Starting a new fanfic, will I make it to the end? Who knows?

I own nothing of BNHA, just my OC Saimori Keiko.

Chapter 1

"Hey did you guys hear? We're getting a transfer student!"

His classmates unlike any other day were excited Izuku thought. It had started as a normal Monday for Izuku, with breakfast, walking to school, settling into his desk, and watching a newly uploaded video of the hero Kamui Woods when he heard it.

Transfer Student

It was no wonder everyone was excited. With new students came a new mystery. Are they a girl? boy? Or perhaps neither? With the rise of quirks, anything was possible. Where were they from? Why so late into the second year? And the most important question for everyone-

What was their quirk?!

Izuku's thoughts raced at the thought of a new classmate.

"I hear they can turn into a wolf" Izuku heard one classmate say to their friend.

"I heard their quirk makes them stretchy like gum" his friend responded.

"I heard they have giant bunny ears and can eavesdrop from a mile away!" came from one of the girls huddled with her friends in the front.

"Maybe she can help us find out if that boy from next door has a crush on you!" her friend piped up leading the group into a giggling fit.

"I heard-"

"I heard-"

"I heard-"

Izuku started to feel dizzy from the overload of information. It seemed everyone had heard different things about the new transfer student overnight.

"Oh please! I don't care what quirk they have! It can't be anything better than mine!" Izuku heard Kacchan at the desk next to him tell his friends who were crowding around his desk.

Izuku found himself taking a long deep breath before letting it out to help steady his mind. It was moments like these that Izuku found bitterness and envy creep up inside him as someone who was quirkless. He would never have people clamor and gossip to their friends about what his quirk was. A small part of him was a little envious of this transfer student despite not even meeting them yet.

"All right everyone settle down!" Their sensei ambled in through the door carrying stacks of new assignments and graded assignments alike and dropped them onto their desk with a loud thump that signaled the students in the classroom to leave their friends and take their seats.

"Somehow all of you already know, but today we have a transfer stu-"

"What's their quirk Sensei!" one of the boys shot up his hand interrupting him. The students around started to clamor at the bold question.

"Ahem! We have a new transfer student, I expect all of you to be courteous and show her-"

"They're a girl?!"

"AND SHOW HER the bright side of this school and not bring shame to our name" their sensei finished exasperated by the interruptions. "Saimori-san please come in!"

The class went silent.

Kachiya~ Tip tap tip tap tap tap…

In everyone's eyes, a girl in their standard black middle school uniform appeared. With her dark blue hair pulled up into a ponytail she steadily walked up to the front of the class. Just as their sensei finished chalking her name on the blackboard, she offered a smile and gave a small bow.

"Hello, my name is Saimori Keiko, I'll be in your care" she introduced.

And just like that, their class turned to pure chaos

"What's your quirk?!"

"Where are you from?!"

"Why did you transfer?!"

Izuku found himself staring at his new classmate, his gaze transfixing on her smiling face as she was bombarded with questions. His first impression of her was that she was really pretty and seemed nice if her smile was anything to go by. Her appearance itself gave nothing away about a potential quirk, at least nothing obvious he could see from his spot in the far back.

"My Mom grew up here," she smiled "My parents and I just moved to this area due to her job. My hobby is reading manga. My favorite food is ramen, my least favorite food is bell peppers, and my favorite hero is All Mi-"

"Who cares about that!" the same classmate who had interrupted their sensei earlier cut her off. "What's your quirk? We all want to know! Right guys?!"

"Yha! What's your quirk? Tell us! Tell us!"

"I don't know what everyone is excited about, it's probably something lame!" Bakugo sneered, not bothering to be polite.

"Kacchan that's not nice…" Izuku frowned at his childhood friend.

"Hmm…" The new transfer Saimori tilted her head with a thoughtful expression on her face, seeming to ponder whether or not to tell everyone what her quirk was. Everyone hushed themselves with perked-up ears ready to find out whether her quirk was anything special to write home about. Would it be a body modification quirk? A psychic one? Something cooler than Bakugo's? Or maybe she was... Quirkless?

"My quirk is…" she began.

Everyone edged closer to their seats. Even Izuku couldn't help himself. Kacchan next to him leaned back in his chair and rolled his eyes at everyone's anticipation. Kacchan as usual though held a confident smirk on his face. Izuku could tell that Kacchan had already written the new girl off as unimportant and someone not worth of his time.

"A secret!" she finished.

…

"What?! A secret!" someone shouted shocked.

"It's probably something lame" a girl snicked to her friend.

"Come on just tell us!"

The clamor started up again, voices both upset and annoyed mixing together. However, despite all the criticism aimed her way, Izuku saw her still with an unwavering smile on her face.

"All right class! Settle down! If Saimori-san wants to keep her quirk a secret she can, it's her right -"

"Sensei why don't you tell us?!" a girl asked.

"That would considered sharing private student information on my part and is not allowed".

"But Sensei-"

"No buts! That's enough from all of you! Saimori-san has her reasons and I expect all of you to respect her choice and not to pry" their Sensei continued.

Hmm? Was there something perhaps circumstantial beyond privacy that made her secretive about her quirk? Izuku thought. Even Izuku's classmates caught their sensei's undertone and started whispering among themselves about potential reasons why the new transfer student thought she was so special to keep her quirk a secret.

Kacchan next to him started to frown.

"Saimori-san please take the empty desk in the back"

The empty desk? The one behind me?

