The idea that just a few days ago her class had been attacked by a bunch of villains seemed so surreal to Y/n in that moment. It was early in the morning and the crisp air surrounded her as she walked the street to her bus stop. It was their first day back since the USJ incident. She had her uniform on and her bag on her shoulders, a normal teenage girl. Only that now she was a normal teenage girl that had been all over the news together with her classmates for surviving this scale of an attack. They knew that most of them were low level villains and that pretty much anyone with a half decent quirk could have taken them on, but they made no effort to try and fight the media.

As usual, Y/n and Kirishima made their way to school, mostly talking about the news reports about them.

"I don't understand why they would want to make out those villains to be worse than what they are" Y/n said as both her and Kirishima went in to class, greeting their classmates.

"For the views" Kirishima replied, putting his bag down on the floor next to his desk.

"Yeah, but you terrify the people more than you should" Y/n stated, sitting on her desk.

At that point Aizawa had just entered the classroom, his face still covered in bandages.

"Settle down" he said, moving to the front of the class.

"Are you sure you should be back in school sensei?" Izuku asked. It was pretty obvious he hadn't completely recovered yet.

"Yes, we have way more important things to thing about now. The
UA Sports Festival is coming up and you need to be ready"

"Isn't it too early for a Sports Festival after what just happened?" Kirishima asked. He watched his teacher in disbelief together with the rest of the class.

Y/n agreed with Kirishima, it seemed rather risky to have such a big event after something like that. Sure, there would be many pro heroes present as it is the best way for them to look for future employees, but the amount of people there will just bring more attention to the event.

"This event is too important to be postponed and a very rare opportunity for you as students. We will be taking extra precautions" Aizawa replied. The class knew that this was going to go down either way so they just agreed with what their teacher said and went along with the rest of the day.

Uraraka skipped over to Y/n as she was putting her notebooks away.

"Want to come for lunch with Midoriya, Tenya and I?" she asked.

Y/n smiled at the short girl and nodded.

"Go ahead, I'll catch up with you in a second" she said and finished packing up. She saw the three of them disappear out of the door and smiled to herself.
It hadn't been as hard as she had expected to make friends after all those years at home. Yes she had had a few hiccups until now, but it didn't seem as unnatural as it first did.

As she walked out of the class, following her classmates' footsteps, she saw them in a distance, Todoroki walking a little behind them.
Y/n jogged forward and reached his side and turned to look at him. His gaze was fixed on Izuku in front of him and just as All Might appeared, Todoroki grabbed Y/n and pulled her behind the corner. He rested his back on the wall and held her arm so she couldn't interrupt her friends.

"What are you-"

"Shh" he hushed. Y/n could see the concentration in his face.

"Oh my god Shoto Todoroki. Are you eavesdropping?" she whispered, stiffling a laugh. For some reason, the idea of someone so isolated and cold pretty much listening in on gossip made her giggle.
He glared at her and didn't answer. Izuku and All Might suddenly went past them. Todoroki noticed Izuku turn his head to look at them and he reacted fast. He pulled Y/n's arm, which he had been holding til then, to him and embraced her, closing his eyes and hiding his face in her shoulder.
Y/n stood shook in front of the boy with the half white and half red hair. Her face heated up, not even processing what was going on.

What the HELL is he doing?

Y/n pressed her hands on his chest and pushed backwards, ripping away from the cold embrace.

"What do you think you're doing Shoto?" she asked, raising an eyebrow as she put her hands on her hips.
This was weird and definitely unexpected.
Todoroki shrugged his shoulders and went round the corner, ignoring her question.

"HEY! You can't just ignore me like that!" she shouted at his back. He lifted his hand and waved at her, disappearing round the next corner. Y/n glared at the point where he last was and stomped to the mess hall.

--

"Alright I think that's all for today, right?" Y/n asked Kaminari. He checked the time on the phone and nodded at her.

"Yep we can head home, I have some research on the Sports Festival to do" he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Me too, I've watched them before but I feel like I know nothing" she sighed, stuffing her things in her bag.

"Hey why don't you come over-"

"Guys?" Izuku called from the door of the class. A big group of teenagers stood in front of him at the doorway. They all had a rather stern look in their eye.

Y/n and everyone turned to look at Izuku, who had backed away from the other students.

"They've come over to assess the competition before the Sports Festival huh?" Bakugo snarled, cracking his knuckles, soon followed by Kirishima.

Y/n turned back to Kaminari, she wasn't really in to the idea of getting in to some drama with another class, she had enough on her plate as it was.

I'm sure Bakugo will deal with it

"I'm sorry about you being interrupted Denki, what were you going to say?" she asked, smiling at the blonde boy.

He turned his attention back to her as he heard his first name spill out of her mouth.
It made him feel all giddy inside. A light pink blush creeped up at his cheeks, but as he thought back to what he was going to ask her, he panicked and violently shook his hands in front of him as if to dismiss his previous question.

"O-Oh nothing Y/n! I was just going to say good luck with your research!" he nervously said. Luckily his weird panic went unnoticed by her. Or if she noticed she definitely didn't show him.

