Twisted Nightmares

Chapter 9

Wrath of a Class Rep

Mineta felt bad.

Scratch that, he felt terrible.

After he managed to wake up the snoring Sero, the tape boy had originally given him a dirty glare for using him as bait. Mineta had brushed it off as the black haired boy just being salty for him being used as bait. But when he thought about it harder, he realized why Sero was so angry.

He'd been so focused on his exam, he had forgotten that there were security cameras watching them. Sero getting used as bait was broadcasted to whoever was watching on the screens. Mineta knew what it was like to be humiliating and embarrassed in front of others.

Mineta knew he made Sero look like a fool. In front of his classmates, and Midnight. And the other teachers that probably watched the tapes after the exams. They'd see how Sero had gotten knocked out laughably quickly.

The only thing Sero had going for him right now exam wise was that he passed, and that he maybe could of got some credit for saving Mineta from Midnight's gas. Rescuing people was something that the teachers at UA loved. Probably since saving people was probably literally something that's expect of every hero.

Once he had realized what he had done to Sero's reputation, Mineta desperately explained that he needed to trick Midnight into coming near him, so he kinda had to act like an asshole. Sero took this silently, not making any comment while the grape boy explained how he deceived the teacher and also how he had managed to get the cuffs on the 18+ Hero.

But now, as they walked back to the spectating room, Mineta wished that Sero hadn't forgiven him. Originally, Sero had eventually nodded and told him that he'd forgive him for using him as bait, and for not telling him the plan.

To be fair, Mineta hadn't actually planned to trick Midnight, he originally planned to just trap her with grapes and haul ass to the finish line. That obviously had not happened though, once he realized how he could take her on if he sneaked up on her.

Initially, Mineta had been thrilled that Sero had forgiven him for his mess up, and he thought that the problem had ended there, and that he would have nothing to worry about.

Mineta, shockingly, was very incorrect.

Mineta found himself nervously trailing back into the spectating room by a grumpy Sero. You couldn't tell by his face, but he was still grumpy. The way he walked a bit quickly, and a bit stiffly told Mineta that he was still in a sour mood. Sure the tape boy had forgiven him, but he had a feeling that it wasn't over.

"Heyyyy guys!" Sero called, with a very nervous Mineta walking beside him as well. The reason for his nervousness being roughly 10 feet in front of him. He was definitely in for it now. Sero's fake smile, the way he almost borderline dragged Mineta into the room where the other students were.

"Greetings Sero! Mineta! Congratulations on passing your exams!" Iida exclaimed with a rather big smile on his face.

Tsuyu nodded, her expression indifferent. "Good job, ribbit." Her voice betrayed no disgust or disdain, to Mineta's surprise.

The brown haired girl beside Midoriya nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah!" Uraraka had decided to join in on their conversation as well, it seemed. "I'm glad you both passed!"

Even Yaoyorozu's expression eventually softened, and she gave her congratulations as well. Her expression betrayed no disgust, or she just hid it pretty well.

Mineta hadn't been expecting her to actually have decent attitude, so he couldn't formulate a response to her. He just settled for awkwardly smiling. He thought he was in the clear until Sero decided to pipe up.

The black haired boy had a deceptive grin plastered on his face. "Yeah, good thing that Mineta got the cuffs on, or we would of failed!"

His words froze Mineta to the spot. Looks like it wasn't over yet. If Sero was trying to get a certain bespectacled classmate's attention, that would be it. The end of Grape Juice.

Iida picked up on Sero's words. "That reminds me! Mineta! What happened during your exam? You seemed to be rather in high spirits throughout most of the test." he said curiously.

Sero took his chance, and turned to Iida with the smile still on his face. "Oh yeah, about that whole thing..." Sero leaned in to whisper something to Iida, which gave Mineta a very bad feeling about what it was.

Iida's expression didn't change at all, which was a pretty good sign, at least in Mineta's opinion. So then maybe it wouldn't be so bad? Perhaps he'd have another lucky break?

That thought was quickly squashed when Sero continued whispering and Iida's eyes went wide and responded with "Did he now?" Mineta noted with terror that the lenses on Iida's glasses had started to almost glow white. Iida pushed his glasses up a little.

"So yeah. That's what basically happened," Sero finished.

"I see." Iida said, his tone was deadly calm. Mineta knew he was in trouble. That tone of voice was always bad news.

His suspicions were confirmed when the bespectacled class rep slowly turned towards Mineta, his expression seemingly completely blank.

Mineta gulped in fear. He felt petrified.

"Mineta." Iida said eerily as he adjusted his glasses. His voice was too calm. And when he was calm like this, someone was in for a scolding.

