You licked your lips, flinching from the light sting from the cut still healing.
Midoriya's movements showed how extremely uncomfortable he was as he slowly made his way over.
It didn't take a genius to figure out he did not want to be going up against you right now. A piece of you was tired of watching and sitting around on the sidelines, it wasn't how you were raised.
"Begin." Aizawa called out. Your classmates leaned in, as if that could help them see better.
"U-Um..." Midoriya muttered, "...please forgive me!" He quickly bowed like before in Recovery Girl's office; you tilted your head confused at this action but suddenly his eyes narrowed focusing on you he bolted forward with shocking speed.
Your eyes widened for a moment; you were expecting such speed but then again, he was All Might's successor, what else did you expect from him?
"Are you really going to hit her!?" Mina gasped out.
"Wha-!?" Midoriya glanced over, his fist balled up aimed directly at your face. Midoriya internally panicked, what if this was a test and he failed it!?
You watched with a bored expression as you activated your quirk, and Midoriya glides right through you. You bit back a smirked at Midoriya's confused face realizing what just happened.
"What?" People muttered among themselves.
"Whoa!" Kirishima laughed, "That was kinda cool!"
You turned to face Midoriya, his eyebrows were furrowed together. He was trying to figure out your quirk, trying to spot out a weakness. Midoriya shook his head, getting riled up again. He extended his leg trying to come to your side, but you turned your quirk on in time to watch it glide through you.
"Wha the-?" Midoriya muttered, not sure what to do next.
"I'm sorry too." You said, now it was Midoriya's turn to tilt his head confused.
Quickly reaching out, you grabbed his arm twisting it so roughly he cried out in pain as you flipped him over onto his back.
"What!?" Voices from your classmates echoed around the gym, clearly not ready for what just happened.
Midoriya recovered quickly jumping to his feet, his hands raised ready this time.
"I was not expecting you to move so fast!" Midoriya lightly laughed.
"By the way-" Aizawa called pulling attention to him. "-I should have mentioned-"
"Huh?" Midoriya stared at Aizawa drinking in anything he was about to say.
You took his opportunity to quickly push his raised fist out of the way and land a punch directly to his nose. Midoriya stumbled away, eyes watering like you knew they would. You stepped forward swinging another punch to knock Midoriya out, but he blocked it.
"-(y/n) didn't get into this course simply because of a recommendation." Aizawa explained, "She had her own set of tests she had to go through to be allowed into the hero course."
"Now you tell us that!" Mina lectured.
Midoriya threw his punch, slicing the air but you moved your head in time avoiding teeth getting knocked out. You twisted your body around him, fire erupted along your skin raising your elbow, you slammed it against Midoriya's skull. His eyes went wide as black dots filled his vision.
You didn't just stop there; he wouldn't get the chance to bounce back.
You took kicked Midoriya's legs out, taking him to the floor you could hear the wind get knocked out of his lungs. Placing your leg roughly against his lower back kept him down as you pulled his right arm and twisted it behind his back.
You could hear his joint pop at the force, you kept tightening your grip on him until he cried out, slamming his hand on the ground in defeat.
Letting go of his limp arm which fell to the floor like an overcooked noodle you stood up releasing the pressure off his spine.
"Did...Did she just beat Midoriya?"
"He is like the best fighter in the class!"
"Ha-!" A rough voice laughed; "-you wish!"
"Are you ok?" You asked, ignoring Bakugo's bickering. Midoriya slowly gets up, holding his sore shoulder.
"Ye-Yeah." He breathed, sweat dripped down his face. "I wasn't expecting a fight like that. I guess I shouldn't be judging a book by its cover huh?"
"Probably not."
"You feel, ok?" Aizawa questioned once you two walked over.
"HEY-!" A voice boomed, stomping over towards you. "-what the hell was that just now!? HUH?!"
"What was what?" You asked Bakugo who glared into your eyes.
"Don't play dumb! I just watched you take down that damn nerd. Why have you been acting like a weak extra this whole time!?"
"Like a what?" You asked.
"You heard me!" Bakugo glared deeper.
"It's hard not to." You muttered under your breath.
"What was that!?" Bakugo stepped closer.
"I said it's hard not to-!" You snapped, your sudden aggression took the class by surprise, even Aizawa was taken back. "-you probably have gone deaf by your own damn screaming all the time!"
"Say that to my face!" Bakugo yelled, bracing himself.
