Sweet and Spicy

Cousin Tadami

"Please to meet you, everyone!" he greeted while bowing with respect, "my name is Fujimoto Tadami. It was a pleasure to meet you."

Some of the girls were squealing with delight since he was quite handsome. Others were unsure of what to make of him. Midoriya, on the other hand, raised his hand towards him.

"I'm Izuku Midoriya! It's super nice to meet you."

Tadami only smiled and shook his hand firmly.

"Midoriya, isn't it? I'm quite impressed to hear how a human like you earned your quirk so late at this age."
"Well, uh... I guess I'm a late bloomer. There have been recent studies-"
"Not interested in it."

He walked away and sat right next to me.

"Are you, by any chance, related to young Miss Fujimoto?" Iida asked.
"I am. She is my cousin."

Most of my classmates stared at me in shock, apart from a few students and Aizawa. As the group of students continued to ask questions about him and YN, only Shoto, Iida, Kirishima, Tokoyami, and Bakugou looked at the entire interaction in the corner.

"Something's seems off about this, don't you think?" Kirishima asked.
"I honestly was about to ask the same thing, Kirishima." Iida replied. "It's odd for someone who knew very little of their family happens to show up out of the blue."
"And it doesn't help they don't seem too friendly about anyone here."
"I can agree with you on that," Midoriya added as he walked away from the group. "I think he's worse than you were, Kaachan."

Bakugou only growled and glared towards them the entire time. No one knew what he was thinking, but there was something ticking him off. He examined how happy Tadami was towards the girls, but YN was only feeling a bit more uncomfortable than usual. He started to crumble the piece of paper in his hand as his quirk started to activate. Just then, he noticed how YN turned to look at him. Both of them stared at each other quietly but were interrupted with Tadami beginning to look at him. Bakugou scoffed and looked away.

"Do you have a thing with him, dear cousin?" he asked.

YN couldn't reply to him and covered herself with her book.

*****

Half a day passed as the girls went on and on with talking with Tadami and YN at a table near the cafeteria.

"So, you've been to the Americas?" Uraraka asked.
"Of course," Tadami replied, "I've traveled the world with my uncle all the time."
"So, you must've been to the Taj Mahal and met with one of their heroes there, huh?" Momo inquired.
"They didn't have any popular heroes like the ones we have here, but I'm sure there's a few I've met."
"Ooh! Which places have you met that was famous?!" Mina squeaked.
"If you really like to know, I'd say the one in Egypt: where I came across Salaam during one of his missions."
"Wow!" Hagakure sighed, "That sounds so cool!"

As the girls went on and on with my cousin, I noticed a familiar look coming from the table across from mine. Normally, it was a sign of Bakugou being a bit like himself, not caring about his surrounding and being a bit upset with Midoriya. However, it felt more intense as I saw him glare in the other direction.

"You know," Kirishima spoke, "you really need to calm yourself down, Bakugou. You're about as hot as Endeavor's flames by the way you're looking at her."
"Yeah," a student named Sero added, "You don't have to prove a point by making your jealousy get the better of you."
"Oh please! I'm not jealous of him."
"That may be true," Denki added, "But your expressions say otherwise. What: with your scowling, your eyes narrowing, and biting all the food in one go, I say you're very much jealous."
"SAY THAT SHIT TO ME AGAIN ONE MORE TIME, AND I'LL KNOCK YOUR HEAD INTO THE PAVEMENT WHERE YOU BELONG!!"
"My, my. What's this?" a student spoke up in their conversation.

The boys looked at the direction of the student and it was Monoma Neito from Class 1B who spoke up with his plate of food in his hand.

"Looks like the attention span of your classmates aren't towards yours truly, but that new transfer student. Such a shame, really. You all seem to miss the most important thing that should be your top priority: having Class 1B destroy your perfect Class1A to the brim!"
"Look, Monoma." Kirishima spoke gently, "We really don't want to fight over you at the moment. We're just looking out for a classmate of ours that seems quite uncomfortable. So maybe another time-"
"Hm? That one over there? Who's actually looking straight at Mr. Explosive Sludge guy here? I guess I'm not surprised by that at all."
"What'd you say?!" Bakugou growled in anger.
"Now, don't you worry about that," Monoma defused as he tapped Bakugou's head with a napkin. "If you really worry about her, then I think you should worry more on that Tadami guy."
"Why? Do you know something?" Kirishima asked.
"Maybe. Maybe not. I only heard by some teachers some interesting things about that guy and his father."
"His father?"
"Yeah... from what I'm told by the teachers, there could be some very interesting details I could tell you about, if you're interested-"
"No."

The boys looked at Bakugou, who finally calmed down at the moment.

"If we interfere with hers or this cousin's life on pure rumors, how can we call ourselves heroes in the making?"
"Bakugou's right on that one." Sero agreed.
"Man, I thought you were getting jealous on her, but it seems like you care about her~"
"Shut it, buckets of bolts! There's something odd about him and I'll figure it out on my own. So, butt out on this one, CopyCat!"
"Fine, do as you wish! It's not like my information is that important for you at least."

As Monoma left the table to harass another table of the same class, Bakugou examined his body language, his tone of voice when he speaks with the students, anything that deems him unworthy.

"Shitty Hair," he spoke up, looking straight to Kirishima.
"It's Kirishima, Bakugou and my hair's not as bad as yours!"
"Shut it! I have a favor to ask of you."