By the time the students got back to the dorms, dinner was ready, and Kirishima and Shoji were helping set the table, while Bakugou barked out orders from the kitchen. The television was sitting on the wall, and Maijima had probably gone back to his dorms after the installation of the television.
"You're all back." Aizawa nodded, "Good. Now, please try not to destroy anything else that's important. We already have a pretty big problem with all the gas pipes in the 1-B dorms, we don't need any more damages that would take more than a day to fix."
Shinsou, Kendo, and Iida moved to the kitchen to pack away all the snacks, while Ashido ran up to Yaoyorozu, "Have you guys chosen the movie?"
"No. I thought we should let everyone else choose." Yaoyorozu replied, "We should eat dinner first, then shower, before we start the movie.""The movie's going to be starting at nine!" Yaoyorozu announced.
The dinner table was really noisy, and Midoriya opted to just hide in a corner of the living room with a small bowl of udon and some seaweed. Reiko and Ryuto had already finished their food, and were curiously looking at the contents of Midoriya's bowl.
Midoriya glanced at them, before picking up a strand of udon from his bowl and held it in front of Reiko. She grabbed the udon, slowly taking it from Midoriya's grasp, before eating it. Midoriya held out another smaller strand out for Ryuto, and the hawk took a nibble out of it before eating the rest of it.
The green haired boy quickly finished his dinner, before washing his bowl and heading up to his room to finish up some homework.
"The movie's going to be starting at nine!" Yaoyorozu announced, as she took another spoonful of rice, and took her bowl to the kitchen, "Please be ready by then! But if you don't want to join, it's fine."
Midoriya didn't particularly like to leave his room after he had showered. Most of his shirts and hoodies were short sleeved, and he still had bandages wrapped around his arms, covering the multitude of scars that littered his skin. His uniform covered up the bandages, and he did have an extra set of cloth wrapped around his arms to use as a makeshift capture weapon when wearing his hero costume., so they weren't normally visible during lessons. But in his casual clothes, the bandages would be visible to everyone.
But he couldn't exactly back out of watching the movie with his peers, could he? Yaoyorozu had given them a choice, but it was pretty clear that she expected everyone to be ready for the movie.
Midoriya quickly dried his hair with his towel, and was drying Reiko down. Ryuto was perched comfortably on his shoulder, already dry, and Midoriya glanced over his table, making sure that all his homework was neatly stapled and filed up. There was a knock on his door, and Midoriya looked up, picking Reiko up, and opened the door, revealing Todoroki and Shinsou.
"You ready for the movie?" Shinsou asked, eyeing the bandages, as Midoriya wearily nodded, drapping the towel over the door knob and following his classmates down the stairs.
"What are we watching, anyways?" Tsuburaba asked, handing out the snacks.
"Avengers Infinity War! They're manly!" Kirishima grinned, flicking through the different genres and selecting the movie.
Sero gave a brief synopsis of the entire movie series. It was apparently about this group of humans that save the world. There was a guy with super strength that used a shield, some magic thunder guy with a hammer, another guy who could turn into a green monster, this super smart guy that flies around in a metal suit of armour, an archer with very good aim, and a flexible former assassin that wielded guns. All of them had some sort of quirk that played into their strengths, except for the hammer guy, who was apparently a god or something, and these twins who were quirkless but they had some genetic mutation due to scientific experiments with a magic stone and developed quirks; the male, who had apparently died in a previous movie, had super speed while the female had some sort of complex telekinesis powers.
Not to mention that there was also a robot made from godly lightning and the same magic stone, another group of people that consisted of a demigod, two aliens, a racoon and some sort of weird talking tree, and another secret race of people that originated from Africa. And another group of people that had another set of magic powers. It was just weird.
Rin was already downstairs, sitting on the sofa, sipping a cup of water as he watched Yanagi trying to help Kaminari connect Jiro's surround sound speakers to the television. Kaminari apparently thought that surround sound in an action movie was a good idea, and with Jiro's permission, Kendo, Uraraka and Shoji had brought them downstairs.
