I do not remember the order the students went in for finals. I don't care. They go in whatever order I tell them to go in as it doesn't matter.
"Well, while I'm glad to see young Aizawa expand on his and Cujo's quirk, I do wish it could have ended differently…" Toshinori whispered when Shouta entered the teacher's lounge where all the other teachers were waiting in anticipation for Shouta's return from the infirmary. The finals were continuing with Ken now currently putting Sato and Kirishima to the test.
"You don't have to worry too much about your students witnessing what went down. I turned the cameras off the moment he won against you." Nedzu explained. "That being said, there's a good chance they had managed to witness the red mist surround him, but as far as they know he and Cujo both passed! As well as managed to merge together!"
"I don't know how you did it, Shou." Nemuri shook her head as she handed him a cup of black coffee. "When those two merged and showed themself I got some serious chills."
"I know." Hizashi gave his own visible shudder that rocked through his whole body. "But then he took Erasure…how are you feeling?" He asked Shouta and Shouta took a seat next to Hizashi with a heavy sigh.
"Well… that was an experience," Shouta told the truth as he placed the mug down in front of him.
"And the listener?"
"Sleeping. He passed out the moment his head hit the pillow." It wasn't a lie. The moment Shouta got Izuku in the hospital bed, his son passed out but not before saying something that chilled Shouta to the bone. Izuku's final words before passing out were as followed:
"They took Cujo. And now I have to get him back."
"So, you weren't kidding when you said his reactions to quirks his body isn't used to are hellish? When Izuku started to bleed from his eyes I got scared."
"How do you think I felt? He's my son. When he started screaming and there was nothing I could do I felt completely powerless. Izuku never screams like that. Not even when he broke three of his limbs. He has such a high pain tolerance that when he was younger he popped his shoulder out of his socket and didn't scream like that."
"...So…now what?" Nemuri asked Nedzu. "He took Shouta's quirk."
"Well, first things first, we already put him on suppressants just until he calms down, but like I already said, he's asleep." Shouta crossed his arms over his chest while looking at his co-workers.
Vlad huffed. "Well, that's all fair and good. But I'm assuming she means about him in total. What needs to be done to prevent this in the future? The last thing we need is for him to be taking quirks as he pleases."
Shouta narrowed his eyes as a low growl left his throat. "What exactly are you saying, Vlad?" Shouta urged the man with a narrowed-eyed stare.
"I'm only saying that he needs to know not to just take quirks when he gets excited."
"Asshole." Shouta snapped. "Did you miss the part where Izuku was trying to stop himself? Or did you miss the part where he was apologizing profusely to the point of a panic attack? He knows what he did was wrong-"
"-You know it's not Izuku I'm talking about, Shouta." Vlad interrupted.
Shouta sucked in a deep breath. "You think it's Cujo?"
The air became awkward as nearly no one could look at him. The only ones not looking guilty were Hizashi and Nedzu. Ectoplasm spoke next in a cautious tone."Cujo is-"
"-I swear to god if you say 'unpredictable' I'm going to hide your legs." Shouta threatened. "I know he's unpredictable. I know he's not perfect. But he's making strides."
"He broke Mineta's nose, Shouta." Came Vlad's sigh.
"Yes, but from what the security feed showed me and Nedzu alike: Mineta slapped his ass. Not only that but despite what you think: he was punished for what he did to Mineta. He had after-school detention and I forced him, Cujo, to write an essay about why what he did was wrong." Of course, Shouta wasn't going to let Cujo get away with breaking another student's nose in the cafeteria. He was secretly proud that his child figured out that what Mineta did was against his consent and felt the need to educate the little perv but he didn't vocalize this.
"Shouta, he left you quirkless-" Nemuri whispered cautiously.
"-...but he didn't," Shouta whispered back and then he looked at the other teachers around him. "He didn't." He then shook his head.
"He didn't? Shouta, we all saw him take Erasure from you." Hizashi put a hand on Shouta's shoulder as if to comfort him. He even gently put pressure behind Shouta's neck with his thumb, firmly moving his thumb in a circle to loosen the knot against his neck. "We even saw him use Erasure."
