Midoriya sat back and stretched, giving a sound of satisfaction when he felt his joints pop. Hunching forward he rolled his pencil across his tattered notebook. His eyes glancing towards his phone as it hummed to life and a message appeared on screen. He clicked it and read through the messages that were being sent into the groupchat

Kaminari: Get down here guys, there's food

Uraraka: I'm blasting off at the speed of light as we speak

Ashido: Meowth, that's right!

Iida: But we're typing?

He gave a smile as he saw the messages continue to roll in. He decided to mimic Uraraka by leaving and heading down to the common room. Upon leaving his room he made eye contact with heterochromatic ones and he froze. His eyes brightened and he grinned.

"Ah, Todoroki!" Midoriya greeted.

The person in question gave a nod in greetings and they began to walk to the common room together. Small talk was made and promises of study sessions were questioned. Upon making it to the common room their ears were infiltrated with sounds of talking, laughing, and teasing, as well as smells of food being cooked and served, filled the air. Midoriya let it all wash over him with a smile.

Both he and Todoroki made their way towards the couches in front of the televisions. A news channel hummed in the background as they both greeted their friends and classmates. All train of thought was thrown out the window when a loud exclamation made anyone listening interested.

"We should all go to the pool one of these days!" Ashido exclaimed loudly.

Many of the classmates became interested and plans and ideas were thrown out into the air.

"We could bring drinks and food!"

"I really wanna go sun bathing-kero."

"Swimming sounds lovely!"

"We could make it a competition!"

"Whoever wins first place is officially named a superior being and is worshipped."

"W-What does that even mean..?"

"What if we had a swimming competition...but with quirks!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"Kaminari, you would literally kill everyone in the pool!"

Some classmates paled but others began to laugh.

"Sounds festive!"

"Don't encourage h-"

"Sounds like a mad banquet of darkness."

"Stop being emo Tokoyami!"

"Don't call Tokoyami that Sero!"

"You got me there, class rep."

Midoriya stifled a laugh at all the noise and glanced over at Todoroki. He was smiling too, small, but smiling. Midoriya's heart warmed and he smiled. However, a loud booming voice rose over them all.

"COME GET THE FOOD BEFORE IT GETS COLD ASSHOLES!"

Most of the students froze before sprinting across the room and into the large kitchen. Sounds of delight filled the room and people began to trickle back to the couches in front of the television.

"This is so good!" Kirishima exclaimed.

"Whatever shitty hair." Bakugou responded, grumbling at the compliment.

Ashido grinned, "To be expected of the leader of the Bakusquad!"

Bakugou froze before confusion was rippled across his face. "The what?"

"The Bakusquad!" Kaminari repeated.

"What the fuck?" Bakugou questioned and his voice began to raise.

"You see since we are a friend group we of course had to have a group name! But the Ashidsquad or the Kamisquad, Serosquad or Kirisquad sounded weird so we went with the Bakusquad!" Sero commented idly as the entire class positioned themselves on the couches or floors.

Bakugou's confusion, anger, and signature explosions were drowned out as conversation began to dance across the room, the news a background noise.

Midoriya began to chat with Todoroki.

"How are you feeling?" The curly haired boy asked.

"I'm feeling good. Thanks for asking" Todoroki responded, grateful for not having to start the small talk.

Midoriya hummed, "That's good, you prepared for the English test?"

Todoroki responded with a nod.

The conversation continued to flow smoothly. They didn't notice that the conversations of others quieted down slightly as many more continued to pay attention to the news. The reporter continued to talk about the recent attacks and the many arrests of villains. It as well began to talk about the statistics of Kamino.

Their conversation trailed to a halt as they both began to pay attention to that statistics, as well as many of their other peers. Light words were passed as the news caster began to list off numbers.

"As every citizen of Japan know that the devastating battle between the now retired number one hero, All Might, and a notorious villain, as well as rescuing a kidnapped U.A. Class 1-A student, Bakugou Katsuki."

