Itsuka gets another chapter cuz she Bae and also because of the unfortunate news of her VA, hopefully everything ends well though.

NsBAA 4

Itsuka and Yui were both together walking the streets looking for a place to eat. They were out of their uniforms, but had bags on them with some belongings from their homes.

It was rare for them to eat out, especially nowadays where they needed permission to leave the dorms, but the two had individually met up with their parents and decided to get together to eat before heading back. Having gone to the same middle school and lived in the same neighborhood, the two were used to walking together pretty often.

They kept silent, the former not having a topic to talk about and the latter not being much of a talker. They simply enjoyed the peaceful walk while looking for a restaurant that would catch one of or both their attention.

Two girls went unnoticed among the crowd. It was slightly cloudy and the city had lightly snowed.

Yui tilted her head in curiosity before stopping and pulling on Itsuka, who turned to her to see her friend pointing at two boys in front of a restaurant. "It's not like you to point at any boys Yui." She said with a smile. Especially since the two in question weren't at all handsome. They were their age and for some reason looked astounded. They didn't look like criminals, otherwise Yui would have said something.

She found out why Yui pointed at them when she heard their conversation.

"I hadn't expected to run into Bakugo here of all places either. It's almost too bad we were already finishing our ramen when he showed up." The lanky one said.

"I'm more surprised at the way he talked to us. He actually recognized us and didn't shout at us until we brought up Dek- Midoriya."

"Not surprised. Must be way more awkward for him than us since they're sharing classes again somehow. He actually destroyed one of Midoriya's precious notebooks back before he starting re-ignoring the guy's existence."

"Really makes you wonder what the universe has against those guys, what with Midoriya always being put in the same class as Bakugo no matter how much Bakugo wants to avoid the guy."

"Would have been nice if he actually called us by our names though."

"Eh. I guess that's Bakugo for you. I definitely prefer that in comparison to him calling us fucknuggets or something."

As the pair walked away, she looked inside to see Bakugo in a thick jacket who actually looked rather sullen as he ate his giant steaming bowl of ramen at the corner. The two boys' conversation interested and concerned her, but she figured the past was the past. Midoriya and Bakugo didn't get along with each other, or at least any good feelings were extremely one sided, but it didn't look like it actually warranted her attention too. So she decided to focus on her surprise that Bakugo happened to be eating here.

She looked back at her stoic friend. "You mind eating ramen with Bakugo?" Her friend shook her head and walked in with her.

She raised her hand in greeting and Yui copied, though without a smile.

"Heey Bakugo! Fancy meeting you here! You mind if Yui and I eat with you?" He turned to her, eyebrow raised at her and Yui's sudden appearance for a brief second, and his hands went to the headphones currently around his neck, contemplating his answer. In the end, it didn't take long for him to put his hand down and turn his head back to his food.

She stood awkwardly for a second, not sure what that meant, but Yui went ahead and took the seat next to him before looking at her wondering why she was still standing.

She laughed very quietly before taking her seat next to Yui and looking at the menu. Seeing as Bakugo didn't tell them off she figured he gave his approval, something Yui realized as a person of few words. He didn't put on his headphones, so he probably didn't mind any small talk until we got our food.

"So what brought you out here Bakugo?" She asked him.

He slurped up some noodles before answering. "...just bought some shit."

She looked over and next to Yui was a small plastic bag. There was an All Might figure that still had its price labeled(and it was expensive) as well as a journal.

It was a weird combination. She knew Bakugo admired All Might like the rest of them, but she didn't think he was the type to buy figures like an otaku-oh-ooooh.

She smiled, unseen by Bakugo who was eating. Looks like there wasn't a need to talk to Bakugo about what she heard after all. She hoped Midoriya didn't give the guy a hard time. She knows the guy's quirk mutation has been giving him hell for the last few weeks, so hopefully he doesn't let it loose on Bakugo in a set of unfortunate timing.

Then again, Midoriya looked like the only person in the entire school who could actually ignore Monoma's provocations, so maybe it wasn't worth worrying about.

She peaked into his bowl, seeing past the blinding steam to see how red it was. "Eeehh? I know you like spicy, but isn't that too dangerous?" She gulped just looking at it, her mouth completely drying up.

He smirked at them and slurped an extra long noodle nearly dyed red.

"Scary." Yui said leaning back. Itsuka realized that her friend could probably smell the spice better than her. Well, better Yui than her as far as she was concerned, she was the one who sat next to Bakugo.

"I don't see how you can eat that type of stuff without any drinks." She said almost disgusted, almost awed, looking over to his untouched drink.

"Scary." Yui repeated with a nod.

"That's a funny way of saying awesome." He snorted.

She giggled while Yui tilted her head, thinking hard with her usual expression, before nodding. "Awesome," She agreed with him.

That made Bakugo's smirk look a little more like a smile, but neither girl said anything of it.

"I guess you two got a point. I can't imagine anyone else eating that Red Death you got there."

That got Bakugo to cough out a laugh, which made Itsuka smile as she ordered ramen for herself and Yui.

"Ne, Bakugo, Vlad-sensei let it slip to me that 1-A and 1-B are going to have another joint Hero class the first day next week. Apparently they're bringing in a Pro Hero to fight against us." As of late the two classes have been seeing each other more and more often. Since the two classes pushed each other, it was decided that to nurture their growth every two weeks they would have at least one class together. Rumors even had it that they would even take practical tests together now too.

