After pushing through a harsh and relentless crowd, our heroes had made their way onto the train as the search for a perfect tree continued. The students were crammed in the small car as it headed off out of Musutafu; making it's way towards the town Mina was guiding them to. Although the train had far less people than at the station it was very packed and seats were hard to snag, so a few of them had to stand. One of the few that had fortunately obtained a seat was Momo Yaoyorozu who had been swift enough to take one before all of them filled. Glancing around, she was mentally checking that all of her friends had made it inside. Being caught up in her own thoughts, Momo hadn't noticed the boy beside her who was staring with a blank look on his face. Finishing checking the other side, the dark haired girl turned her head only to be caught off guard with the sudden appearance of her classmate; Shouto Todoroki. "...!" Nearly jumping, her eyes widened in shock. Shouto didn't have a similar reaction to her sudden surprise; keeping the same bland face he had before.

"Shouto, I - " She said, starting off a sentence before the boy interrupted her.

"Yeah?" He replied in a monotone voice. Raising an eyebrow, he continued to stare at the vice president. Momo's cheeks becoming a bright red, she placed a hand over her mouth and proceeded to resume her sentence.

"M-my apologies," She said, lowering her head in embarrassment. In an apologetic tone, Momo explained herself to the young man who didn't seem like he cared. "You c-caught me off guard. Don't take my actions as rude, please." Awaiting a response, silence was exchanged between the both of them; it was awkward to say the least until the two were released from it via the cold boy's voice.

"Oh, sorry." Shouto said, glancing down at the dark haired girl. He shifted his view away from her and looked across the car in which the class were placed in. Spotting a few of his classmates, the particular individuals that gave interest to him were the two lovers, Izuku and Ochako. The both of them seemed to be conversing about something that he couldn't seem to hear due to the distance between them. Catching the pair with happy faces, a small smile formed onto the reserved half n' half student; although it was a nothing major like a confession, he knew that his friend enjoyed being around this girl and had been glad that he went to pursue his heart.

Having their roles now reversed, Momo was the one glancing over at Shouto. Following his trail of vision, she came to see that he had his eyes set over towards where a few of their classmates had been towards the front of the car. "Is something catching your eye?" She asked, wondering as to what exactly had been making him smile; it was uncommon of him to do so. Taking his eyes off of them, he turned his head to the curious girl.

"It's nothing." Shouto replied, placing himself farther back in his seat with an appearance devoid of expression. Then, he went to stare out the window and gaze upon the snowy city that the train went about passing through. While he did so, Momo still had the mystery of a short smile that for a brief moment had fallen upon him. Deciding to press further, she made sure not to go about it in an intrusive or rude way that might upset him.

"Are you sure?" Was asked in a sweet tone that came with a warm smile. "Seeing you smile isn't an everyday thing." Not taking his eyes off the scenery, he shrugged.

"It's just a smile."

"Well, it's... a nice smile." Momo complimented in a softer tone, her cheeks gained a pinkish hue to them. This was enough to direct the uninterested boy's attention back towards her way. Hearing that he had a 'nice smile' was something that she hadn't said to him before which was a rarer sight than a smile to her. With a now confused look on his face, having his eyebrows raised and mouth half open, he watched as she placed her hands in between her thighs and stared down at them. Seeing his reaction, Momo assumed that it was a sign of being offended. Eyes widening, she quickly lifted her hands and waved them in a comedic fashion as another apology came from her mouth. "Ah, I'm sorry again. I didn't mean to offend yo-"

"It's fine." Being cut off, she halted. Taking in a deep breath, he let out a sigh and went back to watching outside as they passed by buildings. Taking his unfriendly stare into consideration, she decided on being more cautious even though being aware he wasn't any harm unlike someone such as Bakugo.

" If I may ask, you don't seem to smile generally; is there a reason for that?" Pressing even further, Momo asked yet another question to the cold and apathetic boy. Shaking his head, he went with a simple response.

