Fight or Flight [BNHA x reader]

The spark of life

"TIMES UP! In first place...TEAM MINETA!" If anyone asked Aizawa did not smile beneath his bandages, he was not glowing with paternal pride, and he was not wanting to lift you up and shout to the world how proud he was of his 'daughter'. Mic totally didn't see it either and he definitely wasn't planning on telling you Midnight about it later. "In second place...TEAM TODOROKI!" Endeavor was both disappointed and ecstatic, his son was finally going to realize he couldn't win without his full power. "In third place...TEAM MIDORIYA!" The green haired boy flinched at the snarl coming from Bakugou. "In fourth place...TEAM BAKUGOU!" The boy was livid, his team though excited to make it through, all moved away from the feral teen. He lost to fucking Deku...again.

You dropped your hold on Mineta and slunk to your knees, wheezing as you puffed out cold air. Mineta kissed the ground, Kaminari just spun in a dizzy circle, and Hatsume threw her goggles into the air with a scream of joy. A smile came on your face, you guys did it, you took first.

"No way." Mineta whispered quietly, black eyes glistening with tears of relief. "WE DID IT!" He let the tears fall dramatically as he and Kaminari shared a less than stellar high five, the electric boy woozy and borderline fried from his quirk.

"Hells yeah dude! I...told you to join...us." Kaminari slurred slightly, you laughed at the cheesy, idiotic grin on his face. He wobbled over to you and flopped down, laying his head on your shoulder. "You protected me...my cute angel is a...hero!" You pat his head and the dopey boy swooned. He needed a charge up before the next event or he was screwed.

"Harem here I come! I can see all the boobilicious babes already." Mineta unabashedly ogled Hatsume, her sports uniform was tied around her waist showing her more than ample chest to the world. The pink haired inventor was grinning, her eyes were watery from overuse but she was ecstatic at the win and the purple haired boy didn't creep her out as much as he probably should have. She thought he was kind of amusing, like a more annoying version of sparky.

Your eyes traveled the arena in interest, watching the reactions of each team that would press further or were cut off. Bakugou was seething, you expected nothing less from him. But if the festival went as it normally did, these would be 1 v 1's where Bakugou would be able to show off, if any trial would showcase how he was top tier, you knew it would be this one. With your training together, he would be even more adept at fighting against someone like Todoroki, a boy trained in both his quirk and combat since a young age.

You locked your gaze onto an unsuspecting Todoroki, the look on his face made something unpleasant coil in your stomach. He was staring up at the audience yet you could tell his eyes unseeing. His hands trembled at his sides and a frown pursed on his slightly frosted lips. He didn't look afraid or angry per-say but he looked...off. Todoroki wasn't one to make friends, since day one when he all but told everyone to fuck off in the most cold voice possible you knew he didn't want any...but you wondered if maybe he needed some. There was something about the talented boy that drew your attention slightly, something similar that itched your mind every time he seemed to zone out.

Shouto Todoroki felt your gaze burning into his side as you assessed him. His dual colored eyes turned to lock with your lilac ones unflinching. His gaze narrowed, eyes sharp and face deceptively blank as he focused his anger onto something better than his bastard of a father...you. The person who somehow made him lose both events thus far when he knew if anyone else was there he would have won. He would have won with his mothers powers and yet you were always there ruining it, making his fathers words true.

He resented his father, he resented himself, he resented Midoriya for whatever connection he has with All Might, and he was beginning to resent how you were adept at showing how he was weak, useless, incapable of being Endeavor's successor without using that power, there was no way he could defeat all might with Ice and ice alone if he couldn't freeze a damn nuisance of a flightless bird.