Snippets of Comfort

Class Photos

New story going out today! Also this is the last bonus chapter. Enjoy!

It was only during school hours and at night that class 1A's dorm wasn't lively. Evenings after dinner were filled with chatter and conversation between the students who most frequented the common area. Those who preferred their own company usually left after dinner to study or have some down time, but once in a while anyone would gather to watch movies, play games or just hang out.

Izuku usually went to his room after dinner to finish homework and watch the evening news, but since it was Friday he decided to take a break and hang out with the rest of his classmates downstairs. He had received texts from Iida and Todoroki and surprisingly, both of them were down on the first floor, so Izuku locked his door and headed for the elevator.

He expected to hear the usual heated arguments that ensued on game nights, but when the doors opened he was surprised to hear that there were no arguments taking place. This time the chatter was accompanied by shrieks of laughter from some and groans of embarrassment from others. Iida's voice could be heard over everyone else, but instead of reprimanding his classmates as he was prone to do, it sounded like he was embarrassed and was asking for something to be burned from history?

Curious, Izuku walked over to the couches where nearly everyone from their class was seated. Most of them were bent over the coffee table letting out peals of laughter, while some stood behind the couches or were sitting on the floor. Iida was on his feet, hurling out words of outrage and swinging his arms around wildly.

"Midoriya! Hurry up and see this!" Ashido called out to him when she noticed him approach. She was pleasantly surprised to see him show up and waved him over from her spot on the floor. How she had spotted him over all the chaos and people remained a mystery.

"What's going on?" He asked, eyes bouncing over to where his tall friend was shouting unintelligibly. The pink-skinned girl had tears of laughter gathering in her eyes.

"Look at this picture of Prez from the Sport's festival!" Ashido beamed and nearly shoved the picture in his face. Izuku almost took a step back, but reached for the photo too close to his eyes.

"No, Midoriya-kun! Do not look at that!" Iida shouted a second too late. Izuku had already grabbed the picture and was staring at it with wide eyes. It was indeed of Iida at the Sports festival during his battle against Hatsume.

Only, it was an extremely unflattering photo of him captured in a net and struggling to get out. At first glance that was all there was to it, but when Izuku looked closer at Iida's facial expression, he couldn't help but snort from laughter. There was something inherently funny about seeing a photo of Iida looking like a fish, when his expression promised pain and retribution. Izuku clapped a hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing any further. He remembered how angry Iida had been at Hatsume taking advantage of him and decided not to add fuel to the fire.

Uraraka, Sero and Kaminari burst out laughing at the inhuman screech that left Iida. Todoroki, who was seated beside Iida covered his right ear with a hand, and Izuku noticed small flames licking his left hand, which was extended slightly forward. He had probably been ready to burn the picture for Iida, who was busy trying to find any others like it from the piles on the table.

"Sorry, Iida-kun!" Izuku apologized and handed the picture back to Ashido, who snickered and leaned back over the table to snag up another picture and held it out to Izuku face down.

"There's also one of you!" She exclaimed with a gleam in her eyes that made Izuku hesitate. He grabbed it anyway and turned it to see why she was looking mischievous and instantly regretted it. It was captured the moment when Team Midoriya advanced to the final round and showed two identical geysers of tears shooting out of his eyes. Shoji, who was standing next to him, saw the picture and let out a chuckle.