#todoroki more like doki doki am i right?

[koris-crumbs]

I’m Here For The Entertainment

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A My Hero Academia group chat story

Warnings: None, besides cursing as usual.

Pairings: Everyone teasing Izuku about Bakugo yet again. Background momojirou. And introducing another character! Our beloved Sero ^^ Theres a lot of flirting between Sero and a very oblivious Shoto, so have fun with that.

A/N: Sorry for forgetting to update this week! I was having a wild ride during classes this week 😭 but anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter!

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MochiCheeks is online.

TheNewBestie is online.

MochiCheeks: not mr aizawa being a little silly goofy today

TheNewBestie: Iida is so upset

TheNewBestie: he’s not in the mood to talk rn

MochiCheeks: it’s okay we were all just as bamboozled as he was

BigBakuSimp is online.

BigBakuSimp: guys help

BigBakuSimp: I’ve done big oops

TheNewBestie: oh thanks Izuku

MochiCheeks: thanks Izuku

BigBakuSimp: GUYS

BigBakuSimp: YALL WHAT IS THIIIIISSS

BigBakuSimp: NOT YALL BEING SNEAKY WITH THE GC

BigBakuSimp: also love Midoriyas chat name

MochiCheeks: whomst the fuck

BigBakuSimp: hi Uraraka

TheNewBestie: omg Midoriya got kidnapped

TheNewBestie: damn right before the training camp too

BigBakuSimp: oh hi Todoroki (;

MochiCheeks: once again

MochiCheeks: WHOMST THE FUCK ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE ONLY TOP IN THE CHAT

HayleyKyoka is online.

HayleyKyoka: momos a top

HayleyKyoka: also ocha

HayleyKyoka: todorokis gone suspiciously quiet

TheNewBestie: omg it’s Sero

BigBakuSimp: my love you know me so well 😍

MochiCheeks: what in the homosexual is this

HayleyKyoka: yall are just realizing it’s one of my dumbasses?

HayleyKyoka: well ig more like bakugos but he’s stupid and probably will pretend like he doesn’t want to be in the chat so i think we should just not add him (:

BigBakuSimp: I released Midori from his tape restraints

BigBakuSimp: this is midori

BigBakuSimp: yes please let’s not let Kacchan find out about this 😀

HayleyKyoka: me and Midoriya rn: 🤜🤛

TheNewBestie: not Hanta lurking

MochiCheeks: HANTA???

MochiCheeks: WHAT

MochiCheeks: HAVE I BEEN OUT OF THE LOOP??

TheNewBestie: they told me I could call them that and a whole bunch of other things

TheNewBestie: they were in Spanish tho I didn’t understand

HayleyKyoka: oh todoroki

HayleyKyoka: you dumb pure idiot

HayleyKyoka: never change

TheNewBestie: Midoriya please don’t hate me

BigBakuSimp: Shoto please

BigBakuSimp: don’t do this

TheNewBestie: 😔✊

BigBakuSimp: who taught you how to use emojis

TheNewBestie added Hanta Sero to the chat.

Hanta Sero: YUUUUUH

Hanta Sero: ITS ABOUT DRIVE ITS ABOUT POWER

Hanta Sero: can’t believe my little Todoroki gave me access to the apparently vip chat

MochiCheeks: SEROOOO !!

Hanta Sero: hey shawty

Hanta Sero: Jirou make a name for me

HayleyKyoka changed Hanta Seros name to NonbinaryBastard

NonbinaryBastard: I love it

NonbinaryBastard: platonically making out with you Kyoka

HayleyKyoka: bro I got a girlfriend

NonbinaryBastard: she can come too

HayleyKyoka: 💀💀💀

MochiCheeks: wait wait wait

MochiCheeks: sero are you down bad

TheNewBestie: what?

NonbinaryBastard: damn right I am

TheNewBestie: for who??

NonbinaryBastard: like half this class honestly

TheNewBestie: oh

NonbinaryBastard: jk it’s mainly for one specific guy

TheNewBestie: ??? Whomst

NonbinaryBastard: that’s a secret I’ll never tell

MochiCheeks: omfg

MochiCheeks: OMFG

MochiCheeks: WAIT THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SO MICH SENSE

BigBakuSimp: Sero I’m thanking you sm rn

MochiCheeks: oh we ain’t even close to being done with teasing you about bakugo

MochiCheeks: this is only the beginning of that babes

BigBakuSimp: dammit

NonbinaryBastard: baku has big boobs I understand where you’re coming from midoriya

BigBakuSimp: right???

MochiCheeks: AYE

BigBakuSimp: BYE

NonbinaryBastard: NOT ME CATCHING MIDORI LACKING

BigBakuSimp: GOODBYE IM LEAVING

TheNewBestie: wait Sero seriously who do you have a crush on

NonbinaryBastard: 👀

NonbinaryBastard: his name rhymes with okie doki

TheNewBestie: what

NonbinaryBastard: you know him

TheNewBestie: who??? the fuck???

BigBakuSimp: and you people called me dense for not realizing I had a crush on Kacchan until like three months ago

MochiCheeks: bc you are

BigBakuSimp: I’m suing

HayleyKyoka: i love this chat more than certain dead relatives of mine

MochiCheeks: honestly same

BigBakuSimp: Iida when he gets back on here: 🧍‍♂️😡😤

MochiCheeks: it’s not his fault we’re all finding love

BigBakuSimp: who do you got??

MochiCheeks: 😀

MochiCheeks: SNEAKY LINKKKK

BigBakuSimp: girl I-

BigBakuSimp: you know I don’t even wanna know

HayleyKyoka: we agree yet again midoriya

NonbinaryBastard: alr, while this is super fun, I think Baku just short circuited Denki so I’ll talk to you guys back in the classroom

TheNewBestie: yeah I forgot to ask how they even tied you up without anybody knowing Midoriya

BigBakuSimp: I GOT JUMPED

BigBakuSimp: IN THE BATHROOM

MochiCheeks: not Sero getting to see all that ass

NonbinaryBastard: LMAO IM SORRY MIDORI

NonbinaryBastard: you guys have been typing away for weeks now I wanted to be part of the fun

BigBakuSimp: YOU DIDNT EVEN ADD YOURSELF FROM MY PHONE YOU ENDED UP ASKING TODOROKI ANYWAY

NonbinaryBastard: I can admit when I’ve made an oopsie

NonbinaryBastard: but Denkis also about to make several big oopsies if I don’t stop him so gotta go

NonbinaryBastard: BYE YALL

NonbinaryBastard: Bye Shoto (;

TheNewBestie: bye Hanta

NonbinaryBastard: sending kisses through my screen

MochiCheeks: really making me, tsu, and deku feel single rn yall

NonbinaryBastard: suffer

NonbinaryBastard: okay bye for real this time ^^

NonbinaryBastard is offline.

BigBakuSimp: Todoroki

TheNewBestie: suddenly I have to do some homework

BigBakuSimp: TODOROKI COME BACK HERE

BigBakuSimp: STOP ADDING PEOPLE YOU KNOW WILL TEASE ME ABOUT KACCHAN

MochiCheeks: in our defense it’s very easy to

BigBakuSimp: I’m being personally targeted

BigBakuSimp: everyday is a struggle

MochiCheeks: sucks to suck

TheNewBestie: and we know you’d like to suck

BigBakuSimp: LISTEN

[meliorist-midoriya]

doki doki todoroki

synopsis: where todoroki’s first love blindsides him and he feels like the whole class is leaving him out of the loop. 

word count: 1.8k

genre: fluff, fluff, and more fluff 

warnings: just todoroki being a clueless baby 

a/n: hello! aaaa this is entirely self-indulgent, but it’s my first post! i saw “doki doki todoroki” float around here somewhere and then this happened hjsdhjdhj. anyway, hope you enjoy!

He brushes it off the first time it happens, wrote it off as adrenaline from today’s sparring.

He brushes it off the second time. It was just a harmless scare after all, no shame in that.

He brushes it off the third time, the odd timing soon forgotten in favor of resuming his studies.

Todoroki doesn’t see the correlation for a while. How it was after seeing your exhilarated smile in the middle of a hard fight, after hearing you laugh once Mina startled him, after watching the triumphant smile on your face grow once he explained the problem to you.

He notices it the fourth, fifth, sixth time. Understandably, he’s confused. No amount of education or training would’ve prepared him for this. Nothing would’ve, other than hard-earned experience that he never got. Looking it up (as he found himself doing a lot these days the more he socialized) only earned him the definition of tachycardia and a grocery list of possible diagnoses ranging from anxiety to heart disease.

So much for the internet.

The ringing of the lunch bell pulled him out of his “research”, and he filed the thought away for later as he slipped his phone back into his pocket.

Later becomes three weeks.

Todoroki’s lost count at this point of how many times his heart suddenly went haywire, thudding against his ribs and sending blood rushing through his ears. How is world suddenly narrowed to just you whenever you spoke to him, and how he wanted to hear your voice again even though you had just stopped speaking. He finally drew the line once Midoriya pointed out his state of disarray at lunch.

“Todoroki-kun, are you sick? Your face is really red,” Midoriya had his chopsticks halfway to his mouth when he paused at the sight of Todoroki staring listlessly at his soba. Unbeknownst to him, Todoroki was too busy listening to you laugh at whatever Uraraka and Iida were talking about to focus on his soba. Hell, he couldn’t focus on anything lately and he had no idea why.

“Hm? Oh, yes, I’m fine.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes.” No. He doesn’t voice this, and instead lets his Quirk pull the heat away from his cheeks for him as the air chills around him. Midoriya keeps watching him like he doesn’t believe him, but returns to his own lunch anyway.

“Hey, Todoroki, pfft- you have to listen to this. Iida just-” You don’t wait for his answer. You don’t have to. Todoroki finds himself hanging on to your every word anyway, smiling to himself (oh, the tiniest smile compared to yours. He doesn’t think anything will compare) as you struggle to recount your conversation without dissolving into giggles, Iida admonishing you for your loud laughter with an embarrassed flush.

Whatever this feeling is, he doesn’t mind, but he would like to know. He doesn’t notice Uraraka and Midoriya curiously watching the exchange, food forgotten. Nor does he notice Mina giggling with Hagakure as they nudged each other over the seats, dragging any of the class they could into their little whisper circle. The bell rings, and he already wishes you could’ve continued the story.

Later, you promise. He holds you to that.

Kaminari slings an arm over his shoulders in the locker room as they change into their hero costumes for afternoon classes, with Sero on his other side, and he stumbles from both shock and the added weight on him, his boot half-dangling from his foot.

