Overgrowth ⁂ bnha x reader

18 | Unlikely friendships

Realising that her first match was next, (Y/N) started to make her way back through the corridors to the waiting room, filled with dread. Turning a corner, she had to stop dead as she nearly bumped into an extremely pissed-looking Shinsou.

Shit.

"Hey! That was a really cool fight." She smiled nervously, hoping that he wouldn't yell at her. I think I've spent too much time around Bakugou and his inferiority complex. It's not like every random person I talk to wants me dead, right?

"But it wasn't enough, was it?" The bitterness in his voice surprised her. "I lost so quickly. Now I'll have to wait a whole year before I get another chance to win."

Oh, that's right.. Mina told me that when he came to our classroom before, he was talking about getting transferred into the hero course.

Deciding to take a chance and just be blunt, she replied "Why do you want to be a hero so badly?" Wow, I immediately regret this.

Giving her a sharp glance, Shinsou saw nothing but curiosity and nervousness on her face. With a sigh, he explained quietly "People always told me my quirk was villainous. I want to prove them wrong, and show them that I can be a hero."

"That's shitty of them." He looked down in confusion as the girl frowned irritably and continued. "How the hell do you decide if a quirk is villainous? I mean, look at my class. Todoroki could set me on fire or freeze me to death, Mina could dissolve me with acid, hell, even Sero could probably suffocate me with his tape. I could grow poisonous plants, or pull off someone's limbs maybe? I've never actually tried that. Huh."

"Anyway, the point is, your quirk is what you make of it, I guess. It's really cool how you're trying to prove people wrong about you, though."

Slightly surprised, he blurted out "Isn't Midoriya your friend? Why aren't you talking to him instead?"

She shrugged with a grin. "You're an interesting dude and I like you. Plus I'll have plenty of time to talk to Izuku later- he probably won't be out for a few more rounds. Guy's got a serious case of main character syndrome."

Before the stunned guy had a chance to reply to her, the realisation hit her that her match started in about two minutes. "Holy shit, Shinsou, I forgot about my match. Where are the waiting rooms?"

"Follow me." As the girl blurted out a thanks, the two of them started speed-walking down the hallway.

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"Yeah, I get the feeling that the Anxiety hasn't really hit me yet. I'll be in the middle of the fight and just suddenly break down crying, just watch." (Y/N) laughed, leaning back in her chair.

After getting to the waiting room with about a minute to spare, Shinsou had surprisingly offered to stay until the fight started. He was currently sprawled across the other chair, giving sarcastic responses to her stupid comments. "Yeah, you definitely will."

"Hey!"

"(L/N), only a few seconds ago you told me that you cried when you watched Scooby Doo: Zombie island. You're gonna die out there."

"Have you ever seen it? Didn't think so, bitch. It was terrifying." Giving a smirk as if she'd automatically won the argument, she closed her eyes.

Unfortunately, she had about 3 seconds to relax before she heard the battle being announced outside. Leaping to her feet, she walked slowly towards the door, muttering a goodbye to her new friend. Seeing the anxious look on her face, Shinsou gave her a thumbs up and a lazy smile, which she returned.