Ochako had been having trouble sleeping recently. She could feel IT trying to weaken its bonds while she slept and it had been affecting her ability to get sound sleep. Granted it was better than none at all, but lately, even with 9-10 hours of sleep, she was still feeling tired and lethargic throughout the day. Coffee was helping, but she didn't want to develop a dependence on the stuff so she had been limiting her intake best she could. The only thing stopping her from crashing back into her bed or passing out on her sofa was the fact that she and the girls would be having a night out.

She hoped getting sufficiently drunk would help her sleep because IT also got drunk along with her, so enough alcohol should let her get some restful sleep. Granted she would probably have a bad hangover afterward, but she'd prefer that and while it wouldn't be ideal sleep, she could at least go a night without feeling like she was at war with her own brain at night. Before she got around to any that however, she needed to make sure of a few things before Mina invariably convinced her to take everyone to The Invisible Glass.

She didn't have either Sasakura's or Izuku's number, which to her own mild surprise she was rather disappointed about. She shook her head clear of the errant disappointment with herself and knocked on Nezu's office door.

After a few seconds, she heard a "Come in" and so let herself into his office.

Nezu was, as usual, poised behind his desk. A smile on his face, a thermos of tea to one side, and an overstuffed box of papers. Frankly, it was as if she had just stepped back in time to when she had been a student. She took a moment to reminisce about a chapter of her life now long past, before dispelling those memories and stepping into the office.

"Ah, Miss Uraraka, to what do I owe the pleasure?" he asked brightly.

"Uhhh... well, I had a question I need to ask actually," she said awkwardly.

"I'm always willing to help a former student," he said.

"Well... I was wondering if you might know whether or not I'm allowed to bring friends with me to Mr. Sasakura's bar. Mina wants to have a night out, and I don't have either Mr. Sasakura's or Izuku's phone numbers." she said, shifting her weight nervously from one foot to the other. It was a distinctly awkward feeling asking her principal.

"If I recall his stance on the subject, you are allowed to bring friends with you, but they will not be able to find the bar themselves unless he or Izuku gives them a card." Said Nezu, frowning as he tried to recall his friend's regulations surrounding the bar.

Ochako perked up a bit at the news. As much as she was dreading having Mina meet Izuku and the embarrassing questions and remarks that would follow such a meeting, she would have been sad to have to tell Mina she couldn't take her to the bar.

"Thanks, Mr. Nezu!" she said smiling brightly.

"Any time Miss Uraraka, I'm always willing to help a student, no matter how mundane the subject. Speaking of Mr. Sasakura though, I wonder if you might be able to do me a favor in turn." He said.

"Of course sir," she said.

"Well, Mr. Sasakura agreed to tutor some students struggling with their quirks, I wanted to get a copy of his tutoring plan for each student before he got started this weekend. While you are there, if you could ask him to forward me an email copy, or else bring me a physical copy, it would be greatly appreciated." He said.

Ochako nodded, "I'll let him know sir, thank you for your help again." She said turning and heading out of his office.

Nezu watched her leave and after taking another sip of his tea, sent a quick message to Sasakura to let him know what to expect. Then he heaved a sigh and went back to working through his never-ending piles of paperwork. Sometimes he imagined this would be how he died, drowning under a sea of paperwork.


"Yeah, Nezu said it would be fine I brought everyone. You won't be able to go by yourself though unless Mr. Sasakura or Izuku gives you a card though," she told Mina. She'd called her to let her know the news as she left the section of the school that had Nezu's office.

"Great! I'll let everyone else know! We'll all meet up outside of U.A. and head out from there since Tsu won't be done with work until later." she said excitedly.

"I'll stop by the aquatics area of the school and let her know, you focus on letting the others know," Ochako replied, turning herself towards the pool and aquatics training halls.

"All right, and thanks for asking Ochako." Said Mina happily.

"No problem, see ya tonight Mina," she replied and hung up.

It took her a few minutes to walk across the campus to the aquatics training area, but by the time she got there, it looked like Tsu had just started a lesson with a small group of students who definitely looked like they belonged in the water. One seemed to be part walrus, another had bony jets coming out of their elbows and calves that propelled them through the water like a jet. There were several other students that all sported water-themed quirks, and Ochako decided to sit down in the corner to watch the lesson. She hadn't actually had the opportunity to watch Tsu work before and it was a delight to see her so happy. Tsu genuinely enjoyed teaching, and Ochako was actually a bit envious of both the students and Tsu.

Ochako couldn't honestly remember the last time she had been genuinely happy. The closest she had gotten was during the brief reunion, but that had been relatively short-lived compared to her memories of her early school life. She drew her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, just letting herself get lost in thought. Thoughts of Iida, her other dead friends, and her parents just kept intruding though and what had been happy thoughts quickly spiraled downward. After a while, she started to hug herself tighter and felt like she might cry when she felt a hand on her shoulder.

