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1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
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"I'm Eijiro Kirishima. We're all going over the training together right now." Kirishima said.
"I'm Yuga Aoya-" Yuga started.
"I'm Mina Ashido! You did a good job dodging!" Mina said interrupting him again and repeating the same sentence once again.
"I'm Busujima James-" James started.
"I'm Yaoyorozu Momo," Momo said excitedly before he could finish. Although he had managed to take care of the worst of it, and direct most of it towards himself, part of the desire for friends seemed to be innate to her or at least already somewhat ingrained by the time he met her.
Unlike during primary and middle school he felt her reliance on and relationship with him was strong enough that he didn't need to interfere with her building some connections with others. Not only that, but being potential future heroes they were good connections to have.
"-and this is Toga Himiko," James continued undeterred. He knew if it were up to Himiko she wouldn't be bothered to introduce herself at all since she wasn't interested in most of their classmates. Maintaining relationships was important for maintaining your reputation though and given her personality and quirk James preferred to have some good will in the bank for her since who knows when she might make a withdrawal.
"I'm Tsuyu Asui. Call me Tsu," Tsuyu said.
"I'm Sato!" Rikudo said.
Shoto looked uninterested, which was kind of his default. He didn't seem interested in introducing himself though.
"Um… er…." Izuku muttered in panic from all the attention.
"-I am Yuga Aoyama. I-" Yuga finally managed to introduce himself before being interrupted again..
"You did terrible in the training," Rikudo said.
"-am a man who never stops shining," Yuga continued despite the interruption.
"You're too loud," Fumikage said.
"Tokoyami-kun! That desk is not a chair. Get off immediately." Tenya said wildly gesticulating while berating Fumikage for sitting on his desk.
"It's not that big a deal, is it?" Kyoka asked.
"Wha?!" Tenya exclaimed in surprise.
"You people… I cannot condone action that disrespect the desks the great men and women who are our upperclassmen once used!" Tenya yelled.
"You're too loud." Fumikage said again.
The classroom door slid open again.
Denki and Ochaco had returned to the classroom with big stacks of books filling their arms.
"Hey Uraraka, wanna grab a bite to eat sometime? What do you like?" Denki asked Ochaco.
'At least someone knows how to make a move on a girl when they're interested," James thought with a chuckle looking over at Izuku. Too bad for Denki though, Izuku was way too lucky that Ochaco only had eyes for him for a while due to him saving her. A different form of plot armour.
Ochaco though for a moment. "Mochi…" she mumbled in thought before noticing Izuku and running to him leaving Denki hanging.
She looked worried when she saw Izuku hd returned, but was still bandaged up. She immediately abandoned the hopeful Denki. "Wait, Deku, she didn't heal your injures?" she asked him with concern.
"Oh, uh, it's because of how much stamina I have and…" Izuku answered hesitantly before getting distracted.
There was something about recovery girl needing to kiss her patients and leaving them drained of stamina with her quirk that didn't seem quite right, even more so considering her patience were young students. It could be worse though, she could have been an old man instead. That would've have been a lawsuit waiting to happen.
"Huh?" She asked.
"Um, Uraraka-san, more importantly… where is Bakugo?" Izuku asked.
"We all tried to stop him, but he went home just now without saying anything." Ochaco answered.
Izuku quickly ran out of the classroom without explanation.
James was once again disappointed in this failure of a protagonist. He was just having a conversation with the cute girl of his dreams and just ignored her to run after his scorned 'boyfriend' Katsuki. Priorities my man.
"I there something 'wrong' with that boy?" Himiko asked with obvious allusions.
"No. Well maybe a little. He is just too dense," James answered.
Himiko nodded, but then shrugged. She was only momentarily curious.
"What are you two talking about?" Mina asked curiously. Did this girl have a sixth sense for gossip.
"We were just talking about Izuku-kun and Ochaco-chan," James told her.
"Ah! You noticed too?" she asked excitedly.
"It's not that hard to notice. Well for anyone other than Izuku at least," he said.
"Right? Right? I wonder what it'll take for him to notice," Toru chimed in.
"Maybe Ochaco should take some inspiration from our own Mina-chan," James teased.
Mina blushed heavily. "S-shut up," she stammered.
"Hmm?" Toru hummed looking between James and Mina. She had been friends with Mina for a while now and still had no idea what this was about which made her curious. What was her friend hiding from her?
"Oh! All Might is talking to Katsuki!" Ochaco said looking out the window.
All Might seemed to say something to Katsuki and moments later Izuku who had run after him caught up. Izuku and Katsuki seemed to have some kind of argument.
Mina, Ochaco and Tsuyu were watching the whole thing curiously.
"What was that?" Mina asked.
"The fated battle between men." Ochaco responded seriously.
"It looked like Midoriya was just giving excuse one-sidedly though." Tsuyu said unsurely.
"Maybe Izuku finally asked Katsuki out on a date, but got turned down," James joked.
Himiko snickered.
Ochaco paled visibly, however she quickly recover. "No! It's the fated battle between men!" Ochaco repeated with even more determination.
Eventually both Izuku and Katsuki left the campus separately.
Ochaco seemed to sigh in relief.
"How about we all share numbers? You know... in case of emergencies," Denki said while glancing at Ochaco.
"Sure." James agreed.
"Oh! Oh! Let me enter mine!" Mina said grabbing James' phone to enter her number.
"Aaand... done!" she said excitedly.
"Me too!" Toru said, stealing the phone from Mina's hands.
"W-what?! Hey!" Mina said indignantly.
Everyone ended passing around their phones to share numbers. Even Shoto was forced to join in despite his protestations.
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