Quiet Love [Shoto Todoroki x OC]

Chapter 5

The following morning, Aimi walks into class barely alive, fighting to keep her eyes open. She barely got any sleep last night worrying about her next encounter with Todoroki. Well, still a little sleep more than she usually gets. Sometimes she wished she could be just like her father, falling asleep anywhere at any time.

So now, Aimi has to sit through her boring classes and waits for lunch to arrive. Alone the thought of being able to take a quick nap makes her drowsy. She really should've went to sleep earlier, but how could she? Alone the thought of Todoroki telling others about her attempt at conversation, making fun of her and laughing in her face- Dread weaves it's way through her body.

When Present Mic enters the room to start his English lesson, Aimi's startled by his loud voice. He's lucky her dad cares about him and that she likes him, so she's able to overlook his loudness. Aimi's aware it's part of his quirk, but how can someone be that energetic all the time?

Slowly throughout the lesson, Aimi feels her eyes getting heavier and she's struggling to keep them open. If she weren't absolutely set on being respectful to her teacher, she would've been asleep by now. Though she's wondering if a little nap would even hurt anyone. Coming to the conclusion that it would, in fact, not hurt anyone, she places her head on top of her crossed arms and closes her eyes.

Although she still can't fall asleep, Aimi's finally able to relax a little bit. She sinks into her seat, barely noticeable, and sighs quietly. Her muscles ease up little by little and her ears drown out Present Mic's voice. The only thing making her slightly uncomfortable is a set of eyes observing her 'sleeping' body.

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Aimi's woken up by someone poking at her relentlessly. Sighing, she lifts her head and rubs at her tired eyes before opening them.

"Hey Aimi-chan", Mina starts of, grinning," It's time for lunch, come with me."

Before Aimi can answer, Mina has taken her hand and is pulling her towards the lunch hall. If she had had the possibility to chose and wasn't being dragged by her classmate, Aimi would've continued sleeping. Usually, especially when getting dragged away so abruptly, Aimi doesn't take it so well being woken up from a good nap. She's irritated and groggy and isn't really set on talking, but she wouldn't admit that. She likes Mina and doesn't want to fuck up a chance at being her friend, so Aimi's gonna have to suck it up.

And it's only getting worse with every second Mina's holding her hand. While Aimi hates being touched for so long, she doesn't have the heart to tell Mina to let go off her. She can't do anything against her hand getting clammy though. And rather quickly the familiar feeling of ice spreads through her arm to her chest and she feels the tears starting to well up. Aimi likes Mina, but she can't help but feel disgusted at the touch of their skins.

Mina orders for the both of them, noticing the slightly confused look on Aimi's face. When their food's ready, they walk back to a table where Kirishima, Sero, Kaminari and the angry hot-head are already sat at. Mina sits down next to the red-haired guy and Aimi's forced to sit next to Bakugo. She already knows her nerves are gonna be put to a test. (do you say that in English? i don't know) She starts eating without shedding a light on the others, enjoying the delicious food.

"So Aimi, what do you think of our teachers yet", tape-arms says. That's Sero, Aimi concludes. He seems really nice, although his smile's a bit weird. But who's she to judge?

She shrugs and swallows her food before answering. "I think they're all okay." She grimaces slightly," Though Present Mic's a little too loud for my comfort."

At that the others, except for Bakugo, laugh before agreeing. A sense of accomplishment flows through Aimi and she can't hold back the smile spreading across her face.

"You're right. Though he's still not as bad as the Pomeranian over here", Kirishima says while pointing at Bakugo, who stops eating to shout at him.

Aimi's smile turns into a slight frown at the noise and she glares at Bakugo until he turns around to face her. "What!? you got a problem extra", he questions, still too loud for Aimi's ears. Her glare intensifies before answering the blonde.

"Yeah. Actually, I do. Could you maybe step back on the volume, please? I'd appreciate that a lot, thank you", Aimi admits before she continues eating. The others laugh quietly and Bakugo looks at her with a glare.

"I can do whatever I want, hag", he exclaims before eating. Aimi sighs and turns over to him. "Sure you can. Just, please, don't shout right next to my ear. I'm sensitive to loud noise and I really don't want to shut you up myself. That'd just cost me unnecessary energy."

Aimi turns back to her food after hearing a very faint 'fine' coming from Bakugo. So he can be considerate when he wants to. Shocking.

"Hey Aimi, I had a question", Kaminari asks after overcoming the shock of Bakugo complying quietly. Aimi looks at him, while still eating her delicious food. "We don't know your last name, even Aizawa calls you by your first name. Is there a reason behind that or not?"

Aimi thinks before she answers. The actual reason why she doesn't let anyone know her last name is because she and her father agreed at keeping it quiet at first. Of course Nezu had no problem with him being her homeroom teacher, but they thought the others might think she'd get privilege. That's why they wanted to wait before the others would get to know the truth.

"Well, I just prefer it like that. I don't really have a real reason." She looks at their faces and although Bakugo looks a bit wary, the others seem to accept her answer and continue eating.