"You got everything?" Maria asked. She reached into the back of her car and placed a giant rolling suitcase on the sidewalk. It was business like usual now, a pantsuit, done up hair, and huge sunglasses.

"Books and clothes. I didn't have a lot to begin with." Geus confirmed.

The press didn't bother him any more after the escape from court's steps to this point. A new mask on his face, this was the closest thing to being a normal person in the hero world. He regained his freedom and the relationship with his closest relative. Maybe it was because he was the closest thing to Keena, and at this moment he was okay with that. The people close to him deserved to smile before the real world was back.

In normal school clothes and nothing extra, it was almost like the first day at school. No ankle monitor, no numbers on his clothes, or any real setbacks, this was real freedom to him. The desire to scream into the sky was overwhelming. Embarrassment was the last thing he worried about today.

"Well you got my number if you need anything. Take a few minutes to learn the new phone, buy some games, just be a normal person."

"Thank you, I know this is hard and everything but thanks for trying."

She lifted up her sunglasses and cleaned her eye with a small cloth. "Yep. I still hate this place and wish it's never around. But this is what Keena would've wanted. I'm not going to deny him that."

Geus embraced her with a hug and twirled around with a waddle.

Day one begins now.

There was a new glow in the sky that Geus hasn't seen in a long time. The rays of sunshine that revealed the brightness of today. He forgot about the happiness in life since the activation of his quirk. His friends had a new reaction to themselves, even Bakugo didn't carry the same anger towards him. He stepped ahead of the rest of class 1-A and carried the same dreaded look from before.

'Guess things don't ever change sometimes.' Geus smirked. His eyes almost instantly widened as Bakugo's arm stretched forward and slabbed Geus's open hand.

"Don't think this makes us friends." He growled.

"Geus! Congratulations!" Uraraka cheered along with many of the other girls."

"I thought the trail would've been much longer with plenty more witnesses." Midoriya questioned before he rambled to himself.

"Really that small bit was for the public. All they needed was a live testimony from Iroh and a couple of private hearings from a couple of the guards." Geus played off.

"You're underplaying yourself!" Iida jumped into the mix and grabbed hold of both of Geus's shoulders. He gave him a violent shake as he started to talk again. "You should be internally grateful for the word by UA and everyone else that was on your side."

"Is it true what he said with your parents?" Mina asked. Her face snuggled in between Iida and Geus's and closed closer to Geus.

Geus's face turned bright red as he leaned back away from the alien queen. "I uh, don't know, I uh, haven't seen the tape yet myself but the court says it's true so I have to see for myself down the road."

"You should watch it before you live your life questioning." Shoto said. "Look at your face as well."

Geus felt his mask. It was the one Hatsume originally gave him during the redesign. At any time he could remove it and look at himself with a clear conscious. But his psyche kept telling him otherwise.

"Maybe one day. But for now I got more pressing matters?"

"The only pressing matters you got is trying not to get spooked." Jiro chuckled.

Geus chose to ignore her with a quiet laugh. "Yes, I'm glad that as a class, 1-A is back together again." Aizawa interrupted the class. Now, I'll explain briefly about the dorms. But first, we will focus on getting the provisional licenses. Kirishima, Yaoyorozu, Todoroki, Midoriya, Iida." Aizawa's eyes intensified. "These five went to save Bakugo. And Sansei, you indirectly also went to save him. Your reactions tell me that you all were at least aware of it."

Gusts of wind gave them a small pause to catch their breaths. Geus didn't feel the trouble everyone else did, he already went through the minuscule punishments for what he did. But his friends were another story. They haven't felt any punishment for their actions.

"If it weren't for All Might's retirement, I would've expelled everyone except Bakugo, Jiro, and Hagakure. Even you Geus. Of course the five that went, but also the twelve that knew but didn't stop them betrayed our trust, no matter the reason. Now that is it." He shifted around and walked toward the new 1-A building. "Let's have some energy."

The doors came wide open to the building. It was the largest building many of the students have ever lived in. The main floor could fit both classes at once and seat and dine them all at the same time. And floor after floor above them carried their bedrooms.

Uraraka was the most impressed with the building. She was stunned and perplexed. "It's like a mansion."

Geus walked by here and examined the building at her position. "This is like the prison." He shrugged. "Soon it will feel like one." He murmured.

Geus went to his own room, it was much like his own. Bath, ac, a desk and bed, a little smaller than what he was used to. But without the need for a small army inside, it was just fine for him. It wasn't like he had a lot to begin with, a single suitcase held all his clothes. Six full outfits and a box that held all his books. It only took him a few hours to shove everything into his closet.

His mind kept switching up how he wanted things, if he wanted all his books out or stuffed in a corner, or in the closet. The freedom of choice felt refreshing, even if in the end it meant nothing. Before he knew it the sky was down for the day. He felt stupid with his emotions at this point. Everything of today was what he felt before the whole prison fiscal. The camp was as free as he could get, his room was just a room, and the night sky was just a night sky.

