"So…" She starts, "In the first scene here it looks like Midoriya is himself like a silhouette… His body is missing and you can only see his face." She says and frowns in thought, but continues nevertheless, "A mysterious scene unfolds within Izuku's dream…"
The next picture shows All Might and two silhouettes, Midnight spares her colleague a glance before determinedly ignoring the elephant in the room and continuing, "I can't move from this spot. I don't even have legs."
"A crystallization of power. The voices seeking salvation and the voices of heroism weave together. And through that cycle. That person does the same. Then passes it on to the next person. The first person cultivates the power."
"Okay… What does that even mean!?" Snipe interjects, irritated at the lack of context and Cementoss shushes him.
"Relax… Let her read."
"You know…" Eraserhead says coolly, "We should have started from the first chapter..."
"Okay… I'm lost." Hawks says, crossing his arms. "I think All Might has some explaining to do."
"Your IQ must be lower than I thought." Aizawa says in a snippy tone and sighs. "Isn't it clear? Toshinori gave his power to Midoriya… Which also explains why he doesn't have his quirk anymore."
"I am confused about something too…" Midnight says with a hum. "The part where All For One transfers the quirk to his brother... Why would he do that?"
Heads turn towards All Might who only shrugs with mild irritation.
"Beats me… Maybe he thought that this might lead his brother to join him. Who knows?"
Cementoss pipes up. "So what we're saying here is… You weren't born with One For All?"
All Might shakes his head, "No… and neither was Izuku… it was passed on to us by our predecessors. The power becomes stronger as it is passed on, and I believe it can combine with any other quirks that its possessors may have, but I'm not too sure about that."
"I would also like…" All Might says in a hushed voice, "if you could all keep this information to yourselves… only a few other people know about this, including Midoriya and his classmate, Katsuki."
Aizawa raises an eyebrow at that. "Why does Katsuki know?"
All Might sighs, he had wondered that for a while himself. There was a bond between the two students that he didn't quite grasp himself, but he understood that even though they seemed to be rivals, they cared about each other, more than he believed they knew.
"I don't know… Katsuki has a great temper, and he and Midoriya have always been up against each other. Katsuki never understood how Midoriya was able to become as strong as he is now, and this annoyed him and drove him almost into a mad rage. Midoriya thought that it was better he knew the truth so it could ease his mind."
"Their rivalry gives them great chemistry though… You have to admit." Midnight says and Aizawa rolls his eyes.
"How do we know he hasn't and wouldn't tell anybody?" He asks and All Might shrugs.
"We don't know. All we can do is trust him. Izuku does." All Might responds, dismissing Eraserhead's concerns about Bakugo's sincerity.
"Fine, if you say so." Aizawa mutters and looks at the clock in the lounge.
"We should all get to our classes, we're already 15 minutes behind."
"Yeah." Vlad King says standing up and walking towards the door. "I have some vigorous training planned for my class today, I hope they haven't concluded that I am not going to show up, and dismissed themselves…" He mutters leaving the room.
"Let's go." Midnight's the next to say, she links her arm with Mic's, dragging him towards the door. "Someone's been naughty today."
"I have not!" Mic replies indignantly, huffing but letting her lead him out.
"What are you going to do now?" Eraserhead asks, looking at Hawks.
"I think I'll go out for a patrol." Hawks muses, looking at his phone. "Not much crime at this time of the day but you never know… See you all later!" He finishes, saluting the teachers and leaving with a flourish.
"You're going to say things now, aren't you?" All Might says, almost in a whine.
"What makes you question that?" Eraserhead responds coolly but fixes him with a stare.
"Why did you never tell me?" He questions, looking only mildly offended.
All Might sighs, "I don't know… It's not something that I tell anybody, really. My teacher, Gran Torino knows, Principal Nezu, and the Recovery girl knew as well, and that's pretty much it."
"Were you afraid that Midoriya might attract people that we're after you?"
