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The news that All Might has been taken as a new faculty member took the entire nation by surprise. Naturally, the media swarmed the school in search for a story.

"Hey you! Can you tell me what it's like to work so closely with All Might?" A reporter asked Midoriya outside U.A. High. Y/N observed the chaotic reporters and was debating on whether she should risk on getting through the entrance by walking through them. Because she was sure that none of them would even let her get walk through that door if she doesn't answer their questions.

When Midoriya and Y/N arrived the school and saw the crowd, she said, "Hey, it's time to prove your friendship to me. You go first!" At first he stammered and denied but then Y/N gave him a glare, he agreed.

"I have to go to the nurse's office!" Midoriya made an excuse and ran inside the building.

Y/N sighed and muttered, "Oh god, great. Now, how do I sneakily enter?"

"Look who's scared." A cocky voice interrupted her thoughts. She turned back and saw Bakugou looking at her and grinning, "Scared of mere reporters, grandma?"

Y/N blushed hearing the new nickname, knowing she earned it for their encounter yesterday. "You call me that again and you'll earn a tight slap across your face, asshole."

Bakugou smirked and walked forward with Y/N following him behind saying, "For your kind information, these 'mere' reporters have the goddamn power to speak the truth. And just like they have the ability to say the truth and make life easier for people? They also have the power to make your life an absolute hell. I don't know about you, but I fear the press man. Ever heard of negative media?"

Bakugou was about to answer when suddenly the reporter who was interviewing Midoriya earlier, approached them and started asking questions. "Excuse me kids! Are you in All Might's class?"

"Keep walking and don't say anything stupid." Y/N whispered as both of them walked towards the entrance and the reporters started following them. And Bakugou was keeping his attitude in check until the lady spoke up again, "Oh! Aren't you that sludge villain kid?" Bakugou stopped and Y/N gave him a look. He looked angry but decided to keep it in control and said, "Walk away."

As soon as they entered the building, Y/N looked at him with a smirk and said, "Wow, never expected THAT from you. Usually you spit fire Bakugou."

"I'm not stupid. Anyways, why are you even following me dumbass?!" He said, irritated.

"Um, we are in the same class so we have to go to the same direction? Also, I don't have any interest to follow you. And you are walking beside me so if it's hard for you to understand, let me inform you, we are actually walking 'together'. If you're annoyed, feel free to walk faster or slower. Whatever suits you dude." Y/N said with a sarcastic smile on her face as they arrived their classroom.

As soon as they opened the door of the classroom, everyone stared at them, which both of them decided to ignore. Ofcourse, it was an unusual pair for the class. Bakugou along one of his rival? Well, nobody clearly knows their past so that definitely puts them in a situation.

Y/N sat down behind Bakugou and Midoriya finally broke the silence and spoke, "I know you are good at conversations but you take one walk with Bakugou yesterday and now you guys are friends?"

"We just happened to walk in together. Nothing else." Y/N said looking at the back of Bakugou's head, "I talked for the most part. He barely answered my questions."

"What questions?" Midoriya asked. She started feeling embarrassed and decided to change the topic. "How did you manage to escape so fast?"

"You can change the topic but don't expect me to go along with it Y/N." He said.

"Fine." Y/N huffed, "I'll tell you later when we walk back home."

"We rarely go home together now Y/N. We practice and then don't even have the energy to talk anymore. We also have got new set of friends, I agree, but don't think that it will create a distance between us. So you have to tell me sooner or later."

"I know," Y/N turned to him giving him a smirk, "We have that understanding baby."

"Oh dear god, not again." Midoriya sighed and leaned back on his seat as Y/N started giving him finger guns. Suddenly the door opened, silencing the whole class, and Aizawa walked in.

"Decent work on yesterday's combat training you guys. I saw the video feeds and went over each of your team's results." Aizawa said starting the class and tearing everyone down one by one. "Bakugou, you're talented. So don't sulk about your loss like a child."

"Yeah, whatever." He said trying to look disinterested.

"Midoriya, I see that the only way you won the match was by messing up your arm again. Work harder, and don't give me the excuse that you don't have control over your quirk - that one's already getting older. You can't keep breaking your body while training over here, but your quirk will be very useful if you get a handle on it."

"Right!" Midoriya said looking enthusiastic.

"Y/N, you have potential but you're not using it right. And while trying to take control on both sides was impressive, getting distracted that easily was not. You need to work on both - your strategy and quirk." Y/N just bowed down her head and sighed.

"Let's get down to business. Our first task, will decide your future." Aizawa said as the whole class got panicked thinking it might be another quirk test. But soon got relieved hearing Aizawa's next words, "You all need to pick a class representative."

"Well I plan on keeping a low profile, so to hell with that." Y/N said, slumping on her seat lazily. But that's not what everyone else in the class was thinking. Everyone started shouting and creating chaos about who should be a class representative. In a normal class, being a representative usually means extra work and responsibility. But here in the hero course, it's a way to get noticed by agencies and proving that they can lead a team like a real pro.

"Silence! Everyone please!" Iida yelled and quite evidently, everyone became quiet. "The class representative's duty is to lead others. That's not something just anyone can do. You must first have the trust of every student in the classroom. Therefore, the most logical way to fill is position is democratically. We must hold an election to choose a leader."

After the election results came out, Bakugou, quite naturally wasn't happy with the result. Midoriya got the first place with three votes, Momo got into second place with two votes, while others voted for themselves. Iida on the other hand landed with one vote, much to his dismay while Y/N got zero votes. She didn't have any interest to stay on limelight when it was only the first year in U.A. High. She wanted to improve her quirk and show it in the field.

