#high school buffles

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The Heights™ (school days vs Albany days)

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6/4/24

••• Bad Buddy •••

this life, what if it's you and me? by sarawatine | Rated: T | 13.7 k words | Complete

The final morning before Pran and Pat have to return to their parents, Pat unloads the burden he's been carrying alone the past few days.

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Then, they return to their parents.

••• KinnPorsche •••

Our Hearts, Bathed in Lightning by The_Old_Astronomer | Rated: G | 27.6 k words | Complete

Chay has been afraid of storms ever since he can remember. When one hits the tower, he doesn't know who to go to. Porsche shares a room with Kinn now, so Chay can't exactly go and climb into bed in between them. Scared and alone, he decides to wait it out in his room...until someone comes knocking at his door.

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He begins to take another step away from Kim when he feels something catch his wrist. Even in the dark, he’d know Kim’s touch anywhere.

It sends warm sparks skittering up his arm that have nothing to do with the electricity outside. They sink into his skin and heat up his bloodstream, a small legion of fireflies turning his cells to stardust.

He turns partially back towards Kim right as the tower’s emergency generator kicks in and soft gold light glows to life in the hallway, haloing Kim from behind.

Bad Apples by Water_Nix | Rated: M | 91 k words | Complete

A KP potential season two featuring: Detectives KimChay, Kinn mostly feeling stressed out, Porsche and Vegas maybe sorta friends?, reluctant wingman Macau, Tankhun not really dealing with his shit—but he’s trying, okay?, and Pete’s along for the ride and bashing skulls all the way. And oh yeah, everybody hates Korn.

••• Love in the Air •••

breathe, darling, it’s just a chapter, not your whole story by Moriano | Rated: T | 17.4 k words | Complete

Part 3 of embracing you, loving you, treasuring you

“P’Pai, no.”

“Sky, yes.”

They’ve been at it for some time now; arms crossed, expressions hard, eyes boring into each other. Neither wants to give up.

Sky earns a chance to go abroad for internship but refuses. Buffled Prapai wants to convience him otherwise. They talk. Things happen.

••• MDZS/The Untamed •••

Lan Yuan’s non-exhaustive list of people his father may be in love with by lalala53 | Rated: T | 27.6 k words | Complete

Lan Yuan’s dad used to play a song when he was a kid. Looking back, Lan Yuan’s sure it was a love song—but written for who? Who was his dad so in love with? And why won’t he talk about it?

Or: Lan Yuan wants to know why the mention of his father’s name causes people to shatter their wine glasses

••• Six of Crows •••

the meadow by inconstant_moon | Rated: T | 37 k words | Complete

“Jordie,” he says, slowly so Jordie can hear and understand. “This is a dream.”

Jordie tilts his head, laughs boisterously, but there is no sound. Kaz cannot remember his brother’s laugh. He cannot remember his voice. The details are wrong because Kaz does not know enough to correct them. It is the same mistake every night.

“No, it’s not,” Jordie corrects. He uses Kaz’s captured pawn to wave to the poppies. “Look at the flowers, Kaz.”

OR: Kaz schemes, dreams, and avoids his feelings until they catch up to him with vengeance. Mostly at Nina's hands.

••• Stranger Things •••

give up on me if you want to, we both know you won't by chamb3rs | Rated: T | 9.3 k words | Complete

August 26th, 1985

Mike-

For the love of God, stop leaving your tuna sandwiches in our locker, it smells like someone died, seriously. I will throw away your lunch box if I see it in here before noon and I'm not kidding. Your mom can send me an invoice.

-Max

or; Mike and Max are assigned the same locker during their freshman year of high school. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Better, maybe.

[inupinggu]

-ˏˋ LOVE-ON⠀♡⠀NISHIMURA RIKI ˊˎ-

PROMPT! riki as your cute high school crushie ><

PAIRING! nishimura riki x reader

GENRE! high school romance - fluff! fluff! fluff!