"Yes… that's true. But he didn't leave me quirkless-" Shouta stood up and grabbed his coffee mug. He then moved it to the center of the small table he was sitting at. Then he sat right back down. Everyone just watched him and Shouta rose his right hand up. He then opened and closed his hand like he was doing the 'grabby hand' motion. As he did this the coffee mug rose slowly from the table and gently floated into his hand. It wasn't like when Izuku had control of the quirk. The mug actually jerked with every movement of Shouta's hand and it wasn't instant like with Izuku. The quirk is weak, as Inko had explained. When it was in his hand he rose it up and sipped the beverage. "He swapped our quirks."
Several of them had their jaws dropped, Yagi included, and Shouta inhaled a slow breath. "A story is forming in my mind, okay? Before anyone else gets on to Cujo about this whole thing. He and Izuku were panicking, this much anyone can see, yeah?" He crossed his arms over his chest and the others nodded in agreement. "I'm pretty sure what happened was straightforward. They were trying to give my quirk back and either in their panic or confusion they gave me back the wrong quirk." Shouta explained while he put his mug back down on the table.
"How interesting!" Nedzu sounded like a little kid whose favorite word had just been spoken. He clasped his furry paws together in excitement he then grabbed the mug and moved it to the far end of the table. "Do it again!" He encouraged with another paw clap. Shouta snorted and lazily rose his hand up and repeated the action of 'pulling' the mug to him.
"I can see what Inko Midoriya meant when she said this quirk was making her lazy," Shouta commented out loud before freezing at the realization. He gripped the cup and then turned away from his coworkers. "She gave her consent before any of you think Cujo just up and stole it." He stated firmly. Okay, it was a half-truth. Or maybe a quarter of the truth because Cujo didn't take it first and foremost. Izuku took it. Which was weird to him.
'I was under the impression that All for One belonged to Cujo and Cujo alone, but it's not true. Izuku also has All for One. Meaning… he wasn't born with just one quirk. He's like Todoroki in the sense that has two. He has Cujo and he has All for One-... wait a minute…. Wait a damn minute.' Shouta visibly perked up as an idea struck him. "We got it all wrong…Cujo's quirk isn't the ability to take and exchange quirks. He, along with Izuku, just think that's the case. Because that's Izuku's quirk." He whispered before looking at Toshinori.
Toshinori rose an eyebrow as did the other teachers. "Toshinori. Izuku has used All for One before he knew about Cujo. He took Hitoshi's quirk during the USJ. Cujo is a quirk in himself. Cujo, when he comes out, makes quirks even stronger. He makes Izuku stronger and faster as a result which is why he's so fast, which is why when they merge the two of them are nearly impossible to beat."
"..." Yagi's face went through a series of emotions as he thought about it. "But… you witnessed Cujo attempting to take Hitoshi's quirk for yourself. You told me this."
"Yes, but he's not the holder he just has the same ability because, as he's mentioned many many times to us he and Izuku are one and the same and he wasn't kidding. The abilities he has, all stem from Izuku's own abilities. Izuku even told me that Cujo told him that he was a "Smarter, stronger, and faster form of you." Izuku has All for One. Cujo is just an enhancement."
"So, you're saying it wasn't Cujo that took Erasure?"
"No…yes? Well-" Shouta didn't have an answer. But it turns out a little purple-haired eavesdropper did. Hitoshi knocked on the open door to the teachers lounge and made himself known.
"One: I was told to get Thirteen as it's her turn. Sato and Kirishima failed. Two: Cujo didn't take your quirk. Izuku did. Tendrils are Cujo, Red Mist is Izuku. Cujo likes to impale people when he takes quirks he only uses mist to return quirks. Which is rare."
"How did you even know- how long have you been standing out there, young man?" Hizashi inquired in a serious tone and Hitoshi shook his head.
"Just long enough to hear the end. I saw the mist before the camera shut off. Don't worry. None of the others even noticed." Hitoshi then got off of the door and then cast a glance toward his father. "Good job by the way…the only time I've ever seen them merge is when they tell people off. This is the first time they've ever willingly merged into one and… I'm sorry."
"What for?" Shouta inquired.
"I said you couldn't tame Cujo. I was wrong. Whatever you're doing is right. And by the way to those saying Cujo is a threat. You should have seen him before. He's a puppy now." With those final words, Hitoshi stalked off and away from the lounge.
"Hmph: 'Just long enough to hear the end.' my ass he was absolutely listening in." Hizashi snorted while watching Hitoshi retreat.
