Haley half smiled as Meruem pointed out the engine boy. "I know, I was there." Her half smile formed into a full one upon Meruem saying he wanted to hang out with her. Her smile slipped away after hearing Meruem's question. " It's not really as simple as you might think. It's not that they think I'm weak, and even if they did I showed them otherwise during the ball toss. It's more that they were mad at your disregard for personal space and how reckless that move was. I know you can control your quirk and would have hopefully made sure to not harm me with it. But again you did it without warning and things like that most people aren't comfortable with. And the personal space thing does stand, even tho you used your quirk to pull me. You have to remember that our quirks are a part of us. Say if I was to cover your leg in stone, in my opinion that would be a gross overstep of personal boundaries. Because it's not just the rock touching you, that could be seen as me wrapping myself around your leg." She went a little pink thinking about how embarrassing that would be. "That's weird isn't it? You wouldn't want some random classmate you've only just met wrapping themselves around your leg, or pulling a friend you've just made onto the floor. Do you get where I'm coming from Meruem?".

Haley tilted her head as she finished up her ham and cheese sandwich, then wiped any crumbs from her face.