♞ 𝔗𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔅𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔱 ♞ ʙᴀᴋᴜɢᴏᴜ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ

Chapter 22: Sports Festival?

The next day, our class and the incident with Kumo was broadcasted on the news. The news reporter mentioned Kumo getting arrested and his purpose is to take revenge on the UA students and UA High itself. The arrested villain claimed to be working for a lady but has not said anything else about her. The news reporter also mentioned how the two boys, Izuku Midoriya and Shouto Todoroki were kidnapped and are yet to be found.

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"Damn, (Y/N)!" Kaminari exclaimed with clenched fists. "You're unbelievable. I never thought Bakugou would actually end up with someone."

"I heard that, you Saitama Pikachu!" Bakugou yelled from his seat. I told my female friends about me and Bakugou last night. They were ecstatic, especially Tooru. Before I knew it, the news spread throughout the entire class. I was sitting at my seat with Bakugou sitting behind me and most of our classmates were around us. "Damn it, Nensho, you really had to tell them about us?" He leaned forward and pulled my chair towards him.

"I can't help it," I laughed at him. "I had to tell someone, Hot-Shot." I randomly gave Bakugou a nickname on the spot which surprised him.

"...'Hot-Shot'?" He questioned with wide eyes and red cheeks. "Tch... What's with that name?" Bakugou mumbled.

"What? Why?" I tilted my head to the side as I asked him, "Don't like it?"

Becoming defensive, he spat, "I-I didn't say that I didn't like it, dumbass!"

"You know, (Y/N)," Ochako started. "I was shocked to hear about you and Bakugou. But I keep forgetting that the two of you have been together for a long time... You know, as friends! I mean, after all, I've only known you since the beginning of the school year!" She wrapped her arms around me and gave me a tight squeeze. "Oh, I'm so happy for you! I wish a love story like that would happen to me too," she sighed, her eyes and mind wandering elsewhere.

Bakugou chuckled at her, "Don't worry, Round Face." Uraraka stopped hugging me and we turned to Bakugou, who was smirking. "I won't be the only one who's dating a Midoriya." This tensed Ochako up and her face immediately turned really pink. She just froze there, like she was struck by Todoroki's ice but she then began to float in the air.

"Ochako!" Yaomomo exclaimed.

"Uraraka!" Iida called out. Tsu used her tongue to catch her so she wouldn't go any higher than she already is. "Snap out of it!"

I turned to Bakugou with narrowed eyes. "Hey! What was that for?!" I scolded him.

"Ha?!" He loudly responded. "It's true. She used to hang around with that damned Deku so much, she must have feelings for that nerd." Bakugou really had to mention my cousin, huh? A heavy feeling started to crawl up my throat. Trying to be strong, I cleared mt throat, attempting to push the negative feeling away.

I crossed my arms and pouted at him. "Still not cool to mention Izuku like that. Especially when I'm around."

"Fine, fine," Bakugou avoided eye contact, his eyes filled with slight guilt. "Sorry."

"Alright class," Mr Aizawa's voice interrupted everyone's thoughts. "Settle down, and Uraraka, keep your feet on the ground."

Finally, this managed to go through Ochako, and she fell smoothly to the ground. "Sorry, Sir!" After that, everyone went back to their seats from gathering around our desks.

Mr Aizawa narrowed his eyes at me and Bakugou, thinking that we might have caused trouble again. "What's the problem this time, Bakugou and (Y/N)?" He asked us with his usual sleepy voice. I turned to Bakugou who was glaring daggers at everyone else in the class, sparks flew out of his palms.

Mineta raised his hand and replied to Mr Aizawa, "(Y/N) and Bakugou just got into a relationship!"

Bakugou immediately got up from his seat and slammed his hand on Mineta's table. "You little runt! I'll send your ass to the moon and back!" I reached and grabbed Bakugou's sleeve, pulling him down. "Don't touch me, Nensho! This kid's gonna have a free trip to space!" He yelled.

In the corner of my eye, I saw Kirishima with his hair down looking right at us. Something was bothering him, I should ask him about that later. But for now, I need to get Bakugou to calm down. "Bakugou! Sit down!" He still wouldn't listen, still growling and baring his teeth at the little boy. "Katsuki!" I scolded. He turned around to face me with a shocked and angry expression. "Calm down," I reassured. Bakugou growled before plopping himself back onto the seat with crossed arms. So that's what I call him when he's misbehaving himself.

"Nice to know that you can control him, (Y/N)," Mr Aizawa commented. "But I must warn you the risks of having a relationship while learning to become pro heroes," he sighed before continuing. "When you two are in a relationship, you tend to focus on each other more than the people around you. This is especially when you have to choose between saving each other or a bunch of civilians. Being in a relationship also distracts you from training and schoolwork, so you won't be able to do your best." He frowned at us. "I am not stopping both of you. I am just simply telling you the risks if you try to become a pro hero while maintaining a relationship. I, for one, am happy to see that Bakugou can behave when (Y/N) is around."

Ashido raised her hand, "Um, sir? How do you know all these risks on being in a relationship as a pro hero?"

He sighed, "There was another pro hero I met before. The two of us were like yin and yang until I found out how risky it would be to be in a relationship. To this day, she still doesn't understand why I didn't go through with her and she still tries whenever we meet." Mr Aizawa looked at us. "Enough of that, my past is irrelevant. I wish you both luck and the best. Anyway, I wanted to let you all know that the UA Sports Festival will be starting soon."

The class cheered. "Hell yeah!" Sero exclaimed.

"Mr Aizawa," Jirou spoke up. "Is it really such a good idea to host a sports festival so soon right after a villain has attacked us?"

Ojiro added, "What if more villains come since we're all in the same place as well as civilians."

"Apparently, the administration thinks that this is a good way to show that our school is still strong as ever," Mr Aizawa explained. "Yes, we have two kidnapped boys in our case and we are working hard on finding them soon. Besides, this is a huge opportunity for all students at UA. It is not something we could cancel just because of one attack."

"Um, but why not?" Mineta asked aloud. "It's just a sports festival!"

I turned behind to look at the boy, "Mineta, don't you know how important this competition is?"

"Of course I do, (Y/N)!" He replied. "I just don't want more villains to come and murder us all!" Mr Aizawa began to explain the importance of this competition and sports festival. It's important for us students as pro heroes everywhere will watch and scout us. If they think we have potential, when we graduate, we can work as their sidekicks and we will be able to garner both experience and popularity. No aspiring hero would want to miss this event. Before Mr Aizawa dismissed us, he told us to train hard before the event.

I clenched my fist with motivation and determination. Izuku will most likely be absent from this event. I will gladly substitute my cousin in this competition. I promise to myself that once I place number one, I'm doing it for him.

I will win this for Izuku.