Shouta couldn't help but smile into his mug. "So, Vlad. Seeing how it wasn't Cujo that took my quirk how about you change your views around, yeah?"
"Oof." Hitoshi put his hands in his pockets as he watched the battle between Thirteen, Ochako, and Aoyama. "These teachers aren't fucking around." He huffed a little as Denki came up to him. The two of them watched as Thirteen activated her quirk and Ochako as well as Aoyama hung on to a bar to keep themselves from flying into the teacher.
Denki put his head on Hitoshi's shoulder. "Yeah. I have Nedzu with Mina after them…it should be easy, I mean he's just a rat."
"Heh." Hitoshi chuckled. "No. It won't be easy."
"It won't?" Denki's smile slipped off of his face and Hitoshi reached up and patted Denki's hair.
"No. Nedzu is the smartest creature on earth. For you and Mina it's not about your quirks. It's going to be about your wits." Hitoshi leaned down and pressed his forehead to Denki's. He was surprised at how warm Denki was. "You need to be smart for once in your life, Denki Kaminari. That's what Nedzu wants."
"...But I'm not smart." Denki sighed and pulled away from Hitoshi. He then crossed his arms and turned away from Hitoshi. "Not like you and Izuku. You guys are so much smarter than I am it…it makes me wonder sometimes."
"Wonder?" Hitoshi asked and Denki looked at him. He reminded Hitoshi of a kicked puppy with how big and sad his eyes were.
"Why you and Zuku hang around me…"
Hitoshi couldn't help it. It made him smile for the first time that day. He then walked up and grabbed Denki's hand. "Zuchan and I hang around you because you're nice, understanding, and… you're…ᶠᵘⁿⁿʸ…" He grumbled the last word out.
Denki perked at that last word. "What did you just say?"
"..."
"Did you just say I was funny?" A big smile bloomed on Denki's face as he pointed at Hitoshi. "You said I was funny! You-!" He pinched the sides of Hitoshi's face forcing Hitoshi's mouth into a grin. It made Hitoshi laugh.
"What are you doing?" He asked as Denki continued to keep Hitoshi's mouth like this.
"Well, I just. I'm just so happy I can't keep it contained!" He beamed a smile so bright it could power a small city. "So, I need to make you smile the same as me!"
Now that got an actual smile out of Hitoshi.
"Uravity and I simply can't stop sparkling has run out of time. Thus they failed the exam!" Nedzu's voice came over the intercom and both Hitoshi and Denki turned to the screen. Ochako and Aoyama were both on the ground by the bar they were holding on. Ochako was crying at their loss to the teacher and Thirteen was consoling Ochako while Aoyama had a strange look on his face. A look that made Hitoshi narrow his eyes. Because Aoyama doesn't look too distraught about this loss-
"Man, you're not kidding." Denki shook his head. "These teachers really aren't fucking around. Man…I'm so nervous." Denki twisted his hand into Hitoshi's and Hitoshi squeezed it gently.
"Just remember. Be smart and you'll do fine. Because despite what you think, Kaminari Denki, you are smart and don't you dare compare yourself to Zuchan or me again. Don't forget, we were raised by a teacher."
"... Right!" Denki smiled and then swallowed hard. "I need to speak with Mina, wish me luck."
"Good luck."
Denki and Mina both walked along Ground Gamma together. The place was huge and industrial with so many factories and pipes that it made it look and feel like a labyrinth. "So, Hitoshi said that Nedzu will probably want us to be smart about this…but Nedzu is just a rat…" Mina whispered while they hurriedly walked along the path looking for any signs of Nedzu. "Like we could literally just-" She mimed the image of picking up Nedzu and pretended to punt him. "I'm not saying it's right. But I'm saying it shouldn't require much strategy."
"Hm, yeah, but what if Nedzu isn't personally fighting us? I've been thinking about this-"
"Ah, that's why I smelt smoke. It's your brain running in overdrive." She playfully teased but Kaminari wasn't smiling and he even jerked away when she tried to pinch at his cheek.
"I'm being serious, Mina. Please, take this seriously."
"Denks, you can't just think something is going to happen because Hitoshi said it might happen. Like, the whole class knows you have a crush on him, it doesn't mean you have to simp for him." Denki blushed at Mina's words before he snorted. "Besides, it's like Bakugo said: He's secretly not a good person."