It was a good idea, just that no one had any idea how the inputs and outputs worked, and none of them understood the instructions manual that came with the speakers, the television, or from the internet.
"No, put the red port there." Kodai pointed out, watching as Kaminari almost got his hands stuck in the tangle of wires, as he tried to decipher the instructions manual.
"No, the yellow one goes there!" Kaminari retorted, and Kaibara took the instruction manual from them, "Kaminari, that port is for the left side. And that speaker is on the right."
Midoriya blinked, confused at the sight in front of him. Uraraka and Yanagi were arranging a couple of mattresses that were strewed on the ground, between the couches and the television, and Midoriya hesitantly kicked a thick fluffy blanket away.
Midoriya placed Ryuto and Reiko on the couch, before walking over to Kaminari, trying to stay as far from both the television and the blonde as possible. Kaminari put him on edge for some reason; Midoriya wasn't too sure why.
He quickly connected all the wires correctly, before glaring at the television and walking away, trying to find some coffee. He was tired from training, and as much as he wanted to sleep, he was already down here. He wasn't too sure that he would be able to stay awake throughout the entirety of the movie, though, and sleeping in the middle of it would just be plain rude, wouldn't it?
He didn't find any coffee, but he did find an energy drink. To him, coffee was way more effective than energy drinks, but he would take anything that he could find.
By the time he had gotten back to the common room, most of 1-A and 1-B were already there, all wearing their pyjamas or sleeping wear, and were fooling around. The only one missing was Monoma, who was apparently in the bathroom and would arrive in a minute or two. Most of the students were settled comfortably on the mattresses, and Midoriya had no idea how all of them could be so comfortable in the presence of so many thick, stuffy, suffocating blankets.
He immediately hopped onto the couch, near the arm rest, and Reiko and Ryuto crawled onto his lap. He wanted to get as far from the blankets as possible.
Kaminari and Ashido threw themselves on the couch, with Ashido near the other armrest, and Midoriya eyed the blonde nervously. He knew that Kaminari probably wouldn't shock him on purpose, but there was a faint, distinct scent of ozone that constantly lingered around the blonde, a smell that Midoriya was way too accustomed to for his liking.
Midoriya was doing his best to subtly press himself against the armrest, trying to stay as far away from Kaminari as he could, but the duo remained on the couch, not even noticing Midoriya's unease as they chatted loudly.
Shinsou walked into the common room with a bottle of soda and some popcorn, where Bakugou was operating the microwave and Tsunotori was helping to give them out. He immediately sat on the empty spot, right between Midoriya and Kaminari, and Midoriya relaxed, internally relieved.
"Hey, Shinsou!" Kaminari grinned, before noticing Midoriya on the other side of the lavender haired boy, "Hey, Midoriya! I didn't see you there! I see Reiko and Ryuto, but where's Shirou?"
Midoriya gave him a small look in reply, before pulling his knees up to his chest, being careful not to crush either Reiko or Ryuto. Shinsou shrugged, "He's sleeping."
"Alright! Everyone's here!" Kendo nodded, and Tokage used her quirk to switch off the lights, as Kaminari started the movie.
"What! You can't end it like that!" Ashido protested, "You can't just leave the story hanging like that!"
"Not cool at all!" Sero retorted, and Kirishima whined, "That's not manly at all! Snapping your fingers is cheating!"
"Shut up!" Bakugou yelled, shoving the red head harshly, "It's just a set up for the next movie. It's how they make money."
"Kaminari! Play Endgame!" Ashido yelled, as Kaminari reached for the remote. It was just out of his grasp, and Jiro picked it up and passed it over to the electric blonde.
"Whatever..." Kaibara muttered, shifting in his seat, but secretly, pretty much everyone wanted to know how the story would be resolved.
Midoriya was leaning back into the couch, blinking wearily as Tokage flipped the lights on for some of the students to use the bathroom. Ryuto had shifted his position, and was perched on his shoulder, leaning against his neck, already asleep. Reiko blinked, her eyes adjusting to the change in light, before curling up again.