“So, Todoroki-kun~” Kaminari’s lilting tone floating in from his right immediately sends his guard up, and he stared at him warily.

“How’s spring feeling for ya?” Sero continued from his left.

“…Isn’t it autumn right now?” Why were they talking about spring in the middle of October? Todoroki was too busy staring at Sero like he’d grown a second head to notice the collective silent groan ripple through the locker room.

“Oh my god, he really is clueless,” Kaminari whispers, Sero nodding along with a dumbstruck expression. He side-eyes them as he tugs his boot on the rest of the way, unamused. Clueless about what?

“Will he be okay?” It was Sero who spoke this time, completely ignoring the fact that they were having a conversation right over his head.

“I don’t know, man, he should be, right?”

“I’m literally right here. Did something happen?”

“A-Ah, nothing, nothing, just… checking up on you, you know?” As socially inept as he was, even he could recognize from a mile away that Kaminari was a terrible liar.

“…Why?” Okay, now he was really confused. He looked around the room to see if anyone could give him any hints, to no avail. Kirishima was too busy facepalming to notice his confusion, Ojiro was suddenly very interested in tying off his gi, and both Tokoyami and Bakugou were completely ignoring their antics. In a last attempt to figure out what the hell was even going on, he turned to Midoriya… who was trying to desperately look anywhere else other than at him. Something was up, and if Kaminari was involved, he didn’t have a good feeling about it.

“Y-You know, uh…” Kaminari was floundering for an answer, and sighed in relief once Iida came in to announce that they had five minutes to be ready. The pressure disappeared off his shoulders and Todoroki finished putting on the rest of his costume, the deep sense of unease tugging at the corner of his mind. There was something he wasn’t picking up on, and it felt like everyone but him knew.

He brushed it off to focus on class. Today was sparring day, after all, and Todoroki was partnered up with you. Maybe he’d see that smile again. The thought of it made fire lick at his fingers during the spar much quicker than usual.

He wasn’t disappointed, his heartbeat pounding in his ears even as the adrenaline fizzled out.

Tomorrow morning finds him face-to-face with a grinning Mina and an overexcited Hagakure outside the classroom before class starts, along with the answers to his plight way sooner than he expected. They had called out to him and, before he knew it, he was cornered against the window with their too-wide smiles beaming up at him, hungry for the romance gossip they had been chasing after all year. Or, well, he was pretty sure Hagakure was smiling, at least. Mina, on the other hand, resembled the Cheshire Cat too closely for his liking.

“You like Y/N, don’t you, Todoroki-kun?”

“I don’t see why I shouldn’t?” To say he was confused was an understatement, but there’d been a lot of that lately so he just came to accept it. “Y/N is a good person with an impressive Quirk, so-”

“No, not like thaaat!” Mina wailed, and Todoroki blinked owlishly at the two girls as they both lamented the “densest pretty boy of UA”. Their words, not his. Did… did he say something wrong?

“Like what, then?”

“Ro-man-tic-al-ly!”

Todoroki bluescreened.

“Ro…man…?”

“Like, do you always end up looking at her whenever you’re in the same room?” Hagakure was practically vibrating from excitement, “Do you always want to listen to her or be near her? Or does your heart go ‘doki doki’ whenever you’re with her?!”

“Doki…doki?” Todoroki‘s brain, still rebooting from earlier, struggled to process the onslaught of information Hagakure was slamming him with. So far, however, all the answers he came up with were ‘Yes. Yes. A million times, yes’. “I… guess something’s been wrong with my heart lately? I looked it up and it said it was nothing to worry about, so-”

“Something’s not wrong, dummy! It’s love! And Y/N likes you back!” Mina exclaimed, and both her and Hagakure squealed as they celebrated finally having their first taste of high school romance, clasping hands and cheering.

“Doki doki Todoroki!” Hagakure cheered, Mina parroting her as they rode the high of their excitement. Meanwhile, Todoroki stared dumbly at the two girls in front of him, the dots slowly connecting in his mind. Everything was happening way too quick. And you liked him back? Wait, is that-

“Is that why Kaminari and Sero asked me how I was yesterday?”

“Ugh, that Kaminari~! He can’t even be subtle!” Todoroki could hear the pout in Hagakure’s voice, and Mina sighed and nodded in agreement. Well that answers that, at least. Now for the other million and one questions he had...

“So… what am I supposed to do now?”

“Confess!” Came Hagakure’s immediate response.

Well, that makes sense. Now that he has a grasp on what he’s feeling and he knows that you feel the same, it’s only logical that he should make them known.

“Okay, where is she?”

“In the classr-”

“Nuh-uh, hold it,” Mina stopped Todoroki from barging into the classroom, and he stared down at her, confusion mounting. Wasn’t she super excited just two seconds ago? What happened now?

“Minaaaa!” She ignored Hagakure’s impatient wail and poked him in the chest.

“You can’t just go in there and confess in the classroom in front of everybody!”

“…Why not?” He just had to tell you, so better sooner than later, right?

“Oh jeez, okay, um,” Mina pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to think of a way to explain this to easily the densest person she had the pleasure of knowing. And she knew Kaminari, for Christ’s sake, “It isn’t as romantic if you just go in there and blurt it out in front of everybody, and it puts her on the spot too, would you want that?”

No, you hated being put on the spot. He shook his head and Mina sighed in relief.

“Okay, so, what you’re gonna do is…”

“Did you need to talk to me about something, Todoroki?”

Ah, there it was again. Could you hear his heart beating out of his chest from where you stood?

Classes had ended for the day and Mina had instructed him to confess after school at a specific spot (much to Hagakure’s chagrin, but she eventually agreed that it would be more romantic this way. Not like he knew what romantic looked like.) So, here he was, veering off your usual course from the dorms to this spot Mina had pointed out to him. It was where the trees broke just enough so the sunset could peek through the leaves. As inexperienced in, well, everything as he was, Todoroki had to admit Mina knew what she was talking about.

“Todoroki?”

The words he was told to recite sailed out the window the moment the time came, the light of the sunset casting you in a warm glow and God this wasn’t fair-

“…I like you.”

Oh, shit. Did he say that? Okay, yeah, he did. Oops.

He almost regrets it, but then he sees your lips bloom with a smile and the world goes quiet.

“I like you too, Todoroki.”

You crushed him in a hug and Todoroki wrapped his arms around you, smiling as he felt your own heart racing against his. His heart beating a mile a minute didn’t sound too bad anymore.

As long as it beat for you.

[satyr-syd]

Seconds after Sero stepped into the blazing heat of the summer sun, sweat already pooling at the base of his spine under his thin tank-top, it began to snow.

Chilly pin-pricks dotted the back of his back. A gust of wind manifested out of nowhere and whipped against his tragically exposed sides. He held out his hand and watched as tiny white specks melted on his sweaty palm. Sero looked up, but the sun still beat down, unhindered by a single wisp of cloud. Goosebumps pimpled down his arms.

Well this sucks.  

He was supposed to meet Todoroki in the quad five minutes ago for their daily study session (Sero had many charming qualities, and being fashionably late was one of them). Ever since their dorm’s AC had been tragically annihilated in an acid-related incident that Sero had absolutely no part in whatsoever, the quad was the best place to study. Outside, there was at least the suggestion of a breeze.

Okay, so it was a bit more than a suggestion now. More like a firm instruction, edging on harsh demand.

Sero rubbed his arms together, elbows tight against his poor exposed sides. Man oh man was he not a fan of winter. Winter meant trying to find the one jacket in the entire mall that suited his specific physique and hoping they still stocked it in his size. Where did the snow even come from? Why did it have to be now of all times? If he tried to make himself a jacket out of his tape would it actually work this time?

While Sero stood there freezing his ass off like an idiot instead of like, going back inside, a white-and-red head made its way through the quad to him.

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“Hanta,” Todoroki greeted. His hair, grown lovingly past his shoulders in the spirit of spite (“My father despises it,” Todoroki had announced proudly after returning from winter break their second year), laid over his shoulder in a loose braid. Sero wondered who’d braided it for him. It looked nice.

By then, an icy sheen coated the ground and the wind blew loud enough to howl in his ear, and the nails on Sero’s fingers began to purple. “Dude, is this you?” Sero asked.

Todoroki shook his head. He stood close, nearly shoulder to shoulder. “I don’t know how to make snow.”

“Huh,” Sero said. “You should learn how. Then we could have snow cones like every day.”

Todoroki held out his hand - the right one - next to Sero’s.Whereas the snowflakes melted into watery mush in Sero’s palm after a few moments, they held their shape in Todoroki’s, forming a lacy layer of crystals over his slender fingers.

“Do you like snowcones?” Torodoki asked.

Sero shrugged. “Dunno, never had one.”

“Neither have I.”

Present Mic’s voice burst through the loudspeakers. “THERE HAS BEEN A QUIRK MISHAP! SORRY FOR THE UNFORESEEN WEATHER, KIDDOS! PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY BACK TO YOUR ROOMS WHILE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING.”

The few students still standing outside slowly filed indoors.

“Maybe one of the first years?” Sero asked.

“Probably,” Todoroki said. He held up his hand. “They’re the ones most lacking in control...and yet, overflowing with arrogance.”

“Wow, sounds like someone I knew in first year.”

Todoroki nodded sagely. “Bakugou was certainly a handful.”

“I know you know who I was talking about,” Sero said, poking his shoulder.

Todoroki smirked. It was just the slight quirk of his lips, barely visible unless you knew to look for it. Sero knew to look. He’s seen that smile a lot, these days. Which was great, because Todoroki had a wonderful smile, but also not great, because whenever he made Todoroki smile, his heart doki-doki ’d so hard that he was positive Todoroki could hear it.

See, asking Todoroki to tutor him had been a highly calculated move that had not one, but two purposes: first, Sero was, is, and (if we’re being honest) probably always will be a terrible student and if there was any chance of him getting decent grades his last year of high school, he needed a tutor. He could have asked the other top-scoring students, but Momo and Kendo were too busy (he wasn’t the only idiot scrambling for a passing grade), Bakugou was too explodey, Iida was too boring, and Midoriya was too muttery. Todoroki was none of those things and also the hottest of the bunch, which lead to purpose number two: as his tutor, he and Todoroki could spend more time alone together. Why? Because six months had passed since Sero admitted to himself that he was no better than every other girl in school and was totally crushing on the Icy-hot hero Shouto and now he’s tired of pining like some basic bitch.

