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It was late autumn. The colorful leaves were floating in the air. During this time, 1-A and 1-B students had matured a lot and moved to the second year of the Hero Course. The guys had learned new techniques, mastered their quirks a little better, and had, of course, received more traumas (both physical and mental), but they still continued to follow their main dream – to become the best heroes of all time.
It was another chaotic day for the U.A. 2-A class, contrasting with the peaceful atmosphere which had settled in outside ; even the soothing sound of the wind blowing and hitting the trees surrounding the big walls of the famous heroes’ school couldn’t cover the loud yells of the most energetic blonds’ couple that was arguing over the smallest of things as usual. And yes, you can easily guess who we are referring to here : for Bakugo’s biggest delight, his beloved classmates had decided to invite the class 2-B over (which Shinso had joined during the last year’s training) in their dorms’ common room, to spend the rest of the day with them, and, certainly, Monoma couldn’t resist provoking the main troublemaker of the whole academy. And so, this is how this story was about to start, and quickly turn into a nightmare for these young people, who only wanted to take a break from all the hard lessons they had to attempt.
After another exhausting day of training with their wild teachers, the guys had therefore decided to chill all together for the rest of the evening, and since the next day was going to be Saturday, they would be able to stay up late. Finally, they would rest properly for the first time in a while. But before that, Tokoyami had thought that it was the perfect time to suggest something different from usual to his friends ; indeed, his favorite period of the year was almost here : Halloween. Everyone knew it, he loved everything related to the dark side, including horror stories. And he couldn’t miss such an opportunity to try to make his mates invested in his biggest horrific passion. Besides, even though he was still disappointed in his mom, because she decided to give birth to him a day too early (he was so close to be born on the most perfect day of the year...), they still had to celebrate his birthday. Indeed, the day before, since they had to attend school and another hard training session, they hadn't had the chance to plan anything for their dear classmate.
Unfortunately, because of this vicious circle (exams-tests-training-internship), they didn't have a lot of time for the usual joys, so the students had chosen to celebrate Halloween at all costs, not only to please their dear bird’s head, but also because a lot of them were really hyped by the idea of celebrating it between peers. They already had decorated the common room (for the record, never allow Midoriya to decorate anything. For real, All Might isn’t the symbol of everything ! By the way, Aoyama isn’t the best choice either in this activity, maybe except if you want to turn a room into Cinderella’s palace). Sato, as the top pastry cook, took care of all the sweets and even drew different kinds of monsters, pumpkins, and other celebration stuff on his tasty biscuits. Plus, he made specific biscuits looking just like the birthday guy, dedicated to him for this special occasion. Speaking about pumpkins, Mina was busy having fun melting various places of the vegetables, to style them and make them look like creepy faces. Some of them, to Iida’s great disappointment, had bought lots of snacks and other junk food. As for Yaoyorozu, she had brought the best tea for all of them. Almost all the preparations were made. The main problem was with the hard choice of a film…
“WHY SHOULD YOU BE THE ONE CHOOSING THE MOVIE, BASTARD ?! YOU’RE IN OUR TERRITORY HERE, SHITTY 2-B CLASS !” Bakugo growled, as angry as ever in front of Monoma’s annoyed face. Yes, this unhinged poseur always pissed him off, but this time Katsuki was almost at his edge of uncontrolled rage, which was, like a blast wave of the explosive quirk, pointed to the cheeky smirk of Neito.
“Because it’s obvious that our majestic class' tastes are better than yours, ill-mannered Pomeranian,” The fancy blond objected as campy as he could. Not everyone dared to provoke Bakugo in any way, but, for the deepest sadness, Monoma was such a person that never forgot to tease all people from 'A' class– especially Bakugo (with great pleasure). The superior grin never left his arrogant face.
“HUH ?! Who’re you calling like that ?!! And how’re your tastes any better ?! Have you ever seen how stupid your hero suit looks ?!” Bakugo’s brows were having some spasms as he adopted a ready-to-fight position. You could easily see the bright sparks on his palms. He wasn’t sure he heard well, did this idiot really have a death wish ?
“You sure you aren’t talking about your costume, walking bomb ?!” It was true that Monoma’s suit wasn’t the flashiest nor the most original one, but he liked it. It was enough for him and his power. He hated when anyone tried to criticize it.
No one was paying attention to them. The pupils were all used to hearing their yells and complaints, and they knew already that it was no use to try to separate them. However, their loud argument had been interrupted by the usual calmest person among them, who seemed to be brave and fearless enough to interfere in their quarrel.
“Hey, who let the dogs out ?” An attempt at a joke had been heard and had immediately drawn the barking hounds’ attention.
“EXCUSE ME ?!“ They turned around and shouted together. The boys exchanged a furious look when they realized they were saying the same thing at the same time and it made them even angrier.
Some of the students opened their eyes wide when they understood who was the one who allowed himself such a mockery. But the surprise quickly left their faces to leave room for slight giggles.
“Who are you calling a dog ?!” Monoma said, in order to make sure he would have the last word.
“I see you listened to my playlist, Todoroki !” A slight proud smile took place on the Earphone Jacks’ face. The girl had worked hard to fix the bicolor-haired guy’s tastes in music- not that she wanted to condemn him and his tastes, but… ‘Nyan cat’- No, she couldn’t allow him to continue to listen to this without saying anything. As the music master of the class, she had to do something and help him to discover the most cult songs ever.
“Dude, I see the progress in your joking lessons. I mean, bro- I still remember this ‘knock-knock - come in’ reply,” Kirishima said perky, as he gave Todoroki a friendly pat on his shoulder.
“And I’m still confused about that. What else should I have answered ?” The poor puzzled guy cocked a brow. Even though he was making signs of progress, it seemed like he still wasn’t ready for such a level of jokes, to Kirishima and Kaminari’s joint dismay.
“Nevermind, man,” grimaced Denki. “By the way, Yaoyorozu, could you make some popcorn pleeease ? I want to appreciate the spectacle of these two crushing each other...” He whispered the last part of his phrase in order to avoid being heard by the boom-boom boy and avoid being killed on the spot.
“Kaminari-kun, it isn’t right to just watch your friends arguing like that ! We should totally separate them !” Iida weirdly waved in front of him, as he usually did. Of course, the class representative had agreed with this friendly meeting, but he still had to make sure things would go normally.
“Shhhhh- calm down bro, they aren’t arguing, they are just mh- you know, let’s just enjoy the show,” Sero placed his hand on his fellow’s shoulder and tried to do all his best to reassure him.
Meanwhile, unfortunately for Kaminari who was enjoying his popcorn while watching this entertaining spectacle (Momo was too kind for this world), Kendo had decided to meddle with the two irritating ones and punched Neito hard in the neck. She was already fed up with him, and the night hadn’t even really begun yet.
“HAHA, stupid Copycat. Seems like your mom showed up !” The sassy smirk on Bakugo’s face was quickly swept away by Mina’s hand on his head.
“Speak better about women, you, moron !”
And for real, what would they do without the courageous girls of the 2-A class ?
Ibara, who was playing with Koda’s rabbit, sighed heavily and raised her dark green eyes to the ceiling. “Let’s pray for their souls,” she murmured, joining her hands.
“KACCHAN- !” The shaky worried voice of the childhood friend echoed in the room. He twisted and turned weirdly all around the blond who had just been slapped and who was already thinking about committing arson in the dorms. When the holder of ‘ One for All’ caught a menacing glance of two rubies, he hurried to stop his foolish moves.
