Dancing Shadows

Chapter Fourteen

Ellowyn's POV-
   As Todo, Midoriya, Bakugou, and I are walking through the school to the classroom, I give Bakugou another look. "You are so lucky that I am getting up this early to help you."

   "Hey," He exclaims. "You were already up!"

   Todo sighs in annoyance. "Can you two stop bickering like children?"

   "Stay the fuck out of our business, Icyhot."

   "Shut up, Bakugou. He's right. Sorry, Todo."

   "Don't worry about it. You've always been the type to get grumpy when you haven't gotten any sleep."

   "Hey, guys, here it is!" Midoriya says as he points at a classroom directly on our left.

   "Finally," Bakugou grumbles. "Let's get this over with."

   "You don't seem very excited about this." I mutter as I follow him through the door.

   He scoffs in response. "This is a shitty tradition."

   I shrug. "I guess. But it should be an honor too. The fact that you are doing this means that you are the best."

   "I would be the best anyways." He grumbles back.

   "Well, you don't have much of a choice either way, so let's just get this over with and make sure that you are the best dancer on the floor, okay?"

   He looks at me before the smallest of smirks appears on his face. "Okay."

   We walk into the class to see Present Mic, Midnight, and Principle Nezu. "Hello students!" Principle Nezu says excitedly. "I'm glad to see that you have all found dates."

   "You are going to teach us how to dance?" Midoriya asks, then quickly adds, "I don't mean any offense, I just-"

   "I understand Midoriya. Dancing is not a talent of mine. Actually, Present Mic and Midnight will be teaching you. I am only here to supervise."

   "Supervise?" Todoroki asks.

   "He's just making sure that we are teaching the right dance to you." Present Mic says. "We sometimes get a little off track."

   "Enough about that!" Midnight interrupts. "We have limited time to teach you how to dance, so let's get started. I want each of you to be at least decent by the time we leave."

   Present Mic nods. "Let's start by getting in position! Whoever in your pair is the lead will place their right hand just above their partner's waist. The followers will then place their left hand on their partner's shoulder. Then you should hold hands with your partner and keep them close to your chest. Try it and we'll come around to fix your form."

   "Okay-" I'm interupted by Bakugou quickly pulling me towards him. "Hey, gentle! You just about yeeted me."

   "Stop whining, Cherry."

   "Fine. Let's just get in position." I decide to just let the argument go. I place my hand on his shoulder, place his hand on my waist, and then grab his other hand and pull it closer to us.

   He sighs before doing as I say. Present Mic checks each of our positions with a smile. "Perfect! Now, for the actual dancing." He explains the dance to us fairly quickly, since it is a pretty simple dance. Just basic steps counts one through seven and a spin on count eight. "I'll let you practice amongst yourselves before we try it as a group and give critiques."

   Bakugou and I start going through the steps carefully and it turns out that he's not that bad. He's not very good either but he isn't bad. "Try counting out loud. It sometimes helps to-"