Chapter 12: Part 12
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- So...
The teacher looked at all of us with an attentive gaze.
- ...let's start with fifty metres for speed. Shadow Ida and Tsuyu Asui. You can run any way you like....
Tenya and Tsuyu took a place on the starting line, holes like exhaust pipes could be seen in the guy's calves.
- On your marks! Attention! March!
Tenya rushed forward, but he didn't stand a chance against Tsuyu. Not now.
- Two seconds! Three and four hundredths of a second!
The camera at the finish line was announcing the results.
- So... Tsuyu Asui, two seconds... Tenya Ida, three whole and four hundredths of a second... Good result....
Sotrigolova nodded his head, but Tenya looked extremely dumbfounded, you bet Tsuyu doesn't have a speed quirk unlike him. And he lost to her...
- Next... Ochako Uraraka and Mashirao Ojirao....
- Master, I need some time to prepare.
Shota nodded and Ochako began touching herself in various places.
Shoulder, thigh, sole....
- I'm ready!
- Okay, on your mark...
The guy who was running with her folded his tail like a spring and pressed it into the ground....
- ...attention, march!
He gradually called out one by one the students of the class. Some were better than others, some not so good...
I ran a little worse than Tsuyu, in two point fifteen hundredths of a second. Momo Yaoyorozu surprised me by creating her own jet-propelled rollers, and she flew the distance in three seconds.
- Well...
The teacher made a note in the logbook and once again looked at everyone with a heavy gaze.
- ...Let's move on to the next test.
He handed Katsuki a small device to measure the strength of the bench press and more tests began, until it was my turn.
- Isn't there anything stronger?
Aizawa cast a glance at me and shook his head.
I sighed and began to slowly squeeze the device....
One hundred...two hundred...five hundred...eight hundred....
I stop as I feel the device is about to break.
- The device is at its limit...
- Eh... Do you know your limit?
I scratched my cheek.
- I don't know my specific grip strength, but I can bench press over 40 tonnes.
And again silence descended on the platform...
- I see.
And again continued the calls to the teacher to check the capabilities of all students....
Next came the hundred metres... then there were squats with and without weights. Push-ups, pull-ups, high and long jumps.
In general, the teacher tested us all day long and only at 6 pm he decided to announce the results.
- Well... first place went to Izuku Midoriya, second to Tsuyu Asui, third to Momo Yaoyorozu, fourth to Katsuki Bakugo....
He looked round at everyone.
- ...The last place was taken by Minoru Mineta.
- Noooooo!
- And like I said, the last place winner...
An oppressive silence fell upon everyone on the court.
- ...will be reassigned to another class.
- But...
- Don't worry, Class B also produces high-level heroes. The programme doesn't differ, so if you put in the effort, you can become a hero.
- Я...
- Now, everyone is free to go. See you tomorrow.
Tsuyu and I looked at each other and switched the nanites to school uniforms, then we returned to the classroom and took our bags and quietly wanted to leave the academy.
- Um...
- Yes?
I looked at Momo who met us at the exit of the classroom building.
- ...Could you please wait for me?
I looked over to Tsuyu.
- Sure, we'll be waiting outside the gate. Okay?
- Yes, thank you! I'll be quick!
We left the academy and stood not far from the gate. Momo appeared after about five minutes, and looking around confused she was very upset not to see us.
- Momo!
Tsuyu appeared in front of her with a wave of her hand, and she quickly moved towards us.
- Phew...I thought you decided not to wait for me....
- We promised...
- Okay...
- Momo, how would you like to go to a restaurant again?
- I don't mind...
She smiled embarrassedly, and we quietly walked towards one of the restaurants I had looked at beforehand.
- So?
- М?
Momo looked at me confused.
- You didn't just decide to hang out with us for no reason....
- Я...
She was very embarrassed.
- ...I want to make friends.
- You don't have any friends?
