change of plans || todoroki shouto x reader

chapter fifteen

[name] is tired. even moreso than usual. the i-only-got-three-hours-of-sleep kind of tired.

she stayed up late trying to access some contacts to possibly take down the article if they could. there wasn't anything relatively incriminating that she needed them to take it down, but it hasn't even been a month since she's moved to japan and she'd rather not have her face on the news yet.

after staying up until one in the morning, she couldn't fall asleep and opted to go for a midnight workout to tire her out.

man, her sleep schedule is fucked fucked.

after her workout, she goes for a soak in the pool of her penthouse's veranda.

she wakes up with the sun rising and shining on her eyes. squinting, she checks the time.

5:57.

none of her contacts have reached back out yet and she grunts in disappointment. her skin has started to wrinkle, probably because she's been in the water for more more than an hour.

she stares at the still pool. flicking her wrist underwater, orbs of water rise from the pool's surface and halt right between [name]'s eyes and the sun. the waters drop.

oh, if everything was as simple as playing with pool water with her quirk. perhaps she wouldn't be so depressed about living in a million-dollar penthouse and attending a prestigious academy.

everything has been handed to her. at least that's how it felt. maybe that's why it's so difficult to accept everything as it is. so difficult to be just happy.

whatever this feels-fest [name] was having, it needed to end soon. it's a school morning.

if only she knew to enjoy the peace while she could, because it was going to be one hell of a day.

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12:50

"now for today's hero basics..."

"rescue training!"

aizawa announces the activity for the day. everyone seems to be excited but [name] only hoped that it wouldn't be too much physical work. she barely managed to catch up on sleep, taking naps before, between, and even during classes.

if added together, she probably got around three hours of sleep which she hopes is enough for the activity in the "remote site" they were being brought to.

the students change into their hero uniforms. midoriya is wearing his gym clothes which was reasonable since bakugou practically burned his hero costume to pieces last week.

the walk to the bus was a blur. [name] vaguely remembers a loud iida guiding students one by one. the next thing she knew, she was sitting in the rightmost seat in the back of the bus.

she was still tired.

maybe i'll just...

take a quick...

nap...

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todoroki wakes up at the sudden but soft press on his right shoulder. it was [name].

he fell asleep after a few minutes on the bus and he guesses that she did the same. he hadn't noticed that they've been leaning toward each other since then.

she's been dozing off all morning. not an unusual sight but he's never seen her sleep during class before today. it always felt like she respected the teachers too much to be sleeping in class.

todoroki lets her be. it seems that she's had a long night and it wasn't much of a bother anyway.

it didn't really matter though, since she wakes up right after the bus hits a pothole. todoroki realizes that he's been kind of staring at her when she looks up to him.

"ah, shit, did i fall asleep on you?" [name] asks. "sorry."

"it's alright."

todoroki looks to the window on the other side and [name] leans to sleep on the window to her right. her attempt to rest is ruined by the screaming on-fire garbage can sitting in front of her.

"whAT'D YOU SAY FROG-FACE?!"

[name] is irked.

kaminari adds a supporting statement to asui's initial message.

"weLL HOW ABOUT I POUND YOU MISTER VOCABULARY?!" the blond screeches again.

could this kid get any more annoying?

[name] sits straight up from her napping stance and kicks the seat in front of her.

"shut. the fuck. up," she says with corresponding stomps on the back of bakugou's chair. "will you sparky?"

"YOU SHUT UP YOU TWAT."

[name] groans.

"you forgot about someone else when you were talking about strong and cool earlier! it's not just bakugou and todoroki, [last name]-chan's also amazing!" mina says. "did you see how quickly she kicked kaminari's ass during battle training?"

[name]'s face slightly scrunches up. she's never heard her last name spoken in such an adorable way. "thanks, but everyone please call me [name]. i grew up in america don't like being addressed by my last name."

"you say you grew up in america, [name]-san, but your japanese is flawless!" iida comments.

"i'm half japanese so i grew up in a multilingual home," [name] explains.

"oh! i remember seeing something about you in the news last night, [name]-san!" midoriya exclaims.

fuck.

midoriya whips out his phone and shows the article to [name], pointing the screen to her as if she hadn't seen it yet.

[name] takes a closer look at the screen to make sure it was the same webpage and it sure was. she slumps back down on her chair and groans while running her palm down her face.

"ugh. i stayed up all night trying to contact people and have that taken down. i can't believe they haven't yet," [name] says in an annoyed tone.

some of the other students near their faces to midoriya's phone to try and see what they were talking about as well.

before they could make a big deal out of it though, the bus stops and everyone is made to exit the bus into the class venue for the day.

[name] thanked the universe for the amazing timing. hopefully, everyone would let it blow over.

pro hero thirteen is introduced and [name] can't tell whether thirteen was a he or a she. she lets it go, hoping it won't come up anytime soon.

just before they could start with the class however, a dark purple mist appears. a variety of freaks emerge from the mist.

"is this another group of robots like in the entrance exam?"

do they look like robots?! fuck.

"VILLAINS!"

"i wonder if some dead kids will bring him here..?"

[name]'s half awake self vanishes and a rush of adrenaline pumps into her veins.

i guess this isn't a dream, huh?

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tl;dr: the rest of the class see the article [name] tried to had taken down. the usj incident begins.

a/n: im sorry it's so short!! it just felt appropriate to end the chapter here ;; updating soon dw!!!!!