Thaumaturgic (Bakugou Katsuki x Reader - Miraculous Ladybug AU)

New Student and Old Jealousy

Ch.8 - New Student and Old Jealousy

Mondays were usually a fall back into the mundane schedule for the week, and so no one in Class 1-A really wanted or knew that they were about to be greeted with a sudden break of pace during their Monday morning.

Aizawa slowly walked in, but unlike most occasions, he wasn't alone this time. Rather, a familiar-looking female accompanied him, wearing a new UA uniform and looking out towards the faces of her new classmates.

"We have a new student, though introductions are not needed since you all seem to already know her." Aizawa spoke, motioning for you to take the empty seat.

The row nearest to the window and the second to last seat. Between Midoriya and Yaoyorozu, a perfect seat for you to gaze off during boring lectures or to sit warmly or coolly thanks to the windows near you.

Aizawa went over homeroom as usual, but could tell his students were a bit giddy that you had arrived, thus, he rushed a few of the last announcements, ending the homeroom ten minutes early so his students would have a chance to talk to you and also get out of their system the excitement of having a new face in the room.

"Yamada-sensei's class starts in fifteen minutes... so be done conversing by the time he gets here." Aizawa spoke, heading out the door. "Especially since he's as distractible as some of you..."

With the sound of the door closing, everyone pounced on you. Some happily congratulating you on joining the gifted program, others saying how excited they were to have you join their class. You couldn't help but smile and try your best to not be terribly awkward. And by the time those fifteen minutes had passed, you couldn't help but feel like this was a start of something phenomenal.

But... for every little piece of happiness someone else had, there was another or a group of others who were less than happy with the results. Especially with those who attended UA... seeing as there was definitely a hierarchy.

And you came to have your first taste of it when lunch rolled around once more. This time, rather than happily making your way out with barely any hallway traffic... there was a blockage in the hallway, making Class 1-A unable to leave.

"They sure come fast..." Jirou commented, eyeing her peers.

"What's happening?" You asked her, seeing Jirou sigh.

"This happens every year apparently... every time a new gifted program class arrives, the general studies body comes to see what talents that UA deemed worthy and see if they think it's worthy or not."

"Most of the time... the general studies students convince themselves that they were jipped a spot, and come to harass us a little bit." Kaminari sighed. "But, lucky for us, we have Bakugou... so our first day wasn't terrible since they were all terrified to challenge him."

"Don't worry though." Mina placed a hand on your shoulder. "Just because you're the only new gifted student doesn't mean we're going to ditch you. Just follow us and don't give them any time of day."

You nodded slowly, but something in you couldn't help but start to feel a bit guilty. And with how bad the tensions between the general studies and gifted program were becoming more and more clear... you were not sure if pretending they were not there would really be the best course of action here.

But... you didn't know this school. But Mina and everyone did, thus, you decided to bite the butt of your own worry and follow their lead.

The general studies students started to part ways as more and more of Class A left, but upon seeing the face of someone they hadn't see before, they started to crowd around you further, and they also started to talk. You hung close to Mina who was trying to lead you out and could sense Kaminari keeping close to your backside as well, making sure that if anything did go down, you'd at least be protected.