“Let’s study in my room,” Todoroki said.

Sero had been to Torodoki’s room like, a ton of times, but his heart still skipped a beat every time Todoroki invited him. “Lead the way, sensei,” he said.

“I’m not your sensei.”

“Your teaching prowess says otherwise, sensei.”

“Call me sensei one more time and I’ll have Bakugou quiz you on polar coordinates.”

“Now that’s just cruel,” Sero said. He spun in front of Todoroki. “But I don’t think you have the heart to follow through on that - ” Sero tapped his nose to the beat of his killing blow “ -  sen-sei.”

Todoroki stared at him for a moment, pouting, cheeks pink from the cold. Then he pulled out his phone and began texting Bakugou.

“Noooooo shit I’m sorry I’ll stop! It was just a joke!”

This is it,  Sero told himself.  Snow storm wailing outside, holed up in Todoroki’s room, just the two of us - this is my moment.

Todoroki’s room hadn’t changed much since their first year. Decorative pot of bamboo in the corner (fake), tall, dark wooden drawers, a low desk free of clutter, tatami flooring, somehow. That ugly checkered mat by his desk. But where there once was one chair, now there were two. A pair of crocs (never worn) sat in front of his dresser. And on the dresser, crowding the decorative orb, half a dozen framed pictures: Todoroki, Midoriya, and Bakugou at the end of their internship with Endeavor; their class picture from last year; Natsuo and Fuyumi showering Todoroki in hugs; a selfie Sero took of him and Todoroki on their first day of their summer internship with Edgeshot.

There was also a behemoth purple beanbag sitting by the shoji screen. It looked wildly out of place with the rest of his traditional set-up. Sero dragged it over to Todoroki’s desk and flopped down into it.

Over the next twenty minutes, they reviewed that day’s lessons (apparently it’s like, good practice to review what you’ve learned that same day, which was annoying, but Sero’s grades had been going up, so whatever). Todoroki explained over and over until Sero actually understood how to convert Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates. Maybe he wouldn’t have had to explain so many times if Sero had listened carefully, but, well, it was hard with Todoroki talking to him in the soothing, patient tone he took on when he was teaching. He just looked so cute with his brow furrowed, thinking up a new way to explain a concept that would penetrate Sero’s thick skull. Sero liked to think he had built up a tolerance to buff, attractive men over his nearly-three years at U.A., but he was still weak to Todoroki’s hands, to the way his tight t-shirt clung to his broad shoulders.

The fact that he was cold as shit wasn't helping him focus either. Faint shadows of falling snow danced along the translucent paper walls of the shoji screen, taunting him.

But hey, at least he vaguely understood the polar coordinate system.

“You know, you’re pretty good at this,” Sero said after he finally solved a difficult math problem all on his own. “I bet the others would die to get their hands on your notes.”

“Guess they’ll die, then.”

Sero snickered. “That’s rough, dude.”

Todoroki shrugged. “I’m not going to put effort into something I don’t like to do when I know they won’t appreciate it.”

Sero freezes. “Wait - you don’t like tutoring?”

“Well - ”

“Oh shit, am I making you do something you hate? Bro, why didn’t you tell me, I wouldn’t have - ”

“It’s different when it’s you,” Todoroki said sharply.

Sometimes, it was hard to tell when Todoroki was joking, or if he was actually serious. The look in those blue-brown eyes, though, showed his resolve loud and clear.

Todoroki immediately averted his eyes. “I like helping you,” he muttered, “so it’s fine.”

“Oh.”

Not for the first time, Sero wondered: why him? Todoroki had many other friends ...maybe friends that were smarter than he was and didn’t need tutoring, granted, but other friends he could be hanging out with. What’s the appeal? Was it his wonderfully terrible sense of humor? Was it the muscles he totally wasn't showing off? Was it because they shared the same taste in manga (oh yeah - he should ask Todoroki if he finished with week’s Shonen Champion)? Was it because he, unlike at least half of their year, was capable of talking at a normal volume? Over his time at U.A., Sero had gained more confidence in himself than he ever thought he would, but when it came to Todoroki, he still felt...small. Unsure if the light that shone from a great hero like Todoroki drowned out his own little spark.

Usually things between them were pretty chill, but after that comment, a weird kind of tension settled over the room. Not bad, just quiet, like when there's a sleeping cat on your laps and you're afraid any movement will wake it.

Pretty soon, though, Sero began to shiver. He couldn’t help it - there was a winter storm outside, apparently, and he was in a tank top and jorts, and seriously, did  no one  turn the heat on? Did no one turn the heat on  and  the AC miraculously began working again?

Todoroki was staring at him, too. God, he must have thought Sero was some kind of pansy, getting cold so easily, unable to regulate his own temperature like  some  people (though he guessed in that case, most people would be pansies to Todoroki).

13) Convert 2x−5x   3   =1+xy into polar coordinates.

Sero tapped his pen against his paper. Todoroki’s gaze followed the movement, then returned to his face. Sero could practically feel his impatience.

Sero put his pen down and stretched his arms over his head. Todoroki looked away.  Got’em.  

“You know...” Sero said. Todoroki glanced back at him. “...staring at me isn’t going to help me solve this stupid question any faster.”

“I wasn’t staring,” Todoroki said, crossing his arms like a petulant child.

Sero grinned. Anyone who knew him well can tell you that the Cool and Cold hero Shouto was just as petty as any mortal. Probably pettier, in fact. “You totally were.”

Todoroki frowned. “You were shivering.”

“Yeah, wonder why.”

Todoroki’s gaze shifted over to him. He looked Sero up and down. Sero tried and failed not to shiver. Todoroki’s clenched jaw softed and his eyes smiled and he stared - this time, he  was definitely staring - Sero felt his face heating up (well, that’s one way to get warm).

Wordlessly, Todoroki got up and sat down next to him on the beanbag. Sero fell against him, shoulder to shoulder, hip to hip, thigh to thigh, the tips of Todoroki’s braid tickling his shoulder.

Sero froze up (pun intended). His heart pounded in his ears. But he knew what Todoroki was doing, so he didn’t feel guilty as he curled into his side, basking in the warmth like a cat in a strip of sunlight. And the warmth from Todoroki’s left side began to melt him down.  

He pressed his cheek against Todoroki’s shoulder and said, “I thought you didn’t like people using you as a space heater.”

“Most people.”

Sero smirked. “So you’re saying I’m special?”

Todoroki looked at him and smiled. “Didn’t I say that earlier?”

Ohhhh man oh fuck. How could he just say that, looking at him like that, like he was more than just the plainest guy in class, like he really was special? Sero was known for keeping his cool, for being the chillest dude in the group, but with someone as special as Todoroki looking at him like  he’s  special…fuck.

“I mean, well, like that was just about tutoring and not, you know - ”  nearly sitting in my fucking lap,   “  - sharing personal space.”

“You looked cold,” Todoroki said. He could feel Todoroki’s breath on his cheek. “I didn’t want you to be distracted.”

“I’m a lot more distracted now.”

A part of him cringed as the words left his mouth. Oh god, why did I say that, was that even sexy?  But another part of him pushed that part down and shushed it. This is the opening we’ve been waiting for, it said. Even if Todoroki turned him down, at least he could graduate without any regrets. Maybe he could even tell his grandkids that he once received a  personal  rejection from the great hero Shouto.

“Oh.” Todoroki said, shoulder tensing where Sero leaned against him. Sero braced himself mentally, the same way he did before he launched himself off a building, preparing for the inevitable gut-plunge as he swooped toward the ground. “...me too.”

And there’s the thrill of the upward swing.

Sero was an idiot, but he wasn’t stupid. He wouldn’t have shot his shot if he’d thought he had no chance. Still, hearing Todoroki say he feels it too took him by surprise in the best way possible. Like tasting the sweet tang of umiboshi in the center of a plain-looking onigiri. Like acing a test you thought you failed. Like snow in June.

The air between them was electric but still. Did that count as admitting their feelings? What should he say now? Where were they supposed to go from here? All Sero wanted to do his grab Todoroki’s hand and hold his stupid pretty face in his hands and kiss him silly, but they should probably like, talk about things -

“Hanta.”

“Yeah?”

“Can I kiss you?”

“Oh thank fuck - yes please.”

And then he was kissing Todoroki Shouto, son of number one hero Endeavor, one of the Big Three most promising students at the most prestigious hero school in the country. His lips were soft but clumsy, shy but adamant as he pressed against him. Sero cupped his face and felt the slight inhale of Shouto’s gasp. Despite being pinned down by the weight of Shouto’s chest on his and trapped between the strong forearms framing his face, the light that perpetually emanated from the great hero Shouto wasn’t overwhelming. Sero was warmed by his light instead of cowed by it. In that moment, Shouto’s light drew out the best in him - and his little spark ignited.  

Yet, that question that always nagged him surfaced again: Why me?      

As Shouto’s kisses began to trail down his neck, Sero figured he could ask why later - when Shouto wasn’t busy showing him it’s you, it’s you.      

Even with the frozen tundra battering just outside, Sero was burning up again.

