Izuku was relaxing in his room when he heard Himiko rush in.

"Izu!" Himiko exclaimed dramatically. "It's time!"

Izuku spun around in his chair to see Himiko proudly holding a movie case up like some sort of prized trophy.

"Curse of the Crimson Demon? They made a fourth movie?"

"Yep!" Himiko grinned brightly. "And I've been saving it just for your classmates!"

Izuku rolled his eyes. "Himi, in the span of a month, I think you've managed to convince everyone in 1-A that you are the single most terrifying person at school. And that includes Uraraka, who spends enough time with us out of school to know what you're really like."

Himiko stuck her tongue out at her brother. "Sorry, not sorry. You know the class ritual."

"Of course, but I'm still going to be the one who has to deal with it tomorrow." He rolled his chair over to Himiko so he could playfully shove her. "And before you ask. No, I haven't warned Uraraka, despite her pleading to find out what type of movie you're bringing."

"Thank you!" Himiko wrapped her brother in a hug. "Oh, this is going to be so much fun!"

Just as quickly, Himiko left to finish getting ready for the evening.

In the two weeks since the sports festival, school has settled back into a routine, at least until internships begin in a little over a week. That meant the girls of class 2-B decided to take advantage of the free weekend and organized their second movie night of the year, inviting the girls from 1-A as well.

Since it was the second movie night with a new group, that meant it was time for them to let Himiko pick the movie.

With the addition of the 1-A girls, they had to move movie night out of Atsuko's apartment, and Tomoe had volunteered her family's house for the larger crowd. Their living room was large enough for the fourteen girls to sit comfortably, and they arranged themselves on the various pieces of furniture, with the class two girls sitting in chairs and on the couch, while the girls of 1-A sat on the floor, directly in front of Himiko.

It started when the series' titular crimson demon claimed its first victim. While Himiko knew that what she was seeing on screen was supposed to be blood, from her perspective she saw the young woman on the screen coughing up strawberry jelly, before she began dissolving into a pool of red jelly. It caused her to start giggling.

She saw the girls in front of her start tensing up, with Kyoka, in particular, starting to shiver. Meanwhile, Ochako was the only one brave enough to turn around and give her an incredulous look. She responded by giving the gravity girl her best innocent smile. Even though Ochako should have known it was an act, she couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction when she caused the girl to flinch.

Himiko knew that in the age of quirks, special effects had become even more creative to compensate for the day-to-day reality of life now, but there were some things they still couldn't replicate. For someone with a blood-based quirk, a movie studio would have to resort to using actual blood to achieve the desired effect. Otherwise, the effect would simply look like a red sauce, ketchup, or jelly to them, depending on how the studio tried to simulate blood.

Himiko only knew of one film that ever tried using actual animal blood for their special effects, a small indie horror film. It was a prized movie in her collection - despite its low budget; it was the one film that let her feel the suspense and tension that most people felt watching horror movies.

But the potential health and sanitation problems of using that much animal blood during filming meant most studios had given up on trying to replicate the effect for people with quirks such as Himiko's.

That was ok, she still found herself enjoying the films. Just not in the way the directors intended.

As the next person fell to the crimson demon, Himiko broke into full-out laughter.

When Izuku arrived at school Monday morning, Ochako was already standing by his desk, waiting for him.

"Deku, why didn't you warn me?" She demanded the moment he had entered the classroom.

Izuku smiled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck. "Um, surprise?"

"How can she- she- just laugh like that?"

"It's a side-effect of her quirk," Izuku explained. "Because she needs blood to use her quirk and well, to keep herself from starving, she can always tell if blood is real or not. And that has given her a rather, um, unique mindset when it comes to watching movies?"

"So while we were seeing all the blood coming out of people on the screen…"

"From Himiko's perspective, it looks like a cheap special effect," Izuku finished her sentence. "so a scary scene loses all of its tension."

Ochako frowned. "And class 2 just lets her show these movies to them?"