If Mineta could describe the feeling he felt right now, it would have been like in the cartoons where he shrank, just because of how small he felt right now. "Y-Yes?"

Iida's right hand slowly raised from his side. Scratch the whole shrinking thing, he felt like melting into a puddle and going down the drain. This was it. This is where Mineta's story would end. Right here, right now.

His hand raised higher. Mineta's heart was pounding. He was sweating. He felt faint. Iida's hand was above his head now. It stopped its ascent, ready to strike at any moment.

Time seemed to almost freeze for Mineta. All he could now was wait for the end and hope it would be swift, and painless. Though with his luck, it probably wouldn't be.

Iida's hand began to quickly descend.

Mineta closed his eyes as Iida delivered his judgment.

Chop

Mineta gripped his forehead as Iida's hand hit his head. "Ow." Mineta blurted out on instinct upon being struck.

"I cannot begin to express my disappointment, Mineta!" Iida cried as he struck Mineta again.

Chop

"Thirteen said that we should view the teachers as villains! We are the heroes in the practicals! Acting as a villain could cost you points, as well as the respect of your classmates!"

Chop

"As class rep, I implore you apologize to each of your classmates!" Iida said sternly as he hit Mineta's head again.

Chop

"That includes Kaminari and Mina! You should apologize to both of them as soon as possible!"

Chop

"Owww, Iida that hurts!" Mineta whined, holding onto the sensitive area on his head. He rubbed it experimentally after Iida finally decided to stop his ruthless assault on his forehead

"Mineta! I hope you will do well to comply!" Iida said, now satisfied with just chopping the air.

"Yes! Alright, alright! I'll do it! I yield!" Mineta yelped, cowering beneath Iida's tall frame. And his borderline glowing glasses made him 10x more intimidating then normal.

Watching the whole thing play out, Recovery Girl rolled her eyes. Sometimes her students were the biggest drama queens, and Mineta was no exception. He was acting like he had a concussion when in reality Iida had just given Mineta a good bop on the head.

Iida pushed his glasses up once more. He seemed satisfied with Mineta's answer since he turned back around to watch the screens once more.

The class rep turned back with the others to watch the epic finale of the exams, which was Midoriya and Bakugo facing off with All Might.

Knowing what the outcome for that exam, Mineta had settled on sitting down against the wall once more. Sero approached Mineta, a rather indifferent expression plastered on his face.

"I hope you learned something Mineta?" Sero said, though his tone held no hostility.

Mineta stared at the floor, clenching his fists. "I don't know why, but I really am still irritated at Mina and Kaminari." He couldn't explain why, but whenever he looked at them, he just got worked up. It angered him how he couldn't even understand his own feelings.

Sero looked at the frustrated expression on Mineta, and sighed. He crouched down so he was the same height as Mineta. "Look Mineta, something's obviously bothering you." His suspicions were confirmed when Mineta looked up at him in surprise. Yeah, I caught that.

"Uh...what, what do you mean?" Mineta's voice went a bit higher in tone, obviously now nervous since he was cornered.

"Mineta, no one just changes under a single day," Sero said in a soft tone, as to not grab the unwanted attention of his classmates. "You don't just change like that. Did something happen to you?"

Mineta stopped from saying whatever he was going to say, because Sero's words stunned the small boy. Was it really that obvious to everyone? Were they just ignoring him to humor him? No, he needed to stop thinking so negatively. There were positives to this situation, right? There were no villains here. All of his classmates were alive. The Pussycats were alive.

He was alive.

"Hey, Mineta! Snap out of it little man!" Sero began to gently shake Mineta, as he had noticed that Mineta 's eyes went awfully blank. Eerily empty, although not completely hollow.

"Oh, s-sorry..." Mineta said as he shook his head. His voice had begun to crack with emotion. He inwardly cursed himself, how did he get so worked up so quickly?

Sero didn't want the topic to change, but he didn't want to pressure the little grape. "Mineta, if there's something that's happened, or is bothering you, you can talk to me." Sero said softly.

He wanted to. He desperately wanted to tell anyone from his class about what happened. It'd been gnawing away at him day by day, but he had to face the hard reality of the situation.

Who would believe him? Really, who would believe the story? That Mineta out of all people suddenly could time travel now. He could already see the expressions of his classmates, and he could hear their doubtful words.

"Well you're right about one thing Mineta, that does sound absolutely crazy."

"Mineta, maybe you should see a doctor?"

"No offense Mineta, but that's kind of impossible."

"I want to believe you man, but I don't think that thing could happen, like at all!"

