It has been a unique twenty hours since the USJ Event. By the time the students had gotten back to the main campus yesterday, the media was already swarming the place.
Almost none of them fell asleep that night, either for fear or, most-likely, excitement over what had happened to them prior.
Eventually the darkness of night was chased away by a new dawn.
"Ugh. Did we for-real just stay up all night?" Sero was first to notice the sunlight peeking through the blinds after he got beat by Denki… again.
"How vexing." Momo was next to speak, using words neither of the gamers understood, "It would seem I was too invested in this book to notice the time go so fast."
But they all knew the real reason for their lack of sleep. It wasn't a worst-case scenario, but the students understood the implications that it held.
The day passed just as lazily; everyone either on their phones or talking in small groups.
"COME GET YOUR FOOD, ASSHOLES!"
"Way too loud, bro." Eijiro was thankful for the food, but he had way too big of a headache to deal with his friend's proclamations. Sitting down by his girlfriend, he smiled at the bubbly girl and started digging in. Today was a Western dish, Hamburg steak and mashed potatoes. And it was quite good, too.
"Y'know, if you weren't such a loud-mouth, you'd make for a pretty good house-husband" Way to go, Jirou. Just as things were getting peaceful again.
"THE FUCK DID YOU SAY, WEIRD EARS!?"
"Please Bakubro; not tonight." Eijiro was almost at his limit of loud noises, holding his head in pain. "Yaoyorozu-san, can you make me something for this migraine?"
As the girl opened her glowing palms, Bakubro exclaimed his own frustration. "Fine! Buts it's not because you asked me to; I'm just trying to conserve my voice for tomorrow!"
"Sure man; whatever lets you sleep at night." Sero seemed to also be tired of the obnoxiously aggressive conversation.
"This is a very good meal, Bakugou-san. It is quite the testament to your culinary skill." Izuku looked quite surprised by the blonde's cooking.
"Bah! If you can't make something as simple as this, what are you doing with your life?! It's easy!"
"I wish, my guy." Sato "All I'm good at is sweets."
"I think cold soba is the only thing I know to cook" Todoroki earned a couple weird looks from his admittance.
"I kinda just do microwave dinners when I was at home; saved money on groceries and all." His girlfriend looked down, making the redhead pull her in for comfort. He didn't know everything about her situation, but he'd been slowly getting her to open up and let him help. It felt good to spoil his girl.
"Same here! But I'm just lazy." The group could only see her clothes waving as Hagakure scratched her head.
"I guess we're once again the weird ones, bro." Endorsi gave a teasing smile to her twin and, more importantly, the pinky next to him. "Hate to say it, Mina-nee, but you're gonna have to do the cooking." A few giggled as Mina lightly blushed (an odd sight to those that don't know her, considering she's already pink as a default) as Izuku smiled at the accusation.
"Endorsi, You're making her embarrassed." The male twin pulled the pink girl closer to her, unknowingly making her smile. "Remember I have some dirt on you as well, dear sister." He cast a knowing glance and her tilting his head to the left. A tinge of pink grew on his sister's face, quickly covered up by a fork full of potato.
Wait. Does the other twin like someone, too? Who? Eijiro glanced to the direction Izuku indicated. There's Sato, Ojiro, Yaoyorozu, Hagakure, Tokoyami, and Kaminari. He would have to explore this discovery later.
"But it is true; our family wasn't taught culinary skills, aside from on a fire in the forest." Eijiro couldn't say that was exactly a shock, considering the Jahaad's family had quite a peculiar history. "Everything we were taught was connected to the flow of shinsu and the world."
"Sounds like you were brought up like child soldiers, to me." Kaminari had just enough time to let his opinion free before getting hit in the back of his head by Asui (Tsu, he had to remember that). "Youch!"
"That was quite insensitive of you, Kaminari. Even for me."
"Sorry."
"It's no problem, Kaminari-san; I can understand where one would make that connection." Izuku accepted the apology with a smile.
