"Alright, quiet down. It's time for class to start."

Mr. Aizawa walked into the classroom looking just as tired and done with life as he did yesterday. He stopped behind the podium and looked out into the class, "Decent work on yesterday's combat training you guys. I saw the video feeds and went over each individual team's results." He looked over to Bakugou, "Bakugou, you're talented. So don't sulk like a child over your lose, okay?" Izuku could hear a scoff from in front of him.

"Yeah, whatever."

"Midoriya," Izuku flinched, "you did good out there, though you need to work on your combat skills. Don't rely on your quirk so much. But it does come in handy."

He gave a small, "Mmhmm," and stared down at his clenched fists. He really didn't like being called out.

Aizawa looked down, "Let's get down to business. Our first task will decide your future."

The tension in the room rose as the same thought ran through their minds, Is it another quirk test?!

"You all need to pick a class representative."

Oh good, just normal school stuff.

Instantly, everyone was clamoring over their desks and yelling for everyone to pick them. It was a mad house, as everyone wanted to be the class rep. In a normal classroom, a class representative's duties would just be a bunch of extra work. But in the hero course there's more to it. It's a way for you to get noticed by agencies and prove you can lead a team like a real pro.

He kept his hand down.

"SILENCE EVERYONE, PLEASE!" Everyone instantly quieted down and looked at Iida. "The class representative's duty is to lead others. It not just something that anyone can do. You must first have the trust of everyone in the classroom. Therefore, the most logical way to settle this is democratically. We will hold an election to decide our leader!" His hand shook in the air.

A few people looked unsure, "Are you sure this is the best idea?" Kirishima asked.

Asui added, "We've only known each other for a few days. How can we know who we can trust?"

"Besides," Kirishima said, "everyone will just vote for themselves."

Iida didn't look deterred, "Most people will, but that means that whoever does get multiple votes will truly be the most suitable person for the job." He then turned to look at Mr. Aizawa, who was now in his sleeping bag, "It's the best way, right sir?"

"Do what you want, just decide before my nap's over." And then he fell over.

"Thank you for your trust!"

"How did I get four votes?!"

Bakugou shot up, "Alright you idiots! Who voted for him?!"

Sero just looked at him like he was crazy, "What? Did you honesty think anyone was going to vote for you?"

That obviously didn't settle well with him, as Bakugou was suddenly in Sero's face while screaming his head off.

Izuku didn't react too much to the people crowding around him. There was no way he could be class representative. He didn't even vote for himself!

All too soon he was standing in front of the class with Yaoyorozu. She was trying to comfort him as well, but she was obviously unsure of herself and ended up not helping much.

"All right, our class rep is Midoriya, and Yaoyorozu is our deputy." Mr. Aizawa said.

Izuku was shaking where he stood and he couldn't help but question it once more, R-really? I-it's, ah, not a-a mis-take, r-right?"

Asui tilted her head, "This might not be so bad!"

Thanks, Asui, he thought sarcastically.

"Yeah," Kirishima said, "I could get behind Midoriya I guess."

"Yaoyorozu was totally on top of it when it came to the training results."

Izuku didn't notice who said the last part, instead he had noticed that Iida seemed to be taking the news extra hard. It confused him, but Izuku figured Iida would tell him if it was anything serious at lunch.

The rest of the class started talking amongst themselves and Izuku tried to sneak off to his seat. Unfortunately, Uraraka, Iida, Hagakure, and Yaoyorozu decides to follow him. He had been hoping to calm his nerves before he talked to his friends, but it seemed like they wouldn't be giving him the chance.

Uraraka smiled at him, "I'm so happy you got picked, Izuku!"

Next to her, he heard Hagakure agree, "Yeah! Great job!" She suddenly leaned closer and he found himself unsure of where to look, "Don't tell Bakugou," she whispered, "but I voted for you."

Beside her, Uraraka and Iida nodded in agreement. With that being said, Izuku suddenly frowned, "But then, if Yaoyorozu didn't vote for me, then who else did?"

Yaoyorozu frowned, "Didn't you vote for yourself?"

Izuku glanced away as he felt heat crawling up his face, "N-no, I, uh, may have actually voted for you?..." His voice trailed off at the end, making it sound like a question.

Yaoyorozu blinked in surprise, "Why did you vote for me?"

He curled into himself, "Um, I-I just thought you w-would be a g-good class rep!" Not good, his voice was starting to do that weird squeaky thing.

Luckily, the bell decided to ring at that moment, saving him from any further embarrassment.

As they were getting ready to leave, he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned around. Yaoyorozu was standing behind him looking slightly embarrassed as she said, "Thank you, Izuku. It means a lot to me that you voted for me."

He just gave her a nervous smile, "I-it's no big deal! You don't have to thank me or anything. I just thought you'd be a good class rep!"

He had been trying to calm her, but it seemed to have the opposite effect as she started to tear up. His hands waved about as he tried apologize to her, but she spoke before he could, "Sorry, it's just that I've never had any real friends because of my status. I have good parents and everything, but it's just not the same." She smiled at him, "It's a nice feeling, you know?"

Izuku was dumbfounded. He didn't know what to say as she wiped away the remaining tears and walked to join their growing group of friends.