“How lucky… I’d like to get slapped like that by such sexy ladies…” said the most handsome boy, almost drooling.
However, the company had their biggest heroine that wouldn’t ever let them down and hurried to hit Mineta with her long and powerful tongue which made him fall right to her knees. It wasn’t really a punishment though...
“Disgusting,” she said, looking down on him.
“I know that the darkness had been freed by this time, but maybe we could choose a movie already ?” Even Dark Shadow was slowly getting as impatient as its owner. The room was filled with an excited voice, but not for long.
“How about-”
“NO !!!”
The poor green hair owner couldn’t even finish the sentence that everybody had yelled at him together in unison. They had easily guessed what he was about to suggest. Even the members of the 2-B class knew what it was going to be about.
“Sorry, Midobro- but I guess it’s not the best idea to watch any All Might’s movies right now.” Eijiro hurried to retort. He didn’t want his buddy to feel bad because of them but, to be honest, it was Halloween, not- No, anyway, All Might movies definitely weren’t suited for any occasion.
“No, I just wanted to offer ‘Fresh brains’. It’s a film about zombies.” He said in a way less-enthusiastic tone. His friends had ruined his mood, he was kinda pouting.
“Really, Deku-kun ? A movie unrelated to All Might ? A movie just without All Might ? Like, no All Might AT ALL ?” Uraraka raised her eyebrows, remaining skeptical. It sounded odd… Perhaps, there was something wrong. Her comrade was probably hiding something. But what could it be… ?
“Hmm, wait- I’ve heard about that one. Isn’t All Might voicing the main character ?” Awase curiously asked. Ah, so that was it. Uraraka displayed a “really ?” facial expression before sighing deeply. She knew it.
“Nice try, Midoriya,” unperturbed, Todoroki said, as if he wasn’t a big All Might’s fan himself (sorry not sorry, Endeavor). Pretending not knowing about All Might voicing the main character in Izuku’s suggested movie ? More like, ‘nice try, Todoroki’, eh.
“Guys, let’s be manly and watch ‘Saw’ !” Kirishima offered vigorously. What could have been more valorous than watching such gory movies ?
“That’s exactly what I was thinking about !! Hell yeah, we’re real bros !” The metallic-skinned guy obviously praised his almost-quirk-twin and high-fived him proudly.
“What would God think of us, spotting anyone joyfully watching such films ?! Do you know the amount of blood and violence these movies are filled up with ?”
“C’mon, Ibara, it’s Halloween ! Let’s just have fun for once !” Kaibara practically begged her. He was really thrilled by everything related to this special event, which only happened once a year. Like, right now, absolutely no villains nor their formidable teachers, nor anyone else could be able to break their fun that easily. Well, at least things were supposed to be that way...
And so, after a long moment of argument over which film they should choose for their horrific night, the least expected person (tried to) suggested a brilliant thought.
“Okay, then how about-”
“NO ! WE WON’T WATCH ‘FROZEN’ AGAIN !”
Once again, the class prevented someone from finishing their sentence, and this time, it wasn’t All Might’s secret love child, but the author of this stupid nickname himself.
“We asked for a horror movie, not for a musical with princesses…” said Kuroiro. If Testutetsu was somehow Kirshima’s twin, then Kuroiro was almost a total copy of Tokoyami.
“Actually, I was about to suggest ‘28 days later’. But now that you’re mentioning it, Elsa is scared by her own power. Doesn’t it count as horror ?”
As Bakugo once described Shoto : “he’s sharp and dull at the same time”. Nevertheless, the fact that the Ice Prince knew such a good movie was really surprising. All the teenagers were in shock, they couldn’t decide how to react. The dense boy really knew a horror movie’s name ? What was the dark explanation hidden behind this stunning revelation ? They weren’t sure whether they wanted to know or not. But eventually, Toshinori’s successor broke the awkward silence :
“Todoroki-kun… Wow, hah, it’s quite unexpected coming from you.” He then moved closer to his friend and whispered next to his ear. “How come… ?” He worriedly asked, more or less expecting the answer already.
“When I was still a stubborn child who refused to use Endeavor's fireside, in other words, before I met you, Endeavor thought that the flames could be activated by itself if I was scared enough… Now I know almost all of the horror movies.”
“Yours,” whispered Deku again, quieter this time. When he met the perplexed gaze of the two heterochromic eyes, he repeated : “We already talked about it. It’s your quirk and your side- not his.” The now flustered son of the current Number One Hero didn’t have any time to reply to the soothing words he had just heard, because Tokoyami had decided to draw his attention :
“I didn’t know you were a fan of darkness too, Todoroki.” The bird of the night seemed really interested. Even though they had all gotten closer during those two years spent with each other, maybe he had still a lot to find out about his mates' tastes, and maybe he had just discovered a new part of Todoroki that could reunite them even more.
"Maybe we should leave the movie's choice to Tokoyami, since it was his birthday yesterday," the eight arms owner suggested wisely, and only received positive answers.
"You're completely right, it's so manly from you, dude !"
"We were almost being too selfish... May God forgive our sins !"
"Thank you for taking my opinion into account guys. But Todoroki's suggestion is pretty interesting to me. I'd love to watch this movie," he was really happy to see how devoted his friends were. He felt reassured, he was afraid maybe they would find it annoying to gather for such a childish occasion, but all of them, without a single exception, were really excited about that night together.
“Oi, I bet IcyHot wouldn’t even survive this film !” Bakugo pompously bragged in order to annoy his classmate, as usual.
Sero smirked and walked closer to his dear blond mate. He wrapped his arm around his shoulder and playfully glanced at him. “Hey, Bakubro. Don’t you remember how much you freaked out last time we watched a horror movie with the squad ?”
It hadn’t been easy to perceive it, because clearly, Bakugo wasn’t the kind of guy to show when he was afraid of something. Alas, there were signs which didn’t deceive ; he had been betrayed by his own palms and the way his explosions had slightly shown. Certainly, his company had noticed it and teased him with it. In turn, Katsuki gave Flat Face a deadly look, but before he could do anything Iida spoke up :
“Bakugo, do you want to put on a get-along T-shirt* again ?”
“ ‘AGAIN’ ?!” The tiresome Vlad’s child from 2-B had found a way to escape Kendo’s huge and painful fists, and jumped on Tenya’s words. “I didn’t know you were both a daddy’s boy and a wimp !”
That was it. Bakugo was at his limits now, he was about to commit murder (or murders) at the worst period of the year ever.
No one could prevent him from doing so- except for one single person. Kirishima appeared out of nowhere and hugged him softly from behind, before using his quirk to strengthen his grin. “Relax, man. No need to kill anyone !” And strikingly (or not), it worked. Even though they were used to seeing this kind of play, both students of class 2-A and 2-B were still amazed to witness the hidden quirk of the red-haired boy : ‘Softening Bakugo Katsuki down’. He was the only one able to do such things without risking his health- his life.
Before some stupid asses like Kaminari could joke about them, Yayorozu exclaimed : “Guys, I almost forgot ! I made costumes for all of us to immerse ourselves properly in the atmosphere of this celebration. I’ll be here in a few minutes !”
“Do you need any help with it ?” Ojiro asked, but she politely refused his assistance.
While everybody was busy eating Sato’s monstrously delicious sweets and savoring Momo’s beastly wonderful tea, the ponytail’s girl showed up again with a few boxes, filled with vivid costumes. “The ones on the left are for boys, the others are for girls,” she explained.
