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It was the homeroom period for the end of today's class, "Before class ends, I'd like to inform everyone that we'll be going on a camping trip with Class 1B for a week. A special guest will be joining us, so be on your best behavior. You have until next Monday to prepare, I suggest not forgetting any essentials. Class dismissed" Aizawa soon leaves the classroom.
"This is so exciting! We haven't had these in a while!" Mina exclaimed excitedly as she jumped around.
"Yeah? Let's just hope it doesn't end up like the last one" Kaminari laughed nervously while packing up.
"Don't jinx it, man. This one'll be great! Class B's gonna be there too!" Kirishima gave a big smile, only to be whacked lightly in the head by Bakugou as he walked by.
"Get going shitty hair! We're going training."
"Aw yeah, man! Gimme the best you've got! See you guys back at the dorms!"
The two left with their belongings, Kirishima joking around with a seemingly irritated Bakugou.
A tail swayed around, "Well, we have gotten stronger, so if we do get attacked-" The blonde gets cut off.
"AGHHH! DON'T SAY SCARY STUFF LIKE THAT, OJIRO! THE TEACHERS FOR SURE MADE IT SAFE OTHERWISE, WHY WOULD THEY START ANOTHER CAMPING TRIP!!!" Mineta yelled out in fear and anger. A few students glanced at the loud grape, "Well, I-" "I DON'T HEAR YOU LALALA" Mineta covered his ears and ran out of the classroom with his bag, some students chuckled.
"Who do you think this 'special guest' will be?" The multi-armed student asked his tailed classmate.
"Someone nice I hope." Ojiro smiled as the two began to walk back to the dorms from the classroom.
Everyone eventually arrived back at the dorms and either took a shower or immediately changed into their casual wear. Ojiro left the showers, he held a small white towel against his hair, pressing and rubbing it gently. He sat on the couch with the others as they talked about the camp. Surprisingly, a few students from class B were with them
"Vlad Sensei did say the tents are provided, do you think that includes sleeping bags?" Kosei questioned, everyone looked at each other.
"We... should probably bring our own just in case" Kendo comments, everyone nods in unison.
"Um- I don't have a sleeping bag" "Me too..." "Same hereee" A few more students added in.
"Ooo! Can we all go shopping? We've never done that together as classes before!" Hagakure jumps in excitement. Yaoyorozu agreed almost immediately, followed by the others. Kendo smiled "Does tomorrow Saturday sound good to everyone? I'll ask the others in our class too if they want to join" She clapped her hand together in delight.
"Sounds good to me!" "Yup! I should be free by Saturday" "Me too, me too!"
"Alright! Saturday it is!" Kendo got up "I'll go tell the others, text me if the plan updates! See you guys!" She waved goodbye as she left the 1A dorms.
"So uh... shopping list anyone?" Tsuyu tilted her head in a questioning manner.
"Yes."
"Okay let's start with sleeping bags, those without sleeping bags should go buy those together, we should also get insect repellants" Jiro lists off a few more things with occasional comments from others to buy other stuff.
"Well, other than the important stuff, we should get some snacks too! And like- biiiiiiig marshmallows" Kaminari motioned his hands, "Like, like- reaaaaal big- oh my gOd we can make a really big s'more-" The others either smiled or grinned at Denki babbling on about other snacks.
Ojiro just sat by, drying his tail fluff while the others continued to talk about the plans for the shopping. Happy that everyone's getting along, he had to hold his tail in place to stop it from wagging unconsciously. He started to look forward to the camping trip even more now, as long as no attacks happen, everything should be perfect- well- as perfect as it can get with the two chaotic classes together of course. Knowing how Monoma might be around his class and Bakugou.
That and Bakugou. Bakugou is... well... Bakugou. His determination, intelligence, and strength are admirable, but his attitude, arrogance, and short temper were... something else. Ojiro didn't mind too much but Bakugou's just a bit too loud sometimes. Honestly, he can't blame his arrogance, the guy is one of the top students in his class, and rightfully so. He's strong, obviously, but he's also tactical and smart. He's observant and thoughtful, surprisingly caring too though, rarely... His awareness and reflexes are terrifyingly quick. Not only that, he's strong-willed and ambitious, he respects those who he sees strong, like Uraraka. And! He fights with honor! Although maybe a bit too aggressive.
