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Face the music 🎶

Summary:

Brain got away with me. Not sure if this one is any good but. Here it is. Basically, Jiro is jealous of Izuku and causes problems.

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Chapter 1: The beginning

Chapter Text

   “Wooo! Go ‘Zu!” “You've got this!” “Kick his ass Izuku!” Kyoka's head swirls with anger as she listens to her classmates cheering on Midoriya. Today was quirkless hand to hand combat. Midoriya had beaten everyone and was now going against Aizawa-Sensei. Kyoka hadn't even gotten into the top ten. Again. The golden boy had beaten her. Again. It wasn't enough for him to have the highest grades of the class, or to be the best fighter and rescuer with his quirk, now he had to be the best quirkless fighter. Shinso had come in second, Bakugo third, and Todoroki fourth. Bakugo and Todoroki were always second and third to Midoriya. They switched regularly, but neither ever getting lower than third or higher than second. This was a first. Not that it really mattered because Midoriya is still in first place. 

 

   Kyoka herself had ranked seventeenth. Midoriya was the one to put her there of course. She hadn’t even lasted five minutes. And she couldn't blame his quirk because they were all wearing quirk suppressant bracelets. No, the asshole had beaten her with his… Skill. Ugh. It's not even skill! He's just good at everything! Inhumanly so. He beats everyone and no one else is upset about it! Not even Momo and Iida, who were first and second place with grades, and have now been kicked to fourth and fifth. 

 

   Even Shinso likes the asshole now! He'd hated him when he transferred in  after the Sports Festival. But Midoriya managed to sink his claws into Shinso, and now they're fucking dating! Shinso's also quickly climbing the ranks. It won't be long before he's at fourth in the class. All thanks to Midoriya's tutoring. Seriously, can't he let anyone else shine? And why does have to be so goddamn cheery all the time? “No! Get up!” Kaminari's cry makes her focus back on the match. 

 

   …Where Aizawa-Sensei has Midoriya pinned. Hell yeah! Mic's counting down from ten and- Aizawa-Sensei goes flying out of the ring. How the fuck- did he just throw Aizawa-Sensei off like a fucking bull? Wait. Aizawa-Sensei is out of the ring. Midoriya isn't. Mic-Sensei was at six. Did- did Midoriya beat Aizawa-Sensei?!? Seriously??? Not even Eraserhead can cut him down??? The gym is silent as everyone processes. Then the cheering starts, Shinso runs into the ring and holds Midoriya's left hand up in victory. Aizawa-Sensei smiles, not his scary one but a- Proud?!? A proud smile?!? Seriously?!? He's not upset about being beaten by a teenager?!? 

 

   Aizawa-Sensei gets up from where he'd landed on the floor and walks up to the pair. His hand reaches out- please hit him- please hit him- goddammit. He ruffles Midoriya's hair with that fucking proud grin “Well done kid. I don't think I've ever had a student beat me. Hell, Mic has only managed to beat me a handful of times.” “Can confirm!” Mic-Sensei chirps. Midoriya frowns “I didn't actually beat you though. I didn't pin you or anything. I just got lucky.” Is he seriously- “In the fifteen years we've known eachother and worked together, I've managed to pin Aizawa twice. Both times when we were adults. I didn't so much as manage to toss him while we were in high-school. Hell, I barely manage to last ten minutes against him as an adult. You, a teenager, managed to not only hold your own against him but win. Sure, you didn't pin him, but I'm sure you will eventually.”

 

   “...Really?” Compliment fishing asshole- “Really.” And Midoriya smiles that fake ass sunshine smile up at them. Aizawa-Sensei smiles back, gives him one more hair ruffle, and turns to dress the class. “Alright hellspawn. Come see me or Mic to get your bracelets removed, then you're dismissed for the day.” Aizawa presses a finger to both of Shinso and Midoriya's bracelets, and they unlock. They wander off and she busies herself with changing back into her uniform and heading to the dorms, a little behind everyone else.  

 

   She spots Midoriya grabbing an apple from the dorm fridge, chattering with Shinso and Bakugo. He tosses a block of cheese to Aoyama, who catches it and sets it on the counter before returning to rifiling through the pantry, eventually pulling out a box of crackers. “I need to talk to you.” Kyoka says, not caring that she'd interrupted the conversation. What she has to say is more important. Midoriya raises an eyebrow at her “Ok?” 

