*Whimsical flashback music starts*

"Alright, for this training exercise—You're gonna go out in the dark in the forest and Class 1-B has to scare Class 1-A. 1-A will look for cards with their names on it or somethin'. Also, after fifteen minutes, vice versa," explained Mr. Aizawa. "Also, you're going in pairs. Pick someone. Just don't use this opportunity to make out or beat each other up. Remember, this is big brain time."

"Wow, that's so descriptive," Katsuki commented.

"I know. Now, just pick a teammate or somethin'." Mr. Aizawa fell on the ground and passed out in the dirt from the exhaustion of talking.

"Katsuki!" I ran up to him. "Wanna team up with me?"

"Why? Are gonna beat me up?" he snarked.

"Nonsense. I just don't wanna get paired off with Mineta."

"Sure, why not."

After some time, everybody picked their teammates. It looked awfully dark in the forest, but maybe Katsuki could create some light. It kind of reminded me of a haunted house though—since the other class would be jump-scaring us. I wasn't sure how that was related to our education, but I decided not to question it.

"Alright, teams. It's time for you to go out and find the cards with your names on them. Plus Ultra I guess." Mr. Aizawa gave the signal for us to start the test, so off we went.

"Man, it's so dark out here," I commented.

"Why? You afraid of the dark?"

"Not the dark—just those freaks from the other class lurking in it."

"Don't worry, I won't let any freaks get by me."

"So, you're gonna let them get by me?" I scoffed.

"No, as long as you're by me."

"But what if they go by me and not by you?"

"You worry too much."

We heard screams off in the distance. Class 1-B must have been scaring some of our poor classmates. We hadn't yet been scared, so part of me wondered if they were too intimidated by Katsuki to even try.

"This is boring," he complained.

"This exercise makes me feel so anxious. I feel like I could get jump-scared at any given moment."

"Yeah. . .it does feel that wa—BOO!" he jumped in my face.

I flinched away and held my chest so I wouldn't have a heart attack.

"KATSUKI!! WHY'DJA DO THAT!?" I raged.

He snickered. "Just wanted to get it out of your system. Feel better yet?"

I thought about it for a second. "I guess so. . .thanks!"

"No prob."

We continued walking down the dimly path and watched out for forest monsters—aka Class 1-B.

"You know, I let you choose me for a reason," he blurted out.

"Because nobody else would?" I smiled.

"No, I'm serious."

"I'm serious too!"

"I've had my eye on you ever since I first saw you," he confessed.

"Oh, just one eye? So, where's your other eye?"

"Am I joke to you?" he groaned.

Realizing that there was the possibility of him being serious, I backed off and let him talk.

"I'm sorry, Katsuki. Continue."

"Nah, I'm too embarrassed now. Let's just say—if you ever wanted to grab a burger or something, I'd join you."

I stood frozen for a minute. Was he actually asking me out? Or just being a jerk? Maybe both?

"Are you confessing your love to me?" I asked irrelevantly.

"I mean, you know."

"Know what?"

He looked frustrated and rubbed his fingers through his out-of-control hair. "Man, it's easier to hurdle insults to Deku than to say to you what I'm tryna say."

"So, what are you saying~?" I prodded.

"I said it."

"WHAT WAS IT!?" I screeched, probably heard by every one of my classmates who were around.

"You and me. Me and you. What do you think?"

"As best friends?"

"Well, you know—or more."

"SUPER MEGA BEST FRIENDS~?" I continued.

He screamed inside but let out a chuckle. "Fine, I'm gonna say it. I better say it before Icy-Hot barges in with his daddy issues."

"Go on."

Katuski eventually got tired of talking since that was going nowhere. So, he decided not to use words. Instead, he pulled out his phone and played 'Never Gonna Give You Up' by Rick Astley. The horrible sound quality echoed throughout the area of the forest we were in. Denki probably airdropped it to him from the other side of the forest unless Katsuki just had it on his phone for whatever reason.

"Just listen to the words. It's how I feel about you."

I was flattered. "Wow, I didn't know you meme'd."

"Only for you," he cringed inside.

I smiled and gave him an endearing hug.

"I feel the same way, Katsuki~"

He blushed and reluctantly returned the hug, since he wasn't used to people doing that unless they wanted a death wish.

After that, we pretty much had each other's back.

*Whimsical flashback music stops*

I felt myself begin to wake up. I let out a yawn and stretched. As I turned my head to the window, I let out a high, piercing screech at what I thought I saw.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Katsuki rushed into the room, tripping over his old Pokémon skateboard. "BABE, WHAT'S WR—OOF!"

I was shaking from the sight. I swear, I saw someone watching me through the window. It was like Edward Cullen all over again. "Someone was outside the window, watching me!!"

"These guys—they never let up. I swear, I'll be right back."

"No! Don't leave me!"

"I gotta catch the perv!"

I held my blanket tighter. "I think it looked like Yuga. . . ."

"Great. Deku wasn't lying. The boy's really got a problem."

"What do you mean?"

"Just let me check the balcony for cheese." Katsuki walked to the door and scanned the balcony.

I was more confused than ever. What was he even talking about?

He scanned the balcony for anything unusual. He then saw something written in cheese. It said 'Puis-je Entrer?'. I then heard him yell from the balcony, "What the chiz does 'Pyu-Jay Entray' mean?"

"Do I look like I speak French?" I retorted.

"Agh, never mind! I don't care what it says—the boy's dead!!" Katsuki surveyed his backyard and saw Yuga peeking out from behind a tree. "THERE'S THE PERV!! TIME TO DIE, BOY!!"

