The weekend passed slowly with the exception of Saturday. Even though the day was already long over, my mind would always wander back to the time I spent with Iida. He was someone I hadn't expected to get close to, he just seemed too authoritative. But after getting to talk with him, I learnt that he was really sweet and caring, comforting me in a moment when I felt so low. I was surprised that I had told him some of the things I did, but after remembering that I no longer had Hitoshi to talk to, it made sense.
I was just feeling lonely, I wanted someone to pay attention to me, to talk to me or even sit beside me. It didn't bother me what they did, I just wanted someone to be there.
On the upside, my Sunday evening hadn't been all that bad. Hajime bought me a piece of my favourite and let me eat it in my room. As well as that, I managed to stay out of Hitoshi and Mihoko's way, not crossing paths with them once.
The sight of the school up ahead caught my attention, reminding myself that I was currently walking to school. Looking around, I noticed someone walking on the opposite side of the road as me who I found familiar. I couldn't see his face but by his neat blonde hair, I knew exactly who it was.
Focussing my eyes ahead, I could tell that he had looked back and seen me, scanning me quickly before slowing his pace. I managed to get ahead of him, listening as his quickened footsteps came into earshot.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the mystery of class 1-A," Monoma called from behind me. I glanced back at him over my shoulder, sending him an acknowledging nod before continuing walk as if he wasn't there. I knew this annoyed him.
"Hey," he let out, quickening his pace so he walked next to me. Turning to look at him, I gave another nod.
"Good morning, Monoma," I greeted.
"Uh, good morning. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that my class is way better than yours," he bragged, a smug look on his face. I was confused as to why he was saying it but didn't really care. I didn't even know anyone in his class besides him, neither did I think one class was better than the other for some reason. Shrugging my shoulders, I increased my walk speed, managing to make a small distance between us before he noticed.
"Hey, wait up," he called, rushing to catch up with me. Reclaiming the spot next to me again, he watched my face, noticing how I showed no outward emotion at the moment. My eyes focused on what was ahead of me, paying no attention to the unsettled blonde who accompanied me.
"Oi," he grumbled, tapping my shoulder lightly with something. Turning to see what he was holding, my eyes locked onto the manga I had lent him last week, the blonde handing it back to me.
"I finished it."
"Did you enjoy it?" I asked, sounding hopeful. I watched as Monoma's cheeks tinted pink, his face turning away so I could no longer see it.
"It was alright, I've read better," he answered in a quiet voice. I couldn't help but smile gently, feeling happy that I had given him something that he liked. He was playing it off as if he wasn't bothered but I could tell that he liked it.
"I have the next few volumes at home, do you want to borrow the next one?" I offered, glancing up at the large U.A gate at the entrance of the school as we entered. Monoma gave it a second before he answered.
"Yeah, I guess so. I've been training a lot for the upcoming sports festival so I could use a break," he answered, his nose raised. I hummed in response, the comic he had lent me coming to mind.
"Oh and I'll bring your comic back tomorrow," I told him. He nodded, sending a wave as we split up, heading to our own classes.
Entering my classroom, I made it to my desk without any problems. I sat quietly, enjoying the sound of my classmates chatting to each other. But my solitude was disrupted by someone I hadn't expected to approach me so suddenly. Iida stood before my desk, a light blush dusting his cheeks.
"(L/n)," he announced, a little too loud.
"Uh, yes. Is there something you need, Iida?" I asked, tilting my head to the side slightly. He nodded, giving an awkward smile whilst avoiding eye contact.
"I just wanted to say that I enjoyed our time together on Saturday," he admitted, briefly meeting my eyes before looking away quickly. Smiling lightly, I nodded in agreement.
"I had a lot of fun too."
"And so I just wanted to say that I would like to do it again sometime, only if you want to. But we could train... or just hang out, I don't really mind," he blurted out, pausing occasionally. I opened my mouth to respond but was interrupted by someone else.