NOTE! this will be based in japan our riki's home country and will use honorifics because. cringe? maybe? you're 😪 riki's 😁 + by far the most random and mixed up idk drabble? i wrote. this is like, me telling seven stories while trying to only tell one. longer than i intentionally wanted it to be :(

classmate! riki who will follow you anywhere within the school like a happy puppy that has found a new owner. who monitors your schedule so he knows what classes you don't share together. so that he knows when and in which room he will wait for you every time you finish class before lunch or before going home so that you have someone with you.

classmate! riki who will sit at the same table as you at the library when you try to review for the sole purpose of making your blood boil. the type of a classmate who would do funny expressions whenever you try to be serious.

you sat at a library table alone in the midst of the week to review for an upcoming marked five star quiz on the following week with buds stuck to your ears to muffle the noise around you. “while many quantum experiments examine very small objects, such as electro–” you cut yourself off with a sigh and closed eyes the moment you felt someone with long limbs plop themselves on the empty space beside you. “hey girlie,” riki grins with ups and downs of his eyebrow. his right hand extended vertically while the other that rests on top forms an inverted L shape for his head to lean on, he stares at you. “just kidding. keep going, i won't make a noise or whatever to interrupt you.”

classmate! riki who will pop out of nowhere to pull random shit he has under his sleeves. it be a deez nuts joke, a very disturbing ‘did you know’ trivia, or just him challenging you on random duels with prizes.

“i'm gonna get a higher score than you on the quiz tomorrow.” a face suddenly appeared from your right while you were walking. “oh, that scared me!” you jumped surprised like how a normal person would act to something of the sort. “can't you just let your presence be known normally?”

classmate! riki who would use his stop at the convenience store to accompany you on a walk home under the orange-y rays of the setting sun. the walk together embraced by silence except for the meek sound of your simultaneous step.

"i believe that your house is that way, riki-san," interfering the silence of the atmosphere, you elaborated. pointing at the left corner of the road. only for him to muster an expression of someone who learned a new information, eyes squinted with the corner of his lips curving while nodding slowly, “hmm... interesting.”

classmate! riki whose ‘prizes’ in duels progress into suggesting something. from him wanting you to cover his lunch for a whole week to him asking you on a date.

"if i get a higher score on our science test tomorrow, will you let me take you out on a date?" riki's laid back tone made you turn your buffled gaze to his direction catching that he isn't even looking at you. what surprised you was the unusually calm demeanor he was holding right now. his school back wrapped across his torso with his hands stuck deep inside his pocket, striding suavely.

classmate! riki who tries to look cool by stating quotes he found on the internet and testing it out with the most philosophical tone a teenage jokester could muster.

"okay, you can try.” his head whipped to his left where you stood after hearing the words that left your pretty lips. he wasn't expecting you to agree.

classmate! riki who knows that because of your stupid rivalry, his whole school life has been improving. he studies more often to beat you during exams and quizzes, he will attend school earlier to spite you and goes to his soccer practices more than once in a while because he needs his extracurricular.

classmate! riki who is considered smart by his other classmates that when questioned; ‘is nishimura riki smart?’ they'd say yes with no hesitation but would follow up with a; ‘he's just a bit of a menace who doesn't know how to use his knowledge properly.’

classmate! riki who's the menace you have a crush on! but you won't let him know because if you do his ego would rocket beyond the roof like his height.

"here's my stop," you smiled at him. his orbs that nearly matched the color of his hair gazed upon yours. a deep hum was his only response. muttering a small thank you with a small bow, you turned on your heels ready to open the gate not until riki spoke. “where's my kiss?”

classmate! riki who thrives on the way you get flustered every time he does something that he knows would make someone's heartbeat race. whose way of being friendly is straight out flirting, obvious and fun. he denies the assumption.

classmate! riki whose real way of flirting is not the obvious and fun, but the way of flirting that catches you off guard and leaves you a blushing mess. he does it all subconsciously.

"sure, you thanked me," he started. "but a kiss would be more worth it," he added. his teasing tone wasn't even helping causing the earlier's shade of pink on your face to deepen. "hey, no one asked you to walk me home," you deadpanned. "don't come at me asking for returns, dumbass." you stuck your tongue out at his suave act which was cut off by your brutal honesty. now he was the one who's flustered.

classmate! riki who will whine about everything. he will not leave you alone, not until you give his prize. who will sulk outside your gate all pouty with his arm crossed over his chest. the type to occasionally huff loudly when he notices you still hadn't made it inside the door of your house without giving him his kiss when he voluntarily walks you home.

