"We were so worried!" Ashido whined and came over to hug me. The girls tagged along with her. I don't think that I could breathe for a good minute before Iida finally got them to release me.

"Girls! Please be conscious of Kirika's condition!" Iida lectured with a chopping motion of his hand. "She is stilling healing!" I gave him a smile and wave relaxed wave, silently saying, It's fine with me. Then, I made eye contact with the heterochromatic boy in the class. He was standing in the back of the group along with Bakugou.

"Todoroki!" I ushered him to come closer and bowed. "I really appreciate your help. I honestly don't know what would have happened if you weren't there." That wasn't a lie at all. If Todoroki hadn't been able to give my message to the teachers… I don't think I would have been talking to my classmates right now.

"I only did what anyone else would do." He shrugged off my praise. "I'm just glad to see you're not dead."

The whole class deadpanned. I took that Todoroki was always that blunt. "Heh," I scratched the back of my head and chuckled. "I'm glad too, I suppose."

The class continued their "Get well soon"s and small talk until Recovery Girl insisted on their exit so I could rest. After taking a nap and Recovery Girl checking my vitals, I was finally discharged with a blood thinner and an "If anything odd happens, come to me immediately."

When I returned, the class was waiting in the common room.

"Kirika! Good to see you all better!" Kaminari greeted. Before anyone else good says hello, a voice called out.

"Kirika! I'm glad you're feeling better!" Yaoyorozu called out. "Come over here!" She was sitting on one of the couches with a computer in her lap. The rest of the girls in the class crowded around her. Hagukure ran over and dragged me to the group before I could respond.

"Tell us what you think about this!" Ashido said. On Yaoyorozu's screen was a dark purple sweatshirt. There was a semi-visible camo design to it and it looked incredibly soft.

"Oooh!" I bent over the edge of the couch to get a closer look. "It looks super comfy!"

"Good! Because we're buying it for you." Yaoyorozu smiled and added the item to the cart.

"What?"

"I told you when we looked at your closet earlier: 'It's official, next week, we're going shopping'" She repeated.

"No no no! You should not have to do this for me!" I insisted.

"It's fine with us, Kirika," Tsuyu joined in. "Don't stress about it, ribbit."

"Yeah!" Yaoyorozu said. "Plus, I get a discount since I've bought from this site so much!"

"Annnnd! We each decided to give a little something of our own!" Uraraka said while holding a bin full of clothes. "We all grabbed something from our closet to give to you!"

I looked at all the beaming girls with utter surprise. "Alright, if you insist." I gave in. "I guess we have a lot of clothes to look through."

Yaoyorozu and I first worked on online shopping while the other girls either helped online or sorted through the clothes they had compiled. Then, we had a bit of a disruption.

Everything went quiet with the girls. It only took a second to see what they all were staring at.

Yaoyorozu bent over and whispered into my ear. "Mineta is staring at you." She seemed quite tense. If he was just staring, I didn't understand the big deal.

I looked back to make eye contact with Mineta. Well, if you could call it that. It was more like I was looking at him drooling while looking at my butt. I sighed and turned back to the computer. "I'm fine as long as he doesn't touc—" And of course…

Mineta decided to touch… the butt. I swiveled faster than the eye could see. I grabbed Mineta by the shoulders and switched right into the heart of the boy's group that was sitting nearby in the common room.

"Eep!" Mineta squealed.

I sighed heavily in disappointment. "Let this serve as a lesson." I crouched down to Mineta's level. "I am fine with flirting, admiring, flattering, and even staring and stalking. But you took it too far." I was making deep eye contact with Mineta at this point. All he did was stare.

"For god's sake, child, you are aspiring to be a hero! You should be looking forward to becoming a top-ten hero and not the closest ass cheek." I sighed and rubbed my temples. "You are a smart, strong, and powerful student. You were able to get into Class 1-A of UA high school!" I stood up and began to walk away. "You are on another level, Mineta, so stop stooping so low."

The boys only gawked as I walked over to the group of girls I was at before. "Do you guys mind if I call it a night?"

They looked at each other for a second. "Sure! Don't worry about cleaning up; we got it." Uraraka said.

"Okay, thank you, guys. Goodnight!"

I flopped onto my bed. How am I going to handle this class? I put my arm over my face. It's all a simple algorithm, I tell myself. A domino effect is all I need. One target who can change my status in the class.

'Trust is easy to manipulate. Just file through your options and you'll know who.'

I don't need your help.

'You obviously do. Why do you try and push me out so much, Asuga?'

If I said I don't need your help, I don't need your help. Go away.

'You are avoiding the question.'

And who said I had to answer it?

'*sigh* You bring a valid point, but why argue? What fuels your hatred for me?'

Spite.

'I see. What exactly caused this?'

Are you kidding? It's because you appeared out of the blue! You haven't spoken to me in years! I appreciate the help when I was on the streets, but I don't need you anymore! I know normal people don't have other personalities hanging around in their heads, so why are you even here?

'Well, would you like to get to know me better, Asuga?'

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Ahahahahahah! I'mmm baaaaaaccckkkk. (Oh, god, why am I so weird). Don't you love that cliffhanger? I am actually really enjoying writing about this mysterious character! I mean the one in Asuga's head, if you couldn't tell. Someone commented about a separate conscious being really cliche... Mhhmmmmm. Okay. Please tell me about how you feel after you read the next chapter. *"Honey, you've got a big storm comin' meme plays* *You're author sips their tea* You best be ready for the shenanigans I have planned. You don't realize how much I have contemplated the discussion you are currently reading.

Peace!