aerie (bakugo katsuki x oc)

chapter 7: bus of idiots

Of course my assigned bus seat is right next to the one person I'd rather die than sit next to. I sit as close to the edge as I can. Hopefully she doesn't talk to me anymore after our little tiff earlier (unlikely).

You think "poking fun" is what friends do, Glitch-girl? Well, watch me never reply to anything you say ever again. The silent treatment. You won't be twisting shit into some delusion of friendship this time, you pest!

As soon as she sits down, she smiles wide, head tilted affectionately towards me. "Hey, Kitty-kat," she says.

"What the hell did you just call me?!" I scream.

She doubles over laughing. "Your face!"

"Shut the hell up!" I shout.

"I thought you'd like it," she giggles, voice shaking as she tries to control her incessant laughter. "It's alliteration, like your nickname for me!"

Nickname?! She thinks it's a nickname?! I only call her that because I don't give a fuck about her actual name! She's nothing more than a teleporting nuisance to me, and she'll never be anything but!

"Didn't I tell you never to speak to me again?!" I exclaim.

She cocks her head. "I don't remember you saying that."

I groan.

She scoots closer. "I like how we always get paired together. It's like the universe wants us to be friends! We should listen to the signs, Kitty-kat."

"Scoot over you damn lunatic! I don't want your psychosis to rub off on me."

"Ha! Always something wittingly mean to say."

I roll my eyes.

"I like it," she says in a lower voice.

She likes it? What the hell does she mean she likes it? I don't give a fuck what she likes, I just want her to get the hell away from me!

I lean my head away from her. "Gross."

I then overhear a conversation between a few classmates. "You wanna talk strong, that'd be Todoroki and Bakugo," Weird-hair says.

I roll my eyes. "Tch."

"Whoa whoa whoa, what about me?" Glitch-girl says, clearly offended. "I'm obviously stronger than Bakugo!"

"You are not!" I yell.

"Your defense is better than Bakugo's, but he can do way more damage with one hit," says the frog girl.

Glitch-girl scoffs. "Who gives a shit? I can go toe to toe with any of you weaklings and kick all your asses!"

"But Bakugo's so unhinged, he'll never be popular," the amphibian remarks, ignoring her completely.

I jump up and grab the railing. "What'd you say Frog-face?!"

She points at me. "See?"

"We've only just started socializing," Dunce-face joins in, "And you've made it abundantly clear the unpleasantness that is your rabid dog of a personality."

"Yeah okay Mr. Vocabulary," I remark, in a mocking tone. "How 'bout I pound you?!"

Glitch girl cackles by my side. "Yeah, Kaminari. You've make it 'abundantly clear' the absolute fatuousness that is your entire existence!" She nudges me. "This guy," she says quietly, like we're on the same side.

I point my thumb at her. "Look, she's just as bad as me!"

"Yeah," Dunce-face sighs. "But she has redeeming qualities," he says, with a longing smile.

I scoff. "Like what?"

"She's charming, and cute!" The pink girl chimes in.

I roll my eyes. "According to who?"

Cute? I mean, sure, she's easy on the eyes, there's no denying that. But her insanely annoying personality ruins it. Now, "charming" is the one I have a real problem with. Ever since first time I ever heard her open her mouth, I've despised every word that comes out. She's a pest, in every sense of the word.

"Kai will be popular with a quirk like that, no matter how bad her personality is." Frog-face points out, still talking like she actually knows anything.

Glitch girl jumps to her feet next to me. "You better watch it, Froakie. Why don't you hop on out of here."

"Yeah, back to your lily pad." I add, tired of this amphibian acting all high and mighty.

Glitch-girl turns her head to me. "What the hell did we ever do to them?"

I cross my arms. "They're just hating because they know we're the strongest in the class, and that we can destroy them any day."

She nods. "Damn straight!"

"Sit down," Aizawa Sensei groans.

We both plop back in our seat, and the class continues to talk amongst themselves.

Glitch-girl elbows me. "So you really think I'm one of the strongest in the class?"

I fold my arms. "Psh. Only the best of the best can take me on and live to talk about it."

She sinks down in the seat with a smile.

Why the hell is she smiling? That wasn't a compliment, it was a fact. I'd never let anyone even remotely weak get me to the ground, not in a million years. So sure, she's strong, but that doesn't mean she has any of my respect, or my sympathy. She just needs to leave me the hell alone already. I'm already sick of her shit, and it's still the first week of school.

I roll my eyes, and stare out the window.

This year sucks.