Midoriya was about to run towards Shinso but he suddenly stopped and his eyes looked lifeless as if he was controlled. You knew this was gonna happen, Midoriya was quite stubborn sometimes.
"I went through all the trouble of warning him, too!" Ojiro stood up from his seat and put both of his hands on his head then turned to you with a worried face. You just sighed and turned your head back to the dissapointing battle in the middle of the stadium.
Midoriya, you're such an idiot.
"It's the first match! Liven things up! Midoriya! The match just started... and he's completely frozen?! He's got a blank look on his face and isn't moving a muscle! Is this Shinso's quirk?! He didn't stand out at all, but could he actually be someone amazing?"
Of course Shin-shin is amazing, he's just underrated, that's all. Also, Present Mic is starting to sound like a BGM. Is he always this loud even in a decent conversation?
"Hitoshi Shinso from general studies has gotten the better of Izuku Midoriya from the hero course! Who would've imagined this?! Will the bottom overthrow the top?"
"That's why I said the entrance exam wasn't rational," Mr. Aizawa murmured.
I think he forgot there's a microphone in front of him.
"Huh? What?" Present Mic seemed to be curious.
"Here's some basic data on the two of them. Since it's individual matches from here on out, I had someone compile it for me. Shinso failed the practical exam for the hero course. Since he also applied for general studies, he probably knew that would happen. His quirk is very powerful, but the practical exam consisted of fighting faux villains. That gave an advantage to those with physical attack quirks. Shinso wouldn't have been to rack up any points with his quirk," Aizawa finished his statement while Shinso continued to talk to poor Midoriya who lost his mind since his brain was gonna have to go to a vacation until the whole match was over.
Gosh, I don't want to watch anymore.
Midoriya turned away from Shinso and blankly walked forward like he was been forced to be out of bounds. He looked like a zombie. It was why you hated Shin-shin's quirk at first but you realized it was awesome since you can let people do things for you and you just lay in bed being lazy and stuff.
I envy you, Shin. But anyway, I can be lazy with my quirk too.
"Huh? What?! Midoriya's being so obedient!"
"Deku, why?"
"If you go out of bounds, then you'll lose the match!" Everyone started to worry.
Oh, Midoriya, what are we gonna do with you?
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"A quirk that can control people, huh? Isn't that too strong to beat?"
"Yeah, but you can probably avoid if you know about it. I don't remember much after I answered his question. I think that's how it works."
"Of course that's how it works. I've been victimized by him eversince we were kids. But soon after, I finally learned how to escape his brainwashing," You said leaning to the wall.
Both of them looked at you with wide eyes.
"You escaped his brainwashing?" Midoriya asked. You sighed and faced the ceiling, "He brainwashed me to buy him ice cream before. Everyday he kept doing that since I always play at the park every afternoon. Somehow, I managed to overcome his brainwashing. But now that I think of it, I might know now how I did it."
"How?"
"Ice cream," You answered bluntly.
They both had dumbfounded looks. Their expressions were saying, 'are you serious?'. Well yeah, you were serious, alright.
"I was irritated of him always buying him ice cream while I didn't get one myself. Maybe it's your will and your courage to force yourself out of the brainwash that Shin-shin casted upon you. Or just do something and snap out of it." You explained. Midoriya nodded, he looked like he was thinking of a plan. "Whatever you do, don't talk back to him and never answer his questions, alright?" You continued making sure he understood.
"Alright. Thank you, Ojiro, Y/N."
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You thought he understood. He was already close to the end of the battle ground.
Midoriya, snap out of it!
Suddenly, a strong force of wind came out of nowhere. Midoriya was panting, he was back to normal. Took him so long.
"Th-This is...! Midoriya stopped!" The crowd began cheering. You noticed his fingers, they were broken.
So he used my other advice, huh? That's good.
"That's crazy," Ojiro sighed in relief. Midoriya began pushing Shinso away to force him out of bounds. Now you felt pity for Shin-shin. And then, Midoriya won leaving Shinso stay on the ground for a while.
"Shinso is out of bounds! Midoriya advances to round two!" Midnight announced.
"In the finals, the first person to advance to the second round is Izuku Midoriya from Class A!"
"I was so nervous!"
"Turning the tables at the last moment! As expected of Midoriya!"
"He did that shoulder toss on you before, too, didn't he?"