The students happily approached her and her treasures, looking for their suits and then heading to the dorm’s bathrooms to change themselves. By the will of fate, Todoroki and Midoriya were in front of each other during their dressing. Speaking frankly, two hearts weren’t indifferent to each other, at least for too long… Despite the fact that all boys were wearing the same costumes, these two were searching with their eyes in the crowd only for the other guy’s pate. And the funniest thing was that none of them could notice the stealthily looks, full of love and desire, from the other.
«Certainly, Midoriya was in good shape back in the first year, but now- Could it be even better ? He definitely would win the cutest vampire award here.»
«Damn, Todoroki is like Dionysus. This costume suits him really well ! Why does he look even hotter with this dark cloak and fangs... ?»
By the way, not only them had this problem. While Kirishima was busy complimenting Tetsutetsu about how good he looked in the suit, Bakugo was casting envious glances on them.
«Why the hell is this extra so close to him ?»
And it was just like Kirishima could hear his thoughts, because he suddenly turned around to the blond one and smiled brightly at him. “Bakubro, you would look so manly in this costume ! Why aren’t you dressed yet ?!” Indeed, the loud guy was one of the last undressed people.
“Tch- it’s none of your business.” He was going to head back, even though his pink cheeks proved that he didn’t remain indifferent to that cute smile, but two strong hands stopped him.
“Wait ! Let’s make the best vampire out of you !”
“As if !” An annoying voice objected from the other side of the bathroom. “I’ll be the best-looking vampire here ! Class 2-B will definitely look better than each one of you !”
“NO WAY YOUR IDIOTIC CLASS WOULD BE BETTER THAN MINE !”
“How childish,” said someone from the side of Vlad King’s students.
Katsuki's eyes turned bright red, he was like an ox. “WHO THE HELL DARED TO TRY ME ? I'LL KILL Y-” One more second and the young man would have brought the whole bathroom into ashes, but suddenly he was frozen on the spot, not even able to move a finger.
“On behalf of our class, I want to apologize to you, 2-B class. Shinso, I shouldn’t allow you to brainwash Bakugo but- we have no other choice.” Tenya bent over his comrades, not sure if it was a good way to fix things between the two rival classes, but to be honest, it was relieving to regain such a quiet room.
“Ah. Better,” a sneering tone said vociferous enough.
“I advise you to shut up too, Monoma, before Shinso decides to brainwash you in turn,” Shishida remarked crossly and only received a growl of complaint as an answer.
Besides these ridiculous quarrels, right after Hitoshi had devilishly forced the 2-A’s explosive guy to shut up, he turned to Kaminari to continue their conversation. “No, I’ve never knocked at random people’s houses to ask for sweets…” He said, raising a brow. “Why should I do that ?”
“WHAT ?! But- That’s the nicest part of Halloween !” The electric one looked sad to hear that from his friend’s mouth. He couldn’t believe that not everyone used to do it. And to his biggest surprise, Shinso wasn’t the only one.
“Neither have I,” the hot-and-cold shrugged, under the disappointed gaze of Izuku.
“That’s enough ! We’re going for a sweet haunting, after watching the film !” Denki said, determined.
“Well, I don’t need to go with you ; I’m the sweet itself.” The shining guy of the 2-A class joined their discussion.
“How could you be ‘the sweet itself’' ?” Todoroki inquired, puzzled. “You’re not edible, are you… ?” He got more and more confused as he tried to picture Aoyama looking like a candy in his fucked up mind.
“Todoroki-” all of the students were now staring at him.
“People used to be scared of me, so I stopped going… But now that I’m wearing a mask, it should be better,” Shoji whispered to Shoda, inspired with the topic.
"Wait- I'm not sure it would be a good idea for us to get out in the middle of the night without our teachers' permission ! Maybe we could postpone this little outing until tomorrow ?" The class rep of 2-A suggested, doubtful. Sure, he was feeling sympathetic to those poor boys who had never been able to enjoy such an amusing expedition, but they should still be serious. They couldn't get out without warning any of the adults, it was inconceivable ! What if something happened to them ? It was Halloween, the perfect time for crimes, thefts, or any other unusual things to happen. Sure, they had their hero licence for more than a year now, but it wasn't an excuse to rush headlong towards the danger !
"What ?!"
"But-"
Some of them didn't seem to agree with this unfair statement. They were ready to argue back, but someone came out of nowhere and interfered : “Hey, are you done ?! Let’s go back, we’ve prepared everything !” A too-good-looking witch appeared in the corner of the doorframe, drawing the males’ attention : it was Jiro. The girls were ready for a few minutes already, while the guys were busy arguing over goofy reasons.
"We'll talk about it later, after the movie !" Iida added, while the others nodded in front of both him and Jiro before starting to leave the room one after the other, and once almost all of them were back in the common room, they came face-to-face with a whole team of pretty witches. In their hands were brooms, bowler hats, and even black cats’ plushies.
Midoriya was the second to last to get out of the toilets : he was still waiting for his best friend who was adding the finishing touches on his costume. When he was finally ready, he hurried to run and catch up with him, feeling guilty about making him wait for so long, that's why Todoroki motioned for them to walk back to the common room in order to join the others. On their way, they didn't remain silent.
“So, you never went out for candies ?” Asked greenie curiously.
“No, I’ve never celebrated Halloween at all Midoriya.”
“I’m sorry !” And here again, the guy’s hands began to live their own life. “You’re just- so involved in the celebration. I really like it !”
“No need to apologize, it’s fine. And thank you. I’m trying to do my utmost.”
“And you actually are,” he gave him a sweet smile.
“Let’s go. I suppose everyone wants the movie to start already.”
Soon all the guys were seated. Most of them were located on the property of the 2-A dormitory - comfortable green sofas. Naturally, not everyone was able to occupy them, so the teens brought chairs from the dining room and bag chairs that they had (from where - it is unclear). Aoyama set up the movie and for some reason froze without pressing the 'play' button. Fumikage gazed at him questioningly, but realized everything when he saw the happy smiles.
"Happy belated birthday, Tokoyami !!!" Everybody shouted.
"And happy Halloween!" also added the boy in the pleasurable excitement.
Well, it was quite hard to say what was the most interesting thing : to see their reactions or to focus on the film itself. A few of the teens were really frightened and didn’t hide it (isn’t it right, Hagakure and Ibara ?), but most of them weren’t as afraid as their mates. After all, the League of Villains was scarier and more dangerous than the foolish predictable screamers. However, there were still some people who differed from the others : for example, Bakugo. As it has been mentioned before, he was trying to play the cool and brave one. Well, he couldn’t really boast about it, since Sero had used his tape on the angry boy's mouth and body to tie him up after Shinso canceled his quirk- just to make sure they would be safe for longer… And so was Kaminari, trying to hide his fear behind the loud noises of his teeth chewing on the popcorn. As for Todoroki, he was a kind that, to amazement, commented every damn action of the characters, not forgetting to ask the rhetorical questions such as : “Why did they separate ?” - “Why did she go in that room, filled with strange sounds ?” - “Who the hell would look through a lock for so long ?!”.
For his part, Kuroiro seemed to think it was the flawless moment to mess around. “Hey, y’all look ! Shinso’s brother’s in the movie !” Indeed, since it was a film about zombies… The joke was kinda obvious. Maybe too obvious. There were only a few giggles, like Denki’s nervous laugh -the poor boy was still trying to hide how anxious he was- or Shoda’s who wanted to support his classmate’s attempt at a joke, while Shinso just decided to roll his eyes in annoyance.
