Mystery from Another World--MHA

Part 20: Getting off Probation and getting a Promotion

Momo woke up with a headache and a sense of shame, but when she came down for class, Shine didn't say a word about anything. In fact, she was reading and taking notes. Todoroki seemed better. Iida was rushing everyone to get out the door.

"Where's my math textbook!" Kaminari yelled, freaking out.

"Where'd you leave it last?" Jiro said helpfully.

"I don't know!" Denki said.

Shine reached behind the sofa cushion and pulled out two textbooks. "Here's a math book, based on the numbers on the cover anyway...and I think this is a history one? Hard to tell."

"Oh, thanks," Sero grabbed it.

"Thanks Miss Likstar. You're a life saver," Kaminari said.

"You shouldn't have lost that to begin with!" Iida made chopping motions with his hands, "Don't leave your stuff lying around the common area. It's unsightly."

"Dude, I didn't mean to. It slipped back there," Kaminari said.

"No excuses!" Iida said.

Shine looked up.

"Iida-san, I'm trying to read. Could you yell at your classmates outside?"

Iida looked guilty. "Oh, uh, yes. Sorry..."

"Out of my way extra--" Bakugo shoved Mineta out of his way.

"Hey!" Mineta complained.

Momo grabbed her backpack.

"Are you okay?" Mina asked her, "You haven't said anything all morning."

"Oh, yes, just tired," Momo said hastily.

Mina nodded. "Yeah, me too... Aizawa's been killing us in training this week...It's going to be worse when 1-B joins us again!"

Shine looked up. "Do you guys ever take a break on the weekends?"

"Oh, well, we usually have a lot of homework to finish by then, so we can only spend a few hours chilling," Mina answered, "Unless you're Momo and finish everything early."

"I don't finish that early," Momo said.

"And then you tutor the idiots," Jiro said.

"Hey, she tutors me too," Mina said.

"And Mina," Jiro amended. 

"I've seen you all studying together," Shine said, "but I didn't realize it was tutoring. Girl, I do that too." She laughed. "At home. It's fun."

"Yes!" Momo brightened at once, "It is, isn't it?"

"That moment where someone gets it, finally, after struggling. It's gold," Shine said.

"Exactly," Momo had never had anyone else ever get it before, "It's so rewarding."

"Sounds like hell," Tokoyami shuddered. He couldn't imagine doing that.

"If you need any help," Shine said, "I'm happy to assist. I am a college student after all... Though, no promises for math. I couldn't do highschool math."

"Do you want help?" Momo offered.

Shine laughed. "No, I don't want a math book anywhere near me--Kaminari, you keep that thing the heck away from my space."

"I don't think the common area is your space," Kaminari said.

Shine sat up. "Where I am is my space, dude. I own the ground I walk on." She said that so confidently, and with irony, that Kaminari had to smile weirdly.