"You too Denki! I hope you find what you look for" Y/n beamed and started walking away.
At this point Bakugo stood in front of the crowd and got in to a fighting stance.
Y/n was determined to not loose this bus home so she just walked over and placed a hand on Bakugo's head, looking up at the students in front of her.
She didn't bother with not getting in to drama at this point. It was worth it if she didn't have to wait another half an hour for the next bus.
All eyes were in her. Bakugo made no move to remove her hand from his head, but he looked over at her suspiciously.

"Unfortunately for you, he is not all bark and no bite. He will bite you. And hard for that matter" she stated, gesturing towards the ash blonde next to her. His crimson eyes glared at each person in front of him individually.

"Did Y/n just make Bakugo her pet?" Kirishima whispered over to Tokoyami, who just shrugged his shoulders and watched the scene quietly.

"W-We came here to tell you to not embarass us at the Sports Festival! You guys are so fake!" one of the boys stated. This made Y/n raise an eyebrow and her mouth twitched in to a small smirk.
Todoroki, who had been watching the whole scene sat on his desk, noticed her wiggle the tips of her fingers. He knew that she had more of a relaxed demeanor compared to Bakugo, but she could be just as bad.

"I'd say that right back at you, but then again, no one will be watching you if the class of first years that defeated the big bad group of villains is competing against you" Y/n stated and winked at them.
Bakugo looked over at her and a small 'pffft' came out of his mouth as he cackled, pointing his finger at them.

"Now move, before she does it for you" he smirked, eyeing the girl next to him.
At this point most of the students from the other class, class 1-B they'd then find out, decided it would be best to leave and they soon disappeared.
Bakugo turned to Y/n and high fived her aggressively.

"Didn't know you had it in you Spidey" he said, waving and leaving.

Kirishima walked up to her and ruffled her hair violently.

"Way to go Y/n! Now let's go catch that bus" he said. Y/n laughed and followed the red haired boy.
At this point she felt quite proud of herself. Kirishima and her spoke about this for most of the ride home, him complimenting her for how she stood up for the whole class and how she managed to creep a little fear in to the other students.

That was not the smartest move Y/n, now they'll all be out for blood and probably come for you and Bakugo

Todoroki pinched the bridge of his nose and put the strap of his bag on his shoulder as he left. He didn't know how to feel about the words she had spilled. Sure it was stupid of her to look for a fight just before the Sports Festival, but at the same time, those words made him laugh. On the inside.

At least the attack hasn't changed one of the bigger parts of your character, your recklessness

Todoroki lifted his gaze towards the setting sun, a half smile appeared on his face without him realising and there it stayed until he got home.

--

Y/n felt her phone vibrate on her desk while she watched past Sports Festivals on her computer. She turned on the screen and noticed it was a photo sent from Pikachu.
She unlocked her phone and giggled at the cute selfie he had sent.

Pikachu: How is the research going?

Spidey: I wish I could say well

Pikachu: What do you mean?

Spidey: I get the whole Sports part, but as you well know I'm not the best at first impressions

It took Denki a few minutes to reply, but eventually Y/n received a notification from him once again.

Pikachu: I always liked you ;)

Spidey: Awwe that's so sweet Elekid, I've always liked you too ;))))

Y/n laughed at his message and locked her phone once again, going back to her computer.
Once again her phone buzzed, but when she checked, it wasn't Denki.

Peppermint boi: Hello

Spidey: You have some explaining to do >:(

Peppermint boi: I do?

Spidey: You bet your ass you do, why the hell did you act all weird all of a sudden today?

Peppermint boi: I hugged you. Was that weird?

Spidey: Yes cause you don't do that, and not just to me, in general mr.sobaprofilepic

Peppermint boi: Midoriya saw us, I didn't want him to know.

Spidey: Know what? That our own Shoto Todoroki is a big fat busybody?

Peppermint boi: Put it that way if you must. But you have your explanation.

Spidey: Alright alright, you are forgiven. Why did you send me a message in the first place?

But Y/n received no reply. She didn't think much of it, this was probably the most normal thing Todoroki had done today. Maybe he just didn't feel like talking anymore.

As Y/n looked back at her phone, she unlocked it once again without thinking about it and sent Todoroki another message.

Spidey: Change your profile picture

Peppermint boi: What

Spidey: Change your profile picture, put something more you... like you

Peppermint boi: But... soba.

Spidey: Hush

A few minutes went by, which Y/n spent laughing as she saw the small writing on top of the screen saying "online". She could just imagine Todoroki scrunch up his face as he looked for something different to put as his profile picture, the same intense expression he had for everything else no different in that moment. It was funny how she could imagine his face in her mind so accurately.
When she checked again, a big grin was plastered on her face.

Spidey: Now that is a profile picture I can agree with!

Peppermint boi: Is this what you meant?

Spidey: Definitely. Now goodnight Shoto, sweet dreams!

Todoroki looked at the last message she sent him, his heart beating a little faster than usual. He hadn't had anyone wish him nice dreams in a long time and even though this was just through a text, it felt so nice.

Goodnight...Y/n.

Alright my dear people, my upload schedule should be soaring anywhere between posting on tuesdays and fridays and posting every other day, depending on how much stuff I have to do, but I should manage to get at least two chapters a week up. Thank you so much for your patience! Bye ~Ali