“Wait- Shinso has got a brother ?” He did it again. The densest guy in the planet, better known as Todoroki Shoto, was ready to run towards his dorm and to add this new information on his ‘hidden relatives board’. Luckily, Izuku hurried to stop him from doing so.
“Todoroki, no- It was only a joke… !”
Two suspicious multicolored eyes stared at their favorite person. “Mhh… But I’m still sure he’s Aizawa’s secret love child.” Yeah… even a year later, he was still on it. Apparently, he would always be on it, no matter what.
“What ? This bullshit again ?” Hitoshi kinda yelled, being fed up with this shitty assumption going on since his arrival in the school, but Pony placed her hand on his mouth, saying a loud 'Shhhh !' For once, it seemed that Bakugo wasn't the perturbator of the night (well, thanks to the tape, but still-).
When there was a really daunting moment, Uraraka jumped and abruptly made Komori, who was sitting next to her, fly. Do you know the domino game ? The one where you have to make a piece fall on the others, so there’s a beautiful chain reaction in total ? Well, something like that occurred in real life : as a reflex, the flying one activated her quirk too and accidentally released some of her mushrooms all over the room, and on the students' bodies who were close to her. Before she could say anything, a vociferous girly scream echoed in the room.
“AHHH ! OH MY GOD, I’M TURNING INTO A ZOMBIE !!!” Exclaimed Denki, trying to remove the mushrooms from his arms.
“It’s Komori’s mushrooms, you idiot… Besides, zombies eat brains, which means you’d be the safest one among us if they were real.” Usually, it would have been Bakugo’s kind of mean remarks, but he still had Sero’s tape on his mouth. So instead, his evil twin from class B said it. And for once, Bakugo was thinking that he was right. Yeah, this couple was definitely worth each other.
“Sorry !” Both Uraraka and Komori apologized for their quirks, and hurried to cancel them. Back in the first year, Koromi’s mushrooms were disappearing on themselves after a certain amount of time, but after hard training sessions with Vlad King, the learners had all improved in mastering their quirks, and she was now able to decide when to remove them from her enemies (and friends).
«So, we survived this film,» Denki thought with great relief, shaking a bit.
“Are we going out now ? I can’t wait to get candies !” Invisible girl started fidgeting around her mates who couldn’t see her, causing shivers to some of them.
“Jeez, Tooru. I never realized how scary you could be, before spending a Halloween night with you, kero,” Tsuyu said, rubbing her arms to push away the chills.
They couldn’t see her, but she crossed her arms and pouted after such phrase.
“As I already told the guys earlier, I think going out so late in the evening isn’t a good idea ! We didn’t even ask for the teachers’ permission, what if something happened to one of us ?! It’s not as if I believed in such things, but on Halloween night, the villains are probably enjoying themselves outside by scaring the poor defenseless people around !” Four eyes started to agitate his hands like a robot. Certainly, he had to be the killjoy of the night.
“Oh please Iida ! Think about the poor Todoroki-kun who never went out for Halloween… !” Deku used his special technique on his severe but good hearted friend : the puppy eyes. Yes, it was effective, but not on the targeted person.
«How cute can this guy be ?» Were the thoughts of the bicolor-haired boy witnessing such a wonderful scene. “It’s okay Midoriya, I’m not a fan of candies anyway. We can go tomorrow, it’s not a big deal for me,” he said, placing his gentle hand on Izuku’s shoulder. Midoriya could only puff out his cheeks and sigh sadly.
Thus, after a few minutes of failed negotiations, that’s how all of them went back to their dorms. Before wishing a good night to class B, the folk agreed to meet all together the next day, in front of the main building of U.A. in order to ask their teachers a special outing permission for Halloween. Thereby, they would be able to hang out in a group once again and continue having fun. However, on their way back to their rooms, before Midoriya could even walk on the first stairs’ step, Todoroki’s cold hand stopped him.
“Hm, it’s probably odd to ask for something like that but- After such a dire movie, I don’t think I could sleep on my own tonight… Could you come over to my dorm ?” Was it even a credible excuse ? As he explained formerly, he had practically been raised with those kinds of films, it was evident he wouldn’t be scared so easily. But by some miracle, the little greenie didn’t question it. He was too busy trying to think straight after such a request. The double quirks’ owner always had strong effects on him.
“Y-yes, s-sure! It’s not a p-problem at all !”
Internally, Todoroki was overjoyed and proud of himself, since his little trick had worked (he was just fortunate that Midoriya was as stupid as him...), but of course, he wouldn’t show it. He waited for Izuku to start walking again upstairs to join his dorm. And God knew how hard it was for the latter to prevent his legs from shaking at every step he was taking.
«T-Todoroki-kun will s-spend a n-night with m-me… !» Was the only thing he had in mind. Of course, he had already invited him over with the rest of his squad, and he had also already spent time all alone with him in each other's dorms, but sleeping in the same room, just the two of them- Was something new.
“Give me a second please,” Todoroki said once they had reached his door, entering his room and quickly slamming the door in front of Izuku’s face. It was important for him to hide his board full of conspiracy theories about the students’ and teachers’ potential links. Even his favorite person couldn’t know about this… Since he was appearing on the board too, because of his weird relationship with his idol and mentor.
«Isn’t his room always perfectly clean ?» Deku slightly giggled in his mind. Or not only in his mind…
“What’re you laughing at ?” Calmly asked Shoto, opening his door again to face his friend properly once his beloved board was out of view.
“Oh, it’s n-nothing ! I just thought you were like Bakugo about the obsessive cleaning,” Todoroki just frowned a little because of the insulting comparison. “Sorry, I didn’t mean it in an offensive way ! But- you know, it’s fine if sometimes it's not so neat. You shouldn’t shy away from it or hide it…” Shoto just shrugged, before allowing Deku to finally step inside of his room.
Every student had regained their dorm now and was ready to have a peaceful night of sleep- except for those who were stressing out under their blankets because of the film they watched a few minutes ago. Besides, some of them were still frustrated because of the class rep’s refusal about their planned outing. Denki was part of these two categories. Even though they were going to hang out all together again in a few hours… To know that Shinso had never knocked at someone else’s door in order to get delicious candies was something that Denki just couldn’t accept. He wanted to show him the best part of Halloween, to help him have fun for once in his life. And he was sure he wasn’t the only one being disappointed in Iida’s unjust decision… Right, Midoriya ?
Just by thinking about it, he couldn’t contain a long and deep sigh that was escaping from his mouth.
«I can’t go to sleep just like this- They left me hungry for more !»
Only God knew how stubborn and unwise the electric one could be (or maybe Jiro knew it too- and Bakugo too… and Sero… Okay- maybe not only God knew about how unwise he was). And that night wasn’t an exception for his obvious idiocy. After a few minutes of fidgeting into his bed, suddenly, an idea crossed his mind.
«Fine, if the mountain will not go to the man then the man must go to the mountain !»
He extended his hand towards his nightstand and grabbed his phone, unlocking it, and starting to type quickly onto his screen. One by one, he added some of his friends in a fresh new group chat, making sure to rename them properly before engaging the conversation for real, to share his brainwave idea.
Gohstbusters
Today
Playboy’s leader created a group chat
Misused brainwash was added
Basic HaRdEnInG was added
Metallic hArDeNiNg was added
The obvious gay was added
Alien’s cum was added
Girls’ catcher was added
Spying troublemaker was added
Black hole was added
Furry kinky was added
Fancy copycat was added
Sticky balls was added
Gohsts’ boobs was added
Sexy lizard girl was added
Horn(y)s was added
Playboy’s leader
GUYS- r yall sleeping ?