 

   “You need to knock it off. Chill out. Whatever you want to call it. You're making the rest of us look bad.” He has the audacity to look confused. “What? What do you mean?” “Your need to be first. Knock it off.” “Ohhh. Ok. Lemme make sure I've got this straight. You want me to stop trying because it's making you look bad. Is that right?” “Yes.” “Well why didn't you just say so? In that case-” his cheerful expression and tone change to dark and angry “-HELL NO! I will not stop giving my all, and improving to make you look better. You want to look better so bad? Put in the work and get better. I work my ass off every day. Being first is a side effect, not the goal-” He catches her fist and squeezes it “So stop whining, get off your lazy ass and do it yourself.” He snarls before letting her hand go and shoving past her. “I will find a way to get rid of you!” Midoriya snorts “You can try.” Bakugo, Shinso and Todoroki follow him up the stairs. 

 

   She leans against the counter, cradling her sore hand. She'd gotten off easy. She knew she had, he could've easily broken her hand if he'd wanted to. But he took pity on her. He didn't even bruise it. “What was that Jiro?!?” Momo says, tone making it clear she's pissed. “The truth.” “No the fuck it wasn’t! Did you talk to ANY of us before saying we all felt that way?” Kyoka blinks, startled by prim and proper Momo using a curse word. “I- well- No?” “Of course you didn't. Because if you did, you’d know that none of us feel that way. Midoriya is a hard worker. He has earned every first place he's gotten. And he is constantly helping us get better! He offers tutoring, sparring, workouts, analysis. All for free. Just because he wants to help. Because he wants us to be the best we can be too. I don't know where you've gotten the idea that he's making us look bad, but it isn't true.” “Yes it is! The golden boy-” “Don't you dare call him that!” Momo cuts her off, jabbing a finger in her chest.

 

    “He is not a golden boy. He has earned everything.” The snarl looks out of place on her normally calm face. Kyoka rolls her eyes and shoves past Momo, heading to her dorm. They'll see. They'll all see.

Chapter 2: Stretching is important!

Summary:

Chapter 2!

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   Midoriya always gets up early. 5am to be precise. She normally ignores him, but today, she has decided to get up and see what he is doing at ass o’ clock in the morning. So, when she hears him leave his room, she waits a few moments before silently leaving her dorm and following him. She finds him in the common room, chattering with Iida, Bakugo, Todoroki, Shinso, Uraraka, and… Momo? They're stretching, Uraraka seems to be walking Momo through the stretches. 

 

   Kyoka hides, hearing footsteps coming down the stairs. It's Kaminari. He quietly runs over to the group and Midoriya lights up. Kyoka tunes into the conversation. “-We know you can charge batteries, but can you take charge from batteries? If you could, then what if you carried some batteries with you? Empty ones so that if you put out too much they can soak up the excess before it fries you. And full ones to give you a boost when you need it? Oh! Oh! What if you could tap into things like phone lines?!? They run on electricity! What if you could manipulate the electricity inside a mach-” Shinso puts a hand on Midoriya’s shoulder. “Take a breath ‘Zu.” 

 

  Midoriya's cheeks tint pink and he rubs a hand on the back of his neck. “Right. Sorry Denks.” Kaminari bounces in place as he stretches “Don't apologize Zuku! That wad incredible! I think we should set up a session with Mic-Sensei and Aizawa-Sensei to test the theories! Ooo can I pick today's start song?” Midoriya shakes his head. “Nope. You know the rules. The new comer gets to pick the start song.” “We have a new comer?!? Who?” Kaminari pokes his head around Midoriya “Hi Momo!!!! You're joining us?!?”

 

   Momo smiles at Kaminari “I am! Midoriya invited me a week ago, but I just haven't been able to get up early enough. Unlike today! So today I'm joining!” “We're happy to have you! Oh, and don't worry. Today isn’t a running day. Today we powerwalk! Most of us aren't ready for a running day. Really only Mido and Iida can do it. But! We're catching up and you will too! Oh! Oh! What song are you gonna choose?!?” Momo tilts her head “Song?” Kaminari nods excitedly “Uh huh! We start every walk session with a starting song! Mido has us on a rotation of who picks the starting song, unless a new person joins! Then they get to pick the song! The rest of the walk is a Playlist of everything we have suggested that is put on shuffle! So! What song are you gonna choose!?!?!” “....Does he have any rules?” 

