This chapter actually has some weird romantic tension stuffs. Idek what to call it but I don't plan to make these scenes that common. Or maybe I will. Who knows.

The dining hall emptys at a rapid rate and I frantically spin around. I know that Akamine brings Aiko into the lunch room to get food, but then quickly leaves, so I'm hoping that she's still in here.

"Come on!" Mina yells at me from the enterence.
"I'll catch up, just go!" I yell back, dismissing her completely.
"Oh for fu-" she cuts herself off and I assume she's left.

People are still running out of the hall and I can't see Aiko or Akamine. I need to find her. I have to make sure she's safe.

"What the hell are you doing?" A random student grabs my arm and pulls me forward. From as far as I can tell they're from an older year. People running past me and getting pulled partially by that student force me into the corridor. I keep getting pushed and shoved into the corridor so there's no way of me going back and finding them.

Someone shoulders me and I stumble into the wall, smacking my arm off of it. I let out a groan and turn so my back is pushed against the wall.

I might be able to stand up in a fight when I have a weapon or I'm focusing on disarming someone, but come down to it, I could easily be physically overpowered. Especially in crowded or overwhelming situations. My quirk goes all over the place and tries to protect me from so many things at once that it gets too much for me. It fails to protect me from anything and just ends up giving me a headache. Whilst I can increase the usage of my quirk, I can never turn it off.

"Hey! Watch where you're go- oof!" A now familiar voice says. Todoroki might seem cold and I appreciate that because he actually fucking is. I rub my head in my hands as I can feel the throbbing worsen.

A sudden warm presence overwhelms me and I look through my hands.
"Dammit. " Todoroki mutters over his shoulder from directly in front of me. I feel like he's saying it whilst trying to spot whoever fell into him. Somehow it seems that he hasn't even noticed I'm here.

He's luckily managed to miss putting his hands on me, thanks quirk, this is when you decide to work? His hands are on either side of me, one by my head and the other by my arm.

He turns away from whoever pushed him, probably to rest his head on the wall or to take a deep breath and is very surprised to see me standing there.

"What the-!?" He's caught very off guard by my presence. Can't really blame him. "When the hell did you get there?"

I process the question he just asked me. "What do you mean when did I get here? I was pushed into the damn wall and you just happened to fall into me but manage not to notice. " My voice is annoyed and strained, the headache kills. My sudden bitchy undertones seems to throw him off. I'm used to taunting at villains but this is the first time I've taunted at him, or any of my new classmates, minus Bakugou. I haven't known them long at all, but I guess I've come across as very passive so far.

"Sorry." I very quietly mutter afterwards, feeling bad because it's not really his fault.

He doesn't say anything, just blankly looks at me. Someone suddenly knocks into him and then they don't seem to move, forcing Todoroki to fall into me more, closing the small gap between us. More people filter into the corridor meaning that there's less space to move.

Our fronts are basically pushed together and the confidence I'd gained from being bitchy quickly leaves and is replaced with pure embarrassment. His arms haven't moved, and I hear a grunt escape him, he's trying his best to keep himself from crushing me, but the amount of people pushing onto him are clearly causing an issue.

His arm shifts and his hand brushes my side, making me jump and shift.
"Don't move. I might crush you." He says in a low, rough voice laced with strain. His head is resting on the wall next to mine and I decide that it's safest to obey him.

The adrenaline pumps through me, causing me to become painfully aware of my surroundings. He's so fucking close. God kill me. I can feel his hot breath on my neck as he pants. I really appreciate the effort he's putting into this considering there's a corridor of people getting pushed against him.

"Everything's fine!!" Iida's voice rings out through out the corridor. I can't see him because Todoroki's head's in the way, but it's definitely him. "It's just the press! There's nothing to panic about. We're fine. This is U.A! Behave in a way befitting this great institution."

Everybody seems to simultaneously calm down and people slowly begin to filter off from the corridor. The pressure on Todoroki lessens until he can finally step away from me, which I expected him to do instantly, but he doesn't.

He's clearly not using his arms anymore as they fall limp at his side but his head is still resting on the wall next to mine. We get some odd looks as people walk past but no one pays much attention. His heavy pants are all I can hear. That was a lot of pressure, especially when it wasn't expected.

"Are you..." I trial off, getting distracted by his form. He's very well built and, for some reason, it catches my off guard. "Are you okay?" I shake off my thoughts and finally ask.

