Colors in the Dark

[30] Home is Where the Heart is

A/N: Although a bit predictable, Ayami'll find good use of her newfound items to decorate her new room, pictured above! I put a lot of detail into this one, so I hope you like it!

Ayami took a deep breath as she checked out of her apartment, a small suitcase of her belongings trailing behind her that morning as she went to wait for the bus that would take her to UA- she couldn't bring herself to even glance at the images she had taken from Yori's Pocket, and blindly locked them away again. After everything that went down, it would be a while until she'd be able to do anything with them.

She'd be moving into her dorm as soon as she got there.

...

There it was, the UA Heights Alliance dorms, an easy five minute walk from the main school building. Ayami and her classmates- including Kyouka and Tooru- met up on the way as they reached it.

Aizawa was waiting for them at the entrance, wearing his usual emotionless facade. "Given everything that happened, I'm glad we were able to bring Class A back together," he commented, though glad was a bit of an overstatement considering his facial expression.

Sero grinned. "So we all got the go-ahead to move on-campus!"

"It took a lot of convincing for my parents," Tooru admit.

Kyouka began twirling her earphone jack in between her fingers. "I was pretty concerned about mine, too."

"It makes sense," Ojiro reasoned. "You did get the worst of the gas attack."

"We're glad to see the teachers got to come back, too," Tsu added. "I was afraid you wouldn't be allowed. The people at the press conference seemed pretty upset with you guys." Ochaco nodded her head in agreement.

"I was surprised as well," Aizawa agreed. "But circumstances have changed. Now then, I'll explain how your dorm assignments will work shortly. First, however, we haven't forgotten about the Provisional Hero licenses you were supposed to get during the training camp. This is important; listen well. Kirishima, Yaoyorozu, Todoroki, Midoriya, Iida; you five were the ones who broke the rules and went to rescue Bakugou that night." Everyone but a few suddenly shrank back.

Ayami bit the inside of her cheek; she didn't know about their plan beforehand but certainly saw them in action, and the look on her homeroom teacher's face wasn't inviting nor forgiving.

"Based on your reactions, I assume most of you were at least aware of their plan. I'm going to set aside a number of issues and just say this: if it weren't for All Might's retirement from the hero scene, I would expel everyone here, except Bakugou, Jirou, Hagakure, and Ayami. The five of you who went, of course, but also the remaining twelve who didn't stop them. You betrayed our trust, even if it was to keep your friends from getting into trouble. In order to regain our confidence, you'll need to obey every rule to the letter and live as model students. That's all. Now, look alive; enjoy your new home."

"Expelled!? I mean at least he realized you were too busy looking after Kyouka and Tooru and the 1-B kids to have been a part of it, but still! I would have thought he'd be grilling us for being on the scene in the first place!" Ansaluia mused, and Ayami couldn't disagree.

Then, Aizawa turned on his heel and walked inside, and was about to follow him before noticing Bakugou grab Kaminari by the arm and pull him behind a bush. There was a large spark before the yellow-haired boy came out in his "jamming-yay" mode, a brain-dead grin on his face and his hands twisted into thumbs up. Ayami, Kyouka, and a few others couldn't help but chuckle at him.