"do your best at the exam tomorrow," your honey coated whispered sent shivers down the male's spine. his heart was pounding. super loud he was afraid you might hear it. and him without knowing that yours was as loud as his. the closeness. the contacts. these were all new for the both of you. ‘you're getting bold’ he thought.

classmate! riki who gets daily bonks from you to shaken his brain.

“go home, dumbass!” the bonk you gave him seems to work. riki rubbed the part of his head that got hit as he hissed. meanwhile, you stood there averting eye contact with the boy in front of you.

classmate! riki who just walks away after flustering you with a pat on the head after giving you bento boxes nicely wrapped in cute patterned fabrics or his blurted words that make blood rush to your cheeks and ears. (this boi is uncomfy with the prospect of you not having proper meals on time.)

classmate! riki who's almost always barely on time. be it his morning classes or soccer practices, he's always got something to do before he does what he actually needs to do.

just when the teacher was about to distribute the test papers, an exhausted looking nishimura riki appeared before the door frame. the attention of the students including the teacher and you was transferred to him. you shook your head side to side while looking down as you hear him apologize to the teacher for being late. you sensed him seating beside you and you glared at him. “miss me?” he asked confidently as the students in front of you started passing the test papers. you tried to ignored him by getting your own quiz paper and passing the excess to the student behind you as riki did the same. “hmp,” he huffed. he sulks every time you ignore him.

classmate! riki who resorts in looking at your papers once in a while. who studies yet still cheats on tests and quizzes and you confronted him about this and he reasoned that he didn't want to think and waste any more braincells.

“nishimura-san, if you don't stop that buffoonery right now,” you quietly warn him without turning your gaze at him to avoid suspicion. “aw, what happened to ‘riki-san?’”

classmate! riki who will place down the ‘whatchu gonna do? tell the teacher?’ card every time you catch him slipping from the school ground rules.

purposely taking your sweet time answering, you were sure that you would probably ace the quiz. and it was a problem. so you changed some of your answer to give riki a fighting chance. you were mentally cursing yourself for the things you're doing for that menace.

classmate! riki who begs you to wait for him in front of the classroom he'd be kept in for detention after you do tell the teacher what he's done. arguing that you were the reason he was there for snitching.

“how well do you think you did?” riki referred to the science test you took this morning as you sip from your favorite drink. he was on detention for an hour and a half and asked you to accompany him through it and now you were sitting by the window with him on the other side. “mhm, i think i did pretty well. how well did you think you did, peabrain?” he scoffed loudly at the nickname, “you'll see.”

classmate! riki who will have a large grin plastered on his face when he gets his test paper back. the kind of grin that he'd have when he wins a bet between you or his other friends. the type to shove his perfect score to your face to spite you, to make small victory dances in front of you as part of his small celebration.

a small smile appeared on your lips in relief. you thought he aced the test from how happy he was. and surprisingly, he didn't. he was just half a point higher than you. 29.5/30, because his dumbass used the word face instead of phase in the explanation part that counts as five points.

classmate! riki who will get all whiny and upset when he finds out you let him win purposely on a duel.

"YOU WENT EASY ON ME!" he pointed at you as he jumped over your small frame to put you on head lock. he was careful though not to suffocate you. “IF I DIDN'T, YOU WOULDN'T BE SO ELATED TO TAKE ME ON A DATE! LET GO!”

classmate! riki who will help you climb over the wall of your school on a friday during your vacant to go on a tteokbokki date. who lets you sit on his shoulder while he lifts you high to reach the top of the barrier and climb over to the other side.

classmate! riki who will fly a paper plane to your direction when the teacher's not paying attention. “let's walk home together after school” the paper read. the type to wave his eyebrow at you with a grin when you turn to his direction.

you walked side by side, nishimura riki purposely bumping his sides on yours ever so slightly. you found this annoying and stupid. why wouldn't he just straight up and hold your hands if he wanted to. if he wouldn't then you will. you snaked your hands to his, by the slightest contact of your skin to his, he flinched transferring his gaze to where your hands were making contact. the rays of the sun setting complimented the blush on your cheeks. intertwining his slender fingers to yours, riki smiled while doing so. feeling the slight squeeze you gave his hand. the male found the gesture cute, returning it with two squeezes. and the of you walked down the peaceful streets of your residence, holding hands. cherishing each other's presence while you still can.

BONUS!

classmate! riki who will suspiciously give you snacks or make you drink water with a knowing smile. who will suddenly start laughing as you open your mouth to eat or drink what he has for you while encouraging you to keep going.

