Peering past everyone and into the classroom, he sees Kirishima holding a fuming Bakugou away from Aoyama. Sero and Kaminari are hovering around him and he can see Mina and Yaoyorozu checking on Aoyama. He can't see any injuries from here, but he knows he could be hurt somewhere out of sight.
"Let me at him! I'll give the bastard something to sparkle about!" Bakugou screams making many of them wince from the volume. Izuku feels bad for Kirishima.
"Dude calm down! There's no need to be violent!" Kirishima says, trying to get the blonde to calm down.
"Yes there is!"
Aoyama holds a hand to his forehead dramatically, "You almost ruined my makeup, you brute!"
Izuku can practically see the vain pop in Bakugou's forehead. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?! I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Chill dude! Just let it go!"
By this point Sero and Kaminari have intervened, both of them trying to restrain the struggling blonde with Sero's tape. They succeed, but Izuku has a feeling that it's only because he doesn't want to anger Mr. Aizawa by blowing up the desks and his students.
The rest of the class filters in now that their resident explosive blonde is restrained. Everyone takes a seat and starts talking to themselves. Izuku sneaks past the still fuming blonde and takes his seat right behind him.
There is a few minutes left in class and he has nothing better to do, so Izuku just stares out the window while listening to the conversations in front of him.
"You guys," Hagakure says, "did you watch the news last night?"
"Yeah."
"It was so cool that we got a few seconds of screen time. Though I bet nobody noticed me hanging out in the background." Her voice cracks on the last part.
"Probably not." Was that Shouji?
"Eh- It is difficult to stand out when you're just gloves." That's the tail guy.
A new group of students overtakes the conversation. "We're totally big deals. Those news channels love us. We're basically celebrities." Ah, that's Kaminari.
"Yeah, it's kind of crazy right?" Kirishima says.
"Get over yourselves," was that Jirou? "the hero course that pumps out pros was attacked. That's what they care about."
"Who knows what would have happened to us is the teachers hadn't shown up." Says Sero.
"Why'd you say that?!" Izuku winces as Mineta suddenly yells out behind him. "I'm gonna pee myself just thinking about it!"
Ughh, Izuku thinks to himself, Mineta's so annoying.
Thankfully, Bakugou intervenes with an explosion. "Oh shut up and grow a pair you loser!" He yells over his shoulder.
Izuku never thought he'd ever think this, but thank you Bakugou.
Sato ignores the outburst and continues talking. "Did you guys see All Might fighting the bird guy? That dud was super strong and he still destroyed him!"
"Yes," Tokoyami says, "his strength is truest a thing of wonder."
Suddenly there's running and Izuku looks over to see Iida stop behind the podium. "Attention! Homeroom class is about to begin. Everyone stop talking and take your seats!"
"Uh, we're all sitting." Someone says.
"Yeah you're the only one standing."
Iida makes his way back to his deck, silently fuming all the way there. He sits down dramatically. "Dang-it."
Uraraka pats him on the back, "Don't sweat it."
Izuku ignores them once more in favor of thinking about their teacher. He had been pretty beat up the last time they saw him, so he is probably not going to teach them today. He wonders who will take his place.
Right as he thinks that, the door slides open to reveal Mr. Aizawa, bandages on every inch of exposed skin and both of his arms in slings. Izuku feels sweat roll down his fore head. Not even his eyes were visible. "Morning class." He says, his voice muffled by the bandages.
Apparently everyone else had the exact same thought as him, because they all say, "Mr. Aizawa?! What are you doing here?"
"Woah, what a pro." Kirishima says.
Iida raises his hand, probably forgetting the he can't see. "Mr. Aizawa, I'm glad you're okay!"
As if that's okay.
"You call that okay?" At least Uraraka has some common sense.
Mr. Aizawa makes it to the podium, and Izuku takes a moment to admire just how he made it there without being able to see. "My well-being is irrelevant. What's more important is that your fight isn't over yet."
