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*RING*
"Alright! Listen up! Make sure you have your partner picked by the end of class tomorrow. I don't want to see anyone falling behind on this."
"Yes!"
"Shimura."
Tenko sighed in annoyance, nodding, "Yes sensei?"
Aizawa shot him a blank look, "Make sure you get this done if you fail one more project..."
Tenko grits his teeth, "Got it, Sensei."
Aizawa sighed tiredly before turning back to address the class, "Alright, scram all of you, it's break." Leaning back in his chair, he took out an eye mask with whiskers on it and put it on, seeming to fall asleep instantly.
Ignoring the snickers around him, Tenko rose from his seat and headed out of the door with his bag. Outside the building were some vending machines with drinks and snacks. Obviously, he always got strawberry milk, plain milk tasted like shit. The only good thing about it was that you could make it sweet or use it to bake.
"You got to be fuckin' kidding me."
There was not a single strawberry milk left in the godforsaken machine.
"Tch." He switched machines picking out a cream bread bun. He checked out his wallet frowning as he only found a couple yen still inside. Looks like the bun would be his only snack for today. Inserting the money into the machine and pressing the button he waited for the bun to be dispensed, and to his dismay it got stuck.
Tenko squinted at it, then smacked his forehead against the machine and groaned. "Fuck you to." His eyes narrowed onto the stuck package, he debated kicking at the machine, but he already got in trouble for that this month.
"Sh-shimura-kun..."
Grunting softly he turned and looked down to see the class president, Midoriya Izuku. "Uh hey, Midoriya, need to use the machine? Don't get the cream bread, fucker got stuck."
Midoriya laughed but looked nervous with all his shifting, those big green eyes right out of some erotic Hentai whirled around looking anywhere but at him.
'Wonder what his deal is, gotta piss?'
"No, nothing like that, I just couldn't help but notice you trying to get something to eat. The machines outside need to be serviced as a lot of people have complained about their snacks getting stuck. And I thought I'd offer some of my extra food since I had it on me. If you want that is...?" he ended his rambling with a murmured question. His gaze shifted down as he offered out a small bento box.
Tenko blinked and tilted his head to the side his eyes narrowing as he examined the class president.
"No thanks Midoriya I'm fine act-"
*gurgle*
"..."
Midoriya looked at him, mouth twitching upwards, "...uh-"
*gurgle*
The class president's face seemed to go slack and his eyes met his, "Hey Shimura-kun it's alright if you accept this. I won't tell anyone or anything, and you can even keep the box."
Tenko bit his lip debating but nodded accepting the box, "Thanks, Midoriya, uh, I'll wash this and bring it back tomorrow."
'And by washing it, I mean give it to Kurogiri.'
The other boys face seemed to brighten a bit as he smiled widely at him, "Thank you, Shimura-kun! You don't have to, though, just enjoy the food, there's some reusable chopsticks in the bento, so you dont have to eat with your hands."
Midoriya started to walk away but turned back to Tenko and waved, "See you in class!"
Tenko's heart seemed to skip a beat as he saw that blinding smile, Midoriya's green eyes bright and wide. His pulse quickened to an alarming rate, and his palms felt sweaty, where they rested against the cool bento. Tenko swore that his face felt warm, jaw slack, he was breathless. But the moment was gone as soon as Midoriya turned.
Blinking back into awareness, he clutched the bento tighter and turned on his heel.
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'What the hell was that?!'
He was panicking.
Nothing like this has ever happened to him before, his, his heart was going completely ballistic. This is worse than when he stayed up for five days trying to do a speed run of Elden Ring. Turns out almost six energy drinks a day is not okay for ones health. Sure his piss was brown by the end of it but he completed the fucker.
This was, this was new.
He didn't like it.
How was he supposed to go about playing this game without the rules or a cheat guide he could find online. This was real life.
Revolting.
He wasn't usually one to panic, but going into a dungeon like this and encountering an enemy different to one you're used to dealing with usually warranted a slight panic. But he could get over this. This was nothing new.
The boss would have the element of surprise for a couple of turns, and then he'd beat it. Just like he always did, it was a different story this time. However, it's not like he could actually just beat the shit out of Midoriya.
...
No, he really couldn't. Even he wouldn't stoop that low, shaking his head he looked down at the bento. It was an unassuming white box with a panda face on the right corner. He shrugged, opening it and was surprised at what he found inside, a cute little panda made of rice and seaweed. Around it was an array of starred vegetables and some grilled chicken strips. It smelled pretty good actually, he spotted the chopsticks just above the panda and picked them up. There was a small part of him that felt bad for ruining the panda, but that part was heavily overshadowed by his hunger.
He ate it in under two minutes and spent a solid thirty seconds staring down at the empty bento in disappointment.
Shoving the empty container into his bag, he yawned, turning back to head to class. Of course, this is when he ran into him, Jackass extraordinaire, Bakugou Katsuki. In typical bully fashion, Bakugou yelled at him from behind and strutted towards him with two dumb looking sidekicks flanking his sides.
He groaned extra loud just to make sure the dipshit heard him and turned already bored of him, "What Gremlin face?"
Of course, this only made the dumbass mad, but it was entertaining to watch him get so pissed off. "You fucking freak," he snarled glaring at him. "I don't know what you were thinking hanging out with Deku, useless moron that he is. Don't tell me your actually friends with that loser?" He asked getting real close to Tenko's face.
Tenko held his breath. Losing his temper now would only be bad, even if he really wanted to beat the shit out of this guy.
