"One more year. Just one more year," Tatsumaki muttered, stifling a yawn as she made her way to school. She was in her final year of High school, the final year of being considered a child. Soon everybody would be treating her like the adult she was. Men would flock towards her mature demeanor, either asking her out or asking how to properly treat a lady.

"Not like I'd give them the time of day," she muttered with a smirk. She was far beyond their reach. If she were to start a relationship, whether platonic or not, the man would have to be her equal in every sense of the word.

...That or own a candy store, but she wasn't going to get her hopes up.

"Oi, little girl!" someone sang, causing her to growl in annoyance. She turned towards the voice and spotted several high schooler's, though from their uniforms they weren't from around here.

"I swear, if you're trying to pick me up, I'm going to hang your entrails on that tree over there," Tatsumaki threatened, and even the author doesn't know if it was an empty threat.

"Pick you up?" the guy repeated as he looked at his friends. "Oi, guys! This lil munchkin thinks we want a piece of her!" he laughed and was quickly joined by his group of friends, annoying Tatsumaki to no end.

"You're mocking me? Big mistake you-"

"Oi! What do you punks think you're doing?" someone called out from behind the group, causing them to turn around.

"Huh? Who're you?" one of the punks asked. Tatsumaki floated herself up, looking over the boys to see what was going on.

"Saitama," the boy, who wore the uniform of her school. "I'm a first year, and if you think I'm going to let you pick on some kid in elementary, then you got another thing-"

"WHO YOU CALLING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLER!" Tatsumaki yelled as she quickly flung him into a nearby tree, causing the delinquents to gasp in shock.

"W-what in the-"

"Hey! What was that for?!" Saitama yelled out, stubling out of the tree he was lodged into.

"You called me an elementary schooler!" she yelled as she flew up to Saitama and started poking his head. "Listen up, brat! I'll have you know I'm a senior in High school! I won't be mocked by some munchkin!"

"Munchkin?! I'm not the one who's four foot nothing!" Saitama yelled back, which was a huge mistake as he was crushed into the ground by a mysterious force.

"I'm still growing!" Tatsumaki claimed, stomping on Saitama's head for good measure. She then turned towards the bullies with a glare. "Now, what did you want from me?" she growled dangerously.

"Uh...uh..." the delinquents muttered, slowly backing away. "N-nothing!" they screamed as they quickly ran off, tripping over each other as they tried to get away from the psycho midget.

"Heh. Just as I thought," Tatsumaki said with a smirk. She turned back to Saitama, hearing him groan as he slowly picked himself up.

"You're not a very friendly person, are you?" Saitama moaned, rubbing his aching head.

"Hmph! Why should I be?! I don't need or want any friends!" she replied.

"Huh? You don't have friends?"

"Nope."

"Me neither..."

'Ugh, here we go,' Tatsumaki thought with annoyance. 'Now the brats gonna ask if we can be frie-'

"Well, see ya," Saitama said as he turned around and walked away.

"The answers no- WAIT A MINUTE!" Tatsumaki screamed as she flew in front of Saitama. "Where do you think you're going?! Weren't you going to ask me if we could be friends?!"

"...But I don't wanna be your friend," Saitama casually said.

"Y-you don't want to be..." Tatsumaki trailed off, a blood vessel popping out of her head. "Y-you stupid brat! You should be begging to be my friend! Begging!"

"...Ah, I get it," Saitama muttered, slapping his fist.

"Ah, so you finally understand how great it would be to have someone like me as your frie-"

"You're really lonely, aren't you?"

"...You're the one who's lonely!" Tatsumaki accused, earning a chuckle from Saitama.

"I'm not the one desperately looking for a friend," he replied.

Tatsumaki said nothing as she glared at the boy in front of her, before finally smashing him into the ground with her telekinesis. "I'm not looking for a friend! I'm just trying to show you why you would want to be my friend!"

"...By smashing me into the ground?" Saitama asked incredulously. He just couldn't figure this midget out! What was her deal?!

"With my psychic abilities! Don't you think that's cool?!"

"Anyone can slap people into the ground. You don't need psychic powers for that," Saitama said as he brushed himself off.

"W-what?" Tatsumaki muttered as Saitama walked away. There was no way this guy didn't want to be her friend! 'He must be playing hard to get,' she concluded, after all, who wouldn't want to be her friend? The short answer to that was plenty, but she ignored that fact as she blocked off Saitama once again.

"Eh? You again?" Saitama sighed. At this rate he really would be late to school.

"Alright, you win," Tatsumaki said with a smile, confusing Saitama.

"Eh? What did I win?"

"You wanted to be friends so badly, I'm actually starting to pity you."

"What? No, I don't wanna be-"

"I'll be your friend, so carry my stuff," Tatsumaki demanded as she threw her bag at Saitama. "Now come on, before we're late!"

"B-but, I don't..." Saitama muttered as he watched Tatsumaki fly off ahead of him, before sighing. "What a troublesome midget," he said to himself as he followed after Tatsumaki.

And that was the start to a beautiful, yet incredibly painful, friendship.


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