NOTE: This chapter contains an excerpt from a book that is not mine. I do not own the words or the characters. The book is titled Sweet Persuasion by Maya Banks (and is part of the Sweet Series). The link for the book is Sweet-Persuasion-Maya-Banks/dp/0425266966).
Chapter 6
Uraraka sat quietly on the table portion of the table bench near the 1-A classroom as she waited for her friends to finish. She leaned back onto her hands and slightly stretched her legs in front of her. She closed her eyes as she turned her head up towards the sun, letting the heat of the sun caress her. It was surprisingly warm for the end of December.
She had been the first to finish their final exam as first-year students and had been dismissed by the proctor. Uraraka was positive that she probably should have used the extra time to review but her brain was fried and she didn't want to second guess her initial answers.
Uraraka turned her face towards the classroom door. She probably had a couple of minutes before the rest of her class joined her outside. If she had to guess, Todoroki or Momo-chan would be the next ones out.
Uraraka began biting her lip as she thought about how to spend these next moments as she waited for her friends in the sun.
It wouldn't hurt. No one would know. And I'd be able to hear anyone coming out of the classroom so I can put it away quickly. She tried to reason.
Before chickening out, she reached deep into her school bag and brought out the small, tan-covered, book that had taken over the last couple of weeks.
She gave one last quick glance at the classroom door, before shimmying down to the bench part of the table bench, crossing her legs, and opening the book.
Faith's eyes glimmered with amusement.
"Micah informs me that men go crazy for a submissive women."
"Ah shit, not him too," Julie groaned,
"Good lord, woman. So you let him and Gray both have their wicked way with you?
What did you do, let them tie you up and fuck your brains out?"
Faith pretended interest in her fingernails and cast Julie a sidelong glance.
"Pretty much."
"You are such an evil whore," Julie muttered...
"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU FINISH SO FAST!"
Uraraka jumped a good foot of the bench, yelping like a dog who just got their tail stepped on. In her shock, she chucked the book in the direction of the noise as if somehow throwing the book at full force would defend her from the impending attack.
"AHHH!" She said as she landed back on the bench, her eyes focused on the source of the screaming. "Bakugo! What the -" She started, her heart beating a million miles per second.
"CALM THE FUCK DOWN AND ANSWER ME!" He shouted at her again.
Uraraka's initial fear turned quickly into annoyance.
"You are telling me to calm the fuck down." She crossed her arms over her chest in anger. If she was honest, she also didn't want Bakugo to see her chest heaving up and down so rapidly as she was still attempting to take control of her breathing. "That's rich."
"Oi, don't cuss. It's weird as shit." He glared at her, "And answer me. You were the first one done. How?"
"I can cuss if I want to, Bakugo." She said with an exasperated sigh. "And also why does it matter to you?" She said getting up from the bench to stand directly in front of him.
"I will be the number 1 hero!" He barked.
Uraraka gave him a confused look.
"And me finishing one exam before you somehow stops that from happening?" Uraraka was seriously getting irritated.
And that's when she noticed it.
When she threw the book out towards the loud noise, she had thrown it at Bakugo. And there he was, holding on to the book. The book.
Oh no!
All her hard work trying to calm down after being yelled at by the crazy boy in front of her went flying out the window. She could feel her body erupt into a deep blush. But after a year of being classmates with Bakugo, she knew him. Or well knew him enough.
She couldn't show weakness or he'd pounce.
She would calmly ask him to return her book.
Yes, cool. Collected.
Uraraka would channel her inner Todoroki.
No fear.
She's got this.
"AHH! BAKUGO GIVE ME MY BOOK BAG!" Her face was beet red, her arms flapping around like she was trying to take off.
So much for calm, cool, and collected.
Bakugo smirked at her. A weakness.
"Not until you tell me how." He said, voice arrogant.
In her panic, Uraraka began to try and wrestle the book away from Bakugo. "Ba...ku…go…give...me my...damn...book!" She huffed as she unsuccessfully attempted to strong-arm Bakugo into returning it.
"Is this that stupid book you were reading that one time?" Bakugo said as he very elegantly maneuvered his way around Uraraka's grasps.
Uraraka could feel the next five seconds of her life unravel in slow motion. Bakugo began to open the book to the last page she had earmarked. The one that had brought her so much pleasure the night before. That page had now become the source of all her panic and dread.
Once again, Uraraka's body moved before her brain could catch up. She ran as fast and as hard as she could and rammed into Bakugo, causing both of them to lose their balance and fall to the ground.
To Uraraka's dismay, Bakugo had not lost possession of the book, but at the very least she had been successful in getting him to not read it.
"WHAT THE FUCK!" Bakugo screamed from beneath her.
That's when she became aware of the position they had landed in. Bakugo was laid out on the ground, one hand holding on to her book, extended above his head, the other hand lay at the small of her back. Both her legs were bent at the side of his but her entire upper half of her body was towering over him, she was leaning forward trying to reach the book, her breasts precariously close to Bakugo's face.
