You sat at your desk, writing on your notebook what the teacher said, before suddently, the words which terrified you the most came out of his mouth.

"Partner up for the project." He said. You kept looking down at your notebook, as always. You have been doing that since when you were little. Waiting for everyone to partner up, then being taken by the one who hadn't found a partner for whatever reason or worked alone.

You slowly raised your gaze from the notebook to the class, looking around to try and understand what you were going to do. Lots of girls as usual trying to partner up with Itadori. He was the popular one. In your class, in your whole school. You widened your eyes when you could swear you saw him smile at you.

He, after a few moments, stood up, walking towards you. "Hey, [Name], right?" He gently asked, offering you an hand. "Partner up with me" He smiled sweetly.

You looked up at him. Your eyes wide in a surprised and confused expression. Why was he doing that?

You could hear the faint noise around you, people talking about why he was taking the 'leftover'. And honestly you didn't know what he was thinking either. When you slowly and hesitantly raised your hand to accept his offer after a what seemed like years.

You saw his face lighten up when you accepted his offer. "Hah, good!" He excitingly said. You slowly stood up, looking at his slightly shorter figure. A few minutes later, you sat beside him, hearing whispers all around, until the project finally began. Why didn't he care? You were basically ruining his reoutation just by standing a few centimeters closer to him than usual, being at two close desks.

You felt oddly happy, yet you couldn't shake the feeling he did that just to humiliate you, maybe. Or...You just couldn't find a positive thought, an optimistic one.