Visions of Hope

The class passes judgment

"Shinsou is helping him change," Tsuyu answered as she and Sero picked up the coats and shoes. "Midoriya isn't doing well, kero."

Uraraka started for the stairs. "I'm going to pound some answers out of that two faced-"

"How about no?" Shinsou said as he walked the still unresponsive teen back to them. Mina and Yaoyorozu took over, mothering the boy as they made him sit on the couch, wrapped him in a blanket and tried to get him to take a warm drink.

"Why not?" Kaminari asked, feeling angry himself.

Shinsou pulled out his phone. "Here. This is why I came over to help."

Bakugo snatched the phone and saw it was a paused video of Midoriya with the biggest, stupidest smile on his face. He hit play, frowning. A small smile crept onto his face. "Damn nerd. Of course you'd do something so stupid."

Kirishima frowned. "What's he doing?"

Bakugo chuckled. "Our moms used to watch this old movie and his favorite scene was a guy dancing in the rain cause he was so happy. "

"Aww, Midoriya was happy!" Sero grinned. The shared enjoyment of a sweet moment was broken by a pained sob.

All eyes flew to the green bean who just sat crying over the cup of coco the girls had finally gotten him to hold. Shinsou sighed and walked over.

The purple haired insomniac crouched down in front of the boy. "Midoirya, do you want to feel better?"

The pained boy looked up at him, fully understanding what was coming. "Yes."

Shinsou activated his quirk in that response. "Sleep, Midoirya." Mina grabbed the cup as their classmate slumped forward. Yaoyorozu helped lay him back onto the couch.

"Okay, mindfreak," Bakugo hissed. "What do you know that we don't? Give me a reason not to kill the jerk upstsirs."

Shinsou nodded to his phone, not yet releasing his hold on the other teen. "Keep watching the video."

Uraraka grabbed the phone and started it up again. Murmurs started to be heard over the rain and then two voices could be clearly heard.

"Isn't that the UA student from the villain attack? The one who argued with Endeavour?" A citizen said.

"Oh the one who is supposedly mated with his son? Yeah, I think. Man, this is going to go viral!" Another responded. A few others said things similar.

Uraraka watched as their green bean stopped dancing, watching something off screen and then his face fell. The person recording complained about him stopping. The video ended as the teen looked at the camera, eyes pained. The brunette had tears in her eyes.

"He ran away...while Midoriya was doing something so...so Midoriya, " Kirishima muttered.

Bakugo stared at the video, his worried face slowly darkening. "If that half-and-half bastard even looks at Izuku...I will kill him," he growled.

Uraraka handed Shinsou his phone back and went to sit beside her best friend, just brushing the damp hair from his forehead. "He would...he would have told Todoroki about that movie before doing something like that."

Kaminari nodded. "No doubt! He probably thought it would make him smile! I mean Midobro is just like that, right Kiri?"

Kirishima nodded eager. "I would've been happy if my soulmate did that for me. Probably would've joined in too!"

Bakugo found he had to smirk at his crazy red head. "I don't do cheesy stuff like that, so don't get your hope's up."

"Can we at least watch the movie?" Kaminari asked. Bakugo glanced at his sleeping childhood friend.

"Maybe in my room one night...or better yet one of yours," he grunted. "I don't want to bring up bad memories for him."

The other two boys nodded. Kirishima walked over. "Hey, can you help me? I bet he'd feel better in his room," he told Uraraka. The girl nodded and used her quirk to cause the boy to float up enough that Kirishima could get him on his back. A team effort started as the students got Midoriya to his room. They laid the boy down and left, leaving him some comfort snacks and even a new All Might plushie Yaoyorozu had made quickly.

"Class meeting," the dark haired girl ordered as she started for the steps. The class, excluding Midoriya and Todoroki, walked back downstairs. They settled onto the couches and looked towards Ida and Yaoyorozu.

"As class president, I cannot condone what is about to be suggested...but as Midoriya's friend, I fully support it," Ida said. The class sat at attention, waiting for this plan.

Yaoyorozu stepped forward. "I propose we let Midoriya tell us what happened when he is ready," she explained gently. "He is in obvious pain and I personally won't tolerate causing him more. I also propose that we give him as much support as we can. Hang out with him and just give him company. Lastly, I advise that we give Todoroki space. I have a theory as to what happened. "

"What?" Tsuyu asked as she held Uraraka.

Yaoyorozu sighed. "We all have acknowledged that Endeavour is not a great father. I know some of the pressure that can be put on a child from a high ranking family."

Ida nodded. "The expectations can be crushing sometimes."

Uraraka felt fresh tears start. "I call bullshit!"

Bakugo, as well as several others, looked at the normally sweet girl. "Whoa, pink cheeks. Language."

Uraraka smacked her hand to the coffee table. "No! He came asking for help because he wanted to keep things moving forward! After that villain attack he said he didn't care about his dad!"

Yaoyorozu sighed and glanced at Ida who nodded. "Sometimes a person with the stigma may say that only for those ingrained rules to come back. I think, especially after seeing the video, that...that is what happened to him. I think the rules drummed into him came back."

The class was quiet, considering everything. All eyes slowly turned to Bakugo, waiting for his reaction. He was silent for a long time before he snorted.

"Fine. I won't blow his stupid face off," he grunted. "Doesn't mean I forgive him. He promised not to hurt the nerd and did so anyway. He's just another extra to crush as far as I'm concerned."

Ida sighed. "I say we treat him cordially, but nothing more until he gets Midoriya's forgiveness. "

The class nodded, agreeing not to harm their classmate, but also not to treat him as they had been. It took a few moments, but the group eventually dispersed.

Uraraka lay crying in her room, surrounded by the girls in her class. Bakugo wound up in Kirishima's room with his two idiots offering him words or reassurance. Other soulmate couples also gave comfort to each other, while the few singles started praying they didn't get a soulmate like Todoroki.