Izuku looked like he was about to continue, but was ambushed by Mina.

"Midoriya, what the hell? Is your sister psycho?"

Izuku winced. "No, she and her class knew exactly what they were doing."

"Good luck convincing us your sister isn't the most terrifying person in the school, kero. And that includes the teachers and Nezu," Tsuyu said as she joined them.

Izuku laughed nervously. "So um, last year the girls of class 2 decided to let her pick out a movie one night. Atsuko knew what was coming, but didn't say anything. And well, her classmates decided to turn it into a rite of initiation."

Kyoka came in next, looking pale and shivering as her eyes darted around the classroom. "Is it safe? Is she here? She's not hiding disguised as one of you, right?"

"Poor Jiro doesn't do well with horror, to begin with," Mina explained. "And I think your sister made it worse."

As Mina was patting Kyoka on the back, Izuku offered her a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry, if I had known how much it would get to you I could have at least warned you not to go."

"Your-your-your sister is terrifying. I'm glad she's on our s-side." Kyoka managed to stammer out.

"Agreed!" Ochako said. "Imagine if she was a villain and we had to fight her!"

The girls of 1-A collectively shuddered.

As she was walking with Atsuko towards their homeroom, Himiko saw Emily rush down the hallways, only to grab her and begin dragging her down the hallway. Caught off guard, she almost tripped and fell as she tried to adjust to her friend dragging her along.

Meanwhile she was suddenly forced to wonder why her cheeks were heating up.

"W-what's this about?" Himiko protested as she finally regained the ability to speak.

Stopping, Emily kept facing away from Himiko. "Today's our last free training period before internships. C-could you help me figure out how to use those boots I got from Hatsume?"

Himiko looked confused. "You didn't ask anyone else for help?"

Emily shook her head. She was staring out the window, trying to focus on the scene outside. She didn't know why she was so insistent about asking Himiko for this. Or why she felt so embarrassed by it. It's not like they haven't partnered up before. Recently they've been partnering up more frequently.

But for some reason, this idea flustered her.

After the sports festival, she was having a hard time handling her feelings toward Himiko. Something about the way she looked at Ochako during their fight made her both intensely jealous and hopeful that maybe she had a chance.

If only she knew how to process these emotions. Romance was never something she ever seriously considered until Himiko Midoriya stormed into her life.

Hopefully, she could corner Izuku during their internship and she could get information out of him.

Her thoughts were dragged back to the present when Himiko laughed.

"You're hopeless."

Emily jumped as she realized how close Himiko was. Trying to hide the rising heat in her cheeks, she crossed her arms and turned her head away from her friend. "Yeah well - you are at the top of our class when it comes to quirkless movement, after all."

"True!" Himiko beamed proudly. "Although Tomoe's catching up. Give her a couple of months and she could be my equal."

"I don't need help in a couple of months, I need it today!" Emily protested. "After all, internships start on Monday! And I don't want to embarrass myself by showing up at Majestic's agency with a piece of untested equipment!"

Himiko giggled. "Of course not."

Emily sputtered. "It's a matter of pride!"

Himiko gave her a fierce grin. She knew she had the other girl on the defensive, but decided to take pity on her. "Fine, I guess I can teach you the basics."

"Thanks, Himi!"

Emily grabbed Himiko and pulled her into a hug, causing Himiko to blush slightly.

"H-hey, let go! We need to get to homeroom before class starts or Yamada-sensei will give us an earful!"

"Right!" Emily let go, looking embarrassed. "We should hurry!"

Emily missed the handhold and felt gravity winning as she was pulled to the ground, landing in a tangled heap.

"Ow."

Himiko grabbed the rails of a nearby ladder and used it to slide down the side of the building.

"You ok Emmy?"

"Why are the stupid buildings so tall!" She complained.

Himiko snickered. "Anything hurt?"

"Just my pride," Emily admitted as she sat up.

"Must not be that bad then."

