Mystery from Another World--MHA

Part 40: Peer Pressure/Bakugo Riffs A Movie

Mina complained to Hagakure that things were dull the following day. She didn't say it was because of the gloom still hovering over the class, but that was the reason they all were thinking. Even at lunch, things seems hushed. Shine's absence was noticeable-- She always ate in the cafeteria with the students, but she wasn't there that day.

Conversation turned out be more dull. They had never noticed how Shine often brought up different subjects from regular school ones. Movies, stories, personal questions, etc. It wasn't anything to notice, normally, but when they were left to themselves, they tended to just talk about training and quirks and schoolwork... and that was what they were just gravitating around today.

"We talk about school all the time," Hagakure groaned. "How about switching it up?"

"Okay... what should we talk about?" Mina asked.

"Um... the weather?" Hagakure tried.

Mina gave her a look.

"How about the news? Ribbit," Tsu suggested.

"Ugh, that's depressing." Mina waved her hands sporadically. "Doesn't anyone have an interest outside what's immediately around us?"

"Nice word choice," Tsu said, dryly.

"I know, right?" Mina was pleased with herself. "I don't know where that came from."

"Yao-Momo." Hagakure tugged her arm, snapping her out of her daze of being lost in thought. "You must have an idea! What can we talk about that's not boring?"

"Nothing's boring if you approach it with curiosity," Momo said. She was still absorbed in the events of the past two days.

"Boys, we could talk about boys," Mina suggested.

"No," Ochaco and Tsu both chorused firmly.

Mina pouted. "Well, I'm out of ideas. Even discussing the weather would be better than this."

"The weather is lovely today," Ibara said, sitting across from them at the 1-B girl's table.

"Sure when she says it, it's okay," Hagakure muttered.

Monoma, who seemed to follow Ibara, perhaps because she was less aggressive, gave them one of his supercilious smiles. 

"Where is your bizarre older sister toady? Did you finally scare her off?"

Ibara winced in sympathy.

"She's visiting a friend," Momo said, with more dignity than the other girls would have mustered just then. (Momo only assumed Shine must be doing that if she was not with them.)

"Oh," Monoma looked disappointed.

"Did you want her to be here?" Tsu asked weirdly.

"No, of course not. I'm just surprised, after all your hostility--"

"Monoma!" Kendo grabbed him by the collar and yanked him away. "Sorry," she called.

"How do you think he knew about that?" Mina hissed.

"Maybe everyone knows, and they're all silently judging us!" Hagakure said, shrinking down in her seat.

Given how many students had the ability to eavesdrop and gather intel, this really wasn't much of a stretch.

"Word travels fast," Tsu shrugged, "Well, Mina, that was a different subject."

"Not what I meant," Mina moaned, "Ugh, I'm tired of always fighting over this. So what if they're a little strange? Who isn't?"

"I think it's the conflict they cause constantly that was really the problem," Tsu said dryly.

"Yeah, but does it bother anyone else that, like, the whole school is on their side?" Hagakure sat up again.