Girls’ catcher
Well, I was but you woke me up, thanks
Alien’s cum
I have so many questions already, but my first one is :
WHAT’S WITH THOSE NICKNAMES
Misused brainwash
I never sleep.
Black hole
…
Spying troublemaker
Denki, what the fuck do you want in the middle of the night-
THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU FOR THINKING ABOUT SUCH NICKNAMES
The obvious gay
…
Fancy copycat
How surprising ! A student of the blessed and greatest class in U.A. can’t even spell such a simple word correctly !
How do you feel about that ‘the obvious gay’ ?!
Furry kinky
I was busy trying to summon a demon lord, since it’s the best period of the year to pursue this goal.
But now, I’m concerned about this nickname. And I’m disappointed because no demons answered my request.
Alien’s cum
Huh- what was your request… ?
Spying troublemaker
why the fuck are you asking we don’t need to know- what if he brings something bad into the building ?!
Gohsts’ boobs
I wouldn’t mind, I’m the ghosts’ friend after all
The obvious gay
WHAT DID YOU FUCKING SAY COPYCAT ?!
Fancy copycat
Do you have a problem with reading ?
Playboy’s leader
ok, b4 some1 dies, id like to speak
The obvious gay
No, SHUT THE FUCK UP ! I’m trying to sleep.
Fancy copycat
Right ! I almost forgot that your class even had its own Sleeping Beauty ! It would be such a shame if you didn’t have your 10h sleep… You’d look awful !
Oh wait, you already do !
Furry Kinky
It’s the perfect night for a sacrifice. For once, I’m rooting for you, Bakugo.
Alien’s cum
Oh no please, not you Tokoyami !
Basic HaRdEnInG
Yo bros, just woke up, what’s happening ?
Metallic hArDeNiNg
yoooo bro, I’ve just woken up too !
Basic HaRdENiNg
I always knew we’re real bros !!!
Fancy copycat
I wonder who’re the real gays here…
The obvious gay
TAKE THAT BACK !!!
Girl’s catcher
Anyway, why all of these Denks ?
Playboys' leader
ah finally, thnx 4 asking !
my completely functional and amazing brain just got a wonderful idea !!
we should ignore iida’s refusal and still get out 4 halloween !!!
The obvious gay
You fucking disturbed my restorative sleep for something as fucking dumb as that.
I’m out, bye losers.
Basic HaRdENiNg
Wait- Bakubro !!
The obvious gay has left the chat
Fancy copycat
What a great riddance !
Sexy lizard girl
Huh… what is happening ?
HEH- sexy lizard girl ?!
Horn(y)s
Please don’t complain…
Sticky balls
I actually love the nicknames’ choice ;)
Alien’s cum
Oh god why is grapist here
Girls’ catcher
Coz it’s Halloween
Sticky balls
Hey, that’s kinda salty. Why shouldn’t I be here ?
Spying troublemaker
is that even a real question ?
Playboy’s leader
WILL SOME1 PAY ATTENTION TO WHT IVE SAID ?!
Misused brainwash
No
Alien’s cum
No
Basic HaRdENiNg
I think that’s a gr8 idea bro, but I want Bakubro in too !! I need to convince him properly first !!!
Metallic hArDeNiNg
If you’re in, I’m in !!
Fancy copycat
I am coming just to make fun of your stupid freaked out asses when you will bump into real monsters !
Horn(y)s
Then I’m coming too !
Spying troublemaker
not coming, I don’t want to get in trouble because of your silly ideas
Spying troublemaker has left the chat
Furry kinky
I’m not either. I need to keep trying to summon one of my beloved demons…
I still have faith... I'm sure they will remember they owe me a present for my belated birthday.
Furry kinky has left the chat
Black hole
I’d rather sleep
Black hole has left the chat
Alien’s cum
I’m tired, but have fun and don’t forget to record Denki if he does anything stupid !!
(Hanta, I hope for you :D)
Girls’ catcher
You mean, as usual ?
You can count on me !
Alien’s cum
Awesome! Byes <3
Alien’s cum has left the chat
Gohsts’ boobs has left the chat
Sexy lizard girl
Yanagi isn’t usually a very talkative person. I’ll check on her, but of course, I’m not coming with perverts like you !
Sexy lizard girl has left the chat
Playboy’s leader
so…
Sticky balls
Only one girl left… and the worst one…
Horn(y)s
Hey !!!
Misused brainwash
Why am I still in this mess ?
Playboy’s leader
coz all of this is 4 u, in the 1st place ! i want u to av ur 1st proper halloween night !! admit it, u kinda like it !!! :)
Girls’ catcher
Okay that's the moment where I’m the supposed third wheel ?
Sticky balls
SeXuAl TeNsIoN ~~~
Horn(y)s
Something you’ll never know, you disgusting thing
Playboy’s leader
a/y, y would u b a wheel ??
Fancy copycat
… I really have nothing more to say
Basic HaRdENiNg
Everything’s alright, Bakubro’s in too !!! Where do we meet ?!!
Misused brainwash
You managed to convince him ? I’m impressed you didn’t even need my quirk.
Metallic hArDeNiNg
Let’s meet at ten, in the backyard ! Y’all use your window, and not the door, don’t be obvious !
Understood, Denki ?!
Fancy copycat
Works for me. Don’t be late you brats !
Misused brainwash
Fine… Guess I’m in
Playboy’s leader
YES YES YESSSS CU !!!
Denki smiled broadly at his phone, before eagerly jumping off his bed and dressing up in the same vampire costume he was wearing earlier in the common room. He had to remain quiet, or he would draw attention and that would mess his amazingly developed plan up. It was time to go out now. He opened his window’s balcony as soon as he was ready, and took a step forward, delighting the evening coolness, when he realized that, maybe, being on the third floor wasn’t really the best option to sneak out. Well, even the lights were already off, could we really blame him ?
«Huh- going out by the window… ?! It’s easy to say for someone like Kiri or Tetsutetsu… but me ?! I’d die if I jumped from so high !!»
After a few minutes of hesitation, he sighed deeply and turned around, stepping inside of his room over again and closing the window silently behind him. Since he didn’t want to get injured or something, he decided it would be wiser for him to follow the usual and safe way : the main door. As long as he would be quiet enough, everything should be alright and still go as planned. He slowly pressed onto the doorknob, opening his door just a bit, in order to check if no one was around- especially Iida, who was living on the same floor (how astonishing !). He quickly slipped past the large hallway’s windows, tiptoeing as calmly as he could on the stairs and- suddenly bumped into something (or rather someone) taller than him.
“Ouch- the fuck ?!” He complained, rubbing his forehead as if trying to take the pain away. He looked up and recognized a familiar face.
“Denki ? What the hell are you doing here ?!” Tape-man whispered, surprised to notice he wasn’t the only one who decided to choose the easiest way to slip away from his dorm, in the end.
“Hanta ?! The same question goes for you !” As for him, the electric blond wasn’t really startled. These two usually shared the same brain cell. But unlike his fellow, Kaminari kinda forgot he still had to be as quiet as possible and had raised his voice when exclaiming himself.
“Shhhh ! Don’t yell !!” He hurried to place his finger on the other’s mouth. “I was the first to ask… Anyway, I don’t wanna use my quirk for such worthless crap !” His hand slowly moved back away from his lips, crossing his arms as he said so.