Ojiro respects the guy, he respects a lot of his classmates actually. Everyone's so strong but what about him? He just has a tail. A strong tail but still just a tail, he'd have to work even harder if he wants to catch up with them. Even then, everyone would still be training, he's practically crawling his way up, he can't walk or run like the others. His tail can only be so great, he'd have a limit at some point right?
Then... he'll break that limit. He'll try even harder to catch up with the others. He will prove that he's worthy of being in Class 1A's heroic course.
"Ojiro?" He felt a hand on his shoulder behind him and tensed up. He gripped onto his tail lightly to stop it from smacking whoever's hand it belonged to. Turning around, he was met with his bird classmate, Tokoyami. "Is something the matter? You look out of it." Tokoyami asked, slightly concerned about why his classmate was staring off into space while holding their tail mid-drying it with a towel.
"Oh- y-yeah- I'm fine, don't worry about it Tokoyami" He gave a smile to reassure his best friend.
"If you need someone to talk to, know that I am always available." Tokoyami looked at him, a bit more relieved.
"Of course, I know that" Ojiro grinned slightly, Tokoyami gave him a slight pat before walking to one of the class B students. He smiled, grateful to have such wonderful classmates and caring friends he can talk to.
Now about the camp, his only problem was: how was he supposed to train? Maybe the camp's for training again? If it's not, maybe he can spar with one of his classmates or the other B students when they're free. Moreover, He wondered who the mysterious special guest would be. Maybe he can train with them if they want.
He got up and headed for the door to leave the dorms. He could train a bit more today.
As soon as he got to the gym, he took off his shirt and began his extra training.
A certain tired, purple-haired student could hear someone grunting and loud noises coming from the gym. He was supposed to train a slight bit more but his plans got interrupted when he was dragged off by his classmates to have fun. Who would still be at the gym at 10 in the night? He peeked through the door to check who it was.
Oh. Monkey.
He watched the other land 3 consecutive hits on 3 training dummies before bouncing off the ground with his tail, to the wall, and back to hitting the dummies. There were fucking dents in the places he bounced off of. DENTS. As much as he hated the monkey, he had to admit that he was strong. No wonder he ended up in the hero course, unlike him. The only problem that stupid monkey has is his goddamn honor and pride. Who has time to worry about those when they needed to get stronger and show their strengths, especially during the sports festival? Of course, it'd be someone from the hero course. He might've been offered an internship by a pro hero and become stronger, gaining more experience but nOo, he had to throw it all away. Then again, it only shows that they had choices, ones where they can just pick from. Unlike him, he had to train his way in. He can't even be picky, any opportunities given to him would help him take 1 step closer to transferring to the hero course. Knowing that they're not as desperate as he is because of their luck in getting a suitable hero-like quirk... How irritating.
He watched the blonde break the 3 dummies, panting as they wiped off the sweat from their forehead. Walking off to drink water, taking a short break before continuing, this time, punching and hitting the punching bag with their tail. Shinsou shakes his head quickly, he was supposed to train, he coooould still do it, but he'd have to deal with the monkey. They don't exactly get along and weren't on good terms after what happened at the sports festival, not only would it be awkward, he doesn't like being around the monkey, the guy probably hates him too. He decided to head back before he gets spotted. He wasn't about to waste his time watching some class A student train, especially not that monkey. Something about that guy made him feel frustrated and annoyed. The purple-haired student was too tired for this. Training can wait until tomorrow.
The door creaked slightly as the other left, Ojiro didn't notice and continued training until 11. Not realizing how fast time went by, he cleaned up the mess he made. Wiping off his sweat with a towel before wearing his shirt. Quickly jogging back to the dorms, he opened the door slowly, trying to be as quiet as possible so as to not wake anyone up, he took a quick shower before heading to his dorm room.
A camp, huh?
Ojiro grabbed a notebook and a pen and began to write everything he might need, essentials for camping, as well as extras like chips and other things he could bring if the camp is more for fun and chilling. Which he kind of doubts but one can never be too prepared. He nearly falls asleep on his desk before shaking his head. Putting the list aside, he slowly got up and dragged his tired body to bed. He flopped onto the bed and slowly dozes off into dreamland, too exhausted and a bit sore to properly adjust to the bed. Slowly being dragged into a peaceful state, the comfort of his bed welcomed him warmly as he falls into a deep slumber.