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  The half and half boy stroked his chin, looking at me in deep thought, obviously to mock me from when he demanded me to stop humming.

"I don't think I will, " he smirked, taunting me.

  I raised my eyebrow. Well, I guess if he didn't want to, then I couldn't do anything about it. I turned my attention away from him and brightened up when I spotted a certain freckled boy. From what I observed, he couldn't use his quirk without injuring himself, and I could easily teleport away and train his agility. It was a win-win situation, whereas if I trained with Todoroki, although our powers would be evenly matched, he didn't even consider the offer I gave him, and he was an all-rounded person, the only weakness of his was his blind spot. Therefore, I wouldn't even put a dent in Todoroki, and I would also be wasting his time.

"Okay then. I'll ask Midoriya. He's a worthy opponent, and if we trained together it would be a win-win situation, " I replied to Todoroki.

  Todoroki was visibly shocked at my lack of curiosity. He reverted back to normal, focusing back on the whiteboard. I zoned out, resting my head on my palm, twirling my pen. I just had to wait until this morning class was over.

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  I slowly placed my books back in my bag, zipped it up, and slung it over my shoulders. I looked up, only to see that there was a huge commotion going on in front of the exit. I frowned. It seemed like we were blocked in, but by who? I trod towards the front of the classroom, where the kid with spiky blonde hair, who according to Midoriya was 'Bakugo', was arguing with a crowd. Finally, Bakugo stalked off, pushing through the crowd. My eyebrows knitted together. Were they coming to spy on the competition?

"Excuse me, although I admire your sportsmanship, I'm pretty sure I speak for all of us that you are blocking our exit, " I frowned.

  I just wanted to go home and now we're being swarmed by other students. Great. Just great. I walked out, only for a boy to walk directly in front of me and purposely pushing me, resulting in me falling onto the cold hard floor. I groaned in pain, glaring at the boy.

"Dude, what's your problem?" I scowled.

  The boy had a smirk on his face, as though he was inaudibly mocking me. He ruffled his black hair, his eyes piercing into mine.

"Natsuhiko Koyama, your worst nightmare, "

  I tched at the egotistical boy. He really thought that highly of himself. If this idiot thought he could come out of nowhere and push me around, boy, was he severely wrong. I got up from my feet, about to knee the asshole in the balls when someone pulled me back and dragged me along with them. I twisted my head around, only to see a certain peppermint boy dragging me away from the pretentious asshat.

"Hoi! Todoroki! Let go of me! I'm going to beat that dumbass into a pulp!" I argued, tugging at his hand which was holding on to a chunk of my shirt.

"No, you were about to start a fight with that guy. We don't want to stir up unnecessary trouble, for the sake of our class, " he replied, not even turning his head to look around at me.

  I let out a loud 'hmph' to show my discontent with the boy. I suppose he was right, I couldn't just throw my entire class under the bus by proving to the other students that 1-A students were aggressive, which would give them even more of a reason to pick on us. Then realization struck me.

"Oh my God! I forgot to ask Midoriya to train with me! Dammit... Now I'm the dumbass, " I mumbled, burying my head in my hands.

"Train with me, " the boy dragging me replied without hesitation. Upon hearing that, my eyes widened.

"But- why? If I train with you, it's not like you'll gain anything out of it!" I exclaimed.

"I'll gain a worthy opponent. Now stop resisting. The first training will be at my house at 2 tomorrow since it's a weekend, I'll text you the address, " he said, letting go of my shirt. I fell onto the ground on my butt, sending a withering glare at the boy for dropping me.

"Sure- wait... How do you know my number?" I asked dubiously.

"The class text group, dumbass," he said, mocking my words from earlier.

  I sighed, picking myself off of the ground. I guess I was training with the hottest boy in class. Todoroki Shoto. I grimaced at the thought. I actually admitted that? Well, at least I was honest.

  And if I was being honest, I was kind of looking forward to it.

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  I looked up at the wooden house surrounded by the gate and fencing. Was this even a safe place? Wouldn't his father burn down the house with his powers? Well, I wasn't going to pry. I looked down on my phone, checking the address again to see if it was right.  Well, it was right, alright. I looked up at the wooden house suspiciously. Did he send me the wrong address? I would find out soon enough.

  I pressed the doorbell on the wall next to the gate and held my breath in anticipation. Todoroki walked into view from behind the gate and unlatched it. I gaped at him. How the hell did his family not burn down the entire house to ashes?

"Get in. Close your mouth, a fly might fly in, " he said in full seriousness, gesturing to the inside of his house.

I immediately closed my mouth, I flushed a scarlet red. I scampered in, not wanting to embarrass myself even further. I buried my face in my hands. He probably thought I was staring at him. When I wasn't noticing, he shut the gate and walked ahead of me.

"Are you coming or not?" he asked, his eyebrow raised.

I scowled in his direction, scowling at him.