"Oh yeah… I still am…" All Might responds, lost in thought, "Which is why I asked you guys to keep it a secret. No one needs to know, and no one must know."
"Your secret's safe with me." Aizawa says sincerely, "Although I still believe that telling Katsuki might not have been the smartest thing Midoriya ever did."
"I agree," All Might grins. "Anyway, I should go now too, I haven't been getting to my classes on time recently, I don't know why…"
"Right..." Cementoss comments, still grading his papers.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?" Aizawa asks, getting ready to leave.
"Nope. My first class is at 11 AM. I'll just be here until then."
"Alright, well I'll see you all later. I'll send a text in the group chat if something comes up." Eraserhead says, exiting the lounge.
A few days later
It's 9:25 AM and Eraserhead is not happy.
He has been trying to reach his students for the past 5 minutes and has had no luck.
What is with people and not answering their phones?
Mr Aizawa's first class today was with 1-A. After arriving he had discovered that Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo were missing. Nevertheless, he had sent the rest of the class to the playground for training while he tried to call them on their phones.
How hard is it to walk to class when you live on campus? He thinks darkly to himself. Those two were going to get it.
After trying for another 5 minutes, Aizawa motions for Shoto Todoroki to stop his practice and join him for a talk.
"Yes, sir?" Shoto asks, walking up to his teacher.
"I want you to go to your dormitory and look for Midoriya and Katsuki."
"Sure…" Shoto replies, looking at his teacher in confusion but complying nevertheless. Mr. Aizawa looked too pissy even for himself.
"Don't bother coming back if you don't find them." He says and walks away.
"That's just great…" Shoto sighs, leaving quickly to look for his classmates.
He has been standing outside Izuku's room, knocking for a while now but there has been no answer.
He's probably not even inside. A voice inside his head tells him and he groans in frustration. Only one way to find out.
He experimentally tries the doorknob and to his luck the room is open and there's no one inside.
He weirdly looks at all the All Might merchandise in the room before his eye lands on a t-shirt thrown carelessly on the floor.
Shoto could have sworn he saw Bakugo wearing that very same shirt at dinner last night… but there was no time to think about that right now.
He closes the door shut after him and rushes up the stairs to Bakugo's room. Not bothering with the elevators.
He is prepared to simply walk in without knocking but just as he readies his hand on the doorknob to turn it and open the door, he hears the sound of moans and two people really going at it,
His face turns red at the erotic sounds emanating from the closed door and his hand on the doorknob freezes.
He hears a voice whisper, "bunny, you look so good like this" amongst the sinful sounds escaping the room, and hears another voice mewl a "yes, do me like that, yes."
Unable to just stand there and listen, Shoto knocks at the door in urgency.
Everything on the other side of the door goes silent. What Todoroki can't see is that Bakugo has completely stopped breathing and one of his hands is on Izuku's mouth, muffling any sounds he can make.
"Who is it?" Bakugo growls in frustration. Someone had interrupted them at a very unfortunate time. Izuku whimpered under him, feeling his annoyance at having been intruded.
"It's Shoto." Shoto says in a tone of voice that conveys that he'd rather die than be here right now.
"What do you want!?" Bakugo snaps and Izuku can't help but giggle at their situation.
"What are you laughing at?" Katsuki says in his ear, biting it gently, causing Izuku to let out a sigh of pleasure.
"Mr. Aizawa is looking for you. He's kind of pissed."
Bakugo lets out a groan of annoyance before planting a soft kiss on the back of Izuku's neck and pulling out of him, causing his boyfriend to whine in disappointment.
Izuku turns around, laying on his back and Katsuki covers him with a blanket, grabbing his boxers and walking towards the door.
He puts on a shirt as well before opening the door a crack.
Shoto is kind of annoyed now as well.
"What's going on!?" He snaps. He really didn't like the fact that he had to miss out on his training just because his classmate was doing it during school hours.
"What do you think?" Bakugo says, smirking. Enjoying the way Shoto's ears were red in embarrassment.
