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Tenya usually was the first person in class. As class rep he felt like it was his duty to quickly and efficiently prepare the classroom for homeroom especially because of the exams they had in Present Mic’s class today. The usual morning consisted of organizing the desks back into the neat precise lines he left them in the afternoon before and making sure the chalkboard was free of dust, today would require extra care so his classmates wouldn’t be distracted.
This also meant he would have to go through the desks and temporarily remove all the hidden attractions like Sato’s sweets, Jirou’s mp3, Aoyama’s mirror and sometimes Tokoyami’s dark novels. Of course, this was all tidied up and replaced at the end of the school day, Tenya just knew the janitors didn’t have the same precision as him.
This morning would be no different. He quickly rose from the bed and went to the bathroom to freshen up for the day after making the bed. Coming back to his room he carefully analyzed the shelves of glasses lining the wall. After careful deliberation, he decided that the seventy-fifth pair would be sufficient for the day. Straightening his tie and combing his hair, Tenya reached for his bag and headed out, ready for the day.
Moving down the stairs he quickly recapped last night’s study session. Between him, Todoroki, and Midoriya he was certain they could conquer the deeper meaning of the Romeo and Juliet reenactment Present Mic screamed at them. For some reason, while they were reading the play amongst themselves Midoriya’s face did not stop burning.
Pausing on the steps he pondered if he should be worried about his health, he did seem to be quite flustered as he read the lines of Juliet opposite Todoroki. The latter, of course, had no issue being a suave prince, but he did tend to be a bit much with the gestures. Every other line he would reach out and caress the other boy’s face or gaze at him so intensely that Iida felt as if he were intruding and chalked it up to strong studying habits.
That also reminded him of Uraraka’s curious absence last night. They had all agreed to meet after school but just before the designated meeting time, the gravity user had sent a group text apologizing and saying that other things had come up. Midoriya had briefly fretted over what that meant, concern lacing his body before Iida reassured him to trust in her words. Todoroki reaffirmed his words and told them she looked happy enough at the end of class.
Shaking his head, he glanced at his watch and almost activated recipro burst at the time. Being almost ten minutes behind schedule could cause him to arrive after the vice president, which didn’t sit well with him. He refrained from using such drastic measures after recalling the no quirks rule, he must lead by example.
With a renewed vigor, Tenya set to finally making it into the common room to rush out the main door. His mind was filled with how to go about organizing the classroom this morning, what encouraging words he would give before the exam, remembering why the violent love in the play is significant, how to get everyone in their seats before the bell rings, a proper greeting for his vice president, why exactly Midoriya became a blushing mess just after the scene of the kiss-
All these ramblings came to an abrupt halt when he saw two of his classmates huddled on the couch. Mouth opening and closing Tenya’s brain short-circuited almost as bad as Kaminari and his arms and legs took on a mind of their own as he hopped foot to foot and flailed.
The couch had snack wrappers thrown all over the floor, which nearly gave the class rep a heart attack and just as he was about to reprimand the culprit the words caught in his throat. There were two notebooks with notes scrawled all over, one had noticeably angrier handwriting compared to the looping hearts of the other. The English textbook from class had been knocked to the floor forgotten with the pages open to the play.
Legs intertwined and arms tightly wrapped around her midsection, Bakugou was deep in sleep on top of Uraraka. Tenya’s mind faltered again at the expression on the boy’s face, this was the calmest he had ever seen his explosive classmate. Uraraka seemed oblivious to the ticking time bomb nuzzling on top of her, in fact she looked almost serene with her hand resting on his head and holding him to her chest. Her other hand hung loosely off the couch grazing the floor.
So stuck in time at the bizarre image in front of him, Tenya didn’t notice Yaoyozuru step up beside him. The whole situation made him dizzy. Dizzy enough where he didn’t notice Todoroki or Midoriya approach either. Or Shoji, Koda, Sero, Asui, or Hagakure. A click was vaguely heard from his left as Sero snapped multiple pictures, most likely for blackmail. Kirishima and Ashido rushed to join in when they noticed the commotion.
Maybe there was a flirt quirk villain hiding in the shadows? That would explain the odd behavior from last night at least but the situation at hand seemed a bit much in comparison. Maybe Aizawa should be alerted, this obviously wasn’t any regular villain. His musings were cut short when Bakugou suddenly moved.
Stretching out a lazy arm Bakugou pressed his face deeper into the cushion. Tenya held back his reprimand on PDA and watched with mounting anxiety as he slowly pushed himself up, hovering above the still sleeping Uraraka. Everyone held their breath as he blinked and rubbed his tired eyes before they focused on Sero’s phone, now recording, directly in his face. His expression slowly changed, the class quietly preparing for the storm, he glared at his classmates and opened his mouth to presumably unleash hell on them when a small movement below him caught his attention.
As if he was completely unaware of having slept on her Bakugou shot up and all hell broke loose as he attempted to murder Sero, Kirishima, and Ashido all at once. At Bakugou’s flustered explanation of late-night studying Tenya checked the time again and immediately began hollering for all his classmates to get moving. Yaoyozuru joined in on organizing their flustered classmates and helped Uraraka wake up and rush to change. Ashido joined in quickly, most likely to interrogate her friend and get all the details.
While directing traffic and yelling out encouragements for the exam it seemed that Tenya was the only one who noticed the quiet blushing gaze between his classmates before they went back to yelling and running from their friends.