Second of two chapters to kick off Grave Keeper. I ended up taking a long time to tag the ao3 ver, so this is like, a sudden update jahgfkdjhfld. I feel like my writing for BNHA has weakened so I hope that everything's okay...

Primus1661: Sieg is just going to be mentioned, but I can assure you, they all think he's a good boy hahaha. I don't have plans to implement him in the story though.

"Um… Alrighty!" Ashido stated, grinning after Gray quickly pulled her hood back up and Astolfo lightly smacked the Phantasmal Beast's head. The Hippogriff had an odd fascination with hair.

"We're gonna decide the Room King! Sound good?" the girl continued as Jiro gave her a bewildered look. Gray just shrugged, not overly pleased with the outcome of the conversation either.

"There's really no reason to go that far if you ask me," Ojiro said with a sigh. Todoroki just looked at his hand, seeming tired. She could understand how he felt, she was a bit fatigued as well.

"Let's head to floor four then!" Astolfo declared. "We gotta finish our rooms before we start on the girls' rooms!"

"Yeah!" Ashido and Hagakure both fist-pumped the air as they headed to the elevator.

"Floor four has Bakugou, Kirishima, and… Shouji, right?" Uraraka asked as they stepped out. Iida nodded before he blinked.

"Speaking of, where is Bakugou?" he asked and Kirishima rubbed the back of his head.

"He said it sounded stupid so he went to go get some sleep," he told them, "Honestly, I could go for some Z's myself…"

"We'll make sure to go quick, then," Gray said as they neared Kirishima's room first. The redhead chuckled before he put his hand on the door.

"Thanks," he said before he cleared his throat. "I don't think you girls will really appreciate what I'm going for…" he said as he opened the door, letting them in with a grin.

"A den of manliness!"

Ashido and Hagakure were less than excited.

Uraraka seemed pumped at least.

Shouji's room was, for lack of a better word, absolutely bare.

"No worldly desires?" Gray asked as Shouji nodded, the Dupliarms boy having told Todoroki the same thing.

"Yeah," one of his arms that had transformed into a mouth told them. "It's just not my thing."

"Guys like this always have a pervy side!" Mineta exclaimed, moving to go investigate the room. Astolfo cracked the reigns on Hippogriff and the Beast slammed a talon down on the boy. The floor got a bit scratched as the others glanced over.

"Hey, Sero, can you do something about this?" the Rider asked and the Tape boy grinned, moving over to them.

"Sorry about your floor," Astolfo apologized to Shouji and he just shrugged.

"Doesn't matter to me," he told him as Sero dragged a mummified Mineta out.

"To the fifth floor!" Ashido called and the group followed her and Hagakure down the hall. Gray yawned, making Astolfo laugh.

"You're tired too?" he asked and she nodded.

"Still recovering…" she told him. "I couldn't sleep as long as I wanted to the day after since I was worried about Chiron."

"I feel that," He said as they got into the elevator. "How's he doing, though?"

"Chiron?" Gray asked and Astolfo shook his head, indicating to her sweatshirt.

"Mm… he's a bit distressed about Shigaraki, though it's understandable," she said softly. "Have you gone to visit mister Hakama yet?"

"Nah, they kept questioning me about stuff and he was in the IC ward for a long time, so I didn't have enough time…" the Rider sighed as they stepped out of the elevator.

Sero's room was first on the floor, which made sense because of how close it was to the elevator.

"Very exotic," Gray told the black-haired boy as he grinned.

"I didn't know that you were into this kind of stuff," Jiro said and Sero nodded.

"You know me," he told them, "Always the wild card!"

"Astolfo's is next, right?" Yaoyorozu asked as they walked down the hall. Astolfo nodded, sliding off of Hippogriff as they neared his room.

"Yup~ Don't get jealous!" he teased as he opened the door with a happy 'ta-da!'

The room had a pastel color scheme and a cute, almost girly vibe to it. There were pictures on the dresser of the Rider with a brown-haired boy and a blonde-haired woman, along with a few of him and Chiron. Pictures of the other Servants from Trifas were drawn and hung on the wall by his desk. Other pictures from the school year along with all sorts of nicknacks were on the desk and dresser and there was a beanbag that looked pretty similar to Hippogriff in the corner next to a table. A half-finished cup of tea was on the table.

"So cute!" Ashido squealed.

"There's less pink than I thought," Uraraka commented, looking at the pink curtains and Astolfo just laughed.

"I never was really in one place for a long time until recently," he told her. "All of this is from Chiron's apartment."

Yaoyorozu tilted her head as she picked up a picture frame.

"Hey, Astolfo, who are these people?" she asked and the Rider glanced over as Hippogriff settled down on the floor, resting its head on the beanbag.

He blinked as he saw the photo, perking up again. "Oh! Those two are my best friends from the Grail War," he told her, pointing at the brown-haired boy.

