A Slight Emotional Manipulation of Peers

I'm Not A Regular Dad I'm A Cool Dad

Shota wandered aimlessly outside the student dorms, hands outstretched like an acrobat as he balanced on the thin stone slab. He was supposed to drive home with Nemuri and Hizashi, but when he looked behind his seat an hour into the ride only to see his purple-haired friend switching her hero shoes to a different pair of heels that were scarily long in height and filled with black straps, and realized that his friends never planned on going home in the first place but rather tried to trick him into joining them at yet another nightclub, he jumped and rolled out of the car and sprinted back to school property.

And yes, maybe it was a little impulsive of him to launch himself out of a moving vehicle on the highway, and maybe his friends were justified by screaming his name out because he could have been run over by the speeding truck, but it was worth it in the end. Because there's no way in hell he's going to have a repeat of their last experience there.

It only lasted five minutes before Shota successfully escaped his friends' clutches and got the hell out of there, but he saw enough flashing lights and got enough uncomfortable job offers to scar him for multiple lifetimes. He really doesn't give a rat's ass about what the strippers and pole dancers do with their lives, because hey it's a fuck ton of money and he can see the appeal in getting discounts for the alcohol and food, but he can confidently say it's not the career for him.

And he would have walked the perimeter of the teachers' dorms once he got back a couple hours later but Vlad was playing fetch with his dog- at 7 in the evening, by the way, bloody psychopath- and he didn't feel like becoming a murderer today. Maybe tomorrow. He supposes it was tolerable for now, though, considering he was already planning on checking on the kids.

He can't even count how many times he's had to sprint to the dorm's kitchen after hearing the fire alarm go off only to see a frazzled, post-nightmare Todoroki standing over a melted tea kettle. Actually, he can, it was three times. He's a little concerned at this point, but until he can find out what the symbolism is, he's gonna leave it to Hound Dog.

But back to his aimless wandering.

Shota considered himself a decently prepared person, despite how much other people think he sleeps (which is pretty stupid of them, because why would he sleep in-between classes, drink too much coffee, and develop mile-long eyebags if he slept that much?). He always arrived to work on time, he always got his grading done, he always completed Nezu's orders without much struggle- which he considers a pretty respectable accomplishment- and most importantly, he was always at least 99% aware of what was going on at all times.

The only exception was six hours ago when Nezu dropped the vice principal bomb on him... And the last fifteen years when he was apparently also being tested. Actually, that brings him to his original point. He's prepared, he can follow directions, he can do all of that easily but for the love of God, he doesn't know what the fuck he's supposed to do now.

And no, this isn't his usual moral dilemma about how he doesn't know how to help kids with villainous quirks- that's also for tomorrow-, this is him legitimately not knowing what he's supposed to do. Great, he's vice principal, but what does that even mean? This past week was him acting as the principal, but there's no way these two jobs are even remotely alike. Not to mention Nezu was the one who took care of all the paperwork and more professional matters last time just so Shota could properly do his little exam and all his wild course of actions. Things are going to get harder now and he has to properly brace himself for that.

So what's his new schedule? Is he still training his students with the skills they'll need for the various kinds of problems they'll face as heroes, teaching them quirk laws, proctoring their exams, and monitoring them at secondary locations for simulation training? Or is Nezu going to cut some of them out of his list of responsibilities to make room for his duties as vice principal? And speaking of his role as vice principal, what even is that? Should he start managing his time to make room for any new paperwork or disciplinary actions for students he'll have to take care of? Or is Nezu saving that for when he has more experience?