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Aoyama Is strangley excited to become a human disco ball in front of an audience. The Herotube thing has given the class as a whole a lot more confidence then they originally had, so that might be a factor.
Aside From that, Izuku is ready to dance in front of a lot of people, and Aizawa is setting up the livestream they are going to be using to show the world the talent the UA students have. All the other classes are doing their own thing, but things like the obstacle coarse and the booths won't be livestreamed. Instead, all the classes will go around with their phones and record their favorites. It ensures that they have fun while being able to spread the news of what's happening at UA, so they don't Get burnt out or start Only doing things for the channel.
Their schedule Is pretty spaced out, so they should be able to avoid that anyways, with 20 people having the responsibility split between them.
Urakaka jogs up next to him, interrupting his train of thought. “You're excited, Deku?” He gives her a nod of affirmation and a fist Bump. She carries On. The class has already done their practice rehersal, and they have time while parents and other classes filter in to See the concert they have prepared to double check everything they need, and .ame sure any mistakes made in the rehearsal were discussed and in order.
Izuku is teased for being late, and multiple People walk up to him to tell him that the only thing he needs to improve about the actual show is showing up on time. Izuku is also eternally proud that he knows his classmates mean it in all good fun and dont have any malicious intent behind it.
His classmates try to do the same with Kacchan, but after the third angry explosion aimed at Kaminari, Aizawa came backstage to tell both of them to knock it off. Kaminari decided to follow his instructions and Kacchan has started yelling at his other friends, who have stepped in for Kaminari to tease him about being late.
The curtain closes, the sign for them to get in place, and they all hush instantly. Kacchan almost falls on his face when he tries to silence an explosion. It seems he finally remembered that there were people who could hear him. The livestream probably caught some of it. Izuku can't wait to find clips of that on his feed.
The backstage crew gives a thumbs up and Jiro sends a signal to everyone they are ready. He can hear people stop talking as the lights dim and the curtains get ready to open.
When the curtain opens, everyone is in position. Izuku tries to search for Eri, but the lights Are basically in his face, making it hard to see the crowd. At least he doesn't know how many people are out there, until he gets above the lights while He hefts the human disco ball above the crowd (at least he has Tsu, who has to yoink around a human ballon along with him)
“Thank you for coming!” Jiro shouts into the mic, and the music Begins, And they start dancing.
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Eri has never been to a concert. But there are a lot of people, and Aizawa is holding her on her shoulders while Mr. Mic ignores his patrol duty and manns the camera for the “livestream” for Class 1A.
There are some similarities and some differences from UA (that's what they call it) and Overhaul's Mansion.
She's not allowed off campus, and the adults have to go on patrols, and she has her own room, And she's being showered with gifts. They try to make her smile, and there's one guy they all take orders from, even if they are fully capable of killing the guy.
However, the differences are what make Eri confused. Even just a tiny bit.
She's not allowed to leave, unless she's with an adult. The adults have to go on patrols, but they (at least Mic) Seem to be okay to disregard that rule in favor of “digging music”. She has her own room, but she's never locked in and can come out for snacks or drinks anytime. She's being Showered with gifts, not because they are trying to make her stay, but because they want to give her something. They try to make her smile, but its because smiling is common in this place. when she told Deku that she had forgotten how to smile, he got a sad look on his face, and next thing she knew she was Invited To the concert. The one guy that everyone is fully capable of killing, Nezu, is pretty Feared, But Eri likes him.
They don't even try to kill him, but it's not even because see they Fear him, it's because killing isn't allowed here. And she fears that If they find out about her past, about what she did to her parents, they might send her away. This place might be similar to the other one, but this one is infinitely better. Eri wonders why something With so many similarities to her old life can be so much Better. Even the doctor here is nicer, but she still took a blood sample and put the squeeze-thing on her leg and the bright thing in her eyes and ears. She reassured Eri when she flinched, let her have breaks and juice pops, and explained why she was doing what she was doing.
Eri is so glad Deku helped her, even if it risked his life. She's glad Lemillion Gave her his cape, without it, she wouldn't have thought to let Overhaul go.
She's distracted by her thoughts when an explosion goes off and the girl at the front with pretty Dark hair starts Singing.
She doesnt even get scared, because she's on Aizawa's shoulders and he was one of the heroes who rescued her. He rescued Deku from her disease.
Quirk.
She knows that Aizawa will keep her safe.
She gapes when people fall from the ceiling, she saw Deku sneak off but he has yet to return. The floating girl high-fives people and they start floating. The boy who always seems to dazzle is spinning and reflecting light in a fabulous way. She squints through the lights above her head, trying to see who they were connected to, and sees a green-headed frog girl with he tounge directly attatched to gravity girl's waist. She sees Deku holding Disco ball (his temporary name since he was announced that way) and balancing on a light beam, smiling down at his classmate and giving him reassurance whenever he looked queasy.
Just like that, Eri realizes. The reason this place is So kind, and so fun, and so nice to be, is because these people are like her. And she wants to be like them.
She looks back at singing Girl. At disco ball, and at Deku. She looks at Singing gril again. The music flows through her soul, the cheerfulness fuels her face, and she feels he lips turning up in an imitation of the lady's own face. She looks confident. Her mood exits through her face and flows over the crowd, hitting Eri full force on Aizawa's Shoulders and soaking in to the rest of the crowd.
Eri realizes she's smiling, and she can't wait to show Deku and Lemillion. She can't believe that concerts have to power To spread joy so quickly, how many People started jumping up and down, uncaring of interrupting the chorus for cheering.
She decides she wants that when she grows up. She wants to spread joy as much as she can, and she wants to do it her way.