The Emerald Prince

Chapter 67: Gossip girls

Picture drawn from a photo shoot done by the K pop girl group Dal Shabet. (I don't actually know the group, but the picture suited what I had in mind really well).

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"YOU FUCKERS!"

With the exception of Bakugou who is fair if violent in all things; as Izuku predicted, most of the insults on the classes' arrival were directed at Shinsou. Though compared to what he'd experienced before UA, this was cute in comparison and he brushed it off easily.

After enjoying the shouting for awhile, the greenette did eventually come to his rescue, with a shy announcement that he'd helped cook them all dinner and that he hoped they'd like it.
In one sentence he dissolved all their grudges, and their exhaustion vanished as they raced past the duo like a pack of feral wolves.

Once the dust settled, Aizawa strode toward them. "I had a speech Izuku."
"Sorry!" said Izuku, though they both knew he didn't mean it, "it was just to eat, relax and prepare for hell tomorrow though right?"
The teacher scowled but caved, "go eat, or there'll be nothing left."

He wasn't wrong. Class 1A had demolished everything.
Thankfully both Bakugou and Todoroki had independently defended portions to give Izuku, so both he and Shinsou got food in the end.

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"How did you know?" Asked Ashido, leaning over the table desperate to get an answer.
Izuku shrugged, "I looked out the window. Did you see a toilet?"
"No..." she said as a few more class members shifted along the benches to listen.
"Then why were we stopping, when the place was only an hour and twenty minutes away?"
"You have a point..." said Ojiro, looking sheepish.
Yaoyorozu sighed, "I feel a little stupid now..."
Izuku shrugged. "It was beneficial for all of you, and it was what our teachers thought would help us. Besides, none of them will tell you, but you guys got here an hour sooner than they predicted!"

He cheered them up with that, and soon they'd finished dinner in a energetic mood, only dampened by the discovery that for the rest of the camp they'd be cooking their own meals.
Tiger and Ragdoll led them up two flights of stairs, Ragdoll showing the girls to their room, Tiger bringing the boys up another flight to their own lodgings.

It was a large room, with cream walls and a bathroom attached, though he informed them there were hot springs in one of the out buildings to be used after training. If he noticed the sudden light in most of the rooms' eyes at the mention of hot springs, the hero ignored it, as he went through safety precautions and rules despite the fact more than half of the room barely paid attention.

Almost the moment Tiger'd left, the room went into uproar, as bags were hastily unpacked and futons put out so the exhausted boys could go to the hot springs. Only Izuku, Tokoyami Bakugou and Todoroki took their time, though for different reasons. Tokoyami was body conscious, Izuku was scar conscious, and Todoroki and Bakugou were Izuku conscious. Well most of the room was Izuku conscious... but only Bakugou and Todoroki were aware that Izuku must have scars. The rest were just desperate to get him to a hot spring.

"Izuku!" Kaminari beamed at the short teen, "hurry up! It's hot spring time dude!"
Izuku smiled awkwardly, "Unlike you guys I didn't do any training today... so I'll pass!"
"Come on, Mon Ami! C'est Hot Springs! How can you resist!" Exclaimed Aoyama enthusiastically. Kouda nodded, and Sero took Izuku's hand to playfully pull him out the room.