"I don't feel the need to." In the back of his head he was uncertain as to why she seemed to care about his smile. It wasn't anything special to him and even if it was nice there were many more to be given out by his classmates. Wanting to stray away from the topic, he questioned her about something unrelated before she could respond. "... Do you know when we'll be there?"

"Oh, no sorry." Momo replied, keeping her eyes on the distant boy; her cheeks having been drained the majority of the blush. "I hadn't gotten the chance to take a look at any of the signs or further question Mina about this before the train had arrived." Pocketing his hands, Shouto pivoted to face frontwards and lifted his head up; closing his eyes.

"When we get off of this train wake me up." Shouto said, preparing to take a short nap. Still being tired and having been out all day, he thought that resting would be a good use of his time on here. Watching him as he went about towards sleeping, she responded with a simple 'Yes' that followed up with a nod. Momo turned away from him and placed a hand on her chin as she thought to herself after he went under. What was on her mind was more or less about his smile again, but his reaction towards how she complimented him. The face he gave was a hostile look of confusion that could be mistaken for an expression of being offended by what she said, but according to him that wasn't the case. It was rather off-putting to say the least since it strayed from his usual demeanor, but maybe he just didn't enjoy being complimented.

Another thought now entered her head which was that she was still unaware of how long the trip would be. Reaching into her jacket, she took out a crimson smart phone and opened it up to her contacts. Scrolling through a list of peers she added, Momo eventually came to Mina's name which was addressed as 'Pinky' to which the alien-like girl had done herself. A text was sent after opening up their message history.

[Creati] "Do you have a moment to speak, Mina?"

[Pinky] "heyyy whats up yaomomo?"

[Creati] "Oh, nothing really, thank you for asking though. Do you know how long the trip from where we started and back will be?"

[Pinky] "weeeeeell the ride for the train will be like an hour or so then all we need to do is find the best tree and head back so more than two hours."

[Creati] "It seems to be quite far, how do you know of it considering the distance?"

[Pinky] "i didnt always live in musutafu duh. before middle school started my family moved there and thats where i met eij."

[Creati] "So, you're from the town we're heading to? It's exciting to learn something new about a friend, but who is Eij?"

[Pinky] "kirishima"

[Creati] "Oh, I see. The both of you went to school together before UA?"

[Pinky] "yeah but we didnt really know each other. its cool now that were horn buddies!"

[Creati] "Horn buddies?"

[Pinky] "cuz we both have horns! ^o^"

[Creati] "Interesting, well thank you for letting me know since Shouto had asked me about it, but I didn't know."

[Pinky] "no problem! also its really nice that youre letting him sleep on you!"

With the most recent message being received, Momo gained a puzzled look on her face. She didn't know what her friend had meant; Shouto wasn't sleeping on he- "...!" Turning her head, a small gasp came out of her mouth which was covered by her hand to avoid making a scene. There he was, the inexpressive boy having his head rested against her shoulder as he slept. Staring at him, Momo's cheeks regained that pinkish colour that had been there not too long ago; she was quite flushed at having him sleep on her. Not wanting it to be misconstrued, she quickly went back to her phone and proceeded to explain things to Mina.

[Creati] "Oh, it's not like that! He just was going for a nap and I hadn't noticed."

[Pinky] "suuuuure."

[Creati] "It's true, I really hadn't seen him until you pointed it out!"

[Pinky] "uh huh. still you tots look so cute together!"

[Creati] "We're not together though!

[Pinky[ "if you say so. still i ship it."

Sighing with a flustered face, Momo shut her phone off and stared down at the ground as her friend's innocent teasing entered the girl's mind. It wasn't like that; her and Shouto did not have anything going on between them. The two of them were just acquaintances if not friends - she didn't know if there was a friendship between the duo being that he hadn't spent much time with her on his own accords nor did he approach her to take part in conversation normally. Still, the anti-social boy laying against her was... different, but not in a bad way. He seemed to be at peace as shown by his relaxed expression she caught when lifting her head. Momo's staring at him formed another blush when Mina's words or rather text echoed in her head. Turning away quickly, she thought about waking him up, but it would be rather rude to do so for now she kept him laying there - as embarrassing as it was now. From across the car was her pink friend giving her a thumbs up with a cute wink.