She nearly jumped out of her skin at the sudden touch and realized that the lesson must have ended because Tsu was kneeling beside her a concerned look on her face.

"You okay, ribbit?" she probably asked again.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm fine." she said releasing herself and getting to her feet. She sniffled once and tried to subtly wipe away the tears that had broken free.

Tsu didn't say anything, just stood up next to her, took her hand, and started to walk her out of the facility gently. She didn't say anything until they had been walking for a few minutes and had let go of Ochako's hand. Long enough for Ochako to pull herself together.

"So what prompted you to watch my lesson?" Tsu asked as they walked.

"Oh, well I just came from asking Nezu if I was allowed to bring friends with me to the bar. He said we could, and after I told Mina, I said I would go tell you since I was already here and all. Figured I might as well watch while I waited, it was a great lesson, you really are gifted at teaching." Ochako said, managing to smile as she did so.

"Thank you, I've definitely had fun doing it. The lessons have helped me as much as they have helped the students. I've picked up a few underwater movement tricks and have gotten a lot better at using the prosthetics in the water. I'll probably be back in prime condition by the year's end, maybe even better depending on how things go. I've run into problems with the prosthetic before, but nothing lately which is a good sign." Replied Tsu happily.

"That's good, hopefully, the prosthetic continues to function well for you. Anyways, we'll all be meeting up at the front of the U.A. gates after you get off from work since you're the only one with a hard schedule at the moment. Just let everyone know when, and we'll be good to go come this evening." said Ochako, clearly in better spirits at the idea of spending time with everyone.

"Will do, thanks for stopping by Ochako, ribbit," she said, giving Ochako a quick hug before taking her to leave to go do some paperwork.


A few hours later, Tsu sent a message to everyone letting them know she'd be getting off work around 7 PM and would be getting dinner at the school. Mina decided that was the perfect excuse for everyone at the apartment complex to have one giant communal dinner. The apartments were well stocked but they didn't have anything in them for something of this level. So after a brief hectic conversation about what to get at the nearby grocery store, they met up at around 5 PM in Momo and Shoto's room. Bakugo, ever grumbling, said he would take care of the cooking with Shinso volunteering to help.

Ochako had to head to the complex from her own separate apartment complex and by the time she got there, it became clear that things were as lively as ever. To Ochako's surprise, Kirishima, Mina, Bakugo, and Denki had all gotten engrossed in Baseball and had taken to watching games time permitting. Jirou, Momo, Shinso, Tokoyami, and Todoroki had little interest and were more involved in just talking than watching the game. Though Bakugo and Shinso were of course grilling/cooking the food and so weren't able to watch or talk much. Ochako wasn't sure where they had gotten the interior grill but Bakugo was certainly adept at using it. While Bakugo handled the grill and such, Shinso was busy with everything else.

Ochako came into the apartment in the middle of Mina raving about how good the Yomiuri Giants were in comparison to the Orix Buffaloes, only to be gut-punched by a sudden double homerun by the Buffaloes tying up the score. As Ochako watched from the door, quite amused by the spectacle of Mina being lost for words. Then Kirishima seemed to say something and Mina whirled on him mock anger present as she assaulted him, and he just laughed as he fended off her good-natured attack. Ochako's already good mood couldn't survive the sight and she couldn't help but laugh as she walked over to Bakugo.

"Bout time you got here round face, wrapping up the last the burgers and greens right now, so food will be ready in another few minutes. Get out the plates and such and put them on the island for everyone." He said gruffly, giving her a quick glance before turning back to his task, but not before Ochako saw the grin on his face.

Resigning herself to help set things up since she was the last to arrive, she started pulling out plates and utensils for everyone. After she had gotten all the stuff set up, Bakugo came by and set the burgers and hotdogs down next to it, with Shinso putting the greens and other foods next to them.

"All right you noisy little cretins, the foods ready so come and eat!" roared out Bakugo over the noise of everyone watching the tv or just talking amongst themselves.

That got everyone's attention and before long people were grabbing food. Ochako wound up sitting next to Bakugo again on one of the couches (apparently Kirishima and Mina dragged the couch from their apartment over to Momo and Todoroki's) and she was once again impressed by Bakugo's cooking ability.

"So Bakugo, how did you wind up so good at cooking? This is amazing!" she asked.

Bakugo gave a huff and said "My dad and mom are decent cooks, so I kinda just picked it up by helping back at home. When I left to go to UA I started cooking on my own and before long I guess I just ended up with a knack for it." shrugging as he took another bite.