"I don't believe that." Denki stopped walking immediately. "I didn't believe it when he said this, because he has no proof."
"No proof? Have you not seen the way he's been treating Ochako? Or even Bakugo."
"Ochako I understand. She crossed a line and he doesn't have to forgive her."
"Okay and what about Bakugo?"
"..."
"Denki, Honey. I know you like him." Mina grabbed his face with both of her hands. "But you have to see how weird he is about his own brother."
"This again? How many times does he have to spell it out? He and Izuku aren't sexual and it's gross to think that. I would know. I thought the same thing when I first met them!"
"It's not about being sexual. Denki there is such a thing as emotional incest-"
"-I'm done. We're not having this conversation." Denki waved Mina's concerns off and started storming forward…but despite being done he wasn't really. He pulled and face and while still walking he turned to look at her behind him. "That's just gross! Why would you even put that in my head!?"
"Because it's the truth!"
"But it's not!" There was a buzzing under his skin as he yelled at Mina. "It's not like that! It never has been!"
"Denki. Why haven't you ever stopped to think about Bakugo's claim?"
"Because I've known Hitoshi and Izuku longer! Bakugo and Hitoshi haven't gotten along since day one! Bakugo attacked Izuku and Hitoshi responded properly and Bakugo didn't like that! Then they were paired and battle trails did you not see what Bakugo did to Izuku!? I don't know about you, but if that were my brother bloodied and beaten to a pulp because he didn't remember some guy from his past I would react negatively as well! Look, Bakugo is a good guy but Hitoshi is in his right to not like him!"
"Emotional Incest involves-"
"You are not a therapist!" It was the first time in a while did Kaminari Denki raise his voice at someone like that. The last people he yelled at like this? His own mother. Well, it didn't matter as there was a noise. A noise that was so loud and so violent that it caused the world around them to shake. It sounded close to tearing metal and by the time he looked up he hardly had any time to duck out of the way as parts of the factory started to fall down around them.
The world shook violently as Denki fell on to his side and protected his head with his arms. He and Mina both screamed as they were separated by some twisted metal that was once a part of some building. "Shit! Mina! Are you okay!?" He called out from the other side of the metal.
Mina coughed. "I'm fine! Hang on!" There was some silence before he heard sizzling like Mina was cooking bacon. Then he watched as the metal disintegrated forming hole on the other side for Mina to squeeze through. She popped out and grabbed his hand. The two of them started running.
"Okay!" She panted. "You might have been right about this one!" She admitted defeat when there was another loud noise. A crashing sound was followed by more metal and pieces of building falling around them. Mina and He both skidded to a stop just in time as one building was getting ready to fall on them. They turned down another way with urgency.
"I told you!" He panted just the same. He looked around for just a moment as they reached a three-way section.
"This way!" She urged towards a way on the far left that looked the longest as the other two were cut off by twists and turns.
"No! We need to be smart about this, remember?!" Another crash and Denki saw just what Nedzu was doing as a crane head crashed into a pillar close by them sending it crashing to the ground, causing dust and debris to fly every which way. Both of them squatted down and put their hands against their heads. "That way is too obvious! It's too straight! I bet it leads to a dead end! We need to take one of these curvy ways!" He pointed to the other two ways and Mina's mouth twisted before she sighed.
"Just lead the way!"
He grabbed her hand and the two went running again. He went for the one on the farthest left. The one that looked more akin to a maze than a path. 'Need to smart.' He repeated in his head. 'Work smarter not harder… work smarter… not harder-' He skidded to a stop just as Nedzu crashed the crane nearby again, this one did block their path as pieces of debris and rubble piled up nearly crushing the two of them. "You can make acid with your boots right!? You mentioned that at one point if I remember correctly? Your boots can squirt acid out of the bottom?" He demanded while practically shaking her.
"Wh-What?" She inquired while she started to shake a little. "Acid with my boots?- yes." Mina swallowed hard and quickly steeled herself. "Yes. Why?"
"Make acid with your boots! We can corrode the wall with them and you should be able to quickly climb it to the top! Once up top, we can see the Nedzu exit!"
"..." Mina's eyes lit up and she nodded sternly. She produced the acid as requested and she started to climb up, her boots sticking to the metal that was slowly melting away with each step. Once she was high enough off of the ground she grabbed Denki's hand and he started to quickly climb up with her. Before they both knew it they were on top of one of the many metal tubings around. It was a great way for them to get a birds-eye view of the area. "There!" Mina pointed and Denki saw it the same that she had.
