The amenities of civilization have led to a marked improvement for the quality of life for most people. Advances in healthcare, information, and energy have made it so that more people live comfortably than ever before.

An often-overlooked aspect of modern living is how fast information travels. Lifesaving solutions for ailments can be spread all over the world in mere hours instead of taking weeks and months like in ages long past. Unfortunately, the swift pace of how information travels could be seen as a detriment for people whose lives are often marred by falsities and gossip.

Ochako Uraraka woke up with a loud yawn. It was the last day of class before the weekend and she was feeling optimistic. The advice Shinsou about Bakugou made her feel like she could take on the world! She was going to ask Bakugou what he really thought of her before the weekend was over and this time, she will not let her insecurities get to her. No, she was Ochako goddamn Uraraka and she will talk to Bakugou and find the answers she was looking for.

She grabbed her new phone from the nightstand. It was one of the latest models out there and her father gifted it to her in celebration of their family company scoring a new deal with large corporations. She wasn't Iida, Momo, or Todoroki rich; hell, she was far from it. But the large influx of money lifted a weight off of her shoulders.

She clicked the power button and her vision was assaulted by a bevy of notifications. There were messages from Shinsou, Ashido, Tsuyu, and Kaminari. Not only that but apparently, her instagram profile was tagged more than a dozen times by a bunch of people she knew were in this school. Most of them were second years and students in her grade that weren't in the hero course. She looked at the photo that had her in it to see just what the commotion was about. Maybe Ashido posted an embarrassing photo or video of her dancing during the pink girl's birthday party?

Uraraka's eyes widened in surprise at the now "infamous" photo.

It was her and Shinsou hugging in the training grounds. She went through all the captions and her eyes almost bulged out of her skull in horror. Stuff like "lol, looks like that girl Bakugou thought was hot is dating someone else", "Damn, the Bakugou got led on hard", "holy fuck that girl from 1A is fucking two guys at the same time", and "that ho got caught on camera"

She then looked at all the messages she had received. Every one of them that caught the social media news messaged her to find out what was happening

PinkPrincess: what the hell is going on?!

Tsueety: it looks like people are talking about you.

Shinsou: some people followed us

KaminariDamacy: do you know what questions Ectoplasm gave us for homework?

Okay, that last one didn't have to do with what happened between her and Shinsou but all the crap she saw on instagram combined with the messages left her speechless. Why did all those people follow her and Shinsou to just snap photos of them? What did they gain from spreading such bullshit rumors about her? Uraraka looked at the time on her phone. There wasn't enough time to get angry at the shit that was slung at her. She would have to vent to the girls about this later.

The few students that were left in the halls as she walked to homeroom she spotted some stragglers in the halls. Most of them were second- and third-year students that had enough clout to afford not going to class. Almost all of them snickered as she passed by. It looked like the "Big Three" were an exception with how kind they considering how most of the upperclassmen were arrogant jerks.

As soon as she entered class, most of the eyes were on her. Mina frantically beckoned her seat so they could talk about what happened between her and Shinsou. Uraraka quickly raced to her seat to talk about what happened. But before they could discuss anything, Yaoyorozu pointed out that class would start in five minutes and it would be better to talk about the entire think after class with everyone.

Uraraka sighed in resignation while Mina threw a mini tantrum. Uraraka had to deal with the crappy rumors the entire day before telling her friends the truth. She took a moment to observe the rest of the class and their reaction to the news of her and Shinsou. She figured it would really shallow to just assume that everyone was thinking about rumors that involved her but with the way they reacted to Bakugou yelling that he thought she was hot and all the looks she got when she stepped into the room kinda proved that alt east most of them had a passing interest.

Todoroki seemed the most unaffected as he was calmly sitting with his arms folded across his chest. Midoriya looked like he was frantically explaining something him. If Uraraka was to guess, Mina told Midoriya what happened between her and Shinsou. Uraraka giggled at Todoroki's blatant disinterest in the subject

"Guess Todoroki doesn't care about something if he's not in the spotlight." Uraraka thought

Tooru was busy doing what Midoriya did to Todoroki but with Shouji and Tokoyami. Both boys were confused with what was going on.

"So, they were hugging? What's wrong with that?" Shouji asked

"Rumors are dumb" Tokoyami grumbled

Uraraka sighed "they sure are"

Kirishima was fuming at what happened "How the hell could those jerks do this to Shinsou and Uraraka!" Kaminari and Sero were urging him to calm down and get off the desk. Kirishima however, was having none of that.

"All those jerks calling Uraraka a slut or whatever! This is supposed to be a school for goddamn future heroes! Not jackasses that say shit like that!"