Students felt the atmosphere shift into something more serious. They promptly ignored the snarl that an explosive teenager gave at the mention of his name.

"The city has begun to begin excavation and restoration in the damaged areas. Despite this large setback, Japan can be in hope for a bright future."

The news cast was cut off with a commercial break and it was silent, besides the droning white noise. Kirishima coughed into his arm before looking up and smiling.

"Who else thinks this food is delicious?"

That comment slowly broke the tense atmosphere, conversation began to pick up again and the air was filled with responses and compliments.

Midoriya talked quietly with a slightly grim expression at the thought of Kamino. He can remember how terrifying it was and the sheer power that was exchanged in the battle. His mood eventually lifted once again. However, It didn't last long.

The news channel returned. But instead of a warm welcoming they all had been expecting, the teenagers were met with bright bolded letters saying 'BREAKING NEWS'.

Confusion swept across the room and they all payed close attention. Midoriya stared with confusion, however his eyes widened and his skin went pale as he read the headline.

"We come back with breaking news. The notorious son of the now number one hero, Endeavour, can be seen captured in a video stating that his father isn't as good as we all think."

Everyone sat up straight with shock and listened intently.

"An anonymous reporter submitted a video where the claim was made. The video was taken during the Sports Festival. In the video we can see the son of Endeavour, Todoroki Shouto, talking with a classmate who we have identified as Midoriya Izuku, another member of Class 1-A. We quote from the video 'In every memory of my mother, I only see her crying' In the video it also claims his father forcing his mother into a quirk related marriage. Whether this information is true or not still hasn't been confirmed. We will be playing a clip of the video, it may be disturbing to some audiences"

The room was silent as a video of the clip played. It seemed to be taken from a birds eyes perspective, above the two teenagers. The audio is slightly muffled, however combatted against when subtitles appeared at the bottom of the screen.

"As a man of means and merit-----integrated into my mother's family and took possession of her quirk. All he wanted was to slake his own thirst and raise a hero above All Might. ---- him..! I'll never, NEVER, be that piece of ----- tool!" It is silent before the voice continues "In my memories, my mom is always crying... She told me that my left side is unsightly, and she dumped ----------------- face." The video cuts to another scene, "I won't use my ----------- quirk. I'll become ---------- to. This is my total disavowal of him."

The video stops and cuts back to the reporter. She wears a grim, but serious, expression.

"These claims haven't been confirmed nor denied. Despite what Todoroki Shouto had stated in the video, he had ended up using his left side in the fight against Midoriya Izuku, the same classmate he had told the claims to in the video. In this shaky video you can hear the words shared during their match, right before the youngest Todoroki burst into flames."

The scene changes again to a shaky video recording of the startling battle that left a memory on Sports Festival history. A loud voice can be picked up in the audio.

"IT'S YOUR POWER ISN'T IT?"

The video is then cut off in a burst of flames.

The reporter stares solemnly at the students.

"That is all of our top story of today. Thank you for tuning in."

The news channel changes to commercials however the teenagers before them could care less. They turned and stared with shocked expressions at the two teenagers behind the couches.

Midoriya and Todoroki were both frozen. Midoriya was extremely pale with wide eyes and a slightly open mouth while Todoroki looked absolutely horrified.

"T-Todoroki, M-Midoriya, I-Is that true?" The quiet voice of Uraraka asked.

The entire class waited for a response.

Todoroki and Midoriya stayed frozen as they continued to stare at the television. The heterochromatic eyes got rid of the glazed effect and he took in to expressions of the room in fear. Like a startled animal he backed away.

A few voices spoke up then.

"H-Hey Todoroki." Yaoyorozu said trying to calm him down.

"It's okay man.." Kirishima said as well, trying the same thing as Yaoyorozu.

His eyes flew around the room before he did what he only could do. Todoroki ran.

Voices quickly raised in protest and called out to him but Midoriya could care less on what they were saying. He turned towards the exit of the dorms and ran after Todoroki.

They never got a response.