Torn

Cheer Up, Ochako!

Tokoyami POV

The match is over........I should wake Y/N...

I look down at Y/N, sleeping peacefully, her head resting on my shoulder.

I wish I could hold her...but there are other people around and PDA isn't very welcoming normally...

I lightly move my shoulder and she opens her eyes. She sits up and rubs the sleepy out of her eyes.

"The next match is Itsuka vs. Ashido, right?" Y/N asks for conformation.

I nod.

"Awesome! Where did I put the PomPoms?" Y/N gets up from her seat and searches for the PomPoms.

Itsuka POV

I look at my classmates and Y/N cheering. They are all Jumping around waving PomPoms.

Haha...they all found the PomPoms...

I step up onto the arena floor once Present Mic introduces me. I see Ashido step up after me. I take a deep breath and get into my fighting stance.

"Ready...Go!" Midnight starts the battle.

I run at Ashido and dodge her acid. I jump up into the air and activate my quirk. My fists grow and rapidly punch Ashido. She stumbles back, Midnight announces,
"Ashido is out of bounds! Kendo is moving to the next round!"

"Yippee!" I jump up and down in joy. I walk back to the seating area and get congratulated by Y/N and my classmates.

Y/N POV

After congratulating Itsuka, I notice Uraraka is nowhere to be seen.

She's fighting Bakugo...she's probably nervous...I should go find her...she might be in one of the waiting rooms...

I turn to Tokoyami and tell him I'm going to go find Uraraka. I also tell him good luck, because his match is next. I get up from my seat and start walking towards the match waiting rooms.

"Hey, Y/N! Where are you going?" I hear Kaminari ask.

I turn around and reply,
"I'm going to go look for someone."

I continue walking. I reach one of the waiting rooms and quietly open the door. I spot Uraraka. She looks really nervous.

"Hey...Uraraka..." I quietly, and awkwardly, mumble.

She looks up and gives me a nervous smile. He replies in a terribly forced cheerfully tone,
"Hey, Y/N. What's up?"

"You're nervous about fighting Bakugo, aren't you..." I state.

"What...? No..." Uraraka replies in lying tone.

I give her a look.

She sighs and nods.

I walk over to her and sit down in the chair beside her'. I then give her a mini pep talk,
"Uraraka, you are a strong and capable living person. You have a quirk that can do amazing things if you work hard and think creatively. You have one of the strongest fighting spirits I've seen so far in my lifetime. You are also very kind and caring. You're a wonderful person with a heart close to gold. You remind of my adoptive mother, Linda. She didn't take anybody's sh#t and was about as headstrong as you can get. She didn't let it consume her though. She was patient, caring, kind, loyal, and so many other things. I see her amazing personality in you. It almost makes me think when she stopped breathing, her amazing personality went to you. You may not win against Bakugo, but you sure as hell will be closer than most our other classmates."