I recovered from my injury and was back at school today. Aizawa-sensei was back as well but he was still wrapped in bandages. He told us about the upcoming sports festival, making everyone exited and nervous at the same time. I was one of the nervous candidates because my shoulder was not entirely healed; I still felt some pain whenever I lifted my arm. During lunch break I talked to Sero and Kirishima to thank them for their efforts at the USJ incident.

"You are making me blush!" Kirishima covered his face as I bowed my head.

"S-Sorry to make you feel uncomfortable... I just wanted express my gratitude towards you for taking care of me" Sero had the same blush all over his face and I felt really childish to apologize this formally but, I learned good manners from my family.

"A-Any time (Last name)-Chan!" Kirishima replied.

"You too Sero... thank you for worrying about me, it was a pleasure to work together with you" he nodded also flushed.

"N-No problem at all! The honor was all mine!!" I smiled happily and looked at Bakugou who walked up from behind, giving Kirishima a slap on the back of his head.

"Oi! Snap out of it you idiot!" he looked at me and then at Kirishima.

"S-Sorry!" Kirishima apologized.

"I should better head back to the classroom... see you later guys!" I smiled as I walked away but Kirishima called after me.

"Hey wait!" I looked at him confused.

"Yes?" he stopped before me.

"Have you thanked Todoroki-kun this formally too?" my eyes widened as he mentioned Shoto.

"N-No... I haven't yet" he noticed my strange expression.

"I know that he might not be as fund of your gratitude like us, but..." he paused.

"I think you should know that it was him who wanted to take you to the infirmary... actually it was his suggestion in the first place" my eyes widened shocked.

"W-What?"

"After the pro hero's arrived and settled the situation we noticed that you had collapsed on the stairs... and we head back for you. " Bakugou yelled annoyed.

"Oi Kirishima! Hurry it up!"

"I'll be right there!" he called back, leaving him glaring.

"Anyways... we head back to you and found you unconscious, I offered to bring you to the infirmary after he suggested it but Todoroki-kun lifted you up before I could even react and told us that he would be the one who carries you there" my heart started racing as he told me this, I don't know what I should think about it.

"S-So that's how it is..." I stuttered, gripping the fabric of my skirt.

"Thank you for sharing this with me Kirishima... I am glad to know, I should thank him properly for everything he did" I turned around but his hand lightly gripped my lower arm, preventing me from leaving.

"You know Todoroki-kun better than any of us, am I right?" my eyes widened.

"Why do you think that?" he stared in my eyes for a second.

"Because he did not hesitate to help you when we reached you... it was different than the time when you got injured and fell... I nearly had to force him to stop your fall..." my heart was racing again.

"Thank you for your concern... I really appreciate it but... you are mistaken, I don't know him at all, we never met before school" he was still for another moment before he released my arm.

"I see, sorry to bother you then, I just had the impression that you knew each other because he acted like you were someone important to him." I felt bad to lie to him but I promised Shoto that I would not get in his way at school.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but there is no such connection between us, maybe he was just shocked and expressed his emotions the wrong way. Please don't misunderstand..." I gave him a light smile as I looked over my shoulder.

"Yeah... sorry about that" he looked a little embarrassed and moved away.

"See you later then" I waved my hand and head back to the classroom.

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My head was aching, the class was almost over and I planned to confront Shoto. I knew it was a bad idea but I could not just leave it like this, I had to thank him despite knowing that he might not be amused to hear my grateful words. Once the bell sound ended the class for today I quickly packed my stuff together, he left the classroom first and I had trouble collecting all my items.

"(First name)-Chan! Wanna walk home with us?" Ochako asked, standing next to Ida and Midoriya.

"Sorry guys, I can't today, I already have plans" she looked a little disappointed but smiled anyway.

"No problem! I'll see you tomorrow then!" she waved and I finally finished packing my stuff.

"Yeah! See you tomorrow guys!" I rushed past them out of the classroom to collect my shoes from downstairs. I needed to catch up to him before he would get too far away.

I ran over the school yard and left the gate to head in the direction he was going. My eyes already caught him and I gave myself another push until I managed to catch up to him.

"S-Shoto!" I called out his name, making him stop. I panted like crazy as I stopped and tried to calm down.

"What do you want?" he asked sounding annoyed. I looked up to his face that gave me this usual cold stare.

"I wanted to thank you for taking me to the infirmary" his eyes twitched.

"Why do you thank me for such a small thing? I only did what was my job, it's not because I cared about you" his words really hurt but I could feel that he was only acting this way because he wanted to brush off my emotions from his shoulder.

"I know you don't... trust me, I do know at least that... I only wanted to thank you because you helped me, I already thanked everyone else who was involved as well so don't take it the wrong way." He glared and turned around.

"Even if you say so you can just drop it, I don't need to hear any words of gratitude from someone like you, we aren't friends anymore" he left me standing as usual and walked away, I hated that every conversation we had ended like this...

"You are right... we aren't friends anymore... but still... there is still hope left that one day... we can be friends again..." he clenched his teeth.

"I at least believe so... and... no matter how much you hate me I will never give up on this hope... I think you heard it before but I gladly say it again... you are someone unique to me and therefor I want to get you back" I could not see his face right now because I was facing his back, but I was sure that he remembered those words very well.

"That's all I wanted to say..." I turned around to walk back, he was so angry that he could not control himself and dropped his bag. His hand gripped my arm and forced me to turn around, he took my other arm and pushed me back until we were off the road. He used his leg to make me stumble backwards and fall onto the grass. He immobilized me and glared down at me, his eyes were piercing mine.

"You should be careful what you say... remember" he leaned closer to my ear.

"You are no match for me, I can do whatever I want to you within a blink of an eye, just like now... so I give you a piece of advice..." he paused before he continued to whisper.

"If you continue to approach me then I will show you my true nature... I am nothing like the boy you knew back then, I am not innocent nor do I feel any kind of sympathy towards you" his voice was deep, making me shiver as he spoke.

"If you think that you can scare me off with those words... you are mistaken" I replied, his head moved away from my ear and looked into my eyes.

"I am well aware that you are no longer the boy I once knew... but that does not change anything" his eyes twitched and his grip around my arms tightened, hurting my still vulnerable shoulder.

"Tch! You are so damn annoying it's making me sick!!" he finally let go off me and moved back.

"You can try all you want but I am not the same I once was! There is not a single nerve left inside of me that feels any affection towards you!" No matter how painful his words were I could not resist it and wanted to see for myself if it really was true. I raised my hands before he could stand up and placed them on both of his cheeks. Our eyes met and I felt the warmth of his skin under my fingertips, no matter how much he wanted to hide it, I could see very clearly that he was only putting on that act because he was afraid.

"You can keep your emotions in check as much as you want... but your eyes... they are not lying" he was shocked and unable to move, he did not expect me to get so close to him.

"You still have a kind heart no matter how much you want to deny it... but I promise, that I will do everything I can to turn you back into the person you once were!"