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"Bakugo!! Stop spamming me; it's not cool!" Kirishima exclaimed as he used more force to press the buttons on his remote, like if that would increase his chances of winning. "You don't even let me use my ultimate move!"

"I let you pick your character first, didn't I?! You knew you could of picked the one I'm playing with; it's a fair game! It's not my fault you suck ass at this!!"

[____] was fanning Kaminari while watching the guys have fun. 'It really seems like the only thing Katsuki enjoys doing is beating people at anything...Even when he plays video games, like this...'

"[____], do you want to take a break?" Shoto asked her, while he was waiting for his turn. "I can continue to fan him, so you don't tire yourself out."

'Todoroki is always so nice to me...I'm seriously starting to believe that he may like me. How can I know, for sure, though? I feel like I should ask him about his secret girlfriend if this continues...'

"No, thank you...I'm okay with doing this, for now."

"AHA! I WON! YOU CANT COMPARE YOURSELF TO ME, SHITTY HAIR!!" Katsuki dropped his remote as he stood up, allowing everyone to praise him for his victory.

Kirishima clapped his hands in amazement. "Bakugo, you're so awesome! If there's anybody I can look up to— it's you, my great team leader!"

"Alright, alright, shut the fuck up." After a few seconds of having his best friend eulogize him, Bakugo was ready to call on his next opponent. "Half-and-half, it's your fucking turn!! Make it worth my while!"

Shoto nodded, taking the wireless dualshock out of Kirishima's hands. "I don't know which character I should pick."

"Heh, pick whatever you want. I'll fucking kill you, regardless!!"

Kirishima moved away from his friend to make space for Todoroki to sit, giving the girl some company while he was at it. "[____], so tell me...what do you think of Bakugo, when he's like this?"

The question caught her a little off guard— But knowing that Katsuki couldn't hear them over the sound of his own bragging; she smiled. "I think he's amazing...I've never met a person who's so passionate about winning to the point where it gets him this angry...."

"Wow...Such an honest response...I feel like crying right now." Eijiro held on to her hand, making [____] feel a little nervous. "You and I think the same. Even the people who he's close to....They don't try to see things our way...It's kinda rare."

"Y-You think...? Ah!" She jumped when she felt a warm hand touch a part of her hair.

"So pretty and soft....hehehehehe..."

"Kaminari? Are you okay?" After what it seemed like an hour of her using a notebook to fan her classmate, [____] was feeling relieved after watching him sit up.

"An angel? Am I in heaven?" Denki spat out the phone charger to lick his dry lips.

"Relax, bro. It's just me." Kirishima honestly thought he was speaking about him and placed another USB cable inside Kaminari's mouth to charge a third remote. "Here— Bakugo drained its battery earlier."

"Tell me the truth, do you guys only invite me over to charge all your stuff..?"

[____] grabbed a room temperature water bottle from one of the plastic bags to hand it to Kaminari. "Drink something, you must be hungry, too—Wait, do you want to eat something, first?"

"[____], you're the sweetest! If you keep worrying for me like that, I won't be able to stop myself from falling more in love with you—"

Denki said that very casually, Bakugo overheard him and he threw an empty soda can to his face. "YOU'RE NEXT, PIKACHU! Prepare to fucking die after Icyhot gets destroyed!!"

Denki only blinked once to his threat, "Wait, you guys started playing without me?! Exactly how long was I out for?!"

"Like...2 or 3 hours?" Kirishima answered on behalf of everyone else. "[____] thought she killed you or something."

"Ah, crap. So you guys really let [____] see me while I was short circuiting? That's not cool! Now she's definitely not gonna like me back..."

[____] backed away as a reflex, since he was touching her hair again. "You just weren't acting like yourself, that's all..."

"She didn't like you from the start, anyway, dumbass." Katsuki mumbled to himself— something only Shoto caught since he was the only person sitting right beside him.

"So what's the scoreboard??" Denki, after taking a few sips of water, finally became his energetic self again. "Who's been winning?"

