CEREAL

Sero poured cereal into his bowl. He asked, "Anyone got milk?"

"Sure, I'll trade you."

"Thanks Ojiro."

As Sero added milk to his cereal, he heard a chorus of tiny plops.

"Do you seriously do milk first?" Sero asked, outraged.

"Hey, I don't get offended that you do cereal first."

"But you're making a mess! And since the cereal floats, you can't add as much of it into the bowl."

"One, the cereal's going to float no matter what you do."

"Not true. Cereal first means the milk has a chance to saturate the cereal's air pockets. See?"

Sero gestured at his bowl, which had far less cereal poking up then Ojiro's.

"But with my cereal floating on top, it's not going to get soggy. Isn't it disgusting once it's mush?"

"That's the best part! You swirl it in with the milk and drink it all down!"

Kaminari looked their bowls over. "Wait, you mix yours in the bowl? Weird."

"Where else would you mix it?"

Kaminari opened up the cereal box, poured milk inside, and gave it a firm shake.

"See? That way, you get all the cereal dust at the bottom."

"Alright, but what do you do with the rest of it?"

"Put it in the fridge for later."

"Eww!"

"What? I'm not going to waste it!"

Iida walked up. "Does anyone have any cereal?"

Kaminari held up the sloshing box. "Sure, help yourself."

Iida looked squeamish. "May I have cereal that isn't contaminated?"

Ojiro shot Kaminari a triumphant look. "See? Even Iida agrees, and he's the sensible one."

"Thank you." Iida dumped cereal first into his bowl, to Sero's smug grin and Ojiro's scowl. Then Iida took out a carton of orange juice.

"Dude! That's disgusting!"

Iida held up his spoon. "It is orange and chocolate, a classic flavor combination. How is it disgusting?"

"It just is!"

"Well, I need orange juice for my Quirk."

"Then have a glass after your cereal."

"I do that already."

"After having cereal with milk, you psychopath!"

"Milk and orange juice? Together? I feel queasy just thinking about it."

The microwave turned off. The four students turned to see Todoroki take out a steaming bowl.

"Dude! That's just wrong!"

"It is?" Todoroki asked. "Should I have used the stove instead?"

"Used the - why are you heating up your cereal?"

"Haven't you heard of hot cereal?"

"Yes," Ojiro said. "But that's not hot cereal."

Todoroki dipped a finger. "Feels plenty hot to me."

"That kind's meant to be cold."

"Oh." Frost lined the bowl as Todoroki used his Quirk. His spoon scooped up a wad of solidified dairy treat, and he tasted it. "Oh wow, you're right. This tastes way better."

Ochako, green around the gills from watching all this, finally lost her lunch into her bowl. She eyed the fruity pieces floating in rainbow liquid, shrugged, and took a bite.

"What? It was already in my stomach. What's wrong with putting it back?"

Everyone else mutually agreed to stick with eggs.

500

Next time on Cereal Killer: Kirishima eats his without milk because it's manlier, Mineta tries to borrow milk from Momo, Izuku enjoys a nice bowl of screws and motor oil, and Bakugo curses them all out for filling up on such nutrient-poor slop as he prepares himself a proper five-course breakfast.