"I'm home"

As expected, the only thing greeted Aki back was the usual silence of his humbly small apartment. Sometimes, Aki wondered why he even bothered doing that when he was living alone, but old habit dies hard. After taking his shoes off and neatly arranged them at the doorstep, he threw his bag on the floor before throwing himself on the couch nearby.

Holding his left hand in front of his face, Aki mumbled under his breath, "Gotta take these to Sensei tomorrow. God, I hope he won't kill me for ruining his prosthetic arm." He sighed before taking the mechanical tool off his arm and put it on the table next to him.

"I wonder how much those two scored. It would be nice, having those two as classmates if we get in." Aki thought quietly, thinking of the two students he met after taking down the zero-pointer. However, the grumbling sound of his stomach interrupted his train of thought.

"Eat first, think later I guess" Aki shrugged before changing into his casual clothes and went outside, not forgetting to lock his door on his way out.

It was already 9 p.m. The amount of people on the street was getting lesser by the minute, restaurants were already closed when Aki reached, one after another. Cursing his luck under his breath, Aki hastily made his way to the convenience store nearby, hoping to grab at least a cup of noodle and some sweet drinks. Luckily, the closest convenience store was still opened. After 5 minutes of picking out food and drinks, Aki paid for his food and made his way outside of the store before it closed down.

The convenience store was the last building that was still opened in the area so after it closed down, the street was quiet, peaceful. The few street light poles were the only things that lit up the way for any late-night passerby, while the only sound presented were the whispering sound of the night's cool wind of a winter's to enjoy the peaceful night, Aki opened a can of soda that he bought and took a detour towards his apartment.

The night walk was fun for Aki. He enjoyed the silence, a thing he never got in his 'school full of loud morons', in his opinion. Nothing beats a quiet, peaceful night walk after the crazy entrance exam that he took part this morning. He quietly wished to himself that the peaceful silence would go on forever.

"Come on babe, come with us and we'll show you a good night~"

"I just raised a bloody flag, didn't I?" Cursed Aki.

" Get out of here before I decided to hurt you perverts. "Another voice calmly threatened, tone of angry and disgust in…. her voice?

" HAHAHAHA! Look at this guys, this cute little lady is trying ta' scared us away with her cute little voice!" The man laughed out, followed by a few more voices as they mockingly laughed at the girl's threat.

Hiding behind a tall tree nearby, Aki observed as the group of man cornered a girl sitting on a bench inside a park. The girl was wearing a blue hoodie with a long, black sportswear and a pair of white sneakers. She has an extraordinary duo-colored hair, with white on the right and red on the left side. The duo-coloured hair girl wasn't scared. Aki could tell this looking at her sharp gaze. She was annoyed by the men around her.

"No police or hero nearby, not enough time to call them anyway. All right, there are 5 of them, 1 me and I have…food. Yep, no fighting. 'Fake Police' again, I guess…" Turned off his music and plugged out his earphones, Aki searched for the emergency audio file in his phone.

Todoroki Shoko was not having a good day. She was constantly annoyed by the tall guy with wind quirk when she was focusing on her recommendation exam. Her 'father' kept getting on her nerves by endlessly reminding her as a successor for him to overcome All Might, something she always hear for 11 years.

And now, her favorite park, the place she always came to vent her feelings out were invaded by a bunch of perverts. She wanted to blast them away with her ice. She did, but that would get her into trouble. Illegal quirk used is troublesome. She would get reprimanded by the police, maybe scarred her record for hospitalize 5 men. But, knowing that her father, the No.2 Hero Endeavor, would deal with it with his influence didn't help Shoko. No way she would ask for help from him! However, these men were pushing their own luck, seeing that Shoko didn't fight back. Shoko was about to active her quirk, but the police siren along with a shout stopped her.

Turning on the police siren audio file in his phone that he recorded a long time ago. Aki used his deep, scary voice (he thinks) and shouted, "This is the police, put your hands in the air!"

Apparently, his police impression from old movies worked. The 5 men ran as soon as they heard the police siren, leaving the girl alone. Seeing the opportunity, Aki ran towards the girl, grabbed her hand and said, "Let's get out of here before they realized this is fake and came back!" Without waiting for the girl to reply, Aki ran back to the convenience store, still holding the girl's hand.

The duo stopped after a good 5 minutes of running. Aki looked around to check if they were followed.

"Damn it, I think I left my soda behind! Are you alright? I didn't grab you to hard, right?"

Aki complaint as he released the girl's hand. She didn't reply, so he assumed that she was fine and continued.

"I don't think they followed us but just in case, called your family to pick you u-"

"You didn't have to. I can take of them by myself." The girl coldly replied as she stared at Aki.

"I know, but illegal quirk used is serious. Though I don't understand why we can't use them for self-defense. As I was saying, call your parents to pick you up or something, I'll wait here 'till they arrive. I have to eat all these food before they gone cold anyway." Aki said as he pulled out his food and drinks and sat down.

Before Shoko could said anything, the growling noise from her stomach caught both of their attention. Shoko put her hand on her stomach with a blank face, either to cover her embarrassment or her annoyance, one could never tell. Aki just stared at her, before pulling out a sandwich, holding it towards her.

"Want one?" Offered Aki.

"….Thank you…." Replied Shoko as she took the sandwich pack from Aki hand and sat down beside him.

"So, what were you doing outside this late?"

"…"

"Not in a chatty mood, huh? Anyway, you don't look like you have a phone with you. Want to borrow mine to call your family?"

"I can walk home by myself."

"You can, but you won't. Those guys are probably already searching for us, more specifically, for you."

"I can deal with them."

"Has anyone ever told you that you are very stubborn?"

"…everyday…" Shoko replied with a grim look on her face.

"Well they aren't exactly wrong." Aki joked, but looking at the girl with concern at the sudden change of expression.

"But, if you insist on walking home, at least let me accompany you."

"That is not necessar-"

"It's not but I'll feel bad if I let a girl walk home alone. Besides, I got nothing better to do. My apartment is nearby and, you owed me one for giving you that sandwich."

"…If you insist….."

"I do. Aight, let's go now….. this the part where you introduce yourself."

"Todoroki Shoko."

"Alright, Todoroki-san! Let's go!"

"I'm not finished."

"..after you finished!"

Author's Note: Told ya there is going to be some gender-bending. I really like fem!Shoto a.k.a Shoko for some reasons and I finally got a chance to put her in my story.

Anyway, sorry for the late update. My wifi kinda went out and instead of writing story, I used the time to play Sekiro (again) and try to get a better look at the combat arts. Will try to update as soon as possible, but I think there won't be any action in the next few chapters, I THINK.

Hope you enjoy the story!