"Shut up, dunce face."
Everybody began talking about what just happened while you quickly stood up from your seat and ran towards Shinso.
"You were really cool, Shinso!" You heard other students cheering for Shinso and it made you really happy for him. Back then, everybody kept on thinking that his quirk was much more suited for a villain.
Yes, you were his schoolmate. He was in class C while you were in Class A. Something happened before and you would never want to recall it ever again.
"Shin-shin!" You exclaimed as you gave him a big hug, "H-huh? Y/N?" He asked nervously. You giggled and faced him, "I'm happy for you," You grinned making him smile too.
"Good job!"
"I was really surprised!"
"You're the star of general studies!" You chuckled at their compliments.
"You hear that? You're being praised now," You teased and winked. He blushed and was about to reply but you already bid farewell. You still wanted to watch the matches and you didn't want to miss them.
UA sports festival is actually fun. I guess the only fun thing I could win battles, extreme battles. Wait, I'm starting to sound like lil Hothead. Come to think of it, where is he? Oh, of course he's in his seat with the rest of our classmates, probably.
You came back to the area where Class 1-A students were sitting. But before you sat on your seat you searched for Bakugo to see if he was there. Thankfully, you found him next to Pikachu.
Should I go there? Nah, he'd think I'm a cree-
"Oi, Stupid," Uh-oh.
"Uh, yeah?" You asked nervously, waiting for his answer. He walked towards you and harshly grabbed your hand as he dragged you to where he was sitting.
What does he want now?
"Dunce face, leave," He blurted. Pikachu was confused at him and now that he realized why, he complained, "But where am I supposed to si-"
"There's an empty seat next to frog over there," He pointed to the seat where you sat earlier so Kaminari glanced at it too, "But-" He still complained but was cut off by Bakugo again, "Just go!" He yelled making poor Kaminari tremble in fear.
He quickly stood up and sat on your seat. When he was gone, Bakugo let go of your arm and sat on his. You were only glaring at him for what he did. You can't believe he just did that.
"Well? Aren't you going to sit?" He asked annoyed, "Hmph," You pouted and and sat on the seat next to him. Todoroki and Sero's battle began but you still kept on glaring at him.
"What?"
"You didn't have to do that, you know. " You answered completely pissed, "So what?" He replied in annoyance. You crossed your arms and watched Elsa and Scotch Tape's battle. Suddenly, Bakugo asked a question out of the blue.
"What's with you and that purple guy?" He asked in a very low tone. You turned to face him, eyes wide. Was he jealous or something? "You mean, Shinso?" He nodded in response.
"Well, um, he's a childhood friend of mine," You grinned and faced back to the two who were fighting in the middle of the stadium.
"Childhood friend, huh? Tch," He muttered. You looked back at him, watching him to look so pissed off. You couldn't help but blush and smile.
"Are you... jealous?" His eyes grew wide and he immediately faced you.
"What?! No way, Stupid!" He yelled and turned away, his face was as red as Kirishima's hair. You realized your face was even redder than his hair. You freakin looked like Jeice from Dragon Ball! Wait who's Jei--
Todoroki won the second match. The whole stage was frozen because of Elsa, the male version of Elsa (wink). You had to wait for some time.
Damn you, Todoroki. Making the audience wait, aren't you a 'boss'.
After the stage was finally back to normal, it was already time for the third match. Before they even started, you secretly laughed because of Present Mic when the vines girl became so wisdom-y all of a sudden. Was she a fallen angel or something?
When the match has started, Pikachu gone all out again. After using his 1.3 million volts, he turned into a dumb idiot with a dunce face. Oh, Bakugo's nickname for him made sense. You wondered what your nickname that he gave you.
Oh right, Stupid.
You sighed, "Hey," You turned to Bakugo and asked, "Why do you call me Stupid?" You whined. He looked dumbfounded, "Huh?"
"Your nickname for Kaminari makes sense, Kirishima too. Why is mine, Stupid?" You whined over and over again waiting for his reply.
"Because you're stupid," He answered straightly, "Eh?! I'm not stupid!" You pouted in disagreement.
I'm not stupid! What made him think of that?
"Why do you care so much?" He asked, probably annoyed.
Yeah... Why do I care so much about the nicknames he give?
