Colors in the Dark

[36] Reunited

Ayami was both surprised and even a little bemused when she woke up the next morning. Apparently her precognitive sense wasn't lying; Midoriya and Bakugou had gone to Ground Beta the previous night and fought. Both were on house arrest, with the former for three days and the latter for four, and the rest of the class was forbidden from telling them anything until those days were up. Instead, the two were stuck cleaning the dorms.

Many of their classmates were upset, ridiculing the rival boys for letting personal grudges get in the way of their studies, though Ayami could see Kaminari found the situation hilarious, mostly due to Bakugou's explosive and helpless fury. Sero and Todoroki basically called the two fools, and Aoyama wasn't happy at their situation, either. The angry blond was upset further when his heterochromatic classmate reminded him of the extra classes they had to take for the licencing exam makeup, and Midoriya wasn't faring much better with Iida reprimanding him.

At least they weren't expelled, Ayami thought, making herself another cup of tea so her throat- which was feeling a lot better- would hopefully be fully healed in time for class. Chamomile, my favorite. Whoever stocks this place sure knows our tastes...

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The classes of students were walking through the halls, beginning to merge together as they walked to the assembly. For 1-A, that meant Iida chopping his hand aggressively through the air as he demanded they walked in a straight, single-file line.

Of course, Sero pointed out that the only one out of the line was him, much to the other boy's dismay. "The dilemma of the class rep," he winced.

Then, almost predictably at this point, appeared a certain short-haired blond, a wide grin on his face. "I heard a little rumor about Class 1-A." Somehow, his grin grew even wider to the point it could be considered psychotic. "TWO PEOPLE! YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE FAIL THE LICENCING EXAM, YOU LOSERS!" He cackled, eyes wide and almost bloodshot as they stared at the class.

Ayami was annoyed enough with Monoma just showing up, but his mocking of her class again was beginning to drive her nuts. Sero and Kaminari both remembered him from previous run-ins, and his psychosis being even higher than usual. "Bet you were the only one in your class to fail, just like the final, huh?" Kirishima countered.

He only laughed and looked away before dramatically spinning around as the rest of 1-B appeared. "Ha, actually... EVERY ONE OF US PASSED! We've pulled ahead of you, big shots!" Luckily, Monoma's classmates didn't seem in the mood for any type of bragging. Instead, they were walking in small groups and talking quietly. Tetsutetsu waved to Kirishima, and Kendou's wince relayed her silent apologies for her blond classmate's behavior.

Todoroki bowed, apologizing for being at fault. Kirishima consoled him, since it was Class B- more specifically just Monoma- that was making it a competition.

One of the other girls from the class walked over, much brighter than Monoma. "According to teacher Vlad, we'll have classes together this semester! Doesn't that sound like it'll be fun? I'm looking forward to it!"

Ah, Pony Tsunotori, the American exchange student. Hard to forget her from the training camp; she was one of the only ones not knocked out by the poison gas quirk. She seems friendly...

Kaminari seemed flattered by her words, though Ayami quirked her eyebrows when she saw Monoma whispering something to the Class B girl with a manic expression.

Suddenly, she exclaimed, "I'll beat you up so bad you won't be able to get back up!" However, her expression was nothing but innocent and kind. If Monoma sending her a thumbs up was any hint, Ayami suspected she didn't know much Japanese, and that the blond psycho was trying to teach her rude phrases. Kaminari and Kirishima- not the sharpest tools in the shed- were stunned, and Ayami herself just shook her head. Poor girl, stuck with a classmate like that. How's she supposed to learn to speak when Monoma's lying through his teeth?