He knew that he was being silent for too long, because Sero frowned at his silence. The grape boy knew Sero pretty decently, so Sero probably did not like his sudden silence. Mineta was aware about his personality, and how it had been all over the place this past week, ever since Aizawa's announcement of the finals. He just didn't know it was that obvious, shouldn't the other students be focused on studying for exams?

And he knew damn since he was infamous for being a little perverted runt, no one exactly was willing to run to his aid or anything. His grades were still pretty good, it was just his behavior in general that got people's attention.

"Mineta?"

"Listen, Sero." Mineta breathed in. He'd have to tell the truth another time, but he'd give Sero an answer that hopefully would satisfy him. "Yes. Something did happen. It wasn't pretty. But I'll tell you another time, alright?"

The tape boy frowned at the answer. He was slightly happy that Mineta admitted to something being wrong, but he still evaded to what exactly happened. He wasn't completely satisfied, but it would have to do for now. Perhaps he'd ask Midoriya for his advice on how to approach the issue.

"That, and I don't want to apologize to Mina and Kaminari, but it's probably because of my issue that I feel like this."

Sero scratched his head. "Well..." After roughly 20 seconds of him just thinking, he looked back up at Mineta. "About your issue with them, I may have a solution." Sero said confidently. Mineta raised an eyebrow, and Sero took that as his cue to continue.

"If whatever happened is bothering you this much, maybe it's causing these new (and hopefully) unwanted emotions. You kinda acted all cocky, like a certain explosive boy we know."

Mineta put a finger to his chin in thought. Sero did have a point. Hell, being compared to Bakugo was bad enough. He'd do his damned best to change.

Sero held a finger out as if to make a point. "And think of it like this, you'll be remembered from the way you acted in life, I don't mean to suddenly get dark, but if you were 6 feet under, would you want people to remember you as someone like Bakugo? Or would you want them to remember you as someone like Midoriya?"

Mineta looked up quickly. "I'd want to be remembered like Midoriya!" Mineta said without missing a beat.

Sero went for the bullseye. "Then Midoriya would probably say that forgiving people is something that a hero would do? Instead of holding on to the distasteful emotions, shouldn't you indeed be the bigger man and let go? And apologize?" Sero had hastily added on that last part, as that was the objective of this little pep talk of his, to get Mineta to apologize, and be his old self.

Well, not one hundred percent old self, Sero could do without Mineta getting in trouble for being a little pervert every week at UA. That would be a change that Sero could appreciate.

His seemed to get through, as Mineta nodded his head in agreement. "You're... you're right! I wanna be like Midoriya, I wanna be cool!" Mineta pumped his fist enthusiastically, sounding a bit like his old self again.

Sero smiled. "That's good to hear. Thanks for listening little buddy." Sero said as he stood back up. Things seemed to be hopefully going in the right direction. Hopefully, Mineta would be changing for the best now.

Mineta's eyes went wide as he suddenly remembered one last thing. "Oh Sero, I uh, kinda forgot to tell you something. About our practical..." He said as he rubbed the back of his head a bit nervously.

His hesitation in the tone of his voice made Sero a bit nervous, since the tape boy's voice took a different pitch. "Oh? What else happened?" His expression was a bit worried.

Welp. Time to tell him the other truth of the exam.

"When Midnight used her Somnambulist on you, you fell and uh, kinda rubbed up on Midnight's chest."

Sero's thought stopped in it's tracks. "Eh?" the tape boy's face squinted in confusion, obviously not expecting for Mineta to say that to him.

"Yeah," Mineta said, sweatdropping. "After you completely passed out she also sat down and put your head in her lap. But since you were kinda asleep..."

"I didn't remember any of it." Sero concluded. Sero was not as enthusiastic about women as say Mineta or Kaminari, but still, that was freaking Midnight they were talking about. He ran his fingers through his hair. "Damn. That kinda sucks." Sero said.

Mineta nodded. "Yeah, sorry about that dude. I would of killed to be in your place." He sympathetically patted Sero's back. "Well, at least you can tell other people that you got to touch her. It's the technicality that counted, right?

If you asked Sero about the whole "touching Midnight's chest" thing, he wasn't actually too choked up about it. Sure, he was a bit mad that he didn't remember any of it, but groping adult women wasn't exactly high on his priority list. He'd probably forget that Mineta told him this by tomorrow, but he humored Mineta just to get his mind off of whatever was bothering him earlier.

But he'd have to ask sometime.

This one took much less time then the previous chapter, since the farther I go in the chapters, the more I slowly improve, so going back to these, I have to do less each chapter since I've improved each time I wrote a chapter, so that makes it easier for me. Looks like Mineta still had females on the brain occasionally, so maybe Sero will get Mineta back to his old self?

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