“Ah y-yeah… ! I obviously didn’t wanna waste my quirk !” He continued, trying to shamelessly lie in front of his own friend’s face. But- it wasn’t believable enough…
“The hell are you talking 'bout ?” Sero chuckled with a raised brow, “your quirk isn’t any useful when it comes to jumping.” It was too easy. He saw right through him. It was a fact : Kaminari couldn't fool anyone.
“Anyway !!!” He started to push Sero forward, so they could keep walking. “I don’t wanna be late because of you ! Let’s gooo !”
Sero and Kaminari had now reached the school’s backyards where Monoma, Pony, Bakugo, Kirishima, Tetsutetsu and Shinso were already waiting in their same previous costumes. Of course, it wasn’t surprising for Bakugo’s rival to be punctual given his quirk.
“FINALLY ! What have you been doing for so long ?!” Bakugo clasped his hands indignantly.
“Be nice, Bakubro ! Should I remind you that you didn’t even plan to come ?!” Sharky boy elbowed him gently before wrapping his arm around his shoulder.
Even though everyone was already used to witnessing Eijiro’s suicidal side, they were still as marvelled as ever to see that he was allowed to touch the aggressive blond like this without having to face the consequences.
«I only came because I didn’t want this shitty metallic bastard to be around you…»
A loud snarl was heard as an answer, when Denki realized Shinso was with them too. He smiled brightly and walked next to him, eager to leave the academy to collect the most delicious candies ever.
“So, everyone’s here, let’s go !” Denki exclaimed since he couldn’t wait anymore. He craved to start their not allowed outing and to show his pal how cool Halloween could really be. It was really a shame that he never had the opportunity to celebrate it, he wanted to do his best to make that day special for him.
“Wait- what about Mineta ?” Hanta asked curiously, looking all around him. Since he’s the shortest guy in the class, maybe they just didn’t notice him. But after having taken a good look, they could assure that he wasn’t there.
“Who cares about this disgusting pervert ?” The only group’s female spoke, already annoyed to know this strange boy would accompany them. And speaking of the devil, a purple-dwarf showed up pretty quickly, for her biggest pleasure.
“Keep the best till last, bitches !”
“We’re so glad you came,” Shinso said this sentence in an absolutely even voice. Only those guys who managed to get to know him well enough immediately understood that their friend had made a sarcastic comment.
“Thanks ! I always knew that ladies prefer polite people like you !” But obviously, Mineta wasn’t part of the insomniac's close friends, so he didn’t note the real meaning of his remark.
Anyway, they were all reunited now and it was time for them to wander in the various Mufutasu streets. They were knocking on every possible door, taking as many sweets as they could carry. Despite their wonderful costumes, some people recognized U.A. ’s students and gave them more confections (the last Sports Festival was so incredible that it brought them new fans).
“Man… Why didn’t you warn me to take a bag with me ?!” Shinso complained, trying to fill his pockets at their maximum without letting any of the candies fall on the dirty ground. Indeed, for someone who never had done anything like that, something as foolish as bringing a bag wasn’t so obvious.
“HA ! How moronic the students from your shitty class can be, Copycat!” Of course, the barking dog jumped at this chance to disregard his peers.
“Hey, be nice please ! Shinso never had the chance to celebrate Halloween, it’s not his fault !” Tetsutetsu stopped walking, placing himself in front of the purple-haired one as if protecting him from Bakugo’s comments. And of course, his 2-A twin stood by his side, with a determined face.
“Yeah, bro ! Don’t you get how tragic this is ?! Imagine how painful his childhood must have been : while all of the other little kids from the district were having fun, were laughing out loud, were receiving candies, and dressing in little cute creatures, he had to stay locked at home, maybe in the dark, maybe staring through his window with an envious gaze and-”
“I think we got it…” Shinso cut him off, already pissed off of listening to Kirishima telling how ‘miserable’ his life looked like in the other’s eyes.
“But here we are, so let’s focus on sweets !” Inspiringly pronounced Kaminari, to not let Shinso down.
“I don’t get why y’all making such a big deal out of Halloween. It’s just costumes and caloric and unhealthy candies… You can buy them at any time of the year,” Monoma shrugged as he was trying to hide the fact that he was standing up for Hitoshi, changing the subject.
“I know right ?! And costumes are so gross… Look at how fat this dress makes me look !” Pony complained in turn, agreeing with Monoma, no wonder why.
“Hmmm…” Two sneaky little hands suddenly reached Tsunotori’s chest, making her completely froze in place. “It makes your boobs look bigger too…” The sticky quirk’s owner kept fondling her for a few more seconds only before Monoma grabbed him violently and kicked him away from them.
“I won’t apologize for that,” he hurried to say, turning his back to the others and taking Pony’s hand to drag her away from Mineta’s grips.
No one complained about what he had just done : just like soulless people, they all left the poor boy alone, laying on the cold and filthy ground. Even his dearest buddies such as Sero and Kaminari didn’t say anything about it. Well, the last one was too busy being completely absorbed into Shinso’s happiness to discover Halloween's funniest side.
“Man what’s the deal with girls’ boobs ?!” Tetsutetsu asked his friend. He couldn’t understand why some guys were so obsessed with something as useless ; according to him, the most important thing was inner beauty. How could people pay attention to such superficial details ?!
“Dunno bro. I’d personally rather touch Baku’s titties than a girl’s chest,”
At this exact moment, when the concerned one understood what Kirishima just said out loud, a weird loud noise of choking was heard in the whole street, worrying almost everyone.
“WHAT WAS THAT ?!” Kaminari hurried to hide behind the unfazed Shinso.
“A GHOST ?!” Sero hid behind Denki in turn.
“Am I a shield or something… ?” The purple vampire glanced at them.
“Well- maybe ghosts would get scared of your eyebags…”
Perhaps, the boys weren’t taking on account the one person who was walking behind them all this time… Except for Monoma, who just didn’t care at all about what was happening to that person. Kirishima and Tetsutetsu both activated their quirks and walked in front of the rest of the group. But as soon as they turned around, they finally got where the noise was coming from.
“False alert ! It’s just Bakugo’s choking !” Tetsutetsu exclaimed, turning his quirk off and letting his guard down as he let out a deep relieved sigh.
“What do you mean ‘just choking’ ?!” Eijiro asked worriedly, starting to run towards him. “Hey, Bakubro, are you alright ?!”
“Too bad he didn’t die…” Is it really necessary to clarify who muttered it ?
Kirishima was gently hitting his friend’s back to help him swallow properly, and once he was finally feeling better, he turned around to face the shark-looking guy, his face completely red. Luckily, the group’s idiots (namely all of them) probably thought he was red because of the previous choking…
“YOU- what the fuck is wrong with you ?! I’m a guy, I don’t have got titties ! And why would you want to say such disgusting things out loud ?!!” He hit the top of Kiri’s head multiple times, still feeling as embarrassed as ever.
“But you do have titties, it’s not my fault they look so comfortable ! Whenever you allow me to lay on you, it’s my favorite moment !!” There’s no proper explanation for that, but despite being hit aggressively by the blond one, he couldn’t prevent himself from laughing hard. What a masochist…
“Yes, I agree you do have titties” Sero slowly moved from behind Shinso and Kaminari, pretending he didn’t freak out a few seconds ago. “I’m pretty sure we could place a tumbler between your boobs, and it would just stay in place,” he continued, drawing Denki's attention.
“OH MY GOD I WANT TO TRY IT !” The yellow eyes started to sparkle, his gaze lowering down on the poor target’s chest.
