Previously. . .

"Thank you for accepting me. . . I guess I'll tell you my view of the story. . ."

Everyone at the table listened carefully, as Mineta explained about what happened. . .

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"I was trying to do my best to change, it all started when the girls started to insult me. It started with class 1A, but then other girls started to take notice and accidentally started a rumor with out realizing, and soon, the whole school knew about me. I was never safe from bullying and had to hide whenever, and wherever I can. . ."

It was a sunny Saturday, the 1A girls decided to have a hangout day. They were just passing by when Mineta stopped them.

"Hey ladies!"

"Go away Mineta!" Ashido says.

"Yeah, stop trying to harass us!"

Mineta paused. He was shocked, he didn't and wasn't going to harass them, he was trying to change, and was just going to ask about what they were doing.

"Don't you have anything better to do!?" Jiro butted in.

"But-"

"Just go somewhere else!"

Mineta ran away with out a second thought.

'I don't understand?' Mineta thought.

He decided to just go back to his dorm, and just stay there. Luckily, no one took notice of him.

He arrived back at his dorm and plopped on his bed.

'I was just trying to change. . .'

The next day, the girls were talking about yesterday, on their way to class. Some other girls heard and a big gossip-rumor started.

Mineta was on his way to the class, but was kicked from behind. He almost fell face first on the ground but caught himself.

"Ew, look! It's the grape," a girl laughed at him. Several other girls joined in the laughter.

"Shouldn't he be in the garden instead? This is a hero school, not some sort of fruit salad!" The laughter continued.

Mineta tried to get up, but was kicked down again. This time, it was hard enough for him to start bleeding.

"Never mind! He's a raisin now!" Everyone laughed at him again and started beating him up.

Mineta has cuts, scratches, and several dark spots (bruise). He barely can get up, and started to go to class. When he entered, he felt everyone staring at him.

"Why are you late? Never mind. Go take a seat."

Mineta walked to his seat, and caught a worried glance from Kaminari. No one seemed to notice or care about his injuries other than Kaminari.

After class, Kaminari walked straight to Mineta and asked him about his injuries.

"Dude, are you ok!?"

"Yeah, it's fine," Mineta answered, hoping the lie to go through.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah it's not that bad. . ."

"You should be careful still!"

"Thanks."

As time went on, Kaminari started to hang out with Mineta less and less, and with the Bakusquad more and more, eventually forgetting about Mineta, and leaving him in the dust.

Mineta was heart broken, one of his very first AND best friends, leaving him behind.

He knew that Kami won't invite him to hang out with the Bakusquad, but even if he did, they'll never accept him anyways.

The bullying never stopped either. Other girls were framing him saying that he was 'harassing' or being 'perverted' around them. He tried to explain, but they won't even try to look for evidence that he DID do it.

Eventually, he lost his sparkle and shine in his eyes. . .

No one even talked to him anymore

He was all on his own

"I'm really sorry that you had to go through that!" Kendo commented.

"It's alright. It's not like it was your fault anyways. ."

"Monoma went through a similar thing a while back. We can help you if you want!"

"You would really do that? . ."

"Of course! We're all friends, aren't we? And that's not a joke."

Mineta smiled, his shine returning for a split second.

"I'm glad that I met people like you."

"We're glad too! Aren't we, Monoma?"

"Yeah, we are."

Kendo sent a playful glare at him for for not being serious.

"Ok, ok! Geez Kendo!"

Everyone laughed at the interaction.

Mineta hung out with Class 1B for the rest of the day, and learning more about them, as did 1B.

 Class 1B showed Mineta some of the games they made up for fun, and told Vlad King about it.

They told Mineta about their hang out schedule, and planned to have a class hang out on Sunday.

It felt like they've known each other for years, and yet, they've only met him earlier in the day.

They all decided to watch the sunset together, as a peaceful reminder of their friendship.

"Not gonna lie, Mineta looks more of a grape than you do, Shinsou. No offense," Monoma stated.

It was already the end of the day, and Monoma, Tetsu, Kendo, and Shinsou was walking Mineta back to his dorm.