"You go, girl." She said softly, giggling to herself about the situation. Aoyama, who was sitting beside her with an unexplained cup of hot chocolate followed her vision and smiled as he captured what she'd seen in the same perspective. As he sipped on his beverage he glanced around the rest of the car. Spotting his friend Izuku, Aoyama watched as the conversation between him and a bubbly brunette went on. He was one of the very few that caught that the both of them had a thing for one another. While he could go about and tell the both of them, he preferred to watch as this went on; young love was so romantic. It was admittedly fun to watch this transpire into something new; being more enjoyable since a holiday comprised of giving and love, especially in this area, was on it's way.

An eye suddenly came into view of the blonde french-boy who nearly spilled his drink. Following that, a mouth came along and spoke in a scratchy voice. "What're you looking at?" It asked, the tentacle turning back to back. Recognizing who this mouth belonged to, Aoyama stared up at Shoji who had his winged arms wrapped tightly around a pole. Smiling in his usual manner, he lifted his hands and shook off his classmate in a comedic sense.

"Nothing, mon ami! I was taking in the beautiful view of the snowy city from outside." He said, making up an excuse so that he wouldn't have to release the truth. Although Aoyama didn't expect Shoji to tell anyone if the truth was stated he hadn't wanted to take the chance and ruin what was in front of him. It was like a movie unfolding in front of him and he didn't want to spoil the ending towards the characters.

"Oh, I see." He replied, the artificial mouth on his tentacle speaking for him. It maneuvered itself away from Aoyama and back towards Shoji's set of arms. "This train ride is taking a while." The winged boy continued, changing the topic for now.

"Oui." Aoyama lifted his cup of hot chocolate and drank some more of the hot beverage. Shoji was confused as he now noticed it; having not seen him acquire it at any point before everyone got onto the train.

"Hey, where did you get that hot chocolate?" He asked, curious as to how he attained it. The french-boy lowered his cup and gave out a smug grin before leading into a light chuckle in response to his question. Turning his head, he gave a wink and answered in a sketchy manner.

"It's a secret." Aoyama said cheekily before turning back and taking yet another sip of his hot chocolate. The conversation ended there as the wait for the train to stop took place. It railed onto the tracks at a considerable pace and passed through cities which gave beautiful scenery on the journey towards the small town Class 1-A's pink friend was taking them to. The students were kept for an hour just as Mina said they would be.

After a long ride the train stopped at a station and let out a fuzzy message onto the intercom; it was now time to get off. The group of kids weren't the only ones to stand as many adults man and women alike stood and pushed through one another gathered in a clustered crowd that made it even more difficult for them to exit because of how narrow the cars were. While it was just one of those things that made up their transportation to some, for most it proved to be quite the challenge pushing through to make their way.

Luckily all of the students had made it out and waited by as a gang together while their presidents did a head-count. Upon finishing up with it, Iida noticed that there seemed to be a student missing and yelled it out towards his peers.

"We're missing one student!" He said, making the other students glance around for who wasn't there. "Has anyone seen Toru?"

A pink glove was floating in the air and waved out towards everyone, followed by the voice of a girl. "I'm here!" Pivoting towards the girl, Iida saw through the packed people the rest of Toru and her outfit as she pushed through the rest of them to reconnect. "Sorry about that!" She apologized, bowing her head which had a knit-wool hat placed on. "There were a lot of people!"

Smiling, Iida shook his head. "It's no worry, we were just concerned for where everyone was." He said in a understanding tone. Now that he and Momo were finished with their head counts the both of them headed up towards the front of the group. "Lead the way, Mina!" The president called out, prompting the alien-queen to take charge and wander along the pathway.