[suzuki-violin-school]

BNHA characters as things I've said apparently

So I just learned my friend cow writes down the things I say out of context so I asked if I could see her list and oh god (some of them were over text but they still count)

Masterlist

Content: dumbassery, bad words, queer mentions, idiocy

momo: do whatever you want. at the end of the day, i'm still a lesbian

tamajiki: you call it being an attention whore, i call it having intense social anxiety and needing constant validation from everyone or i'll assume i'm worthless and start crying

deku @ todoroki at the sports fest: cauterize me, daddy

kaminari: do dolphins neigh?

bakugo: I GET TO DROWN A GIRL HAHAHAHAHA

toga: everything's more fun when someone dies

tiger: i'm not like other girls. i'm a boy.

mina: just wanna;;,hit a rat on the head with a shoe

jiro: i'd either survive or be the last to die in a horror film because i'm a butch lesbian

kaminari trying to decipher shakespeare: hamlet, omelet, hempet, trumpet, ham,

bakugo: go piss yourself deku: did- did you mess up 'go fuck yourself' and 'pissboy'? bakugo: did i fucking stutter

kaminari: same tho bro bro head-to-toe cheerio

overhaul: what if you had hands

twice: i've confused in you

todoroki, having just woke up: ...shit. i still didn't die in my sleep?

sero: what's up, twink?

mina: "what is the next way to experience theatre?" idk, shoving it up my ass?

deku: hey, how did you break your arm? for research purposes

bakugo: good job, you killed him!

monoma: i kissed him. and then he died, the end.

kaminari: i now pronounce you bimbo and himbo, you may kiss my ass

deku: you can't keep playing me like a goddamn monopoly board!

bakugo: i just came kirishima: bro moment

kaminari: okie dokie artichokie pepsi cokie mopey dopey

toga: oh yeah btw my dream last night was that i had a giant cock

bakugo: i'm gonna pull your teeth out through your ass

mic: i don't know how many cookies it takes to be happy but so far it's not 57 mic: *vomits* mic: starting over, i see

kaminari: *does a very graceful double fouetté and lands it perfectly* kaminari: i am a god and i rule over you all and this god says fuck you

todoroki: oh... i have to interact with my dad this weekend? todoroki: that's disgusting

deku: look what i can do with my kneecap! deku: *wiggles and then dislocates kneecap* deku, softly: fuck

shigaraki: sorry, but i don't trust you with my emotional baggage. it's designer and i know what you did to that gucci bag you used to have

iida during the stain incident: oh lovely, i seem to be paralyzed from the waist down, what a dilemma iida: since i can't do it, could you please punch that bitch

kaminari trying bakugo's cooking for the first time: you're toxic, i'm slippin under, with the taste- kaminari: -of that curry, my mouth's on fire, get me a glass of milk oh my gOD

twice: roses are red, violence is too, i'm really hungry. fuck you

monoma, about bakugo: i'm going to de-bone him and serve him as a jam

tsu: it takes some honey and a kiss to make something sweet uwu

bakugo: you're dying today, dipfuck

kaminari: is my shoe in my sweater? wait- wait i meant to say is my sock in my pocket sero: how the fuck did you mix that up that bad

iida when deku proposes ideas: won't you get like dead or something tho

twice: flippity flappity fuck

mineta: i have a dick and you can't stop me!

shinso: my brain is making sad beep beeps

monoma: i love being right

deku: i could totally drown you in my tears, no problem!

kaminari: i made up an instrument in my dream, it's one of those sticks you get at the dollar tree that goes NYOOO NYAAA when you tip it and one of those stress-balls-on-a-string taped to one end so you can smack it around like FWAP FWAP NYOOO FWAP NYAAA FWAP FWAP FWAP

shigaraki: the time the void of sleep next decides to consume my waking body is entirely up to the gods

bakugo: i'm gonna suck your eyes out with a straw like boba outta milk tea

momo: don't be such a bucket of stones

kaminari, short circuiting: jelly colon and reginald turpin

deku: sadness is all i eat

mineta: i don't deserve to think

bakugo: i don't care if God's a man or a woman, i'm shoving my foot up their ass either way!

mina: 100% organic maneater

kaminari: go suck a dick with your butt

monoma: shut up you dirty microwave

mic: hey ho, daddio

dabi: i can hardly meet my own expectations, what the hell makes you think i can meet yours

bakugo: eat lead!

kaminari short circuiting: pi, oovd vsg tmrsg hr gzsg r pmrsg zmrm gstrn oorgh vpro vn? V H Z V O K K O V S ...t

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[pricklybulbasaur]

Universe: My Hero Academia

Prompt: Sneaking out Together

Pair: OC/Todoroki

Cortez was even more thrilled than usual today, as the feathers on her wings fully grew back and she was ready to fly back into the air. The minty-haired girl could not wait to get back into the air, being grounded for weeks made her feel trapped like a bird in a cage, unable to fully explore. Now she wanted to have fun tonight.

She had talked to Todoroki about this and at first, he was hesitant because her wings just grew back, and not sure of their strength as well as the curfew Endeavor had set up. However, when did he ever fully follow his own father’s household rules?

So, they decided to go ahead and have some fun one Saturday night when everyone was asleep. The two of them snuck out to the backyard and Cortez was flapping her wings to prepare for the flight.

“You ready, Aurora?” Todoroki asked while securing his pouch and looked at his schoolmate. “Where do you want to go first?”

“Pretty much, Shouto. As for where to go I am not sure, I only know a small percentage of Musutafu so maybe we just fly around and see what interests us.” Cortez then ruffled her wings again, releasing a chill mist in the surrounding area.

The dual-haired teen looked at Cortez’s wings as it was getting to full wingspan. “Will you be able to fly for long periods of time? They are still pretty new…”

The minty-haired teen smiled happily. “Yeah, they are fine. If I do get tired we can rest a bit.”

Todoroki looked up and down at her for a brief second just to make sure she was indeed strong enough. Her arms still had braces, so he was not sure how they would fly together.

“Hey, eyes up here, Canelo.”

Todoroki jolted and looked straight up into her green eyes. He was stunned as her normally green eyes were glowing a blue from the moonlight that was almost the same color as his left eye. She was beautiful, how he did not see this part of her he never knew.

“Did I surprise ya?” Cortez said while tilting her head a bit, still smiling. I don’t think you have seen my bioluminescent eyes.”

“I-I never seen you like this fully. Last time I saw that similar glow was during the training camp.” Todoroki said and got closer.

Cortez deadpanned, “That’s right, it was when Dabi and the other villains went and kidnapped the Yapping Chihuahua.”

“Can’t you ease up on that nickname for Bakugou? I know he irritates you but I think you should at least stop calling him chihuahua.”

“Yeah, you’re right. He’s actually pretty cool and much more tolerable since we first met. I’m not making any promises though.” She said and then turned around and put her back facing her friend. Todoroki blushed. “What?”

“Ummm, what exactly do you want me to do?” Todoroki said, not sure with the whole thing, let alone where to position himself to not interfere with Cortez’s flying.

Cortez got the gist and chuckled nervously. “Well, I don’t think you want me to carry you bridal style, plus I couldn’t anyways due to my arms still recovering from the calcium deficiency so the only option is kind of like piggyback. Keep your legs close to my hips and your hands just below the shoulder blades, that should not interfere with my wings.”

The poor boy blushed even more. “You can’t be serious…”

The minty-haired girl then pouted. “You don’t want to fly with me?”

*doki* Todoroki's heart pulsed at the cuteness of her face and his stomach did a stab of guilt. She wanted to fly into the skies but the way he was acting, it was like he was trying to force her to stay grounded.

“...Okay.” He finally relented and got onto her back, making sure he stayed clear of her moth wings. She was soft yet strong, and he was really trying hard to not get distracted.

“Ready, Canelo?” Cortez asked and when he nodded she started to flap her wings for a few seconds to gain momentum and eventually they took off and started to fly higher into the sky.

The up and down motion scared him at first where he inadvertently closed his eyes and leaned closer to his female classmates back. The bees buzzing inside his stomach was not a pleasant feeling, attacking him where he was starting to feel nauseous. However, it started to settle as he started to feel the chill in the area, and when he opened his eyes, he and Cortez were high above the clouds.

“...”

“Are you doing ok?” The girl said, giving Todoroki a look of slight concern. She had noticed him tense up in flight, so she was worried he may have gotten nervous. “If it is too high, we can lower the elevation.”

“J-just give me a moment.” Todoroki shivered slightly and took deep breaths calming his nerves. Once the buzzing bee feeling slowed down, he straightened up slowly so he would not jolt his girlfriend’s flying. He then got a better look and saw the entire city lights in the Tatooin District. “You see this every time you fly?”

Cortez smiled. “Yep! I also like to do flight aerobatics, but since you are flying with me that will be put on hold for the moment.”

The dual-haired teen paled and chuckled a bit. “I appreciate it.”

“Heh,” Cortez chuckled and then looked ahead when she noticed a glowing Ferris Wheel on the horizon. A theme park. “Hey, want to fly around the area?” She asked the candy-cane-haired teen while pointing at the park.

“Sure, we can fly around the area for a bit, then I would like to fly around the beach.”

Cortez’s smile brightened and her eyes shone almost as bright as Midoriya in fanboy mode. She then told her boyfriend to hang on and she sped up a bit to the park and flew around the park, enjoying the colors and the little dots of people.

They then flew towards the beach on the east and the moon glowed just as brightly upon the waves. The waves were dancing, and a few times he saw a few patches of jellyfish that glowed a greenish-blue hue, and some boats out on the water farther away. They even waved to the Seal Hero Silkie, who was looking back in surprise but smiled at their enthusiasm. He did, however, tell them to get back home soon. The duo agreed and promised to return home in about 10 minutes.

Todoroki smiled as he took in the view. No wonder she likes this. Not only is it a free feeling, but you can somehow feel the peace in the surrounding area. He then looked at Cortez, still mesmerized by the luminescent blue glow of her eyes, and the shimmering pale purple color of her wings. She looked even more beautiful with her hair waving around in the breeze that she almost reminded him of the Roman moon goddess Selene: One who rules the moon. Also known as Luna in the Latin language.

The duo then got back to the Todoroki residence and Cortez was slowly bringing the two down when the Icy-Hot teen was in some thought.

“Luna…”

“Hm?” Cortez hummed when she heard him say something but it was too quiet to hear. “Did you say something, Canelo?”

“I don’t have a nickname for you yet.” Todoroki said and the Climate teen blinked in surprise and blushed a little. “I have thought of a perfect nickname I can call you, if you will accept?”

Cortez nodded, “Sure, it would be fitting as I call you Canelo. So what do you have in mind?”

He leaned forward and whispered in her ear. “Luna, name for the Roman moon goddess. You have a beauty that shines in both body and soul that is soft and gentle. Would it be ok if I call you Luna from now on?”

The minty-haired girl thought about the name and the meaning he had provided. He had called her beautiful, something no one had told her she was. She could tell by the pheromones he was giving off that Todoroki was telling the truth, and it made her really happy.

“Yes, I like it. Luna, goddess of the moon.” She then giggled as they both touched down in the backyard. “Quite ironic really? My first name is Aurora, which is also a celestial name meaning dawn. I love it.”

The two teens then walked inside the house where they were confronted by the rest of the family. Endeavor was looking stoic as usual, but Natsu and Fuyumi were looking furious.

Needless to say, they were stuck there for the rest of the weekend.

