You're Just Not My Type (Tenya Iida x OC)

Chapter 21✨

Back in the classroom we were getting ready to leave but a bunch of students were blocking our way out.

"Do you have business with Class 1-A?" Iida asks

"They are scoping out the competition. They are just stepping stones for my success. Now move it Extras." He states as our classmates yell at him for making us a target. Even though I don't have the same goal as Bakugo, I have to admire how strong he is in these instances.

A guy with purple hair could out of the crowd of people. He pretty much puts a declaration of war on all of Class 1-A. Bakugo walks away as another student starts yelling at him. I follow after Bakugo.

"What do you want Dumbass? They are gonna hate you because you are with me."

"If they hate me without evening knowing me then that's on them." I walk with him.

"Well why are you following me?"

I fully stop while we are outside campus. He stopped looking back at me with an eyebrow up.

I take a deep breath, "Look Bakugo, I really hope that you see me as a friend like how I see you. I know that you want to be the best and I totally respect that. I just want to be the best version of myself so... Can you please teach me how to fight!" I bow.

"hUH?" He asked.

"I know, it's pretty lame, but I have a pretty good control of my quirk. I spent a lot of time training it. With some recent help I've been able to use it in ways that I never thought I could, but I don't want all my talent to be based on my quirk. I'm more than my quirk. I'm not the strongest fighter and I want to get better- I need to get better." I say.

He turned away from me causing my heart to drop.

"You coming or what?" He says before walking away. I smile following after him.

I spent the next two weeks training how to fight with Bakugo, and training my quirk in school.

I was coming up with different ways to use my quirk. I was finally able to use my energy to create steps like a stairway in the middle of the air that allowed me to get off the ground.

"Wow Shina!" Jiro said, running to me.

"You have no idea how long I've been trying to do that." I smile.

"Sumiye." Aizawa calls me from across the field.

"Yes Sensei?" I ask him to walk.

"Do that same thing again but this time try to focus on holding a continuous path for yourself from one place to another." He advises.

I fall the first few times, but I get to hold a steady path next few times. I was able to stay in the air for up to 10 minutes but it does use a lot of energy. 

The day before the Sports Festival, Bakugo and I went to the park to review some of the different moves he showed me. He wanted me to take it easy so I wasn't so tired for the festival. I feel like everyone expects him to be really harsh. I'm not saying he was the nicest teacher... there was a lot of yelling. We sat down on the grass drinking water.

"So Bubbles, why'd you ask ME to teach you?"

"I told you, I need to work on my fighting skills." I say.

"But why are you here? I don't get it?" He asks.

"Ouch.." I frown.

"Since you met me all I've ever done is snap at you, but somehow you want to be my friend... Why?" He huffs.

"Isn't it obvious? Because I think you are cool. You have such a strong personality. I was drawn to you without realizing it. I never asked you to open up to me because I hoped you'd do that on your own." I say.

"So you don't want to be friends with me because of my quirk?" He asks.

I look at him confused. "Of course not. Wait have people only been friends with you because of that?" I ask.

He looked away from me and my heart dropped.

"Listen Bakugo, I wanna be friends with you, not your quirk, not your goals, You." I smiled.

He blushes looking away.

"Well, then I just have one question for you." He says.

"Ok. Ask away." I say.

"Why do you wanna be a hero? You always say you want to be the best version of yourself but never be the best. Is that because I want to be the best? Or ...because you don't think you are strong enough?" He says.

Should I tell him... I took a deep breath.

"Well, Do you know who my parents are?" I ask.

"Yea, Sumiye Corp, everyone in class pretty much knows."

"Pfft ok then. They are my parents, well my adoptive parents.." I scratch the back of my neck.

Bakugo raises an eyebrow at me.

"They adopted me when I was about 7 years old. My real parents... they were heroes." I say.

"They what?"

"Yea... My parents were pro heros. So growing up, I looked up to them. They weren't the top heros but they were happy. They wanted to help and save people. That's exactly what they did. So I grew up idolizing that. I want to help people, I don't care about the money and I don't care about the labels. And I know that becoming a pro hero is hard so I'm doing my best just like everyone in the class. I don't aim for the top because I don't think I'm good enough, I don't aim for the top because that's not what my heart wants. I want to make them proud, I want to show them that everything they taught me is in my heart and they are always with me." I say looking at Bakugo.

"I-" He cleared his throat trying to figure out what to say.

"You don't have to say anything. I know it's a lot to take in and I don't need you to feel bad for me either. I'm happy, and I'm proud of how far I've come. But also you're the first person I told so don't break my trust and tell others.. Please. It's not something I'm really open about." I smile.

All he did was smirk back at me.

"I won't say anything. I promise.But just so you know I'm still gonna kick your ass during the sports festival." He states.

"Well now that I know how to fight... I wouldn't be so sure." I wink, shoving him and getting up to run away.

"HEY! COME BACK HERE DUMBASS!" Bakugo yells, chasing after me.