The Holy Water Pool Incident Prelude
"I didn't do it!" Mineta was right this time. He did not steal anyone's panties. Not with that time frame. He was attending Botany Club activities at the moment of the crime. Now he's on his ass after getting knocked down by Jirou. The only person in between him and the girls is Katsuki, who knew he was innocent. Only the Botany Club knew he's innocent.
"How many fucking times do I have to tell you assholes that he was with me?!" Katsuki argued against the other students. The only other reasonable one is Shoji, the Vice President, who was in charge of keeping up with the schedule of each student's club activities in class.
"How can we trust someone like you?" Jirou snapped back garnering agreements from the other students. For once, Katsuki cursed himself for this. Having had enough of this, he turned to Mineta.
"Let's get outta this shit. We're wasting our time." He grabbed Mineta by the head and walked out, and slammed the door on the way out. "There is no fucking way you actually did it."
"You saw me in the meeting, didn't you?" He could barely call it a meeting. All they do is hang out and talk during the supposed club meetings. He's been to Mineta's room once and it's a lot more normal than what people expect it to be. Aside from some questionable posters, of course, but it's very tame compared to what you'd expect. "You know I stopped being a creep, right?"
"Yeah, you stopped being a creep but you're still an asshole like me. It's still better than being a creep, trust me." Katsuki answered his question. He hasn't seen Mineta look at girls in any creepy way since the USJ. Hell, he even helped him apologize. From the looks of it, he was still on thin ice and it finally broke. When it comes down to it, he won't let Mineta get expelled for something he never did. "Ibara's still in the greenhouse and maybe Headbands. If we're gonna clear your name, we'll just add everyone who knows you're innocent."
They entered the greenhouse to see Ibara and Awase arranging the plants for their upcoming presentation at the UA School Festival. Katsuki and Mineta already did their part as researchers for every plant they got.
"Ah, it's good to see you two here, you wouldn't mind helping us?" Ibara asked them while gently patting the cactus.
"We will but you need to hear this first," Katsuki explained the entire situation to the rest of the club members. "And so here we are. I'm not about to let this guy get screwed over."
"That's very sweet of you, Katsuki."
"Yeah, never thought you'd do something out of the kindness of your heart," Awase said, earning a death glare from the explosive student. "What?"
"That joke aside, how are you holding up, Mineta?" Ibara approached her club member. While Mineta may have questionable tastes in the past, Ibara knew that isn't the case anymore for him. Katsuki and her were the first to fully give him a second chance, having had second chances themselves.
"Better than I would..."
"You were with us the entire day and even if you weren't, you and Katsuki were researching for our presentation." Ibara pondered on the different possibilities but only came to one conclusion. "Someone has it out for Mineta."
"My thoughts exactly." It's obvious enough that Katsuki would reach the same conclusion. Someone framed Mineta. That bit isn't important right now. First, they need to show that Mineta is not who he used to be.
"I may have a plan." Awase was the first to speak up. "None of you are gonna like it. Actually, never mind, it's stupi-"
Holy Water Pool Incident
"I can't believe you guys went with it." Awase slapped his own face. He can't even believe that Katsuki was willing to follow through with his plans at his own expense.
"Hey, people already see me as the bad guy. Why the hell not? At least you guys know me." He said those exact words when Awase told them of the plan. The plan was to invite the hero classes to the pool and have Katsuki hit on Ibara too much. Mineta jumps in and stops him then becomes a hero. He meant it as a joke but the three were idiots. Like him.
After putting on a show, he now knows why Katsuki accepted it immediately. He's a surprisingly good flirt and got Ibara blushing red in less than five minutes. She looks giddier than uncomfortable but that'll have to do. He looked at everyone's reaction. Everyone was waiting for someone to stop him. Too bad most of them are afraid of him. He made sure Iida was distracted for this, too. Awase sent the signal for Mineta to walk in and be the hero.
"This is my chance, why am I hesitating? Everyone's watching..." Mineta thought to himself as he plucked out a ball from his head. No matter how hard he tries, he couldn't throw it. As if a part of himself is stopping him. "Bakubro is really ruining his reputation further for my sake. I can't... I can't have that. Not like this."
"No." The words came out of his mouth immediately. Katsuki and Ibara stopped their acting immediately and looked at Mineta in confusion. Everyone followed their eyes and looked at him as well. "I can't. I'm sorry, I can't. Not if it means screwing you over."
He threw the plucked ball to the ground then faced everyone else. "I know who I was before this, okay?"
He got close to the girls and bowed before them in apology. "I'm sorry I made you uncomfortable but please, I did not steal your panties."
He stood up and looked at everyone again. "I know I'm a pervert. I know I'm a failure."
"Oi."
"Bakubro, please." Mineta looked at him with only a face that is a plea to let him say his piece. "I'm weak. I'm dirt compared to you guys. Nothing compared to my best friend. I don't even know how I got here. I talk big but I could barely back it up, okay?"
Mineta was shaking as he continued talking about himself in front of everyone. "I did this to myself. If I didn't act the way I did in the past, maybe you guys would have believed me back then. Now I'll probably be expelled before I could even prove to myself that I'm worth something."
He let the welled up tears flow down his face. "Look at me! I'm not hero material. I just... I just want people to understand and even that's selfish. I'll never be anything in life. I'm just a joke. I'm just a good-for-nothing pervert. Even when I try to do something good for once, everyone just thinks I have an ulterior motive."
"Oi." Katsuki's hand was on his shoulder. His explosive friend quickly looked away, a little embarrassed. "Shit. I don't know how to cheer people up. Look, whatever I say, at least tell me I tried, okay? You're an asshole and an idiot. But you're also my friend and you're no weakling to me."
"What Katsuki says is the truth, for the most part." Ibara joined in, kneeling down next to Katsuki to help her friend cheer up. "You're not weak. You may be what you think you are but you're still a hero. You will be a hero. You're also my friend."
"Hey, count me in on that. You're a bro and your jokes aren't half bad." Awase added his piece, also kneeling down to his friend. "And hey, we're the goddamn Botany Club. We do whatever we want."
"Speaking of whatever we want..." Ibara faced Katsuki with a dark smile on her face. "You only accepted Awase's plan because you want to see me flustered."
Katsuki's eyes widened before looking away. "No, I didn't."
"Luckily, I have a backup plan to purify you of your sins." Her vines snatched Katsuki's leg and held him outside down in the air. "The pool's water is replaced with Holy Water."
"IBARA, WHAT THE FU-"
*SPLOOOOOOSSSSHHHH*
Katsuki was then thrown into the pool filled with Holy Water to purify him of his sins. Everybody laughed after the awkward situation. None of them other than Shoji trusted Mineta yet but they did lighten up around him.
"Well, now, the only thing you need is to catch the true culprit." Shoji approached the three. He's the most reasonable in Class 1A.
"Oh don't worry. I already got a clue on who that might be." Awase said while trying hard to not let Monoma notice the glare he is giving him.
"IBARA, YOU'RE NEXT!" Katsuki aggressively climbed out of the pool while trying to grab his first true friend.
"Catch me if you can!" She tried to run away but slipped on the water. On pure reflex, Katsuki caught her before she could hit the ground. They stared at each other for a moment, a little awestruck.
"Okay, now you can't tell me those guys aren't dating," Kendo whispered to Awase.
"Trust me, Kendo. They are not dating."
No new members added
Today's Result: Mineta's win (He got friends.)
Bills paid: A pool's worth of Holy Water, however much that costs.
Crimes committed: Attempted homicide via drowning, Faked Sexual Harassment, Panty Thievery, Assault
Next Incident: The AwaMomo Incident