"Thank you Sensei" She gave him a curt bow and started walking towards Izuku. Izuku started to choke up. He never really was good with girls and wanted to make a good first impression. Perhaps they could become friends? Would she want to be friends with a guy? Maybe she'd prefer his female classmates? What would he talk about with a girl? What if she didn't like him? Whatifshemadefunofhimforbeingquirkless-

BAMN!

Izuku jumped in his seat having felt his chair slide. He turned his head to where the sound came from and to his shock and horror, the sound had come from Kacchan slamming his leg into Izuku's chair to create a physical block in the aile. Kacchan having used his leg to prevent the transfer student from passing through to her new desk behind Izuku, sneered at her.

"I don't know who you think you are but don't think you're so special! I don't know what your quirk is but I don't give a shit! I'm number one here and a loser like you can't even dream of being on my level!" Bakugo spat at the girl, his gaze downright venomous.

"Kacchan!-" Izuku found himself speaking up.

"You shut up! A quirkless loser like you should just stay quiet!"

"Eek!" Izuku found himself flinching back. Kacchan glared at him before turning his head to look at the empty desk behind Izuku and then smirked.

"You know what? Looks like you just made a new friend! After all, losers should stick together! Looks like she's going to fit right in with her desk behind you! Ain't that right Deku?!"

Izuku found himself staring hard at his desk clamming up. Usually, he would try to reason with his childhood friend and push back but Izuku found himself with nothing to say. Kacchan didn't hesitate to rub in his face how he was quirkless, and while that normally wouldn't have bothered him, today was different. As quickly as hopes had built up about making a new friend, they were crushed.

After all, who would want to be friends with a quirkless person like hi-

"Um…" the new girl spoke up.

Izuku froze.

"Is that the limited edition ultra rare glow-in-the-dark holographic All Might keychain that you can only get at random from buying his limited run collab with Mighty Crunchy Cereal!" she said in all one breath while staring right at Izuku's bag that he had hanging off the side of his desk.

Her gaze was pinpointed at the said All Might keychain. He had only that morning rotated out his old one not thinking anyone would notice the new rare item. No one was quite as hardcore of a fan of All Might as him after all.

…

Izuku then realized that the class was shrouded in an awkward silence in which she was expecting his response.

"U-um yes?"

Izuku berated himself internally for stuttering. He had meant to sound more confident, but it took him a beat late to realize what she was asking. Lifting his chin to look up properly at her, he saw a stunning smile aimed at him that left him breathless.

A girl is smiling at me! he squeaked internally.

"Look!" she suddenly thrust her backpack into his face. Izuku momentarily went cross-eyed at the action before he was able to focus his vision. To his shock and disbelief, the same keychain attached to his bag was also clipped to one of the zippers on her bag! His eyes zipped from his bag to her bag, back and forth, multiple times trying to piece together what he was seeing with his eyes.

"Only three of these were made in all of Japan! My parents and I are still trying to finish the cereal from how much I bought! Each box came with a different surprise toy, but I wanted this one! What are the chances we both have it?!" she said in wonderment. Izuku was speechless, he himself went through quite a struggle and probably a lifetime of luck obtaining the item as well.

"Don't you think it's fate!" she said to Izuku brightly looking straight into his eyes.

"What?" Kaachan growled, her back was now turned away from him.

"It's like we were meant to be friends! Are you a huge fan of All Might too?" She ignored him.

Izuku was still reeling but somehow found himself answering her, "I-I am" he managed to get out. Her smile turned so bright at him that Izuku found a blush creeping up to his ears. She held her right hand in front of him.

"Want to be friends?!" she asked.

"Huh?" Izuku stared at her hand.

"Us All Might fans have to stick together right?" Looking at her eyes now Izuku saw she was genuine in her offer. He saw no judgment in her gaze for him being quirkless, only kindness. She was honest in her offer. Izuku looking into her eyes finding no criticism allowed a smile to form on his face, one he hoped wasn't awkward, and shook her hand.

"Yes, I- " Izuku had started to speak.

"After all, only losers would make fun of the work we put into finding such ultra-rare items. Geez, to sit next to you and not realize what a great guy you are," her gaze now turned to look directly into the piercing gaze of the person next to her "What an idiot".

Izuku gasped, she called Kacchan an idiot to his face!

"What did you just say to me?!" Kacchan made a move to stand.

"ENOUGH!" Their sensei finally decided to interrupt, "Bakugo-kun remove your leg and let her through, I won't tolerate any class disruptions from you do you understand? That goes for you Saimori-san as well"

"Tch, yes Sensei" Bakugo grumbled and reluctantly removed his leg and readjusted himself in his seat while saying so. However, even as he turned to face forward he and Saimori-san still maintained eye contact up till the very last moment until she moved past him to sit at her new desk.

Izuku too found himself adjusting in his seat as their sensei started class. Izuku was rummaging through his backpack to get his notebook and a pencil when he felt a poke at his back.

He turned around and was faced with a gentle smile.

"Hay what's your name?" she whispered at him blue eyes sparkling.

"Oh um, M-Midoriya Izuku" he whispered before facing back front trying his best to not be obvious so their sensei wouldn't catch them. He suddenly felt her breath on his ear and stiffened.

"Let's sit together during lunch break" her voice whispered.

Izuku was solid as a rock from the proximity but managed to stiffly nod his head in reply. Izuku couldn't help but shiver, having a girl whispering directly into his ear made him internally squeal.

As the class went on Izuku allowed himself to relax in his seat, before he realized it he had started smiling to himself.

This lunch period he had a new friend to sit with after all.

Please let me know if there are any typos through comments.