"Check check! Check it out!" said Raccoon Eyes one day in class, stretching out her hands. She started twirling, then all of a sudden was break dancing, chanting "Break it down, break it down!" while Tape Arms and Invisible Girl cheered.
"Her hobby is dancing, is it?" said Naval Laser.
Deku had pulled out one of his billions of notebooks and was looking through it. "So Ashido's impressive command over her body comes from dancing. She throws her whole body into every action."
"I shall never forget how she burned my cape in our first training battle," added Naval Laser.
Deku looked up from the notebook. "I wonder if I can do it…"
What, you think you're gonna surpass All Might with breakdancing, Deku?
"Get her to teach you!" Dunce Face told him.
"Yeah, boys!" said Raccoon eyes, making some weird gesture. "Let's dance!"
"Uh…um, sure. Please show me how!"
"Kinda like Sato with his sweets, right?" Dunce Face was saying while Deku danced, looking ridiculous. "It's great when your hobby comes in handy for hero stuff! How cool!" Then suddenly, he turned around to Ears. "Speaking of hobbies, what about yours, JIro?"
"Hey! Knock it off!"
"Your room was like a musical instrument store. I'd even say that it's way more than a hobby for you!"
"Sheesh! Let's just forget about that whole 'king of the rooms' thing, okay?"
"Nope! Yours is a pro's room, for sure! I mean seriously -" And then her earphone jack was in his face.
"I said stop!" She snapped, and headed back to her seat.
"What'd I do?" he moped.
The bell rang and class began. Sensei slouched in in his sleeping bag, and announced, "It's school festival time."
"ANOTHER SLE!" the rest of the class jumped up to scream about.
"What about visiting Eri today, Sensei?" asked Frog Face.
"Well, we'll talk about that later," Sensei told her.
"SCHOOL FESTIVAL! THE BEST S.L.E. EVER! GOTTA PICK WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO!" everyone was screaming.
But suddenly Kirishima stood up. "For real?! We're doing this despite what's going on in the world?"
Dunce Face stared at him. "Kirishima, you've changed."
"Wait, he's right! Even though all these villains are out there rampaging?"
Thanks for the reminder.
"A prudent viewpoint," said Sensei. "But remember that UA consists of more than just the hero course. The Sports Festival is where the hero course has its chance to shine. So the school festival highlights everyone else. This doesn't get the same level of attention, but it's meant to be a fun event for the rest of the school. Not to mention, the new dorm system that started with the hero course is a source of stress for many."
I flinched again. And we all know why that started…
"When you put it like that, it wouldn't be fair to them," Kirishima admitted.
"Right. Which is why we can't just simply cancel the event. This won't be like in the past, in that the festival will be open only to students, staff, and a small group of outsiders. WE aren't competing for the spotlight this time around, but each class will still have an exhibition of some kind. Today you'll be deciding what that is."
Glasses and Ponytail jumped up in front of the class.
"I, Tenya Iida, President of Class A, will be leading this discussion! Let's work together to make this process as smooth as possible! First, suggestions! Those with ideas, please raise your hands -"
And everyone was screaming "ME ME ME ME!"
"Huh, what explosive enthusiasm! We must do this in an orderly fashion!" said Glasses.
"Kaminari!"
"Let's do a maid cafe!"
"Maids, providing a service then! Not bad!"
"Think bigger Kaminari!" screamed Bullhead. "Strip cl-"
Thankfully Frog Face hung him from the rafters.
"Need to tie this down.
"Uraraka!"
"A mocha stand!" she suggested.
"Arm wrestling contest!" said Kirishima.
"Intense!"
"Haunted House!" said Invisible Girl.
"Not sure but that could be interesting!"
"A crepe stall!" said Sugar Man.
"People could eat as they walk around.
"A dance!" said Raccoon Eyes.
"Flashy!"
"Petting zoo!" said Animal Boy
"A banquet for the disciples of darkness!" said Tokoyami.
"Ho ho!"
"My very own sparkling show!" said Naval Laser.
"Huh!?"
"Open Mic Comedy?" said Ears.
"NOt bad!"
"Presentation on hometown history!" suggested Glasse.
"A death match!" I added.
"A hero quiz!" said Deku (Of course)
"Takoyaki Stall!"
"Asian Cafe!"
"Martial aRts Demo!"
"Study party!"
"Handmade Soba noodle stall."
"My very own sparkling show."
"Frog choir!"
"Crepe Stall."
"I believe everyone's given a suggestion?" said Ponytail. "Let's eliminate the unreasonable unfesible, and nonspecific ones," said said, erasing mine.
And Naval laser's "Aw!"
Tokoyami's "Merciless."
"You were never gonna go with mine," I grouched.
"Get rid of the hometown history presentation, too boring!"
"That's for sure."
"Yeah."
"That's fine, the other ideas seem fun."
"Majority rules."
"And we're always having study parties."
"I was only trying to be helpful!"
"Couldn't we combine all the food options into one?"
"Soba and Crepes don't exactly go together."
"Like I'm saying, crepes just don't mix with Asian food!"
"Silence, silence!" said Glasses.
"Better just do the haunted house, then!"
"So much for maintaining order," said Ponytail.
And the bell rang for class.
"Hoo boy, what a sloppy meeting," said Snsei, getting up to leave. "Better decide by tomorrow morning though. Because otherwise we're doing a regular class open house.
Crap.
Everyone else kept up the meeting, except the remedial kids, after class. I didn't really care, so I headed back to bed. The next morning, me, Deku, Uraraka, Kirishima, and Asui were the first down, everyone else drifting in tired. Deku finally asked, "So, what'd you guys decide?"
"We're going to be putting on a show. A band with live music and dancing!"
Oh crap. Don't tell me they're gonna ask me to -