“did you pick this up from the floor? is this dirty? is this expired? nishimura riki, you fucking asshole.”

© inupinggu | all medias used belongs to inupinggu unless stated otherwise |

[redxblueihateloveyou]

I'm surprised people see Tadashi as the victim in his relationship with Ainosuke, when it's Tadashi the one who time and time again takes away Ainosuke's agency, without being able to see that he is throwing him unto unhappiness. I can't help but think that if Tadashi was not working at Shindo's house, Ainosuke would have maybe left or broke with the family. But he can't do that if he wants the relationship with Tadashi going on, seing how Tadashi is set on enforcing the family rules...

Hmm.. I def agree with the fact that Tadashi is not what most fandom makes out of him, my man (I mean, Adam’s man) is a 100% Slytherin. But I disagree with blaming him for this, after all the revealed info. The environment they were both raised in made their situation complicated.

I like Tadashi a lot, he’s probably my fav thing about this anime, bc he’s a dark horse, and I’m once again surprised, that so little ppl see him for who he really is, portraying him as an innocent puppy, which he is definitely not.

Now to why I think both Tadashi and Adam are victims of the dad and aunties in this situation. 

We can of course say “if only they told each other how they really feel...”, but like we can say it about any love story really. Every author knows it’s no fun. The truth is that yes, they both hurt each other, and yes, if they were honest about their feelings things would’ve been different, but as I’ve already wrote under that “toxic” commentary on YT, lets look at the whole situation from both of their point of views:

We know that Adam when he was little always treated Tadashi as an equal, he never ever thought of him as someone lower than him and after their fall out, the only reason for this “harsh” treatment (well, besides their confirmed kink) was that Adam tried to get a reaction out of him, so Tadashi would stand up for himself, bc Ainosuke got mad about Tadashi caving to his dad’s wishes and abandoning him, when he needed him the most. 

But now, knowing the fact that Tadashi was his dad’s secretary and was under his control, let’s see it from his perspective: Tadashi wanted to stay by Adam’s side, Adam’s dad implied that if Tadashi did say smth, he’s gonna be.. well, dismissed and they won’t see each other ever again. That’s what caused Tadashi to stay silent in that moment. Ainosuke instead saw this as a “he’s not on my side” thing, well, because. Tadashi won’t tell him his problem, bc dad and aunties control everything, so even if he does tell him, what a teen would do really? He didn’t have any powers back then to make his dad do anything. 

And that’s when it all gone to shit, since they both were hurt for their own reasons. It’s easy to say leave the family, but 1stly nobody explained to Adam still that he’s physically and psychologically abused by his family, he sees it as them “loving him” and sadly also loves them, bc nobody told him, that love wasn’t supposed to be like that really. He definitely feels that smth is not right and feels emotionally exhausted there bc of this treatment, but did he ever consider leaving? I really don’t think so. He feels obligated to be worthy of a family, who “loves” him.

Do you think, for example, that Akashi Seijuro hates his dad for what he did to him? No. Does he understand that he wasn’t at fault for what happened to him and that his dad instead of comforting his child after his mother’s death, who was his only safe haven, made everything worse? I don’t think he does. Like his mom gave him basketball, an escape from all that family’s obligations and strictness. After her death, it was the only thing left that brought him joy, but his dad ruined even that, saying that if he’s gonna be bad at it/lose, he’d take it away from him too. Does Akashi see this as emotional abuse? No, he sees it like “well, I have to be the best bc I was born in such powerful family, so if my dad says that I must be best at everything, then I must.”

I personally hate such parents a lot. To me it doesn’t matter if Adam’s dad didn’t know about aunties hitting his child. Like if he was too busy to notice this and have no time for his kid and made his childhood miserable, it doesn’t make it any better really. 

Same as with Akashi’s dad. Some are like “he was probably also grieving about his wife”. Emm? He was like this from the beginning, bc he treated Akashi not as his son, but as his heir. And yes, that’s different things. Same with Endeavor and Todoroki. Your child is not your post production thing.