Denki was sure he heard Nedzu's voice in his head. 'Ah-ah. No cheating.' Or something like that as he witnessed the crane come barreling toward them. Denki did the only thing he could think to do- he pushed Mina to get her down to safety. The ground disappeared from under him for a second but not before he narrowed his eyes at the crane above him. The world slowed down into slow motion as he looked at the crane head retreating away. 'Okay…new plan. You want smart, Principal Nedzu? How's this?' With a smirk, he focused all of his power on his hands and he fired. "One million volts!" He cried while throwing his arms back, causing his body to flip weightlessly in the air. His quirk discharged and hit the head of the crane dead on. He would relish in this little victory for about a second until he hit the ground below and promptly blacked out.
"Kaminari!" Mina cried before biting her lip and looking at the crane. The crane was smoking and looked to be obsolete for the time being. She looked at the clock. Less than five minutes remained "...Okay." She grabbed her cuffs. "Let's end this properly, Principal Nedzu." She then used her acid to skate across the tops of the roofs and metal until she reached the crane in less than a minute.
"What a show!" Nedzu's voice sounded from somewhere and made Mina look frantically for him. "Truly fascinating the length humans will go to pass a simple exam!"
"You call that simple?! You could have crushed us!" She yelled back at him. "Have you lost your mind?!"
Nedzu popped up on the main body of the crane machine. He looked a little disheveled from his usual crisp appearance and he was holding the remains of a teacup. By remains, it was just a broken handle and nothing more. "I will admit. I did not take into account Young Kaminari's quirk of taking my crane out of commission like that." He dropped his little cup handle and looked at Mina.
"But I see you wish you take me on. How interesting! I didn't see this outcome either!"
Mina looked behind Nedzu and then focused back on the rodent without letting her face drop. "Yeah, well, I felt it fit seeing how you nearly killed us."
"Kill? No, all of my moves were calculated to only cause minor injuries! I would never harm one of my students in such a way!" Nedzu reassured her and she smiled.
"Shame it can't be said for us, Kami now!"
Nedzu had no time as his back was kicked by Kaminari Denki. The boy quickly and efficiently pinned Nedzu to the ground with his knee and he cuffed the principal. The moment Nedzu was cuffed Kaminari jumped up and started bouncing up and down with Mina copying his movements from afar. Both of them let out several whoops and hollers of excitement. "I can't believe we did it!" Mina cheered and Denki let his smile drop for a moment.
"Mina. We couldn't have done it if Hitoshi hadn't told me to be smart about this whole thing. Remember that. And I never want to hear the words 'emotional incest' leave your mouth again."
Her bouncing died down and she nodded while guiltily clutching her arm. "...Okay."
"Pinkie and Chargebold have passed the exam…*sob*"
Hitoshi laughed a little while had sat in a chair. 'I knew you could do it, Denki.' He thought with a smile.
Next up was Koda and Jiro against Present Mic. It was starting to dwindle down now and he had a feeling that he, Bakugo, and Momo were going to be last when facing off against All Might. Neither of them had really come up to talk about a potential plan on how they were going to go up against the number one hero. Well, Hitoshi and Momo have tried. Bakugo. The almighty Bakugo, refused to listen to anything they had to say and when approached they were just met with, what else? Screaming from the blonde.
So, now Momo and he was coming up with a plan. Fuck Bakugo. If he wanted to fail then so be it. "I'm thinking a cannon. I could hide up on a building? It'll only shoot confetti but it should slow him down…" She whispered.
"Tempting. Shame my quirk won't work through a megaphone. I just need him to talk to me and we'll be golden." He whispered back.
"Hm. Do you know what we should expect in terms of attack?"
"I'm not the All Might nerd. Zuchan is. If I had to guess I would think maybe some sort of a force attack. Something that'll force us out of any potential hiding. Not that Bakugo will want to do stealth anyways. Though I say just let him fail and you and I could try a stealthy approach."
"That's not exactly heroic, Aizawa H." Momo gently scolded. "We need to work together. That's why we were chosen-" She paused and grabbed onto her stomach like she was in pain.
"What's wrong?" he whispered.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about me."