"Then I'll call you Katsuki," He was surprised when you said that. He wanted to know why you chose his first name out of all those different kinds of nicknames. But Katsuki? Only the 'worthy' people can call him that. But... he kind of liked it. He hated it but liked it at the same time. It's like, he wanted to hear that from you, he wanted you to call him Katsuki.
"Don't you dare call me that," He spoke in a low tone.
"Sorry? I didn't hear you," You sarcastically said, he went frustrated since he hates sarcasm as hell, "Are you deaf or what?! I said don't call me that!" He yelled back to his usual tone. You snickered, "Okay, okay."
His cheeks were tinted with light pink. For some reason, his heart became lighter when he watched you chuckle. He liked the view in front of him, he admired it. Soon enough, he snapped out from whatever illusion he was in and drove his attention back to the battle.
Damn you, (Y/N).
Shiozaki won the third match and the other Class B students began cheerimg for her. Suddenly, Monoma came out of nowhere and bragged your class about a student from Class B overpowered a student from Class A.
"What's that? Didn't he say he'd settle this in a second? That's strange, he was defeated in a second, wasn't he? Class A is supposed to be better than Class B, so isn't that weird?"
Thankfully, an orange-haired girl took care of him, "Sorry!"
What was that just now?
Suddenly, you heard annoying mutters coming from Broccoli. It was annoying, really. It's a good thing Uraraka stopped him from continuing.
Honestly, those two seems like a great couple. Well they're not a couple YET but I think they're good for each other. They're kind of similar, not like me and Baku-- What?! C'mon brain, is there a time when we don't get to mention him? Cause I surely need it now. Why do I always end up thinking about him? Why, brain, whyyyy????
The fourth match began.
Wait, I'm up next!
You quickly stood up and ran to the waiting room where you were supposed to stay before your match. But before you could go, Bakugo grabbed your hand, "Where are you going?" He asked.
"I'm up next after Iida and pink's match, so I should stay on the waiting room. See ya! Also, if possible, wish me luck, kay?" You let go of his grip and ran towards the waiting room.
'Where are you going?' Damn! Why does he always pop up on my mind?! Please brain, I just need to focus. Please forget about him even for just one match? Pleeeaaasssseeeee!
Damn you, Bakugo! What did you do to me?!
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"We're gonna keep right on going with the fifth match! Even though he's wearing a belt, he won't transform! From the hero course, it's Yuga Aoyama!"
"Bonjour."
"Versus, she was doing great at the last two events of the sports festival, will she stand out again? From the hero course, Y/N L/N!"
"Alright, this is gonna be easy," You clenched your fists and formed a wide grin but he suddenly talked back, "I'll return those words right back at you."
That was nice but also bad? Eh, who knows? This Aoyama guy is creepy.
"Now, why don't we get moving? Fifth match, start!" You just stood here while waiting for his attacks, and so, he finally did an attack.
"The early bird gets the worm!"
You dodged his attacks one by one, you can't use telekinesis for now. From what you heard about him from your quirk assessment test, you just had to wait until his stomach ached. You didn't use your quirk yet as you dodged the laser that was aiming straight for you. Finally, his faced looked like he was in pain, that means he finally got a stomachache.
Alright, it's my turn to shine!
You ran close to him and gestured your hand as he was thrown away until he landed into Recovery Girl's office.
Woops, my bad. But on the bright side, atleast he already got in to the nurse's office to treat his stomachache.
"Sorry, Aoyama!"
"U-uh, y-yeaaahhhhh! The winner of the fifth match is Y/N L/N! That was rather quick, wasn't it? Well, that's expected after all!" Everybody began to cheer.
That was as easy as a slice of pizza. I know, I know, it's supposed to be cake but I prefer pizza.
You walked back to the Class A seats and sat next to Bakugo. Everyone began complimenting you and you just shrugged them off.
"That was easier than I thought. Hey, Hothead," Bakugo turned his head to you, "if we end up being the final match, don't go easy on me, alright?" You smirked, "Heck yeah I won't! Who said I'm gonna lose to you?" He yelled. You laughed at his so-called 'pride',
"Alright, alright. Sheesh," He calmed down and watched Yaoyorozu and Tokoyami's fight, "Just don't slack off," He mumbled.
Was that supposed to be motivating? Did he just, motivate me? I'm blushing again. Damn it!
