a stranger's blood.

“I don’t remember ever giving a signal towards being open to contact. Besides, I don’t think 1-A can take a simple command like ‘no’. After all, we’ve all seen the fits blasty throws at every opportunity.”

     “  oh !   you’re not bothering me at all !  “   the words come with a bright smile,  and he’s more than happy to listen to his junior’s request.   in response to his request,  he nods,  almost too excitedly,  and already he has a few flowers in mind.   his thoughts of flowers and colors are tucked away for a moment —–  after all,  he needs to know the meaning shouto wants to convey before he can give any useful advice.   “  have you thought about what you want to say with your bouquet ?  “

relief fills up his chest at the affirmation given that she wasn’t being a burden. ah, well, at least she no longer has to dread on that anymore. shouto’s never one that’s good with words or emotions, she couldn’t even convey her own emotions very well without going haywire but ... she’d hate to make this job harder for her elder schoolmate, so the least she could do was give him that information.

groaning loudly, denki thumps his forehead against his notebook lightly. he just wasn’t getting it, which was sure to lead to a bad grade on their next exam. he peeks his eyes up to look at her notebook, which had answers drastically different than his. damn it.  ❛ ah man, this is hopeless. i’m never gonna pass. ❜

he really didn’t know why a brainiac like todoroki was even bothering with someone at the bottom of the class like him, but he does make sure to write the right answers down.  ❛ hey, don’t you usually study with midoriya or iida anyway ? they’re a lot smarter than i am. it’d probably be easier for you. ❜ he feels badly that he’s slowing her down. surely it would be a better time to study with someone who had similar grades. why had she picked him anyway ?

she’d notice the distress he’s wallowing in right now. she doesn’t comment on it, nor does she nitpick on it, she simply lets him be. it’s a faint recreation whenever fuyumi would teach natsuo whenever he’d have his own problems. she’d always been so patient, and shouto would like to be the same.

❛  don’t say that. or rather ... i can’t stop you from saying so, but i’ve been told that pessimism doesn’t help the situation.  ❜   she’s told, although she doesn’t completely understand why or how. really, she’d say that the entire thing was easy and she couldn’t understand how kaminari can’t wrap his head around it, but she bites her tongue back since part of her knows it’s an insensitive comment and that sometimes some kids could be slow. that’s what iida had told him once, if she could remember. ah, well, she was pretty patient anyway.

“What’s it to you?” The sentiment of concern is met with a bristling coldness, and he fixes the other with a wary, scanning gaze.

“Go have your friendship talks with the rest of 1-A. I have no interest in whatever ‘advice’ you snobs could offer me.”