"Uhm...Uraraka-san? Kacchan?" She heard a small whisper. Both Bakugo and Uraraka's heads whipped to the right. Deku stood in front of them, his eyes darting nervously between them, hand rubbing the back of his neck. Next to him stood Todoroki, looking unfazed except for his eyebrows which were shot so high up into his hairline it was comical. Kirishima stood on his other side with a wicked grin, his eyes twinkling with mischief.
Before she knew what was happening she felt herself falling to the ground. Bakugo had pushed her off him and gotten up as quick as a piston.
Uraraka humphed as her ass hit the cold ground.
"Not manly dude." Kirishima said as he stretched out a hand to Uraraka to help her up, flashing her a beaming smile, his pointy teeth displayed in full force.
"Shut the fuck up shitty hair." He said grabbing his book bag from the floor.
"Is...uhm...yea...you two?...Uhm…" Deku was stuttering, trying to ask his question.
"You too nerd." Bakugo spat, "Mind your business." He swung his bag over one shoulder and turned around without saying another word. Kirishima chuckled as he handed Uraraka her bag and ran off after him.
"Want me to freeze him?" Todoroki said simply.
"A...ha...ha...uhm...no...it...this...ha...yes..nothing to worry about...it's…" Uraraka started floundering around with excuses. She could feel her face get redder than it was previously.
By the time she managed to calm down, Kirishima and Bakugo were already gone.
"Uraraka-san, what was...are you okay?" Deku asked her, his eyes showcasing sincere worry, "I know Kacchan can be…" He trailed, trying to find the right word.
"An ass." Todoroki chimed in.
"Aggressive?" She heard Tsu's voice as she approached the group.
"Are we speaking about the appropriate words one can use to describe Bakugo-kun?" Iida interceded, a couple of feet behind Tsu.
Tsu and Todoroki nodded.
"Ah, yes, very well. I will assist." Iida said as he pushed up his glasses. "Loud."
Uraraka smiled at her friends.
"Difficult." Deku finally settled on a word.
"That's an understatement." Todoroki drawled.
Uraraka laughed.
"It's okay you guys. It's fine. We just had a little misunderstanding but nothing to be worried about." She tried to play it off but her cheeks were still a deep tinge of red.
Deku gave her one final concerned look and then took a deep breath.
"Okay, if you say so, I believe you."
The group of friends began to walk back towards the dorms, idly chatting about the exam. They entered the common room and lounged as they waited for their classmates. Momo, Mina, and Sero showed up a couple of minutes later, closely followed by Jiro and a very defeated looking Kaminari.
Kaminari slumped into the seat next to Uraraka and sighed.
"You can say that again." She responded, giving him a friendly pat on his shoulder.
As the rest of the class slowly walked in, the common room became more and more alive. Despite how exhausted everyone looked, it felt nice to be all together with the worry and stress of their last semester and exams behind them. The conversation quickly turned towards tomorrow's dance. The girls had migrated towards the dinner table, while the boys laid out across the living room floor.
Uraraka heard the ding of the elevator and turned in its directions. She saw Kirishima come out of them by himself, looking very pleased.
As he approached the group of boys, he turned towards the girls and his eyes quickly fell onto Uraraka, giving her a sly smirk. It was so fast Uraraka thought she had imagined it. She quickly turned back towards the girls and tried to focus on the conversation. They were agreeing on a time to start getting ready in the girls' bathroom tomorrow.
Uraraka tried to contribute to the conversation but she could feel the tiredness of the last two weeks hit her like a truck. Kirishima's smirk had left her feeling unsettled. Plus, the thought of having had her boobs so close to Bakugo's face made her want to go hide under a rock until graduation.
She excused herself, saying she was super tired and needed all the beauty sleep she could get for tomorrow's dance.
Uraraka closed the door of her room behind her and stripped out of her uniform. She threw herself onto her bed and took a deep breath.
Finally, exams were done. She was pretty sure she didn't do horrible. Maybe not top 3 scores, but enough to pass. She could finally relax.
Truly relax.
No responsibility for the next two weeks.
"Mmmm." She let out a content sigh as she stretched, turning on her bed to lie facing up.
She turned to the clock. It was still a little too early to go to sleep, she didn't want to wake up at 2 in the morning and end up being wide awake.
I know! I'll read a bit, shower, and then go to sleep. She thought to herself happily.
She got out of her bed and walked towards her school bag which she had dropped next to the entrance of her room. She began to rummage through it but she couldn't find her book.
A shot of panic coursed her body.
She walked herself and her bag towards the bed and dumped all of its contents. Her hands pushed papers and textbooks from side to side but the tan covered book was nowhere to be found.
No. Her heart started beating faster. No way. She felt her heart drop.
Her mind took her back to what had happened not even hours ago outside the classroom.
Did…
She had been so embarrassed by the position her friends had caught them in that thoughts of her book had all but disappeared.
Oh no!
Uraraka sat down next to her stuff. The realization of what must have happened crashing through her like a violent wave.
Oh, God!
Bakugo Katsuki was currently in possession of her little secret book.
Fuck!