Mysterious Hero

Chapter 10 - Jealousy

     The surprise I had for today was Prince Todoroki sitting next to me on the bus. I clenched my fists, straightened my elbows, and pressed them up against my knees. I usually did this when I was nervous or deep in thought and right now, I'm both.
Todoroki pulled a handkerchief out of the inside pocket of his costume and gently guided my chin to face him with is thumb and forefinger. He then went for my face with the handkerchief, but I reeled back.
"Excuse me? May I ask what you were doing?" I crudely asked. He rolled his eyes.
"Wiping the blood off of your face, if I may," he said with a neutral tone.
"Ask permission next time."
"Will there be a next time?" Kaminari joined in. I could feel the tips of my ears burning red.
"Hopefully not," Shoto answered as he started to wipe the blood off my forehead. He was acting more... spiteful than normal. Sure, he ignores everyone who talks to him, but he doesn't answer so coldly, his tone is usually neutral, but right now it sounds harsh.
Kaminari held both of his hands up with defense and continued to talk with Mina and Tsuyu. I was mad at him for lashing out at our friends, and so I glared at him, almost burning his skull with my gaze.
But he was focused on anything but my gaze.
He furrowed his brow with unnecessary concentration as I threw more daggers at him with my eyes until I closed my them and sighed.
"What's wrong? You've been glaring at me for the past two minutes," he finally said. I look up at him with a glare once again and this time, more angry. He eyed me with a monotone expression, but I could see he was nervous by the way his forehead beaded with sweat.
"Are you done?" I asked at my turn to be cold. He gulped and nodded as I leaned back in my seat. I rested my head between the space near the window and the top back the the chair where my was neck lying. I was mad for no reason at this point, but I could hold a grudge. A grudge against Todoroki, against me, and a little against Denki for asking such a thing. I glared out the window at the passing cars, buildings, and trees.
"Why did you answer his question with that tone?"
"Huh?" Todoroki grunted. I sighed and removed my head from the space. I glared right into his soul, I thought he might catch on fire.
Well, he could if he tried.
"Kaminari's question. Why did you say it like that?" I rephrased my sentence.
"What do you mean? What did I say?" He asked obliviously. I rolled my eyes.
"Forget it..." I trailed off with utter disappointment.  'Does he think I'm an idiot? I know he's annoyed by something, but that doesn't give him the right to be so cold towards our friends and classmates.' I thought with my own annoyance.
I placed my head where it was again and closed my eyes, letting myself drift into a nap.

Someone shook me awake when we arrived. And shook me violently.
"(Y/n)! Wake up! We're back at school!" Mina exclaimed excitedly. I groaned as I rubbed my eyes open. My neck was hurting more than I thought it would. "Let's go change back into our uniforms!" She shouted once again. Mina yanked my hand and my arm followed. She led me off the bus and into the school running after the other girls. I thought my shoulder was going to dislocate.
"Wait up! I have her right here!" She called after them. They all looked back at me with happy eyes despite what had happened, and mischievous grins were plastered on all of their faces. All except Tsuyu and Momo, and I could feel Hagakure smile nervously.
"Hey! So umm, we were thinking that instead of a slumber party for just girls, we could invite all of class A with us to a karaoke cafe!" Uraraka exclaimed. She rubbed the back of her neck.  I sighed in relief. Being alone with these girls is a death wish.
"Fine by me! In fact, I think it's better to have more friends around to enjoy," I commented. In truth, I wanted to spend more alone time with myself. Or Katsuki. Maybe even Ako. Speaking of which, I need to confirm information with her about Riku. I'm sure I saw his face there at the USJ. And with the thought of that, it made me a nervous wreck.
When we arrived at the locker room, I changed as fast as I could before bolting to the classroom where we were supposed to report back to.
I slowed to a stop in front of the door and about opened it until I heard voices.
"You don't control her. She's not a dog," said a boy. It sounded too much like Todoroki.
"I'm not trying to, you stupid half and half! I'm just telling you to stay away from her!" The other boy shouted. 'Katsu?' I thought. I cracked open the door and my eyes widened at the seen. Katsuki had a fist full of Shoto's shirt and his glare was so murderous, I thought the look alone wood kill him. I couldn't see the Ice Prince's face, but I knew he was doing the same because of the heavy tension in the air.
"No," Todoroki said bluntly, "I won't because she is my friend. And friends don't abandon each other." He gripped Katsuki's hand and tried to push him away except he couldn't. The blond chuckled.
"That's rich! What kind of idiot would think she'd be friends with you?" He asked, amused.
"I should ask the same. I don't get what she sees in you, but it won't last for long. She'll realize what kind of bastard you are and dump you." Shoto answered. Bakugou raised his fist to throw a punch, but before he could, I slammed open the door. The fist was three inches away from the heterochromic boy's face when it stopped, and the suspect landed his eyes on me.
"Stop it right now!" I screamed, stomping into the room and slammed my bag in a random chair. "Drop it." I ordered. He glared at me, but I glared back harder.
"Grhg," he growled, but he dropped his fist and pushed Shoto up against a desk. The red-white haired boy turned around with a relieved look on his face, but went back to neutral when he saw I was glaring at him too.
"I heard what both of you said to each other," I admitted. The both looked back at me with panicked eyes. "Don't know who you were talking about and frankly I don't care," this statement seemed to release them from their panic. "Todoroki, it's not nice to mock people. Sure, he may be an asshole sometimes, but that doesn't mean you can say that he'll be friendless." Katsuki snickered at my statement and Shoto looked down in shame. "Katsuki, you can't tell people what to do just because you're worried things might change. There is change happening everyday and even right now as the clock ticks away. It's never good to act on impulse either, trust me." I took a deep breath as they eyed me with curiosity.
"Now apologize to each other and I'll forget this ever happened. Kapeesh?" I ordered. Bakugou grunted and mumbled a "sorry" as Shoto just flat out said, "I apologize." I smiled at the two and as if on cue, everyone came in one by one.
"Alright class. You all will have the remainder of the week off for rest. You've had a long day today fighting villains. Report back to school on Monday. Dismissed." And with that confirmation from the mouse principal himself, everyone jumped up with excitement.
Iida soon cut the noise short by announcing that the girls have something important to inform.
"Everyone is invited to Cafe Karakara for a party! It is mandatory so everyone must come!" exclaimed Hagakure.
"That means you too Bakugou! No objections!" Uraraka pointed at the blonde who scoffed. He glanced at me before shutting his eyes.
"Fine." He grumbled.
"And (Y/n), it is very essential you come too!" The brown haired girl then pointed at me.
"It's not like I have a choice to not go. You girls would drag me out of my house by my hair if I didn't." I whimpered. The girls laughed and I stood up, grabbed my bag, and waved everyone a goodbye.
I walked to the gate where I saw a familiar figure waiting for me.
"Hey Ako!" I greeted. She looked up from her phone and ran up to me with a smile and teary eyes. She attacked me with a hug and buried her face in the crook of my shoulder.
"I was so worried when I heard what happened at USJ training ground! I'm just glad you're okay!" Ako pulled away when she didn't feel me hugging back. She searched my eyes and I looked down.
"Ako... he was there," I started. Her eyes widened more with fear than confusion.
"I saw him with my own two eyes. I saw Riku with the villains that attacked the facility."

Authors Note • I'm sorry for not updating sooner. I hoped you like this trash chapter and comment if I need to fix anything. Love you! 🤗
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