A Ray of Hope for Tenya Iida

Dumb Dunce Face

(TW: swearing and aggression)

Bakugou's pov: I got tired of hearing four eyes whining about how "I don't wanna do this!", "It's not educational!" blah blah blah. Fucking extra can't even relax, can he? Well, it's not like anyone else is gonna point this shit out.

"Of course four eyes hasn't seen Star Wars. You gonna chicken out of a fucking movie? What, does relaxing scare the shit outta you, you extra?!" He looked at me with that stupid expression on his face for a bit before giving in. The extras were talking about some nonsense shit, but as the movie popped in, I noticed something was off with four eyes. He didn't look the same as when we usually pay attention to him. He looked more tired, less like himself. Was I worrying about that extra?! No fucking way! I don't fucking care. But he didn't look right, that's for sure. Did anyone else even notice? He didn't even seem like he was engaged in the movie, just staring at the screen blankly. I threw a pillow at him after a while of it just getting annoying. "Extra, pay attention, the plot's right in front of you, damn nerd. Get the fucking answer so you can leave like you wanted to." I grumbled, force of habit- no, he's just an annoying four eyes nerd, so obviously I'd do that. Raccoon eyes paused the movie. 

"I was already paying attention, Bakugou, and it's rude and unheroic to speak during a movie when others are trying to pay attention! And on top of that, you really shouldn't be throwing things at people! You need to-"

"Dude, shush! Chill! Damn, we're just trying to have fun, it was endearing, you should know that by now, Iida. You're not in karate, so you should chill out with that, you could hit someone." Dunce face raised his voice at four eyes, which wasn't like him at all. What the fuck?! Four eyes tensed up and adjusted his glasses before bowing slightly.

"Ah, of course, I should've noticed that before, I apologize. I'll try not to interfere again, and I'll try to 'chill', as you suggested. Thank you for your criticism." He was fine with it?! What kind of bullshit's going on that I don't know about?! Why did no one else see a problem with this except shitty hair?!

"Hey, Kami-bro, that wasn't really manly of you to get angry like that with him dude." Shitty hair smiled nervously, and it was clear as day he didn't have a fucking clue what was going on.

"It's alright dude, he just learns better if we talk to him the way he talks to us, right?" Dunce face just invented stupid all over again. Four eyes looked actually shocked and shitty hair looked confused.

"I treat you all like that?" Now he's done it. Fuck. Four eyes bowed up and down swiftly, as if he was trying to learn to headband or something but really fucked up. "I deeply apologize! As the class rep, it's my duty to be of service to you and build you all up, not break you down! I'll be more diligent to watch how I communicate with you and be more respectful of your feelings! If there's anything I can do to make it up, I'll gladly do it! If you'll excuse me now, I don't want to bother you all while you watch... 'Star Wars'? I'll be on my way now." He rushed out of the room. What the fuck?

"Bro, I don't think he talks to us like that, he builds us up and makes sure to just keep us in line, you just snapped at him." Shitty hair put it best, I guess.

"Dude, I didn't know he was gonna react like that, gimme a break!" Dunce face whined, "If I'd known he'd feel like shit about it I wouldn't have said it like that!"

"Well the fact of the matter is it's done now. Now, what needs to happen is you need to go apologize to him! It won't be that hard, Denki, I believe in you!" Raccoon eyes chimed in, she'd decided to get things fixed herself. 

"Well, I don't think apologizing alone will do anything for the situation, man. I think you could offer to study with him or something, he tries to get people to study with him a lot, especially if they're having trouble in class, so you'd be perfect!" Tape elbows teased while roughing up dunce face's hair. 

"Aww, come on dude! His studying's the most boring!" Dunce face complained.

"Shut the fuck up, you're going, apologizing to that shitty nerd, and then you're going to study with him and get a really good fucking grade on the next test to make up for it. Got it?" I was tired of him whining and causing a commotion. 

"Ughhhhhh, fineeeee." He practically dragged himself forward to four eyes' room. 

Aoyama's pov: I was gliding forward to the main area because I heard something going on, but when I went to look for the commotion, it was too plain not to notice. Iida bowing up and down like a quick version of those dropper birds you put in a glass and have bob up and down to "drink the water", everyone else staring shocked. Someone'd hurt Iida's feelings and he was apologizing for it. I could practically smell the insecurity and self hate from here, hmm. No one was even doing anything? I'd have to see to that later. How are you, dear reader? Have you eaten something yet? Gotten water? Any meds? Sleep? I'll wait. You're back? Great, darling, now let's move on. After he left, I followed him for a bit. He went to his room and started cleaning with a lot of passion, and he was studying while doing it. Obviously a distraction from his issues, none can fool me, after all. He was about to start talking about it, I could feel it. I sat down near the door and listened. 

"I've been horrible to them! It's reasonable to speak with me in such a way, I've always been talked to like that and it seems natural to me, plus it's my way of communicating, but I must've hurt their feelings! I really don't deserve to be class rep, do I? Midoriya would never have acted like this, he was a much more respectable option than I was, I have no idea why he chose me. The only logical explanation is that he felt pity for me, and I don't want to be an object of pity. Did they have to laugh when I thought it was a documentary? It seemed logical to me, it wasn't funny. It's not like it bothered me, but they could've at least tried not to laugh at me. And was it necessary for Kaminari to make those jokes about me?" This was a problem indeed. I pulled out my bubblegum pink notepad and my red pen and started writing.