And the thing is, he did know.

He knew what is was like to have no friends growing up. Not because of status or anything like that, but he had just never been exposed to people his age. This entire time, he has just been winging it. He was honestly surprised he had any friends at all with how socially awkward he must be. To know someone felt like he did was a nice feeling.

Nervousness forgotten, he followed his friends out into the cafeteria. It was another nice day as the sun shone down into the cafeteria through the windows.

Getting their food, they sat down near the middle of the cafeteria in one of those long booths. Kirishima and Kaminari had gone to try and sit with Bakugou once more, and if he didn't know better, he'd say they were actually making progress.

They had just started eating when an alarm suddenly blared out. Conversation was was effectively ended as a voice came over the intercoms, "Warning: level three security breach. Students, please exit the building in an orderly fashion."

And all of a sudden there was movement all around them as everyone ran to the hallways in a non-orderly fashion.

Iida turned to one of the upperclassmen sitting next to him, "What is a level three security breach?!"

The upperclassmen shifted in his seat, "It means someone has managed to get past Yuuei's defenses! This hasn't happened in all three of my years here! We should get going!" And with that he was up and gone like all of his friends.

They were swept up in the crowd and some of his friends were immediately lost. "Ow!" Uraraka said from where she was squished against him and Iida, "This is a total mob!"

"Everyone was quick to react, as I'd expect from Yuuei students!" Iida yelled over the noise.

Midoriya closed his eyes against the pressure from all the people around him, "Sure, but they also caused a huge panic!"

Somebody shoved into him and suddenly he was being pushed away from his remaining friends. "Crap! I can't stop!"

They disappeared and Izuku felt the panic he had been managing to push down slowly start to take over. When his friends had been at his side he had felt at least somewhat contorted by their presence. But now that they were gone, he couldn't stop the fear that crawled up his throat and pushed at the back of his eyes.

His body slammed against the wall opposite of the windows and he desperately tried to melt into it as strangers continued to push in tighter. Was it just him or was it starting to get harder to breathe?

"Midoriya!" His head snapped to the side and he saw Todoroki pop out of the crowd. His face was red and he was panting heavily, but Izuku still found him pretty.

Wait, what?

"*huff* Sorry I yelled at you, but I*huff* was afraid you wouldn't hear me otherwise." Todoroki said in between breaths.

Izuku shook his head and he felt the panic instantly go away, "No, it fine. Thank you." He said the last part as an afterthought, and he wasn't completely sure why he had thanked Todoroki, and judging by the look on his face, Todoroki was just as confused as he was.

Todoroki opened his mouth to respond when all of a sudden Izuku saw Iida rise above the heads of the other students. His mouth hung open as he quickly pointed it out to Todoroki. Them and everyone else around them watched as Iida activated his boosters and spun out of control towards wall above the exit. Izuku held back a giggle as Iida landed with his arms splayed out like the guy on the exit sign. Which was right below him, by the way.

"Listen up!" Everyone quieted down as they watched the guy hanging on the wall, "Everything is okay! It's just the media outside! There's absolutely nothing to worry about! Everything's fine!

"We're Yuuei students! We need to remain calm and prove that we're the best of the best!"

All around them, students started relaxing and the pressure that had building up around them started to disperse.

"Oh thank goodness!"

"Look! The police are here!"

The students started talking to each other as they finally looked out the windows. Izuku sighed as a relieved smile made its way across his face. He might not have been able to do anything himself, but thank goodness Iida was there.

An idea popped into his mind.

"It's time, Midoriya. Let's begin." Yaoyorozu said as they stood in front of the class.

Izuku was still shaking from head to toe as everyone looked at him in anticipation.

"Um, so we need to figure out who the other class officers will be." Izuku said. "But first," he looked down more, "there's something I wanna say."

Yaoyorozu looked at him in surprise, "I've thought a lot about this," he closed his eyes and shrunk into himself even more, "and I think Tenya Iida should be our class rep!"

The tension leaked out of his muscles as the words finally left him. A smile formed on his lips, man he was smiling a lot today, "He was able to capture our attention and get us in line. So I believe that he should be the one leading our class from here on."

The shock on everyone's faces was priceless. They obviously hadn't seen this coming, but he was being honest with himself, he really hadn't either.

"You know what?" Everyone looked at Kirishima, "If Midoirya vouches for him, then I'm good. Plus he was a big help. He totally manned up and took charge, right?"

"Yup!"

"Oh, did you notice how he looked like the dude on the emergency exit sign earlier?"

Iida met Izuku's gaze, and he managed to look back. Izuku got the message.

Thank you.

"This is a waste of time." Mr. Aizawa managed to scare him, even though Izuku had known he was down there the entire time. "I don't care who the rep is, just hurry up." He laid back down.

Iida stood up, "If Midoriya is nominating me for this job," he raised his arm into the air, "then I humbly accept! I pledge to carry the duties of the class rep to the best of my abilities!"

Kirishima grinned from his spot at his desk, "Sounds good, emergency exit."

"Emergency Exit Iida. Don't let us down man!"

At this point, everyone was cheering on Iida(except for Bakugou), and Izuku didn't think Iida had ever looked as happy as he did in that moment.

He was glad that he could still help others.