"My mom did most of the cooking back at home, dad was usually busy into the evening due to work so he wouldn't have had the time to learn anyways. So I ended up helping my mom too, but I never really got as good as her at it. Hehe, you know if hero work ever ends up falling through for you, maybe you could open a restaurant or a cooking school." Ochako said laughing at the end. The mental image of Bakugo as a chef or cooking teacher was quite hysterical.

"Yeah right, I'm in this for the long haul. I'm not stopping until I either equal All Might or die trying." He growled out, pride and ambition burning in his eyes as he said it.

Most of the others didn't notice, well maybe Kirishima and Mina had, but at some point, the language Bakugo used to describe his ultimate goal had changed. At one point, it had been to surpass All Might and be #1, but over time he had started saying he wanted to equal All Might. She didn't really understand a lot of what made Bakugo tick, but the war had changed him on a fundamental level. He lost a lot of his rough edges, a lot of his rude behavior, and he paid more attention to his public image. Compared to the rude and at times nearly abusive behavior he had shown when he had been a teenaged brat, it was a stark difference.

Eventually, the game ended with an upset victory for the Orix Buffaloes, which from what Ochako could piece together was quite shocking. Mina fell into a slight funk at the upset, and it wasn't until Kirishima gave her some light teasing that she perked back up. Not long after that though, it was time for the girls to head out and meet with Tsu at the U.A. gates.

"Don't drink too much again, the last thing I want is for someone to call me to come to pick you up cause you decided to go overboard," yelled Kirishima to Mina on their way out.

Mina for her part just rolled her eyes and shouted back from the hallway, "I won't!"

"Geez, you'd think I was someone who didn't know my limits," complained Mina.

Ochako and everyone else at that moment was thinking the same thing, "Because you don't..."

When they had all become old enough to drink, one thing had become abundantly clear to everyone. That Mina Ashido only had enough sense to not drink enough to the point to where she started vomiting. She'd learned a valuable lesson the first time the class had gone out to drink together. Otherwise, she'd down liquor like no one's business and become a rambling, happy, and huggy drunk in no time flat. It wasn't a matter that she couldn't hold her alcohol either. Her threshold was actually absurdly high since her kidneys needed to be strong enough to process her own acidic blood, something she had down to herself during the war after watching some ancient horror movie called Alien, whatever that was.


Around twenty minutes later everyone had gotten to the U.A. gates, and they only had to wait a minute or two before they saw Tsu coming towards them.

"All right! Time to drink like there's no tomorrow!"Said Mina, pumping her fist into the air. "And see Ochako's boyfriend while we're at it!" she added at the end, with a smirk and a wink to Ochako.

Ochako felt her face flush, "He's not my boyfriend! I don't even have his number!" she yelled at her friend.

Mina just laughed and skipped ahead of everyone else. Ochako just gave a huff and contented herself with just frowning at her friend. Everyone else just had slight smiles as they meandered down the road chatting amongst themselves.

"Jirou have you written any more songs since the last time we saw you?" Asked Momo, looking over to Jirou curiously.

Jirou flushed a little and not meeting any of their eyes mumbled out, "A few... not really had a chance to sing any of them though."

"You really should put your work out there more. You're really good at singing and writing songs. You'd become a hit no time, you even have your small fan base as a hero to help springboard off of." Said Mina, looking at Jirou while walking backward ahead of them.

"I've thought about it," she mumbled again, flushing even more.

"Denki's been insisting on it too hasn't he." chimed in Tsu with her own insight.

Jirou just gave a silent nod.

"Jirou, we are serious when we say you should. It's clear you have a passion and gift for music, and frankly, it's also become clear whatever drive you had for heroics has started to evaporate. Something I think we can all understand." Said Momo softly, putting a hand on the girl's back.

Jirou didn't say anything, and with that they let the matter drop. Shortly after that though, Ochako found herself on the street that the bar was on and sped up to guide everyone to it.

"The bar is just up ahead, here take a look at this first," said Ochako, handing the card to everyone.

After they had all taken it and looked it over, Ochako took it back and guided them the rest of the way to the bar. She wasn't sure if they needed to see the card or not, but she figured it was worth a shot. She knew they could see it when several gasps came from behind her and she heard Mina say "That's so damn cool..."

Before them was the bar with faded letters reading, "The Invisible Glass".

Ochako felt herself grow a bit nervous now that they had all finally arrived at the bar, she wasn't sure what to expect going forward. Izuku had been skittish enough with just her, throw in a small group of people including Mina, and she thought he might just break altogether.

"All right! Let's head in!" said Mina and before Ochako could object had strode past her towards the door.

Ochako just sighed and followed after her along with everyone else.