He heard it then. Her stomach started to growl.
"Yaoyorozu, are you hungry?" He inquired almost a little stunned at the mere idea. They all had breakfast, did they not? But not only that but wasn't the first time he noticed how she looked hungry.
"It's nothing."
"Your quirk requires food. Hang on, I think there's a vending machine-"
"No. It's fine."
"Look, we're going up against the fight of our lives in under forty or so minutes. You need food." He stated in a tone that would make his father proud. "We can't have you fainting out there. I don't mean to sound mean, but I don't want to carry you and Bakugo across that finish line." He shook his head. "Just give me a minute. I'll go and bug my dad for some money."
"Aizawa H- wait-" But he didn't listen and instead he stalked out of the room and down towards the teacher's lounge again. However, he never made it that far as outside the vending machine was Todoroki.
"Hey." He greeted his peer.
"Hey." Todoroki greeted right back rather bored. "Why isn't Izuku back? It's been over thirty minutes since his final ended…I got him a sticky bun." He held the treat up. "For a job well done."
"Mmm. Something happened."
"...Regarding Cujo?"
"You know…I almost forgot to ask…how do you know about Cujo? You see that day Izuku was pushed down the steps you didn't ask a single question about his appearance."
"..." Todoroki looked away as he looked at his selection of treats. "Yes, I was aware of Cujo's presence before the others." He decided to just come clean. "Izuku showed him to me one day after school. It was when you two were fighting."
Hitoshi narrowed his eyes before shoving his hands in his pockets. "Hm. Interesting." He settled on simply saying. "...anyways, I got to bug my dad for money. Yaoyorozu didn't eat breakfast this morning and looked hungry. I'm getting her something from the machine-" Suddenly the bun was placed in his hand.
"Give her this," Todoroki demanded with a sternness that made Hitoshi back up just a step. "I can get Izuku another whenever he comes back. Just…give her this. Tell her I told her to eat it. That it was a gift. She won't turn it down if it's a gift."
"...Uh…" Hitoshi looked at the bun and then back at Todoroki. "Okay…is something going on that I should know?"
"No. It's none of your business. Just do as I told you."
"...Okay." Hitoshi didn't know how to feel as it was clear that Todoroki knew something but just wasn't willing to give the information up. "Yeah. No prob."
So, he took the bun to Yaoyorozu and plopped it in her lap. "It's a gift from Todoroki." Was all he had to say and she quietly ate while they continued to plan.
" Petting Hero: Anima and Hearing Hero: Earphone Jack has passed!" Came Nedzu's much chipper voice that made both Hitoshi and Momo giggle a little before they went back to planning.
The fight was getting close and Hitoshi licked his lips nervously. "Let's just hope we have what it takes. Even if Bakugo refuses to work with us."
"Yes." Momo agreed. "Though, it would be best if we could all work together."
"Good luck with that, Creati. But I'm training to be a hero. I'm not a therapist for someone who clearly doesn't want help."
So, the last of Cujo has been revealed. As yes, it was shown earlier in the story that Izuku has All for One without Cujo's help. Cujo is as Shouta said: He's there to help make Izuku stronger and when they merge they're at their strongest, but, as we'll see coming up (maybe in the next chapter, maybe not) but when they merge Izuku loses control of All for One because All for One is at it's possible strongest. So yes, it was Izuku that went for Shouta's quirk by accident but it was Cujo that tried to give it back only for him to mess up and hand over the wrong quirk. But this should be the LAST on Cujo's full quirk.
So. To recap: Cujo has All for One because All for One stems from Izuku. Everyone, including Izuku and Cujo thought All for One was his quirk. Cujo is as he stated: A stronger Izuku that makes his quirks and attacks stronger. In short, he comes out when Izuku needs to be stronger. He's also a healing quirk as those that Izuku takes, Like Endeavors quirk, can harm his body.
Cuzuko is them at their fullest possible strength but is all All for One at it's strongest proving to be dangerous and should only be used in emergency situations.
I think. That's EVERYTHING on Cujo, Izuku, and Cuzuko. If you are confused let me know and I'll see if I can help clarify.
Also: Why did Ochako and Aoyama fail? Her crush on Izuku is now invalid as she one: ganged up on him with the class. but also already tried to ask him out. Therefore she had no reason to be embarrassed if he asked such a question. Also for another reason.
