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DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS

________Midoriya POV________

"Here's the deal, we'll be on this bus about an hour before our first stop. Make sure you stay focused." Mr. Aizawa said, looking back at us. Currently, our entire class was taking a bus to attend a training camp which was supposed to help us improve our abilities over the summer. Everyone was so excited for the camp, and even those who failed the exams were allowed to come, provided that they take extra courses. And given the excitement no one really paid much attention to our teacher who just sighed and went back to watching the road, muttering something under his breath.

All through the trip I did little to converse with my classmates. I was still thinking about that day... and that night... I quickly shook my head, my face red from the entire situation. I was partially ashamed of the fact that I had fallen asleep, I could have been killed easily, but surprisingly I wasn't. Shigaraki wasn't lying when he said he wouldn't kill me... but why? Why didn't he? It would have been easy... what am I to him?

"Deku? Are you hot?" Uraraka asked suddenly, catching me off guard. "Your face is all red..." She noticed, tilting her head.

"Uh, n-no... I mean yes! It's r-really hot!" I said, flustered, turning my face away in embarrassment. I was also kind of disappointed when I realized that he had already left once I woke up; he didn't even leave a note, he just... left. I shook my head again. I should be happy that he left! I thought. Even so, I somehow... missed him?

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As soon as we reached our first stop I took some time to stretch. "Finally, I needed off that bus!" Kaminari said, looking around. "Hah, this isn't much of a rest area..." He noticed, to which Jirou agreed. I watched curiously as Mineta ran around, yelling about how he needed to pee.

"Heya, Eraser!" A female voice called. Everyone looked to see two women getting out of a black car, walking towards us and our teacher.

"Long time no see." He responded, giving a small bow.

One of the women smiled. "Your feline fantasies are here! Say, 'meow'!" She said cheerily, waving her paw-like gloves around and striking pose after pose.

"Purrfectly cute and catlike girls!" The other of the pair pitched in, her long tail waving happily.

"You can call us the, Wild Wild Pussycats!" They finished with a pose, while a small child stood nearby. All of my classmates looked confused so Mr. Aizawa took a moment to explain.

"These are the pro heroes you'll be working with at the summer camp." He clarified, though I had already recognized them.

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I walked silently back to the bath after having a talk with Mandalay and Pixie-Bob, their words fresh in my mind. I'd heard so many different people talking about heroes over the last few months... I'd listened to so many different viewpoints; it would have been irresponsible to shrug them off, and yet in that moment I had no reply for Mandalay. As I continued through the hall I couldn't help but think of Shigaraki. Our first meeting at the mall, it seemed so long ago already...and in that time I had somehow become... familiar with the villain... I would never side with him of course, nor could I ever agree with his ideals or twisted morals; He could only ever be a villain to me, nothing more, nothing less. I have to accept that. I concluded. I slowly opened the sliding door to the baths, and as I did so I looked around and couldn't see anyone else but Todoroki standing nearby, picking up a towel from a stack that was mostly diminished due to everyone else already having left.

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