The tension in the air rises as the same thought of the League floats through everyone's mind. Well, almost everyone. Izuku completely ignores it and instead realizes that there is, in fact, a gape in the bandages for his eyes. They don't look so good though, as they're all red and puffy looking.
"The Yuuei Sports festival is about to start." And it takes Izuku a moment to remember that, yeah, that actually have that. He's never seen one himself, but he read up on it while researching Yuuei. Apparently it is a competition in which hero course and support class students go through multiple events and battles to reach the number one spot.
Izuku doesn't really get the point of it, but it sounds important.
Everyone shows various degrees of relief, most likely recovering from the scare Mr. Aizawa gave them. Kirishima is one of the most excited out of all of them. "Yes! Let's go kick some ass!"
Kaminari, for once the voice of reason, shoves his hand onto Kirishima's face. "Wait a second."
Jirou continues the statement. "Is it really such a good idea to hold the sports festival so soon after the villains snuck inside?"
"They could attack once we're all in the same place." The tail guy says.
Murmurs of agreement echo throughout the classroom, but Mr. Aizawa's voice silenced them. "Apparently the administration thinks this is a good way to show that the threat has been handled and our school is safer than ever." Mr. Aizawa sounds skeptical as he says this. "Plus they're beefing up security compared to past years. This opportunity is a huge opportunity for the students of Yuuei. It's not something we can cancel because of a few villains."
Izuku is paying close attention to what his teacher is saying now. It would be helpful to know why this event is so important.
Mineta seems to be on the same page, as he asks the very same question that's on his mind. "Um, why not? It's just a sports festival."
Mr Aizawa goes on to explain the importance of the sports festival, and how it helps the students of Yuuei. He's kind of intimidated now that he know just how important this is. Not that it's going to matter in the long run for him, but it's still imperative that he makes a good impression. Sensei and Shigaraki are for sure going to be watching to see how he does. Plus he no longer has a quirk to rely on, so it's going to be much harder for him.
Yaoyorozu and Kaminari also help by explaining how they get scouted. He momentarily wishes that he was in this to actually become a hero. This are all important things for being successful once they graduate. Er, well, when the others graduate at least. Izuku has a feeling he'll never get that far.
"That means you better not slack off on your training." Mr. Aizawa finishes.
They all respond with a "yes sir," and immediately break up to start talking to one another about it. Izuku mostly keeps to himself, still not feeling up to talking with the others very much. It would be bothersome if he exhausts himself during first period.
Unfortunately, Iida doesn't realize that as he stiffly walks up to him, looking somehow more serious than he usually does. Izuku smiles tiredly at him. "Oh hey Iida. Everyone's pretty fired up, huh."
Iida nods furiously. "Well of course we are! We enrolled at this school with the sole aim to become heroes!" He starts uncharacteristically swaying his hip while chopping at the air. "So naturally we'd be a little fired up."
"Wow Iida, those are some pretty interesting moves, ribbit." Asui says from across the room.
Iida points are him. "You've got to be excited too, right Midoriya?"
"Well, yeah of course," he lies, "but I'm also pretty nervous." At that's the truth.
"Izuku, Iida." A voice growls out from behind Iida. Iida moves out of the way while looking back to reveal a scary looking Uraraka. "Let's do our best at the sports festival."
Izuku, feeling a little intimidated, manages to stutter a few words out. "U-Uraraka, w-what happen t-to you're f-f-face?"
Mina pops out of nowhere. "Seriously, what's up? You're normally like the most laid back girl ever."
She shifts into an even more intimidating stance, and pumps her fists up into the air. "Everyone! I'M GONNA DO MY BEST!" She yells in a voice lower than her normal octave.
Iida cheers with her while he just weakly joins in to abate her. Mina and Asui cheer as well. She suddenly pivots to where the other students are watching and yell at them too. They return the favor with barely any enthusiasm. Seriously though, some of them groan so dramatically. It sounds like they're gonna hurl.