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You watched all matches until it was Bakugo's turn. You were a bit nervous for this. I mean, Uraraka's your friend but Bakugo? You couldn't help but worry.
Pfft, it's kind of obvious, of course Bakugo will win, I guess. But I'll cheer for Uraraka! Wait, no, I'll cheer for Bakugo! Damn it, I'll cheer for the both of them! But right now, I just hope Bakugo will take it easy on her.
The match has started and Uraraka was now aiming for Bakugo. But of course, Bakugo let out an explosion.
Wait, did he blew her up?!
Uraraka continued attacking Bakugo but he always avoided them by his explosions. Of course, what'd you expect? Bakugo let out large explosions making you nervous.
"Uraraka, you can do it! Don't let that Hothead get to you! Bakugo, you better be careful or I'll kill you!" You yelled out loud but not loud enough for the two of them to hear.
"What is Y/N doing?"
"She's cheering for the both of them."
"That's... weird."
"Uraraka's her friend, and Bakugo's her boyfriend after all--" You used telekinesis on Kaminari and pulled him close to you.
"He is not my boyfriend!" He looked scared, "Alright, alright, he's not." He nervously laughed while you glared at him.
Suddenly, you heard a lot of people booing at Bakugo. You deactivated your quirk causing Kaminari to fall on the floor. You didn't know why but you could feel the heat from your body getting higher. You wanted to yell at them, but you were too angry to do such thing.
Why would they protest? What's the point of this sports festival when you don't give it your all?! How dumb can you all be?!
Thankfully, Mr. Aizawa defended his student. You sighed in relief and sat back on your seat making you relax a bit. Your body cooled down and you didn't want this coolness fade away.
Thank you, Mr. Aizawa!
But then you noticed a bunch of debris floating above them.
Wait, oh, now I understand. Uraraka's strategy is well-planned, but is it enough?
Uraraka immediately released them as it all fell to the stage.
B-Bakugo! Don't you dare lose!
A large explosion came out of his palms creating a strong force of wind causing Uraraka to drift away. She stood up, Bakugo ran to her preparing to attack but she immediately fell on the ground.
Uraraka...
"Uraraka's out of commission. Bakugo advances to the second round!" Midnight announced. You quickly ran through the halls to see Bakugo. And then you ended up seeing him with Midoriya.
"What the--?! What the hell do you want?! Die, scum!" Bakugo yelled.
"Oh, well, I'm next so... I was going to get ready in the waiting room... Also, congrats on winning the first round... Later..." Midoriya said nervously while he slowly walked away but Bakugo stopped him, "That was your idea, wasn't it? That damned desperate plan. You just have to be annoying, don't you? What the hell--" You were surprised when he was cut off by Midoriya himself, "It wasn't. All of it... Uraraka planned it all thinking how she could beat you. If you thought that was annoying, that was because... Uraraka was leading you around by the nose!"
E-Eh?! When did Midoriya suddenly got badass and stuff?!
Bakugo was about to yell again but you butted in, "Hey, hey, now. It's not wise to start a fight even before the last round, right?" You laughed nervously as you grabbed Bakugo's arm and attempted to pull him away.
"Well, bye, Broccoli!" You waved at Midoriya before walking away with Bakugo. When Midoriya was already out of sight, Bakugo suddenly intertwined his fingers on yours again. You blushed hard now that you got to hold hands for the second time.
"H-Hey, Bakugo. How many times are you gonna do this in one day?" You asked nervously. He didn't answer, so you just kept silent until you both reached back to your seats.
"Hey, Bakugo! That was tough, huh? Playing the bad guy."
"Even if it was because of the match-up, you played an amazing villain, Bakugo!"
"Yeah-- wait, EH?!" Kaminari gasped as he glanced at Bakugo's hand and yours.
Oh god, he saw it.
"Are you two holding hands?! Lucky you, Bakugo! I wanted to hold Y/N's hand too--"
"Shut up! Be quiet!" Bakugo yelled while you just glared at Kaminari.
Now everyone's gonna think we're together now... Crap.
You eventually sitted on your seats, hands still intertwined. You were watching Kirishima and Tetsutetsu's arm wrestling. Honestly, they were both too similar that you can't predict who'll win--
"Winner, Kirishima! He will advance to the next round!" Nevermind.
Yay, nice work, Kirishima. And so, the second round is coming up.
Who am I gonna fight next?
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