Yumi munched on her snacks happily, her tail softly swishing around her seat, at one point rubbing against Shinsou's face. He swatted her tail away, getting annoyed at how soft it feels and he can't grab her tail without her asking questions.

"Stop smacking my tail!"

"Stop rubbing it in my face!"

"It's not in your face!"

Shinsou grabbed her tail tightly as it sways across his face. "Yes it is!"

Yumi blushed furiously as he held her tail. The sensitive appendage made her whimper as he gripped it tightly. He noticed her changed expression and let go of her tail, at a loss for words for what her expression meant. She yanked her tail away from him and held onto it lightly, keeping it away from his hands.

"Yumi..."

"Shut up! God you're so annoying!"

"I was just telling you so you stop shoving it in my face!"

"You didn't have to smack it!"

"God you know what Yumi?!"

"What?!"

"Sleep!" With his eyes glowing purple as he commanded it, his quirk took effect. Yumi collapsed next to him as he moved her so she could lean on her shoulder. He huffed as he looked away at the window again. Why did she have to jump into an argument all the time? The rest of the bus ride was silent for the pair until they got to the class. Shinsou released her from his quirk, making her wake up startled.

"You bastard!"

Shinsou bent down to her ear to whisper "Shut up or I'll grab your tail again. Something tells me you didn't like that the last time I did that."

Yumi couldn't help but blush at how close he was. The bastard. She hissed at him before getting off the bus. The rest of the class was uneventful, Yumi keeping away from Shinsou and he doing the same. Though it'd be a shame not to mention how Shinsou always kept an eye on her. From a distance of course, no use in making that feline pissed off again. But he made sure she had someone from their class close to her to keep her company. As much as he hated to admit it, he had a soft side for Yumi. I mean they grew up together. While bickering yes, but he still considered her a good friend.

When they were growing up, Yumi's parents were getting a divorce. It turns out her mother, the one she inherited the neko quirk from, had never actually found her mate. A mate is a person who marks them during their heat, as she so embarassingly explained one day. And Yumi's father never did that. Until one day her mother had an affair during her heat and her lover became her mate. This led to Yumi's mother divorcing her husband and running off with her mate. It devastated them. Yumi and Shinsou made a truce during that time and  she'd stay over at his house just to get away from her parents. Shinsou's parents considered Yumi as one of their own so they did what they could to cheer her up. Shinsou's parents still have pictures of their impromptu sleepovers and how Shinsou would always cuddle with her until she fell asleep. It really was a tough time for her.

But once the divorce was final, something snapped in Yumi. She called off the truce with Shinsou and stayed away from him. She told her dad she never wanted to date. That way she would never have to worry about a mate. Her father would frown at her idea, not wanting her to be single for the rest of her life either.

And so the budding romance of Shinsou and Yumi had ended abruptly there. And yet now all Shinsou can focus is the white haired classmate of his asking the pro hero a question. He shook his head, already upset that he's doing it again. Thinking of Yumi that way isn't going to make anything happen. She swore off all dating so he wouldn't get a chance to patch things up with her.

Unless....