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10.

"Kiripima!!" I yell as I jump down the steps of my home and into his arms. He hugged me tightly spinning me around as I laughed.

"Hey nugget!" He says as he squeezes me. He sets me down and we hug for a bit longer.

"What if he liked you?"

I blink as I remembered what Katsuki said the other day, trying to push it out of my mind. Hooking my arm in Eijiro's we began walking to meet up with Katsuki.

What if he did like me?

No, that's stupid.

"How was your camping trip?" I ask looking up at him. "Heey, you didn't style your hair today!"

I watch his face flush as he reaches up and tugs on his red locks that hung loosely down to his shoulders. He smirks a bit, a breath leaving his throat.

"Heh, yeah." He nods. "I couldn't do it on the trip and I guess I just got comfortable. Ah, Cei it was amazing! We went night hiking, kyaking, fishing. Stargazing."

"That sounds amazing Ei!" I say with a smile.

"Maybe next time you and Bakugo can join us." He smiles at me. "Did he give you a hard time? I'm sorry I made you babysit."

I laugh, shaking my head. "No, actually I think we've gotten a little closer." I say noding with finality.

Eijiro's head shoots down at me, his eyes sparkling with a toothy grin. "Really?!" He says. "Cei, that's great!"

No, he couldn't like me giving a reaction like that.

We make it to the end of our street, surprised to see Katsuki actually waiting on us. He'd usually just walk on by, as if he didn't even know us. He had a plate of food in one hand, his blazer in the other.

"Goodmorning Katsuki!" I say smiling as I walk up to him.

"Here." He says handing me his blazer. His eyes staring down into my soul. If I could stare at Katsuki all day everyday, I most certainly would in a heartbeat.

I take his blazer, wrapping it around my waist. "Thank you." I say.

Eijiro offered his hand to Katsuki and the blonde smirks, giving Eijiro his hand for their handshake. We stepped in stride with one another, putting Katsuki in the middle for the first time.

"Walk on this side, idiot." Katsuki says, pulling me away from the outside that I walked on and in between him and Kirishima.

"What, why?" I frown.

"In case something were to happen." Eijiro says giving a small smile. "Girls are always suppose to walk on the inside. It's manly law 101– protect women at all costs."

I look over at Katsuki who was shoving food in his mouth.

"Awh, Katsu!" I coo as I look up at him. "You're so manly!"

I watch his face contort as if he'd eaten something sour, a pink tint resting on his cheeks and ears.

"Shut up New Girl." He growls before shoving a strip of bacon in my mouth. I giggle as Eijiro reaches over and takes his own portions of the food.

We made it to the school, walking inside and heading into class. I walk in, setting my things down at my desk before joining Mina and the others.

"Hey Cei!" Mina says hugging me tightly. "How was your weekend?!"

"It was great!" I say nodding. "How was you alls?"

We chatted for what seemed like forever. I missed them. Sure, we have our outings, but this time around I actually missed hanging out with the girls. Although I preferred Katsuki's company– and we hardly ever talked then, but talking to the girls about anything under the sun had become my favorite pass time as well.