Finally, after a harrowing nightmare at the Summer Training Camp, plus a subsequent mission to rescue Kacchan, the entirety of Class 1-A had been moved to UA under its new "boarding school" format, and each of them got their own individual dorm rooms. Naturally, the class took it upon themselves to tour each other's dorms to see who had the best one. The only exceptions were Kacchan, having been wiped from his recent ordeal, Mineta, because pretty much everyone agreed that his was probably too pervy for words, but most notably Tsu, and it became apparent why when Uraraka prompted Deku, Todoroki, Iida, Kirishima and Yaoyorozu to come outside with her. Kirishima in particular couldn't help but wonder about the whole thing:

"So uh…where are we going?"

Kirishima stopped dead in his tracks when he saw Tsu standing in the quad, hanging her head. Uraraka led them over:

"Right here. Tsu said she had something she wanted to tell everyone."

Tsu took a deep breath:

"You guys know I'm pretty straightforward; I always speak what's on my mind, but sometimes…I dunno, I'm at a loss. Remember what I said back at the hospital, when you were talking about the rescue?"

The class flashed back to what she'd said back then:

"Going after Bakugo would break the rules. That means you'd be acting like villains, not heroes."

Deku hung his head and nodded. "Yeah. Every word."

Tsu continued her spiel:

"My heart was hurting, and the things I said must've upset you."

Uraraka put her hand on Tsu's back. "It's OK, Tsu."

"Despite my warning, you still went and saved Bakugo. I didn't know that until this morning. I thought I'd stopped you, but it turns out I was worthless, a complete failure, and suddenly, I had no idea what to say." Tears formed in her eyes. "I didn't think I deserved to joke around with everyone and have fun like usual. But…it made me so sad to be without you! That's why I wanted to talk to you, even if I'm still not sure how I'm supposed to be feeling. I wanted you to know so we could hang out and talk and have a good time again." She attempted to wipe her tears away.

Deku let out a soft gasp. He too felt terrible about himself, knowing that this sweet little frog girl felt this way. Meanwhile, Uraraka did her best to calm Tsu down:

"It's not just you who thinks that. Everyone felt pretty bad and wanted things back the way they were before. That's why we did the room contest, to bring us closer together and make us feel like a class again. It's all we could come up with, so please don't feel like we were trying to trick you or anything." She hopped around and pumped her fist, smiling. "Look…what I'm saying is, let's all work hard at our training and be good friends again, OK?"

Todoroki stepped up to Tsu:

"Listen, Asui…I mean Tsu, I…I'm still not good at social skills, and…I don't exactly know what to say here, but please believe me when I say I would never, ever want to hurt your feelings. In all the time I've known you, you seemed like one of the kindest, smartest students in our class, and I'm honored to fight alongside you. I apologize if I hurt your feelings, and I pray you can forgive me."

Tsu smiled. "Todoroki, I couldn't be mad at you…not after seeing you struggle with gender dysphoria. I forgive you completely."

Todoroki smiled. "Thank you. Now come on, give me a huggle!"

Todoroki wrapped her arms around Tsu and huggled her. However, she misjudged one thing, for Tsu's face was now smooshed in Todoroki's massive chest.

"Mmmmph! Mmmmmmmph!"

Tsu flailed her arms around, trying to escape the marshmallow hell, while everyone else dropped their jaws at the sight of the whole thing. When Todoroki became aware of this, she let go, but not without leaving the little frog girl red in the face, huffing and puffing. Todoroki smiled sheepishly:

"Sorry about that! I forgot that I'm the tallest girl in the class!"

Everyone had a good laugh about the whole thing, while Tsu smiled:

"It's OK, Todoroki. Accidents happen."

Iida, however, was the only one not laughing:

"Class, this is no joking matter!" He waved his arms back and forth. "Let's get back to our dorms!"

Kirishima smirked. "What's wrong, Iida? Got somethin' against girl-on-girl action?"

"Kirishima, this is a mainstream battle shonen anime, not a harem anime! Please go back to your dorm!"

"OK, if ya say so…"

Everyone headed back to their dorms, while Todoroki joined up with Deku:

"Well, I guess all's well that ends well, right?"

Deku smiled. "Right!" His look turned serious. "Although, I can't help but wonder what's going to happen now that All Might lost his powers…"

Todoroki frowned and nodded. "Oh…right." Her smile returned. "But…we got Bakugo back, cheered up Tsu…and you got the girl."

Deku smiled. "I guess so."

Deku and Todoroki headed back to their respective dorms. Even if the future was uncertain, at least Class 1-A was back again.


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