"What do you think I am doing right now?" You waved your hand.
"Enough." Aizawa stepped in between the two of you. "Answer the question."
"I am fine-" Midoriya smiled.
"I meant her." Aizawa pointed to you. Midoriya froze, sweat coated his skin at the embarrassment he felt.
"R-Right!"
"I'm fine." You answered.
"Well, I think that's enough for one day-" Aizawa sighed knowing All Might was going to be coming for him for letting you train today. "-everyone is excused."
Aizawa caught your eyes, you nodded telling him you really were fine. Making your way to the woman's locker room, you were ready to go home take a nice hot shower and laze around-you froze for a moment mid change.
You called All Might's house...home...
You stood alone in a set of lockers, stripping your gym clothes, you pondered what this recent discovery meant or if it meant anything. You couldn't wait to see Dr. Aimi in a few days to talk to her about this.
The bandage on your leg was covered by knee-high socks, you slipped on your skirt then picked up the clean white shirt when a pink girl came sliding around the corner.
"Hey-!" She happily greeted. "-(y/n) do you-" Mina paused, taking in your appearance. After a moment you blinked looking around wondering what was going on. Mina stared at your bandages wrapped around your arms and torso.
"Um..." You slowly started. "...do you need something?"
"Yea-Yeah-" Mina cleared her throat. "-I feel like we got off on the wrong foot."
"Did you talk to Midoriya?" You wondered.
"No. Why?"
"He...said something like that today." You muttered.
"Really?" Mina blinked, "That Midoriya is always beating me to the punchline!"
"So, what did you need?" You changed the subject, getting it back on track.
"Oh!" Mina remembered, she placed her hands together, "I was hoping we could do something this weekend!"
"I don't understand." You stated, with a shake of your head you slipped on your shirt. It took Mina a moment, remembering Mr. Aizawa's words when he said you may not understand regular social queues.
"Like-" Mina reworded, "-hang out...you know?"
"You want to...hang out?"
"Yeah! I think it'll be a lot of fun!"
"You do?"
"Of course! I think we should go shopping! I can show you around a little bit, then we can go to this cute little café I know of!"
"Um...sure?" You said slowly, feeling extremely unsure of yourself.
"Yay!" Mina said wrapping an arm around you, "We are going to have so much fun!"
"Yeah..." You muttered as you grabbed your bag before the two of you made your way out of the locker room.
"You made her do what!?"
"I didn't make her do anything."
"She isn't ready for training yet!"
"I think differently."
Arguing around the corner in the hallway caused you and Mina to glance at each other.
"She is still hurt; she can barely go twenty minutes without eating and you know what that means-!"
"I do." Aizawa remained calm. "But I am also her teacher, it is my job to teach her, and I can't do that with her just sitting on the sidelines. She agreed to-"
"You're going to listen to her-!?"
"Yes. If she tells me she is fine to spar with her classmate I will let her."
"You could have set her back weeks!"
"But that didn't happen."
"Ooo-" Mina snickered, "-someone is in trouble!"
To say All Might was not happy with Aizawa letting you train was an understatement, the entire car ride home and even through dinner he ranted about how irresponsible Aizawa was.
It didn't matter that you were alright, or that you agreed with Aizawa to train All Might didn't want to hear any of it.
The next day he swore he was going to be popping into your classes to make sure you were resting on the sidelines and not foolishly pushing your body past its limits.
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"Yum!" You rubbed your hands together looking at the steaming tray filled with food, deciding on the pasta to be the victim first you dug in with no regrets.
Your body swayed lightly as you savored the flavors rushing around inside your mouth. You were so deep into your food you almost didn't hear the plastic tray get sat down onto your lunch table.
"Wow that all looks so good!" Midoriya took a seat beside you, turning to his two plates of different food. You held a blank face as you stared at him, food midway to your mouth. "Lunch is my favorite time of day here-!" Midoriya smiled sweetly, "-Lunch Rush has the best food!"
"Uh..." You looked around the surroundings just triple checking you were at the right table. "...what are you-?" Your conversation with Midoriya about remaining in Class 1-A was just yesterday. After a hard moment of confusion passed, Mina sat on your free side.
"Man, I am starving!" She exclaimed, plopping her tray down. "(y/n) what did you get today!?"
What was going on?
"Is that Midoriya and Mina?" Asui pointed to the corner table where you usually sit.