"What?! Iida got to hang out with (Y/n) in the weekend, no fair," Ashido whined, bringing everyone's attention to myself and Iida.
"Huh, you hung out with Iida?" Sero questioned, raising an eyebrow as he wandered over to be part of the conversation. Right now all eyes were on me, wanting an explanation.
"We ran into each other and trained, there's nothing all that interesting about that," I said, trying to take the attention off of me. Iida nodded in agreement, his flustered expression showing that he was embarrassed. Luckily enough for him, Ashido brought all attention back to herself when she spoke again.
"Are you doing anything after school?" she asked me, looking hopeful. Knowing that I had nothing on, I shook my head, noticing how her face lit up.
"Great, I'm gonna try and get all the girls together so we can hang out!" she announced. I tried to give her an answer, tell her that it probably wasn't the best idea in a time where everyone should be preparing for the sports festival which would occur in the following week. But before I could get a word in, she took my silence as a yes and ran off to where Deku and Uraraka where talking at the front of the class to get her in on it.
After that, Iida excused himself, leaving just Sero and I. He leant back against one of the desks next to mine, our gazes meeting.
"You're getting pretty popular in class," he pointed out, catching me off guard. I gave it a moment of thought before shrugging my shoulders, not really knowing how to respond to that.
"Not really, I don't have many friends in this class," I addressed, making him chuckle.
"Come on, you can sit with me at lunch if you want. The others seem to like you and the biggest surprise is that Bakugou even wants you there, so you can consider us friends. Don't be a stranger," he smiled. It seemed to be contagious because I couldn't seem to stop a smile of my own take over my features.
"Thank you, I guess I'll take you up on that offer."
Unfortunately, the conversation was cut short by the sound of the bell. Iida instructing everyone to get their seats. Sero sent a small wave before heading over to his own desk and sitting down. It didn't take long before Shota came in, giving instructions for our first class, foundational hero studies.
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"I am so excited to go to the mall with all of you after school," Ashido cheered, pulling her hero costume up and over her exposed body. It looked to me like she had managed to convince all of the girls in class to all go to the mall together after school. The others also seemed happy about it too, making me feel a little excited as well.
While I wrapped my legs with bandages, I listened, hearing footsteps approaching me. Lifting my head, I saw Uraraka standing before me, dressed in her full hero costume.
"Do you mind if I ask about when you hung out with Iida?" she asked, sounding nervous. I nodded, not having any problem with her asking me about it.
"Well, sure, ask anything you want," I offered, wanting to let her know that there was nothing secret about it. She shifted uncomfortably in her spot, twiddling her thumbs as she thought over whether or not she should ask what she had thought of.
"Did anything, you know, weird happen when you were hanging out with Iida?" she asked, speaking quickly so she could get it over and done with. I gave it a moment of thought, shaking my head after going through everything that had occurred while Iida and I hung out. But nothing that I would consider weird did happen.
"I don't think so, why do you ask?" Uraraka avoided my gaze, only taking occasional glances to see my expression.
"Well, Iida's been acting a little weird this morning," she admitted, "I just wanted to know if something had happened to make him act like that." As I thought of a way to assure her that nothing bad had happened, Hagakure chimed in.
"Why don't you just say everything that happened and then we'll judge whether they could be the cause or not?" she suggested, the enthusiasm in her voice catching the attention of Ashido who couldn't help herself but join in.
"Yeah, go on (Y/n). Tell us everything that happened," she encouraged, her large smile and the fact that she was literally bouncing with excitement pressuring me into talking.
"I guess I can. So first we saw each other and he waved at me so I came over, we talked a little and then he asked if I wanted to train with him. Not having anything else to do, I said yes and then we trained for a while," I told them, letting my eyes move between the three girls that stood around me. Uraraka watched me carefully, still looking nervous, while Ashido and Hagakure vibrated with excitement as if waiting to pounce on anything that could be possibly risque.
