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Thursday arrived. The girls and I headed to the mall. I've never been shopping with a group of girls before, since my mom Naruto-ran from me when I was younger—almost like I was the plague or something.

"Alright, girls! Where should we go first?" Toru wondered with a smile. She was still my mortal enemy.

Jirou monotoned, "Hot Topic."

Mina beamed, "FOREVER 21!!!"

Ochako twirled her hair, suggesting, "What about the Target clearance aisle?"

Momo said, "What about Louis Vuitton?"

I added, "What about the lost and found center because my broke self can barely afford a taco?" While crying in a corner.

The girls just stared at me. Ochako related though.

"I know! Let's go into Forever Hot Louis 21!" Toru beamed, pointing to an outlet with a neon sign that said exactly that.

"Wow, okay."

So, we headed in there. Inside, was a lot of junk scattered around. From knock-off designer purses to emo ripped jeans. It was great.

"Hmm, I wonder how these green zebra-striped stilettos will look on me," wondered Mina.

"If you wanna walk home with a broken ankle, by all means—" Jirou downplayed, rolling her eyes.

I looked at the spiral of clothes on one display, trying to figure out what would bring all the boys to the yard. But my train of thought stopped once the girls started talking about. . .crushes.

"Aw, c'mon, Ochako! Don't you have a giant crush on Midoriya?" Mina wondered with bright eyes.

Ochako only tried to hide her blush. "N-No! Not at all. . ."

What was this painful feeling in my chest? I knew I had a crush on Izuku, Katsuki, Eijiro, Denki, Tenya, Hanta, Shouto, and Hitoshi. . .and that was totally reasonable—but it always hurt my heart to hear one of their names mentioned by another rival skank. But the thing is, Ochako isn't a skank. She's actually really nice.

WHICH MAKES THIS A BILLION TIMES HARDER—WHY IS MY LIFE SO UNFAIR!?

"So, (Y/N)—do you have anyone you like?"

I looked over at Jirou, which was the one who asked me the invasive question.

With a blush, I mumbled, "No. . ."

"I think Bakugou has a crush on you~" teased Ochako.

"How???"

"Because he doesn't act like a total demon problem child around you."

She had a fair point.

"No way! I think Iida has the hots for her," Jirou laughed. "He's always so shy and stiff around her."

"Isn't he like that anyway?" Toru tilted her head in confusion.

Another fair point.

"Girls, don't grill her," Momo interjected. "Besides, I'm pretty sure her and Todoroki are a thing."

An intense blush plastered across my face. "WAAHHH??"

Momo nodded. "Well, it's only a rumor—but some kid said that they saw you two making out in some yoga mom store somewhere."

I laughed nervously. "Pfft, that's just a rumor. I mean, why would I kiss someone I've only known for such little time?"

All the girls giggled at my successful lie.

"I know, right? Well, that's high school for ya. Be careful about the rumors!" Ochako warned, smiling.

"I'll be sure not to believe them," Momo assured. "And you don't seem like the boy-crazy type anyway."

I awkwardly smiled. "Haha, yeah."

After that excruciatingly uncomfortable conversation, we picked out some nice threads. Afterward, we headed to Starbucks.

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Meanwhile, with the dysfunctional dudes~

Katsuki was in his mansion, preparing for his house party. His parents had left today for their business trip, so this gave him time to prepare.

"YO, WHERE'S THE DANG KOOL-AID!?" he screamed through the wall.

"I got something even better," said Denki.

Katsuki turned to him, puzzled and frustrated. "What?"

Denki pulled up an entire glass gallon of this suspicious rainbow beverage. "Gummy Bear mystery soda."

"Okay, I want whatever the heck that is out of my house—AND I WANT SOME DANG KOOL-AID—"

"NONO! Listen to me! It's like, really rare and it's only available in some continents in Europe."

Katsuki's expression turned confused. "Are you kidding me? You're the basket case who's gonna become a Pro Hero one day?"

"Look man, it was really hard to get this. I spent all week trying to find someone selling it on the black market." Denki placed the gallon on the table, pouring some into a plastic cup for Katsuki. "Here, you try it."

"NO WAY I'M DRINKING ANY OF THAT ILLEGAL SEWAGE."

"I'll try some!" said Eijiro from the corner. He ran up, took the cup, and slurped it down. "Wow, I feel weird."

"OH, GREAT. IF HE DIES BECAUSE OF YOUR WEIRD BEVERAGE, WHO ELSE AM I GONNA GET TO PLAY THE KAZOO ON SUCH A SHORT NOTICE!?"

"He won't die!" Denki laughed. "It's just the sugar rush. There's about one-thousand calories packed in a cup of this stuff alone." He patted the gallon of Gummy Bear mystery soda with one hand, and a smirk.

"WHATEVER—JUST PUT IT SOMEWHERE NO ONE CAN GET TO IT. IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING A LITTLE GIRL WOULD HAVE AT HER JOJO SIWA BIRTHDAY PARTY."

"Whatever, dude." Denki placed the gallon of Gummy Bear mystery soda down on a kitchen counter, leaving it unattended.

Katsuki groaned. "The only reason I'm having this party is because my parents didn't buy me that Gucci duffel bag I wanted. My mom was like 'Well, you already have two other Gucci ones, ungrateful child'." He imitated his mom in a mockingly shrill voice. "And I was like 'Look hag, when I see something I want, I get it'. And then she slapped me upside the head and I tried decking her, but security dragged us out before I could."

Eijiro looked at the ground. "Wow, I can't even afford a pair of Adidas slides."

That's when the others came in.

"Hey, Kacchan!" Izuku smiled. "This sure is a nice house you have. I haven't been here since we played Mario Kart together in the first grade"

Katsuki pulled up his bug repellant and pointed it at Izuku. "BEGONE, DEMON, BEGONEEEEE—"

Eijiro pulled the can away before he could activate it though.

"Where's Iida?" wondered Denki.

"You think I'd tell that museum piece about my party?" spat Katsuki. "He's the biggest suck-up I've seen since stupid Deku."

"Let's not resort to name calling, you ill-tempered loon."

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, BIRD!?!" Katsuki roared at Fumikage's remark.

Izuku pulled up some flashy boxes. "Guys, I brought board games for the party! I got Monopoly: Pro Hero Edition, Hedbanz: Villain Edition, Operation: All Might Edition—"

"Board games? More like bored games," Hanta whispered to Denki in a laugh.

"Oh, really? Cool, let me see those." Katsuki held out his hand with a smirk. Once Izuku handed the board games to him, Katsuki burnt them to a crisp with an explosion.

Izuku clenched his fist like that Arthur meme.

"Board games are stupid, and I wouldn't be caught dead playing one," he commented.

"You're just saying that because you can't ever win at Candy Land," mocked Shouto.

"SHUT UP, ICE-POP." Katsuki then checked his watch. "(Y/N) should be here any minute now with the Chipotle."

"Chipotle?"

Eijiro informed, "Yeah, we told her to get us dinner."

Around that time, I arrived at Katsuki's house. I opened the door with the spare key he gave me. "Hiiii, guys. I'm back."

"Great. I'm starving." Katsuki approached me and looked at my empty hands. "Uhh, where's our dinner?"

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"We told you to go get dinner," Denki reminded.

"Oh! I did. it was yummy~" I chirped.

"Go home," Katsuki told me.

So, I left. Chipotle was still pretty good though. But what I was looking most forward to; was Katsuki's house party. It was gonna be so fun!