Chapter 2
"My mascara's too expensive to ruin it by crying, just know that I am feeling a lot of things on the inside." Gina was huffing to the left of Marie and on her right sat Danny.
They were sitting on the sidelines as they watched Class 1-A go through a series of physical activities. Demonstrating their quirk and overall fitness level. Marie noticed that she had been watching and taking notes on all of the students with a few notes on Aizawa Sensei as well. She was beginning to pick up and notice various personality traits and habits that he had. She had also noticed how incredibly similar Hitoshi was to the man in all black.
She couldn't help but want to get lost in the depths of the dark purple sea that were his eyes.
Everytime she had the thought she'd pull herself away. She tried her hardest to keep herself from blushing at the thoughts but couldn't maintain it when she had to also make sure her ears and tail didn't give her away.
She remembers when Hitoshi Shinso entered the Hero Class in their second year. He had taken the place of a French foreigner, Yuga Aoyama. Hitoshi had achieved what many students in the general, support and management classes dreamed of. Testing and showing your skill and working your way up.
"Midoriya Izuku is good friends with Todoroki Shouto. I'm sure that while working with them you're sure to spend time with them." Marie rest assured Gina.
"Wow! We're going to be going to the Hero Classes dorms. That's completely different. I wonder if they're nicer than ours?" Danny ooh'd. The look of excitement on his face.
"Mmm. You're right. I hear that they have their own rooms too." Gina's smirk on her face showed that she had different interests in mind.
"Yeah. Sucks that the rest of the school has to have roommates." Danny huffed.
"Most of us." Gina looked over at Marie.
"I didn't ASK to have my own room. I don't like to stick out." Marie didn't want to feel like she had to defend herself. When the whole school went into dorms her mother demanded that her daughter get the best. Nazu had told her mother that he wasn't going to bend the rule for one student. But it turned out that with an uneven number of female students he was able to please her mother by allowing Marie to have the last available room. To herself. But it was stated that if any new students were to arrive a roommate would be assigned.
Throughout the 4 years with New Students coming and Old Students graduating there had always been an uneven number and Marie had gotten the luck of having her own room through her whole stay at U.A.
"If I had my own room I wouldn't waste it. Gosh, you're such a prude Marie. You definitely don't fit the feline image at all." Marie was trying her hardest to ignore Gina as she could tell it was going to become a rant. "I read the tabloids and your sisters and mother have new arm candy at every other hero gala there is."
Marie kept her eyes on her assigned student. Hitoshi.
"Have you ever had a boyfriend?"
She hadn't.
Gina leaned her face in closer to Marie's. Marie wished the hairs on her arms would remain calm but instead they stood up straight and she could feel that her ears become alert. Again she made sure to focus elsewhere.
Hitoshi's purple hair stood up nicely. Was it natural or styled? His eyes had dark circles under them making the violet irises stick out even more.
His skin was pale and almost a gray color. Her eyesight was sharp and could see all the detail from afar.
His eyes.
His lip.
Gina whispers in Marie's ear, "Have you ever kissed a boy before?"
She hadn't. But at that moment she saw images of herself becoming really close was her assigned hero. Marie's cheeks were on fire.
"Hey" Danny spoke up, "Leave her alone. She's not like you and wants to sleep with everyone." Again he was coming to her rescue.
"I don't sleep with everyone. I have standards."
There was a moment of silence.
"Hey, you three. Stop the bickering and come speak with your heroes and get to know more about their quirk. You have 20 minutes. During this time make arrangements for when and where you'll meet up to get information and get started on assembling a hero have 2 weeks to make a profile and presentation for the class." Aizawa waited for the three of them to make their way closer to the heroes in their gym uniform.
Gina and Danny automatically went and stood next to their assigned hero. Marie followed in their footsteps and took her spot next to Hitoshi. While making her way to his side she made direct eye contact with him.
His purple oceans drowning her and making it hard to breathe for a moment. She redirected her eyes elsewhere but that wasn't much better.
Her eyes hit his lips and she couldn't help but think of Gina's comment again.
"What would it be like to kiss those lips?" She thought.
Marie hid her crimson cheeks while standing at Hitoshi's side. Missing the confused look on the violet students face.
Aizawa continued, "Remember that there is a curfew for you at 8pm. Try not to break that otherwise you'll have to take the punishment." And with those last words Aizawa turned to leave but not before sneaking a peak at his son and project partner.
There was silence between all the students but only for a moment before Danny decided to slice the ice.
"Would you all be interested in working as a group our first evening?"
