TᕼE ᗰOᑎᔕTEᖇ IᑎᔕIᗪE [1]

i think i made friends, but idk

everyone was heading off for lunch, and while i was searching through the cafeteria to find something good enough to satisfy the overbearing hunger that venom gave me, i felt a hand plop itself on my shoulder, making me jump slightly in shock.

"hey, sasaki-chan! how come you're not participating? i really wanted to see your quirk in better action," ashido said, pouting playfully at me, and i chuckled nervously at her.

"ah, i exempted from the festival for personal reasons. also, since when did you start calling me '-chan'?"

"oh! i just thought that, since we're friends now, i could call you that, instead of being so formal!" she exclaimed excitedly, but i was shocked.

'she... thinks we're friends?'

shut up, we don't need friends. we're better than her, anyways

"shut up," i muttered, gaining a confused and slightly hurt look from the pink girl.

"oh, i'm sorry, i was talking to myself, not you. ah, that's nice that you consider me your friend, ashido-san," i assured, and she pouted playfully again.

"no need to be so formal, sasaki-chan! come on, come sit with me and the others!"

and she dragged me away.

well goddammit

she pulled me over to where the other girls from our class, minus uraraka and asui, were sitting, and sat me down in between her and jirou.

"hey guys, look! i found sasaki-chan!" she shouted excitedly, and the others were a bit shocked at first, but smiled at me nonetheless.

"hello, sasaki-chan. it's a pleasure to have you sit with us, today," yaoyorozu states pleasantly, and i willed my cheeks to not heat up from the beautiful smile she sent me. hagakure greeted me enthusiastically, like ashido did before, but jirou wasn't as energetic or pleasant as they were.

"why'd you opt out of the festival, anyways?" she questioned bluntly, making the invisible girl and ashido practically choke on their food or beverage, and yaoyorozu sent the shorter girl a slight look to tell her not to be rude.

"we-well, i have personal reasons for why i-i asked not to participate. aizawa-sensei said it would be best if i still attended the festival, though, so here i am," i vaguely answered, and she sighed at my half-assed reply.

we continued to eat our food, them sometimes looking questioningly at my large helping of different assortments of food, but not asking. they mostly kept the conversation flowing between themselves, occasionally asking for my input on something, or just trying to include me at all. i really appreciated the gestures, but i couldn't help but feel like a burden, just someone there for them to put up with.

look, i may hate you, but you're not a burden. they're just being sickeningly nice, so don't worry about that shit, and enjoy it. make friends other than hitoshi

i sighed quietly, getting up to throw away my trash and put up my tray, then headed back to the stands after saying goodbye to my new "friends". i just wish they actually mean it when they call us that.

present mic was yelling again about how cheerleaders came from america and how the next game was about to start, but i wasn't paying much attention.

but i definitely was when i saw my female classmates, for some reason, dressed in the cheerleading uniforms and standing out on the field. they even had those stupid pom pom thingies!

what the fuck

"what the fuck"

i was blushing brightly at seeing them in those outfits. they're so revealing!