"That's my master, Sieg," he said, before pointing to the blonde woman. "And that's our friend, the Ruler of our Grail War! Jeanne d'Arc!"

"And the ones on the walls? I didn't know you could draw like that," Jiro asked, curious and Astolfo beamed.

"I can't! But Chiron and Firore did them for me," he told her, walking over to the wall of sketched photos.

"Let's see… this one's our commander of that time. He was kinda a stick in the mud, and he wasn't too happy with me when I let Sieg go free. The Impaler! The Prince of Wallachia! Vlad III!" he told her and Yaoyorozu with a grin. The other students glanced over as Astolfo pointed to each picture, telling them about each before he got to a man with long hair and a scar on his face.

"This one was our side's Saber, it's kinda my fault he died since I convinced him to let Sieg live, but that cost him his life in the end…" he said, sighing. "The Dragon Slayer, Siegfried. He was really cool, though."

He turned to the last portrait, humming. "And then this guy…" he said, lightly patting the frame. "This guy was the one who Chiron fought almost to the death. His own student! Great-Grandson, even! The invincible hero, Achilles!"

"Wait, Achilles was Chiron's Great-Grandson?" Midoriya asked as he examined the picture. Astolfo nodded.

"Mhm," he said, "Achilles' father was Peleus, who was the son of Endeis— Chiron's daughter."

The green-haired boy gaped. "And they still fought?"

"It's a Grail War," the Rider said with a shrug. "I mean, there have been weirder match ups. One year, when I got bored, I came over to Fuyuki to watch one and you know who the Assassin and Lancer were that year? The same person! Li Shuwen! And they didn't even go after the Grail after realizing that they were in the same War together! How wild is that? Apparently they only wanted to use the Grail to fight their other self anyways. Here's the thing, one was old the other was not, but the older one seemed to be even more deadly! The Lancer, the younger one, didn't even bother using his lance after a while! They just fought with their fists until they killed each other!"

"That's insane," Kaminari said, eyes wide though Kirishima seemed to ponder it.

"Kinda manly, though," he said as Hagakure picked up a rabbit stuffed animal that had been on Astolfo's bed.

"Call it what you will, I just can't believe that they'd want something as weird as that," the blonde sighed. "I mean, I'd wish for riches and stuff, you know?"

"Yeah, you've told us," Sero said and Gray smiled a bit at their banter as they walked out and into the hall.

"Todoroki's room next!" Ashido exclaimed as they walked to the next room.

Todoroki sighed but nodded as he walked to his door. "Let's just get this over with," he told them as he opened it.

"It's a friggin' Japanese styled room!"

"Are we even in the same building anymore!?"

Both Sero and Kaminari both startled at the Half-Cold, Half-Hot boy. Todoroki didn't seem bothered as he glanced at the two.

"My parents' place is an old-style Japanese house, so without the tatami flooring I just can't settle down," he explained as the tape mummy that was Mineta wiggled.

"Who cares about that!" Kaminari cried, "How did you manage to remodel this in just one day?"

Todoroki blinked. "With hard work." "Dude, you are a machine."

Satou's room was next, though the taller boy had been a bit sheepish as he let them all in.

"It's nothing exciting," the boy said to them, "Actually, it's kinda boring." "Don't sweat it," Kirishima assured him. "They all are coming after Todoroki's."

Astolfo sniffed the air. "Something smells sweet," he noted and Satou startled.

"Aah! Crap!" he cried, rushing over to a microwave oven on the table in his room. "I completely forgot! I finished unpacking so quickly so I was baking a Chiffon cake!"

The dark-haired boy pulled the said cake from the machine and Astolfo instantly perked. It had been a while since he had homemade sweets.

It wasn't that Chiron was a health nut or anything, its just that he tended to forget about sweets westernized sweets. Greek sweets were fine, don't get him wrong, but nothing could beat the softness of the sweet cake.

"Would you all like some?" Satou asked and Astolfo nodded, walking over with Ashido and Uraraka. Hagakure, Yaoyorozu, and Jiro followed quickly, though Gray lingered behind them for a moment, letting them all grab a piece before taking her own with the rest of the boys.

… Who grumbled about it through their noises of satisfaction.

Kaminari and Mineta (who had escaped his prison) were both very peeved.

"That's it for the boys!" Hagakure said as the group migrated back down to the third floor. "Now it's our turn!"

"Oh, man… that's a lot of rooms," Jiro said, rubbing the back of her head. "Shouldn't we turn in for the night?"

"Oh come on, Jiro! Live a little!" was the invisible girl's response. Jiro sighed but opened her door.

"It's kinda embarrassing, but here goes nothin'…" she said, moving inside so that they could all see. The purple-haired girl's room was decked out in reds, blacks, and whites with instruments everywhere.

