Limerence [BNHA]

Chapter 17: Late Night Conversation

Saki's P.O.V

After apprising Recovery Girl that I was as fit as a fiddle to leave the nurse's office, I unhurriedly made my way for the spot where Class 1-A students' stands were located at.

Reading the messages – that were sent by some people from the past – removed the dizziness and any negative emotion inside me in a flash. They instead stirred up an overwhelming feeling of jubilation that made me smile radiantly. I still hadn't sent any replies to them since I was unsure of what to do after that.

Sure, they apologized to me, but I was still a bit skeptical about their real intention of messaging me out of the blue after leaving me with bad memories that emotionally wounded me. I do not want to mingle with people who only care about popularity and the fact that I appeared on TV. I'll just ask Izu-chan or my family for advice about this.

Despite having these negative thoughts, I was still smiling from ear to ear as if my emotions and my facial expression were in no way connected with each other. This is because they can see that I am capable of achieving my dream goal which was to become a Pro Hero. That's what I care the most.

I proved it to them that I could be a Pro Hero with this quirk. Their messages also escalated my self-confidence.

I turned around the corner of the hallway and, the instant my gaze landed on the new passageway, I briskly skidded to a halt. My eyes widened in astonishment upon seeing Todoroki in the same place, ambling towards me, although he was also as shocked as I was when he saw me. Despite the fact that he was sporting an impassive mien, I could still distinguish his eyes widening ever so slightly once I entered his line of vision. He also stopped dead in his tracks, albeit in a relaxing manner unlike how I did a few seconds ago.

An awkward tension permeated the air right then and there. The two of us stood straight in silence with a safe distance in between us. His eyes raked over my figure with that indifferent look on his face, making me feel like a student who was being glared at by a disciplinary teacher.

Todoroki Shouto was that type of human that was too complicated for outsiders to understand him fully. The number one reason that made me believe this was his cold and unapproachable appearance. He sometimes looked like he was silently furious, and the next minute he would look bored, and then the next moment he would look so done with everything. But we still don't know what is going on in his mind. Who knows? He could be daydreaming about eating fifty cold sobas beneath that cold exterior.

But in my opinion, Todoroki would be somewhere in the top five of my 'most complicated characters' list. The one who snatched the first spot was Bakugou Katsuki. I don't even know what to say about him. If he were an anime character, he would be that one character where many viewers misunderstood him and came up with many opinions about the reason why he had a bad attitude and why he bullied Izuku.

Oh yeah, Izu-chan... I wonder what he's doing right now...

"Did you just come out of the nurse's office?"

I was flustered on the spot, not because of Todoroki's inquiry but because it was so sudden. It's like you were in an abandoned place and you suddenly heard a voice not far from you. I stammered, "Y-yeah..."

"Then I take it that you are well enough to walk around," said the half-and-half boy, "I thought you would still feel a bit dizzy after overusing your quirk."

I averted my gaze shyly and admitted, "Well, I did feel dizzy right after I woke up, so I stayed in there for a while. I must have missed a lot of matches, didn't I?"

"Yeah, but all of them were not that intriguing," opined Todoroki with a deadpan look.

I smiled uncertainly in a weird way after hearing that blatant confession and ended up stuttering, "I-I see..."