[autumn-foxfire]

Holy shit I almost choked. Not literal, but all the motions were there. 'also twice removed means something much different in the bnha fandom' You really went and said that huh. Wow. I also think I might show my friend the stardew valley post, she really likes that game. Now for what I actually planned on saying. I support smart Todoroki rights. The constant dumb or extreme baby and can't defend himself portrayals are getting real tiring. Because he absolutely can defend himself. (1/6)

Shouto isn't a coward. He will smack away Endeavor, rant about him freely, and slurp soba and stare him dead in the eye 'oh nasty scar you got there' he is absolutely a smart boi. He just takes sayings a bit too literal sometimes. And hey, I'm socially awkward too! I had a bad childhood too! But if people thought of me how they write Shouto, flinching and cowering and just taking what Endeavor did to him I'd just be really insulted. (2/6) 

He understands a whole lot of things, its kinda a given for us. OP said it all, that conclusion post is super valid too. And yeah what the addition says. It can be tricky to find a balance, most of the time it's always overdone. Can't expect people to get it 100%, it's fanfic. And some people enjoy that. Like I'd be reading a Hawks fic and your so right, they really do that to him. And like, y'all as much as I am for the Commission being shitty and Hawks being baby. (3/6) 

I'm sure canon isn't to that degree. If you really wanna protray Hawks as a victim, please know that's not the only way. And it's insulting to him too. So whenever I see a fic where Hawks oh surprise surprise! Has some actual self-respect, isn't a dumbass and shows his intellect without being a total pushover by the Commission and his entire thought process warped by fanon I'm like heck yeah! That's the good stuff. And hey if you want people to care about him, they can still do that. (4/6) 

Not everyone needs to come off totally broken or like Eri to be a victim. Hawks doesn't need to be confused and slowly guided to know what the Commission did was bad. I doubt he even cares. And at least everytime I've seen people be confronted by their pasts they've all been like 'yeah? I mean, it's all in the past now and I'm doing fine. Thanks though.' But fanfic exists for the reason of people being able to call out situations they don't like. (5/6) 

And canon is 100% okay with the hero training program those guys have and Hawks going on a solo infiltration mission. None of the heroes are gonna bat an eye to that. He's an adult, he did his job. Consequences are your own. Done. That's just how it works, he's doing his risky hero career just like everyone else. Our personal feelings about the unfairness of it all doesn't have a say in how canon accepts it. (6/6)

Okie Dokie! Second time's the charm (mostly because I'm writing this in Notepad and unless my computer freezes, I should be okay)

You're the only one to spot that tag, I'm glad you found it funny (sorry you almost choked or well kinda, though). Also that setup was going to give me nightmares and I don't know how the man did not have anxiety attacks over it. Now to get into the actual answer.

I personally hate it when a smart character is dumbed down for the sake of the plot, whether it be in canon or in fanon. I also hate it when canon characteristics are taken away from the character for plot convienance too.

Shouto is a young man that is awkward in social situations and can be oblivious to jokes or sometimes take jokes to literal (like the time with Mount Lady). He is brave and intelligent. He isn't a cowering child, not anymore. He can and he has stood up to his father on multiple occassions and while he's socially awkward at times, he's learning how to interact with his friends and classmates around him (I recently saw a post about how Sero was discussing trading manga with him so he does have friends outside of Izuku and Bakugo). You don't need to reduce him to a boy that flinches whenever someone raises a hand or is secretly afraid of his father whenever the two of them alone because the way Shouto expresses and deals with his trauma in canon is completely valid too.

It's the same with Hawks. Hawks is aware of his crappy situation and how he was raised, it was even his excuse to join the league (being trapped in a birdcage). He's also not blind to the commission or it's faults and corruption. He even defied an order to allow innocent people to die in order to further his mission because he knew it was wrong. He's also constantly referencing how the commission doesn't give him much choice too. Which is why I'm always confused when Hawks is portrayed to believe the commission is right and needs to be gently guided (usually by the LoV but's that's a rant for another day) to realise this situation isn’t okay. If anything Hawks just needs help untangling himself from the commission’s influence (and the best stories I've read of Hawks doing that have been with the support of heroes, not villains, but maybe I'm just biased).

(Though I'm not sure how okay people would be to learn that both Shouto and Hawks were trained from a young age and reduced to their quirks/worth and Hawks was even told to give up his name. While it's common for teenagers to hone their quirks, especially before the entrance exams to hero schools, I don't think anymore would be okay with six years olds being told to master their quirks to perfection)

Overall though, people can write what they want. If they want to write Shouto flinching or Hawks being completely under the thumb of the HPSC then they can. Hell, sometimes I enjoy those stories myself even so I can't judge. But when I don't like a story I just backspace and then leave it alone because something that I might not like might be the favourite story for someone else. We all have our preferences and perspectives of characters, these are mine.

[captainsolare]

Unspoken Words Chapter 7: Coffee

fic masterlist 

warnings: angst angst angst, like a lot, I’m so sorry, cursing,

It was late afternoon when Bakugo arrived at the coffee shop they were meeting at. He went to the counter and ordered, picking a table in the corner by the window to sit at while he waited for his order and for Deku. “Hey. I’m here, table in the corner by the window.” he texted. “Okie dokie! Be there soon.” Deku replied, but Bakugo didn’t know that he had no intention of showing up at all. 

Fifteen minutes passed, then an hour, then two, clouds were moving in. Bakugo kept sending messages, each one making him feel more impatient and desperate as the time passed. It was 6:30 when he finally gave up, suddenly feeling like his hours in Kirishima’s room last night writing and writing and throwing the papers of what he was going to say at the trash can because they just didn’t seem good enough, felt useless. He guessed he shouldn’t have been surprised that Deku wouldn’t show up, but still, he had gotten his hopes up that maybe, just maybe, he could have gotten them on the path to fixing things. Katsuki knew that he’d screwed up in the past with his childhood friend, the bitter words he had spoken to him rattled in his brain, and the physical harm made him sore, even though it was the past him who had inflicted that pain. 

He exited the coffee shop, and looking up at the darkening sky, made a call to Deku on his cell phone. Straight to voicemail. “Dammit.” he said aloud, causing the woman entering the shop to give him a judging sideways glance. He was too upset to care about her though, the machine beeped, and he cleared his throat, “Hey. Deku.” his voice cracked painfully, pathetically. “I guess I really messed up didn’t I? I-I’m sorry, for everything. I was going to tell you this in person but you obviously don’t want that… so I’ll stay away if that’s what you want. Just hear me out okay? I just want to have a serious conversation with you.” With each word he spoke, a raindrop fell on his cheek from above, and when he was finished pouring out his heart to a boy that would never listen to him, he couldn’t tell if it was the rain that was salty, or his tears. 

Bakugo pulled up the hood from his hoodie to try to protect him some from the rain as he walked back to campus, but it didn’t do much to stop the rain from getting through, chilling him to the bone. As he walked, he felt a painful sense of loss, as if something had ended before it had even begun. 

-

Uraraka was lying in bed listening to music when Midoriya entered her room. “Deku? What are you doing here? Don’t you have to meet up with Bakugo soon?” Midoriya met her question with a grimace, “Yeah, I just don’t want to go.” Uraraka gave him a pointed look, “So you’re just going to ditch him after all the work Kirishima and I did to help you guys? Don’t you want to hear what he has to say?” Midoriya rolled his eyes, “Honestly, no I don’t.” “So you don’t want to fix things? I thought that was the whole point of meeting up with him. That’s why Kirishima and I tried to help. Didn’t you say in the message that you sent him that you wanted to be his friend?” 

“I never asked for your help Uraraka! I didn’t ask for anyone else to get involved either. I was perfectly content ignoring him and then you decided to butt into my personal problems. I don’t have to do anything, there’s nothing for me to fix because I did nothing wrong. I’m not going and that’s that.” “Oh. So you think this is my fault? I was trying to help you feel better.” 

Midoriya’s phone chimed. “Is that him?” Uraraka asked. “So what if it is? Why do you care about him so much?” “Because he’s my classmate, and supposedly your childhood friend, and I’d like him to be my friend too.” At that, Midoriya scoffed. “Friends? With him? You must be joking. Do you even know anything about him? Does he even know who you are?” “So what if I don’t! That doesn’t mean I can’t want to get to know him better. You should at least give him the courtesy of hearing him out.” “No. I said I’m not going, I don’t have to be courteous to anyone, especially people who butt into my problems unasked.” 

Uraraka was shocked that he was acting this way, tears started to prick in her eyes. “What’s gotten into you Deku? Why are you acting like this?” “I don’t know Uraraka, maybe I’m just done with the whole nice guy act.” “Get out of my room.” “What?” “I said get out. You don’t get to act this way towards me and stay.” “Fine.” “Fine.” Midoriya left, leaving Uraraka alone with her tears.

-

Kirishima was at his desk when he heard a pounding knock on his door; he opened it to find a rain-soaked Bakugo at his door. “Dude, are you okay?” he asked, letting his friend come inside. As soon as the door was shut, Katsuki collapsed into a sobbing mess against it, all the pain and regret he had been beating himself up over ever since he got that text message only coming out as shaking shoulders and gasping breaths. His head was pounding, his heart was pounding, and everything hurt on the inside. He tried to speak but all the words were caught in his throat, and he couldn’t force them to claw their way out.

 “Hey! Hey! Katsuki you’re scaring me, are you okay?” Kirishima asked, trying to help his defeated friend off the floor; when it proved unsuccessful, he decided his best course of action was to sink to the floor next to him and just hold him. He tried to stroke his shoulder soothingly. “It’ll be okay, just breathe. In and out. In and out.” Bakugo tried to follow his directives, but he was still gasping. “He-he never showed up.” Bakugo managed to choke out, not even caring that Kirishima had used his first name. “Oh.” 

Once Bakugo had calmed down, Kirishima gave him some dry clothes to wear and a towel to dry his hair. Kirishima had convinced him to move to the rug instead of sitting in the doorway. “I’ll be right back. Feel free to use the bathroom to change, and you can take a hot shower if you want. I’ll have tea ready for you when you get out.” Bakugo only nodded, fearing he’d cry again if he tried to speak again. 

Kirishima returned, tea in hand, to find a freshly showered Bakugo asleep on his rug. “Guess he must have tired himself out.” he thought, setting the tea cups on his desk. Stooping, he grabbed a blanket from under his bed and draped it over his sleeping friend. Kirishima sat on his bed and watched him sleep for a while, sincerely hoping Bakugo was going to be okay. He had never seen Bakugo so emotionally vulnerable before, and it made him concerned to say the least. “Well, at least he came to me and didn’t try to go fight someone.” he thought, “Maybe I can convince him to go to the festival with the group tomorrow to take his mind off things.” 