"Katsuki has!" [____] seemed excited to announce. "He beat Kirishima 19 times at Street Fighter, 8 times at Tekken and 16 times at Soulcalibur!"

"[____], have you been keeping score this entire time? How many times did I win?" Eijiro asked her. "I had to have at least six wins at Tekken; right?!"

"I... I'm just overestimating numbers. Let's not take it at heart..." The girl was a little embarrassed to admit she was only counting her crush's wins and nobody else's.

Kirishima caught on, "Oh? But Bakugo's numbers sound so spot on...Could it be that... you were only keeping his scores?"

"How interesting...." Kaminari teased her. "Here I am thinking Todoroki is my rival, when the truth is that it's actually Bakugo—"

"No! It's not like that! I—!"

"What a bunch of idiots; all of you. Of course she's keeping track of my wins because those are the only ones that matter. Get a fucking clue." Katsuki was smiling in satisfaction, unexpectedly calm for a moment before his pride got the best of him. "I'm the fucking best!! She knows it— You all should, too!!"

'PLAYER 2 WINS!' The man on the tv announced.

It turns out that Shoto was playing on his own the entire time. Bakugo was too busy boasting on and on about himself to notice that Todoroki had already chosen his character and entered the arena to fight.

"I won." He said, as if it actually counted. "Who's next?"

Bakugo was silent, but it was only because he was too mad at himself for not paying attention. "FUCK NO! THAT WIN DOESN'T FUCKING COUNT!! Fight me forreal, Icyhot prick!! What are you doing!? Don't put the remote back on the ground!! It's not over— It hasn't even started!!"

Todoroki was ignoring him the entire time as he walked over to Katsuki's bed stand to charge his cell phone using Kaminari's mouth.

"Are you fucking listening to me?! SAY SOMETHING!! That win doesn't fucking count!! Fuck you!"

'He looks like a little kid...Yelling so much about it.'

[____] smiled at her crush and Denki finally got the idea that she liked him after looking her way.

"I'll play against you, Bakugo." Kaminari pulled the wires out of his mouth so he could get the remote that Todoroki had dropped on the ground. "But I want to make a wager, so it's more interesting!"

"My phone..." Shoto, in the background, looked a little sad to see it wasn't charging anymore.

"Ah?! A bet, you say?" Katsuki smugly repeated after his classmate. "I'm listening."

"Basically—" Denki pointed over to the only girl in the room. "Let's play three rounds. Winner gets to have [____] as their partner for the upcoming exam."

[____] looked a little eerie at his words. "Huh? Me?"

'I'm the wager? Is he trying to start a competition with me as some sort of prize?! That's crazy! Katsuki won't care about that! I'm sure him and Kirishima are already partners, anyway, I—'

"Let's do it." Bakugo's words startled everybody who was in the same room as him. "Who's trying to fight against me?"

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'He accepted?! He accepted and now I forgot what I was gonna say!!'

Her heart began to beat faster from anxiety. She then, decided to stand up and take a step closer to Katsuki. "Um...I don't—"

"I'm tired of playing already; but I'll compete against you." Kirishima announced, having no real interest in the winning bet. He gave Bakugo a smile that read, 'Don't worry, bro! I'm your second chance! If I win— I'll hand her over to you!'

'Great! Now everyone but Todoroki is on it—! This can't be happening to me!'

"Todoroki, are you in?" Denki looked at his team leader, who was too busy finding another charging outlet for his phone. "Winner gets to ask [____] to be their partner."

"No; thank you."

[____] Bit her lips together, preparing to speak up for herself. "Guys!! I don't want—!"

"Shut up, fat cheeks!" Her crush shook her off. "You have no say in this!"

"Wha—? But how does that make sense?! You guys are all acting like if I'm some type of object—! You never asked for my approval!"

"It's not needed when this has already been decided!"

"Yes, it's still needed! Because what if I say no to—?!"

"HEY!" He interrupted her and held on to her wrist, pulling her closer to him. "Didn't I tell you to shut up!?"

'S-Scary...'

[____] could sense that nothing she'd say would change anybody's mind at that moment.