"Man, this room is instrument-y as hell!" Kaminari exclaimed as they all looked in. "Even more so than I thought it'd be!"

"Jiro is totally punk rock, though," Astolfo pointed out as he peered at one of the guitars. "I dig it."

"Can you play everything in here?" Gray asked her and she nodded.

"At least a little bit," she admitted.

Kaminari and Ayoma both glanced at each other and Gray sighed. Both boys were about to be in a world of pain when they voiced the thoughts that they both had.

The Assassin glanced down to Add when it happened. "This is why you learn to keep your mouth shut, Add," she told the Mystic Code as they moved on to Hagakure's room.

"Tch. Yeah, yeah."

Hagakure and Astolfo had a similar taste in design it seemed. Though, while Astolfo's room was a blend of pinks, whites, blues, purples, and yellows with hints of black and a spot cleared for Hippogriff, Hagakure's had more pinks and was a bit more girly than the Rider's.

"Whaddaya think?" the invisible girl asked them as she showed her room off.

"Uh, yeah, it's nice…" Ojiro said as he glanced around.

"Now this is a girl's room if I've ever seen one!" Kaminari said. Mineta moved over from where he was, edging towards Hagakure's dresser and Gray unhooked Add from her belt, holding the cage up. The cube transformed into a scythe and she slammed the back of it into the boy's head, knocking him out cold.

"Gihi! Don't even try!" The scythe sneered as Gray sighed, resting Add on her shoulder.

"Thanks a ton, Gray!" Hagakure said, and Gray was sure the girl was beaming. She smiled a bit in return as she turned to Add back into his cube form.

"Think nothing of it."

She'd have to ask Toshinori about getting Mineta removed, the Assassin decided as Sero tied the boy up again. This time with a tighter hold.

"I guess it's my turn now…" she sighed as they left Hagakure's room. She sighed again as she opened the door, stepping in for them.

"So Western!" Ashido gasped, gazing around. Gray gave them a sheepish smile.

Her room was the opposite of Astolfo's, with darker wood making up her dresser, desk, and bookshelf. Her bookshelf was lined with books, though there was a spot for Add's cage to sit. A few pictures were on the walls and shelves next to the desk and a large map was hung up on the wall, along with a red-colored long-coat.

On the dresser sat a floral tea set and next to it a couple tins of various teas. Yaoyorozu moved over to it, examining it carefully.

"Oh my, this is quite old, isn't it?" she asked and Gray nodded, blushing a bit.

"It was a gift…" she said, fiddling with the sweatshirt's sleeves.

"From her girlfriend!"Add crowed, cackling as the attention snapped to the gray-haired girl, who squeaked.

"ADD!"

"Gyahaha! You didn't deny it!"

"You have a girlfriend!" Ashido gasped and she and Hagakure were suddenly in her face. Gray avoided eye contact by pulling her hood down.

"H- Had… From my time alive… I'm just glad that the tea set survived through everything…" she mumbled. Astolfo laughed before he bounced over to the girls with a picture, handing the two it.

"Here you go~" he laughed and all the other girls crowded around the two.

"The blonde one?" Uraraka asked, "Oh wow, you two look so cute together!"

"When was this? You look, like twenty! Oh, whose that black-haired guy? Your dad?" Ashido gasped.

"Was she a noble of some sort, the way she sits is very similar to how my mother does when important company is coming over," Yaoyorozu asked.

"She's got a severe look in her eyes," Jiro noted, nodding a bit.

"What was her name?" Hagakure asked and Gray hid her face.

"Reines El-Melloi Archisorte…" she mumbled, blushing as the girls squealed again.

"Um," Midoriya spoke up and Gray turned to look at him from between her fingers.

"Gray… you're um… gay?" he asked and Astolfo stopped where he was. Gray also froze and he saw her shoulders drop.

"I… It won't be a problem, will it…?" she asked softly, "Nezu said it wasn't against any rules here… and I… I don't plan on starting a relationship here… I mean, I'm only around for as long as he is…"

Astolfo tensed, moving to Gray's side. Ashido slung her arm around Gray's shoulder, having moved to her other side. "If you boys have a problem with our Gray being a cute lesbian you'll have to take it up with all of us here!"

Midoriya held his arms up quickly, shaking his head. "N-no! Th-that's not what I meant!" he said quickly, "I- I mean, I don't have any problems with it! Honestly, I'm glad we found out this way…" he scratched the back of his neck. "I just wanted to make sure so none of us guys overstepped our boundaries… n-not that w-we would! I mean…"

"Besides Mineta, you mean?" the Acid Quirk girl asked and the green-haired boy sweat.

Astolfo blinked as Shouji reached over with one of his arms, patting Gray on the head. "Good job. She looks nice."

"She actually had a rotten personality…" Gray mumbled, blushing still. "She liked to smile at suffering, but… she was a good person… she likes to tease me and my professor— her older brother. But she was amazing…"

Hagakure squealed as she hugged her from behind and Astolfo found himself grinning.

