mEGA OOF I'VE GOTTEN TO AROUND THE POINT I'M AT IN THE ANIME AND MANGA...IM IN THE TRAINING CAMP ARC IN THE MANGA BUT I FORGET LITERALLY EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IT, SO I WILL LITERALLY HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK OOOOOOFFFFF

The training period ended and things went relatively back to normal. At school, when I saw Todoroki, it was pretty awkward. I'd be near him and he'd either turn away and hurry off or stare at me until someone demanded otherwise. He was acting pretty strange, though I decided to not mention it to him. It would be wrong to embarrass him and act as if his actions were unwanted or annoying, as I couldn't care less either way. I only wanted to know why. Why was he doing it, and why did he only just start doing it? It wasn't like I was one of those dense harem anime protagonists, but I wasn't exactly knowledgeable in the area of romance, so it never once crossed my mind that he could've liked me.

One day, it got even more extreme. Bush was harassing me as usual and talking about how he was so much better than me and that if I didn't realize that soon, he'd "kill" me. I wasn't buying it. If he wanted to be a hero, assuming he was smart enough to realize this, he obviously wouldn't actually kill or injure someone because it would ruin his chances of being accepted as a hero and he'd likely end up in prison. Though ignoring him, I saw Todoroki glaring intensely at him out of the corner of my eye. Bush somehow either didn't know or care, and he tried to grab me threateningly. Obviously, I guarded and slapped his arm away, adding a little acid to make sure he learned his lesson. Only then did I notice the room get colder. Immediately knowing the culprit, I looked at Todoroki, who had frozen the entire area around his desk. Other students started to notice the change in temperature as well, turning towards him and staring in confusion as to why that happened.

Todoroki was glaring coldly at Bush, who was too busy swearing about his arm to notice and yell at Todoroki. Served him right. I looked at Todoroki, and as soon as he noticed, he stared at me and the ice started to melt slightly. I turned my head while looking at him as a non-verbal way of asking why he did that. I could tell from his expression that he knew that I was questioning him, but he ignored me and turned the other direction. However, I could've sworn the room got significantly warmer. I heard other students—mainly Floaty and Obnoxious Alien—giggle, looking from Bakugou to Todoroki to me.

"GO GET SOME, TODOROKI!" Due to this voice being much louder and more audible than the others, I turned to look for the source. I saw the blonde kid that looks like every electric-type Pokémon combined grinning and giving Todoroki a thumbs up, which he didn't see and likely didn't want to see. This kid was like Daiki 2.0. Todoroki had his face buried in his arms as he laid down on his desk. I noticed how his hair was so adorably messy, though at the same time not too messy and was evened out by its slight neatness. I was so focused on Todoroki that I tuned out even the loud and obnoxious conversations of the other students.

"Yaomomo, please tutor me!" said Jirou. Two other students, Ojiro and Sero, agreed and made the same request.

"WHY HER?! I'M SMART TOO!" screamed Bakugou.

"I have to admit, out of all of us here, (F/n)'s definitely the smartest! The only problem is that she pushes everyone away... She's really unfriendly," Kirishima pointed out, riling Bakugou up even more.

"SHE'S NO BETTER THAN I AM IN ANY WAY!"

"Oh really?" Todoroki's voice pierced the air like an icy knife, instantly bringing the room to silence. "If you're so much better than her, then tell me why she was able to hurt you so easily? If you're so much better than her, then how come she wins every time you pick a fight with her?"

While this drama was happening, I was just sitting awkwardly in the middle of it at my desk.

"Todoroki, please don't—" I tried to tell him to stop, as the tension would just be giving me unnecessary stress, but he cut me off.

"I'm sorry, (Y—F/n), but I can't let him get away with insulting you like that. He needs to learn his lesson," Todoroki said, still glaring intensely at Bakugou. I groaned and slammed my head on my desk. WHY, TODOROKI, JUST WHY?! Both boys got into a fighting position and prepared to use their quirks.

However, before either of them could, Aizawa finally came in and wrapped them both in his bandages while presumably erasing their quirks.

"Don't go causing trouble," he said as he released them. While Bakugou grumbled to himself, Todoroki bowed apologetically with a reddened face. I smirked slightly.

"Learned your lesson, have you?" I teased. He looked at me  straight in the eyes and shook his head.

"No matter what happens, I'll never cease to defend you and your honor."