just behind you ~ Katsuki Bakugou x fem O/C

bus ride

writing to procrastinate my Law homework >:)
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TW
brief mention of feeling sick
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I don't miss the dazed look Mineta fixes on Uraraka as we all congregate in the car park. His beady little eyes seem to point in different directions as his head tracks her movements over to Midoriya.

Yayorozu and I walk over to stand beside the little fucker, and she places a politely disgusted hand over her mouth as she realizes where he's looking. I kick the back of his knees and he yelps as he face plants.

Everyone seems oddly quiet and reserved at the moment - Todoroki is sitting on a bench staring off into the distance, and Bakugou has his hand on his hip, facing away from the rest of us. I wonder what pissed him off this time.

I'm just about to comment on how clear the sky is compared to an hour earlier, when a shrill whistle makes me jump out of my skin. Yayorozu places a soft hand on my shoulder, smiling in amusement.

"Gather around class 1A!!" Iida yells, already making good use of his new position as class president appointed to him this morning. I would've run for president too, but I'd followed our teachers example and fallen asleep for half an hour on my desk.

"Using your student numbers, form two neat lines so we can load the bus efficiently!!"

"Iida's kicking it into high gear as our class rep, huh." Midoriya sweatdrops.

"Start as you mean to go on, I guess," I smile, shrugging, "let's go."

Uraraka and Midoriya nod, and we all make our way toward the bus.

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Turns out Iida's organization was all for nothing anyway, as the bus has an open layout, meaning his seating plan is useless. I'm sat between Sato and Midoriya, opposite Iida, Mina, Aoyama and Kaminari.

As everyone chats about their quirks, I let my mind drift to our upcoming training. I'm really excited to be training in a whole new facility; I can't wait to experiment more with my quirk, and find out more about the others. Midoriya's arm nudges mine as he breathes out a sigh of relief from something Kirishima just said, so I tune back into the conversation.

"My hardening's super strong and can destroy bad guys in a fight, but it doesn't look all that impressive." The redhead says, demonstrating by activating his quirk on his forearm.

Midoriya straightens his back a little, "oh no way, I think it's really awesome looking - you're definitely pro material with a quirk like that."

"Yeah, don't put yourself down like that, you're gonna be a great hero someday." I add, smiling reassuringly with Midoriya.

"You really think so? Seems like it'd be easier to be a popular hero if I had something flashier."

Aoyama joins in, talking about how flashy his naval laser is, and I can't help but agree, but Mina reminds the him of the drawbacks, to which he sighs dramatically.

"We'll if anyone in our class has pro-quirks, it's Todoroki and Bakugou." Kirishima says, and we all look over to them.

Bakugou stops staring out the window to look back at us, eyes skimming over everyone before his glare lands on Kirishima, and Todoroki stays asleep.

"Sure, but Bakugou's always angry so he's never gonna be that popular." Tsu deadpans.

Midoriya gives her a horrified look, and Bakugou stands up out of his seat with a face of thunder.