He pulled open the curtain to the balcony and took his first steps out. The cool breeze felt nice, nothing could replace the real thing. A smile formed on his face as his eyes closed to the sky. His muscles relaxed for the first time today, the stiffness dwelled down on his arms. "It sure has been a week." He chuckled. He went down on his forearms and rubbed his face clean of the sweat.

A series of knocks came from his door. He turned over and walked to the door. To his surprise, a bunch of his classmates appeared on the other side. A lot of the red to the face. The second he touched his face, the realization hit. "Almost forgot my mask." Geus returned to his desk and placed the magnetically locked mask back on. "What are you doing over here?" He asked upon his return.

"We're having a room contest." Mina stepped in first. "Everything is so, plain."

"Yeah, I just got out. I don't own a lot."

Fumikage side stepped next to him and relaxed by his side. "Since your out, you can allow yourself to relax with the power stance."

Geus looked down at his feet. "It was a force of habit thing during my time above ground." Geus shoved his arms through his jacket and zipped up the rest of it. "So." He looked at the people inside his room. "You all good judging?"

"Since it's so boring." Mina drooped her sorrow and lead the group out.

"Hey." Jiro was the last to remain inside his room. She appeared to refuse to keep a look at him. She played with her ear jacks as an attempt to play off the awkwardness of it all. "Come to see me in my room once this is all over. I got something to show you."

Geus turned red, his classmates from his old school warned him about events like this. Usually, they were supposed to happen when he found a genuine interest in somebody. But this only scared him more with how many heroes and friends were in the same place. He gulped down the anxiety that built up and pushed himself off his desk.

"I ah, was thinking of getting to bed. Ahaha, it's been quite the day already with moving two boxes and all."

She flung to Geus's front. Both of her jacks were lodged inside his ears. And the look she gave him placed fear in his brain. "Promise me."

He forced the smile to return to his face. "Of course, of course. Seeing your room would be sweet. Just send me a text when that's all done." Geus inched his way to the door with the broken half smile still on his face. As nervous as Jiro was as well, she took the hint and walked out without eye contact. "I'll see you in a few." Geus said while he closed the door.

'Oh god this can't be happening.' Geus pulled off his mask and placed it on his bed. I'm only a first year.' Geus walked over to the glass door that looked outside to the city. 'She is too of course.' His hands ran over his soft head and down the neck. 'My penpal from junior high said this happened all over America but still, things are different here. Besides, it's only been a year I'm overthinking again.'.

He pulled out his phone from his pocket. Ideas split from texting someone or to just leave things for himself. But who was he close to enough to talk about these sort of things? He was out with as much freedom as he wanted, yet friends were still something eluded from him. He pulled on his own conclusions and tossed the phone next to his mask.

"If I can't even look under my mask... Or see them die." A cold sweat slid from his forehead. "I don't deserve that leap of faith."

Geus fell on top of his bed. His body finally relaxed from the fluffy mattress, his body formed inside the pads and relaxed his muscles. It felt so good to him, the mattress from his room was nowhere close to this level of comfort. His eyes started to drift south, he was too relaxed for consciousness. Both of his eyes remained shut, his memory faded, blackness took over.

His eyes snapped wide open a second later. The ringtone his phone had blurted around the room. He looked at the time above the message it received. "Shit." He rubbed his right eye and sat at the edge of the bed. "Forgot about Jiro."

With the mask on, he took the first steps out of his room. It was nearly uncanny to see Iida patrol the hall with a toothbrush in his mouth. His quirk activated and blasted him at Geus's side. "Sansei! I recommend you return to your room and get enough rest for 8-10 hours to ensure the perfect amount of sleep for tomorrow's school day!"

"Since when did you start calling me Sansei?"

"I was instructed to in case if I found you outside of prime sleeping hours."

"Iida, I want to formally apologize for what I said that day. I was not in the right mind that day."

"We were all hyped on emotions that day. We have a full day tomorrow, you better be prepared."

Geus tsked as he walked past Iida and continued down the hall. He looked at his phone and at the message. From Jiro, 'You're late.'. Geus locked his phone and jogged across the hallway to the other side of the building. He read each sign on the floor till he found her. He stopped at the door and raised his knuckles to the door. Before he could knock the door swung wide open. His eyes couldn't catch up with the momentum, all he saw was a blur that rushed for him. By the time he could see he was inside Jiro's room with the door shut behind him.

She was still nervous as she was inside his room. Her back remained away from him with her head slouched inside. Geus was worried about her but was more distracted by the room. "Wow." He awed. He walked around the fully decorated room. Instinctively his hands brushed the wallpaper and posters scattered around. "I see why Mina called my room boring."

"Showing off my room isn't why I asked you here."

Geus found himself next to the drumset and poked at one of the brass disks. "You made it important enough to text me."

"Well, you're the one that promised me that you'd be here." Jiro was coming out of her shell a bit, she was near him but still didn't look him in the eye.