"Shinsu isn't just some party tricks, like how we use it." Endorsi followed up, "In Korean, it translates as the 'Divine Water'. It is an energy source that that can be used to augment one's self or as a tool to, not only fight, but also to build and create. It is very complicated to explain, honestly."
"Combat specialists like Endorsi and I, are only a piece of the whole. There are also scientists, priests and engineers that make up a majority of those that understand and are connected to shinsu."
"Like The Force!" Kaminari looked proud of himself.
"Haha! Yes, just about." The girl twin giggled a little as a good portion of the class looked confused.
"The what?" Eijiro kinda felt dumb.
"Yeah, what's that?" Sero added.
"I would also like to know what this 'force' is." Yaoyorozu also seemed to be lacking.
Most of the class just gave a dumb expression to Kaminari. At least I'm not alone.
Jirou pinched the bridge of her nose, "Unbelievable."
"Oh hell no!" The electric boy shot up, slamming his hands on the table. "I will not stand to see my friends miss out on the cinematic masterpiece that is Star Wars! This is practically an act of treason!"
"Sadly, I think it's just us four." Endorsi sighed as she looked at the rocker duo.
"So what, you guys were never taught basic tasks like cooking and cleaning; replacing it with training your powers and stuff?" Shouji asked with one of his appendages.
"I suppose it's always been something that was taken care of by the staff and those in branch families not connected to shinsu."
"like maids?" Mineta decided to speak up it seemed. He was practically salivating at the thought of… you know what? I'd rather not think about it.
"I would describe it more as an engine. While those of us with shinsu see more attention and publicity, like the pistons of a motor, those without are just as important to our survival. After all, it's the nuts and bolts that hold the engine together."
"That is a very respectful interpretation, Jahaad!" Iida, as per usual, had to go over-the-top in his praise. Looking between the twins he coughed, "My apologies, I am still unused to communicating on a first-name basis. But I believe we should all strive to respect those less fortunate!" his arms were going crazy at that point.
"Going back to the whole 'no mundane tasks' thing. You said something about cooking on a campfire; That sounds pretty mundane to me." Ojiro quirked his brow.
"Simple; we weren't camping." Kinda misleading to call it a campfire then. "It was a ten-day lone-survival course that ended our initial training." The girl giggled as the class sucked in their breath. "It's not as bad as it sounds. They call it a 'survival-course', but it's meant to further connect us to nature and, in turn, shinsu itself."
"I'd say that's a pretty odd way to do it."
"Eh, fair enough. Few, like this weirdo here, don't even need a fire." She motioned to her brother, "He had enough of a connection to which he survived through meditation the entire time."
"Wow! You're quite amazing, Charming." Mina stroked the boy's chin, casting him a mischievous grin. Something lit up in his green eyes, and Eijiro did not want to see where this was heading. Please; please please please; don't do this here. He was trying his best to ignore it and eat his food.
The room was uncomfortably silent as the class watched the interaction.
Endorsi coughed, "Okay lovebirds, if you're gonna suck face, don't do it here." That seemed to get their attention as they let go of each other.
"Ah! Why's your family gotta be so damn hot!?" Mina's cries resonated with the class; these two were on a different level of physical attractiveness.
"For real! Them and Minty-fresh over here are making the rest of us look like slobs!" Sero gestured to Todoroki, who was ignoring the conversation.
The rest of the afternoon going into the evening consisted of Kaminari dragging the class (besides Bakugou, who had 'his own things to do') into the common room and proceeded to play the first of the Star Wars original trilogy. They were about halfway into the second when both of the twins' phones chimed. They scrolled on their phones for a second, seemingly uncaring about the notification. However Eijiro could see just the slightest hint of urgency on their faces. They both looked at each other and Izuku stood up, "I am going to utilize the latrine."
"Don't take to long shifting yourself." The sister cackled.
"Why must you be so vulgar?" and he left. He's probably using the bathroom like he said. But the redhead couldn't help but feel a pit in hos stomach; like a nagging itch that just wouldn't go away.
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Til next month! O7