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Authors Note:
⚠️Minor Spoiler in the Author's Note⚠️
I know, I know "He's just too powerful!"
Relax, he's getting humbled, I made him good at literally everything that doesn't involve an actual villain being within 50 meters of his vicinity, and made him situationally good at those times. He's going to be in intensive recovery in several chapters, and is still stubbornly going on a beach date, because hospitalization doesn't get in the way of romantically looking at the stars.
⚠️Minor Spoiler in the Author's Note⚠️
「It took you all 8 seconds to quiet down. Time is an important resource, rational students would know that.」 The hobo man emerged from his yellow sleeping bag and picked it up.
Síat chortled. 「I count at least 4 blondes in the room, and a dye job. 'Rational' is a tall order.」
「HEY!!!」
「HEY!!!」
"Moi‽ Mon Dieu!"
「HA!!! Nice burn!」
「The hell did you say, Extra‽」
Aizawa sighed. 「Damn Irish jokes, he's not being serious, it's how they make friends. Trust me, you'll know when he actually despises you.」
"Oh."
"Oh."
"Peasant..."
「Knew it, so manly...」
「Fuck you and your friendship!」
「If you're done...」Aizawa pulled a gym uniform out of his sleeping bag. 「Put these on and meet me outside, we're doing a quirk apprehension test.」
Kirishima slid in next to Síat in the locker room. 「So how'd you know it's a dye job?」
Síat chuckled. 「Even if you'd thought to dye your eyebrows, only a fool would dye their eyelashes, I was always going to be able to tell. But yeah, less people would notice if you also dyed the brows. I don't recommend it, though, you're in too deep, too many people expect your dark ones, they'll know immediately.」
「Perceptive. So what movie you and Ashido seeing? You mentioned a sequel, right?」
「Mmm, I'll tell you after. It's a test for her, and if it gets back to her beforehand, she'll look it up, and might figure out how to pass. I want her passing organically.」
「What exactly are you testing?」
「First film? Whether she can handle shock and tolerate me bracing her for it silently by wrapping an arm around her protectively, whether that shock stops her from laughing at the second dumbest line in the movie, and closer to the end, whether she can tolerate me crying. If she passes that, and enjoyed the rest of the movie enough to watch the sequel, the second movie starts with a more universal version of my hero philosophy, is tense at a certain part for first timers, and then ends with both of us crying again and then feeling psyched all of a sudden.」
Kirishima whistled in awe. 「And if she passes?」
「If she passes, I learn to dance for her, and then, when the time is right, I take her somewhere pretty and dance with her under the light of a full moon, where I'm betting that silver glow will make her pretty pink skin look ethereal.」
「Bro... I know I called you manly before, but gaaaaaaahd damn!」
As they headed back to the field, Síat could hear Mina and Kirishima talk. His shoulders tensed.
「Kiri, come on, Jiro is giving me NOTHING but a blush and sealed lips, you promised!」
「Nope. I refuse to rob you of this with a spoiler.」 Kirishima was a stone wall. (How 'bout that.)
Síat's tension eased, and he smirked.
「Teeeell meeee...」
Síat glanced over his shoulder. "Patience, mo Fhéileacán Bándearg. I promise, you'll know more about me with these two movies, and I you, than we'd learn of each other in a week."
「You've been doing these physical fitness tests since middle school, but you've never been allowed to use your quirks. It's completely irrational that the ministry of education still tracks your baselines that way.」 Aizawa glanced between Bakugo and Síat. He squinted at Síat, but whatever he was debating seemed to go out the window. 「Bakugo, you scored highest in the entrance exam. In middle school, what was your farthest softball throw?」
Bakugo saw the glance, and gritted his teeth. 「67 meters...」
「Try using your quirk.」 Aizawa tossed the mechanical softball at him.
Bakugo caught it, gave another glare to Síat, and stepped into the circle. He looked at the ball in his hands. 「Limitations?」
「Just one. Don't leave the circle until the ball leaves your hand.」
Bakugo snarled, winded up, pitched... 「DIIIEEE!!!!!!」
BOOM...
Aizawa watched the ball disappear, then, after a glance at his tablet, held up the result. [705.2m]
Almost the whole class looked shocked.
「Rahill...」 Aizawa locked eyes with him. 「You look remarkably unbothered.」
「DON'T YOU DARE LOOK DOWN ON ME!!!!!」 Bakugo seethed.
「No, it was sure a good throw. Easily will be the third best in the class.」 Síat glanced at Ochako. 「NOBODY is beating the antigravity of mo deirfiúr bheag.」
Ochako blushed.
👽 Mina Ashido will remember that...
Bakugo took a step forward, his hands popping like a black cat firecracker. 「And you think you're taking SECOND‽」
「Enough. He absolutely can beat it. Even if he makes the mistake I suspect he'll make, he'll beat it.」 Aizawa folded his arms.
Kaminari's eyes widen. 「Holy shit, he'll beat it WITH a mistake!?」
「WHAT MISTAKE‽」 Síat was equally surprised.
「Figure it out on your own. The Ball Throw is the fourth test, you have until then to piece it together. Now, Iida, Asui, line up at the 50 meter dash line.」