"Don't see how it's any of your business, actually. It seems like someone's still sour they lost the class president position to the 'useless freak'. Maybe you should go to anger management. What? Did your mommy not hug you enough when you were a kid?" He taunted, his tone betraying none of the anger he actually felt. Why he even felt angry was a mystery, but he always hated the blonde asshole maybe he's just especially ticked off seeing his ugly face today.
This seemed to really get the blonde going. He practically snarled like a wild dog. "Listen here you fucking shit head I'll fuck you up so bad that-!"
"He'll what? Wish he'd never been born? I don't think so, Bakugou-kun." Came a calm voice just behind Tenko.
He turned quickly and found the class president staring at both of them sternly. "Bakugou, this is the fifth fight you've started in the past week. Aizawa Sensei told you that you'd be expelled for a week if he caught you fighting again." He said quietly, holding a small notebook and pen in his hands.
Tenko blinked before his face broke into a wide feral grin. He turned back to the Gremlin. "Uh oh, looks like someone's in trouble. Better scram before the president makes good on his word and gets you kicked out."
There was a tense silence as Tenko waited for the guy to move. He looked about ready to attack them.
"Boy's, is there a problem here?" Another one? He turned around once more, quite ticked off, and found the English teacher looking at them.
Bakugou seemed to snap out of his murderous rage and turned stomping away with his lackeys. He heard a loud exhale and looked to see Midoriya shaking slightly as he clutched his notepad. "T-thank you, Sensei. I was just trying to get them back to class." He whispered, bowing towards the blonde man.
He watched as Sensei Mic chuckled and reached down to ruffle Midoriya's hair. Tenko could feel his eyes twitch as he watched them, some kind of annoyance bubbling inside of him the longer he watched. "No problem, kid! Make sure you tell Aizawa Sensei about them. Those kids have always been a handful. Have a nice day, boys!" He called walking away towards his own classroom.
As he watched the teacher leave, he made to go back to the classroom but was stopped by a light tugging on his jacket sleeve. He turned once again and saw Midoriya clutching his sleeve lightly, looking down at his shoes.
"Uh, Midoriya, you alright?"
Sniffling, then "Y-yeah, I I-I'm just really sorry, Shimura-kun. Bakugou messed with you because I gave you that bento earlier. I don't know how he saw me. I thought he was still in the class. B-but I guess I wasn't careful enough. Please forgive me for putting you in my mess. I'm really sorry, I swear I didn't mean to." He said quietly.
Tenko felt his mouth go dry, his chest felt, kinda heavy. Midoriya was apologizing to him, for what? "Hey, look, it's fine. I could care less what Bakugou thinks anyway, I think he's a piece of shit. It's not your fault, I even instigated him a bit. Tested out some new dialog, shit talk, y'know? So, uh, you don't gotta apologize, really." He said awkwardly, scratching the back of his head with his free hand. "And anyway, you kinda saved me back there, I could have taken them! But uh, you stepped in and helped me. I'm really grateful for that."
Midoriya looked up at him. His eyes were a bit puffy and pink behind his glasses, and he sniffed a bit, trying to calm down. "Thank you, Shimura-kun." His face broke into a bright grin as he let go of Tenko's sleeve, bringing his hands up to wipe at his wet eyes.
*ba-dum*
God, when did Midoriya have such a-
*Ba-dum*
A uh-
*BA-DUM*
Cute face.
"We'll we better get going class is about -"
"Be my partner."
...
The surprised look and slack jaw on Midoriya's face was endearing. He looked even cuter if it were possible, his whole face from the trembling of his lower lip to his bright shining eyes. The whole thing was so sickeningly cute.
"You wanna be my project partner?" Midoriya asked shakily.
Tenko nodded his face blank, but he could feel his ears getting heated. His heart wouldn't stop pounding. The blood rushing through his ears made the audio around him distorted.
The most breathtaking grin split the other boy's chubby face. His heart may have stopped for the minute he was able to see it. "O-ok! Yeah! Let's be partners, Shimura-kun!" He said excitedly, his whole being seemed to radiate a warm light. Tenko could feel every part of his body tingling his mind was turning to gooey mush already.
Midoriya was just, just so cute. So bright, so- so-
Warm.
God, he was so warm.
He's so warm, bright, soft, kind, lovely.
Eventually, he sort of snapped out of his haze, "Great, good, amazing, so you wanna come to my place?" He said transfixed on every single detail on Midoriya's face. His whole chubby face, big eyes, freckled cheeks, his perfect smile, his warm, warm, warm.
Midoriya shifted nervously, "Oh, um, is it ok if we go to my place first today? It's not that I don't want to, but my Mom would be more comfortable letting me go if she meets you first." He said shyly.
Cute.
Adorable.
"Yeah, yeah, that's totally fine, I don't mind either way." He said immediately.
Izuku smiled happily again, walking to lead them back to the class, "Ok then! I'm getting picked up today so you can let your parents know and you can come with me or I can just send you my address and you can meet me there."
Tenko nodded, grabbing his phone to tell Kurogiri he was going to go with a classmate today, and he'll tell him when to come get him. "Yeah, they said I could go with you."
"Great! So we'll go to my house, you can stay for dinner if you want! My Mom's sure gonna be happy I brought a classmate home today." He said happily and started rambling on about his home.
Tenko, though disinterested, listened with rapt attention to every word that tumbled from Midoriya's mouth. His heart still wouldn't stop beating, and he still felt warm, warm, warm.