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Most of 1A class is hanging around in the common room, as a sweet summer breeze blows through the open windows. Sato made cold soba and bubble tea with fruits. Even Aizawa came by to have a taste. He seems to roam around the common room a lot whenever Sato is cooking…
Around 8PM, Aizawa left and advised his students to sleep early. He didn’t mention he was about to patrol and do an all-nighter. Students are laying on the couches, browsing their phones or playing UNO…
***
“Look! Look!” Ochako is jumping in front of Bakugou like a happy rabbit, holding a magazine to his face
“You calm the fuck down and maybe I’ll have a look. I’m about to go to bed!” he snarls.
“I am never calming down when it comes to SPACE!” Ochako claims.
“Which stupid rock crashed on which stupid ball of gas again?” he answers blandly, staring at his phone.
“This time it’s about rocks that go super-fast while their ass is on fire, do you like it better than way?”
Ochako seems more and more annoyed by her boyfriend’s disregard toward astral bodies. Bakugou notices it in her tone, and finally puts his phone away.
“So… shouting stars?” he asks.
He takes the magazine from her hand and reads for a while, his eyes moving rapidly.
“You want to go see the Perseids? I thought we couldn’t see that in a big city…” he mumbles, as he keeps reading. “Plus, I’m not into that shit. You should ask Kirishima, he’s a rock and he likes to run fast while his butt is on fire.”
“IT HAPPENED ONE TIME! And you’ll never let me forget it!” Kirishima interferes, blushing
“Once again, I am terribly sorry…” Shouto adds, lowering his head.
“Don’t sweat Shouto, accidents happen!” says Mina.
“I am not sweating.” Shouta informs her.
Ignoring him, Mina adds “Plus, Kirishima made a mistake when he ran. You are supposed to STOP, DROP and ROLL!” She shows them a break-dance interpretation of the “stop drop and roll” protocol.
Bakugou looks at them with a half-smile, but Ochako seems upset. “So, you don’t even want to try and see it?”
“What… yeah… fine, as you wish.” He concedes.
Yaomomo and Ochako prepare the trip to the Bumla mountain with Yaomomo’s intensity and Ochako’s enthusiasm. They buy or make camping gear, sleeping bags, snacks, thermos to put iced tea in… Momo obtains a high quality yet portable telescope from her father. Ochako is so exited she un-gravities herself two times. She thought they would only get to see the shooting stars passing by, but Momo’s gear guarantees successful observations!
They only lack one thing. Permission for a night out. The Perseids are passing by during a school week, and the dormitories rules are draconian. With a heart full of courage, they march towards the teacher lounge.
With a heart full of dread, they walk back to the dormitories…
“I can’t believe it… we took care of everything… even distress flares…” Momo mumbles under her breath.
“I should have seen it coming… Since what happened during summer camp…” Ochako adds.
Slouched on the couch, Bakugo turns his head and asks “So… they said no?” Ochako and Momo both nod silently. “tsk, you should have seen it coming” says Bakugo before leaving the common room.
“I know we had low chances of success, and he’s not into this kind of things… But I wish he would be more supportive at times.” Ochako confides to Momo with a heavy sigh. Momo looks annoyed. “I guess… he’s more the realistic type. It’s true, it’s still dangerous for us to wander out of campus, even more if it’s at night!”, then she gives Ochako a hug.
***
The next day, Ochako is trying to finish a history paper when she hears very recognizable “boom” sounds outside. She opens a window and look around. She can see Bakugou, Kirishima and Aoyama in the court in front of the dormitories. “What are those three idiots doing together?”
She rushes downstair to be met with a very serious Bakugou “Hey! We’re not ready yet!” he yells.
“Ready for what?” she asks, dumbfounded.
“You wanted shooting stars? You are going to get it. But plan A failed so we need more time !
“I’m afraid to ask but… what are plan A and B?”
“Yeah! Yeah!” That was Denki, walking around, thumbs up.
“Oh no what did you do…”
“They tried to shut down all the light in the neighborhood” indicates Kyoka, following Denki to make sure he won’t hurt himself, “but they only shut down Denki’s brain.”
“I guess UA has a good security system to protect it’s power…” Yaomomo says, meditative.
Half of the class is now gathered in front of the building.
“It’s 10pm, aren’t teachers going to be mad?” asks an anxious Izuku.
“It’s okay, we convinced them it counted as training, we have until midnight to do “whatever it is you’re doing just don’t burn anything.” Nezu sent us extinguishing drones!
The quiet drones are aligned along the wall, waiting for a disaster to happen.
“So, the teachers don’t know you tried to highjack the electricity then?” Ochako asks
“What they don’t know cannot hurt them!” Kirishima claims.
“I’ll say Denki tried to make an artistic lightning…” Kyoka says, reassuring.
Huffing and puffing, Tenya eventually joins them, holding two harness and a bunch of karabiners. “At least use this! I got it from Thirteen sensei. So you don’t drop Aoyama!”
“I never drop anything!” claims Bakugou, annoyed.
Shoji gestures to them with multiple hands, while one of his arms is scanning around with multiple ears and eyes. It means teachers are coming! Kyoka grabs Denki’s hand and makes him sit down, Tenya’s arms go crazy, Bakugou and Aoyama proceed to put on the harness.
“I’m supposed to check on you, but don’t make me use my quirk!” Aizawa says with a tired tone and half-closed eyes.
“Nezu said you had a pyrotechnic project going on, and suddenly, we cannot have the night off. So let’s get this over with!” Present Mic shout at them.
“Is this revenge for not letting you go to the mountain at night?” Aizawa asks.
“No but… it’s not totally unrelated” Yaomomo confesses.
“Shut up, I’m trying to concentrate on my trajectory!” Bakugou shouts.
Bakugou and Aoyama are now solidly harness to each other, Kirishima and Shoji are installing a huge net between two trees. Koji yells to local birds to clear the skies. Tenya draws a line on the ground with chalk to set up a “safety distance”. Attracted by the smell of Bakugou test explosions, Hatsume Mei joined them, and runs calculations on her pocket computer. “Put another net there!” she orders Kirishima and Shoji.
“Are you sure you don’t want me to make you float?” Ochako asks Bakugou.
“We are both heavy, I don’t want you to feel sick, but to enjoy tonight!” he replies.
Hatsume gives them a thumb up, and Bakugou jumps into the air in a big “Ba-Boom”! After a while, it seems they disappeared into the skies, then a familiar light appears. Yuga is shooting “stars” all over their head, and they look like real ones! Kirishima explains they are supposed to land in a net on the sports field. A distant explosion is heard, then a swarm of shooting stars drops from the skies again. Yuga is clearly getting the hang of it, as new swarms of stars appear more and more shiny, big, with diverse colors in it.
Aizawa and Yamada end up enjoying their evening, they didn’t get to do anything as romantic for a while. They wouldn’t be surprised is it was Nezu’s plan from the beginning.
Ochako, sat on the ground, stares at the sky with tears in her eyes. Momo passes a hand on her shoulder and whispers “See… I knew he cares.”