2ndly they were too young, even if they knew about each others feelings and he didn’t feel obligated and told everyone to fuck off, they’d be on the streets now, but also Adam’s dad doesn’t seem like a guy who’d leave them alone really. Also eloping seems very romantic, but I don’t think it is, esp when you’re teens. Did you want him to sell some expensive watch and go live on Hawaii or smth? Bc finding a decent job there would be difficult at this age, esp with everyone knowing who your dad is. Chen Ke from “Antidote” survived bc he was 27 and had connections and some great friends. Adam was in high school, where would he go exactly?

Now let’s go back to now. Obviously all this time it didn’t even cross Tadashi’s mind that for Ainosuke he comes first and that he would throw everyone under the bus to make Tadashi stay with him. As we see at the end, he legit believed that Adam was planning to send him to jail and didn’t get that he said it just to shaken he up and that he knew who he’d set up for this from the beginning. 

To Adam obviously it doesn’t matter whether they’re in a quarrel or not, he would never him go. Yes, he’s mad at him, he’s angry and hurt, but Tadashi’s still the person he needs the most, he’s still the person who brightens his days, even tho he deliberately behaves like he annoys him. He always looks at him and looks at him and looks at him, but then hisses smth to hurt him. Bc he knows that he needs him, but he also hates that he needs him, bc he thinks it’s unrequited.

And that’s how their classic romance goes in hellish circles. No one wants to talk as usual. Adam is mad Tadashi is like that bc his dad turned him into a slave with no opinion, while Tadashi is scared that Adam would be taken away from him bc of his ugly family. 

Now I still think that no one and I mean no one can take Tadashi from Adam now, he is his precious. So my plan is... if Tadashi made aunties do smth against him or to get rid of him, aunties will go for sure. The problem is Tadashi still doesn’t get that he comes first, so we’re stuck in this hell still.

So anyways, my point is Adam’s heart basically sings “you got a hold of me, don’t even know your power” to Tadashi, but he doesn’t hear it, bc of his insecurities, the way he was raised and his status. But yes, he holds all the power. He’s both Adam’s sanity and insanity. No matter how cheesy it sounds he was basically his only ray of sunshine in the darkness, if you take it away, that’s what it leads to, that’s why Ainosuke-sama needs more ppl who care for him. I don’t want anyone to die next time, just cause Tadashi and Adam fought about where to put their new couch lmao. I’m kidding, but you know what I mean. And kill the aunties, pls seriously, we need to be free.

Also ppl need to remember that like lots of animes/characters are parcially inspired by some other animes/characters, also the chosen seiyuus are also very important, there are lots of stuff like jokes and references, that creators use, from characters being fully inspired by smth like “Assassination classroom” characters based on KNB, to little stuff like Levi dressed in Akashi’s uniform in chibi AOT bc Hiroshi Kamiya. Utsumi already said before stuff like she sometimes think of a perfect voice for the character and then fully forms him, we also know her clear love for sports animes. So yes, I doubt Tadashi/Kuroko thing is a coincidence and even tho someone was like “zone? is this knb or smth?” I was like no, zone is actually a common thing in sports, even tho most associate it with KNB including me, it’s not like its their invention, but there were things inspired by this for sure, and from other sports animes too and no, I don’t mean the basic sports anime tropes, I mean, like way too specific things, some character designes, too. And yes, Langa appearence and personality wise is a rinharu child for real, I can literally split his scenes in “that’s Haru”, “that’s Rin”.

That’s why I’ve said that this situation in fandom reminds me of Kuroko/Akashi situation a lot, bc same as here in KNB ppl for some reason automatically thought that Kuroko is this innocent sheep and Akashi is the wolf (but also like it was Akashi who chose to dress as red riding hood, while Kuroko was a wolf lmao), not even seeing who is in reality more dangerous and who can easily control who. It just buffles me bc it’s not some deep analisys really. I mean once again there’s a reason for the saying that the sub holds all the power over the dom. 

And like just bc someone yells or threatens ppl constantly doesn’t necessarily mean he is a psycopatic killer, and just bc someone is quiet and doe-eyed, doesn’t mean he isn’t. I didn’t think we needed to explain this to someone, but aparently we do?

And it honestly kills me just how superficially ppl are watching things these days. It really gives me war flashbacks to stuff like the last mdzs s1 episode, where ppl started to comment things like “how LZ can be so heartless” lmao. Or that anonymous ask “do you think haru misses rin?”. Like you don’t see thing at all? Grey substance no needed, while watching things?