The greenette felt a sudden urge to yawn, and before he realised what he was doing, he had already opened his mouth and inhaled, before exhaling.
Shinsou let out a quiet laugh. Midoriya had pretty sharp teeth, but unlike Kirishima, whose teeth were all sharp, only Midoriya's canines were uncharacteristically sharp. When the greenette yawned, he bared his teeth, just like a cat, though it was more cute than threatening.
Midoriya's nose itched, and he let out a small sneeze, before settling back into the couch, slightly dazed, trying to regain his bearings as he blinked in confusion.
Shinsou nearly turned red; Midoriya sneezing was just like a little kitten, absolutely adorable.
He spotted Uraraka pointing at him and snickering, as Asui looked at her in confusion and Iida berated her quietly, and glared at her. Thank goodness the lights were still dim and everyone was so busy talking about the movie that they didn't notice his flushed cheeks.
Luckily, the students who had left for the bathrooms had come back, and Tokage flipped the lights off again, before settling into her spot next to Sero, and Kaminari pressed the play button for the next movie.
"Ah, that is a much more satisfying ending!" Ashido sighed, hopping off her seat and stretching. "Bad guy went poof!"
"What else did you expect, Pinky? All movies end like that!" Bakugou snapped, and Kirishima laughed, "Come on, don't you agree that the iron guy was pretty manly?"
Midoriya had apparently fallen asleep in the middle of the movie, curled up against the armrest, resting his head on his arms. He was curled up around Reiko protectively, and Ryuto was settled in Midoriya's hood, snuggled up against his neck.
Shinsou stretched his arms, and yawned, and sat up. He reached over, patting Midoriya on the head, his fingers running through the greenette's fluffy green hair. Shinsou paused, realising what he had done, and quickly pulled his hand back. He wasn't too sure that he was allowed to do something like that; Midoriya seemed to trust him, sure, but he wasn't sure that Midoriya trusted him enough to allow for head patting.
Much to his surprise, Midoriya barely reacted to the head scratch. Instead, he let out a low pitched rumble from the base of his throat, relaxing slightly, before curling up tighter around Reiko.
Shinsou blinked, trying to process what had just happened, as Kaminari stood up, walking over to Midoriya.
"Did he just purr?" Ashido asked, leaning over the couch, and Kaminari reached out.
"Uh, I don't think that's a good idea -" Shinsou started, but was cut off as Midoriya's eyes snapped open, and he bared his teeth, his canines glinting in the dim light. He let out a threatening growl as he flinched away from Kaminari, crashing into Shinsou, the sudden movement jolting Reiko and Ryuto awake, and Midoriya glared at the blonde with glowing emerald eyes.
Kaminari immediately pulled his hand away and jumped, as Midoriya realised that it was just Kaminari, and it wasn't an electrified metal cell and he wasn't being muzzled and chained up and he could see everything in front of him clearly and he wasn't freezing and he wasn't bleeding all over and there weren't any villains and -
Midoriya took a sharp intake of breath, shaking slightly as he tried to will all the bad memories away, curling up even tighter. Ryuto nuzzled the boy, chirping, as Reiko licked his cheek comfortingly.
Shinsou reached out for the boy, pulling him into a hug, before scratching his head gently. Midoriya seemed to like it, and he relaxed slightly, taking deep breaths, trying his best to calm himself down from an imminent panic attack.
"Hey... you okay?" Ashido asked, and Midoriya looked up at her in confusion.
"Uh... sorry about that..." Kaminari sheepishly apologised, scratching his head.
"It's... fine..." Midoriya hesitantly mumbled, before he quickly scooped Reiko and Ryuto up. Shinsou stood up, tugging on Midoriya's arm gently, "Come on, you're tired, aren't you?"
"I hope he's okay... No doubt that Kamino must have been hard on him..." Kendo muttered, watching as Shinsou gently coaxed Midoriya towards the staircase.
"Just leave it to Shinsou, kero." Asui nodded in their direction, "He knows Midoriya the best, and Midoriya seems the most comfortable around him."
