Oops, might have pushed it a bit too far herself there leaning in like that, Ochaco realizes as Bakugou leans back in response. But it was hard to get a good look at his face without leaning forward like that, standing side by side in front of the sink, so it was the only way to get a good look. To see if he was tired. Still, she belatedly realizes she...probably could have done that better? Weird. Better not examine that too closely.
Still, he seems pumped by the idea of going to train together and she breaks out in a grin of her own...that almost immediately turns to confusion when he suddenly shoots it down. Except then he makes that boast, and she's not going to take that lying down.
"Oh you think so? Maybe you're the one who's afraid of that!" She almost pokes him playfully in the shoulder but suddenly thinks better of it. "All right, fine. Just us then." Truthfully, though she'd given all the focus she could to their first fight, but it was impossible to not hear the crowd turn against Bakugou for "bullying" her. Even Deku-kun had been so quick to approach her beforehand, offering a strategy she could employ. And she's grateful for that, she is. She knows it was coming from a place of friendship, and because he knew full well what Bakugou was capable of.
...But the idea she might already have had a plan hadn't seemed to occur to him at the time. That she hadn't been watching Bakugou closely too since the start of the year. And that kind of hurt, though she'd never say that.
She wants to go again, not because she's keeping score or because she absolutely has to win, but because what no one seemed to realize until Mr. Aizawa pointed it out was that Bakugou was the only person taking her seriously. What they saw as bullying unbecoming of a Hero he recognized as Bakugou-kun having to bring his all against an opponent he knew he couldn't afford to mess around with. That's useful. She wants to be pushed to her limits. She wants not to be held back just because she's a girl or because she's "cute". She's a Hero, and she's going to get knocked around. She needs to know how to deal with that. How to overcome it. An And Bakugou can give her that, and she's immensely grateful for it. And...it would be fun to see him eat his words. Just a little.
"And I promise to be circumspect to the others about my victory." She nods confidently, putting aside another dry dish.
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Still, he seems pumped by the idea of going to train together and she breaks out in a grin of her own...that almost immediately turns to confusion when he suddenly shoots it down. Except then he makes that boast, and she's not going to take that lying down.
"Oh you think so? Maybe you're the one who's afraid of that!" She almost pokes him playfully in the shoulder but suddenly thinks better of it. "All right, fine. Just us then." Truthfully, though she'd given all the focus she could to their first fight, but it was impossible to not hear the crowd turn against Bakugou for "bullying" her. Even Deku-kun had been so quick to approach her beforehand, offering a strategy she could employ. And she's grateful for that, she is. She knows it was coming from a place of friendship, and because he knew full well what Bakugou was capable of.
...But the idea she might already have had a plan hadn't seemed to occur to him at the time. That she hadn't been watching Bakugou closely too since the start of the year. And that kind of hurt, though she'd never say that.
She wants to go again, not because she's keeping score or because she absolutely has to win, but because what no one seemed to realize until Mr. Aizawa pointed it out was that Bakugou was the only person taking her seriously. What they saw as bullying unbecoming of a Hero he recognized as Bakugou-kun having to bring his all against an opponent he knew he couldn't afford to mess around with. That's useful. She wants to be pushed to her limits. She wants not to be held back just because she's a girl or because she's "cute". She's a Hero, and she's going to get knocked around. She needs to know how to deal with that. How to overcome it.
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And Bakugou can give her that, and she's immensely grateful for it. And...it would be fun to see him eat his words. Just a little.
"And I promise to be circumspect to the others about my victory." She nods confidently, putting aside another dry dish.