Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others. This was the very definition of being sadistic.

Taking that into consideration, maybe - just maybe - Izuku was just a little sadistic. He was having the time of his life embarrassing Bakugou and teasing Ochako to no ends. She was especially fun to tease, he didn't know. He guessed he liked her reactions better than Shinso and Iida's.

To be fair, he hasn't spoken to many of his 'classmates'. Perhaps, there was someone more amusing, but he already had his targets.

Additionally, according to Ochako, he was basically making Shinso Hitoshi suffer - mentally. He didn't know anything about afflicting pain though. He hasn't done anything drastic like that...

"Yet."

Iida looked horrified and Ochako choked on her rice. She ordered very little from the cafeteria, he noted. As Uraraka has a coughing fit, she was barely able to protest.

Hitoshi shook his head and sighed. How did this start? Going back to the start, it started with a simple greeting.

"Hey, Ochako." She had turned around, already knowing who it was. Most likely, Izuku came to tease her and she noticed Shinso following after. Weird. It didn't seem like his kind of thing to follow anyone. If anything, Ochako and Iida imagined Shinso just wanted a break from Izuku the Drama Queen.

As dull as it was, that was the nickname the class has given him. His overreacting and his weird monologues were the cause of that. Not to mention the first time they met him.

"Hello," Iida greeted Shinso.

"Are you and Shinso joining us for lunch?" She questioned. They sat down on their usual spot, continuing with their conversation.

"Yup!"

Ochako hummed, slightly curious as to why Shinso is always following Izuku. She had ended up staring at the purple-head, while she narrowed her eyes.

Midoriya noticed this. He puckered his lips in an attempt to pout, but it ended up looking exaggerating. The villain placed his chin on his palm and elbow on the table. "Tenya never greeted me."

In response to hearing his first name escape Izuku's lips, Iida kept himself from reacting too openly. He didn't want to entertain Izuku any longer. Tenya struggled to keep himself from responding in any way, but he could not do so. "Yes," he said as if he had been holding in his breathe, "Hello, um, Izu- Midoriya. I mean Izuku!"

He lost. He definitely lost. This was definite when Izuku's laughter was heard. The laughter that probably gave Shinso nightmares. It'll probably give him nightmares too. "I feel embarrassed." The engine-quirked teen hid his face with his hands, in the process slipping his hands under his glasses.

Uraraka put her attention on Izuku this time who was laughing quite loudly. She wondered for a second, how could Shinso find such an innocently-pure-sweet sounding laugh haunting. Albeit, she quickly snapped herself out of that naivety. She should know better!

"Poor Hitoshi. You have it much worse than both Bakugou and I." The brunette shook her head. "Why do you keep bothering Bakugou and Hitoshi like this?"

Izuku's laughter quieted down. His smile faltered, almost finding himself pouting again. "I don't know what you mean," he said, mimicking innocence. He tilted his head left-to-right slightly and repeatedly. They hated the fact that his cute-act was so convincing.

"Oh, come on. We all know you're up to something with that explosion-guy," Shinso said nonchalantly.

"Not only that but you seem to be enjoying your constant negative remarks affecting Bakugou. This is unacceptable behavior!"

"You also like teasing us. Especially Hitoshi. Are you secretly a sadist?"

The green haired adolescent could not hold back a pout this time. "Well, if you call me out like that, I can't deny it." He suddenly hugged his body, "Stripping me like this and exposing me! What a moment of vulnerability!?"

They stared stone-faced.

There he goes again.

Seeing no response but tired expressions, Izuku stopped his mini-play and switched to another character. This character had a devious smile and eyes sharp. They were eyes that glowed neon green under the shadows casted by his hair. "Well, I wouldn't go as far as calling myself a sadist. I've never gone as far as physically torturing someone for my own amusement," he paused, "yet."

And thus, that was what led up to the situation mentioned before. Ochako kept coughing, while Iida was trying to find the right words to confront Izuku's rather inappropriate words. Shinso, already picking-up Izuku's act, only sighed. Although he had to admit he was taken aback by the look Izuku was able to make.

Iida had gone to ask for a glass of water by the time Uraraka had recovered. However, Iida said he did not want to take any risks, so he left Izuku to pat the brunettes back.

The said boy had smiled non-stop even as he done so. This earned him a look of curiosity and a frown to add to it. "Why do you look so happy about this?" She questioned, not having it.

"Your reactions, of course. It was priceless," he said without hesitation. The rest of their conversation went in the same manner.

"You're so mean."

"It's payback, since you were mean to me first."

"When was I mean?"

"When you kept talking about Shinso the whole time instead of paying attention to me."

Uraraka chuckled, finding his reasoning silly. "It almost sounds like your jealous."

"I am."

"Sure, sure," Ochako waved her hand in dismissal. Her smile seemed to be carved onto her face when she froze. "Wait... what?"

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