"Ashido, your room is next, right?" he asked and the girl nodded, taking the hint and ushering everyone out. Jiro put the picture back before following the rest of them.

Ashido's room was a mix between Kaminari's and something from the 1980s or 1990s. In a word, "groovy". Astolfo thought the pink and black color scheme fit the pink-haired girl.

Uraraka's room was next and, like Ojiro's, her room was a bit bare in comparison to the others.

"Kinda dull, I know," the girl said and Gray shook her head.

"It's cozy," she said softly and the girl laughed. Astolfo raised a brow as he listened to Ojiro and Tokoyami talk by the door.

"Is this really okay?" the blonde boy asked his friend, who had his arms crossed and head bowed in his usual style. "It feels dirty seeing so many girls' rooms up close… this is their private space."

Tokoyami only grunted. "Forbidden gardens."

Astolfo snorted.

"Up next is Asui," Midoriya said as they left Uraraka's room. Sero glanced around, still dragging Mineta behind him. "Wait, where is she?" he asked and Uraraka glanced over.

"Oh, she wasn't feeling too good, so she's in her room," she told them. Kaminari nodded.

"We shouldn't bother her then. She can show us her room later," he said, shrugging as the group moved on. Gray blinked, seeing Uraraka glance back at Asui's room before she followed them.

"The last one is Yaoyorozu's, right?" Sero hummed as they neared the black-haired girl's door. The girl gave them a sheepish smile.

"The thing is," she started as she opened her door a bit. "I may have made a bit of a miscalculation. My room's a little bit more cramped than I intended."

She opened the door for them as she continued. "And maybe not as creative as some of the rest of yours, too."

Yaoyorozu's double— no, King-Sized bed took up almost all of the space in the room. Gray blinked as she looked at it.

"That bed is huge!" Kaminari cried, "You can't even walk in here!"

"This is the furniture I've always used so I didn't think it would be a problem," Yaoyorozu said, blushing and Gray stared at her. "I never could have predicted that the rooms would be so limited."

The girl was living the rich life, it seemed, though Gray shouldn't have been surprised. Yaoyorozu's family did get an invite to the I-Island Expo for being major shareholders in a number of the companies there.

Sometimes she forgot how rich the mild-mannered girl was.

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Ashido gathered everyone into the common area when all the votes had been cast.

"And now without further ado!" Ashido said, "Excluding Bakugou and Tsuyu, the tentative first inaugural Room King award goes to…..! A drum roll please!"

She held up a piece of paper as the rest of them waited in anticipation. Gray already knew that she wasn't on the board, since all the girls barring her had voted for Satou.

She had cast her vote for Iida. Astolfo had told her that he had voted for Satou too.

"With a total of six votes, the room which scored leaps and bounds over the others! The winner of this contest is… Satou Rikidoooouuu~!"

"Huuuuh!?"

The dark-haired boy seemed startled, pointing at himself as Ashido grinned.

"By the way," she added, "All of the girls, minus Gray and adding in Astolfo, voted for you. The reason? That cake was amazing! I want some more…."

"What about the room, dammit!?" Kaminari cried as the other girls drooled. Midoriya glanced over to where Gray was sitting on the back of the couch. "Who did you vote for then, Gray?" he asked and she scratched her cheek.

"Iida, actually," she said and the blue-haired boy blinked, looking over. "I was mostly just hoping I could borrow some books later on…"

"Of course!" the boy said, nodding. "I'm always going to be one to encourage further learning!"

Gray smiled, nodding a bit as well as Kaminari and Mineta both started to try (emphasis on try) and beat up Satou.

Todoroki glanced over to them. "Is it over…?" he asked, "Can I sleep now?"

Iida nodded, making a movement similar to brushing his teeth at a high speed. "Indeed! We ate cake, though, so please don't forget to brush thoroughly first," he told the red and white haired boy.

Gray stood, brushing her skirt off. "I'm actually planning to turn in as well," she said before blinking as Uraraka called for Todoroki.

"Hey, wait up a minute, Todoroki!" she said, "Deku and Iida, you guys too, and also… Kirishima, and Yaoyorozu. Could I have a minute?" she asked and Gray pointed to herself.

"I'm good to go, though, Uraraka?" she asked and the girl nodded.

"Have a good night, Gray," she said before pulling the five outside.

Gray watched them leave before she shrugged.

"Eventful night," Add hummed as she walked out of the common area and towards the elevator.

"You can say that again…" Gray sighed, glancing out the window before she hit the 'up' button.

Tomorrow, classes would start again. She wanted to be well-rested in order to do her best.

I hope this wasn't too choppy. Things will start picking up soon, I think...? Like I said, I feel like my touch for writing BNHA has started to weaken, but I'm trying my best.