Thaumaturgic (Bakugou Katsuki x Reader - Miraculous Ladybug AU)

Murphy's Law and Negative Reinforcement

Ch.13 - Murphy's Law and Negative Reinforcement

"Thank you for that... interesting report, Kaminari." Aizawa sighed, looking towards the other students as Kaminari grabbed his things before returning to his seat.

Kirishima and Sero gave the male thumbs up for his 'Me: Past, Present, and Future' project. As it turns out, Kaminari seemed to have taken into account that in another five to ten years, he'd be some sort of movie star.

Aizawa had let him go off easily, but hoped that the other students would be more... practical. This exercise was supposed to help with many things they'd need in everyday life: public speaking, not over or under shadowing themselves, and most importantly... the idea that soon enough, they wouldn't be kids, but rather adults.

Kaminari had been the unlucky guy whose student number had been drawn first, and thus Aizawa was ready to pick another victim. The usual school day would go from around eight-thirty in the morning till around three pm (aside from the gifted program who had an extra period to further develop their 'gifts', and would be at UA until four in the afternoon), but today, the day would only be made of these presentations.

It was the midterm projects and the last thing before summer break started. You couldn't believe it... having been here a little over a month and you'd already nearly reached summer break. But then again... you had no idea what summer break truly was or how to experience it properly. A question for the girls you thought.

"Midoriya." Aizawa's voice brought you back to reality as the green-haired boy quickly rushed up to the speaking podium to set up his project.

"I-I want to be a mangaka..." Midoriya spoke, the first slide appearing and him starting to explain how he got to this point. "It all started with Toshinori's manga series when I was a child... I took to his character All Might a lot. Toshinori's work and All might as a character have-"

An ear rattling thud came through the room suddenly. Your eyes widening in horror when you realized that your bag had toppled over and the contents of your own project were spilling out, as well as your lunch.

"Crap!" You hollered, rushing to separate the food items from the 'valuable and one of a kind' pieces of history your parents had to be convinced over a week to even allow you to hold, let alone bring in.

You bent down, trying and hoping that nothing was ruined. Your mind going so frantic you failed to notice everyone was looking at you. Even Aizawa had told Midoriya to stop so he could see if things were okay.

"Paper towels." Someone crouched down next to you. "It's laminated... but we'll need paper towels to wipe the food off."

"I'll get some." Yaoyorozu spoke from behind you and quickly dashed out to get them.

"Is anything seriously ruined?" Todoroki asked you, gently putting the clean artifacts in your hands, his own skin lightly brushing against yours.

"I don't think so..." You breathed out slowly and then looked up towards the front of the room. "I'm sorry for interrupting you Midoriya-kun. And I'm sorry for causing a scene and wasting any potential presentation time, Aizawa-sensei."

"I-It's fine!" Midoriya waved his hands back and forth. "That stuff you have is way more valuable to our society than anything I could have said or done!"

"Midoriya-kun... don't say that. You do a lot of good things." You scolded him lightly, showing your adult upbringing once more before turning back to Todoroki. "And thanks for your quick help, Todoroki-kun. I think you managed to save some of these works."