Kirishima soon drifted off as well, but Bakugo woke up soon after. Bakugo felt disoriented when he awoke, finding himself on a floor not quite remembering the events that had led to him passing out on said floor. Suddenly he noticed Kirishima asleep on the bed and it all came flooding back. “Oh no. I really showed him how weak I am, didn’t I?” he thought. Bakugo gathered his wet clothes from the bathroom, and tried to leave quietly, but stole a glance at probably his best friend in the world as he was asleep. “Thank you.” He whispered, closing the door softly behind him. 

Kirishima awoke to a ding on his phone, Mr. Nitroglycerin had uploaded a new cover, Coffee by Havelin. Excitedly he listened, but as he processed the lyrics he soon came to a realization, the mysterious Mr. Nitroglycerin was not so mysterious after all. “Oh.” He whispered, he pulled up all the previous covers and their lyrics on his computer. One by one he listened to and read them. Always, I’ll care then Navy Blue then Tell Me How and finally, Coffee. “Oh shit. It’s been him all along. And these are all about Midoriya.” He wrestled with this new information, and tried to figure out what he should do. He decided that the best course of action was to not tell him that he knew, Bakugo was probably already embarrassed enough about the night’s events, no need to add something else to the pile. 

-

Uraraka walked straight to the door and knocked before she lost her resolve, “Alright Uraraka, you’ve got this. He’s not as scary as everyone thinks he is.” 

Bakugo jumped at the knock on his door, he quickly checked in the mirror to make sure it wasn’t obvious he’d been crying again and when he was satisfied he opened the door. Upon seeing that it was Uraraka outside his door, he wasn’t sure if he was relieved or sad to see that it wasn’t Kirishima standing there. “What do you want Pink Cheeks?” He asked, but there was no bite behind it. She looked at him, cheeks stained from what looked like tears. She thought she saw a flash of concern in his eyes, and it spurred her on. 

“What I want is for you to be my date for the festival tomorrow.” She answered simply, no trace of nervousness in her voice. “Wh-what?” Bakugo sputtered, this was the last thing he was expecting. “Why me? Don’t you have anyone else who can take you? I wasn’t even planning on going.” “Because, I was going to go with Deku. I know what he did to you today and I’m mad at him for being immature about it. Plus, going with Iida or Todoroki or any of the other boys wouldn’t have the same effect on him as going with you.” Bakugo narrowed his eyes, “What’s that supposed to mean?” “This is letting him know that I’m siding with you in this situation. Besides, I trust you to treat me to a good time.” She answered evenly, not backing down. 

Too tired to discuss it any longer, and realizing this benefitted him as well since he could avoid Kirishima and Deku, he relented. “Okay, it’s a date then. I’ll pick you up at your room at 7. Good night.” he grumbled, closing the door in her face. 

As soon as the door shut, Uraraka let out a sigh she didn’t know she was holding. Little did she know, Bakugo was doing the same thing. “My first date,” he muttered, “And I didn’t even get to be the one to ask.” He wondered if Deku was the one that made her cry too.

[hoshigomi]

Takarazuka Special 2018- Say! Hey! Show Up!

Man, am I lucky to be able to see so many incredible things in Japan. Under the cut are all the thoughts I had about this year’s TCA special! Forewarning- they’re hardly cohesive, they’re very personal and biased, they’re SUPER LONG because I’m not writing this for anyone in particular or editing it whatsoever, and they’re whatever came to mind between the two showings or while waiting at intermissions!

The Beni/Tamakichi/Mirio/Daimon group is like. Something else. You put all four of them up there and they split off into FACTIONS, and it turns out to be Beni vs. Everyone which melts into Beni and Tamakichi vs. Daimon and Mirio and by that I mean if Beni and Tamakichi are teasing Daimon and Mirio MAN can those two sweet, sweet women not hold up. Beni is a troll. Beni is relentless. I’d call her a predator to Mirio and Daimon’s prey. The teasing never ended- but to that end, the laughter never ended either, and honestly, I loved them. I loved it. They were all charming and they all shone and the way their personalities differ (OOH do their PERSONALITIES DIFFER) was the most obvious and beautiful thing in the world. We have a FUN set of top stars, y’all. It was nice to see them all together.*

*I missed Makaze for a lot of reasons, most notably: 1.) she would have made for another great target for Beni to give hell to, and 2.) there were a lot of silk, deep, deep v-necks, and it’s kinda cruel to leave Makaze out of that, don’t you think. See you next year, Soragumi. Your energy was missed. 

Daimon can’t eat gluten??? She certainly didn’t eat any bread in France, which has everyone including me pretty aghast.

Tamakichi used to? Swim? Play HANDBALL? They for sure teased her about being in the Olympics at the noon showing, but that’s as far as my Japanese got me. Makes sense though because have you seen her shoulders?

Sorry I need to say AGAIN how much Beni Ran This Shit. She IS the oldest top right now, by a year to Daimon and Mirio and like...more years to Makaze and MORE years to Tamakichi, and I’m sure that’s part of it, but I think the other part is that she’s a natural born emcee and comedian and she knows it. When I watch Beni I think ‘oh my God I love you so much for so many reasons,’ I love that woman. That’s my top star. But then MAN, I can ABSOLUTELY SEE how those reasons might make someone else feel the exact opposite. She also like applied herself for a bunch of this show and oooohhhhh it’s so lovely when she does. 

Tamakichi asked Mirio and Beni to talk about going to Taiwan, and they sung the little ditty that I don’t know the name of but clearly is done every time they go to Taiwan because they both knew it. Beni also spoke some Chinese for the Taiwanese live viewing audience. 

There was also talk about why they all chose their final songs, how their years went and what each troupe did, and some general banter. 

Aside from the Top Stars and Todoroki Yuu, no one really spoke. The Top Musumeyaku certainly didn’t talk. To be TOTALLY HONEST, as far as this live viewing went at least, unless you’re Top Star, nibante, Top Musumeyaku, or Kacha/Hanagata Hikaru/Akira/Kai you don’t seem to have TOO MUCH camera time. Still thankful for the fact that they do the live viewings! But it IS tough to spot your whoever-else, unless they’re doing their little solos. 

Moving on from our lovely Top Stars, here’s the quick-n-dirty lowdown on what stood out to me in the show!  (I’m sorry if I missed your favorite, there were a lot of people, a lot going on, and I’m REALLY biased towards watching certain people.)

Miya had a lot of great stuff. She and Saki both had some funky songs with acoustic accompaniment. Saki’s had kind of a Western vibe. (Like cowboys, not like Western Hemisphere.)

Sorry, back to Miya, I really really hope she hangs on to top. She has her act together. She knows what she’s doing onstage, she’s pretty polished, and I personally really really dig the general tone of her voice, especially when she goes a little high. 

I saw the show twice. Both times, when Coto came on for her solos, whoever the person next to me was like SLOW NODDED. Same, seat neighbors. God she’s good. She’s looking a lot more grown up!  She’s CUTE. I’m kinda obsessed! I can’t like compliment Coto enough. Y’all know how good she is. She stands out just because she’s THAT GOOD. 

Maaya Kiho. Maaaaaya. Maaya, come back to Hoshigumi so I can see you every day of my life. That girl has SOMETHING SPECIAL. Her energy is unique and a little aggressive but flirtatious? She has one of my favorite voices in the company, hands down. She knows how to work that like specific musumeyaku sexuality but you can kind of totally tell she also wanted to be an otokoyaku. She has that IN her. I love Maaya. I want to listen to like four hours of just Maaya. 

If I had to listen to something else for four hours, it would be Ari singing Yami Ga Hirogaru. 

If I had to listen to something ELSE it might be Aasa because her voice is definitely UNIQUE in a way that really pleases me. 

I also want to quickly shoutout to Tom for running as much of this as she did- and I want to comment that I like....like her voice. It has a REALLY unique quality to it now. She’s really interesting to listen to, and she’s still truckin’!

I want Mao Yuuki and Mikkii to stand exclusively next to each other for as long as they’re both in Hoshi because that height difference is SOMETHING else. 

Speaking of Mikkii, I’d like to challenge everyone who records and edits anything for the rest of her time in Takarazuka to actually put the camera on her for more than .9 seconds, because she is ON TO SOMETHING REAL. Tenju Mitsuki is always on. Whether or not you particularly care for what she’s doing, everything she does is done with 100% follow through and intention, she has a target, she isn’t doing anything superfluous or pointless with her body. She’s SHARP. Tenju Mitsuki is a fantastic performer and I really want to see more of it. 

Speaking of fantastic performers, shoutouts to Coto (sorry, duh), Daimon, and Maaya for being magnetic in the same 100% followthrough, target, intention way. What incredible performers. 

Yuki and Tamakichi sang OKLAHOMA and while I thought I knew what heartbreak felt like, it turns out I didn’t until I realized that we won’t ever get Tamakichi/Yuki Oklahoma. 

Daimon and Sakura’s Climb Every Mountain was NICE. 

I love these Top Musumeyaku Very Much. It’s almost dumb to say but God they just all bring such different things and personalities and voices to the table. 

Welcome to Top, Misono Sakura. It’s good to see you. <3 

Senna Ayase has Got It. She rocks. She has a lot of power and she led her musumeyaku in something really sassy and nice and I just want to say that man, I hope she loves her post-Takarazuka life. 

I want to compliment Maitii on everything and mourn the fact that she isn’t leading everything, honestly. 

There was a kind of long but not too long In Memoriam Section featuring the Top Musumeyaku all speaking for a few seconds and then mostly senka members + Kai + Akira with vocal solos all in white.

I never want to see another musumeyaku’s dress dragging on the ground. Someone almost Ate It when her dress got caught on something at the edge of the stage. Please. Keep our musumeyaku upright. Hemming things isn’t that hard.

Wow, Tsukigumi is fun. I also literally can not fathom HOW Baddy was THIS YEAR. As a whole they just have a really fun, kinda off-the-cuff energy that I find very endearing.

Shimon led Chaos Paradise, which, if you’re me, was one of the most satisfying things in the world. 

Tamakichi is so beautifully EARNEST in a way that really suits all the golden age musicals she’s been getting. Maybe we CAN cross our fingers for Oklahoma...

From now on I’m formally requiring 8-10 business days to prepare for hearing Inochi from Gaisenmon because I didn’t walk into Hey! Say! Show Up! expecting to get chills and feel the weight of the Human Condition on my shoulders. 

Shoutout to Yukigumi for replacing the ‘Nya!!’ at the end of Gato Bonito! with ...whatever sound they were approximating to imitate a wild boar. Happy New Year, everyone!

Irodori Michiru is just really cute and I love looking at her. 