"I can't argue with the system I chose." Iida said bitterly. While everyone started asking Y/N who she voted for and how she shouldn't have listened to Iida, a blond was equally surprised to hear the result. Although, his expression didn't show it and he decided to keep it neutral.

"Dumbass got zero votes." Bakugou gave a smug laugh, "What? Gave your vote to that loser boyfriend of yours?"

"I don't know how to lead a team." Y/N said looking out the window, "I thought you knew it after watching me in the combat training yesterday." For some reason, Bakugou wasn't able to answer her. After hearing her outburst yesterday, he was pretty sure that they might be polar opposites with their quirk, personality and ambition, but this feeling of insecurity was something they both related to.

"Tch." He muttered, turning back to hear the announcement, and argued with Sero who said no one would've voted for him with that attitude of his.

Ofcourse, Midoriya got elected as the class representative and Momo got elected as the deputy or vice representative.

[ TIME SKIP ]

"Ugh, it's always so crowded in here." Ochaco complained, finally finding an empty seat in the cafeteria.

"That's because students of support management and hero courses all share the same cafeteria." Iida said.

"Guys, I'm quite worried about the class rep thing. I don't think I'm qualified." Midoriya said, looking down at his food.

Y/N ate quietly as she heard them providing encouraging words. "Sure you are." Ochaco said.

"You'll be great." Iida said, "Your courage and quick thinking under stress will make you a worthy leader. Not to mention, the strength you demonstrate. Those were the reasons I voted for you atleast."

"You voted for me?" Midoriya asked, "W-well, was the other vote from you Y/N?"

"Are you kidding me?" Y/N chuckled, "The points Iida made are the exact reasons why I didn't vote for you. You make rash decisions under stress and that can be foolish and harmful for the whole class. Besides, have you noticed how much you were shaking in front of the class? I certainly won't be happy if our class representative stutters so much in case we need to present ourselves in front of outsiders or public."

Midoriya started getting more nervous hearing her words, but Y/N continued saying, "That's why I voted for Iida. For his sense of responsibility and confidence. You know me for a long time Midoriya and I've been honest with you. And, I know you for a long time too so I can tell that if given some time, you will surely start being good at your job."

"You think so?" Midoriya asked, his voice laced with nervousness.

"Like I said Midoriya, honest opinion." Y/N said munching on her food again.

They were back on their conversation when Iida talked about his family and ambition, when suddenly the emergency bell started ringing.

"Warning! Level three security breach. All students please evacuate the building in an orderly fashion." A warning along with the emergency bell started getting announced.

And it took no time for the students to create chaos and stampede towards the exit. Midoriya, Iida, Ochaco and Y/N all got separated and stuck in the crowd. While Iida was trying hard to figure out what was wrong, Y/N was stuck near the window. She was barely able to move a muscle, but she was not rushing to get out from there.

"Maybe if you idiots," She said pushing a guy beside her to create some space, "listened to the warning and got out in orderly fashion, you could've gotten out way faster than this. Hands off you pervert!" She said stomping on guy's foot who was standing behind her.

Iida called out to Y/N asking, "Who trespassed the campus grounds?! Can you see anything?!"

"It's the press Iida!!" She yelled back.

While Y/N was struggling to move back to somewhere empty, suddenly she saw Iida fly through the air and slam on the wall above the exit gate.

"Listen up! Everything is okay! It's just the media outside! There's absolutely nothing to worry about. Everything's fine! We are U.A. students. We need to remain calm and prove that we are the best of the best." Iida said making an announcement.

No sooner he said this, the crowd got silenced and everyone started feeling calm about the situation.

"It's time class rep, let's begin." Momo said to Midoriya standing in front of the class.

"Um, so we need to figure out who the other class officers will be." Midoriya said shaking nervously, "But first, there's something that I wanna say. I've thought a lot about this and I think that Tenya Iida should be the class rep. He was able to capture everyone's attention and get everyone in line. So I believe that he should be the one leading our class from now on."

Everyone agreed with his words; Y/N and Midoriya exchanged a smile.

[ TIME SKIP ]

After their school was over, Y/N and Midoriya were waiting together for Ochaco and Iida to arrive so that they could go home together. "You're still going to tell me what you and Bakugou talked about?" Midoriya said patting her shoulders.

"Keep dreaming." Y/N said patting him back. But then she sighed and explained, "Midoriya, I know we are best friends but there are some things that I can't talk about to you. Its embarrassing and...ugh I can't believe I'm saying this but I feel shy. So please respect the space I need? I know I'll tell you if it's something important. And I hope you don't feel that this is making us drift apart. Like you said in the morning, we are best friends even if we don't talk everyday. We have that understanding and....I'm growing up you know. So, some things are going to change."

"Like your bust?" Mineta said behind Midoriya, listening to their conversation.

"Yeah, keep talking like that and I swear you will pee blood tomorrow." Y/N said giving of a creepy smile. "Anyways, I know you bottle a lot of things up but you can say anything about this. You can be angry and disappointed and-"

Midoriya interrupted Y/N from rambling and chuckled, "Woah woah Y/N, calm down. I'm glad you said that and I totally respect your decisions so don't worry about it. Even I have some things that I don't talk about."

"Like Ochaco.." Y/N smiled and said. She spotted Iida and Ochaco approaching from a distance and waved at them. Midoriya looked at her in surprise with a blush covering his face.

"And Bakugou?" Y/N said turning to him, as they smiled at each other.

Both of them had their own secrets regarding that blond.