74 Chapter 73

The door opened and in walked one of the staff members carrying a platter of food and drink. "Your previous order." he stated as he placed them on the table in front of Ajimu and Shiranui, before turning to leave.

All eyes were locked on the platter of food. The reason being, that there was a bowl of noodles placed in front of Shiranui that was giving off steam like a volcano. Placing his menu down, he grabbed a pair of chopsticks and started eating the noodles like there was nothing wrong, even though the steam was so thick that it obscured his face.

"Umm, is he gonna be okay?" asked Ashido.

Ajimu picked up a menu and handed it towards Midoriya. "Don't worry about him, just order something for yourself."

"I-If you insist." replied the green-haired teen as he took the menu from her.

"So, Ajimu-san." Uraraka spoke up. "You have a Skill too?" she asked, trying to change the subject.

The girl smirked. "Oh, you have no idea." she said with a knowing tone. "But enough about us for now. Why don't you tell us about yourselves?"

After about twenty minutes of exchanging information; likes, dislikes, reasons for wanting to become a hero, there was a knock at the door again. Seconds later, another group of people walked in.

The first to enter was a girl with shoulder-length wavy, pink hair with a large red bow tied at the back. She had a pretty face that was elevated by her bright smile, and was wearing an elegant knee-length white dress that was lined with light-blue ruffles.

The next to enter was a diminutive girl who was easily the shortest person in the room. Her hair was coincidentally the same shade as Shiranui's, and she even had a similar ahoge, although hers was far shorter by comparison. Her blue eyes instantly snapped to the food on the table and she began drooling. She actually looked rather cute given her stature. Her height and soft features made her look like she was closer to a primary schooler in age, yet she wore the uniform of a high school.

Following behind the two girls, the last person stepped in and closed the door behind him. He was a little taller than the average teen, and carried himself with an air of strength. His shoulder length hair was blonde in color like that of a delinquent, but it was unclear if that was his natural color or if it was dyed. Dressed in an open dark-green jacket with a white shirt underneath, the first few buttons were undone and showed off the top of his muscular chest, and the collar was up.

[You are the only ones who made it?] asked Kumagawa.

The blonde scratched his head. "Medaka stayed behind to make sure everything was set up for later. You know how she is like that. And Zenkichi stuck with her to make sure she came up for air every once in a while."

[Aww, that's too bad.]

"Kikaijima is still angry at you from the last time she saw you." he added with a sigh. "And you know how Tsurubami-san is with crowds."

"And Chougasaki-san and Shibushi-san said they had prior obligations to deal with." added the pinkette.

Kumagawa shrugged. [Well I guess it's their loss then.]

"Or gain, depending on how you look at it." quipped Sukinasaki.

[I can always count on you to shower me with words of kindness.]

"So, who are these guys?" the blonde asked as he gestured to the UA students.

"We're Kumagawa's classmates from UA." answered Ashido. "Though I suppose we're not classmates anymore." she added.

The blonde clapped his hands together and gave a slight bow. "My condolences."

He then turned his attention to Toga. "So, I take it that this one is the girlfriend that you keep bragging to us about?"

"That's right~!" responded said girlfriend.

"Bragging is a bit of an understatement." spoke the petite bluenette. Somewhere along the way she had managed to acquire a plate of dango and was currently working on her fourth stick. "More like he takes every chance he gets to remind us of the fact. '[Oh, how are you doing today? Me and my girlfriend are doing great!]'" she said in a poor imitation of Kumagawa's voice.

[Hey! Even if you're just quoting me, I don't want anyone but me to speak in brackets. If it catches on and more people start doing it, then it'll lose its charm.] he said with a pout.

The bluenette stuck her tongue out and made a face in response.

Kumagawa's eye twitched ever so slightly at that, and proceeded to grab a pie off the table. (why a karaoke bar would serve a whole pie, nobody knew)