"Once we were tired, we decided to take a break. He offered me some food so we ate together, talking for a while. We made up after the first day we had met, then we started about more personal stuff, mainly about me. Then some iffy things came up and I got a little upset, then we hugged. After that we-"
"What?!" Hagakure and Ashido screeched in sync. It seemed that my story had also gathered the attention of the other girls as well, since Tsu, Jirou and Yaoyorozu had come over, looking shocked along with the other three.
"Is something wrong?" I asked, not catching onto what they were so surprised by.
"You hugged him?" Uraraka managed to get out, her face turning a bright shade of red. Just getting such an outburst from it made me feel embarrassed, highlighting everything that made it weird. I knew that it was a little odd, suddenly hugging my class rep, but it fit the mood.
"He was just comforting me," I tried to excuse, my own cheeks tinting pink as I grew flustered. There was a moment of silence which made me feel even more uncomfortable with the situation. All I could do to calm my mind was to remind myself that if it was indeed weird, that I was the one who had initiated it, shifting all blame for it to myself. But then there was also the hand holding things, not that I wanted to bring that up at all.
"Would you date him?" Hagakure asked, causing all of us to turn attention to the invisible girl who was merely boots and pair of gloves in her hero costume. Having such a straight forward question being asked, especially one about romance, made me grow even more embarrassed. Placing my hands over my firey cheeks, I heaved a sigh.
"I don't know," I answered truthfully, having not thought about Iida in that way. We were just supposed to be friends, but now Hagakure was bringing this up.
"Aw, I ship it!" Ashido cheers, pumping her fist in the air. Her enthusiasm grabbed the attention of the other girls, all of them curious about what she meant.
"I mean who couldn't, the class rep and the class mystery," she cooed, clamping her hands together in front of her chest. This greatly caught my attention, remembering how Monoma had addressed me earlier.
"The class mystery?" I asked, hoping someone would fill me in. Yaoyorozu sent me a soft smile, looking almost sorry for me.
"Well, because you don't really hang out with anyone in our class, no one really knows much about you. Hence why they call you the mystery, but I assure you that the name has no intention of being hurtful," she told me.
"But that's not a bad thing," Tsu added, "It's more to encourage you to hang out with all of us, I mean despite others not really knowing much about you, you're well-liked in class. And you can even sit with me at lunch if you want to." I couldn't help but smile at the frog girl, feeling happy that she had welcomed me to join her for lunch.
"Thank you for the offer, but I'm sorry, I already promised someone I would sit with them," I informed her. Ashido rushed over, sliding her arm over my shoulder with a teasing smirk.
"Aw, already committed to sitting with Iida, huh?" I rolled my eyes, being able to brush that one off.
"No, I spoke to Sero this morning and said I'd with him and his friends."
"What?! Another boy!" Hagakure exclaimed in surprise. Ashido chuckled, wiggling her eyebrows suggestively at me.
"Flirting with all the boys, aye (Y/n)?"
Turning my face away, I wasn't able to hide my blush this time.
"We're just friends," I muttered, having Ashido continue to go on about who she now ships me with. But this was all stopped by the sound of the classes vice rep.
"We should really hurry and head out or else we'll get in trouble," Yaoyorozu voiced, managing to get Ashido to give up on her assault on me and begin walking out with Hagakure beside her.
Now that I had finished getting dressed, I grabbed my bag and began walking out, this time with Yaoyorozu by my side.
"Hey, thanks for saving me from Ashido back there," I thanked her. In response she just giggled, brushing a piece that had come loose behind her ear.
"It's no problem."
The moment felt weird, I mean I knew that Yaoyorozu was pretty, but right now, I was mesmerized by the sight of her.
Yo! Remember that you'll have both male and female love interests in this, literally, everyone wants a piece of your ass besides most of the older characters. None of the teachers are but there will be those who are in their early twenties who will be interested, it wouldn't be as fun if we couldn't have any of the villains wanting a piece.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry it took so long to get out.