Thank you Kai for your golden hair and 16 Year Strong insistence on being .3 seconds behind on choreography because you prefer being ~languid~ to being ~sharp~ because you sure were easy to find.

No amount of exclamation points, keysmashing, or attempts to describe it can make you understand how I felt when the music to Jump! from Oceans 11 started up, or when RUSTY was played by Kai. That was a dream come true. Nothing less. 

On that note, KAI SANG RAIMEI TOO, so I feel like God really Was looking out for Her Fans this Takaspecial. Thanks, God. 

Everyone’s medley started out with the Top Star singing something earnest or Powerful or Big, but our very own Kurenai Yuzuru elected to open up with SPECIFICALLY the doki doki waku waku bit from Another World. The audience loved it. I loved it. I love Beni and I love Hoshigumi and I love that they included Arigataya, Nanmaida from Another World also and I love that Kai was hopping around as Kiroku again with the biggest smile on her face and I love that we got to hear Coto’s PIPES and I love that the audience was clapping for Killer Rouge and I love Killer Rouge and I love the ENERGY THAT troupe has. 

Seo Yuria. Seooooo. Seooocchi. Get that fear out of your eyes, sweet thing. You have such a SMILE when you let yourself and your voice is THERE and you’re about to step into some big big shoes. Let yourself have this.

Rei and Saki are both coming into their own vibes! I’m excited to see where they go from here. 

Shoutout to Shidou Ryuu for getting WAY more screentime than intended because she was planted half a foot to the right and directly behind Tom at pretty much all times. Good to see you, Shidou!

The best thing about seeing people from different troupes performing together in any number is like....no one is quite WITH EACH OTHER. Like MAYBE your weird idiosyncrasies fit in well with your troupe, but they sure don’t fit with the weird stuff your neighbor is doing. It’s charming and it’s sweet and I LOVE seeing it. 

I didn’t think I’d cry either but tears DID spring to my eyes when Kai bowed. 

I would like to formally petition Takarazuka Forever to FOLLOW Sumire no Hana in encores because Sumire no Hana is kinda a downer and Takarazuka Forever is an upper but that’s personal preference.

They wished the audience Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in ENGLISH which felt like an extra treat. 

I didn’t mention every single actress in this (I’m sorry if I missed yours!! It’s so hard to remember everything and watch everyone when there are such weird combinations of actresses on the stage etc.), but God, I can honestly and truly say that to me, they all shone.  Everyone is so different and everyone is working so hard. Every person who had a solo did it with everything they had, and it was beautiful to say. While watching Saki and Tamakichi, the thought came to me that entertainers- people who choose to use their lives to make other people happy- are just so special. These women are all such hard working performers and dedicated individuals and the life they put into giving us this thing is incredible. I feel so lucky to even be able to say that I do what they do. Not with HALF the skill or talent but this was one of those shows that made me think. Oh. We are so lucky to do this. The world is so lucky to have this art form. Musical theatre really is the most wonderful thing in the world, to me. 

If more comes to me later, I’ll add it after the cut, but this is already 80 pages long and I’ve exhausted my phone notes. If you read this far, thanks and I’m impressed! I’m HAPPY to tell you more specifics about things if you want to ask, I can try to scrape my brain for whatever’s in there. 

Thanks for a beautiful 2018 in Takarazuka, everyone.  Happy New Year! May 2019 bring us beautiful things we could never have expected!

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Heya there, welcome to my ad!

First, a little about me! I'm Ceri or Tez, a 21-year old, genderfluid, Norwegian person searching for someone to write some exciting RPs with~ Most of my free time is spent browsing the internet, watching shows and videos, roleplaying, and playing games! There are too many games I love, but to name some various ones; Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Crusader Kings II, Total War: Warhammer, and much, much more!

As a writer, I do 3rd person, past tense very strictly-- It's just what I'm comfortable with! I'm an active writer, and am easily able to write dozens of replies a day- usually, at least! Of course, I don't expect you to do the same! As long as I get a reply every few days I'd be content! My favourite type of writing and story is the kind of... slice-of-life-ish, day-to-day kinda adventure, where there are ups and downs! Some drama here, action here, romance here~ You know the drill! Speaking of, I am a self-proclaimed romancoholic! Romance is essential to me, I love writing couples and love! I don't need it to be the central focus of the story, but I'd love for it to be present and prominent! On a similar note, I do write smut, as long as you are over 18 and comfortable with it, but I don't just want porn without plot!

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Voltron: Legendary Defender

Katie 'Pidge Gunderson' Holt

Romelle

Princess Allura

Honerva 'Haggar'

Keith Akira Kogane

Feel free to ask about others!

My Hero Academia

Mei Hatsume

Shoto 'Shoto' Todoroki

Nemuri 'Ms. Midnight' Kayama

Yu 'Mt. Lady' Takeyama

Kyoka 'Earphone Jack' Jiro

Denki 'Charge Bolt' Kaminari

Fumikage 'Tsukuyomi' Tokoyami

Also feel free to suggest!

I am all caught up on both shows! For MHA, I am only anime-current! And allow me to re-iterate; I do double, I'm more than happy to play a canon for you, if you play one for me. Feel free to come by just to inquire about the OCs! I'd be more than happy to tell you about who I have in mind~

Should none of those appeal to you! Some other fandoms I would be interested in foraying into would be; (Quick disclaimer; A lot of these I can do OC x OC for, or Canon x Canon, just ask!)

Fire Emblem (Awakening/Fates)

Star Wars: The Old Republic 

Pokemon

Dragon Age (Inquisition ideally)

Warhammer: Fantasy (Please come in with some ideas in mind!)

Doki Doki Literature Club

Alright! That's all for now! Discord is my preferred medium, but I'm happy to do it elsewhere! Initial contact through email, of course~ Feel free to come by just to ask questions. I am drop friendly, so if something happens and doesn't work out. I'll understand!

Email: ceryteza@gmail.com

A'ight, hope you have a good day! And hope to hear from some of you <3

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🔥 ℝise Ⱥbove I̾t ◈ Chapter 040 [Code Names]

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〈“Take a step back when we roll up ’cause I know what. We been loyal, we been fam, we the ones you trust in. Won’t hesitate to go straight to your head like a concussion.” Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic & Ty Dolla $ign, “Sucker for Pain”〉

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“The name you give yourself is important,” Aizawa told us. “It helps reinforce your image and it shows what kind of hero you want to be in the future. A codename tells people exactly what you represent. Take All Might, for example.”

Momo turned in her seat to hand me one of the whiteboards that Aizawa had passed out to the first kid in each row, along with a marker. I hummed thoughtfully, tapping the end of the marker on the board as I propped my cheek up with my left hand. Hero names, huh? Haven’t really thought anything about it.

Aizawa leaned back against the wall and slid down, asleep before his body even touched the ground. That left Midnight in complete charge. “Now students, who among you is ready to share?”

While the rest of the class didn’t seem too happy about presenting their names, Aoyama wasted no time in stepping up to the podium. “Hold your breath,” he proudly displayed the board. “The Shining Hero: I cannot stop twinkling! Mon ami, you can’t deny my sparkle.”

My forehead slammed onto the desk, making Momo jump in surprise. She asked if I was okay, but I could only mutter under my breath. That fucking name… I’m getting war flashbacks from being forced to watch Twilight a few years back. Fucking sparkling vampires, get the fuck out.

“It’ll be better this way,” Midnight took the board from him and started to write. “Take out the ‘I’ and shorten the ‘cannot’ to ‘can’t’.”

“It’s stunning, mademoiselle.”

“She likes it?!” The class chorused in disbelief.

There is no way… in the nine circles of hell… that a fucking pro is gonna call him that. Can you fucking imagine this fucking pro hero decides to be nice and host an internship for U.A. first-years, right, and Aoyama walks in and introduces himself as ‘Can’t stop twinkling’ and the fucking pro just starts to question his entire life choices. Bro, I would fucking retire right then and there.

“You’re not really French, are you? That’s just an act.” Sumo questioned, but Aoyama ignored him and returned to his desk.

“Okie dokie, let me go next!” Ashido stepped up. “My code name? Alien Queen!”

“Hold on!” Midnight’s body started to shake, a look of terror on her face. Just what is she imagining? “Like that horrible monster with the acidic blood?? I don’t think so.”

Ashido pouted, returning to her seat.

“Ribbit,” Tsu raised her hand. “I think I’ve got one. Okay if I go next?”

“Come on up!”

She stepped up to the podium. “I’ve had this name in mind since grade school. Rainy Season Hero: Froppy.”

Since grade school? Damn, girl. I think Tsu is the only fucking one taking this seriously, to be completely honest. Not like I have much room to talk.

“That’s delightful!” Midnight cooed. “It makes you sound approachable. What a great example of a name everyone will love.”

A little devil perched on my shoulder, whispering a brilliant idea into my ear. I smirked, messily scrawling the code name onto the board before standing up and heading to the front of the room. Midnight raised a brow when she saw me, “This should be good.”

“Heh~ You have no idea, bruh,” I smirked, locking eyes with Katsuki as I flipped the board around. “LordXplosionMurder.”

“You bitch!” Katsuki slammed his hands on the desk, anger seeping off his shaking body.

“Hey, isn’t that your gaming handle, Bakugo?” Kirishima asked, tilting his head.

“Shut up!”

“Denied!” Midnight smacked the back of my head. “Sit down.”

I clicked my tongue and returned my seat.

“I’ve got mine, too!” Kirishima hopped up. “The Sturdy Hero: my name is Red Riot!”

“Red Riot? Interesting. You’re paying homage to the chivalrous hero, Crimson Riot, yes?”

“That’s right,” he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “He may be kind of old school, but someday I want to be just like he was. Crimson is my idol!”

“Hmm, if you’re bearing the name of someone you admire, you have that much more to live up to.” She commented.

“I accept the challenge!”

Paying homage, huh? I erased the board with my fingers, staining them with the ink.

Kyouka stepped up after him. “The Hearing Hero: I’m Earphone Jack.”

“Now that’s a good one!”

Next was Shouji. “Tentacle Hero: Tentacole.”

Why not just go with Hentai Hero?

“Oh, I like what you’re doing with that. A nice portmanteau!”

Then Sero. “The Taping Hero: Cellophane!”

Ain’t that the really thin clear plastic that sticks to literally everything but the food you’re trying to cover?

“That’s on the nose. Good work!”

Ojirou. “Martial Arts Hero: Tailman.”

Sounds like a villain from that TV show that Shin-chan is obsessed with.