"Hey!" Shinsou called out.

"None taken," Mineta answered.

"Well, I'm still the original grape."

"You guys can be the purple group instead then. Both you and Mineta," Tetsu suggested.

"That's a really good idea!" Kendo agrees.

"I guess that could work. . ."

"Today was really fun hanging out with you guys! Thanks again for having me over!" Mineta exclaimed.

"It's no problem, Mineta-kun," Kendo replied. "It was really fun to have you hang out with us!"

"I have got an idea!" Monoma says out of nowhere. "We can make a squad! There's exactly 5 of us to make one!"

"Oh yeah! My bro Kiri said something about being in a squad with some of his friends. I think it was called the 'Bakusquad'."

"Yeah, the only squads in the school, at least I think, are the pomeranian squad and he broccoli boy squad!"

"You mean the Dekusquad and Bakusquad," everyone else corrected.

"Whatever."

"But that's a really good idea, though. We do literally hang out all the time, so this is the perfect opportunity," Kendo says thoughtfully.

"Well, what should we name it?" Shinsou asks.

"Why not the Monosquad? Monoma helped me first so it should be named after him," Mineta says.

"Why thank you!"

"And that's a good name, since the others used only 4 letters of their name." (Kendo)

They finally arrived at Mineta's dorm.

"I'll talk to you guys tomorrow!" Mineta says, entering his dorm.

"You too!" The others says.

"Well that was an eventful day," Shinsou says. "We have to go back to our dorms before Vlad gets mad."

"Oh yeah-" (Monoma)

"Well? What are we waiting for then? The dorms won't go to us by their selves!" Kendo says, already starting to head back.

"Hey! Kendo! Don't leave us behind!" Monoma says, running to catch up to Kendo.

"Wait!- I don't want to be last! Wait for me!" Shinsou starts to run as well.

Kendo starts to go faster.

"Nope! You're all on your own now!"

Just like that, the first day of Mineta's hang out with Class 1B has ended.

They agreed to all hang out together at lunch everyday, and they even considered Mineta to be a part of their class. . . . Not officially though.

Vlad started to treat Mineta like he was his student too.

Things were going well for Mineta, but this didn't go unnoticed by none other than Class 1A.

They started to question where he keeps going, and decides to confront him about it sometime later.

They started to spy on him to see where he was going, but Mineta knew, and every time they would follow him, he would lose them on purpose and tell the others about it.

Mineta finally got to the arcade, where Monoma, Tetsu and Kendo was waiting for him.

"They were chasing you again?" Monoma asks.

"Yeah, but got them off my tail."

"Shouldn't you just tell them to stop it?" Kendo suggests.

"I agree with Kendo. That's unmanly," Tetsu agrees.

"Yeah, but then it would be a bit suspicious on why I know, and they're going to be more curious. Knowing them, they won't stop until the tea is spilled."

"How many people in your class know?" Tetsu asked.

"I think it's about the whole class, but there are some that aren't interested about it. But also knowing them, they'll probably either start a gossip unintentionally, or tell the whole class, then I'm going to be dead."

"That's going to have a lot of tea spilled if any of your class finds out," Kendo realizes.

"I agree. Best to keep it undercover," Tetsu added.

"That's what I'm trying to do-"

"Ok, ok! We came here to play games, not to have a discussion on how to hide your identity," Monoma interrupts.

"Monoma!" (Kendo)

"What?-"

"It's fine guys! I'm sure we can figure something out later, but for the mean time, can we just go in and play some games?"

"Alright then," Kendo says, admitting defeat.

"Yay!"

"Since when did Monoma become so energetic-" Tetsu and Mineta asks.

"ShUsh cHilD-"

"But I'm not a child-"

Shinsou started laughing.

"Oh my gosh-"

"ShUsh-"

Shinsou continued laughing.

"It's not funny!" Tetsu and Mineta said at the same time.

"Ok! Ok! Lol."

Mineta rolled his eyes, and Tetsu face palmed.

"Let's just go in. . ." (Tetsu)

The squad went in the arcade, and picked out a game to play.

