Chapter Thirty Five;;- Into the Dorms, Part One; A Serious Chat
[name] collapsed an empty cardboard box and straightened again, wiping her forehead with a sigh of relief. That was the last of her things from her old apartment, all moved into the apartment provided by Yuuei.
They provided some of the furniture, since it was rushed so quickly, but [name] still had to take a lot of her stuff for convenience sake. The teacher's apartment came equipped with a bed and mattress, an armchair and couch, and a coffee table. The rest of the furniture that she may have wanted was up to her to acquire. So, [name] brought her nightstands, a desk, and a dresser. Aside from basic electronics and the decorations from her apartment, the only other things she needed was the stuff for her cats (which she had to have special permission to have on the school campus and she only got because she had no family or friends in the country to dump them on).
It didn't take long for her to set up her stuff, since she didn't really have all that much. She was nowhere near a minimalist (since she had a habit of picking up things she liked) but she had never been a perfectionist either, so decorations were rather haphazardly set up.
When someone came through the front door, they stepped into the living room. It was connected to the kitchen with an archway on the wall adjacent to the one the front door was on. Across from the front door was a door leading to a bathroom and a door leading to a bedroom. The living room was furnished with the couch and two armchairs across from the coffee table with a TV on it. Her desk with her computer and other papers on it was pushed against the wall between the doors to the bathroom and bedroom. Little knickknacks that [name] owned were over the coffee table and kitchen counters. The cat tree was shoved onto the blank wall by the kitchen archway. On the wall in the living room was a 5-5 painting of a nighttime sky with a big full moon. There were some initials in the very corner of the painting, but someone who didn't know what they said would have a hard time trying to decipher them.
The bedroom had the queen sized bed in the middle, a nightstand on either side of it. The nightstands also had little trinkets on it, one had a lamp and the other an alarm clock. Hanging on the wall across from the bed was another clock above the dresser, which had some candles and a small plant on it. A wicker laundry hamper was beside the dresser.
The bathroom definitely had the least decorating in it, a rug went on the floor and [name] had a few small novelties that went on the counter by the soap and stuff, but other than that it was just a normal bathroom.
Not long after she finished, there was a knock at the semi-ajar front door. [name] didn't really see the point in closing it when everyone else was getting moved in at the same time, too, and she trusted everyone. Only Weird Bug might run out if the door was all the way open, so there wasn't too much trouble with the cats.
[name] opened the door the rest of the way up, pushing WB back with her foot when he tried to dart out. She smiled seeing Aizawa's usual, unkempt appearance there. "Hi, Aizawa," She greeted, pushing WB back again before leaning and picking him up before he could attempt another escape.
Aizawa's eyes lingered on the cat in her arms before wandering around the apartment behind her and watching the other two cats that were situated on the cat tree. "I was checking to see who my neighbors were," He explained after giving [name] a curt wave.
"Oh, so we're neighbors?" She asked. She opened her mouth to say something else when there was a jingle behind her and [name] suddenly shoved WB in Aizawa arms and dropped to her knees, stopping Bebus directly in her path for the front door. She stood, now with the chubby, hairless cat mewling in her arms. "Sorry, Bebus is mad at me for making her move."
It was pretty obvious to both of them that Aizawa didn't mind having a cat shoved in his arms at all. He was using two fingers to stroke the area between WB's ears, who was nuzzling into his hand contentedly. Aizawa shook his head. "It's fine. I don't mind." WB was purring happily at the attention. "Anyway, the students should be here soon. Now that I've found you, do you want to walk down together?"
"Sure!" [name] used one hand to slip on her shoes, then she took a step outside the door. She crouched in front of the door, holding it open only about a foot, then quickly forced Bebus inside, took WB and forced him inside, too, closing and locking the door swiftly. She sighed when she stood, smiling sheepishly at how she had to wrestle the cats. "Thank God that at least Meatball behaves himself."
"The one you handed me-- that was the one I was feeding, wasn't it?" Aizawa asked as they set off for the front of the school. It was only about a five minute walk.
[name] nodded. "Yeah, his name is Weird Bug, or WB as I call him sometimes. He was a stray that started sleeping at my house so I started taking care of him." She shrugged. "I think he kept going to your house because he likes you though, judging by how comfortable he was when I put him there."
Aizawa's lips turned upwards with a smile. He might have liked cats, but not all cats really liked him back. It was nice when he found a cat that did like him. "Good thing we're neighbors then."
When they got to the front of the school, most of the students were already there. They were chatting among themselves and a couple greeted the two teachers enthusiastically when they spotted them coming together. They waited until all twenty of them were there before getting all their attention.
"First thing's first. We couldn't be more glad that you're all safe and sound, back together again," [name] started, making sure to say 'we' because she knew that Aizawa probably wouldn't say it even if he meant it.
Asui spoke up before [name] could go any further. "We're glad you're okay too, sensei! When we were watching the press conference, we were so sad that you might not be with us anymore." Uraraka voiced her agreement beside Asui.
Both of the teachers are silent for a short moment before Aizawa finally scratched his cheek and said, "I'm surprised too. Well... a lot's happened." At his side, [name] was smiling softly at the concern. "We'll give you all a brief explanation of how the dorms will work, but first we need to address how we'll be moving forward to acquire the provisional license hat we planned to get at the camp."
Some chatter erupted at that, mostly about how people had forgotten.
"This is important, listen up." Aizawa's tone turned biting, catching all their attention quickly. "Todoroki, Kirishima, Midoriya, Yaoyorozu, and Iida. You five went to rescue Bakugou that night." His eyes swept over the reactions of the students. "And judging by the reactions, you all knew full well that they intended to do so. Up until now, we've been shelving things left and right, but let me say this clearly: Had All Might not been forced to retire and [na--" He stopped himself in the middle of [name]'s first name and corrected himself. "[surname] was also a part of the big decision making, then save for Bakugou, Jirou, and Hagakure, I would have expelled every single one of you."
[name] watched all their faces fall. She wanted to backtrack and tell them not to worry, but frankly she agreed. They had placed themselves in such danger and it was highly illegal for them to do so. Instead, she explained the why of it further for Aizawa. "The five who went go without saying, but the twelve who knew about it and didn't stop them wouldn't have gotten away scot-free either. It doesn't matter why you did it, you still betrayed our trust." She smiled sympathetically at them. "You're all great students, so please restore that trust by doing your hero-ing legally."
With all of the serious stuff out of the way, Aizawa whipped around and started into the dorm building. "That's all, so let's go inside. And with a spring in your step," He added the last part as more of an afterthought.
[name] followed him, but the students lagged behind a bit. "I think we made them sad," She murmured softly to Aizawa.
He nodded, looking over at his shoulder at Kaminari, who had somehow short-circuited his brain and had sent the class into laughter. "They're resilient. They'll be fine." Kirishima yelled something about taking them out to eat tonight and nodded again, reaffirming it to himself.
a/n: again, nothing interesting but still necessary. aizawa briefly meets the cats but this isn't their official meeting there's a better one coming
also they never really mention that the teachers live on campus but,, i think some of them do so shut up
(i promise im trying to be consistent with this uploads but i am SO spacey lmao srry its supposed to be daily i swear)