It wasn't like Geus wasn't nervous at all. His heartbeat raced faster than any villain fight. One wrong misstep and he'd explode. "I did." Geus turned to Jiro. "Why?"

Her face turned even redder once her eyes met with his. Her shaky arms reached around her UA jacket and pulled the sleeves off. At this point Geus barely stood without support. All he could think about was what his old penpal said out of the teacher's radar. And still he couldn't bring up the courage to talk. He watched her drop down to her knees and reach under her bed.

"Alright!" Geus jumped in the opposite direction. His arms swung over his eyes and covered them into darkness. "I can't do that I like you and all but that's not right for this time is all. Don't be mad."

"What?"

Jiro's ear jacks swung around inserted inside his ears and gave him a strong shock. His arms jolted to his sides and sprung open his eyes. Now he saw the shy innocence of Jiro and not at all of what he thought. She held a large black case in her hands. "It's just a gift my dad said was cool to give." She held it out for him to grab. "Not for any of that... Idiot."

"Cool. Cool. What is it?" He laid the large rectangular case on the bed and unlocked it.

"I told my dad about you and he said he had this in the back so... I just decided to give it to you... Since you got out and all."

Geus couldn't find the words to say anything. One mention of it and she set out to it. All glossed up on the galaxy purple finish. The strings showed no signs of wear along with the dials on the bottom. "It's great, I don't really know what to say."

"Don't over think it, my dad just had it in the back."

Geus wasn't convinced with her very weak lie. But that was beside the point, why she did this wasn't important. He was grateful for whatever reason she had convinced her with. It was something he could call his, after his family destroyed everything he had, this was it.

He closed the case and twisted around to Jiro. Even with how great he felt in the situation, Jiro kept her head down. He couldn't let her continue this. Two of his fingers tapped on her forehead and forced her head up. He tapped his forehead with hers.

"Thank you, really."

"If you need lessons at all I can teach you."

"As long as I can play RnB, I'll take all the help I can get." Now the awkwardness set back in, the whole nice scene was set through neither side knew what to do.

"You like RnB?"

"It's calm and quiet." Geus nodded to the drumset. "Blasting loudness isn't my whole me thing. There's a reason why I lean towards you and Kage and not someone like Mina or Midoriya."

"What about Kirishima?"

Geus's finger shot over to Jiro's nose. "He's cool." And booped her nose. "He's different." Geus sighed and closed the case. "I appreciate the gift from you... or your dad. Iida says I need sleep so I'll catch you later." He walked over to the door and pulled it open.

"You're going to sound terrible."

"And you're going to have to hear it." The door closed behind him. Out at the corner of his eye, he saw someone watch him at the end of the hall. Gorgeous yellow hair and a fluffy white shirt. With his open hand, Geus pulled off his mask. His quirk formed around in front of his mouth and stretched it out in that direction. The man that watched him ducked away. Geus smirked and placed the mask back on. "I'm not going to be able to run from this." His phone vibrated again in his pocket. He wiggled it out before the third ring and brought it up to his ear. "Hello?"

"Sweet, I did get the number right, Geus, it's Beka."

Geus started his slow walk to his room. "It's late, why are you calling."

"Listen, it might be a bit early for this, well not the first part. There's going to be a second hearing with the guards affected by you along with a psychologist."

"Okay, I could've heard this in the morning though. So why call me now?"

"There's no way to easily say this."

Geus pushed open his door and closed it as quiet as possible. "Come on, I'm tired."

"You may not get your provisionary license."

Geus froze, he couldn't hold his grip and dropped it on the floor. His normal bodily functions refused to work. He couldn't form a solid breath or swallow the saliva in his mouth. To speak was a struggle on itself, the first word clenched around his throat.

"Wha, what? I thought all of this was over with."

"Iroh's testimony stated you were not mentally well. And a hero destroyed in the mind is not a hero at all. And apparently one of the guards you injured still hasn't given his voice."

"That's right." Iroh's voice added in. Geus nearly lost his balance, luckily his back hit the door before he could fall. "Come on boy, you thought this was over?" Iroh's laugh made it feel like his ears bled. All he wanted to do was rip them off and stop the pain. 'Maybe she's right, I'm not well.' Geus thought. "You thought you got off easy, didn't you? No matter what you do here, whether you drop out into an asylum... I have you exactly how I want you."

Beka's voice started to come back through the phone. No longer did Iroh's voice wander. It was like he disappeared amongst the people. "Sansei, you still there?" She asked.

"Yeah."

"You blacked out on me, you fall on the floor?"

"Yeah." Geus rubbed the side of his head and walked to his bed.

"Just be prepared for tomorrow, two more accounts and your final hearing is over."

"Isn't there like a double jeopardy thing where they can't do this?"

"That only is in play if the same crime is tried twice, this is still the same trial with further evidence. I'll await the verdict tomorrow. Just, don't over think this."

"Yeah."