"What? There's no way!" Ibara laughed. "Just because you have a speed quirk doesn't mean you can beat Tenya. I mean, you're fast but you actually being able to beat him seems unlikely. You're not the racing type!" You shrugged and rolled your eyes.
"Whatever, I was just making a proposition," you said quietly. You were in class 1-B of UA high school, the lesser known class of the hero course. You were joking around with the idea of racing the notoriously fast hero who went by the name of Ingenium, but your classmates took it the wrong way.
"Well still," Itsuka said, "her quirk does give her pretty intense speed, even if it works different from Iida's. I believe in you!" she smiled sweetly, knowing what she said would most likely not hold up if you were to race Tenya.
You had never really interacted or even talked to Iida, you were rather indifferent to him, but you did know he seemed like a respectable, smart, and good man. Always trying to improve upon himself. He seemed like someone you could be friends with, especially with your similar quirks.
Your quirk allowed you to make your limbs move way faster than a normal person's would. In return, you had to eat like crazy and intake as many calories as you could, since your quirk ate up your fat and that meant you had an insane metabolism. Most of the girls in your class said they were jealous, you could eat whatever you wanted and never gained weight. It was handy, but more of a pain than you would expect.
It was a basic quirk, kind of like the Flash. It would be easy for you to be a hero though, everyone loves a speedster. "I was kind of joking. I hardly know him, and he's had way more experience and training than I," you stated.
Ibara laughed and looked at you sweetly. "Oh come on, don't be like that. I was joking too. And your engines don't stall every time you go to your full power. You just get hungry, which is a much more minor backlash," she said, trying to encourage you. You smirked and took a bite of your rice, your mouth watering at how good Lunch Rush's food is.
Just then, Izuku Midoriya, Ochako Uraraka, and Tenya Iida walked by you, laughing and talking to each other, and they went and sat down at their usual table.
"Well, Y/N," Monoma butted in, "he's right there. Why don't you ask him? I know you, or any person really, can beat any moron from class 1-A," he said laughing maniacally. Kendo hit him on the head with her huge hand and rolled her eyes.
"Don't underestimate them. It'll be your downfall," she quipped, and truer words couldn't have been said.
While you were talking about these things, apparently Tetsutetsu heard you, and he marched right over to Tenya, and took the initiative.
"Hey, Tenya, Y/N wants to have a race with you. She thinks she could mop the floor with you," he said. Devastated, you shot your head down and buried them in your hands.
"Well, she could have chosen better words, but I would be honored to race against someone with a similar quirk to mine, especially one who goes to a prestigious school like this!" he exclaimed. Your face went red as you realized you were about to be embarrassed by the most goody-two-shoed boy in the school.
Iida peeked over Midoriya's head and waved at you. "Can't wait! You will be a most admirable opponent!" he said, smiling. You made a small smile and waved back.
"Yeah. Can't wait," you said more to yourself than to anybody.
"How about right after school you meet me out at the track and we'll race there?" he proposed lightheartedly. You nodded and went back to eating. If you were actually going to do this, then you ought to give it everything you got. Tenya was competitive and would give it his all, so you would have to as well.
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The bell sounded and you heard other students get up and grab their things. You had your head ducked down to your desk, your arms around your head making a nice little cave for you to collect your thoughts before your impending "doom," as
Monoma so lovingly put it.
Finally, you got up and gathered your things. 'I just need to get this over with,' you thought to yourself. Various classmates said their goodbyes for the night, and the rest followed you down to the track. Some of them tried to encourage you, some of them teased you and said you would lose. Both of the things they were saying didn't help to soothe your nerves.
As you came into view of the track, you saw him stretching and fully dressed for the occasion. You, on the other hand, were still dressed in your school uniform. In an attempt to acquire more appropriate attire, you took of your jacket, button up shirt, and skirt to reveal a tank top and spandex you always wore underneath your clothes.
The perverted Mineta ogled you in all of your glory. Tenya appeared behind him and karate chopped him on the head. "No woman is asking for you to undress her with your eyes, man-child," he said in a level tone. You silently thanked him and started stretching yourself.
Of the people who came to watch, it was Ibara, Tetsutetsu, Monoma, and Itsuku from your class. From 1-A, it was Midoriya, Uraraka, Kirishima, Denki, and Todoroki. Apparently, people were excited to see who would win.
'At least the whole school isn't here or anything,' you thought. You looked over to see Tenya laughing and talking with his friends. You wished that you could disappear and never talk to him again. Racing him was the last thing you needed, you always embarrassed yourself enough.
Iida walked over to you and extended his hand. "Best of luck, my speedy friend."
"Same to you," you responded, shaking his hand briefly. At least you knew that if you won, he wouldn't be a spoil sport, and if you lost he wouldn't rub it in; though you couldn't say the same for your other classmates.
"Alright, lets get this party started!" Itsuka exclaimed. "Will the two contestants please step up to the line?" You saw Iida walk up to the line and you soon followed him and stood next to him. You crouched down into your starting blocks and placed your hands in front of the line. "On your marks, get set," you shot your rear end up, "go!"
You exploded out of your blocks, not surprised to see that Iida had about two feet on you. You sped up as fast as you could to the point where your whole body was a blur. You felt like you couldn't make it.
Then an unexpected thing happened. You got closer and closer to Iida before you passed him. You glanced over as you were right next to him and saw a determined look on his face. As you passed him you felt him speeding up next to you, till you were neck and neck.
The race was only 400 meters, and it wouldn't take long, definitely under ten seconds, but it felt way longer. You felt your energy being eaten up as you pushed yourself as hard as you could. You came up on the last bend and saw the finish line straight ahead.
You heard cheers yelling your name, when you realized you were just barely in front of Tenya. You pushed as hard as your could go and passed the finish line, beating him by a millisecond. "Y/N wins!" Ibara screamed.
You laughed in amazement at the fact you actually won. You flopped down on the ground, your stomach grumbling. You closed your eyes and smiled, and a happiness rushed over you. You opened your eyes to see Iida holding his hand out to you, and you took it. He pulled you up and gave you a quick hug, slapping your back. "Great job, L/N. Looks like I have more training to do!" he said laughing.
"No you did great, I barely won. But we should do this again sometime, see who wins next time," you laughed back. He nodded. Everyone congratulated you and slapped your back, and you felt more proud of yourself than you had been in a while.
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Thanks for reading everybody! I enjoyed writing this one, it was nice to just have a story with no romance or anything like that, just good times. Sorry it's so short though :/ y'all deserve better.
As always, please leave suggestions for stories in the future, don't be shy, i'm open to anything. Have a great day!
-Liv💙
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