 

   “Only three. No slurs or offensive language, everyone has to be ok with it, and no sad songs.” “Are curses and innuendos ok?” “As long as the whole song isn't cursing and it's not too racy. Yes.” Momo smiles “I have the perfect song. Hey Ocha can I bend your ear really quick?” Momo bends down and whispers in her ear. She grins and gives her a thumbs up “That's perfect Mo! Go tell him!” Momo walks over to Midoriya and whispers in his ear. He leans over, listens and smiles. “That's a great suggestion!”

 

   Midoriya taps at his phone for a minute, then he nudges Todoroki who claps his hands. Everyone looks at them and Midoriya smiles. “Thank you! Has everyone finished their warm up stretches? Do you have your shoes on?” Once he gets affirmations from everyone he continues. “Great! Alright, let's go outside.” He leads the group out the door, Kyoka follows, quickly shoving her feet into her shoes and slipping out the door. 

 

   She finds that Monoma and Kendo have joined them. Monoma is smirking at a blushing Kaminari. And- No. Kendo is talking to Momo. Both are blushing. Midoriya speaks up, and once again their attention is immediately turned to him. “Did you two do your warm up stretches?” “I had to poke Kendo into doing them, but yes we did.” Monoma says calmly. Since when is he calm?!? “Good! Remember, stretching is important. Both warm up stretching and cool down stretching. Now. It is time for the starting song. As you all know, we have a newcomer. Momo is joining us for the first time today. So she gets to pick the starting song. She has picked a wonderful song for us. The song is called Speed Drive by Charli XCX. Do we have any objections?” Eight heads shake no. Midoriya taps his phone and the music starts.

 

   Electronic, upbeat pop sounds out from his phone. Cheers go around and Midoriya leads the group in the powerwalk. Kyoka follows them slowly, making sure to stay out of sight. The walk lasts thirty minutes. The entire time, there's laughing, talking, singing along. Everyone is happy. At some point Hatsume joins them and she spends the entire time flirting with Iida, who flirts back. Since when were Bakugo and Todoroki a thing? They return to the 1A dorms and Midoriya claps his hands, drawing everyone's attention “Alright! Cool down stretches! 1! 2! 3! 1! 2! 3- Itsuka! I see you skimping there. Knock it off. You don't want to end up in RG's office. 1! 2! 3!” They spend a good five minutes doing stretches before Midoriya releases them. 

 

  Monoma, Kendo, and Hatsume wave as they head back to their dorms. Midoriya, Shinso, and Bakugo beeline to the kitchen. Midoriya starts making coffee while Bakugo pulls ingredients out for breakfast. Kaminari, Iida, Momo, and Uraraka head up to their rooms. Kyoka hears Kaminari talking about a shower and the other three agreeing. “Hey Kuzu, American or Japanese?” Midoriya hums- wait since when did Bakugo not call him ‘Deku’? “Hm. Why not both? Miso, omelets, bacon, rice-” “Yeah yeah. I get it. Thanks. Grab the rice from the cabinet please. Someone took off with the step stool again.” “Sure.” Midoriya reaches up and snags the box of rice from the top shelf in the pantry. Since when had he gotten so tall? She sneaks upstairs to get ready for school. Mulling over all she'd learned. 

Notes:

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Chapter 3: Not the curls!

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  Kyoka comes down to absolute chaos. Midoriya is running from Mina, Tooru, and Kaminari. “Gimme those curls!” Mina yells, lunging for Midoriya who yelps, getting taken down. “Noooo Toshi help! No- not the wire comb!” Shinso just laughs at Midoriya from where he’s leaning against the kitchen counter. “Minaaaaa! Please, mercy!” “Nope! You haven’t done hair care today. It’ll be worse tomorrow if you don't.” Mina chirps as she drags the large, heavy boy across the common room floor easily. Midoriya just whines and pleads for mercy. Ochako helps Mina get Midoriya on the couch, then holds him down by sitting in his lap. Kyoka raises an eyebrow, that’s hardly appropriate. She wanders over to Shinso and asks “Aren't you upset by that? She's had a thing for him for two years.” Shinso gives her an odd look. “No? I trust my partner. Besides, she's also taken and entirely uninterested in him now.” “Okay, but like- he's actively attempting escape from her. She's holding him down, aren't you upset about that? Don't you want to go save him?”

