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Bruh... wtf, I'm at 100 chapters already?!

Aiko stood on the platform next to the ever Stoic, Tokoyami.

The boy that she tied with. She glanced up nervously every few seconds at the boy beside her.

In any other situation Aiko would have thought chaining him up was totally unnecessary and overkill. But she had personally witnessed Bakugou when they were trying to convince him to get on the platform.

It hadn't been pretty. It started with normal words from the teachers. Then changed into aggravation, which morphed into force.

Honestly if not for these chains Bakugou wouldn't be up here at all. Todoroki stood calmly on Bakugou's other side, looking around at the crowd. Tokoyami simply crossed his arms looking around with black shadow cowering in his over shirt.

Aiko shifted uncomfortably, rubbing the bandages on her left arm. The skin burned, and felt stiff. But it wasn't too painful. She shuffled around, glancing up at the crowd and at the Jumbotron. She looked back down immediately, it had been facing all of them, slowly shifting from first, to second...

To third.

Towards Aiko. It was scary, knowing that a camera was on her. Watching and displaying her every move as she stood there, shaking.

Aiko held her hands together and fidgeted with her fingers. She bit down on her lip and glanced down at the students below them.

"You nervous?"

Aiko's head swiveled over to see who had asked her. She saw dark shadow peeking out of Tokoyami's sleeve, hiding from the sunlight.

"You can just ignore him." Tokoyami said, glancing over at Aiko.

"Hey! That's rude!" Dark shadow complained. Peeking out farther before shrinking back into the sleeve with a hiss. "I'm burning up over here."

Aiko smiled lightly and looked up at the sun that was beating down on them. Aiko closed her eyes breathing deeply. She focused on the wind above the stadium, on the big clouds that slowly floated by.

She urged the gentle breeze to push the clouds over them and block out the shining sun.

And it did.

Dark shadow slipped farther from the shirt, still a fraction of his usual size. Likely because of how Bakugou weakened him during their unfortunately paired match.

"Did you do that?" Dark shadow inquired.

"H-huh?" Aiko asked, flushing. "Of course not." She lied nervously, not sure why she was doing so.

Who cares if she used her quirk to alter something as small as a cloud?

"But it moved sideways. Clouds don't just change direction like that!" Dark shadow persisted. "Thank you."

Aiko glanced over at the shadow who actually dipped down in a very small bow.

"N-no problem." Aiko whispered. She glanced up at Bakugou who had quieted down. She made eye contact with him, he'd been watching their interaction. Probably listening to it too.

He glared and looked away from them with a huff. Before going back to his muffled yelling.

Aiko sighed and looked down, waiting for this ceremony to begin so she could finally leave, take a quick power nap and then prepare for the concert that was tomorrow.

Tomorrow...

Fuck this was so nerve wracking. She scanned the people on the grass below her. How many of them were also going to be at the concert? How many of them will be watching her as she revealed that not only was she a singer, but also a hero course student? Not only was she a YouTuber, but she was also their classmate.

What would they think? What if Nishi was wrong, what if they still hated her and thought she was a slut? Would that matter? Sh didn't think one night would completely change their opinion on her.

But maybe it would.

But would that be a good thing? Would they idolize her? Would her private life become public?

Aiko has many questions that she wouldn't have an answer to until Monday.

"Now!!! We will award the medals!!"
Midnight yelled, throwing a hand up and pointing to the top of the stadium.

Aiko peered over to where she was pointing and saw a large shadow of a man.

"The presentation of the medals will of course be by... our very own teacher... All Might!!"

All Might leap down from the roof and landed with a thud. The crowd went berserk cheering for the number one pro hero. He laughed loudly and the crowd clapped wildly for him.

He smiled as he took the medals from Midnight, starting with the bronze.

He walked up to the podium and Aiko was basically vibrating in place from her nerves.
All Might first gave a medal to Tokoyami. Before he pulled the boy into a tight hug.

Aiko could hear him tell Tokoyami how strong he was, and he advised him to stop relying on his quirk.

He then looked over at Aiko who had her arms crossed, hugging her chest like she did when she was nervous or uncomfortable.

"And now young Zhu!"  He placed the medal over her shoulders. "I am proud to present you with this, you're powerful and you've overcome much." Aiko pressed her lips together as he pulled her into a hug.

The brief embrace reminded Aiko of her short childhood. Of her father's large frame hugging her tightly to his chest.

"I wish you luck for tomorrow." He said more quietly. If Tokoyami noticed he sure didn't say anything.

Then he left Aiko standing there, glancing around.

Did she just get a hug from the number one hero? She knew a lot of people that would geek out in her position. She smiled slightly thinking of Nishi's reaction right now. She was probably fake gagging beside her father. Or maybe just rolling her eyes as she did when she saw people fawn over the guy.

He was nice, but Aiko understood why Nishi disliked him so much. Hearing her reason had made Aiko look at him differently as well.

But all in all it wasn't actually his fault, he had done everything he could have. It was accidental. It's not his fault he wasn't being held accountable for it either, he had gotten away without punishment simply because Mr Tadashi had let him.

Mr Tadashi understood what a court case between them would mean and he knew what it would mean if All Might lost said court case.

Which was very likely with all of Mr Tadashi's resources. So he had made a business decision.

A decision that Nishi hated.

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Aiko felt like she could finally breathe now that she was away from the crowd. Walking from the stadium, through the halls to search for a vending machine.

Once her target was located she purchased her first soda of the day. They had been encouraged by their teachers to only drink water or Gatorade during the sports festival to stay hydrated. But now that it was done Aiko was dying to get a taste of a crisp Strawberry soda.

"H-hey! Um... Zhu!"

She turned quickly to see the platinum blonde from class 1-b. The boy with a metal quirk and impressive eyelashes.

"Y-yes?" Aiko asked stiffly.

"I need to talk to you."

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Aiko rubbed her eyes as she sat on the bus for the short trip back to the main UA school building. She sat in between Bakugou, who was clinching his medal in his teeth like a maniac while constantly growling. And Denki who was oddly quiet. He was staring ahead out the window behind the people across from them.

They were sitting sideways on the longer seats of the oddly shaped bus. They didn't have Iida there to yell at them about sitting according to their class numbers and oddly enough, Aiko missed it.

She watched the trees from the window, and she wondered where Iida was right now. Was he already in Hosu? How far away was Hosu? How would he get there? Was his brother alright? Was he alright?

Aiko sat there, numb. Today had Been... a lot. Definitely a lot. She couldn't stay thinking about one thing.

The cheer uniforms, Todoroki's sob story, her and Shinso's kiss, her actually punching Monoma. Which was something she nervously saw coming.

And then what Tetsu told her.

She glanced at her phone.

xxxx has sent you 10+ images

That was probably him now. Aiko gave him her number but had yet to save his name on her phone. She sighed, knowing she would have to go through all of the images when she got home.

She set her phone face down and continued to look out the window. The conversation around her was at a trickle. Everyone was tired. Today had been a lot for everyone.

But unlike her classmates, Aiko couldn't rest quite yet.

A/N: Are you guys ready?!?!? Huh?!?

Cus I'm not!!! But that's okay!!! Because we're doing this anyways!!

Let's gooooooooooo