“No surprise with that one, I guess!”

Sumo – god, what is his name? “I’m the Sweets Hero: Sugarman!”

That really sounds like someone parents should keep their kids away from… If only his hero costume had a trench coat.

“Perfect!”

Ashido tried again. “Pinky!!”

“Make those looks work for you, girl!”

Are you… are you serious? Her hero name is Pinky? The only fucking way that is cool is if you’re referencing Pinky and the Brain, bro.

Kaminari. “Stungun Hero: I am Chargebolt! Electric, doncha think?”

Damn, that one’s actually kinda cool. Way cooler than he actually is.

“Ooh~ Makes me all tingly!”

Stop being creepy, please. I’m gonna have PTSD.

Floating clot – er, I mean, Toru. “The Stealth Hero: Invisible Girl!”

“That really suits you!” She clapped her hands, addressing the rest of the class. “Now come on, who’s gonna step up next?”

I approached the front again with a smirk. “Don’t gimme that look, Midnight. I got the perfect one this time. The Tsundere Dad Hero: Dadzawa Soft Hour – shit!” I scowled down at Aizawa, who had kicked me in the back of the ankle. How the fuck did he even do that in the fucking sleeping bag? “Fucking rude, I’m trying to present here.”

“Can you take anything seriously?” He cracked open an eye to give me a lazy glare.

“Don’t be like that,” I grinned. “Why – so – serious~?”

Midnight smacked me again. “Denied!”

“Che,” I returned to my seat, Momo patting my shoulder as we passed each other.

She stepped up to the podium, looking equal parts nervous and determined. “I hope I can live up to this name. The Everything Hero: I’m Creati.”

“Crea-tive!”

No, stop. You’re not a dad, Midnight.

Next was Todoroki, his face devoid of emotion. “Shouto.”

I sweatdropped. That damn edgelord didn’t even try, bro. Sheesh.

“Just your name?” Midnight asked, raising a brow. “Is that it?”

“Uh-huh.”

Like a wet sponge, that one.

Fumi went next. “Jet-Black Hero: Tsukuyomi!”

I stood up, clapping loudly. When the others turned to look at me, I just said, “That’s my son up there! I’m so proud!”

Fumi’s cheeks went pink but he smiled and nodded his head.

“Ah~” Midnight moaned. “God of the night!”

My eye twitched and I smacked my hands on the desk. “Stop trying to seduce my child, he’s way out of your league!”

“And just what is that supposed to mean, hmm?” She narrowed her eyes at me. “Anyone would be overjoyed to have all of this!”

I scoffed, crossing my arms. “Yeah, totally, because raisins are so attractive, ya know.”

“You little -!” She pulled me into a headlock, my face buried between her two melons. Jesus fuck, I’d hate to see the doctor bill for her back pain…

I waved my hands frantically, unable to see or breathe, until my hand connected with her face. I gave it a hard shove, taking in a gulp of air. “I need to fucking breathe to live, you know! This is sexual harassment!”

“Oh, please harass me, mommy.”

“Shut the fuck up, grape, no one asked you!”

She smirked. “According to your match results against Honenuki, you can hold your breath for fifty-five seconds.”

“That is irrelevant information! I don’t want my tombstone to read, ‘Death by tits‘!”

“That would be so amazing,” Mineta’s drool plopped onto the desk as he blatantly stared at Midnight’s boobs.

My lip curled back in disgust. “If you don’t shut the fuck up, your tombstone is gonna read, ‘Burnt so bad there was no fucking body‘!”

He humphed before hopping down and heading to the podium which he was too fucking small to see over. “I’m the Fresh-Picked Hero: Grape Juice!!”

“Very catch,” Midnight nodded her head.

Mountain was next – I also need to learn his name, but he doesn’t speak, does he? He nervously held up his board and it read, ‘Petting Hero: Anima‘.

“Yup! All about it!”

Katsuki finally stood up, his aura still seething as his vermillion eyes locked with mine. “King Explosion Murder!”

“I’m gonna say that one’s a little too violent.”

“Hah?! What do you mean?!”

“You could be ‘Explosion Boy’!” Kirishima suggested.

“Or ‘TacoQueen’,” I smirked.

“Both of you, shut up!” He snapped. “Why don’t we go outside and I’ll show you exactly why ‘Murder’ should be in my name!!” He grumbled under his breath, sitting back in his seat and angrily erasing the name.

Ochaco went next. “This is the name I thought of – Uravity!”

“I just love that,” Midnight smiled warmly, pressing her hands together against her cheek.

“Good job, Ocha!” I grinned, sending her a thumbs up as she returned to her desk. She smiled back.

“To be honest, choosing names is going faster than I thought it would.” Midnight commented, stretching her arms above her head. “All we have left is young Bakugo and Winchester, who need to rethink theirs, and~ Iida. Oh yes, and Midoriya, too.”

I grunted, leaning back in my chair and holding up the board.

Her eye twitched. “‘Taco’ has nothing to do with your quirk, Winchester.”

“It’s part of who I am. It’s my soul.”

“Denied!”

“Goddamn it,” I scowled, furiously wiping the ink away from the board.

Iida stood up and approached the front. Like Todoroki, he only wrote down his first name, but that isn’t what made me take pause. No, it was the look on his face and the aura filled with sadness and anger that hovered around him so thickly. Maybe I should attempt talking to him? I doubt he’d open up to me, though, he hates me.

“You’re using your real name, too?” Midnight asked with disappointment lacing her tone.

He didn’t reply.

She shrugged as he returned to his seat. “Well Midoriya, are you ready?”

“Oh, yes.” Zuku shot up, approaching the front. I wonder what he chose. I bet five bucks he chose some kind of homage to Toshi. I swear if he wrote All Might Jr… He showed the board, surprising everyone with what he had written. Fuck, I just lost five bucks… to myself. Score.

“Really, Midoriya?” Mineta questioned, not sounding impressed. Like, bitch, your name is Grape Juice.

“You sure about that?” Kaminari asked.

Kirishima added with concern, “Yeah, remember that could be your name forever.”

“Right…” Zuku lowered his head in thought. “I used to hate it, but then something changed. I guess… someone taught me that it could have a different meaning… and that had a huge impact on how I felt. So now I really like it! Deku… that has to be my code name.”

“Umm, Winchester, your eyes are leaking…” Todoroki commented.

“My baby cinnabon is growing up, guys.” I sobbed, clutching onto the back of Momo’s shirt. She chuckled, creating a handkerchief from her hand and giving it to me. “Thank you, Momo.”

“Of course.”

“You’re so weird,” Todoroki mumbled, turning his head away.

Katsuki huffed as he stomped to the front again. “Lord Explosion Murder!”

“Winchester already tried that,” Midnight sighed. “And it’s basically the same thing as your last one.”

“No, she didn’t have an ‘E’ in ‘Explosion’! It’s totally different!” He protested.

“I mean, the boy got a point,” I added, grinning when she shot me a look.

She smacked her forehead. “The two of you are completely hopeless. Just use your real names!”

I shrugged and Katsuki grumbled under his breath, sitting back down.

Aizawa heaved a tired sigh as he pulled himself to his feet. “Now that everyone’s decided on their hero names, we can go back to talking about your internships. They last for one week. As for who you’ll be working with, those of you who are on the board will choose from among your offers. Everyone else will have a different list.” He held up a stack of papers, but the words were too small for me to see from the back of the feckin’ room. “You have a lot to think about. There are around forty agencies across the country who have agreed to take on interns from your class. Each agency has a different specialty that its heroes focus on. Keep that in mind.”

Forty agencies?? And those are only the ones willing to put up with us… Holy salsa dancing Satan, how many agencies are there in this damn country? Forty seems a bit excessive.

“Imagine that you were thirteen.” Midnight held her finger up. “You would want to choose a place that focuses on rescuing people, not fighting villains. Understand?”

“Think carefully before you decide,” Aizawa concluded.

“Yes, sir!”

“Turn in your choices before the weekend.”

“We’ve only got two days?!” Kirishima cried out in surprise.

“Yeah, so you should start now.” Aizawa and Midnight headed out the door. “You’re dismissed.”

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I frowned at the list of offers that had been placed on my desk, scratching my cheek. That’s great and all, but the problem is that I don’t know a single thing about any of these fucks because I ain’t from this world. Oh wait, there’s Endeavor. Like hell I’mma choose flame fuck. I guess I could ask Zuku. He’s a walking talking encyclopedia of hero knowledge. Hmm, yeah, I’ll just make him choose someone for me. Problem solved!

“So guys~ Have you decided what pro agency you wanna go for?” Ashido asked.

“Mt. Lady’s my top choice!” Mineta answered immediately.

“Mineta, are you thinking something perverted?” Tsu inquired.

“Possibly!”

I scoffed, leaning back in my chair. Jokes on him, that bitch is gonna eat him alive and then spit him back up as a glorified slave. Though, knowing that freak, he’d probably enjoy it.

“You made it pretty far in the tournament,” Ojiro commented toward Ashido. “It’s weird you didn’t get any offers.”

“I know~!” she cried, throwing her body over the desk.

“Hey, Deku, who’s on your list?” Ochaco approached the greenette and sweatdropped at the mumbling mess that is Zuku the cinnabon. “There he goes again…”

He snapped out of his trance at her words. “Huh? Oh, sorry, what’d you guys say?”

“You’re really thinking hard about this, aren’t you?” Tsu asked.

“It’ll all work out.” Ochaco smiled. “I’ve already settled on my pick!”

“Already?”

“What agency?”

“The one that the Battle Hero: Gunhead runs!”

“Huh? Gunhead’s a big brawler, though.” Zuku commented in surprise. “Are you sure that’s where you want to intern, Uraraka?”

“Yep! He sent me an offer!”

“Woah, really? But I thought you were trying to be a hero kinda like Thirteen, more into rescuing than fighting.”

“Ultimately, that’s the plan, but I’ve been thinking ever since the festival… well, at least ever since I faced off against Bakugo. The stronger I am, the more possibilities I’ll have! Plus, learning from a battle hero will give me a different perspective, right?”

I clicked my tongue and shook my head. Too fucking precious man. I sighed, letting my head fall onto the desk for the umpteenth time today.

“Are you okay, Winchester?” Momo turned in her chair, voice full of concern.

“I need food,” I groaned. “And my brain may be slightly melted, I’m not sure.”

She chuckled and stood up. “Let’s go to the cafeteria, then.”

“Sure~” I pulled myself up, following the black-haired girl from the room.

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