The hall light flickered slightly as Bakugo and I walked down the hall towards the training area with Mr. Aizawa. I trudged slightly behind them eyes filled with exhaustion. Katsuki was still angry at me for something that could have been avoided if he had been patient. It was very quiet in the halls which was a nice change from the hustle and bustle of the large school. I suppose that's because the classes were out for the day and everyone had either retired home or to their dorms. It surprised me immensely that Katsuki didn't try to skip out on training. He really didn't believe it was his fault and that I should be training for both of us because I was the one who was late. His words were that if I wouldn't have been late we could have avoided the whole situation.

As I walked slowly behind them both and I could hear Kacchan murmuring to himself.

"Stupid Deku. If he would have just been there on time I wouldn't have to do this stupid bullshit." He groaned

"Its just as much of your problem now. Just try not to cause any more trouble." Aizawa glared over at him with tired eyes.

"It's not my fault he was late!"

I thought I heard a growl escape his mouth before he spoke. Mr. Aizawa seemed to ignore his plights to escape extra training.

Half the time I swear he just thought that I couldn't hear him. The other half I swear he just didn't care. Either way, I was starting to get tired of being a punching bag.

"Mr. Aizawa! Do you mind if I use the training room with them? I need to practice on using both the hot and cold at the same time." a voice yelled from the adjacent hallway

Todoroki was walking up from said connecting hallway. His bi-colored hair slightly hanging over his eyes. Katsuki wasn't the only one I thought to be beautiful. We honestly had a lot of attractive people in our classes. I felt like one of the few who well wasn't. I looked up to meet his multicolored eyes.

"Sure, if you don't mind keeping an eye on these two. I was up doing paperwork late last night and I have so much still left to do now. Plus I need to get someone to replace midoriya's door now."

"Oh right. I can do that. I just know I need to practice. It's not a big deal. Midoriya is my friend anyways. I can tolerate the hothead." He glared over at Kacchan for second who looked like he was going to pummel him for the name hothead.

"I'll leave you to it then. I'll send someone in after 3 hours to lock up and make you guys leave if you haven't already. There may be a few detentions in there today too since we've had a few other disruptive students. Feel free to leave if another teacher shows up. You can fill them in and then go."

Todoroki nodded and Aizawa was on his way.

It surprised me a bit to see that he trusted todoroki so much though I could understand why. Todoroki was almost always calm and composed. He didn't often make any rash decisions.

"You training to get your heroes license since you didn't get it at the thing?" I softly asked trying to make conversation and genuinely curious.

He slightly smiled and nodded. He didn't really smile often but I had noticed that lately, it had become so much more so.

"I have to train hard even when I'm not in class. I figured it would be a good time to go against my two biggest competitors. Since you both technically got detention." He chuckled slightly. Now that was something that came as a surprise. "That and I need to work through some of my issues to become an even better competitor for the number 1 hero."

"I still can't believe that I'm one of your biggest competitors. Honestly." I chuckled a bit running my fingers through my hair trying not to think about how pretty his smile was.

I twirled my green curls around my finger mindlessly while walking.

"You're strong. Don't forget that. You do need a lot of work but that's mostly on focus." He gave me another small smile. I rarely got to see him happy so it made me glad to see even the slightest bit of emotion other than anger. He had been so consumed by it earlier this year that he couldn't focus on what made him happy.

"He's not that strong. I've beaten him multiple times." Bakugo chimed in.

I gritted my teeth as I found myself doing a lot lately. Todoroki didn't look too pleased about his interjection either. He called me his rival but was so easy to put me down. I couldn't comprehend it.

He had to keep doing that. It was starting to piss me off. Yeah, I'm weak to him. So what? I'm going to get stronger and he just can't let me live losing to him down. Even after yelling at me that I should have beat him. Ugh!

"And you'll lose to me. Does that really mean that we are in definite spots for the rest of our lives? No. I'm sure he was just trying not to fight you because you are supposed to be friends." He was right. I didn't want to fight him any of the times we have fought. I cared about Kacchan a lot. He was the only one that had kept me sane when we were kids. I had always felt alone.

"Friends? No. He's just a pest I can't get rid of." He said it without even a second thought.

I could almost feel my heart breaking in my chest. Even though he had acted like he hated me I just needed him to at least want to be my friend. Maybe I was dependent on him. That wasn't healthy but what he had said made my eyes start to swell with tears.

Even after all that. Everything we had been through. A pest. Wow. No. I can't pretend like it doesn't bug me anymore. Things were getting hard on me lately and it was already difficult enough to keep composure. I had to say something before I had a mental break from stress.

"Fine then kac-- bakugo. We aren't friends then. After everything I have done because I care. I'm done."

He rolled his eyes at me as if he didn't believe me.

"Whatever loser. Give it a few days and you'll be back attached to me. Not like I like it. Just because I can't get rid of you." He snapped with an annoyed look.

"Bakugo. You need to stop. He's one of the only actual friends you have."

"Had," I muttered

"Like I care." He groaned "I just want to get today over with."

I really wanted to get the day over with as well.

When we got into the training room it was quick into the locker rooms to change then straight to fighting. I still needed to work on training my legs up but also getting faster and less obvious with my movements. Maybe fighting alongside todoroki I could actually get some decent practice in. I had to avoid Bakugo because if I didn't he would be right. I'd be attached to him again like a little lost puppy or a small child.

Todoroki spent a lot of his time throwing fire attacks my way and ice attacks at Bakugo. It took me a while to figure out he was trying to use the stronger abilities against bakugo to throw him off as well as something he needed to work on against me.

I was cornered and caught a few times but overall I thought my hour of training was held up pretty well. I broke out of his ice fast when he did use it on me. Personally, I was starting to believe that I may even be getting faster but I needed confirmation.

