𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 | 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐨𝐮 𝐤.

✩ four ✩

I feel my palms start to tickle with sweat at the nervousness i felt about meeting everyone in the hero class. would they hate me for what i did to their friend? would they think i'm an impolite person for not introducing myself earlier? what if they ask me how i entered into their class this late in the year?

i feel a hand pat the top of my head bringing me away from my anxious thoughts. i look up to see eijiro with a grin on his face.

"don't sweat it ko! they're gonna think you're so manly i just know it." with that, he turns away and up the stairs where the rest of the hero class were watching the matches go on.

i disregard the dryness of my mouth and wipe my hands on my track pants, following right behind the redhead.

as i climb the stairs, i was reminded of how persistent the whispers of the stars inside my mind were. no matter how loud the crowd sounded or the chattering of my peers right above me, it's never enough to suppress the voices entirely.

i disregard the thoughts once more and try to put a smile on my face remembering that i was meeting my new classmates in just mere moments.

when i finally reach the top of the steps and still following right behind eijiro, i was met with the new and unique faces of the hero class. they were all focused on the match when they noticed kirishima trying to get their attention.

"hey guys! i wanted to formally introduce you to miyamoto konomi since you guys were asking so many question, i thought i would just bring her to you!" he takes a step out of the way and let me do the rest. i gave him a nervous look and he returns it with a reassuring nod.

"i'm sorry i didn't come and introduce myself earlier it was rather rude of me," i bow towards them as i continue. "my name is miyamoto konomi and i'm really excited to get to know you all and to be apart of class 1-a. i promise i will work hard to catch up with you all."

i'm surprised i didn't just vomit everywhere with how nervous i'm feeling right now.

i slowly stand back up straight to see everyone looking at me blankly. the sweat instantaneously started up again as i feel my body start to shake.

oh no they absolutely hate me. i knew i should have come to meet them earlier! probably before the race or even the group battle, how stupid of me.

"it's so nice to finally meet you!" the whole class said in near unison. they're all looking at me with smiles on their faces and a couple of them having stuff come out of their mouth.

a taller boy rushes over to me, his messy green hair reminding me of an oak tree in the summer. he has a bright smile on his face that nearly reaches up to his freckles that meticulously dots his face. he bows right in front of me with a notebook pulled tightly to his chest.

"nice to meet you, my name is midoriya izuku! you did amazing out there during your match with hanta-san." when he stands back up he grabs a pen from his back pocket and opens up his notebook.

"if you don't mind me asking, we're all really curious about your quirk! you moved super fast down there that we could barely see you from up here. it looked like hanta-san was having a battle with light itself! is your speed your quirk or a byproduct of your quirk? what are the different side affects you have from using it too much? was the streak behind you apart of it t-" before midoriya could finish his barrage of questions, a certain blue haired boy came up from behind him and gives him a karate chop to the head, knocking him out cold.

"oh no midoriya are you alright?" i kneel down, flustered not only from his hundreds of questions but also from the fact that he's passed out in the middle of the walkway.

"he will be just fine." the culprit of midoriya's unfortunate situation reassured. i stand back up to be met with glasses and his one arm in a constant chopping motion.

"it is nice to meet you miyamoto. there is no need to apologize for your actions, we were made aware that you were to be joining our class before the tournament even begun." with one swift motion, he was in a deep bow in front of me.

"my name is ida tenya, the class representative of hero course 1-a. as the classes representative, i wanted to humbly welcome you to our class." the boy gives me a genuine smile and i can't help but return it. suddenly all of my worries blew away in the breeze with those reassuring words and looking at the smiling faces of the class behind him.

"the pleasure is mine class rep!"

"you're like a total hottie! so what's your cup si-" before the strange purple headed boy could finish a sentence, eijiro punts him straight into the air and only a glistening shine is left of him.

"don't worry about him ko, he's just a little perverted." i glance over at the red head and i think i see a vein popping out of his forehead. i've never seen such a face on him before.

i'm so confused right now, what just happened?

"i'm so excited to finally have another girl in our class~!" the sweet voice of a pink girl in the stands catches my attention however. before i can think, she jumps onto me and wrapping her arms around me in the process. i nearly fall over if it wasn't for the stability of eijiro's hand on my back to hold me up.

"my name is ashido mina by the way!" she stumbles back a bit shaking her arms and her face scrunches up in pain. "hot hot hot!"

"i'm so sorry about that! i should have given you a warning before." i immediately feel the guilt make its way through my veins, harming someone once again because of my quirk. with a pat on the back, i knew that was eiji's way of telling me not to worry about it so much.

"oh no it's okay miyamoto don't worry about it. is that apart of your quirk?" i give her a quick nod as i watch the rest of the class get up from their seats and make their way towards ashido and i.

"yes it is actually. i call my quirk star!" the oh's and ah's of the class is enough to make the nerves come right back as i become all to aware of their eyes on me. i nervously swing my hands behind my back and start to twiddle my fingers together, a nervous tick i find myself doing more often.

"so basically, my body can emit the heat of a star. that's why i burned you on accident. i don't have much control over it even with these things on." i bring the metal support items that clasp onto my wrists

i notice the green headed midoriya in the back of the group, furiously taking notes in his notebook while sporadically whispering to himself. i don't remember seeing him recover from the floor yet here he was thankfully.

"you see, the heat that i emit isn't nearly as hot as it can be. that's why i have to have them on or else i could really hurt someone." the memories of that night haunt me in the back of my mind. flashes of blood and glass plague me with nearly no escape in sight.

no light at the end of the tunnel.

"well i think it's super cool miyamoto!" a yellow headed boy in the back exclaimed. his hand shoots up in the air giving me a thumbs up.

the rest of the class starts to introduce themselves to me one by one including their quirk. they all have such unique quirks that it makes me want to know more about them. just like midoriya i feel like i have a million questions.

i can't help myself but smile at them as they enthusiastically continue on with their descriptions.

i'm so lucky to be apart of such a wonderful class. i'm so thankful for how i got here.