Chapter 45

The following day everyone was gathered back in Class 1A as usual. They were talking animatedly about the events that occurred two days prior, but did their best to avoid bringing up a certain topic. Seeing as how Kumagawa had yet to arrive, most of the students were still relatively relaxed. But they all knew that would change the second the smiling teen entered the room.

"Sheesh, all the news channels made such a big deal out of the Villain attack!" Kaminari exclaimed. "They even threw pictures of us all over the TV!"

"Well duh, the Hero course that pumps out the worlds greatest Heroes just got attacked." Jirou pointed out. "Of course they'd make a big deal out of it."

"Yeah, but realize that all that was ever mentioned was that there was an attack. No details of what transpired during it." added Shouji. "I'm guessing everyone here got the same run-down about keeping quiet?"

A wave of nods crossed the classroom at the large teens words. Regardless of the circumstances, all of the students were sworn to silence about the whole ordeal.

"They obviously don't want word getting out about..." Hagakure trailed off nervously.

"He still isn't here yet." Tokoyami observed. "He's usually around the seventh person to arrive, but class is about to begin and he still hasn't shown up."

"Do you think they actually took him away or something?" Uraraka wondered aloud.

"I hope so." muttered a trembling Mineta. Despite his previous reverence for the unabashed pervert, his attitude towards him had done a complete 180. "Kumagawa scares me now."

[Speak of the devil and he shall appear!] exclaimed Kumagawa as he popped his head into the classroom, only to be met with stunned silence as everyone turned to him. [Too soon?]

A few brave souls managed to nod their heads in response as the teen headed towards his seat, which was suspiciously further away from his desk neighbors than usual.

[So, did anyone do anything interesting with their day off yesterday? I made a new lady friend who is quite affectionate. She can't seem to keep her hands off me.] Kumagawa said with a certain smug aura around him.

Mineta began chewing at his own shirt as he was suddenly envying the scary teen for apparently having got himself a girlfriend.

"Wait, you became friends with a girl?" asked Sero incredulously. "How?"

"I bet he kidnapped her." spoke Ashido, half in joke and half in seriousness.

[Do you all really think so low of me? That I can't become friends with a perfectly normal, not at all insane, totally stable and sound of mind girl? You wound me!] he cried as he clutched at his heart.

Despite the violence he displayed two days prior, the rest of the class was still having a hard time believing this was the same person. An emotionless killer one moment, and a ridiculous pervert the next. The teen was truly a walking contradiction.