Mute

10 | Interesting

I lay on my bed, my front facing the ceiling as I turned the glass orca above my face. Midoriya sat in a chair beside me.

"She's interesting to you?"

I blinked at him, I'd asked for his help. I didn't understand feelings much. If it was logical and involved strategy I could do it easily, but for this? No idea. "Is it strange?"

"No of course not! It's just an unusual choice of words is all! I mean, lots of girls interest lots of guys! We're interested in them when we like them but most just call it a crush and umm, I don't know if that's what you meant." He hung his head in shame and I turned my attention back to the orca. Emiko had actually suggested I get it, she'd said I could start a little game with myself, buy an orca every time I went to an aquarium. It made me wonder about the snowglobe she'd bought.

"I don't know."

"Well, umm, how do you feel when she smiles at you?"

I pictured it in my head, it wasn't hard. She smiled a lot, and she wasn't someone you could just forget. "Warm." I eventually decided.

"What do you mean? Like your skin?" He looked confused and I elaborated.

"Like drinking hot chocolate in winter warm." It was the closest I could describe it.

"Oh! I know that feeling! Hot chocolate is amazing! I think you might have a crush Todoroki, which is great! I could be wrong of course! You could just like her as a friend i'm not saying it's certain i mean im only myself and i don't have that much experience with love and stuff but umm, maybe?"

I nodded. "Maybe. Have you ever had a crush Midoriya?"

"Yeah! I'm pretty sure most everyone has at one point!"

"Even Bakugou?" I found the mere idea entertaining, Bakugou tripping over himself for a girl. Before he could say yes or no, my door slammed open and several girls tumbled inside. Ashido wormed out of the pile as we stood.

"Alright! Which of you is having a crush?" She demanded. "My intuition says someone is and you're the only ones we haven't checked!"

"Your intuition sucks!" Bakugou yelled as he passed my door, holding a bowl of soup. Kirishima followed him, laughing. I was pretty sure they were the ones with the crushes.

"Ashido has never been wrong before, so someone has to have a crush. It's like a second quirk for her."

"Right Kiri! So which one of you is it???"

By now everyone was standing and watching us hopefully.

I opened my mouth to politely shoot her down, but Midoriya started talking.

"Midoriya." I was ignored, by everyone. I tried again. "Midoriya." Again, ignored. I held my face in my hands with a sigh as he accidentally told them.

Instantly everyone was crowding me, and Midoriya apologized repeatedly, loudly. I didn't try to assure him it was all right. He wouldn't be able to hear me, and besides, they probably would have found out eventually.

Hagakure forced her way to the front of the group and grabbed my arm, "Wait! Who? Is it someone from our school?"

I shook my head. Kaminari popped up, "is it someone from your last schools?"

Again I shook my head. Iida began his chopping motions, seeming excited.

"It present Mics niece isn't it! Emiko! Its her isn't it???"

I hadn't even finished saying yes when the screaming started.