𝑇𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤

- Chapter 25 -

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Huh?

Both... of us?

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"What!?" You said in a slightly raised tone, brows pinching as anger and the situation at hand settled into your mind.

"Wait... W-we... tied?!" Izuku said in confusion, but less frustrated and more content. He tied with the girl he thought was untouchable, with someone he admired immensely. Therefore seeing your frustrated face pinged his heart, you must be so dissatisfied with yourself that you tied with such a weakling like him.

But that wasn't the case, far from it actually.

You were upset at the fact that this has never happened before, you've won before, you've lost before, you even didn't participate at all a couple of times.

But never, in all 28 timelines have you ever tied with anyone before, let alone the guy you were supposed to be avoiding. You now have no idea what is able to happen, what would be the tie breaker, and how would your dumbass brother react.

Oh shit.

My brother.

You remove your headphones to take in the entirety of the stadium, and search the crowd to find him. When you found him, his eyes met with yours and you almost looked away in fear and embarrassment. But instead you looked at him firmly, and he returned with eyes that looked enthusiastic and charmed, as if he was laughing with his eyes.

"Good job." He signs to you from one of the exclusive booths, giving a charismatic wink.

"Thanks." You sign back, biting your lips.

You turn to Izuku, who was staring All Might down as he cried with content for himself. All Might looked towards you next with that same intense yet prideful grin, you simply waved back with a crooked smile.

Slowly, more and more class 1-A students began to barge in, panting or barely making without falling to their knees from the exhaustion. You got a couple of pats on the back from classmates such as Ochako, Kirishima, even Ojiro and Jiro.

Todoroki eventually ran out, surprisingly quickly regardless of the blast he endured earlier. However you could see the remnants of the attack on his beaten and tattered uniform, with holes and tears all over.

His chest was rising and falling heavily, as he gave you one of the darkest glares you've seen from him. His emotions were a little muffled from all the commotion but you could make out one distinct feeling from his internal ballad.

Revenge.

You didn't react, you only gave a glance and returned back to the moment at hand. Until you saw Bakugo, who came in second place behind you and Izuku.

He didn't seem mad, not at you nor Izuku. But rather, at himself for losing, and beating himself up over his mistakes. He noticed your attention and tsked, squinting his eyes at your menacingly, a silent notion that he will get you back for the loss.

Now you had two acts of revenge on your back, what other new events could unfold for you to worry about.

Oh right.

The tie.

You began to realize just how many variables and uncertainties there were in barely a couple hours, irregularities were what you were trying to avoid. Now you have not only your brother, Todoroki and Bakugo, but also a tie to deal with.

I specifically remember when Ejiro Kirishima and TetsuTetsuTetsu had a tie due to their similar quirks and equal strengths. But that's all the way in the last round, how on earth are they going to break our tie?