Expect the Unexpected: Mei Hatsume x reader (BOOK 2)

Chapter 2: Clash! Class A vs. Class B!

You guided Midoriya to your room, seeing as it was only 6:45 and you could still talk before breakfast.

When he explained what he'd seen in his sleep, you connected it to the glass shattering incident that happened last night.

"Talk to All Might," you suggested, getting up to go down and make breakfast. "It's a Sunday, so I don't know if he's on campus, but ask him."

The boy nodded, still deep in thought as he followed you down to the kitchen.

"You need help with breakfast?" He asked gently, leaning against the doorway as you rummaged around in the fridge.

"Nope," you smiled, taking out a box of eggs. "Scrambled eggs are simple."

Sunday carried on in a lazy manner, with everyone tucking in for a heavy breakfast and then lounging in the common room. Now that winter had arrived, people were even submitting last minute costume sketches to Hatsume.

You'd made up with most of the squad, brushing over the issue though neither party apologised or brought it up. This left you mingling with them sometimes, though it often ended in an awkward silence that no one knew how to fill.

"Shirakumo-chan, what do you think of my design?" Uraraka asked you, guiding you through her newly developed idea.

The two of you had gotten closer, since there was a better dynamic and no awkward silence or tension. While it did hurt to see your original friend group without you, you were glad to leave them as well after the shit they gave you for a small mistake.

"Looks cool, Hatsume will definitely have a great time making that," you smiled, eyes scanning the overall design.

It was evident how much effort was put into the drawing, neat labels with small explanations and multiple sections with smaller drawings for the part were there to prove your point. You couldn't wait to see it on her.

Sunday continued in such a manner, with the most interesting thing happening being a new chapter of your favourite manga being released. Other than that, it moved at a slow pace.

Before you knew it, it was early Monday morning and everyone had been instructed to meet at ground Gamma for joint training.

Many had new costume upgrades, such as extra cloaks or gloves to protect against the wind.

The only few that didn't have them were Hagakure and Kirishima, whose quirks relied on exposed skin, and Denki and you, who were already reasonably covered up to begin with.

You were chatting amongst each other, discussing the new upgrades and the reason behind them.

Uraraka's costume was also finally present, making you astound both Hatsume's speed and Uraraka's design ability.

"Uraraka-chan," you called, pointing to her costume. "Your design turned out amazing, glad it worked."

The girl beamed at you, pulling you in to hug.

"You should hang out with us more Shirakumo-chan, you're always so awkward and lonely," she suggested, smiling.

"Blunt as always," you chuckled good naturedly, knowing she meant well.

Before long, the loud arrival of class B brought you out of the cosmetic trance of happiness you were in.

As usual, Monoma began bullying your classmates, trying to arouse a reaction from them, only to be choked with Eraserhead's scarf so he'd shut up.

"Now if Monoma had a choking kink-" Mina began in a hushed voice.

"I'm gonna stop you right there, it's gross and illegal," you interrupted, sighing.

Aizawa let go of the boy and proceeded to explain the assignment, before announcing that a new student would be present as well.

Behind him, you saw a familiar purple haired boy walk out. He'd had a capture weapon similar to that of Eraserhead wrapped around his neck, along with a gas mask looking equipment.

"Introduce yourself," Aizawa gestured to the boy.

"Shinso Hitoshi," he began reluctantly. "You're all ahead of me so I've got a lot to catch up on. I'm not here to make friends."

You turned to see Midoriya grinning maniacally, probably already figuring out how to befriend the antisocial boy.

He evidently had low self esteem but a high determination, you knew that much after seeing his performance at the sports festival. Yet he seemed to be a case similar to Todoroki, where he was only there for a singular goal and wouldn't let anything distract him from reaching it.

The two classes politely clapped as he retreated to an isolated corner again.

"It's like looking at Todoroki at the beginning of the school year," Sero mumbled.

"I wasn't that bad," the boy attempted to defend himself.

"I assure you, you were much worse," you sighed, remembering the boy with his prototype costume.

Scarring memories.

Everyone drew their cards, eager to know who they were pitted into a team with.

However, when you went ahead to draw your name, you were stopped.

"It'll be unfair," Eraserhead stated bluntly, reminding you of your status.

"Which means?" You asked, unsure of what to do now.

"One of two choices," he proposed. "Either be a judge of sorts and offer criticism, or do other work."

You thought about it for a bit, unsure.

The case you were working on had come to a dead end to the point where Tsukauchi was wondering if you'd come to him irrationally. Hawks had done nothing to assist and was completely off the grid, not to mention, there hadn't been any sightings of Toga or cases of missing people.

There wasn't much you could do at this point, so you chose to give feedback.

Your friends watched in slight disappointment as you sat away from them and next to the teachers.

It made sense, considering you'd be giving feedback, but it didn't make you feel any less isolated.

"Oi," you heard a familiar voice grumble. "Quit sulking, you've got better shit to do."

You looked up at the boy who was glaring down on you, refusing to meet your eyes. You sighed and turned away.

"You should be strategizing, not trying to cheer me up," you scoffed, looking up at the big screen as everything was being set up.

"Just because you're criticising doesn't mean you get to tell me what to do," Bakugo grumbled, rolling his eyes.

You sighed, having expected the attitude. Noting down all the groups on your notebook, you waited until everyone was ready to officially start.

Turning to Bakugo in the meantime, you uttered cold words neither of you would forget.

"Get zero captured and then we'll talk," you scoffed, walking off to Eraserhead.

The first match could officially begin.

Question of the day: favourite 1-B character?

Did I have authors block? Yes. We're gonna pretend I didn't though

Have a good day/night :)