As time started dwindling down to the last few minutes I noticed something about todoroki. He seemed to be sending more attacks bakugo's way. It was as if he was mad at him. It was much more than just irritation. I also noticed he was starting to keep both of his sides going together for a little bit of time. Not more than a minute but even that little time was amazing. A timer beeped on my phone. I slid it to the off position.

"Do you need my help anymore todoroki or can I go? I really need to get a bit more sleep. I'm so exhausted."

"I figured you would stay extra to get in more time but I don't need you here to train. Bakugo is here and honestly right now I want to show him what it's like to lose everything."

He spoke so calmly but the words in themselves were so intense. He still sounded a bit monotone when he spoke but I could feel the emotion within his words.

"Lose everything huh?" Bakugo laughed "Is this about the bullshit with Deku? Who cares how the twerp is treated. He's the reason I'm in this stupid mess anyways."

Todoroki sighed "No the reason you are in here is that you lack patience and decided to blow up his door. Mind you it's a Friday and there is no way that they can fix it on a weekend."

"Wait I don't have a door for the whole weekend?" I sighed mumbling to myself. He really messed things up for me. I couldn't have my privacy all weekend.

"I'll see if Eraserhead minds if you crash in my room. It's the least I can do." He sighed sending small attacks Katsuki's way and then glared back at him.

"Honestly it should be you offering but I don't want him to have to be stuck with you for a minute longer than he has to be."

"I'm going to go change." I sighed walking towards the locker room. They were arguing loudly enough that I could hear them even after the door shut.

"Todoroki sure is adamant about friends being treated well. Even if kacchan doesn't want me as a friend I'm still not sure I can treat him rudely or even half the way he treats me."

I thought back to this morning when it seemed like he was even a bit flustered at Uraraka's words. He had a blush on his face and looked quite adorable if you could get past the insanity and anger that was also in his face at the time. Oh well, so much for all that. Even though he blew up my door that's not what bugged me. What bugged me was that he always treated me like I was garbage no matter how amazing I thought he was. I just wanted to sleep

My door was blown up. Right.

I would have to room with someone after such a stressful day? Honestly, I just wanted to nap now. I started to unzip my costume then quickly realized I needed my uniform to change into. Glancing around I quickly grabbed my bag that was sitting on the bench. I didn't remember putting it there but I guess I did.

I unzipped my costume the rest of the way sighing.

I dug through my bag trying to find my athletic uniform. It was luckily there just buried under all my books. The door closed audibly from across the room. Was it wrong for me to hope that it was Kacchan? I truly wanted to talk to him about why he hated me so much. It never made any sense even after our discussion. I couldn't hear the yelling anymore so it could be but at the same time, it could be todoroki. I stopped myself mid-thought. Even in my head, I had to start calling him Bakugo because if I didn't there might be a slip-up out loud if I didn't.

"Midoriya? You still here?"

It was todoroki. Had I been in here that long just thinking? Or even just looking through my bag? Had that much time passed? No. It didn't seem like it.

"Yeah, I'm just changing over here." I stuck my leg into my sweats and glanced over in the direction Todoroki's voice came from. He wasn't wearing his costume when we came in to practice so it was weird that he was in here. Maybe he just wanted to talk.

He came around the corner as I was pulling them over my hips.

He seemed to have a blush on his face but it could be from all the running he did. He glanced at me and then looked away with a slight cough.

"Hey uh, Izuku? Can we talk about something?"

"Yeah, sure what's up?" I smiled. Honestly, he was such a good friend.

"You don't mind sleeping in my dorm do you?" That didn't seem like what he wanted to ask me. He ran his fingers through his hair avoiding my gaze.

"No, I really don't. It's not a big deal and it's so kind of you to offer."

I pulled my shirt over my head and shoved my costume into my bag.

"Do you want me to come with you to talk to Aizawa or no?"

He shook his head.

"I have to stay until Bakugo leaves since Aizawa isn't here but if you want to go ahead and go to my dorm. I left it unlocked so I could pass out after training but it would probably be nice to not have to just wait around without a door."

I nodded and started walking towards the door. He coughed once more and then spoke.

"Oh and Midoriya?"

"Yeah?" I glanced back at him.

"Don't let him bug you. He's insignificant now okay?" He was actually looking at me now and it seemed like his face had gone a darker shade of red. Why was he blushing? Oh well, it probably isn't important.

I nodded "I'll try not to. Though he's been my friend for so long.."

"He wasn't your friend he was just pretending so he could feel better than you." He said bluntly.

I sighed. The way Katsuki had always spoken to me after he got his quirk made that seem very true. I needed to get my mind off of things. After walking out of the gym I headed towards my room deep in thought.

It seemed like it was probably a good time to go get my clothes ready, just in case I had to stay with todoroki. He was right about it being a Friday and they didn't really like to do too much maintenance after classes were out for the weekend. Aizawa would probably appreciate the extra time and maybe I'd only have to stay one night. It didn't take me long to get back to my room using my quirk to enhance my speed. I did need the practice on it and I'd be able to get back faster.

When arriving I noticed my door was still off the hinges laying in the middle of my room. It was covered in scorched and looked extremely dented. I hadn't noticed the dents until I just now. Honestly, what was his deal this morning? There was no reason for any of that. I could hear voices In the common area down the hall but there was no reason at this point for me to get involved with anyone. It sounded like Denki, Kyoto, and possibly Momo. I couldn't be for certain though. As much as I needed someone to talk to about my problems they sounded like they were having way too much fun for me to bug them. I needed to focus on packing up some clothes for a few days so I wouldn't have to run back and forth. Just in case I had to stay more than one day. I let out a tired sigh and started digging through my drawers.