"We agree with you dude but you make it sound like we're gonna beat the hell out of a bunch of other students" Sero reasoned "Don't get me wrong- I want to kick the crap out of those guys too, Uraraka is cool with all of us. But we can't just do that." Kaminari nodded, agreeing with Sero's logic.

Kirishima clutched his head in anger "ARRGH! I Know! I'm just pissed"

Uraraka smiled. After such a horrible morning, it was good to know that all of her friends that would stand up for her.

She turned her gaze to Bakugou and he was simply shaking in his seat. Uraraka didn't know what was going on but Bakugou was angry. Anger wasn't a stranger to Bakugou but he never felt such rage before. Even the thought of Midoriya trying to keep up with him when they were kids didn't get him this mad as crazy as that sounds. He wanted to beat the shit out of a lot of people. He wanted to beat the shit of Shinsou for somehow tricking Uraraka into dating him and he wanted to beat the shit out of those fucking extras who called her all those names.

Iida was sitting right in front of him looking melancholic. He knew that Bakugou is most likely seething in anger today and he would have to deal with that. Iida was happy that Uraraka and Shinsou seemed to be happy together but he was also crushed to see the rumors flying within this school. This was UA High and the people spreading such filth sullied the school's reputation!

Once Aizawa came into the room, all talk not related to class stopped.

After all classes had ended, the students were free to go about as they pleased. Iida noticed Bakugou going straight for the outdoors training area on the outskirts of the campus an shook his head in sympathy. He was going to go talk to him.

"Alright girls. Let's go to Yaomomo's room to find out what the hell is going on!" Mina yelled

"Wait, why do we have to go to my room?" Momo asked

"It's the biggest!"

"But all of our rooms are the same-" she shook her head. This argument was pointless "Never mind, let's just go."

Once the girls were situated in Yaoyorozu's room, they began discussing the elephant in the room.

"Uraraka...do you mind telling us the context of the photo between you and Shinsou?" Yaoyorozu asked

Uraraka sighed "They got it all wrong! Shinsou and I were talking about how to ask out the people who we had crushed on and I hugged him as a friend! We don't like each other at all and I can't believe some people followed us just to spy on us talking!"

Mina's eyes widened "Wait...You guys aren't dating?"

Uraraka shook her head violently "No!"

"That means people were spreading false rumors to vilify you."

"Why would they do that?" Jirou asked

"It's because they are jealous of Uraraka" Tsuyu pointed out

"Jealous? Of me?"

"Why would they be jealous of Uraraka? Tooru questioned "She's awesome but these guys seem to hate her."

"It's because of Bakugou" Tsuyu explained "Even though it doesn't seem like it to us, Bakugou is kinda attractive to girls. He's a jerk but he has a confidence that's appealing to a lot of people. There's also the fact that nobody really thought he cared about girls which made him get an "unattainable appeal" according to Eijirou. That is until he yelled out about how he thought you were attractive, Uraraka. I guess a lot of girls hate you now…"

"Yikes" Mina said through her teeth "Jealousy is an ugly look. I can't believe they dragged your name like that"

"Neither can I" Yaoyorozu said sternly "As a class rep, I must do something"

Jirou recognized the tone of voice Yaoyorozu used "Oh boy, she's in class rep mode…"

"Excuse me ladies, I'm gonna have to call Iida and get this sorted out"

Uraraka waved her hands at Yaoyorozu "You don't need to-"

Yaoyorozu cut her off "as a class rep and your friend we pretty much have to" before she dialed Iida's number

The outskirts of the campus were rarely populated whenever classes weren't held there. Most of the time, students looking for extra training went to the gym of training facilities closer to the dorms or main campus. As Iida got closer to the training area, the sound of explosions were getting louder and louder. He stopped for a second to put in some earplugs, lest his hearing became damaged beyond repair. Even with the requisite ear protection, the sounds of Bakugou's screaming and explosions were clear.

Once he came across the raging blonde he took a moment to simply observe. Iida figured that letting Bakugou vent his frustrations would make things easier. Iida had to admit, seeing him unleash his full fury on some training dummies was both impressive and a bit frightening. Bakugou tended to go overboard quite a bit but this was something different.

Bakugou let out one final gigantic explosion before panting in weariness. Iida figured this would be a good time to take off the earplugs but once he did he noticed something particular- Bakugou fell to his knees and began punching the ground. Iida heard the angry and surprisingly grief-stricken yells.

"FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK!" He yelled as his fist pounded the dirt. Bakugou continued his assault on the ground until his knuckles and the ground had blood stains on them.

"Recovery Girl is not going to like the fact that you got yourself injured again, Bakugou" Iida made his presence known as he walked up to him.

"What the fuck do you want?" Bakugou asked between pants of breath. Iida stopped and took out some tissues from the breast pocket of his jacket before handing them to Bakugou.

