Kiyo couldn't help but smile as Pony excitedly talked about a new manga she was reading and an anime she was excited about that was going to be released soon. They'd been on a bus for a few hours on their way to a training camp they were going to be attending with class 1A.

"HAHAHA! Those class 1A losers had five students fail the final exam. Five!" Monoma cackled from the seat behind Pony and Kiyo.

"You failed too, moron." Kendo smacked him over the back of the head causing the rest of their classmates to laugh.

Completely unphased by Monoma's antics, Pony continued on unhindered. "The heroine's love interest reminds me of you, he's so strong and chivalrous." Pony gushed.

Kiyo felt her face begin to burn with heat and she quickly looked out the window. Her frozen body felt entirely too warm. Tokage knelt on her seat in front of them and turned to look over the back of the seat overhearing their conversation.

"Ya know, if more love interests were written like Kiyo I think there'd be a lot more fangirls in the genre." Tokage smirked.

"Definitely." Komori piped up from beside her.

"She does have prince charming vibes." Shiozaki piped up thoughtfully.

Kiyo covered her face with her hands as subtly as she could and continued staring intently out the window feeling embarrassed by her friends gushing. Out of the corner of her eye she caught a glance at the mirror at the front of the bus and saw Mr. Kan smiling from his seat as he looked at his students proudly. That made her feel even more embarrassed and she pretended she was going to take a nap.

"You're not fooling anyone over there, Prince Charming." Tokage snickered.

"You're all being obnoxious." Kiyo grumbled, while trying to keep her face hidden.

"Are you blushing?!" Monoma gaped from behind her as he pressed his face to the glass to peek through the gap between their seats.

"Aw!" All the girls chorused.

After a few more minutes of torture her friends lightened up and left her alone realizing she was uncomfortable with all the attention. Pony cleared her throat a little loudly, "before we were so rudely interrupted." She huffed in a teasing manner causing everyone around them to break into stitches, she dove back into her gushing about the new anime and Kiyo's likeness to the love interest in the storyline.

As the sun began to set the bus pulled off on a dirt road that led to a nice clearing next to a small lake sheltered next to a mountain, it looked like the perfect spot for a campsite.Mr. Kan got to his feet as the bus came to a stop.

"Listen up everyone, tomorrow morning bright and early is when the real training begins, but for tonight, I wanted you all to get a small break to yourselves before we join class 1A." Mr. Kan looked at his students, he knew many of them felt discouraged when they were constantly being compared to 1A and it wasn't through any fault of their own, 1A just got more experiences and more chances to be in the spotlight. All of his students were capable and all deserved their own chance in the spotlight.

"And you thought caveman camping was the way to go?" Monoma scoffed though his tone betrayed him, he was happy with the night away from class 1A.

"Monoma!" Kendo snapped.

Kiyo smiled softly at her friends.

Pony turned and felt her heart stutter in her chest as she spotted a small serene smile dance across Kiyo's lips. It was rare to see her look so at peace and even rarer to see her looking happy, though Pony had noticed it did happen much more often in her presence than anyone else's. She slipped her hand in Kiyo's and her heart skipped as Kiyo turned to her with an unhindered smile.

"I can set up the girl's tent." Pony offered, her family had gone camping a handful of times back in the states.

"I'll help." Kiyo reassured her.

"Actually, Kiyo, would you mind starting a fire for us?" Mr. Kan asked as he patted his pockets, "I forgot matches."

Kiyo nodded and everyone exited the bus and went to their respective tasks. The girls tent was constructed neatly in a matter of minutes while the boys seemed to be struggling. Kiyo threw a wary look in the boys direction as she heard a plethora of screams as the tent came crashing down on Tetsutetsu, Honenuki and Awase. Monoma looked to be responsible and sheepishly tossed the support pole he'd accidentally dislodged behind him while Tsuburaba nearly doubled over laughing.

"They're hopeless." Kendo sighed.

All the girls nodded in agreement.

"Hey! Don't just stand there, help us get them out!" Kaibara grumbled as he and the others outside of the tent struggled to find the opening to get their friends free.

Kiyo sighed and shifted her left foot a little causing pillars of ice to shoot up around the tent hoisting it into an upright position giving Honenuki, Tetsutetsu and Awase a way out.

"I'm starting to see the Prince Charming thing," Honenuki chuckled.

Once the tent was no longer collapsing the boys were able to secure it while the girls gathered firewood. After neatly arranging the wood in the firepit, Kiyo shot a single spark of blue flame into it and in no time they had a nice cozy fire.

"Aw, I wish we had marshmallows, we used to roast them over the fire when we went camping back in the states." Pony sighed morosely.

"Good thing, I brought these." Mr. Kan beamed as he withdrew a grocery bag he'd been hiding behind him. It was filled with marshmallows, graham crackers, chocolate bars and peanut butter cups.

Kiyo couldn't help but smile as she watched all her friends get excited over marshmallows and even found herself giggling when Monoma nearly caught the boys tent on fire after flinging a flaming marshmallow. She used her quirk to pull the flames away from the tent and sent them back to the firepit saving the tent in the process. She laughed quietly as everyone scolded Monoma and everyone paused after a moment and turned to her in awe as they realized she was laughing freely.

Honenuki grinned and clapped Monoma on the back, "good going Monoma."

Mr. Kan smiled as he watched the usually cold and stoic girl lower her guard and let loose with her friends.