The Guardian

Chapter 9

"Alright class, I looked over your results from the battle training the other day. You all performed well... Midoriya..." Aizawa said, grabbing my attention.

"Your performance stood out from the rest. Your power is incredible, yet you reserved yourself in order to get a more promising result. Well done." He then said. I only nodded in confirmation to his praise.

"Now, you will have to pick a class representative... Make sure to do it before my nap ends." He then said, which shocked me to a certain extent.

After some arguing we decided that the easiest way to decide would be with a vote. It didn't take long, since most probably voted for themselves.

After a few minutes of counting, the results were presented, and boy I was shocked. I had apparently gotten seven votes, thinking that I was going to have none.

"ALRIGHT WHO VOTED FOR THAT SHITTY NERD!!!" Katsuki bellowed in anger. As a response I could see six hands being raised. They consisted of Iida, Uraraka, Kirishima, Kaminari, Ojiro and Tokoyami... The seventh one was still unknown.

This was surprising, but what's more surprising is the vice rep. I didn't expect that I was going to be class rep, with Rachel as vice rep.

Both Rachel and I were forced to come and stand in front of the class, so that it could be made official. Rachel and I looked at each other, both feeling just how awkward this was getting.

. . .

Right now it was lunch, and my diet consisted mostly of meat. I was sitting at a table with Rachel, Iida, Kirishima, Ashido, Asui and Uraraka. It was fine and all, but things didn't get any less awkward since Rachel and I had somehow managed to sit right next to each other.

"I can't believe that I'm class rep." I said before I put a piece of steak into my mouth.

"You'll be fine. I mean, six people have deemed you qualified." Uraraka said. I then proceeded to speak with my mouth full.

"Seven actually." I said, correcting her statement. Everyone looked at me confused, as if they wanted me to answer. I just looked at them, as I swallowed before I spoke.

"I voted for Rachel."

These words made everyone shocked, but not as much as Rachel herself. She had dropped her glass when she heard me say that, then she proceeded to ask.

"Why would you do that?"

I felt a little awkward, but I still answered.

"Well, because you're strong, you're smart, and you're extremely caring."

Now I couldn't stop myself from blushing mad red, and so did Rachel. We then proceeded to look in opposite directions.

"Can I point out something obvious?" Asui then asked. I gave her the green light, and she spoke.

"The two of you seem to know each other very well." She said. I could feel slightly sad over what she just said, but it wasn't as bad as the thing that Ashido said afterwards.

"Yeah... Are you two dating perhaps?" She said, attempting to tease me and Rachel. We didn't get the reaction she was hoping for, we just began moping.

"Not anymore..." Rachel said, and immediately regretted it. Everyone around the table were both shocked and confused, because that wasn't what they expected to hear. Rachel realised that she had slipped her tongue, so she began explaining.

"We used to be a couple a while back, but not anymore... In other words, this whole situation with class and vice rep is awkward... " She said, practically reading my mind.