“NO FUCKING WAY, Y’ALL STAY AWAY FROM MY BOO- I MEAN, PECS !” He crossed his arms and placed them firmly onto his chest as if hiding real boobs… It was so easy to make the great Katsuki Bakugo all flustered.
“Next year please, dress as a witch and not a vampire !! You’d rock into a dress bro !!”
Sometimes there were times when Katsuki was so astonished that he just couldn’t say a single word. So, instead of swearing, he ignored them and stomped forward with his angry gait. One thing was for sure : he became calmer in the 2nd year of study (guess thanks to who).
For most of the night, it went pretty well : they had knocked at a lot of doors, had received many compliments about their costumes, collected a considerable amount of candies (since Hitoshi didn’t have room enough for them into his pockets, Kaminari kinda convinced him to slip them under his shirt…), and even gave some autographs not only to the children but also to some adults who seemed to be big fans of the apprentices already. In a rush of hope, the company even tried to trick some people and to offer them Mineta for free, coaxing them that it probably would be the scariest decoration ever for their garden. Spoiler alert : it didn’t work, and they still had to stand him. How vile could they be…
In short : they had had a lot of fun, including the one who never had celebrated this special event. He wouldn’t admit it out loud, but it wasn’t as childish as he thought it would be… And witnessing Denki’s fear of absolutely every single thing had probably been the funniest part of the night (according to the same Hitoshi). After coming to an agreement, (or rather- after Bakugo threatened them to call Aizawa if they didn’t walk back, because of his lack of beauty sleep) they all decided it was time to head back to the dorms as discreetly as possible, just like before. It wasn’t the moment to get spotted by anyone ! They had done the hardest part already ! So, all together, they kept moving forward. Kaminari, Shinso, and Sero were in the front line ; followed closely by Kirishima and Tetsutetsu- plus Bakugo standing in between the quirks’ twins shamelessly, to avoid any form of contact to happen between them ; and Pony and Monoma were walking behind them, pretending they weren’t part of the same friends’ group (too bad their suits were betraying them). As for the poor main victim of this night, better known as Minoru Mineta, he was supposed to walk side by side with the front line, but he had stopped walking suddenly because something (or maybe someone) had drawn his attention out of the corner of his eyes : a weird-shaped shadow was moving in the bushes located at their left, behind the sidewalk.
“Huh- guys…” pronounced the trembling voice.
“No, we won’t allow you to touch Bakugo’s titties !” Red-head said firmly, as he turned around to see what was the matter with Mineta. He observed the dark thing keeping moving rapidly from bush to bush. He couldn’t tell what it was, but either it wasn’t human or it was a kind of quirk he had never seen before. He stopped walking, causing Neito and Tsunotori to bump into him.
“Ouch- ! Can’t you be careful ?! Why would you stop so suddenly without warning ?!” He asked, but didn’t receive any answer. “Did you lose your tongue at the same time as your brain ?!” He added on another layer, but Pony placed her hand on his shoulder, and raised her finger up under his gaze, pointing shakily in the bushes’ direction. He hesitated an instant before looking at his left. He usually wasn’t freaked out easily, but the way everyone was reacting around him was really worrying. What the hell could be so scary ?!
“WHY IS EVERYONE SHUTTING THE FUCK UP WHEN I DIDN’T EVEN ASK FOR IT ?!”
“C-can’t you see it… ?!” Now, it was Kaminari’s brittle tone that was heard.
“It’s just someone trying to scare us, why are you all so tense ?” Shinso rolled his eyes and took a few steps closer to the unknown thing.
“SHIN- NO, DON’T GO !!!” The electrical one was sweating as hell and was trying to yell- but not too loud either, to not attract the thing’s attention. He didn’t want Hitoshi to go and die (yes, he was always overreacting), so he took his courage in both hands and joined him.
“So manly… I wouldn’t dare go to see what it is… !”
“Same here bro,” drawled Tetsutetsu mournfully.
“You wimps,” both Bakugo and Monoma said at the same time. The difference was that Monoma was feigning he wasn’t scared while Bakugo really wasn’t. Yes, when it was about horror movies, he was actually completely freaking out. But right now, he knew it was just probably a dumb kid attempting to trick them, or a childish adult looking for some fun. Or at least, that’s what he thought.
«Is that a good idea to let them go… ?» Sero thought, staring at Kaminari and Shinso walking closer and closer to the bushes. But just like the others (except for Bakugo), he was paralyzed by fear.
“Hello… ?” Asked Hitoshi, trying to look behind the bushes.
“It’s me. I was wondering if after all these years you’d like to meet,” hummed Denki nervously.
Everyone shifted their gaze on him as if he was a fool (though why ‘as if he was’ ?).
“That’s completely not the moment to joke around… !”
“Oh my fucking god- MOVE EXTRAS !” Katsuki went towards the shrubs, pushing both of the guys away, and used his arm to sweep the leaves away, looking for the supposedly stupid hidden kid. But- there was nothing, no one. Yes, it was dark outside but there were some street lamps lightening some places, and even if there weren’t any, they would be able to identify human silhouette no matter how unbrightly it was. The fearless boy scowled at a loss, continuing to search the undergrowths faster than earlier. He was infuriated, thinking that someone was trying to play on his nerves.
“Hello !” An unknown voice rang out behind all of them. Bakugo immediately stopped what he was doing, and turned around with widened eyes. There was absolutely no way for anyone to have run from the bushes to the opposite sidewalk without any of them noticing it, except if they were owning teleportation or an invisibility quirk. Yeah, it was probably just that- they had to keep thinking rationally. They all placed their eyes on the person who just spoke in a kind voice. It was-
“A granny ?!” They yelled unanimously.
Nothing to do with the threatening weird shadow they saw before.
“AHHHH !” A girly shout was heard and they didn’t even need to turn around to know whose one it was. They were used to Kaminari’s odd voice when he was stressed out… “Grannies are always demons in horror movies !!”
Shinso hit the blond's nape and as usual, rolled his eyes.
“Hey ! Can’t you show some respect to our ancestors ?!” Kirishima resented.
“Huh… maybe 'ancestor’ isn't the right term…” Sero mumbled, scratching his neck in embarrassment in front of the poor old lady’s face.
“Why aren’t there any sexy girls showing up out of nowhere in your horror movies… ?” Sighed the little boy, when Bakugo sharply pushed him away for the second time of the night already, as he was striving to find a way to the old lady, jostling everybody around him. “Yo, dinosaur, what the fuck do you want ? You peed your diaper and tried to hide from the scary Halloween’s suits ?!” He smirked nervously, still trying to figure out how a grandma would possibly reach the other side of the street in such no time. Right, the quirk… It was probably the quirk. The grandma slightly chuckled in front of Bakugo’s face, before passing by him and walking towards Kaminari. The latter was still shaking, wondering why the fuck she was heading towards him in particular, when there were at least eight other persons around. He grabbed Shinso’s sleeve as a reflex, but before he could scream once again and make everyone turn deaf, the insomniac one raised his hand upon his mouth so he wouldn't be able to let out any annoying sound again.
When she was facing him properly, she searched her black and large handbag from which she took a book out. She handed it to the scared blond and waited for him to pick it up. The two boys exchanged a confused look, before lowering their glances down on the book again. It looked just like a normal book- Its cover was black and sober, it seemed to be made of leather, and the title was written in a small but colored front. It was called very-very extraordinary : 'Almost like'.
