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There’s a point in time where Izuku hopes with all his might that a certain classmate might at least appear near the site of the Vernal Ball, and then there’s a point where he completely gives up the thought.

[ That latter point never actually arrives, though. ]

For a few moments, the boy leans against one of the supports holding up the roof above the benches, sighing to how fruitless his brief and minor searches have been—— but when his eyes readjust and glide around again, he nearly gapes at his vision, blinking once or twice before his expression turns into a beaming grin.

“Todoroki –– I-- I can’t believe you’re here!” 

“Um, excuse me?”

He’d noticed someone off near the sidelines of the party only moments ago, not on the dance floor or in the tents. And, since he wasn’t really talking to anyone ( and it didn’t exactly seem like she was talking to anyone else at the time, either ), maybe... maybe it’d be okay, at least, to try to talk to her?

Another afternoon walking around Stella City, he guessed. ..Well, to be honest, it was more like almost nighttime- and though the sky was darkening, it hadn’t completely lost the glowing tints and hues of the sun. With the day beginning to end, however, the sidewalks grew less crowded, though there were always the others who began night walks.

Well, guess he could just easily note to himself what he passed by on the way home. There was the fountain, the broadcasting station, two sheep looking at the two golden statues in the city center, spiked hair feet in front of him that he almost bumped into——

...Well, you know, it was really irregular for him to see or nearly walk into hair– especially if it was also one that he had never really seen since waking up in Stella City. Before waking up here, however..

Another discreet look and, yes, that was his long time classmate, Katsuki Bakugou.

“Oh, uh... H-hey, Kacchan.”

Perhaps the one thing Izuku should have done first was to find somewhere to get food. This was something easy enough once Izuku used his common sense and terrible sense of lonely navigation to find where whatever supermarket or food court existed- so he took to Candyfloss Center. Staying near the sides of the sidewalks for the meanwhile, Izuku ended up standing in line for a restaurant-- and it was at the very end of an extremely lengthy line of sheep. ...Great. That was just.. wonderful.

So he stood there, looking around at the others walking along the streets of the shopping area, and waited. ...This was taking way longer than he’d expected, and heck knew if he’d find someone else waiting or in the middle of their own business.

Something he would never really expect a few hours after arriving in a complete other city was that he’d have to go to school as soon as he was situated there.

And yet, today, that was the situation he was in after he passed by Aster Academy’s campus. Later into the afternoon, he found himself pushing open a door of the nearby library- and although a massive floor stretched out in front of him, it wasn’t completely deserted. There were, of course, sheep working and sheep browsing (...somehow, whatever reason for that still being unknown,) but he noticed another in the library. Walking up to her so as to not disturb... anyone there, hopefully, he at least attempted to ask. She seems like she might be attending.. college or so at Aster Academy, so.. it was worth a shot, right? If not, maybe she knew something about it.