- Ahem... Momo, I'm sorry Tsuyu. She can be very blunt at times. You see, her quirk has affected her facial expressions, her face displays only the strongest emotions, so she's gotten into the habit of telling the truth.
- I... nothing... I understand....
Momo sighed.
- No, I don't have any friends... The thing is, as you know, I come from the Yaoyorozu family, a rich and ancient family. And everyone has been trying to get to know me and use me since I was young. I didn't realise it right away, but...''
She shook her head.
- I attended an elite school... but for the most part, the kids there were....
She chewed her lip, and I decided to help her out.
- What do you call majors at their worst?
- ...Yeah...
She sighed.
- ...They tended to try to use me to get close to my family. Tried to convince me to spend my money on certain goods...that were of interest to them specifically. At the academy...
She looked away.
- ...a lot of people look at me the same way. Many, but not you...
I shrugged.
- We just don't need it.
- Yes, I've been gathering information on you since the last meeting. Successful creators of smartphone games. And Izuku is also a successful inventor, having patented an extremely large number of inventions. You just don't have any reason to scam me for money... So I thought we could start chatting and maybe become friends....
She said the last words very quietly.
- Well...
I shrugged.
- ...I don't mind. I don't know if we can be friends, but we can try.
- I don't mind, you're cool and you have a cool quirk...''
Tsuyu shrugged her shoulders and held out her hand to Momo, which she happily shook. Except Tsuyu didn't let her go and looked at me expectantly.
- Izuku...
I sighed and placed my hand on top of the girls' hands.
A couple of seconds and Tsuyu nodded contentedly and let go of Momo's hand.
- So, what are your interests?
I decided to get to know our possible mate a little better.
- Well... I like studying, and also....
She's very embarrassed.
- ...reading manga.
But none of us made fun of our friend's hobbies.
- What genre do you prefer?
Tsuyu tilted her head to the side.
- M...space fiction....
- How do you feel about harem movies?
I swung my palm across my face.
- Tsuyu.
- What?
I got a playful look.
- The fact that you decided to build yourself a harem of girls, making it look like my harem, I realised long ago, but it's not worth it to go overboard in such a matter....
- Hmm... You think so?
Momo dazedly shifted her gaze from me to Tsuyu and back again.
- You're joking, right?
- Well...
I shrugged my shoulders, as did Tsuyu.
- We haven't seriously considered this matter yet. It's kind of a joke for the two of us.
- A joke?
- Yes.
- Is there a possibility that you might decide to consider it?
- Well...
Tsuyu and I looked at each other.
- Who knows?
We also shrugged our shoulders together.
- Do you have a boyfriend?
- Huh? No... I mean...
Momo blushed.
- ...I have a fiancé. He's English. Son of a successful businessman and has a pretty good education ...
- Are you lucky?
Tsuyu looked at Momo with interest.
- I don't know...
Momo shrugged her shoulders.
- ...On the one hand, I would like to be like you... meet a guy, start dating him, and eventually become the wife of the man I love....
Momo's eyes slightly clouded over, indicating that the owner was in a reverie.
- ...On the other hand, I have responsibilities to my family. And in time I may well fall in love with Alex, after all, my parents also married without love, but now they not only love each other, but respect each other.
- They're lucky.
- Yeah...
We chatted in the restaurant for another couple of hours until I paid for us all, though Momo tried to say something to that.
- Shall I walk you out?
- No...
She shook her head and a car pulled up to us, which she got into.
- Thank you, I really enjoyed our meeting...
- Us too...
- Yeah...
Tsuyu confirmed my words with a nod.
- We'll go out like this again, right?
- Of course. But I think next time we'll do something more interesting than a restaurant. We've learnt each other's interests a bit.
- I'll be waiting.
The door to the car slammed shut, cutting Momo off from us, and then the car moved off.
- Good girl...
- You're right.
- Shall we go home?
- Let's go.
I smiled at Tsuyu and kissed her on the lips and picked her up in my arms.
- Izuku!
- I don't want to hear anything...