(Dadzawa) I'm not a cat! (Cat quirk reader)

60: Getting Side-quested

"I feel like that has to do with it," Recovery girl said.

"Makes sense," Nezu nodded, "You were, after all, the person who broke Aizawa out of his shell."

Huh?
Sure whatever.

"But does this mean my plan can continue?" My ears moved back as I smiled, "Think about it, so much potential is waisted. Shouldn't you as a principal see to it that Shigaraki does something with it?"

Nezu's passed back and forth, not saying anything.

He stopped, opened his mouth, then shook his head and continued pacing. I wondered why he should consider anything. He already kind of sort of agreed to it, right?
"Utterly ridiculous," I could hear Nezu mutter under his breath, "But I like the benefits of her plan... I could go along with it and see what happens. Should it fail... I'd get a lot of critique from the media. What if I took it serious though?"

Wait... had he even considered it before?
I really thought I had convinced him yesterday evening! Did he say 'sure' just to get me out of his office!?

"Nezu, the kid has been through a lot," recovery girl said. She wasn't talking about me, "I'm sure he can change. He just needs a hand to guide him."

"Wrong."
I crossed my arms.

Nezu's stopped pacing.
"What?"

"I said," I smiled, "Wrong. Absolutely wrong! Ridiculously wrong. What we, or I, should do is not showing him what to do. He won't trust anyone except for himself and what he knows."

Nezu jumped and pointed at me.
"WHAT HE KNOWS!!"

"Bingo," I nodded, "Or whatever they say."

"I'm not sure I follow," Recovery girl clutched her cane just to be sure.

"Well," I put my hands behind my back as I explained, "Shigaraki has always listened to All for One, who we know is manipulative. When we tell Shigaraki who to trust he'll go mistrusting everything. I know I would."

Nezu nodded and continued. "We should tell him what to think, manipulating him towards our side."

"Not exactly," I shook my head, "I've had this idea in my head for a while now... but we should just drop facts. Show him truths, not lies."

"Things he can discover on his own," Recovery girl nodded, "So it'll be—"

"His knowledge to rely on," Nezu smiled widely, "I'm hiring you as my assistant—"

Recovery girl chucked her cane before she had to retrieve it.

Nezu rubbed his head in pain as he spoke. I wondered wether I should be scared.
"Okay, so to do this we need a proper plan. I feel like we should get your parents so they can agree to this."

I nodded. "Yeah, I was thinking we should do it before the camp."

"Why?" Nezu said.

"Oh, Shigaraki is planning an attack on class 1A. I was planning on letting them kidnap Bakugo and then a tracker would let the heroes know their location. We can get to know more about One for All this way—"

Once more Recovery girl had to throw her cain.

She sat back down and huffed. "Safety goes first!"

I rubbed my head in pain.
"If we do it before camp—"

"No," Nezu said and he shielded himself before Recovery girl could chuck her cane again, "Wait!"

"Explain," Recovery girl said, pointing her cane at Nezu with a threatening glare.

"Even if we change Shigaraki's mind about everything... we can't ignore the growing threat of All for One."

I nodded, hoping to convince Recovery girl.

"I believe that we must risk it. Bakugo can no doubt hold his own in such a situation, especially with (y/n) there to protect him."

I nodded.

"In this attack we weaken All for One, take his successor and leave him with nothing—"

"He's got a doctor on his side," I reminded Nezu.

"I know," Nezu said, "That's what trackers are for."

"Oh?" I frowned, "You plan an attack on the doctor?"

"I'm planning to aid you on an attack on this doctor guy." In a way Nezu said this with great disrespect towards the doctor.

"Hm, sure," I nodded, "I'll need a few days to think about all of it, and then I'll come back to you with a full plan."

"Good," Nezu said, "Now tell me how to calculate—"

"Don't ask me about the exams," I huffed, "I've studied."

"Then I'll expect full marks."

I held up my hands, "No promises."

I excused myself and went home.

Almost was I late for food, but Mic had insisted to wait on me.
That evening I settled on studying instead of going out. Aizawa gave me snacks, so that was a good choice.
Shigaraki hardly ever gave me food. Kurogiri did though.

—

The next day I went to focus's on my studies again. There was so much at stake!

I walked to the library, Bakugo grumbling as he followed me. He hadn't planned on studying with me, but I asked and he said sure.

"Hey! Shinso," I overheard. I paused, making Bakugo almost bump into me.

"Oi—"

I turned around to shut his mouth.
"That's Kaminari's voice," I whispered and quickly jumped towards the corner where the voice came from.

"It's not polite to eavesdrop," Bakugo grumbled.

"I should have told you that at the sports festival, huh," I gave him a glare.

"You—"

I put my hand on his mouth and kept it there for a while.

"I'm not gonna study with you." Hitoshi sounded.

"Aw, come on man, why not?"

"I've got plans."

No you don't!
Hitoshi was too shy for his own good.

I grinned as I got an idea.

Bakugo was still glaring at me. I took a deep breath before I sold him a punch in his face.

"You—" Bakugo fumed, "What the fuck!!"

I ran away, and of course he followed suit.

As I ran around the corner, Hitoshi immediately gave me a glare.

Kaminari looked confused, though I pushed Hitoshi in his arms and continued running.

"Sorry!"

Bakugo called out. "Come back and apologise like a normal person you asshole cat!!"

"Says the fucking hedgehog!!"

In the end we reached the library and we both panted.

I looked at my watch. "We saved time, good..." I had to continue catching my breath, "Good job—"

Bakugo hit his fist on my head almost gently. "That's for that stupid punch. Next time don't hold back."

I grinned and pulled a hand through my hair. "You're the one who said it, not me." Next time I would not hold back.