"Hey!" Emily pushed herself up to a standing position, examining her electromagnetic boots to make sure they were still functioning. "I'm just having trouble getting used to these, is all. That Hatsume girl is actually pretty good, for a first year. Using plates and electromagnets to create a responsive launch system, plus the ability to briefly latch onto exposed metal."

"So when are your parents gonna hire her?"

"Not this semester, their company didn't give her an offer. But the next round of internships? They absolutely will try."

"I guess at least some good has come out of this, then."

"Just give me time!"

"Don't I know it," Himiko admitted. "I bet you're gonna spend all weekend at a training facility trying to figure out how those boots work."

"Not all weekend! We're still getting together on Sunday, right?"

"Yep!"

Since Emily will be away for a week on her internship, her parents scheduled a flight back to I-Island to handle business there. Unfortunately due to a scheduling conflict, they had to leave Sunday morning, leaving Emily alone for the day. So she invited herself over to the Midoriyas for the evening.

Himiko teased her about it, saying if she was feeling lonely she could have just asked. Emily, in her usual way, deflected the accusations without actually denying them. It wasn't doing anything to help Himiko with her confusion towards the other girl, but it did make her feel warm inside, knowing that she was the one Emily wanted to spend time with.

"Good. You need to be careful though, otherwise, mom's going to adopt you like she's adopted Uraraka."

Emily felt her cheeks heating up, so she covered it up in the best way she knew how: by throwing her head back and laughing. "My parents would fight her."

"You say that, but mom's convinced Uraraka's parents. Now they're conspiring."

"Must be nice," Emily grumbled under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing!" Emily practically shouted. "I want to try scaling the buildings again!"

Himiko debated pressing the issue but decided she'd try getting the information out of her later. Right now she had to teach her how to do basic parkour without falling and hurting herself.

The morning of internships had everyone arrive at UA early.

With Momo's help, Izuku made sure all of his classmates had arrived and got on the bus before he finally boarded himself. Looking over, he saw Ochako smiling as she waved at him.

"Deku, we saved a seat for you!"

Returning the smile, Izuku sat down next to her, before turning to his friends, where they began talking about their internships.

For the first half of the trip, Tenya had been uncharacteristically quiet, staring down at his costume case. Eventually, during a lull in the conversation, his head snapped up and he looked at Izuku as if he had suddenly come to life.

"Midoriya, I must thank you."

"Thank me?" Izuku asked, surprised by the suddenness.

Tenya adjusted his glasses. "I must admit, I had less than noble reasons for choosing Manual for my internship."

This caused Izuku to frown. He had his suspicions when he learned that Tenya had chosen a lower-ranking hero who was also in Hosu, but he didn't know how to confront him directly about it.

"However! After talking with Tensei, I am feeling much better." Tenya slammed his fist into his open palm. "Therefore! I have resolved to make the most of this opportunity, and learn everything I can from Manual! Even if I choose to not follow in his footsteps as the leader of Team Idaten, I intend to base myself out of Hosu, and will strive to learn as much as I can about the city!"

Izuku smiled at his friend. "I'm glad you feel that way."

"It's all thanks to you," Tenya told him.

Izuku found himself blushing. "Y-you're welcome. I just wanted to help."

"That's just like you, kero."

Ochako nodded in agreement. "You're always trying to help everyone out, it's really inspiring!"

Izuku tried to sink into the seat, suddenly very thankful that Himiko was on another bus.

At the train station, Izuku and Momo performed their duties by taking a headcount, ensuring everyone had arrived. Once they had confirmed everyone was there, their classmates split up to find their respective trains. Izuku, meanwhile, stayed back.

"Are you waiting for your sister?" Ochako asked.

Izuku nodded. "Yeah, I want to say goodbye. Also, since Emily and I are interning with the same hero, I am waiting for her as well?"

Ochako blushed slightly. "R-right."

"Is everything ok?" Izuku asked.