Unknown the them, the Bakusquad was also there.

"Does anyone want a drink?" Tetsu asked.

"Me!" (Monoma)

"I'm getting kind of thirsty too, I'll get one," Kendo replied.

"Nah, I'm good," Shinsou said, not taking his eyes off the screen.

"Same. I'm not really thirsty," Mineta responded.

"Alright, 3 drinks!"

"Who's the third one?" Monoma asked.

"Me!" Tetsu exclaimed.

"Alright, I'll be back!"

Tetsu ran off into the distance, careful to not bump into anyone. While he was walking, he spotted someone familiar.

"No way! Kiri, is that you?" Tetsu called out, grabbing the attention of Kirishima.

"Dude! It's been so long!" Kirishima replied, jogging up to him.

"What are you doing here bro?"

"I'm actually hanging out with the Bakusquad, what about you?"

"Same! I'm hanging out with my squad as well!"

"You have a squad?! That's cool bro! What is it called?"

"It's the Monosquad, we named it after Monoma, since. . . A lot of things are going on right now. . ."

"I'm so sorry about that!"

"It's fine dude! Anyways, I came to get drinks."

"Same! Is this just a coincidence? We keep running into each other though!"

"That's what I was thinking too! We should walk and talk, catch up on some things, y'know?"

They started walking and talking while going to get drinks.

"So how's it going with you, bro?"

"I've been good! But the girls in my class, you know Minoru Mineta, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, the girls in my class noticed that he wasn't as perverted as before, and keeps going to places, and they were trying to find out where he's been going, but, they haven't got a single clue so far because they keep loosing him. I tried to interfere, saying that it wasn't manly to go into people's business, but . . ."

"They didn't listen?"

"Yep. And they're still trying to find out where he's going. I'm not in it though, because that's his business, and I'm not going to ruin it for him. So we all thought that we should take a break from things, and just have fun at the arcade."

"That's actually the same for my squad! So, I've got to tell you something, and you CAN NOT at any times, spill the beans, ok?"

"Ok, I'm ready."

"So, we kind of invited Mineta to hang out with class 1B, but it's currently just the 5 of us right now in the arcade."

"Keep going," Kiri said as he made a motion to keep going.

"Since he and Monoma was getting bullied, we befriended him, and he's part of the Monosquad along with me, Kendo, and Shinsou."

"I understand."

"And because no one is trying to accept him. . . We kind of made him an unofficial member of Class 1B. . ." Tetsu said slowly.

Kirishima nodded in response.

"I promise I won't tell anyone!"

"That's good to know."

They ordered their drinks and parted their ways.

As Tetsu got back he was met with a snatch from Monoma to get his drink.

"What took you so long?!" Monoma quickly said while chugging down his drink.

Tetsu handed Kendo her drink.

"I was catching up with my bro, Kirishima. I also told him about our squad-"

"You what?!" Monoma practically screamed.

"He promised to not tell anyone, and I can assure you, he stays true to his promises."

"I guess that's ok. . ."

"What's so bad about it?" Kendo asks, taking a sip of her drink.

"Remember what Mineta said before?" Monoma reminded.

"Yeah?" Kendo answered.

"It could go out unintentionally, which would cause a bigger problem."

"Monoma's right," Shinsou says, taking a break from the game. "The secret will be kept for now, but we don't know how long it'll hold up."

Tetsu sighed. "I didn't exactly think this through. . . Sorry guys. . ."

"No, I think it's a bit safer, since we have at least one more person to cover up the secret. Especially since they're in 1A. But you're going to have to talk to him to make it not look suspicious. We already have all of 1B covering for us, so it shouldn't be a problem," Mineta pointed out.

"I guess," Monoma silently agreed.

"It's actually getting late. I didn't realize we almost spent the whole day at the arcade," Kendo states. "Let's go back to the school."

"Alright," everyone else agrees.

They started walking back to the school which didn't take very long. Eventually they arrived at the front gate. Just as they were about to walk through. . .

An alarm sounded. . .

The villain alarm.