You're walking in the woods (Hyousuke/Samantha)

Even with time to think things over, and some time with Sigga to help decompress - even if she'd only unwittingly helped him relax some - the impact from those past few weeks were still keenly felt. Going around the law to satisfy a personal vendetta, being driven to depths not befitting a hero, the hatred and rage that he felt even long afterwards... He couldn't think straight about any of it, and because of that, he couldn't focus on his homework long enough to even start making headway on it. Grunting, and cursing under his breath, Hyousuke tossed his pencil to the side of the table and stood up.

The way he saw it, there wasn't any point to continuing, not with things as they were. He could be there all night, and he'd barely get more than his name down onto that sheet of paper. With it being so late, however, going hiking to clear his head wasn't really an option, and he wasn't sure if he wanted to go to the gym and shift his focus with that instead. So, after a little thought, he decided to throw on a form-fitting t-shirt, some shorts, and a pair of "well-loved" trainers. Hopefully, going for a run for a while would help him clear his head.

As distracted as he was, however, Hyousuke had made one slight slip-up - he'd forgotten to tie his laces properly. Though they appeared to be tight enough, a light jog was enough to start to dislodge them. By the time he'd rounded a corner, one shoe had come undone, and it only took a few steps for him to realise it the hard way. A loud grunt escaped his lips as he fell forward, stumbling suddenly onto his hands, and eliciting another grunt as his palms scraped the ground. Staggering, and trying to regain his balance instead of falling completely flat, Hyousuke dragged himself forward on all fours, seemingly driven mostly by momentum, before somehow managing to rise and reduce his speed to a slow jog once more.

He failed to notice that there was someone else not too far in front of him.

Hyousuke generally didn't go around touching strangers in the dark. Legal ramifications aside, it was just an immensely rude thing to do. However, having tripped over his own laces while barely having made any headway on his own jog, it was either accidentally touch a stranger's tail, or do nothing and crack the front of his face open on the pavement. As unappealing as both options sounded, he figured that apologising for the former would be a fair bit less painful than just sucking it up and accepting the latter. It also generally came with less teeth being knocked out as a result of a stupid accident.

What Hyousuke hadn't expected to have to do, upon getting up, was seeing the person he was supposed to be apologising to in a similar state, albeit flat on their back. It took him a second to process exactly what it was that was going on, but even then, he hadn't a clue as to how it'd happened at all. Nevertheless, he wandered slowly over, trying to get his own thoughts in order before he spoke. Eventually, he leaned over from behind her head, and looked down at whoever it was that'd fallen down in front of him. An unfamiliar face, but that was hardly important at the moment.

"Hey, are you alright down there?" He asked, in about as soft a tone as he could manage, while still maintaining that calm confidence that he tried to project whenever he spoke to others. "That looked like a hell of a fall." Without even thinking on her size, he held out a hand, offering it to help her up.

Hyousuke shook his head with a somewhat sheepish chuckle, bearing a slight smile at her as he clasped his hand onto hers, and moved his other to clamp down around her arm for extra leverage. "Sorry, I've got nothing like that. Just some good old elbow grease." Though he leaned slightly more to athleticism rather than bulk, having focussed his efforts more towards cardio than strength training, the tone of the muscles on his body was clear to see. If nothing else, he could at least give it a decent enough try, though he wasn't sure how much help he'd be without looking at how deep her spines had sunk.

"By the way," he said, while crouching down a little and beginning to pull, "I'm Suzuki Hyousuke, class 1-A. I guess that explains why we haven't met yet." He was mostly just trying to make idle conversation to distract from the fact that he was perhaps not as strong as he thought he was - or maybe just not enough to pry her free of the concrete's cold clutches. Nevertheless, he hauled upwards, legs doing the majority of the work as he grit his teeth. "So, did you transfer in recently? I haven't seen you around the dorms or the training grounds."

Hyousuke gave off a light - yet somewhat hearty - laugh at her remark, and kept hauling her backwards as best he could "Ha, don't worry about it! Trust me, there's worse!" As jovial as his tone was, Hyousuke meant it without even a hint of doubt. Some people had left a better impression on him than others, and if he was to be honest, someone falling over and their Quirk being an inconvenience hardly ranked down there with the worst of them. Regardless, he kept tugging, while slowly stepping to the side to try and see if what she'd said would work.