Ochako shook her head. "No! Everything is fine! I'm just jealous- I mean I'm jealous that you get to spend a week with one of your friends at the internship! I'll be interning by myself with Gunhead."

Izuku smiled at her. "I-it just worked out that way. I'm sure Majestic is going to put us both through enough training that we won't have too much time to relax next week."

"I'm glad. I mean, I'm glad that you'll be learning so much this week!"

"Hopefully you'll learn a lot from Gunhead too!"

Ochako nodded and pumped her fist in the air. "I can't wait!"

It didn't take long for Himiko and Emily to appear. Like Izuku and Ochako, they were dressed in their school uniforms, although Emily's normal shoes and leggings had been replaced by the pair of electromagnetic boots that she had acquired from Mei.

"Izu, are you ready for your first internship?"

Izuku smiled and nodded at his sister. "Yeah! It's exciting!"

"Don't worry Himi, I'll make sure he stays out of trouble this week!"

"You'd better!" Himiko glares at her friend. "I know where you live."

While Emily blushed and stuttered under the threat, Himiko turned back to Izuku. "Please try and stay out of trouble? You know what happened after the whole USJ incident."

Izuku blushed. "I'll try not to overdo it. But I can't make any promises! Majestic's in the top 20, so if something big comes up he'll definitely try to help!"

Himiko frowned. "I know. Just- for me?"

Izuku tried to give his sister a reassuring smile. "I promise I'll try. Hopefully, none of us have to deal with any major villain attacks next week!"

Himiko gave Izuku one final hug. Turning, she then pulled Ochako into a hug, causing her to let out a startled squeak before she reciprocated. "You be careful too! You'd better learn how to fight properly this week!"

"T-thanks!" Ochako managed to get out.

Once she let those two go, Himiko pulled Emily into a long hug, which Emily happily returned. Using the moment, Izuku turned to Ochako. "I guess I'll see you in a week?"

Ochako nodded. "Y-yeah. At least we can message each other?"

Izuku smiled. "I plan on it!"

That caused Ochako to smile. "Good. I don't want Song taking up all of your time."

Ochako stepped in and gave Izuku a long hug before she backed away slowly. Turning around quickly, she ran into the station. Izuku couldn't help but watch until she disappeared from view.

He was shaken out of his thoughts by a hand on his shoulder.

"You'll have time to think about Uraraka later! We have a train to catch!"

Izuku blushed as he nodded. "Y-yeah, let's get going!"

Picking up his costume case from the ground, Izuku gave Himiko one final wave before he departed with Emily.

Grabbing her things, Himiko descended into the station, making her way to the correct platform. As she stood there waiting for the train, she heard a voice behind her that made her freeze.

"Hey, it's cat girl!" The voice of Nejire called out from behind her. "I almost missed you because you changed your hair!"

Himiko whirled around to see the upperclassman approaching her, and felt a sinking feeling in her stomach. "Is this your train too?"

Nejire smiled and nodded. "Yep! I'm interning with Ryukyu this week! What about you?"

Himiko couldn't help herself as she groaned. "I'm also interning with Ryukyu."

"That's amazing!" Without asking, Nejire grabbed Himiko and pulled her into a hug, despite her flailing in protest. "We're going to have so much fun together!"

"Le-let go of me!" Himiko finally managed to pull herself out of the hug, looking at the upperclassman.

She was staring happily at Himiko. "Your quirk was super impressive during the sports festival! I didn't know you could do that! You came such a long way from our finals last year!"

Himiko found herself blushing. Given Nejire's rather infamous airheadedness, she was surprised that she noticed. "T-thanks."

After a brief announcement, a train pulled into the station, its doors opening to await passengers.

"Oh, that's our train! Come on, let's sit together!" Nejire grabbed Himiko's hands and began pulling her towards the train, and Himiko barely had time to grab her bag off the ground before she was pulled inside.

She already knew she was in for a long week.

AN: Well, things are progressing on multiple fronts. I hope nothing bad happens during their internships.