  “Nope. All of his protests are playful. Do you really think she could keep him down if he really didn't want it? He also doesn’t need me to rescue him, he could take down every single person in this room without breaking a sweat. He cannot be forced to do anything he doesn't want to do.” “Yii!!! Kami- Mina! Did you take that out of the freezer?!?” Midoriya yelps, Mina and Ochako laugh at him. “Maybe~ That's what you get for not doing this yourself. Now, be a good boy and hold still Zuzu.” Midoriya pouts but holds still, and yeah. Now Jiro can see that it's an act. Of course it is. And of course he's making her look like an idiot again. She winces at the pang of pain that runs up her leg, not noticing the knowing look Bakugo aims at her. She huffs and heads to the kitchen, grabbing some toaster pastries, she can cheat on her diet for one day. She studiously ignores how Kaminari is fixing Momo's eyeliner, squashing the jealousy and heading for the classroom.

  Halfway there, she's bowled over by her laughing classmates, Midoriya yelling, “No quirks! If I see quirks, you lose!” He physically picks her up and sets her on her feet with a sunny grin and a laughed apology. She just glares and shoves his hands off her. The dick doesn't react, just laughs and runs after the rest of the class, apparently they decided to race today. They all paused to wait for him though, and for some reason, that ticks her off more. She walks into the classroom to see Midoriya handing out lollipops, they get tucked into backpacks and pockets and the entire class is in their seats before the bell tolls. She finds a lollipop on her desk and seethes as she throws it in the trash. It's probably been tampered with. Like

hell she's trusting anything that came from him.

  Her anger stays as he answers every question correctly, volunteers to answer questions, and is just generally a kiss up all day. Finally lunch comes and… her card declines. Her parents forgot to refill it. He reaches around and pays for her, “Nobody goes hungry on my watch!” She rolls her eyes and shoves past, how dare he? She's forced to watch him pay for a few other of their classmates' lunches, including Uraraka who he also gives his dessert to. “I don't like mochi, so this way it won't go to waste.” He says cheerily. She hates him. She growls as she angrily eats, as much as she hates it, she needs the energy. He tutors a few of their classmates, as well as a few of class B as he eats, effortlessly multi-tasking. She listens, and hates how he actually makes sense. He's a damn good tutor and all it does is piss her off more. Seriously, he has to be bad at something!! She just has to find it. What is his weakness? …Wait. Oh yeah, he has a food allergy. What was it again? Kyoka rummages through her memories, looking for it. Ah, now she remembers. Strawberries. He's allergic to strawberries, both natural and artificial. She fingers the gum in her pocket with a grin, now she just has to find her patsy. She doubts he'll consume anything from her, so… Hmm. He'll do. She checks the ingredients first, yes. They have it. She smiles, making herself look nice as she hands over two pieces of the gum to Tetsu, casually mentioning that it's Midoriya's favorite too. Then she sits at her table and watches as Tetsu gives Midoriya a piece of the gum. Midoriya beams as he pops it in his mouth. Good, now chew. He does and his face drops, he says something and Tetsu pales. Midoriya starts swelling and when he tries to stand, he collapses, clearing the table. All the plates end up on him, coating him in food. ..Nobody laughs. WHY ISN'T ANYONE LAUGHING AT HIM?!? He has food all over him! Shinso is scrambling through his pockets, wait… Did.. did Midoriya stop breathing? No- that wasn't supposed to happen- Aizawa comes running into the cafeteria, something in his hand. He- fucking stabs Midoriya?!? With the thing in his hand?!? Midoriya takes a deep breath, coughing, the swelling starts to lessen. Tetsu is panicking, she can hear the frantic apologies from here. Then Aizawa says something, and Tetsu points at her. She flinches as Aizawa's angry gaze is turned on her. She tries to run, he catches her. “No you don't. Principal's office. Now.” Aizawa snarls, angrier than she's seen him in a while. “Let me go- I didn’t do anything wrong!” “Then why did you try to run? If you're innocent then there's nothing to fear.” Aizawa replies, dragging her through the halls. No- the cafeteria doors close, and the last thing she sees is Bakugo helping Shinso clean Midoriya up. It's. Not. Fair.

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