With a grunt, he started tugging her off to the side, muscles straining with the effort of trying to get her free. "Anyway, what's that about endurance?" He said, between those quiet sounds of exertion. Having been working on getting her out, Hyousuke hadn't paid as much attention to her as he supposed he should have, but talk of his speciality had piqued his interest somewhat. "It's something I know a thing or two about, so-" He cut himself off, having jolted backwards a little. Either his grip was slipping, or he'd made some headway and managed to pull her a little higher than before.

Spurred on by that small victory, he kept trying to pry her free, with no strength lost no matter how hard or how long he worked at it. With him having not even seemed to break a sweat by that point, it seemed like he could go on forever with that task. He muttered quietly under his breath as well, mostly to himself, though she'd likely be able to hear if she listened close. "Come on..." He murmured, "Almost got it..."

Hyousuke waved his hand casually, as if to dismiss the idea that she was inconveniencing him in any way. Pulling her out of the pavement hadn't been what he'd planned on spending his evening doing, but if the look on his face and the way he held himself was any indication, it wasn't as if he minded all that much.
"Ah, don't worry about it!" He said, a friendly tone to his voice, matching the expression he wore. "I'm always happy to help out. Besides, I got to meet someone new, so I can't really complain." He offered her a playful smirk momentarily, before his expression settled once again.

He was quiet for a little while, as if beginning to contemplate something, before he finally broke his silence with a question. "Hey, you mentioned wanting to work on your endurance. If you like, I think I might be able to help with that." The offer was as earnest as earnest could be - he genuinely did just want to help and be friendly with her. As much as he had going on with his own issues at school, he couldn't in good conscience let her go without at least making the offer, especially when it was something he specialised in.

"But that's only if you want to." He quickly added, suddenly realising how he'd just sprung the idea on her. "I just thought I should ask, since we're both on the hero course. It's no pressure if you'd rather not."

Hyousuke had to fight against every instinct in his body to keep from reacting to her talking about how she wasn't worthy of the place she'd attained. The words were ones that were all too familiar to him, and the sentiment one that cut a little too close to the bone for him to be comfortable with them. He managed to suppress the worst of it, however, with what little that slipped through able to be waved off as a look of concern. Perhaps it would seem to be an odd way of showing it, but he could at least save himself from potentially having to explain himself.

When she mentioned her phone, however, he turned the torch on his on before handing his over to her. "Take mine for now," he said, his other hand outstretched too. "I'll charge yours up. That's part of my Quirk too - just don't go telling everyone, or I'll have everyone on our side of the school asking to use me as a battery." He offered her a sly wink and a light laugh, making it clear he was just joking, before setting to work and scanning what few lit areas there were, on the off chance that it had fallen there instead.

He waited a few moments before he spoke again, though when he did, it was in a noticeably softer tone. "...And don't worry about oversharing. Sometimes it's just good to get things off your chest." Stubborn as he was about doing the same, Hyousuke at least recognised the benefit that it could have on people. That, and he supposed she could do with the reassurance. "By the way, if you want to do something about your endurance, you might do better with a partner than just some advice. Having someone to train with always helped me when I first started out."

He decided to leave out the part about it being his pre-UA sensei, who'd threaten him with burpees until he was sick if he didn't stick to the schedule they’d agreed on.

Handy. Perhaps that was one word to describe it, but not one that Hyou tended to use. 'Weak' was perhaps something he found more fitting, or 'underwhelming' if he wanted to sound smart about it. Either way, hearing her talk about his Quirk like being a human power brick was anything other than vaguely objectifying twitched his lips down for a split second. He managed to catch himself before he made any obvious show that he wasn't fond of the power he'd been born with, but her comment had caught him off guard, and he counted himself lucky it was so dark outside.

Fortunately for him, she changed the subject and raised the idea of a partner, to which he offered a wide smile - even if she was looking at the ground for her phone, and presumably away from him.
"Well, if you're looking for a partner, my schedule's free." He offered, pointing his thumb at his chest, and giving her a moment for the offer to sink in. "You said you needed to work on your endurance, and cardio's what I'm focussing on most these days. If we partner up for this, I think we'll both get something out of it. Besides, I wouldn't mind the company."

Even with the funk that he’d gotten into after recent happenings, Hyousuke was a social person at heart. Training alone so much was, well, lonely. Besides, he figured that if he could train with someone, it might help take his mind off everything that had happened, and help him get his head back in the game.