Chapter summary: It's not like they bully their classmates, it's just that they're weird, okay? Thinking they could go far in life, when in reality they are only a quirkless no-good and a hot blooded brute.

So I wanted to write an outsider's POV on Katsuki and Izuku's relationship. Set around the same time as If and when in their last middle school year.

Yamamoto Hideki was a good student, really. Nothing special, a total average from A to Z. But that also meant that he had averagely good chances at becoming a pro hero, just like his classmates – well, most of his classmates.

Hideki glanced at the back of the classroom where the only exceptions were sitting, happily chatting over a Hero Monthly magazine if he saw that right.

Bakugou Katsuki and Midoriya Izuku were oddballs, in more ways than one. First of all there was the fact that those two were friends at all, they couldn't be more different. Midoriya was quirkless, a weakling with next to none remarkable skills as far as Hideki was concerned. Sure, Midoriya had impressive common knowledge in every field and his English was better than that of most people in class but of what use were those skills if you wanted to be a hero? None!

Therefore Midoriya's brain had to be messed up if he still believed he could become a hero. Though Hideki couldn't quite recall Midoriya ever stating that he wanted to be a hero. Oh well, it didn't matter anyway since everybody wanted to be a hero and Midoriya definitely couldn't become one. He was quirkless and had no backbone.

Bakugou's chances at taking up a remarkable path in life could be good, if he did a 180 with his attitude. The teenager had an amazing quirk, it was super powerful and definitely UA material, which made it a complete waste on Bakugou. The blonde pretty much only stuck with Midoriya and never paid any attention in the classes that were important if you wanted to become a hero. Instead he only doodled in his exercise book or whatever.

Honestly, how did Bakugou even get this far?

Probably cheated of the guys sitting near him, otherwise he'd have repeat class ages ago. Maybe that was why he hangs out with Midoriya?

Let the quirkless moron do the brain work for him while Bakugou himself was all brawn.

Yes, Hideki decided, that must be it.

Bakugou was only spending time with that loser to use up his brains. No wonder he got so aggressive when some of the others teased Midoriya a bit. Bakugou was probably afraid that losing his other half would only ruin his chances. And if those rumors were true, Bakugou was only friends with Midoriya and some nine year olds.

Oh well, two more people Hideki didn't have to worry about when considering his admittance to UA.

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