“What is that… ?” Shinso asked her, without taking the ledger at first and keeping his hand on Kaminari’s mouth. But she didn’t answer. She kept staring at them with a toothless disturbing smile, which made them even more twitchy- yeah, even Shinso this time. She confidently pushed her book on Denki’s belly to force him to fetch it, before taking some steps forwards, continuing her way, away from the U.A. students’ disturbed company.
“SHE SERIOUSLY COMPLETELY IGNORED ME ?!” Katsuki complained, snorting and filled in with anger as he was peering at her in the distance, his fists clenched.
“Now you get how I feel 99,99% of the time…” Said Mineta with a disappointed intonation.
“G-guys, let’s just head back to the dorms now !” Kirishima suggested, impatient to return to a completely safe space in which they would all forget about this mysterious episode of their life. Tetsutetsu glanced at him and obviously nodded since these two always agreed with each other. They both walked towards Bakugo and each of them grabbed one of his arms, dragging him out with them, while he was still busy yelling all kinds of insults in the granny’s direction, even though she was now out of his sight.
The way back to the dorms had been relatively calm, except for Katsuki’s endless screams of wrath. The others didn’t dare say a word, still bewildered because of the weird situation they had overcome earlier. Needless to say, that once inside of the building, everyone was happy that they had fulfilled their plan to perfection, and at the same time, they were glad they had remained safe and sound. All of them allowed a long and deep sigh to escape from their mouths, as they quietly wished a good night to each other before joining their rooms again.
At first, before they separated, Kaminari didn’t want to keep the book at all, he didn’t want to have anything to do with it and was afraid of what it could contain. But no one else did want it, of course, so Shinso had to assured him that the day after he would help him to get rid of it as soon as they could. He promised to help him. It cheered the blond one up a little, though he wasn’t completely relieved. He was currently laying on his bed, keeping his eyes on the book that was placed on his desk, a bit further from him. He knew he wouldn’t be able to fall asleep, so he grabbed his phone in order to text his friends, even though they had left each other only a few minutes ago.
The hangover
Today
Denks
guys… r yall sleeping ?
Sero
Bro, we left each other literally a few minutes ago- What happened ?
Bakubro
I swear to fucking god, I’ll kill each of you as soon as the sun shows up.
Sero
Too bad you’ll be 2 tired to do anything
Mineta
So, I could try his titties without being hurt ?
Sharky
Why’re you always like that ?
Bakubro
Disgusting.
Denks
so every1s up but shin ?
Shin
I never sleep, I said it before. What’s the matter ?
Denks
im fucking scared, heres the matter ! guys, i can feel this book is machiavellian- and cursed !!
Bakubro
You can’t even write the word ‘ghost’ properly, and you want to make us believe that you can tell something is dangerous just by seeing it ?
Sero
Ouch- dude, you’ve been roasted
Denks
dont betray me Hanta ! u were as freaked out as we were !! i know u can feel it 2 !!!
Shin
I told you we would throw the book out as quickly as possible tomorrow. Quit stressing out about nothing.
Denks
its easy to tell when ur not the 1 locked with this damn book !
Bakubro
Firstly, you’re not ‘locked’ with it.
Sharky
And secondly- you were the one suggesting us to disobey Iida and to sneak out of the dorms to get totally immersed in Halloween’s mood, right ? Don’t just suddenly panic !
Denks
i just wanted to make shin happy… !
Shin
You did, thanks.
Denks
oh-
Mineta
Anyway, I’ve got a bet for you Denki !
Sharky
Something tells me this is going to end badly…
Bakubro
I'm just calmly reminding you that it's 4 a.m.
Sero
‘Calmly’ ? Wow- maybe the book isn’t the thing we should be afraid of guys… Bakugo got possessed !!
Bakubro
Shut the fuck up Tape-man.
Sero
Nvm
Denks
A bet ?
Mineta
I bet you don’t have the guts to open the book and read its content !
Denks
ofc i dont !!! ive just said i was scared as hell !!!
Mineta
But if you don’t, I’ll tell SoMeOnE sOmEtHiNg
Denks
NO YOU WONT HOW IS THAT A BET ANYWAY
Sharky
I’m lost
Bakubro
Take a map.
Sero
:| Have you eaten a clown ?
Mineta
I’d love to eat a girls’ asses
Sero
Bro- what the fuck
Shin
And people wonder why I don’t want to socialize.
Bakubro
For once I agree with the female version of Wednesday.
Denks
but todays sunday-
Sharky
Did you hear that ?
Sero
What ?
Denks
hear what now?!!
Sharky
Nvm, maybe it’s just because I’m his neighbour, but I’ve heard Bakugo’s despair even in my own room
Bakubro
I just sighed, but thanks Google Translate.
Sero
Wow- Bakubro thanked some1… Yeah, the case is definitely in the book
Mineta
Can we get back to business ?
Shin
Leave him alone. He’s already pissing his pants.
Mineta
That’s fine ! Nothing will happen anyway ! Have you never summoned Bloody Mary ?
Bakubro
Have you tried to harrass a fucking ghost ?
Denks
im not even gaining anything in this ‘bet’ !
Mineta
Yeah, but you don’t have a choice !
Sero
Bad idea
Sharky
Bad idea (2)
Shin
(3).
Bakubro
42.
Sero
bro what
Bakubro
Read more.
Mineta
Come on, do it !!!
Denks
i dont wanna !
Mineta
So… You want me to reveal your deepest secret ?
Denks
…
Shin
That’s blackmail, not a bet…
Bakubro
Whatever, I’m pretty sure his ‘deepest secret’ is something like: ‘I can’t lace my shoes’.
Sharky
Bro- You told me you didn’t buy any trainers because you didn’t know how to do shoelaces
Bakubro
I’VE TOLD YOU THAT I WAS TOO LAZY TO DO THEM. NOT THAT I COULDN’T.
Sero
Lol The fearless Bakugo Katsuki can’t lace his shoes
Shin
I’ll tell Monoma tomorrow.
Bakubro
...
Mineta
STOP CHANGING THE TOPIC ! Denki, I swear if you don’t open that book and tell us what’s the content, I screenshot our private conversation and send everything here !
Sero
Did you kill someone or what-
Denks
ILL DO IT ! BUT ILL GET U FOR THAT !
Shin
Are you really going to listen to him ? What the shit did you do to be ready to open that fucking book ?
[A couple minutes later]
Sharky
Hey Denki ?
Sero
Oh oh He’s not answering
Sharky
Shall we go to his dorm ???
Bakubro
In your fucking dreams. I’m going to bed, and I hope a clever demon will possess Dumbface’s body by tomorrow. Good fucking night !
Sero
Are you that heartless ?
Bakubro
At least I’m not brainless like you.
Mineta
Didn’t you just say good night ?
[A few minutes later]
Mineta
So, I guess everyone went to sleep now ! See you tomorrow !
With apprehensiveness, Kaminari slowly lifted his blanket up and sat upon his bed, goggling at the book a few meters away from him. He didn’t want to approach it. He didn’t want to touch it. He didn’t want to read it… He just didn’t want to have anything to do with it. But- Mineta knew about his too-obvious crush on Shinso and if he didn’t listen to him, then he would grass him up shamelessly. So, he had no other option…
He stood up on his shaky legs, took a few steps closer to his desk, and remained standing hesitantly in front of it.
«It’s just a book… It’s just a book !! Denki, you can do it !!!»
After a few more minutes, he finally took his courage in both hands, and lifted the book into his palms, slowly opening it.
He shouldn’t have been so naive.
He shouldn’t have done that.