Propaganda - Chapter 4

--6 Years Ago--

Today, Raven is pranking another one of her classmates. No, she isn't pranking her teacher, she learned her lesson in that department.

Since they have authority, and all.

But, that's besides the point. It is currently ten thirty in the morning, and Raven has hid two things that she stole from Iida's room. Don't ask how she got into it; some things are better left unsaid.

The prank is, Raven hides two things that are of Iida's possession, and, soon, she's going to tell him she hid three things of his, so he spends all day searching for that third thing that was never really there. The two things that she did hide, though, are going to be hid in plain sight.

'Let's see how smart the class rep really is' Raven snickered to herself.

She had hid one of his things in the fridge, which, if one thinks about it, it's not really in plain sight, but that's not important. The other collectible she had hid, was right in front of the TV. Like she said, right in plain sight.

Now, Raven was just waiting for Iida to barge out of his dorm room in one..

Two..

Three-

"Who took my very rare Ingenium collectable?!" Iida stormed out of his room, just as expected and right on time.

Raven took that chance to confront him. She walked right up to him with a pip in her step,"Hiya Iida! I know where your very rare Ingenium collectable is, buuut~" She dragged out the word, "You'll have to find it!" She smiled her most innocent smile.

Iida looked taken aback, "What?? Why-?!"

"In fact," She interrupted, "I've hid three of your very rare collectables! You have all day to find them!" She giggled, her trickster personality showing through the glint in her eyes.

"Wha- How..? How did you even get into my room?! Raven! I ought to report you for-" Iida stuttered, chopping his hands but Raven stopped him.

She held up her finger to shush him, "Ah, ah, ah~! Time's a tickin'!!"

"Well- What if I don't find them??" He asked frantically, succumbing to the reality--or so he thought--of the situation.

She giggled innocently and shrugged, "Well, I guess you won't get them back!" She sang before waving as she walked away, seemingly already disinterested in the conversation.

Raven sat down on the couch next to her partner, Denki Kaminari, and watched as the class rep sighed and ran a hand through his hair frustratedly. "You're terrible," Kaminari cackled as Iida began to search the dormitory, starting in the lobby.

Raven breathed out a sigh, "It's what he gets for trying to stop me from pranking anymore," She replied to the yellow haired boy with a bitter taste in her mouth.

Yes, that's right. Iida, the goody two shoes, had tried to prevent Raven from pranking. 'As if,' She thought, 'No one can escape my pranks.'

"AHA!" That sound confirmed that Iida had found his first collectable, only one more to go before he searches endlessly for the collectable that was never there.

Another two hours passed before Iida had found the collectable in the fridge, and when he did..

"Who in their right might would put my baby in the fridge?!" Iida cried, cradling his chilled Ingenium.

Raven snickered at the sight, "Only one more to go!" She called out, causing him to run back to his room and put them back in their rightful place.

He quickly reappeared, starting to search in more specific places, like under the couch cushions, or in the cabinets. Little did he know it would all be in vain.

By now, a crowd of 1-A students have circled around Raven and Denki, who were snickering and giggling their asses off because Iida was searching for something that wasn't there.

"What's going on?" Kirishima asked Denki, making him look over his shoulder at the red haired man.

Denki snickered again, "Raven hid two things of Iida's and told him that she hid three things. He's currently searching for nothing!" He burst into a fit of laughter, causing Iida to look over in their direction.

With chopping motions, Iida scampered over to the group, "I know this is one of your silly pranks, and I will not fall for it! I will find the last thing you've hidden!" He declared, making the group of teenagers laugh, some clutching their stomachs and others falling over from not being able to handle it.

Mina put a hand on Raven's shoulder, "Man, Raven! This might be the funniest prank you've ever done!" She wiped a tear from her eye.

Raven looked back with a true smile, "Thanks! But I think it's time for it to be over, he's suffered enough," She looked back at the blue haired man, "Hey Iida!" She waved her hand for him to approach, "This was a prank. There was only two things from the start!"

Iida scowled at the purple eyed girl, making her cover her mouth with her hand so she wouldn't laugh. Iida sighed, "I'll admit, that was a pretty clever prank. But, you shouldn't take other people's belongings without their permission!" He chopped his hand as he reprimanded Raven.

She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, "Can't stop me," She grumbled, and everyone laughed at her incoming attitude.

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--Present Time--

Raven huffed as she pulled herself up on the bar for the countless time, exerting as much energy as she could to get her mind off of yesterday's events. Her short ponytail swaying as her body moved up and down.

She couldn't believe he had tried to do that to her! Sure, she knows she deserves it, but that doesn't mean he should actually do it!

It's not like it would work on her anyways--is what she wants to believe, but given their past, she knows she would be a goner if he actually started getting good at teasing.

She couldn't even imagine a Midoriya who could pull something like that off. Raven could only imagine the innocent little Izuku she would always fluster, even if she was saying a simple pick up line!