"Wipe the blood and dirt off. You might get an infection and that won't do anyone good"

Bakugou grumbled but did what he was told.

"So...You seem frustrated. Seeing as how you demolished this training area."

"Yeah? What's it to you?"

"It seems that Uraraka and Shinsou's apparent newfound relationship has caused you some grief…"

Bakugou glared at his friend "Listen Four Eyes, I took enough shit from you about Uraraka for the last couple of days and I don't want to hear any more!"

Iida ignored his threat "I don't see why you would be mad. You told me time and time again you were only interested in her body."

That biting remark set Bakugou off and he lunged at Iida in rage. Unfortunately for him, he was sloppy and exhausted. He spent a good deal of time venting and he had nothing left in the tank. Iida sidestepped and tripped Bakugou over.

"More grief than I assumed"

"Fuck you" Bakugou snarled through his teeth "You smug bastard...don't you care? I thought Uraraka was your friend!"

Iida Scowled "Just what on earth are you trying to say?"

"Look at all this shit that's being thrown her way!"

Iida scoffed "Oh please. You care more about the fact that she's dating Shinsou than anything else…"

Bakugou got up "Alright, fine! I don't like that Uraraka is dating that guy!"

"I don't see why you would be angry. You told me time and time again that you just found Uraraka attractive and expressed a desire to simply have sex with her. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with pursuing purely physical relationships but it seems like she wanted something more- an actual relationship."

"That doesn't mean I still can't be pissed…"

"Actually, it does. She heard you express your desire for her and you did nothing with that. She assumed that you thought that she was attractive and that's it. I mean, you made no attempt to ask her out after that…"

Bakugou glared "You're a fucking terrible friend."

"And I know better than to coddle you and let you wallow in your own mistakes. It looks like this entire debacle made you realize that your feelings for Uraraka run deeper than you thought. You truly care for her, Bakugou."

"And look where catching feelings got me...I'm tired as shit and my fucking knuckles are bleeding"

"Well, there's always-" Iida's phone rang. It was from Yaoyorozu. "Excuse me, Bakugou"

"What is it, Yaoyorozu? What? They aren't? The picture is an attempt to sully her reputation, huh? Alright, I'll be there soon."

"What the hell was that, Four Eyes?"

"We're setting up an emergency class meeting in 30 minutes. It might interest you so be there. Don't force me to drag you there."

Iida left area to discuss the meeting with Momo.

"I'm here!" Iida announced as he stepped in the backstage area of the school auditorium. Yaoyorozu and Kendou were already discussing what was going on.

"It seems that Uraraka and Shinsou are the subject of false gossip" Momo said

"Yeah, and since Shinsou's is in my class, I had to get involved too." Kendou stated

Iida nodded "So they aren't dating and a bunch of troublemakers made the entire story up and spread it around the school…"

"We're gonna have to inform both of our classes about what happened and then report it to the teachers."

Kendou agreed with Momo "I doubt that anyone from either of our classes would spread this rumor. I take it that the upperclassmen and non hero course students are the reason that that stupid rumor spread. Momo and I told both of our classes to meet here and they should be here soon."

"And I told Bakugou about it so that leaves the one unaccounted member of 1A"

The three class reps extolled what really happened to the members of their class that were not informed of the true nature of the rumors surrounding Uraraka and Shinsou. The lot of them were outraged. At one point, Kirishima and Tetsutetsu threatened to storm the upperclassmen and other student dormitories and fight each and every one of them. Even Monoma agreed that such cruelty should be punished and that 1A and 1B should team up and right this injustice.

A good number of both class' students got up to comfort both Uraraka and Shinsou and apologize for their assumptions.

"It's alright...you guys did nothing wrong" Shinsou calmly said

"I'm glad that you guys are always there for us!" Uraraka chirped at her friends

"Before any of you do anything rash, please know that all three of us will inform the school staff over the rumors that were spread throughout the school. Proper discipline will be carried out" Iida assured.

Once the curfew hit, every student went back to their rooms. There was one exception though- Tenya Iida, who was knocking on Bakugou's door

"What the fuck do you want?"

Iida let himself in.

"Who the fuck said you can- Oh, It's you."

"I take it that you're happy about the revelation that Uraraka and Shinsou are just friends?"

"If I say "yes", will you get the hell out?"

Unfortunately, Iida wasn't having any of his snark "You've lucked out today, Bakugou but sooner or later Uraraka will find someone. If you don't make you move after all this then you have nobody to blame but yourself." Iida left his room, leaving Bakugou to think about those words.

*So I gave Uraraka's parent's a break and I needed a way to justify her having a modern phone. I also decided to put Shinsou in Class 1B so if he ends up going to 1A in canon I'm screwed.

I hope I didn't make Iida to mean here*