Exiting the train station, Mina lead them along the icy streets of the small town. It was quite rural with there not being many buildings and having more landscape to gaze at compared to the more urban city such as Musutafu. Throughout their voyage in the town the students had passed by eye-catching scenery. There were white snowy hills that were home to forests that looked quite beautiful, especially at this time of year and ponds that had been frozen which appeared stable enough to skate upon them. Where they were currently was considered the edges of the town which is why there'd been so much nature.

Strolling along down the place, Kirishima passed through his friends and made his way towards the front where Mina was. "So this is where you lived before school?" He asked a bit intrusively.

"Yep!" She enthusiastically replied, smiling over at her horn buddy. "I lived here right up until I moved to where you and I went to school!"

"It's kind of a small town." He replied, scratching the back of his head as the boy glanced around.

"Yeah, that's why my parents moved!" Mina said, prancing down the streets. "It's nice here, but it's too small and they also got new jobs so that helped!"

"Well, yeah." Kirishima said, turning his head to glance over at the field full of trees. "It's cool, but hey there's a forest! Imagine living in one of those; that'd be so manly!" In response to his idea, she giggled. Throughout the years he hadn't really changed; Kirishima was always fascinated by being manly - even if it meant living in a forest.

"We're here to get a tree, not survive in the wild, Eij!" She patted him on the back and continued to giggle. "Yeah, it'd be manly though!" Placing her arms behind her back now, she practically skipped down the street which was filled with ice and could cause someone to slip. That wasn't the case with Mina though, she didn't show any signs of losing her balance and was freely hopping around with an excited look on her face.

"Hey! You're gonna slip if you keep doing that!" Kirishima called out, cuffing his hands next to his mouth.

"Nah, I'm fine!" Mina reassured, turning back to face him. "I slide on my acid all the time, so this is no biggy!" Continuing to flow about onto the patches of ice, she along with the rest of her class made it towards the commercial district. It was a street that passed by some houses and lead into a big plaza full of stores which were placed together near a medium-sized shopping center. It wasn't nearly as big as Musutafu's, but it was still something. Perhaps it looked bigger though because of the reduced population of people. Never-less, the pink girl stopped in her tracks and held her arms out towards everyone to showcase it off. "Hey guys, this is where we buy everything!"

The students halted and glanced around for a few moments to take in everything. It was a pretty looking plaza that had quite a few different stores on the outside of the main mall. There were smaller trees planted outside some of them and people were starting to hang Christmas lights in the front. "So, yeah!" She said, standing with appreciation for how the workers made it look at this time of year; it clearly captured everyone's attention. "This is where we'll be taking a break!"

"A break?!" Both Momo and Iida asked, not aware of this.

"We didn't have it written down that we were taking a break here." Iida continued, shooting his arm outwards at Mina. "This wasn't said on our schedule!"

"I know that, but don'tcha feel hungry or want to sit down?" She asked, placing her hands on her hips.

"Well..." Iida replied, feeling his stomach rumble. He hadn't gotten a chance to eat breakfast before they left. The rest of the class felt similarly; not having a chance either. "You are correct, I am quite empty on food." He said with a sigh. Pushing up his glasses, Iida turned towards everyone and yelled out to them the change of plans. "Ok, everyone! We'll be taking a break to go and eat, but meet back here in an hour, ok?!" The students nodded in unison. "Off we go then!"

As everyone started to spread out, Denki came up to Jirou and gave his best attempt at a charming smile. "Hey, Jirou."

"Hm?" The punkish girl replied; she was glancing around the plaza and was deciding where she would be heading off to.

"I think I saw a place where they're selling snowboards nearby, ya... wanna come with?" Denki asked, pocketing his hands and still giving off that smile. Jirou turned her head an faced him with a blank stare; she was twirling her ear-jack with a finger.

"Shouldn't you eat first?" Denki dropped his head and gave out a sigh, his face looked similar to when he would over-use his quirk. To him there was never a simple 'yes or no' with her which made it a bit difficult to ask her for things. Lifting his head once more, the smile returned to his face, though this time seeming less charming. "You'll be in there looking around and before you know it we'll have to be back here."

