Ch 23: the Cultures of UA

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An alarm rings through the room as it is silenced by a first slamming onto it, Izuku raises his torso and sits up as he brushes off the shattered plastic from the shell of the alarm, Izuku rose from his bed and begins to get ready for school, as soon as he was ready he was out the door, arriving to class fairly early and setting his head down on his desk to get some extra shut-eye. As fall rolled around Izuku was unable to keep up with what the gang was doing as he was full of homework, hero training, and most important of all... his hard-fought battle against his nicotine addiction. His eyes were tired and the bags under them are as noticeable as ever, restlessness, trouble concentrating, and sleeping, are all well-known symptoms of nicotine withdrawal and he was going through all of them, plus he was way more irritable than usual, his anxiety was through the roof, and the only thing that seemed to be better was his increased appetite and weight gain which helped with his bulking. At times he remembered that a couple of cigarettes would be enough to solve it but he resisted his urges by going to the gym every time he felt that, "he could REALLY go for a cigarette right now," and his whole body hasn't ever felt as sore as it did right now. Lately, he and Aoyama had formed some sort of weird bond due to the nature of their quirks and on the other hand things with his girlfriend couldn't be any better, life was great right now for the Little Boxer of 1-A. He was awoken by cheers and as he opened his eyes he saw Mina breakdancing at the back of the class while the rest cheered her on. Izuku lifted up his face from his desk, his hair easily going back to it's natural shape unlike his face that was pale and showed all signs of fatigue. His mind started working and he started mumbling as he began scribbling down in his note book, "So Mina's impressive command over her body comes from dancing, which then helps in fighting because she can throw her whole body into every action in a way that isn't dangerous to her, because of all the control she can remove the weight and even move freely which means that she can avoid hazards easily and smoothly, this control over her body could also apply when we..." Izuku was able to notice what the next line of thought was gonna be so stopped himself before he said something he would regret. "I wonder if I can dance like that?"

"Get her to teach you," said Kaminari

"Yeah Izu, let's Dance," said Mina

"Bet, just show me and I'll follow," 

And so after an impressively small cycle of trial and error, Izuku was dancing pretty well

"That was great Zuku,"

"I still can't do it as good as you do,"

"Of course, you couldn't mimic my expertise in a single day but it was much better than when I started, if I had to guess I think your body control is top notch and that's why you were able to learn so easily."

"Sounds about right,"

"Yo, it seems pretty cool that you have a hobby that translates into being a hero," said Denki, "Shit that you like that makes you strong you know?"

"Oh, I hear that," says Izuku, smiling softly and remembering the gang,

"Boxing right?!" asks Katsuki with a knowing grin plastered on his face,

"YEAH!" shouts Izuku very quickly, then regretting it from his constant migraine coming back, 

"Speaking about hobbies, Jiro you've got a big one in music right!?" Kaminari shouts

"Jamming Jay cut it out," she says with a light blush

"Like your room was a full blown Sam Ash, I don't think that even counts as a hobby anymore,"

"Just stop will you? We can forget about the whole room king thing," murmurs Jiro

"No but really, you're like a pro musician! It's super cu-" suddenly he's cut off by Jiro's jack stopping right before his left eye

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