A/N: This was one of the chapters that didn't exist before, and became an amalgamation of others along with some extra writing I had to do, ahaha

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"Hey, Hitomi. Wake uuup..."

Hitomi's eyelids fluttered open, her head rising up from her arms to realize she had fallen asleep on her desk.

Uraraka had stirred her awake, and Hitomi rubbed her eyes to see the brunette, Iida, and Todoroki crowded around her desk.

Hitomi blinked, staring at the three of them. "Did I fall asleep…?"

Uraraka nodded, smiling at her a little bit. "Yeah, it's lunchtime now. You wanna sit with us today?"

Hitomi got up from her seat, smiling back. "I guess I haven't really in a while…"

She followed them out of the classroom, the group making their way to the cafeteria.

"Ahh, you sure are lucky Mic likes you, Hitomi," Uraraka commented. "If it had been anyone else who'd fallen asleep in his class, he would've yelled at them!"

Hitomi giggled as the group entered the lunchroom, going to stand in line. "That's only because I already know the language, though."

"Even so!" Uraraka exclaimed, shaking her fists. "You're lucky you already know it; that means the subject is super easy for you. English is so complicated…"

"Can't argue with that."

Iida adjusted his glasses as the line moved forward. "Had it not been for the fact you already knew the language, Kanetsukabe-kun, I would have admonished you for sleeping in class and missing out on crucial knowledge. I hope you don't start doing this regularly…!" Iida started waving his hands at her, to which Hitomi held her hands up in surrender.

"I won't, I won't, I promise! It was just this once, I swear…"

By then it was the groups' turn to order their food, the conversation on hold. They quickly paid for their food, heading to the lunch table where the rest of their class sat.

Hitomi ordered ramen this time around, as she somehow still felt a little cold from being out quite late the night before. A hot lunch was just the thing she needed to warm her up.

As she listened to her friends converse, eating her ramen, she suddenly had the urge to sneeze, doing so while she still had noodles in her mouth. She tried swallowing them to keep herself from spitting them onto the table, but that turned out to be a mistake, as it caused her to choke.

Todoroki tried patting her back since he was the one sitting next to her. Once Hitomi's coughing fit had finally settled, she sniffled, her nose feeling runny.

"Oh my god, are you okay?!" Uraraka worriedly asked.

Hitomi coughed again as Todoroki continued patting her back, holding her throat. "Ugh, I'm fine…" she sniffled again, fighting the urge to wipe her nose with her bare hand.

"Are you sure? You're not sick, are you…?"

Hitomi waved her off, holding her nose. "It's nothing. The ramen's probably just making my nose run…" she sniffled again, feeling her face flush in embarrassment.

"Ah, hold on…" Todoroki suddenly said, turning to rummage for something in his pocket. "I think I have a handkerchief…"

He pulled a light blue piece of cloth out, holding it out to Hitomi. She grabbed it, blowing her nose and wiping it before realizing what she'd just done.

"Ah, sorry Todoroki!" she stuttered. "I can't give this back to you with all my snot on it…"

"I don't mind. You can just keep it, I have more…"

"No, I'll wash it!"

To that Todoroki shrugged. "You don't have to return it. Do whatever you want with it."

The group turned back to their food, the conversation picking back up from where it left off. Hitomi occasionally had to blow her nose, dirtying Todoroki's handkerchief even more.

She was definitely going to clean it and give it back to him later.

Hitomi was asleep in English again the next day.

And it wasn't just English, either. She'd slept through nearly every class, lucky she'd gone unnoticed thanks to Yaoyorozu's taller height shielding her from view. Not even her classmates had noticed she was asleep, as she was alone in the corner of the classroom behind everyone else.

Uraraka had woken her up again for lunchtime, the bluenette feeling sluggish as they made their way to the lunchroom. Hitomi yawned while they were waiting in line.

"Kanetsukabe-kun, have you been staying up late?" Iida asked, gesturing his hands at her.

Hitomi blinked, taking a minute to process his question before she shook her head. "No! I haven't been…" She trailed off, recalling what she had been doing for the last few days. She'd been texting Yoshiho late into the night lately, trying to be friendlier with her. Last night, she had just made a group chat between herself, Yoshiho, and Nari, texting them until it was almost midnight.

"Uh, scratch that," Hitomi said, yawning again. "I suppose I have been staying up late lately…"

"Kanetsukabe-kun!" Iida scolded her, waving his hands at her as they grabbed their food. "Unhealthy sleeping habits are detrimental to your health! Growing teenagers such as yourself need an adequate 9 to 10 hours of sleep in order to properly be well rested...!"

"Iida," Hitomi sweatdropped, holding her hands up. "Please don't worry about me! I'll try sleeping earlier, I promise…"

She yawned again as they sat down, rubbing her eyes. "I've just had a lot on my mind lately…"

"Just make sure you're resting well. I'd hate for you to grow ill."

"Yes, sir."

Hitomi was feeling a headache coming on during their hero class later that day, her movements sluggish during their exercise.

She barely had any time to react before she was immobilized by Todoroki's ice, sending chills down her spine.

"Agh…!"

The chilling temperature made her teeth chatter, All Might looking at her oddly.

"Young Kanetsukabe, you're… quite slow today," he said lightly after declaring the match was over.

Hitomi shivered, unable to move. "...I'm sorry. I'm just… not feeling well, I guess."

All Might's eyebrows raised in worry. "Oh no, then that ice isn't helping, is it? Young Todoroki!" he called across the grounds, the heterochromatic boy dropping his fighting stance. "Young Kanetsukabe needs to get out of this ice as soon as possible. She's not feeling the best."

"I-It's fine! Hitomi stuttered as Todoroki made his way over, wincing at the cold ice on her cheek. "It's just a headache… I'll probably feel better in an hour or two."

"Well, it's a good thing you already had your match set," All Might told her, placing his hands on his hips. "Although it would have been better if you had just sat out instead… would you like to go to the infirmary and rest for the rest of today?"

"All Might, I'm fine."

All Might observed her for a few seconds, scrutinizing her under his gaze. Hitomi smiled, trying to reassure her teacher she really was feeling alright.

All Might continued to stare at her for a bit longer before sighing, turning around to the rest of the class and blowing his whistle.

"Tokoyami, Kaminari, you two are going next once this all gets cleaned up."

Hitomi sighed, seeing her breath came out as mist because of the freezing temperature of the ice she was encased in. Todoroki finally stopped in front of her, placing his left hand on the ice.

"Sorry," he mumbled, his voice low as Hitomi felt the air get warmer. "I thought you were going to use your force field…"

Hitomi laughed sheepishly, the ice constricting her beginning to melt away. "It's okay. I should have reacted faster…"

Todoroki was quiet, simply nodding in reply.

A/N: So.

Y'all remember how I mentioned in "Discussions of Crushes and Earrings" there was slight foreshadowing on how Bakutomi would develop?

Uraraka's comment on how there may be something between Todoroki and Hitomi. That's important ;)

On the other hand though, those two are finally interacting more! Now Todoroki's character tag is actually valid, lol.