"Yeah, b-but how about we do that after we eat then?" He said, trying to persuade her. "A-and I won't be in there for that long!" Tilting his head, he awaited for her response in hopes that she'd accompany him. Jirou thought for a moment while staring at him; he seemed a bit desperate, but if he said he wouldn't waste their time then she didn't have much of a problem.

"Fine, but don't go wasting time." She said, reminding him so he wouldn't forget her terms. With a big grin, Denki nodded and took a hold of Jirou's hand and headed out towards the mall. "H-hey, wait!" She cried out, her cheeks turning a bright pink.

"Come on, let's go so we don't waste time then!" He replied, dragging her off elsewhere. Meanwhile, while the students were all branching off and going about grabbing something to eat, Ochako was still standing there and searching about for where she could go. The girl didn't have much money with her, so she didn't want to go get something expensive, but she was quite hungry. A boy with green hair approached her and spoke with a nervous tone.

"H-hey," She turned around upon hearing a familiar voice. Seeing that it was Izuku, a pink blush formed on her cheeks.

"O-oh, Deku." Ochako replied, placing her hands behind her back. "Hey, what's up?"

"I was just deciding on where to eat, h-how about you?" He said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly. Izuku didn't have his eyes on her and was looking off to the side. Just like her, he had a growing blush on his face.

"Yeah, same here." Ochako said with an awkward smile, trying not to stare at him for too long. "There was this bakery I saw, b-but I'm not sure if I have enough."

"I-I could... come with and maybe split the cost?" Izuku offered, rushing halfway through the sentence. The flushed brunette directed her vision straight towards his eyes which caused him to return the favor. For a moment the both of them stared at one another with a silence between them; their blushes growing. "I-it's fine if you wanted to go alone though!" He said, breaking the silence and raising his arms to shake off the idea with a gesture.

"Wait, Deku. I-I just don't want you spending your money on me that's all!" She said, shaking her head.

"N-no, it's fine! Please don't feel like you owe me anything!" He replied, assuring her there wouldn't be any sort of debt between them. "B-besides, I didn't bring much either!" Standing for a moment to think about things, Ochako contemplated to let him help pay. She enjoyed sweets, especially mochi, but it felt wrong to have him help pay. Then again, he brought up some good points and if there wasn't any debt between them then she couldn't say no. Taking a deep breath, she smiled with rosy cheeks and nodded her head.

"Ok then, let's go." She said, walking down the plaza and towards the bakery with Izuku behind. Unknowing to her, Izuku had a red face that showed he was clearly blushing; similarly, she had the same. In the boy's head he was trying to think of things to say when being seated; his geek side was showing as he hadn't had lunch with a girl alone before. Sure he sat with her at lunch, but that was with everyone else. In Ochako's mind, she was thinking about how nice it was of him to pitch in with money. It wasn't something the girl would've preferred, but it was a kind act nonetheless. That trait was an admirable one regarding his character.

They soon approached the bakery; it was a pink building that had many decorations out front. As mentioned earlier, there was a tiny Christmas tree planted in a pot outside the store just like many others. Ochako knelt down near it and gave a big grin. "This so so cuuute! Let's find a tree just as good as this one!"

"Yeah." Izuku, who was now standing next to her agreed. "We're going to find an amazing tree."

"Yes!" Ochako replied, raising her fist into the air. She stood and started to make her way into the bakery, but before doing so she turned back to the boy and stopped. Confused, he stopped as well. "Hey, Deku." She said softly, lowering her head to hide her returning blush. "Thanks."

"N-no problem." He said, stuttering slightly. The both of them then headed inside and walked around the bakery. The inside looked just as great as the outside if not better, having beautifully painted walls and pretty tiled flooring. The interior design wasn't the best part; the pastries that were lined up on shelves behind a glass protector smelled absolutely delicious. The two of them came up to the counter and after momentarily discussing what both of them could buy they ended up ordering mochi, specifically Green Tea mochi.