"Le stop! Le stop!" he begged dramatically.

"YOU HAVE ABOUT FIVE SECONDS TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF!"

By that time, all the guys had come to the balcony to witness the scene. Tenya was eating popcorn.

Deku shouted, "He did the same thing to me!! Don't hurt him!"

"YEAH, BUT YOU'RE A GUY!!" Katsuki yelled back.

"I didn't know she was in there!! I thought it was you, Bakugou! I swear!" Yuga tried to explain.

"THAT MAKES IT WORSE!!" Katsuki then asked, "So, what were you doin' at the balcony in the first place!?"

"I want trying to ask you to let me in!"

"We have a front door, idiot!"

"Oui, but I'm scared of your mom."

"I don't know what to think," he fumed when letting him go. "You're too weak to fight. It wouldn't be fair."

"Ah, merci!!"

"Now go apologize to (Y/N). And next time, use the door to knock."

Yuga got off the ground from where he had been body-slammed.

"Mademoiselle~!" Yuga approached me. "I beg your pardon for my behavior! But here's a peace offering~" He handed me a macaroni keychain.

"Why?" I asked.

"Cheese brings everyone together~!" he chirped.

I said a quick thank you just to get this ordeal behind me as soon as possible.

That's when Katsuki started the interrogation.

"I thought you went off with Tape Boy and Calamari. Where are they? Did they die on you?"

"I don't know! We went to sleep and when I woke up, they vanished!" he wailed.

Katsuki, refusing to show any signs of pity, said, "So. . .did they die or abandon you?"

"I don't know!!" He then sobbed into Katsuki's shoulder. "Le sob! Le pant!"

Trying to be encouraging, I patted him on the shoulder and said, "There, there. It'll be okay."

Tenya, chopping the air violently, said, "Were there any clues left behind that may suggest what happened to them?"

Yuga pulled out a syringe with cord that had snapped in two. "We found an empty warehouse and slept inside of it. When I woke up, I found this in the place Denki had been sleeping the night before."

"What is it?" asked Endeavor.

Katsuki fumed, "For a Pro Hero—you sure don't know much!"

"Hey, man. I quit."

Katsuki lifted the object up in the air for all of us to see. "This belonged to that vampire brat girl in the League of Villains. She tried to stick me with one of these whenever I got kidnapped."

Deku said, "Yeah, I think I've seen that. That's definitely Toga's."

Tenya added, "I cannot confirm nor deny because I was unconscious in the gutter at the time."

"Okay, guys. It's obvious she would have used this to get Denki and Hanta's blood samples. So, if either of them shows up—don't trust them. You have to force them to use their Quirks before we can trust."

"Alright, Peeping Tom. Let's see the electric light show." I turned to him.

"With pleasure~!" Yuga hopped up in the air and enabled his naval laser. It shot through the wall and caused a big hole. Mitsuki started screaming.

I let out a sigh of relief. "Well, Yuga's safe then."

"But guys! You're not considering Twice," Deku interrupted.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Remember at the training camp? When everybody was trying to catch Dabi but he kept turning into mud?"

"So, what does that mean?" Endeavor wondered aloud.

"It means he can make clones of other people and also use their Quirks."

We all looked at Yuga again. He held his hands out in surrender.

"How can I prove myself?" he cried.

"Isn't the cheese thing enough? A clone wouldn't know how to do things like that," Deku told us.

Katsuki said, "I still think we oughta lock him up just in case. Hey, Deku, how long does this mud thing last?"

"Uhh. . .from my observations, about two hours!"

"I say we lock him up."

"You'd wanna lock him up even if he wasn't a clone," I retorted.

"Please don't! I can't handle prison!" Yuga pleaded.

"Fine. But if you pull anything, you're goin' down along that Twice idiot!"

Deku then said, "Hey, do you think we should go to the battlefield where All Might and All For One fought? Maybe there's some survivors there and clues."

"The last place you wanna be is anywhere near that Darth Vader wannabe," Katsuki replied. "Besides it's too dangerous."

Endeavor said, "I think he was arrested. The police hauled him off."

Katsuki said, "I can see why you weren't number one. What do you think the first thing the Nomu woulda done after puttin' us all in darkness? They woulda busted their master outta prison!"

Deku interjected, "So, what do we do if we run into the League of Villains?"

"Probably die," Shouto answered.

Katsuki rolled his eyes. "Well, if Dabi shows up—I guess we'll all have a Todoroki family reunion on our hands."

"Oh! Do you think they have your mother, Todoroki?" Deku theorized.

Everyone just rolled their eyes. But maybe Deku had a point. What if they did have their mother? Maybe they destroyed the hospital in the first place for Dabi to be reunited with her. . . .

Shouto turned to his dad and started yelling, "See, Trash!? Everything you touch, goes up in flames! If they have Mom, so help me—"

Endeavor reached out and hugged his son close as Shouto held back tears. "I know, Son. I know. Whether they have her or not, I'll give my life to save her and reunite our family once again. I'm gonna make this right."

"Good luck with the raisin," Katsuki heckled, referring to Dabi.

"Now let's not get ahead of ourselves."

"So. . .we're going to the place All Might died?" I interrupted.

Katsuki replied, "I guess."

I looked at the floor and thought, We are so dead.

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Sorry for the long update lol. Life's been so hectic lately. Plus, I've forgotten to check Wattpad lately TwT

Well, enjoy nonetheless!