'I'll just wait until they all calm down to tell them I won't be a part of this...' She told herself.

"Bakugo." Todoroki changed his mind after seeing him intimidate the girl he had grown fond of in a matter of two days. "I'll play against you, too."

'Great! Now everyone is officially on it—!'

"Okay, then it's settled!" Kaminari was feeling confident in himself. "[____], don't worry! I won't let any of these guys win! I knew the moment I met you that you and I were meant to be partners forever!"

'He seems very happy, knowing that he started all of this nonsense...'

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Denki immediately lost against Bakugo.

Their match only took two minutes.

"Eeeehhh...So guys really do become more competitive when the girl they like is involved..." Kaminari heaved, falling onto Bakugo's bed. "I'm so sorry, [____]! I couldn't win for you this time! I hope you don't hate me, your boyfriend went berserk on me since round one!!"

"You lost because you don't know how to fucking play! Stop making shit excuses!" Katsuki growled. "ALSO DON'T EVER FUCKING SAY GROSS SHIT LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN—!!!!"

"I lost, too, you know..." Kirishima whispered to [____] as he crawled back to his previous spot on the floor. "I guess I'm just too tired to give it my best. I'm sorry."

"I'm glad you guys are having fun with this and all; but this is just a joke, right? You're not taking this seriously?" [____] asked the two remaining guys, who were too busy choosing their characters on the screen.

"What are you talking about?! It's no joke— Look at how serious Bakugo is acting all of a sudden!" Denki pointed at the blond with his eyes; Katsuki was spamming Todoroki's character but kept getting blocked.

"DIE!! DIE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT! DIE, ALREADY!!"

".....I don't get it. Isn't that how he usually plays?" [____] saw it enough times already to know that it wasn't a new thing. "Besides...Shouldn't we pick our partners based on our quirks compatibility and how well we work as a team?"

After a long minute of silence, Kaminari and Kirishima burst out laughing. "Nah!" — "Forget about that!"

"Why...?"

"We have exams like this practically every other week— After a while, it gets boring to partner up with the same person. Sometimes guys just want to work with a pretty girl like yourself. They'll feel more encouraged to win if they feel like they need to protect you."

[____] remained silent while she thought about Denki's explanation.

'It's not like I don't believe in what he said, rather...I don't think Katsuki or Todoroki think the same way he does...'

"[____], you're overthinking." Kirishima mentioned. "Bakugo likes to feel needed sometimes, too. That's why he's okay with being your partner."

"That doesn't sound like Katsuki, at all..." She looked back to her crush, who was now standing and yelling at the tv.

"COME ON YOU FUCKING PUNK—!! STOP BLOCKING MY EVERY MOVE AND ATTACK ALREADY!!!"

"I know it doesn't sound like him, but Kiri is right. Trust me— I just know." Kaminari took a couple of chips out of a bag to eat them before winking at the girl. "It's a man's intuition."

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"They're both tied..." Kirishima announced about 20 minutes later. "This is the last round— which will determine who's the winner..."

"Just so all of you fucking know!!" Bakugo took a second to yell at his friends. "I'm going to win!! But it won't have anything to do with her— I will win because I'm the fucking best and I never lose!!"

"Don't worry— I believe in you!" Kirishima was pretending to cry at his words. "[____] is cheering for your victory, too!"

"I— I never said anything!" [____] claimed.

"Aw, But you don't have to— That look on your face says it all..." Denki added. "I'm so sad— My first true love had to end all in one day. Whoever wins better take good care of her!! She's my whole world!"

[____] payed no attention at Kaminari's strange compliments.

"[____]. I don't mind winning, if it's for you." Todoroki just mentioned it like if it wasn't going to make her feel more nervous.

'I can feel my ears feeling hot, already...I wonder why he wants to win that badly...'

"Shut up!" Bakugo, out of anger, threw a bag of chips at Todoroki to make him pay attention to the screen. Shoto saw it coming, though. So he caught the bag with one hand. "Less talking and more playing, Icyhot!!"

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