The only sounds in the school was Shouto’s own footsteps, and the occasional meows from Fuyu that he decided to keep in his bag for now until he reached the classroom. It was gonna be harder to keep Fuyu hidden during school than in the morning since most people are too tired to notice anything. Fuyu didn’t like the idea of staying in his bag all day, she wanted to stretch and walk around than stay cramped inside a bag all day. If someone were to find out he had a cat in his bag, it wouldn’t end very well. Aizawa would probably tell him to put the cat outside than keeping her inside, but she doesn’t really know this part of Musutafu since she doesn’t walk away from home that much.
‘What time is it again?’ Grabbing his phone from the back of his pocket, the time read 6:58 AM, ‘People should probably be getting here in a few minutes, maybe it’ll be enough time for Fuyu to stretch and walk a little.’ Taking the few minutes he’ll have alone, Shouto opened the door to the classroom slinging his bag gently onto the nearest desk to let Fuyu out.
“Alright Fuyu, I know you don’t like staying in one place for too long, but I’m gonna need you to hide in my bag for at least a few hours until lunch time, okay?”
He received a glare that he knew even Bakugou would smirk at if he was there to see it. Laughing in a quiet tone, Shouto let Fuyu down to onto the tile floor thinking of a better place for her to stay at than his school bag. It would be impossible for her to find somewhere to hide beside the drawers that are attached to Aizawa’s desk where he mostly keeps papers in, and phones whenever Mina and Kaminari text each other during class. Taking his bag off Aoyama’s desk, he started to walk back towards his own desk in the back next to Yaoyorozu and Satou. It may not be the best spot for most people, but it’s suitable for him since Yaoyorozu and Satou don’t talk much, and Yaoyorozu will gladly help him with homework if a question is too hard for him to understand.
Taking his spot, he glances back towards the front of the class to watch Fuyu walk around Aizawa’s desk to pass the time before going into hiding, playing with pens and papers on the desk. It continued like this for about 20 or so minutes before the door of the classroom door started to open. Taking that as a sign to start hiding, Fuyu jumped off the desk running towards Shouto’s bag, getting inside just in time as Iida stepped into the classroom.
“Todoroki, what are you doing here earlier than usual?” Iida made his usual hand gestures as he started to head towards his desk slinging his bag over the back of his chair.
“I just woke up early than I usually do, so I decided to come here for the time being,” Shouto gave Iida his usual expressionless face that he wore most of the day until he got home. It was kinda easy to hide emotions in front of others, spending most of your childhood isolated from people really works the charm.
“What happened to your eye?”
The questions didn’t stop until Shouto came up with a lie that told a little bit of the truth, “I was taking a shower this morning, but I slipped and accidentally scratch my eye which caused the scar tissue to rip.”
“You should be more careful Todoroki, if you hadn’t gotten it patched up, it could have caused infection.”
“It’s alright Iida, I took care of it properly, so it won’t get infected and it’ll heal properly.”
“Good, so did you at least get enough sleep? It’s important to get 8 to 9 hours of sleep each day to strengthen your mind,” Iida continued his lecture of having enough sleep, and about keeping your body in top shape while doing his hand gestures in the air.
The lecture only lasted for 10 whole minutes before students started to come in distracting Iida for a few moments to greet each student, and find his group of friends as they walked in after Bakugou and his group. It surprised Shouto how even Bakugou got a group of friends that are obnoxious and annoying, and haven’t killed any of them yet for doing their pranks on him every once and awhile.
The classroom went from complete total silence to chaos as students started to talk louder and louder, waiting for the teacher to enter the room any moment. Every few minutes someone would ask him what happened to his eye, and Shouto would give them the same answer he gave Iida, trying to make it as convincing as he possibly could. Midoriya was the one Shouto had trouble convincing the most out of the whole class.
“Shouto, are you sure you’re okay? Your father didn’t…”
“Midoriya, I already told you it was by accident, my father wouldn’t do something like this on purpose.”
“Are you sure?...If you need someone to talk to, you know you can come to me, right?”
“I know Midoriya, and I will keep my promise of coming to see you if I were to need anything.”
“Promise?...”
“I promise,” promised Shouto as Midoriya caught up with his group of friends just in front of the class going back to chatting away. He rubbed his temples slightly after making sure no one was looking as a headache started to bloom from all the noise. It wouldn’t bother him in the slightest, but it seemed like today just wasn’t going to be his day.
Of course, Bakugou had to start an argument with Midoriya of all days. The yelling and small explosions didn’t help with his headache at all, only making it worse by the second. Fuyu kept rustling inside his bag, knowing she didn’t really like the loud explosions that Bakugou continued to give out as he yelled directly at Midoriya’s face.
“Fucking Deku, I told you to stop with the muttering already!”
“S-Sorry Kacchan! I promise it won’t happen again!”
“You better fucking keep that promise, or I’ll make sure you won’t be the one that breaks your bones this time!”
It wasn’t until Aizawa walked into the classroom did everyone started to quiet down, Shouto giving a silent thank you for Aizawa to walk in that moment. If he hadn’t come any sooner, then he would have lost his cool for a moment, and tell everyone to shut up before his headache got worse. Everyone started to get into their seats as the morning bell rang, and the long torturous day beginning.
“Today we’ll be going over-” “meow,” Aizawa froze in his spot as well as the other students, hearing the meow of a cat that seemed to have came from the back of the room. Shouto couldn’t have been more embarrassed in his life when everyone started to stare at him feeling the blood rush to his cheeks and ears.
“Shouto, was that you man?” Kirishima was the first to speak out of everyone as they continued to stare at him each with different expressions on their faces. Deciding not to keep anyone waiting, and coming to the wrong conclusions, Shouto sighed in defeated reaching into his bag taking Fuyu.
“I, uh, brought a cat to school because she didn’t want to go back home…”
It went silent for another few minutes before squealing and awws started to fill the air. Yaoyorozu smiled as she scratched Fuyu’s chin, the other girls in the class coming over to Shouto’s desk to pet the white cat. They each took turns petting and holding the cat, questioning Shouto of where he found her. He answered the question the best he could, receiving compliments for taking her in when she was injured and a stray. If he hadn’t been paying attention, he would have missed Mineta commenting about him getting all the girl’s attention, or miss Bakugou’s smirk as he watched the scene unfold before him. The fun didn’t last long as Aizawa started to walk over towards his desk with an unknown glint in his eyes.
“What’s her name?” Aizawa took the cat out of Ashido’s arms, looking at her with tired eyes, yet held her gently in his arms.
“Fuyu, why?” Shouto would have sworn he saw Fuyu smiling with all the attention she is receiving at the moment, and just a few minutes ago before Aizawa took her.
“Since she seemed uncomfortable in that bag of yours, she’ll stay in my sleeping bag until the end of class.”
Shouto froze in his desk shocked that Aizawa didn’t ask to put the cat outside, or throw her out himself. As the teacher walked back towards the front of the class, everyone else went back to their seats surprised by the gesture as well. Aizawa never shared his sleeping bag, but it seemed like he had a soft spot for cats that he would willingly share his sleeping bag for her to sleep in. Opening the bag for the cat to crawl in, Aizawa turned back towards the class with stack full of papers in hand, the sound of groaning filled the room.
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Light In The Darkness
Fiksi Penggemar"Mom...I know it's not right, but I can't do it anymore. The children, they're...like him more and more every day. And Shouto...his left side. Sometimes I look at him and hate what I see." Shouto drew closer, just enough for his left side to be seen...
