tetsu looked uncomfortably off to the side “oh, sorry bro I already have a partner! next time!” he said, and walked away quickly

kiri looked after him as he walked away and approached ojirou who nodded at something tetsu asked him then they walked to the field together

kirishimas mouth felt dry and his chest ached a bit. he was shaken from his despair by an arm linking with his

“partner with me, kirishima?” kendo asked

“uh, yeah yeah sure” he said, voice cracking

“good, us diverse characters gotta stick together” she said with a wink

he smiled, shocked, was half this school secretly gay holy shit

“everyone have a partner?” aizawa asked

mineta raised his hand, “I don’t sir, there’s an odd number.”

before aizawa could respond a gruff voice spoke from behind the class

“partner with me, grape head”

kiri looked immediately and felt his heart stop