Placing themselves down at a booth, the both of them snacked and spoke about things. There were times where one of them would look at the other without them noticing and turn away out of embarrassment. Izuku would spend a bit of the time speaking about heroes which was a bit geeky, but she didn't mind as it was the same with how she felt. The conversation delved deeper than that with speaking about the day and going back to the tree their class was in search of. Talking wasn't just the best part, the mochi they both had was absolutely delicious. So good in fact that there was a temptation to get more, but blowing off another portion of their money was out of the question. Although there were awkward moments of silence and a bit of blushing, overall the duo had a great time hanging out together.

Checking his phone, Izuku noticed that nearly an hour had passed. It was almost time to report back to everyone at the plaza.

"Hey, Deku. When do we have to go?" Ochako asked, finishing her last piece of sweet mochi.

"It's just about time." He replied, putting his phone away.

"We've gotta go then." She said, gathering her garbage. Izuku nodded, doing so with his. The both of them stood up and headed out; tossing the garbage in the bin. Before leaving they thanked the workers with a bow and left. The way back was a short and silent walk; both of them were thinking about how good of a time they had. Blushes forming on their faces, the two looked away from one another and continued walking.

Approaching the plaza they spotted their classmates all gathered together once more. Momo and Iida were doing a headcount once again while the students conversed. In the midst of this, Denki was showing off his new snowboard to his group of friends.

"Wait, so you really bought a snowboard?" Sero asked, staring at it in awe.

"Yeah, I did! Isn't it cool?!" Denki replied, holding it out so they could see. It was a long snowboard that was painted with two primary colours, black and yellow. It had a lightning bolt pattern stretching around it in black with the base being painted the brighter colour; it was quite fitting for him and matched his hairstyle.

"Why the hell did you get that?" Bakugo asked, crossing his arms. "We aren't even going snowboarding."

"I know, but what about for the rest of the week?" He said, cherishing his purchase. "Besides, I got a good deal on this and it matches me!"

"Well, I guess it's pretty cool." Sero added in, checking it out.

"Okay everyone!" Iida called out. "It's time we get going again!" Turning, he waited for Mina to take the lead again and followed as did the rest.

"We're almost there!" Upon leaving the shopping district, Mina guided everyone down the streets of the town and toured them by adding in commentary about certain places they passed by such as a fire-house and a park. She said that years ago the pink girl and her family would spend time here out in the winter going skating on a frozen body of water that was filled with ducks during the summer. Passing by, Mineta, who was at the back decided to speak about the place.

"Dude, imagine how many girls could be there!" He said, thinking about women yet again with a deep blush. "They love ice skating!" A tongue came out and slapped the grape-boy across the face. It was Tsuyu's.

"It seems that's all he can think about." Fumikage, who was next to them, said with a sigh. The students continued walking down the streets and made a corner-turn along the street which lead them closer to their destination. It was a total of a 15 minute walk before Mina halted with a giant grin. The rest of the students stopped and looked at what was upon them. Squealing, she turned to everyone and yelled out towards them.

"Here we are!" There it was, after heading outwards from the town and back into the rural side it stood there behind dark fencing; a giant field of snow that'd been filled with trees. The land stretched far out past what they could see and there were many pathways cleared of snow leading in different directions where the shapes and sizes varied. The students stood in awe at the area, having not seen a place this humongous and beautiful to shop for Christmas trees. If there was any place to find such a perfect tree it'd be here and that was now understood by all of them.

"Well, what're you waiting for?!" Mina asked, letting out a laugh. "Let's go!"

And with that, our heroes had finally made it to their destination after trekking for so long through the cold winter weather. It was time for them to begin their search for the perfect tree in preparation for Christmas! With smiles and shared determination the students of Class 1-A headed forward unto the world!

AN: Man, did this take a lot longer than I promised. (Sorry again) Truth is I've had a giant writer's block and have been lazy, but I'm returning to writing once more. I enjoy writing this and I know everyone who follows/favourites/comments feels the same way. I shouldn't have to keep everyone waiting after more than two months since an update. Currently it's spring break so I'm going to get a chance to write, so stay tuned again! You're all awesome!