Friday February 14, 2020 1:47 pm
They had all been battling for hours now and had various times on their clocks. Bakugo, Todoroki, and Midoriya had the highest times, with 3 hours and 39 minutes each. None of them had taken a single break all day. Next was Iida with 3 hours and 32 minutes, Tokoyami with 3 hours and 27 minutes, Uraraka with 3 hours and 17 minutes, and Asui with 3 hours and 9 minutes. The others each hovered just under 3 hours. Every student in the class was dripping with sweat and barely able to control their breathing. Mr. Aizawa had expected them all to take more breaks or struggle more to keep their times up. As he watched them all getting exhausted he felt that maybe he had overreacted but at this point he wasn't going to let them give up, and he knew that it was still an important lesson for them all to learn. Especially after what had happened to him when he was younger.
"Mr. Aizawa?" He heard young Midoriya state breathlessly.
"Yes, Midoriya?" He replied. "Taking your first break I see."
"Yes sir. I am just stopping to get a drink, but I wanted to ask you a question if it wasn't too personal."
"You may ask, but I cannot guarantee that I will answer," Mr. Aizawa responded.
"Well I noticed how upset you were about all of us being so distracted by our dates and you really emphasized that people we love may die. I never read anything about you losing someone when I was studying, but you seemed so upset. I guess I just wanted to make sure you were okay and ask who it was that you may have lost," Midoriya stated.
Midoriya has always been so perceptive but I didn't realize he would pick up on this, "I'm fine Midoriya, but as usual you are correct. I did lose someone a very very long time ago, but if you want to finish on time I don't think I should tell you this story right now."
"I have time," Midoriya piped up. "My date isn't picking me up until 5. As long as I am done by 4, I should have time to shower and get dressed. Although I don't know what to wear. I have no idea where we are going."
"Midoriya, the point of this exercise is to keep you all from getting distracted. Me going on about the tragedies of my love life would have quite the opposite effect, don't you think?" Mr. Aizawa responded.
Midoriya hung his head, "I suppose you're correct. I am sorry, Mr. Aizawa." Midoriya bowed and then ran back to his platform with his water bottle in hand.
As he approached his platform he drank as much water as he could and then pressed the blue button causing his time to continue. He was now 6 minutes behind putting him only 1 minute ahead of Iida. If he wanted to finish with enough time to get ready for his date, he had to stay focused. He looked over at Todoroki who, in spite of having not taken a break, was still going very strong and it didn't appear that he would be taking a break any time soon. Midoriya wondered why he was so determined.
"Hey, Icy Hot! Looks like we're the only ones that haven't taken a break. You must be really anxious to get to your date with Deku!" Bakugo screamed. "If that's the case, you're even more of a loser than I thought you were!"
"Shut up, Bakugo," Todoroki stated simply. "The point of this exercise is for us not to be distracted."
"Todoroki is right!" Iida exclaimed. "Stop trying to distract him Bakugo. Focus on your own training."
"Bite me, Iida."