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Saotome's sluggish body were very obvious even in the distance, she's bending as if she lost her spine. Her eyes were showing signs of lack of sleep. Beside her were Koharu, whose eyes were eerily blank. Unlike the Koharu who always has this kind and cute expression, today she looks burned out to the bones.

The previous lively and pompous Saotome were unusually out of life. And some of their classmates thought the same thing, 'Did something happened?'

But ofcourse, they could only ask this to themselves because Saotome and Koharu were very secretive. They noticed it already.

What could have happened that made them look like this?

On that same night, Saotome who has returned to the household was suddenly caught by a large net. Probably a trap set by none other than Momo herself.

As she hopelessly dangle in a net while wearing a stunned and betrayed expression, she looked at Koharu with expectant eyes. "Koharu! Help me!" She pleaded using her adorable kitty eyes.

Koharu has restrained herself from any of Saotome's heart attacks, and successfully avoided her gaze, although her face were bright red - completely giving her away.

Saotome had a look of betrayal on her face when she realized that Koharu reported her to Momo about Saotome's going out in secret tonight.

"Ako, mind explaining what is the meaning of this?"

Momo's stepped out of the dark corner, but her smile were also very dark, at that point - Saotome knew she's doomed.

"I'm just going out for fresh air! I swear!!!"

Momo had a look of distrust, "Is that really the truth? I feel like you did something..."

"No, i did nothing! I was simply admiring flying lights!"

Koharu completely erased her presence between the two, so she's basically invisible. No way she's going to get herself involve in this war.

Saotome and Momo were bickering loudly, but not too loud to make the entire household wake up, but enough to disturb the nearby people in their room, desperately trying to sleep.

Koharu sweatdropped, 'I'm out here.' As she was about to slipped out of her spot, she was suddenly grabbed at the back of her collar. Is it Saotome? No, definitely not.

"And where are you going, desu no? You sold me out to Momo, Koharu! You betrayed me! How dare you!"

Koharu felt her ears bled when Saotome's whiny voice came out.

"Koharu is not responsible for your own fault, Ako!"

"It is, desu wa yo! You wouldn't know if someone didn't blabber their mouth, aren't they?"

Koharu sweatdropped once again, should she stop this nonsense fight?

"I was the one who asked Koharu to report everything you'll do! It is not her fault."

"WHA? Why would you even want Koharu to spy on me?"

Before it gets out of hand, Koharu stepped in. "Momo-san, Ako-chan. It is already late. We should go to sleep now."

She smiled sweetly and hoped for them to just oblique so she csn finally sleep. She's tired as heck and wanted a blink so badly.

However...

When two hard-headed people are together, it is hard to convince them to evem calm down. Because the other one, will continue to rile up the other one. Leading it to endless, nonsense, and meaningless fight.

Koharu grimaced, recalling the events from last night only worsened her state - she might need some energy later.

"Yo! Koharu-chan! Ako-chan! Goodmorning!" Ashido came up from behind Koharu, greeting them with her brightest smile which could make the whole day better. Wait..it seems the light is being harsh on Koharu today - it's too bright!

"Goodmorning, Ashido-san."

"You two look very out of shape, remember that we might have a surprise again from Aizawa-sensei. That could be big trouble." Kirishima who were following behind Ashido stated with a tone of worry but was the opposite of his expression.

"Ahhh - Ako-chan kind of had a problem last night. And we barely had any time to sleep, so that's why." Koharu bashfully said, leaving out the details because she is just too tired to tell the whole story.

"You don't need to know, desu wa! Don't bother Koharu, she's very tired!" Ako hissed with all her might before stomping away. Ako's mood dropped all the way to the ground when her classmates started talking to Koharu.

Nevermind that matter, she needs to buy coffee - or else she might collapse during her first day of work later. That can't happen. Definitely.

"Koharu, i'm going to buy a coffee. Do you want to come with me?"

Koharu excused herself to her classmates and looked at Ako, "Coffee? I though you don't like coffee, Ako-chan?"

Ako winced, she indeed doesn't like the taste of coffee very much. But she doesn't have a choice. She might fall asleep later so she needed something that would keep her awake - something that she doesn't like, for example.

"I'll make this day an exception, I'm so sleepy i feel like I'll collapsed while walking.

"I see. Then let's make our way to the canteen, shall we?"

....

With coffee in their hands, they walked inside the classroom. Thank goodness they weren't late again or else something bad might happen again. Ako learned her lesson very well.

As they walked towards their destined seats, Ako remembered the events from last night when she was taking a stroll around the city with Todoroki, as well when they watched the beautiful fireflies together. She smiled at Todoroki and waved at him, she completely considered him as her friend - and thinking about it, she wanted him to honour their friendship because at the same time, they are enemies! Enemies should acknowledge each other!

But she didn't expect him to ignore her completely, he just glanced at her, and after that he didn't even greet her, nore even wave back! He straight up looked ahead without even acknowledging her presence.

That made her mad and disappointed. Although she felt embarrassed that she assumed they were friends, it was completely overwhelmed by disappointment.

'What the heck is that?! I abandoned my pride to wave at you, ya'know?! This is making me mad, desu wa!'

Ako thought and silently fumed. To release her anger, she gazed around the classroom. It was full of laughter and smiles. But within the smiles of her classmates, shw caught a glimpse of Bakugo's heated glare - staring directly at her.