She continues to yell at them when they don't meet her expectations. This gets him to think about her motivation, which leads him to thinking about why she wants to be a hero. He actually doesn't know a lot about why his classmates want to become heroes. It's never really crossed his mind before. Sure Iida revealed his family's work and why he wants to become a hero, but that was right before the alarm sounded, so he didn't get around to thinking about it too much.
Making up his mind, he decides to talk to her about it during lunch. Now doesn't seem to be the best time, he thinks while looking at her. It almost looks as if smoke is coming off of her body as she yells at their fellow classmates.
At least she isn't yelling at me like that, he thinks with a shudder.
The time till lunch passes rather fast as the day goes on. Their classes seem to end in a blink and he finds himself having trouble remembering what happened in them. Luckily though, Iida seems happy to help, while lecturing him on the importance of paying attention in class of course.
Gathering up his supplies, he breathes a sigh of relief as Iida and Uraraka approach him. They happily pull him along as they walk to lunch. Izuku takes this opportunity to ask Uraraka his question.
"Hey, Uraraka?" He asks nervously.
"What's up!" She cheerily says.
"Um, why do you want to become a hero?"
She slows down at that, a sad "Oh," escaping her lips. Him and Iida slow down with her while trying not to block the stairway. "Well, heh heh," she says uncertainly, "I want to become a hero for the money."
"What?" He definitely wasn't expecting that. "You want to become a hero to get rich?"
A furious blush overtakes her face and she scratches nervously at her head, "If we're cutting to the chase, then yeah." She suddenly starts waving her hand in front of her. "I'm sorry if it sounds greedy! Iida, you have such admirable motivation, and I'm sure you do too, Izuku. I hope you don't think less of me now."
Iida steps forward. "Not at all! Your goal is to support your own wellbeing, which is a perfectly admirable ambition to have."
He hums in agreement. "Uh huh. It's just sort of surprising." It's true, he thought someone as bubbly as her would have something far more, well, flashy as her goal. Not that money isn't flashy, just not the kind he would think of for her.
She sighs and continues. "You see, my family owns a construction company, but we haven't gotten any work lately so we're flat broke." Oh, he can see where this is going now. "Anyway, this isn't something I usually tell to other people, but..."
Izuku nods and thinks through the situation. It makes sense, but surely Uraraka could help in other ways as well.
"Construction, eh?" Iida says while thinking.
An idea pops into his head and Izuku gasps. "Oh!" He turns to Iida, "I bet if she got licensed she could use her quirk to bring costs down a lot."
Iida nods. "And they could sell their heavy lifting equipment! She could float everything!"
Uraraka whips around a and points at them with finger guns. "I know, right?! I've been telling my dad that since I was a kid!" She looks to the side with a sad expression, "But, he wants me to follow my own path. He told me that's what would make them really happy." She adapts a determined expression. "I'm going to become a pro. I'll sign with a good agency and make plenty of money. Then I'll be able to let my parents live an easy life."
Izuku feels his heartstrings pull at this. Anyone's goals would be better than his at this point, but he did have dreams of becoming a hero once. And even then, he knew that her goals would be more grounded than his. His dream had been about saving others with a smile, but all she wants is to give back to her parents. It's one of the best goals one could possibly have.
Iida starts clapping. "That's beautiful! So noble! Bravo. Bravo!"
Uraraka looks surprised at first, but it breaks into a smile when she sees his positive reaction. Izuku gives her an encouraging smile and tries not to let his exhaustion show. That would be bad.
Trying to hurry things, Izuku breaks the moment somewhat regretfully. "Come on guys. We'd better hurry if we don't want to be late for lunch."
Iida and Uraraka nod and they continue on their way to the cafeteria. Uraraka looks much happier than before, and Izuku takes comfort in knowing he had a hand in that.
Tuesday might have been a terrible day, but he thinks he just might be able to recover. With friends like them, it will be hard not to.