The puzzle pieces started to fall together.

He slid the classroom door open, greeted with the unusually excited chatter of Class 1-A surrounding him as he silently made his way to his desk. He walked past the group of giggling girls, catching the words "social" and "dance" amidst the shrieks and raucous laughter.

Oh, right.

U.A. held two socials throughout the year, one at the beginning and one at the end.

This was their senior year and therefore their last so-called "homecoming" dance before graduation, and the class was obviously eager to enjoy it to the fullest.

"Momo finally asked you, Kyoka? It's about time!" Mina's voice could be heard from across the room.

"Y-yeah I was...totally not expecting her to ask me" Jiro responded with a blush.

"I'm going with Kirishima" Mina said with a wide smile. "By the way, we need to get Toru to ask Ojiro before she gets cold feet."

"Hey!" Hakagure's invisible form shifted indignantly.

Todoroki sat in his seat, looking bored with an arm propped up against his chin. He never really understood the hype of "asking people to the dance" mostly because he never had to think about it much.

Ochako had asked him the last few times and because they were close friends, it was almost assumed that they would go together.

"Good morning Todorokix" Todoroki lifted his head to see Iida making chopping motions with his hands in the seat next to him.

He made a noncommittal noise in his throat in greeting"Hey"

"Everyone's excited about the dance next week"  Iida noticed, observing the other students huddled together. He smiled widely, spots of red appearing on his cheeks. "I managed to ask Mei yesterday."

Todoroki nodded in a congratulatory manner. Iida and Hatsume Mei had become extremely good friends after they had worked on a hero suit project together their second year and she'd offered to make adjustments to his suit thereafter.

They were both a little eccentric but diligent and passionate people, and in his opinion, it was an unexpected but remarkable friendship.

Iida filled him in on the details of the new project they'd been working on together while he nonchalantly hummed in acknowledgment.

"Ochako! Asui!"

Shoto glanced up at the door to see the newcomers join the group of girls clustered in the front of the room. The girls immediately started their interrogation.

"Did you ask him, Asui?" Mina asked in what she thought was a hushed whisper.

Tsuyu nodded, her tongue lolling out briefly.

"Did he say yes?" Hakagure questioned in obvious anticipation.

Tsuyu hesitated, and then nodded again, cheeks reddening slightly.

The girls squealed loudly, hugging and congratulating Tsuyu, who had turned fuchsia through the commotion. After a few minutes of embarrassing Tsuyu, the girls rounded up on the last member.

Ochako peered at them in mild fright and confusion, putting on an innocent smile.

"I heard from a little birdie that you got yourself a date already....And don't give me that 'I don't know what you're talking about' smile!" Mina narrowed her eyes at Ochako, while wagging her finger.

Jirou gave Mina a weird look, her earphone jacks swirling around her shoulders. "What are you talking about? Of course she has a date already, she always goes with Todoroki"

"No, I heard it's someone else," Momo interjected thoughtfully.

All eyes swiveled onto Ochako, who looked like a deer caught in headlights. Shoto's ears perked up.

"What? Who?" Hakagure gasped.

"Bakugou" Yaoyorozu answered.

There was silence.

"WHAAAAT?! BAKUGOU?!" Mina and Hakagure were screeching while Yaoyorozu tried to calm them down to no avail. Even Jirou looked shocked.

Ochako sat up straight in his chair immediately, zeroing in on Ochako's uncomfortable facial expression.

What?

Mina waved her arms around wildly, appearing to be extremely concerned. "Wait, I don't understand"

Tsuyu gave a firm shake of the head, and Mina abruptly stopped mid-sentence.

"I asked him during our spar yesterday," Ochako explained quietly. "He was being an ass at first...but you should have seen his reaction when I asked! He was just as shocked as you guys" she giggled as she remembered the explosive boy's cute(for her eyes) reaction

"But, he agreed to go with me"

What?

The girls paused, before showering her with compliments and congratulations instead. Ochako looked grateful, she joined the girls in a new discussion on dresses.

Todoroki was still processing this information when Iida waved a hand to get his attention. "Todoroki are you okay?"

He blinked in response, staring hard at the desk in front of him. "Yeah."

Iida eyed him but he didn't notice, too busy scrutinizing his right palm as it opened and closed.

This didn't make sense. It didn't--there was just--nothing made sense.

As Aizawa cleared his throat loudly and the classroom noise died down, he still couldn't bring himself to believe this revelation.

She asked Bakugou as her date

And Bakugou said yes