'What's he glaring at?! Does he think i would scare away from just that?! Hmphed! Naîve, desu wa!'

She returned the favour by smirking at him, her eyes telling him directly that he is pathetic. And that look riled him up, too much. "HAAA?! YOU F*CKING PISS ME OFF, P*SSY CAT BITCH! HOW AM I PATHETIC, HA!?" He exploded right there and then.

Ako scoffed, "Ara~ What a vulgar vocabulary! No wonder trash kept coming out of your mouth. And when did I say you are pathetic, desu no? Are you hearing things from your head? We might need to get you a mental check up."

Bakugo stood up with an incredibly distorted face, rage brimming out of his body.

It is true that Deku annoys him too much, he HATES Deku. But this girl right infront of him gets on his nerve! That sharp tongue that spews such honest and blunt words irritates him, and that eyes that expresses dignity felt like it was mocking him.

He grabbed Ako's collar aggressively, but before he could pull her close, she grabbed his collar back and straightened her arms to stop him from pulling her close. "Are you making fun of me? Are you saying that I am blind? I clearly saw you look at me like I am pathetic. Don't underestimate me!" He growled, gritting his teeth to stop his self from attacking and using his quirk.

"W-Wait! Please stop it this instant! Class is starting in a few minutes!" Koharu stepped in and tried tearing Bakugo's gripped at Ako's uniform.

"DON'T MEDDLE IN THIS, YOU PIECE OF SH*T, LOWLY WOMAN!!" Bakugo snapped at Koharu, and that made her shrink back. Surprised that someone cursed at her. For the first time.

"Bakugo-kun! Such shameless acts! Apologise to Nanakura-kun this instant! We aspire to be heroes, you shouldn't be this violent towards women!" Iida stepped also stepped in when he watched things unfold in his seat. And he cannot bear watching girls get hurt.

Although they are watching, some were amazed at Ako's bravery and they began praising her behind her back. Most of the class were praising Ako, while the other were quiet and is silently watching the scene.

Momo knows Ako's true ability so she completely trust Ako's choice.

"SHUT UP, GLASSES!"

Ako however, were really pissed when he cussed at Koharu's face right in front of her. She didn't hesitate to aim for his waist using her elbow. She twirled around behind Bakugo and kneed him on the back of his knee.

"UGH!"

Bakugo grunted when he was caught off-guard, he immediately fell on the floor.

"Don't you dare cuss at my friend, bastard." Ako's coldly said, as she stared down at his seething self which were still kneeling on the ground.

As he was about to attack her in full rage, a teacher came in.

"Good morning, class is about to start so take your seats."

Without speaking, they walked away as they glared at each other.

The whole class went by normally without any interesting events, it's so ordinary that Ako fell asleep in the middle of the class.

The lecture ended and the class started going out of the classroom to get their lunch from the cooking hero, Lunch Rush.

"Ah, she's asleep..." Koharu muttered when she glanced beside her. Momo who also noticed the tired sleeping Ako - kept her voice low and soft as she spoke to Koharu.

"Koharu, let's get lunch and buy one for her." Momo suggested. She knew very well that she will get hungry as soon as she wake up, so she wants to get it ready for her. Knowing that she's really tired from last night.

"Okay..." Koharu whispered and quietly moved away from her desk.

The whole room were quiet, except from Ako's breathing - peacefully sleeping.

As Ako is still unaware of her surroundings, Todoroki came inside the class because he forgot his wallet. But he didn't expect Ako to be asleep at this hour. She should be having her lunch right now.

Todoroki made his way towards her desk and sat beside her place, which was Koharu's desk.

He just sat there, staring at her peaceful face. Her casual pompous and cheeky face were so gentle and soft, her lips slightly apart and a sound of air coming out of her lips were ephemeral. Her eyelashes flatters slightly - it created such a lovely scene.

Todoroki noticed her hair were softly falling from her cheeks to her lips - his eyes followed the movements and moved his hands towards her face. As he was about to remove her hair from her face - her eyes slowly opened.

Todoroki's breath got caught in his throat when he saw her hazy eyes staring back at him. "Todo...roki?" She hoarsely whispered.

Such music tickled his ears. Her honey voice were so endearing and sweet, it felt like she is singing a lullaby.

He retreated his hands and stared at Ako, rubbing her eyes like a cat.

Ako was surprised when she saw Todoroki infront of her, she totally didn't expected him to suddenly appear infront of her after he just ignored her this morning, although she is still sour about that - she immediately forgot her anger and forgave him instead. Still, he's not getting away from her punishment though.

"What are you doing here?" Ako looked around the classroom as she noticed that she couldn't feel any presence in the room, and found that there really isn't anyone around. "Where is everyone?"

"It's already lunch. I came to get my wallet." He stood up and proceeded doing what he is supposed to be doing.

"Then, what are you doing infront of me?"

Todoroki got quiet for a little before he answered Ako, "I was about to wake you up."

"...oh, i appreciate that."

Todoroki didn't respond anymore and walked straightly out of the classroom. While Ako completely missed the slightly red hues at the tips of his ears.

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Not Edited.

Again, i apologise if they are out of characters. I'm trying my best to have the mha characters screentime with our mc, and also moments since i've been thinking that they're not having enough screen time with Ako. And so i wouldn't be able to progress on their relationship...

So i hope ya'll understand!

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