next twenty minutes the only thing I heard was the rain hitting the ground. This had to be the quietest I have ever heard Bakugo. He walked me up the stairs to my apartment. The light in the kitchen was. "Sis, I'm home!" Utter silence.

Bakugo stood in the door way. "You can come in." I called back to him. "Sis?"

"Cry Baby, there's a note on the fridge. Your sister is on a date."

"WHAT?! A DATE!? NO WAY!" I ran to the kitchen. "She hasn't been on a date in two years."

"I think I'm going to head out cry baby."

"But it's still raining." I wish I could tell you how tired I was, feeling alone all the time. Bakugo was reluctant but sat down on my couch. "WELL, FEED ME WOMAN! IT'S LATE AND I HAVEN'T EATEN YET!"

"Sure thing." We didn't have much, but I could at least make a couple noodle cups. "Here Bakugo."

"Hm? Aren't girls suppose to cook well? What is this crap?"

"Um, excuse me! Shouldn't you be grateful!" Never mind the fact that I can't cook. We watched the news together late into the night, of what all the hero's around the world were accomplishing. I fell asleep dreaming that one day it would be me.