Midoriya being the quick response that Marie remembered answered, "That's a great idea. If we're all likely to be spending a lot of time together. We can also ping ideas off of each other for the portfolios."
"That's exactly what I was thinking. We have 2 weeks to finish the project. After this first meet up we can decide if we want to go different routes." Danny pitched in.
Marie turned to Hitoshi to see his response to the idea but only was gifted with a blank face. "What do you think, Hitoshi?"
His eyes looked down into hers and she held her breath as her cat senses could hear the small inhale he took before speaking. "It's fine. We can meet in the 1-A Common Room at 4pm." His voice wasn't exactly monotone but had a unique soft pitch.
His voice sounded beautiful. For someone with heightened hearing she found that some voices were more calming to the ear. Some peoples pitch were just a little bit to high and she found that she liked Hitoshi's voice and looked forward to hearing him speak some more.
She was about to continue the conversation for the excuse to hear more only to be intercepted.
"Sooo, Midoriya. Maybe you could invite some of your friends to join us this evening." Gina held onto the boy's arm and gave him a flirty smile. Her eyes were batting so hard it could have started a typhoon.
"Don't use your partner as an excuse to get closer to the Todorokis. It's unprofessional." Danny interjected before Midoriya could even think about it.
"Actually, This is EXACTLY how a lot of people in higher society get things done." Gina smirk and turned her head to Marie, "You can even ask Marie. Don't almost all Felines get things done that way?" There was no remorse on her face.
Marie knew the truth and so did almost everyone else in the circle. But Marie wasn't like that. When she turned her head to see Hitoshi's reaction she found that there wasn't one.
"Ribbit. Let's change and we will meet up with you all in the classroom. Ribbit." Tsuyu spoke up and everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
Marie found it difficult to focus during her lesson. She knew that she needed to be focusing on Hitoshi because her assignment was to understand him completely. But she wasn't focusing on how he took notes or if he asked questions and his understanding of the subject.
Instead she paid attention to the dark circles under his eyes and the way his violet hair went everywhere. She paid attention to the details of when he would write in his notebook but only because she noticed how his hands were so feminine but masculine at the same time.
She didn't contemplate how that would matter in the form of hero business or how he would have to compensate for it. Instead she imagined his hands fully cherishing her jawline as he leans in and whispers sweet nothings.
Unknown to Marie her tail was whimsically gliding behind her as she was daydreaming.
"She's kinda a badass." Marie's ears tapped into a conversation.
"She's kinda super evil too."
"They're letting her enroll. I don't think they would have if they thought she was a threat."
Suddenly there was a SNAP at the desks. Marie felt all her hair rise at the noise. If she was her domestic feline ancestor she'd have her claws on the ceiling.
Midnight's whip was loud with its crack, "Are you all finished with your convenience?"
The students mumbles their yes'.
Marie watches as the robust woman continues her lecture while roaming the classroom. Making a point to listen and take note on the topic to be able to compare the topics knowledge to Hitoshi's note taking and test taking in the future.
She didn't dare to look over at her project partner. His entire appearance has thrown her off and she needed to focus. The dark depths of his eyes were unimportant.
"Marie." And with the call of her name she looked up into a different set of dark eyes. Aizawa Sensei was looking through the doorway right at her. One hand in his pocket and the other holding an energy pack.
"Wasn't expecting you here." Midnight approached the intruding coworker.
"I need my aid to aid." Was all he said his eyes not moving from Marie.
She found that her tail was trying to withstand a dance to attention. The attention of a mature set of deep eyes with the waterfall of his disheveled hair falling over them.
"Marie, Coming. Now." The monotone voice dragged across the room and melted you ears.
Was his voice always this pleasing?
Gathering her things she took one last look over at Hitoshi, whose eyes were looking past her, and she pondered his appearance one last time.
Making her way to Aizawa she couldn't help but think of Gina's words. She found her eyes focusing on her teachers lips. They were thin and around them there was stubble that wasn't on Hitoshi's face. This face was mature and had a much more defined jaw. And unlike how she had imagined her classmate caressing her jawline earlier, she instead had the sudden desire to purr her lips against her teacher.
Marie hadn't realized that she was staring and had made her way to the door. That is till the thin lips were smirking in her sight. Her entire face beet red and turned to look back.
Did anyone notice her staring? She thought. The class was all listening to Midnight and reading in their textbooks.
All of them except Hitoshi.
"This way." And with her teachers command Marie broke eye contact when one mysterious dark haired man and started to follow another.
