With the universe back in balance, Bessie had a presence in class again. She was rapidly getting the hang of learning in Japanese and she could even give Present Mic a run for his money in English class as it was her native language.

At lunch time Bessie quickly reclaimed her seat among the group.

"Bessie-chan, you don't have a lot of days left with us. Gero." Tsuyu remarked.

"She's right," Uraraka agreed. "We should all go hang out after school or something."

"Ooh! I'd love to check out the local mall!" Bessie suggested.

"Then it's settled!" Tenya asserted. "After school we'll all go shopping. But given what happened to Midoriya-san last time I suggest we all stay together."

Deku relaxed.

"Is… is someone gonna...?" Bessie began.

"Don't worry." Kirishima comforted. "I'll do it." He turned to a nearby table. "Feel like joining us, Bakugo-kun?"

Katsuki growled. "Fine. But I'm paying for myself! I don't need anyone's charity! Got that?"

Once the school day was over the entire class 1-A excitedly boarded a subway and disembarked at the stop closest to the mall. From there it was a short walk until they reached the mall's entrance. Bessie was intrigued to see how the shops in a mall in Tokyo differed from the malls in Ordina City.

After Bessie picked up a few souvenirs for her people back home the group went for soft drinks in the food court where they chatted the time away until the sun began to set. Seeing as it was getting dark they decided to move the conversation to the communal area back at the dorms.

"How did you guys manage to beat that villain yesterday, Hanta-kun?" Mineta wanted to know.

"I'm not really sure," Sero answered. "He was somehow able to pull weapons out of thin air, but when I kept plucking them out of his hands he just sort of gave up. Surprisingly quickly too."

"What a dumbass!" Bakugo ranted. "No determination. Why did he even try it in the first place?"

"Because he didn't count on the possibility that someone might recognise his quirk." Bessie explained. "I know a kid back home with the same one."

William Jones

Quirk: Disassembly

He can pull his bones out of his body and use them as weapons. Once a bone has been removed he needs to make do without its use until he puts it back again. If he fails to do so the bone will eventually grow back over a length of time depending on its size.

"You seem so… ordinaire." Aoyama commented. "Is it true that you come from a school where everyone's an emo goblin like Tokoyami-kun?"

"Hey!" Tokoyami retorted.

"Not at all." Bessie answered. "They're much worse. Tokoyami's a pony princess compared to the creeps back home."

"That sounds kinda scary," Uraraka commented.

"And they're all like that?" Yaoyorozu asked.

"Pretty much." Bessie confirmed. "Except for Bill, the kid with the bone quirk."

"This Bill," Todoroki began. "Is he your…"

"He's the closest thing I have to a friend," she explained. "Sometimes he's actually pretty funny. Like if he wants to sarcastically act like he's amazed or impressed he'll yank out his jaw bone and drop it on the ground." She chuckled. "I kinda' miss the dork." Her eyes began to water and another chuckle turned into a sob. "I miss everything. I miss my mom and her fried chicken. I miss my crummy teacher. I even miss the stuff I don't like. I don't get it. I love it here and I wish I didn't have to leave, but I just wanna go home!"

She took off her glasses and quietly cried into her hands.

"Aww. You're just a little homesick, Bessie-chan. Don't worry. We're here for you." Mina comforted. She stood up, walked over to Bessie and hugged her. "All of us."

Todoroki stood up and did the same. One by one the other students came up to Bessie and added themselves to the group hug. Even Bakugo walked over once everyone else had joined, reached into the huddled mass and awkwardly patted her shoulder, looking away. "Stop crying, loser," He said plainly.

Bessie now found herself surrounded by literal and figurative warmth. As much as a part of her yearned to go home, the rest of her felt like she was home already.

"Thanks, guys. I'm okay now." She said.

Eventually the time came for lights-out and each student returned to their room. Todoroki stayed behind just long enough to say one last thing to Bessie:

"Once you've left… We're all going to miss you. Good night."