lovefools | shoto todoroki

⤷ CHAPTER 3

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.THE BITTER TASTE OF REALITY.
— season one —

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     IN ALL HER YEARS, Asuka never shared a classroom with Katsuki. No matter how many times she tried to convince her teachers to place her in his classroom, or the few times she tried to convince the Principal that Katsuki needed her for emotional support, it never worked. The two, by some twist of luck or fate, were never assigned to the same classroom.

     Until now... which meant Asuka never realized how lucky she was before.

     "Get your feet off the desk!"

     "Huh?"

     "It's the first day and you're already disrespecting this academy by scuffing school property, you cretin!"

     Asuka, seated behind Katsuki, held her head in her hands as she looked down in shame — partially to avoid being called the chatty-girl again by the boy currently reprimanding her cousin, partially because she knew the other students in the room had their attention to the scene in front of her. But, mostly, it was because Shoto was watching the scene in front of her.

     It was a pleasant surprise for her when she entered her classroom to see Shoto. She didn't know he was also accepted into U.A., but she quickly realized she shouldn't have been so surprised. They both spoke about wanting to be heroes when they were younger, and U.A. was the perfect school to go to for that dream. She meant to greet him after taking her seat, but Katsuki, placing his feet on his desk, instantly started the argument.

     Sooner or later, all the students, including Shoto, would find out she was related to the cretin. But, at least sharing a class with Shoto meant they could rebuild the bond lost in their childhood.

     "You're kidding me, right? Your old school put a stick up your ass? Or were you born with it?"

     There was a brief pause which made Asuka slowly uncover her face. She noticed the shock on the boy's face before he placed a hand on his chest. "Let's start over. I'm Tenya Iida from the Somei Private Academy."

     "Somei, huh?"

     "Just let it go," Asuka muttered as she stared at the back of her cousin's head.

     "So you must think you're better than me," Katsuki leaned forward, ignoring her words. "I'm gonna have fun tearin' you a new one."

     He gasped. "You would threaten me? Your own classmate?"

     Katsuki pointed a thumb behind him. "I threaten her all the time and she's my cousin."

     Her face reddened when she felt eyes on her. She looked up at Iida with a nervous smile. "I apologize for his actions... he still has to learn some manners—"

     Katsuki immediately turned in his seat to look at her with a glare. "What did you—" He paused before turning his attention to the opened door.

     Her eyes followed his. When she realized it was Izuku standing by the doorframe, she smiled and waved at him. Iida straightened up, saying. "It's him."

     The rest of the students turned their attention to Izuku — and Asuka could spot how nervous he was from her chair. Izuku, who had been waving back at Asuka, immediately looked up to the ceiling to avoid the stares of their fellow classmates. "U-Uh, hi."