P.S. I also would die to see Adam vs Tadashi race just bc I for some reason can bet all my money, that it’s the same situation as with Akashi refusing to ankle break Kuroko, no matter how mad he is. I just can’t imagine Ainosuke hitting Tadashi in the face with a board. Like 100% sure he wouldn’t even try tbh.

[sleepingobsidian]

(More of Hopeless Crush Endless Flirting plz I die) “Dad? Can I -” Tenko fiddles with his gloves meekly. He’s used to people being scared of him and his quirk, but at UA he finally thought that was over. But the Support Student assigned to him, stuttering and unable to meet his eyes - it hurts in a way it’s never hurt before. “Can I talk to you about something?”

(More of Hopeless Crush Endless Flirting plz I die) “Dad? Can I -” Tenko fiddles with his gloves meekly. He’s used to people being scared of him and his quirk, but at UA he finally thought that was over. But the Support Student assigned to him, stuttering and unable to meet his eyes - it hurts in a way it’s never hurt before. “Can I talk to you about something?”

Looking

up from his yearly report on property damage, paperwork the scourge

of every hero, he looks at his eldest son, who meekly fiddles with

his gloves. Tenko only fiddles with his gloves when he is worried or

feels insecure. As Izuku had pointed out one time. „Of course. You

can allways talk to me or your mother“; putting down his papers

Toshinori pats the free seat on the couch next to him, where just a

few minutes ago Izuku had still sat and written in his notebook till

it was time for him to go to bed. Sinking slowly into the seat Tenko

stares blankly at the papers on the couchtable. Laying an arm around

his sons shoulders Toshinori asks, „What is it son?“. Gnawing on

his underlip Tenko looks up at him, „How do I make someone stop

beeing afraid of me?“. Taken aback by the question his heart feels

like it almost stopped. Taken a closer look at his eldest he can see

dark bags under his eyes, from far less sleep than usuall. The

nightmares that have been ahunting his son for years have apparently

gotten worse. Chapped lips from worrying them to much, a habit that

Tenko just can't seem to shake off. Worn out gloves, they should by

him some new ones. Toshinori and Inko share the view that Tenko

doesn't really need them. Their boy has exceptional control for

someone with such a highly destructive quirk, it comes from years of

training with heroes who have similar destructive quirks. But the boy

had found comfort in the gloves and they won't deny him that. This

has to have been bothering him for longer than. „Why do you think

they are scared of you?“, he asks, trying to resolve this quickly

so that Tenko doesn't have to worry anymore. „When I ever want to

talk to them they stutter and don't get a word out. They won't look

me in the eye. And they make sure our hands never touch even though

I'm wearing gloves. I think they are scared of my quirk and me“,

Tenko answers and a sniffle comes from him. Drawing his son closer

Toshinori places a light kiss on the boys pale locks. „You can't

make them stop Tenko“, he says and he can feel the flinch that goes

through his son, „You can't. It will take away their free will.

What you can do though is make them like you“. Nodding the boy

presses his head into Toshinoris side, „How do I do that?“.

Frowning Toshinori thinks about that. How do you make someone like

you? How many people have asked that question? And what is the

answer? Toshinori had never the problem of people not liking him.

Even the most villains like him. Well All Might but he is All Might.

He never had to worry about making sure people like him. „That's a

question better reserved for your mother.“, he says and smiles at

the slight laugh that comes from his son. „What should he ask me?“,

asks a soft voice from behind them and as he turns around he looks at

the most beautifull woman he has ever seen. Every time he looks at

Inko a deep love fills Toshinori and he is so glad that he had met

her and Izuku. This wonderfull woman had fallen in love with him as

much as he had fallen in love with her and she had accepted Tenko as

if he were her own. And Izuku his youngest had taken to him and Tenko

like oil to fire. „How do I make someone like me, Kaa-san?“, his

eldest asks. Bringing a finger to her lips she starts thinking. He

can almost see the cogs turn in her head. She puts on the same face

as Izuku when it comes to thinking. „Well, that depends on the

person you want to make like you. What kind of person are they?“,

she smiles warmly down at Tenko and leans on the backrest of the

couch. Thinking Tenko stares at her fingers, „From what I've seen

and heared they are a fun loving person. And they are really popular,

people flock to them in herds. They are part of the support

department so I think they might like tinkering with things“.

Nodding Inko looks seriously at their son, „So maybe compliment

them on things they have built. Bring them something to work with.