"Oh yeah!" Ochaco followed Asui's gaze. "So that's where he is!"
"Why are they sitting with (y/n)?" Kaminari wondered rubbing his chin.
"Hm." Todoroki Shoto guessed, "Maybe he is trying to figure out her quirk?" The half and half boy guessed poking at his food, "You know how he is when it comes to logging-" Shoto looked up feeling the table rumble. He sighed seeing his classmates had jumped up and were making their way to the corner of the room.
"Hey!" Momo called out placing her tray down. "What are we talking about!?"
"Uh, nothing?" Midoriya slightly laughed, "Just eating lunch."
"So, you weren't over here trying to figure out (y/n)'s quirk?" Asui questioned,
"Who are you and what have you done with Midoriya Izuku!?"
"I thought it would be nice if we started to eat all together-" Midoriya muttered, "-as a class."
You eyed Midoriya from the corner of your eye, why now after all these weeks was, he pulling this? You thought about your conversation with him yesterday, had he been serious?
"How hard did I hit you?" You wondered to yourself out loud.
"HA!" The group of eight wrapped around your table burst into laughter.
"Your form was flawless by the way!" Mina pointed out, "You have to teach me how you do that!"
"Wha-?" You said looking around at the group that was talking to you as if you were a member of their friend group.
Midoriya smiled to himself, seeing his plan was already beginning to work.
"I wasn't going to bring it up-!" Midoriya lit up like a light, "-but about your quirk-"
"There he is!" Ochaco joked.
"What is your quirk?" Midoriya wondered.
"Yeah-" Mina agreed, "-and what could your weakness possibly be!?"
"Uh..." You trailed off looking at the praying eyes, "...I would have to fight you all in the future, right?"
That is...if you remain in Class 1-A.
"Yeah!" Mina cheered, "Mr. Aizawa thinks it's a great way for us to grow and learn from each other."
"Then...why would I tell you how to beat me?" You asked,
"Huh?" Mina blinked, "I mean, well..."
"Hm." Shoto smirked, liking your blunt response.
"Why weren't you in President Mic's class yesterday, (y/n)?" Asui asked out of the blue,
"I got...sick." You replied with a shrug.
"Sick?"
"Wait-!?" Ida jumped from the table, "-sick!? Why on earth are you here then!? You need to go home before you infect the rest of the students!"
"I'm pretty sure you'll be fine." You brushed off your class rep's dramatic behavior.
"But-"
"You can't catch what is wrong with me." You say,
"What is wrong with you?" Asui questioned, feeling generally worried.
"I'm still in recovery." You tried to answer with as little detail as possible.
"You could have fooled me!" Kaminari laughed, "The way you took Midoriya down, I would never have guessed you were injured."
"Thanks?"
"So do you have like a condition or something?" Jiro pressed for information.
"Mm..." Pulling your lips into a thin line, you weren't sure how to answer.
"It's because of your quirk, right?" Midoriya answered for you, "At least that's what All Might said.
"Your quirk is making you sick? Like with what's going on with Midoriya?"
"What's going on with Midoriya?" You wondered.
"My body can't handle my quirk yet, but it's getting better!" Midoriya flashed a smile.
"No, it's nothing like that." You said, "I got hurt..." You sighed seeing these kids weren't going to drop the subject, "...my body is trying to heal itself so fast its burning through all nutrition I have stored-"
"Mr. Aizawa kind of explained that..." Toru slowly spoke up,
"He did?"
"Yeah." Everyone slowly agreed, glancing around at one another.
"So, it's true then-" Shoto was the first to question, "-you must eat constantly, or you starve to death?"
"Basically." You shrugged.
The table fell into a thick silence you didn't catch on to as guilt filled each young hero, how could they judge you so rashly and so quickly without ever getting to know you!?
"I am so sorry!" Mina cried, reaching over and pulling you into a tight hug.
"Wh-What!?" You were stunned as she wrapped her arms around you. "I thought you were just a teaches pet which is why everyone let you basically do what you wanted!"
"I am uncomfortable." You weren't used hugs, or any physical contact that wouldn't result in a broken bone.
"How could we miss judge you so!?" Ida cried, joining Mina's embrace. "I am a horrible student rep!"
"We are all horrible human beings!" Kaminari agreed as the table crowded around in the group hug.
"Save me." You said to Midoriya who simply remained in his seat smiling.