She wasn't too surprised he hadn't heard about what their next joint class would be. Eraserhead didn't strike her the type to give his students any advanced warning like Vlad-sensei had a tendency to do.

Bakugo raised an eyebrow. "Did they even decide who to bring in? Has to be someone tough or really smart." Unknown to the two girls he noted to himself to be more careful next time he saw Deku. Last thing he wanted was to get house arrest and miss some sort of fight again.

"Top Ten. Probably." Yui said as she cupped her drink with both hands and sipped. Her smile widened just a tad at her two friends getting along.

"Might be Top 50 with the ramp up on crime lately. Top 10 would be hard to schedule." He grunted in response.

She hummed. "Y'know, not to bring work to the dinner table or anything, but Miruko also mentioned she might be requested to join a Hero Operation. You think she'll accept?"

"She fucking better. Would be a better use of time in comparison to beating down petty thieves and idiotic gang members."

She laughed a little at his response. For someone who looked like he'd rather rip his own throat out than work with others, he was actually quite the team player, as long as he wasn't in some sort of mood.

Not that his 'moods' came often. From what she's heard, they've only been a problem during the first Hero class and during their first internships. Oh, and apparently after their exams for the provisional license exam where he and Midoriya fought. The last time she saw one of his moods personally was sometime after Midoriya's quirk went out of control again during one of their joint training sessions, but it was a pretty subdued mood, and he went back to normal pretty easily since they had the work studies internship with Miruko that day.

"Makes you wonder what'll happen seeing as she's not much of a team player."

"Obviously they're gonna have her run wild on whatever she's being brought to. That woman's barely got a brain in there."

"Unlike you." Yui complimented him. She hoped that Bakugo would know Yui was complimenting him and not trying to mock him despite the lack of emotion in her voice. Not many people really understood what she meant in the sometimes when she talked.

Luckily, he did. "Damn right. I might prefer individual work but I ain't dumb enough to think my strength can solve every problem thrown my way. Just 99% of them."

"I guess you'll be open to working with us and Tokage when the Pro hero comes by then? I was hoping the four of us could group up, and Tokage feels like her best chance against a pro would be with you." Not that she disagreed. Bakugo in all their classes has had a nearly spotless win record except for the times he was matched against Midoriya. Todoroki, Yaoyorozu, Tokage herself, and sometimes Monoma also gave Bakugo trouble but not nearly as much as the hero Otaku when he could actually rely on his quirk. Still, most of that seemed to be due to Midoriya having known Bakugo for so long. After him, she was second place in regards to challenging Bakugo.

"Meh. Depends on the Pro. Just cuz we probably aren't expected to win if we fight doesn't mean I'm gonna bend over and take the L. And lizard girl doesn't exactly pack a punch. I'd take Skeletor and his softening over her for a brawl." She had to disagree with his opinion of Tokage's limb swarms. Just because he could shrug them off like nothing didn't mean everyone could.

Still. She felt a grin take over her face as she began to feel excitement at their next class. Fighting with Bakugo was always exciting and a learning experience, whether you're with him or against him, but she was looking forward to being on his side when he was really challenged. Their two classes were pretty advanced, but they still didn't quite match up against some of the best pros. She thought their odds were pretty great as long as the class wasn't just a straight up fight with an unhandicapped Pro.

She then nearly dropped her dropped her drink as Bakugo asked her a question like a normal classmate. "...so you and Mutey have been friends for a while I take it?"

She rubbed the back of her head to compose herself while Yui answered not at all bothered by his nickname for her. "Middle School."

"Heheh, we actually became friends during our first year, but it wasn't until the last year of middle school did we became best friends. The two of us were the only ones who really wanted to be heroes in our neighborhood."

Bakugo just hummed in response and when she looked over she saw that his hand holding the chopsticks were tense.

They loosened before she could say anything to him. "...guess you and the mute must've been a popular pair back then."

Yui's finger tapped her chin in thought while she just laughed. Boys had always followed around Yui while girls had always followed Itsuka.

She felt like returning the same questions, but decided against it. She doubted Bakugo's schooling experience had been as fun as her's and Yui's.

They continued their small talk with Bakugo asking Yui and her questions until their ramen came. Unlike Bakugo who had some sort of mega large bowl, they only had regulars.

Bakugo was surprisingly the type to take his time when eating in order to finish everything, so by the time he was done Yui and Itsuka were nearly finished with their food.

"Ah! Sorry Bakugo, do you think you can wait a bit? Might as well walk back to the dorms together with us since we're almost done." She didn't know why exactly she asked, but realized that she already knew why, it was only natural to want to walk with your friends.

He rolled his eyes and huffed. "Fine. I'll walk you losers to the dorms. Don't get used to it." He leaned back into his seat and put on his headphones, beginning to listen to some music that was probably on his work out playlist. He closed his eyes and she laughed as his sleeping face was rather serene, the complete opposite of when he was awake regardless on if he was angry or not.

"You know, this might be the first time I've ever actually talked to Bakugo that didn't involve school or Herowork."

"Closer."

"You think so? It's a nice thought for sure. But what do you think of him? It's the first time I'd say you've really met him."

"Cool."

"I'm glad. Though I never thought I'd be friends with the guy who declared he'd win the Sports Festival in front of, well, everyone."

"Confident."

"True. Unlike Monoma's or Vlad-sensei's sometimes unnecessary bragging, I'd say Bakugo's earned his confidence. To a point anyways."

"Less loud."

"Haha. That's true. He definitely feels less arrogant when he's not shouting. Now if only that was his default state."