Make them laugh. Spend some time with them outside of school. Only

touch them if they allow it“. Looking up at his mother with wide

eyes the boy nods. Standing up from his seat he first hugs Toshinori

and than Inko. „Thanks Kaa-san, Too-san. Love you“. Leaving with

a blush on his cheeks the two parents look at each other smiling.

Unsure

Tenko looks down on the scrapes of metal he had gathered from Dagobag

Beach. Behind him he can feel Kaoroku bouncing on her feet,

snickering and giggling. His best friend is the worst. He just knows

that this is going to be bad and Todoroki is going to throw the metal

at his face. And he really doesn't want an audience for that but

Kaoroku had decided she really wants to be there for him. Taking a

last deep breath he raises his hand to knock at the door of Todorokis

workroom. He is just glad that U.A. can afford that every student of

the support department gets their own workroom or at the most share

it in pairs. Depending on how destructive the student is or how high

their workload. „You have to leave the workroom eventually,

Todoroki-san. You can't sleep in here“, a regal voice admonishes

and the door opens to reveal two people leaving the room and Tenko

makes a few steps back. A curtain of midnight black hair and eyes the

color of wisteria. Straight posture and raised chin. Wearing the

school uniform like a kimono for hatsumōde.

Fujiwara Arisu, 2-H's class president, heiress to a former noble

family and the most popular girl of their school. Next to him he can

almost see Kaoroku melt due to the presence of the other girl. And

behind Fujiwara stands Todoroki. Pure black hair and endless ocean

blue eyes. Smaller than Tenko by ten centimetres, delicate facial

features and skin like a porcelain doll, a bright smile on their

face. And they are currently shoving the most popular girl of their

school out of their workroom. „Maybe you should lecture me when you

are currently not working on only two hours of sleep yourself,

Fujiwara-san. And I know the cot in your workroom is not just there

for decoration“, they say jokingly and something in Tenkos stomach

lurches. He had never before heared such a teasing tone in Todorokis

voice or seen him smile at Tenko. Looking from Todoroki to Tenko and

Kaoroku, Fujiwara goes into a slight bow, „Shimura-san. Awata-san“.

Hastily he bows back to her, next to him Kaoroku following the

motion. Looking at Todoroki he can see the smile vanish from the face

and see them averting their eyes. Tenko can feel something grow heavy

in his stomach. He can feel the urge to run flow through him. To run

as fast and far from the workshop as he can. The other is really

scared of him and that makes him feel sick. Like he is about to puke.

A nudge from Kaourokus ellbow in his side makes him oush the box of

scrape metal into Todorokis arms. „I hope of a good partnership in

the days to come. If you ever want to talk about designs here is my

number. You may contact me any time“, he stumbles over his words in

a rush, not sure if the other is understanding him and partially not

caring. He hands Todoroki a slip with his number and turns on his

heels. He needs to get out. He needs fresh air. With hurrying steps,

Kaoroku at his heels like an obedient puppy, he leaves the support

department and two buffled support students behind.

Blinking

Touya looks from the box to the leaving form of Shimura. He really

wants to know if the boy had realised that with every word that had

left his mouth his face had become redder and redder. Touya wonders

how far down that blush goes. Next to them they hear Fujiwara

snicker. Looking at her they raise an eyebrow. Normally their friend

doesn't snicker, especially in public. „I bet he doesn't even

realise that he gave you a courting gift“, she giggles, and Touya

can feel heat rising in their skin. Looking down at the box of metal

they realise that Shimura really had given them a courting gift.

„Stop laughing, Fujiwara. Tell me what am I supposed to do. I can't

even talk to him“, they hiss and Fujiwara breaks out in laughter.

Worriedly a few of their classmates come to look what is going on.

Word of Shimura courting Touya goes around like the flew under the

students of the support department.

[aaronburrito]

First off congrats on your degree!!!! That's so amazing!!! But I have a question (since I know shit about how the American education system works) how can you have a degree if your in high school?? That buffled a bir, sorry

thank you!! it's actually not super common but the high school i go to specializes in it. they have professors from our local community college come and teach classes and we get dual credit for both high school and college. it's a four year plan and you can customize it and choose both regular high school classes and college classes. it was really difficult, especially since i started taking college classes at 14, but it was all worth it in the end!