"I don't care for your debauchery. Mr. Aizawa's pretty annoyed and he wants you to get to class right now."
"Relax…" Bakugo says with a sigh. "I'll get ready within 5 minutes and we can go."
"Great…" Shoto says with relief.
Before Katsuki can disappear inside his room, Shoto decides to ask him if he knows anything of the whereabouts of their classmate.
"Do you by any chance know where Midoriya is?"
The question sends Bakugo's brain into fight or flight mode and he visibly tenses, his hands forming into fists, he manages a very awkward smile and says, "Why do you ask?"
"You were both missing from class today so I was sent to bring you guys back but I couldn't find Midoriya in his room..."
As the words leave his lips, something else catches his attention.
The shirt Katsuki is wearing looks a lot like the one he has seen Izuku wear several times.
This leads him to think about the shirt he saw on Izuku's floor on his stop in his room and his mind starts racing.
No… It couldn't be…
But wasn't it an amazing coincidence that they were both missing from class at the same time, and apparently owned shirts similar to each other's?
And now that Shoto thinks about it… the both sets of voices coming from Bakugo's room sounded oddly masculine.
Shoto's curiosity is piqued and now he simply has to find out who Bakugo had been smashing.
"I'm sorry, I have no idea where that nerd is." Bakugo says, shrugging and trying his hardest to act nonchalant. The forced careless expression doesn't go unnoticed by Shoto.
"Can I come in and wait?" Shoto tries his luck but Katsuki growls at him.
"Not a chance, Icy-Hot." He tries to slam the door shut after him but Shoto uses his foot to block the door.
"Come on… I'm curious, who's your friend?" He tries again but Bakugo only tries to angrily stomp on his foot. Shoto dodges the attack by retreating his leg and using his arm to hold the door ajar instead.
"Is it Midoriya?" He asks this time. The embarrassment he had initially felt from intruding on his classmate had disappeared now and a playful tone was in its place.
His suspicions are 99% confirmed when Bakugo pauses in alarm and his body goes rigid.
"Don't be stupid." He snaps and looks behind him. Izuku is fully dressed now. He's wearing his own clothes, save a new t-shirt that he swiped from Bakugo's closet. Looking adorable with cheeks red from their exercise a few moments earlier.
This momentary distraction is enough for Shoto to manage pushing the door wide open and walking inside.
"I knew it!" He says in victory when his eyes land on Izuku, whose hands have stopped in the midst of tying his shoes.
He turns to look at Bakugo then, who looks furious.
"Get out!" He snaps and Shoto chuckles.
"This is gold! Who knew!?" Shoto says in glee and Izuku turns redder.
"What exactly do you think you know?" Bakugo challenges and Shoto laughs.
"Relax… If you want I won't tell anyone that you're banging the guy that you supposedly hate with passion." He muses, "So it is true, there is a very fine line between love and hate."
Izuku blushes and Bakugo seethes.
"Shoto…" Izuku starts softly and Todoroki turns his attention towards the best friend he had had since he came to this school. "No one knows about this and we would appreciate it if you didn't tell…"
"You don't have to beg him-" Bakugo starts angrily but Izuku walks up to him and holds his hand tentatively, glancing at Shoto to gauge his reaction, who is only looking at the pair with a pleasant smile on his face. Bakugo relaxes and grips Izuku's hand firmly. He doesn't care what his classmate will think of them.
Shoto's mind is free of judgment. It really doesn't matter to him. If this makes them happy, then so be it.
"Like I said, I won't tell anyone… I don't care if you're gay, or whatever. I'll still hang out with you all the same." He says walking out.
"Now please get ready and come to class. Mr. Aizawa says he won't let me go back to training if I don't bring you guys along." He throws over his shoulder.
"Maybe then we won't go-" Bakugo says with a smirk earning a smack on the arm from Izuku and a groan from Todoroki.
"Please." Shoto sighs, closing the door shut behind him.