Chapter 1

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JIRO'S POV

To celebrate moving into our dorms, Ashido had arranged a bonfire for all of Class 1-A. I was reluctant. I didn't want to. I had my own nightly routine, but Hagakure and Ashido kidnapped me from my room and brought me outside. "It'll be fun! C'mon, Jiro!" Hagakure said excitedly. I almost stabbed them both of my jacks. When we got out there, everyone was sitting in a circle. It turned out that I was sitting in a circle. It turned out that I was supposed to sit between Kaminari and Ojiro. I did, but I was honestly surprised that Bakugo was cooperating this long.

Let's play truth or dare!" Mineta chanted. I rolled my eyes because he was only looking at us girls. But everyone agreed, reluctant or not. Even Tokoyami and Todoroki joined in. It wouldn't be very rockin' if I didn't join in... so, I did. "I'll go first!" Ashido declared. "Kirishima, truth or dare?" Us girls knew she liked him. Some of the guys, though, (Tokoyami, Ojiro, Bakugo, and Midoriya) knew as well. I saw Hagakure giggling in her place beside Ojiro and Todoroki. If only I were inside my room, jamming, I thought miserably. This was going to be a long night.

Kirishima chose dare and Ashido ordered him to have a girl sit in his lap for the rest of the night. To her dismay, he picked Hagakure. Ashido looked jealous and upset. I could tell that there would be some fighting later, even though I think Hagakure was after Ojiro. "Alright, BakuBro! Truth or dare!" Kirishima said. "It's Bakugo, you dummy! Dare!" Bakugo snapped with his usual raging temper. I twirled my left jack in my finger, then rested my chin in my hand. "I dare you to spar me right here and now!" It went on and on, and I felt myself getting drowsier with each truth/dare. Somehow, in some way, it got around to me. "Jiro! truth or dare?" Hagakure eagerly asked. Almost everyone had gone, and almost everyone had picked dare. "Truth," I replied, trying to mask my annoyance.

Hagakure took this into consideration. "UGH! Jiro, this is so hard! Why didn't you pick dare?" she complained. I just twirled my right jack this time, choosing not to answer. "It shouldn't be that hard, since we know nothing about Jiro, ribbit." Asui pointed out bluntly. I cringed. "Yeah! I got it! What do you do in your spare time?" I mumbled my answer, irritated. Everyone but Bakugo and Kaminari stared at me in confusion. "That's so cool!" Kaminari blurted. I pulled my knees to my chest, embarrassed, wishing my quirk could mute as well as generate sound. "What did you say?" Sero asked. "She plays instruments! That's awesome!" Kaminari answered for me. Irritated, I stood up and walked into the dormatory, mumbling a "Good night." This was too embarrassing.

KAMINARI'S POV

"What's with her?" Kirishima asked. Ojiro shrugged, next to me now that Jiro was gone. Yaoyorozu sighed. "Jiro's kept to herself , if this isn't enough proof." she said. Tokoyami dipped his bird head in agreement. What the heck was Jiro's problem? Way to crash the party. "I'll go get her." Hagakure said, starting to get up from Kirishima's lap. Todoroki shook his head. "Unlike you imbeciles, I respect Jiro's privacy." he said frankly. "I agree." Tokoyami said. Ugh. So Todoroki and Tokoyami were on Jiro's side, then.

After some more rounds of truth or dare, we had s'mores and went back to the dorms. Sure, I was on autopilot, but why the heck did I end up at Jiro's door?! Sheesh. I turned to leave, but heard crying coming from inside. My anger melted into concern. Sure, I didn't know her that well, but she was my classmate. My heart sank. I felt terrible for what happened. I shouldn't have spilled her secret like that. I wanted to go apologize, but if I went in there, I'd never hear the end of it from everyone. I took a deep breath and walked away. 

Lying in bed, I began to second guess my decision to turn away from Jiro. Most people knew me as the blonde idiot. Maybe I'd made the wrong choice again. I rolled over. The clock flash 1:39 A.M. back at me. I sighed out loud. It's not like anyone could hear me. It felt weird sleeping in a room filled to the brim with my own stuff, but not my actual room. To save me from a sleepless night, somebody texted. Mr. Aizawa. Hm. It said:

TRAINING CAMP: KAMINARI: GROUP 2: KAMINARI, HAGAKURE, KIRISHIMA, BAKUGO, MIDORIYA, OJIRO, TODOROKI, YAOYOROZU, SERO, JIRO

That was all the text said. I replied with a thumbs up. Not much. But there was a follow-up text telling us that we were leaving at-- three thirty in the morning?!

About 2 hours later, the ten of us were on the bus to wherever we were going. Since it was a bus, we had to sit in pairs. It went Kirishima and Bakugo, Ojiro and Hagakure, Yaoyorozu and Todoroki, and Midoriya and Sero. Which left me with... Jiro. Kirishima and Sero kept stealing glances at us and the other pair of boys and girls around the small, cramped bus. I really didn't care. Jiro had one of her ear jacks plugged into her phone as she leaned against the window drowsily. I glanced around. Bakugo, Hagakure, Ojiro, Yaoyorozu, and Midoriya had all fallen back asleep. I found it cute how Ojiro's tail was wrapped around Hagakure, as she was pressed up against him. Then I realized that Jiro's head was in my shoulder. She was out cold, snoring quietly and melodically.

Her indigo hair had fallen into her closed eyes, her head resting on her shoulder. I heard a camera and turned around to see Kirishima snapping pictures of us, snickering. It would've been funny if I weren't the one being captured on camera. To get his attention away from me, I jerked my head in the direction of Hagakure and Ojiro. He grinned, nodded, and readjusted to get a better angle on them.





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