Oh, how she loved flustering the poor boy-

-But! Here she is, thinking about him again, when the whole reason she came to this gym was to get her mind off of him!

Her muscles were screaming at her to quit, but she pushed herself further as she pulled herself up for another pull up. The only way she could think to stop the intruding thoughts was to workout. It worked every other time, so why wasn't it now?

'One more time!' She chanted to herself as she lowered her body, preparing to do another pull up.

Her muscles strained as she struggled to do the pull up, "Come. On!" She rasped out, as she was unable to pull herself up one more time.

Right as she was about to let her body relax, she felt hands on her hips hoist her up so she could finish the pull up, the unknown arms easily lifting her frame up and gently bringing her back down to the floor as soon as she let go, her muscles burning with fatigue.

She was too shocked to have a reaction in the moment, but as soon as the hands were off her body, she whipped around at a startling speed, "Who do you think you-" She was about to go off on a tangent to the person who thought it was okay to help her when she obviously had it, but that was before she got a good look at the man in question.

Raven groaned like a toddler, "What do you want?" She grumbled to Midoriya, his smile never leaving his face.

He mocked offense, "What? Can't I say hi to my friend??" He asked, placing a hand over his heart.

Raven rolled her eyes, "I'm not your friend. I thought we both knew that," She said as she grabbed her gym equipment, heading for the doors to leave before Midoriya blocked her path.

"Well, I guess I never got the memo, because I believe we are!" Izuku's golden retriever personality shining through as he smiled warmly at her.

Now that he was in front of her, she got a good look at his appearance. Before, all she saw was his face and immediately wanted to go home.

He was in a white tank top that hugged his muscles and black boy shorts with tennis shoes. She could clearly see every muscle through that thin tank top of his, and boy, was she drooling at the mouth.

Midoriya obviously noticed this as she was just standing there, raking her eyes down every inch of his body. Part of him wanted to flex a little, just to show off.

So he did.

But, as soon as he did, it seemed to snap her out of her trance--which only lasted a few seconds.

She cleared her throat, clearly wanting this conversation to be over as her silence only spurred him on, "Oh! I know! Let's do a set together!" He suggested, walking over to one of the machines that works on legs.

"No, I'm done for the day," Raven replied dryly as she headed for the exit once more, only to be stopped by the same broccoli haired boy.

"Come on, Raven! I bet you haven't done a set with anyone before! We should try it together!" He pleaded, already set on doing this with her. Nothing was going to stop him. "Besides, you're never done unless you can't walk," He said suggestively, shooting a smirk at the purple haired woman who groaned at his remark.

She knew he was stubborn when it came to things he really wanted, so she knew it was inevitable. She trudged along as he pulled her by her wrist, climbing onto the machine with a little, 'Yay,' as she sat down in front of him.

As Midoriya put on extra weight so both of their muscles combined would be able to get a good workout in, he noticed Raven didn't really know where to sit on the machine. "Here," He said as he started to guide her to sit in between his legs, and lay her down on his chest so when she put her head back all the way, it was right on his shoulder--perfect for him to talk right into her ear.

Meanwhile, Raven's mind was going haywire. 'When the fuck did he get so bold?! He's not the same little innocent boy I used to know and tease!'

Raven didn't even realize they had started working out, "Alright," Midoriya breathed out as he started pumping his leg muscles, lifting up the weights set up in the machine, "We're doing three sets of fifty, alright?" He whispered next to her ear, causing goosebumps to rise on the back of her neck.

Raven nodded, already out of breath and it wasn't because of the work out.

She was on his chest! Just laying there like he was some lounge chair! But, she couldn't get the thought out of her head that it felt like her body was molding against his, like they were meant to go together.

Like pieces of a puzzle fitting just right.

She growled at the thought, pushing her body against the platform they were raising harder and faster, unknowingly causing her lower body to grind against his lower half that was underneath her.

A sharp inhale sounded from Midoriya, but went unnoticed by the purple haired woman, continuing to push the platform as hard as she could.

His hands came to her hips as she pushed again, "Stop wiggling," His voice strained as he tried to keep her from grinding down once more, but to no avail, "Raven. Stop moving or we're gonna have a problem," He said in a husky voice, one that finally caught her attention making her cease her movements.

"...What kind of problem?" She asked reluctantly, not knowing if she wanted to know the answer.

Midoriya tried to keep his composure as he breathed heavily, "One where you're really not gonna be able to walk tomorrow," He rasped out, causing Raven's face to go completely red as she realized what she was doing.

She sat up, accidently causing her to brush against him again and he inhaled sharply, "Ah! Sorry!! I just-" She got off of him completely as Midoriya shushed her.

"No, no," He laughed, adjusting himself, "It's fine, I promise!"

Raven was still awkward, and really wanted to go home now. "Okay.. well, I'm just- I'm gonna go.." She stuttered before grabbing her equipment and hurrying off towards the exit, not knowing Midoriya's eyes were trailing after her.

She should have never come to the gym today.