He pulls away from me in a second once I speak.
"Yes, I'm fine." He says calmly, but he seems tired.

He then gives me a slightly concerned look. "Are you?"

"Yeah!" I say a little too chirpy. "I mean yeah." I try to tone it down a bit. "Thanks to you."

"What?" He seems suddenly dumbfounded. It's kind of funny.

"Oh uh, I mean my head hurts and I probably wouldn't be able to focus on stopping myself from getting crushed." As the words leave my mouth, I realise how true they are. Was this just a fortunate coincidence or did my quirk just fix a problem it caused? It made my head hurt by being overwhelmed leaving me somewhat defenceless but fixed it by using Todoroki as a human shield.
"So yeah. Thanks" I swing on my feet and look up at him.

"Oh you're welcome." He says it slowly, like he actually means it followed by a faint smile, but it seems very forced. An awkward silence settles in which I finally break.

"We're uh not gonna mention that again, right?"

"Yeah, let's just pretend that never happened." He says as he wipes his forehead with the back of his hand.

We're actually getting along. It's a bit different from when he was sending me death glares in the enterence exam or when he called me out in class.

We stand there a small while longer, neither of us really knowing what to say or do. I look up at him and meet his heterochromic eyes. They're breathtakingly pretty. Honestly most of him is pretty. I suddenly freeze for a second and think.

Todoroki. That name rings a bell. It takes a second to click. Todoroki? As in Endeavor? I swear his name is Todoroki. Shit is that Endeavor's son and I didn't even realise it?

I think I heard Yaoyorozu mention it at lunch one time when they were talking about the boys they like and there's certainly no denying that Todoroki's attractive. I can see why she's easily caught feelings for the cold boy. I mean Yaoyorozu is attractive herself so I'm sure they'd make a great couple. They're probably both strong since Mina told me they both got in on recommendation.

I sigh, feeling like a dumbass.

"Shit Aiko." In the crowded events I forgot about my original goal. "Dumbass!" I growl and smack myself on the forehead with the palm of my hand, running off before I can even give Todoroki another glance.

I bolt down the corridor and stumble around a corner, my vision's blurry from my headache and the light hurts causing me to trip on a wet floor sign and I stumble into someone. When I look up, I meet a pair of red eyes and I honestly wish I'd fallen flat on my face into the ground instead.

Kirishima blankly looks down at me and I jump away.
"Shit sorry, " I gargle out, "I was just uh looking for my sister. Oh God I hope she's okay after that mess." I say as I rub my face in my hands, the last part mainly to myself.

"It's fine." He says as he gives me a wide smile and waves his hand in front of him, showing me that it's nothing. "I think I saw her with Akamine in class 1B when I walked past. She was talking to a teacher." My face instantly lights up.

"Thank you!" I pat him on the shoulder a little too aggressively but I couldn't care less. I guess it's because it's the kind of rough affection I'm used to. "You're a life saver!" With that, I run away from him to get to class 1B.

I burst into 1B and find Akamine, Aiko and some random teacher. I rush over to Aiko and practically knee slide across the floor to pull her onto a hug.

"She's fine." Akamine says before I can even open my mouth. "The crowd was too much so I pulled her in here. Don't worry about it."

I feel tears sting my eyes. There were so many things that could've gone wrong. I don't think anyone will ever understand that as much as me. She could've got crushed. She could've fallen and been stepped on. She could've started having a panic attack and gotten herself in real trouble. She could've used her quirk. It would be the rest of us in trouble if she had.

They're could've been a disaster and I wouldn't have been able to stop it.

"Hey hey." Akamine says, clearly seeing my distress but not understanding it. She rubs my shoulder as I cling to Aiko. I push my lips to Aiko's forehead.

"I'm going to protect you. I've always said that, but if I can't you have to trust other people. You can't try to protect yourself." I say as I pull away from her and hold her face in my hands. "We can't risk what might happen, you understand why?"

She nods and I pull her back into a hug. I got confident and thought everything would be okay if I left her alone. Why was I fine yesterday? I guess it's because I was there to look after her. I pulled her to safety during the exam and I held her away from harm.

Today I had no control over what happened to her and I let myself get distracted. At least Akamine was on high alert.

I feel her pull my closer and she only mutters one thing.

"I'm sorry."