It wasn't long before the results of the votes were in; the tallied votes were listed on the blackboard. I wasn't expecting much, though, considering my social link with everyone.
Yaoyorozu Momo – 6 votes
Arata Seiji – 4 votes
Tenya Ida – 3 votes
Todoroki Shoto – 2 votes
Uraraka Ochako – 1 vote
It's easy to piece together who voted for Uraraka, as I turned to Midoriya, seeing him squirm by himself. It seems, however, that some of my classmates have decided not to vote since it wasn't mandatory.
"I got zero votes!?" Bakugo yelled out in disbelief before glaring at the rest of the class.
"And who the hell voted for that damned fish-eyes!?"
"Who would vote for you with an attitude like that?" Sero rolled his eyes.
Bakugo growled out, but with Aizawa standing right there, he decided not to try anything.
Ida looked a little disappointed, but not that upset over coming in third place and losing to me by one point.
"Three votes, huh? Not bad, but it seems I still have much to learn…”
"As expected, Yaoyorozu is popular." Midoriya observe.
Kirishima came up to me,
"Guess Yaoyorozu is our class president." He said with a smile.
"A shame, you missed the class president post by a few votes. Ah, of course I voted for you!”
"Haha! I voted for you too, Arata! Don't forget to show some favouritism by putting in some good words for me with the class president!" Kaminari declared.
I chuckled,
"Of course, I will make sure to put your name in first with her if we have any jobs that need to be done."
"Wait, no, that's not what I meant!" His grin fell.
I glanced at Momo, who was talking to a few of the other girls. It seemed that she should have received most of the girls' votes. She had a confident look on her face; it seemed like the result was something she was expecting.
"So your class president is Yaoyorozu and your deputy president will be Arata. Give them applause or whatever."Aizawa said as he got up from his sleeping bag.
….
The bell rang as the class went to the cafeteria for food.
After the election, it seems that Yaoyorozu has convinced most of the class to sit together for lunch. Even though there were still a few stubborn ones, like Todoroki and Bakugo, who prefer to eat alone.
Kaminari looked around and said,
"Wow, it's still surprising that there are so many people."
"Well, yes. All four courses have lunch at the same time. What I find surprising is that there are still empty seats for us." Yaoyorozu answered him.
"The food here is so good!" Mina exclaims, practically vibrating with excitement as she shovels a bite into her mouth without concern.
Ochaco also takes a bite of the rice bowl she got and compliments it in a satisfied tone before switching topics,
"This rice is really tasty! Say, Ida, didn't you wanna be the president too? You've got the glasses and everything!"
Taking a sip from his glass cup of juice, Ida responded in a humble tone with his eyes closed, with a bead of sweat trickling from his face,
"Again, ambition and suitability are different matters… I humbly made the choice I felt was correct; unfortunately, it seems like I wasn't meant to be."
As the class was talking about simple things, enjoying Lunch Rush's food, a sudden loud cry of an alarm echoed throughout the building, followed by a mechanical voice announced from the speakers,
“SECURITY LEVEL 3 HAS BEEN BROKEN. ALL STUDENTS, PLEASE EVACUATE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION. I REPEAT …"
*VREEE*
*VREEE*
Upon hearing that, most of the gathered students in the cafeteria started panicking, and so did my own classmates.
"An alarm!?" Midoriya exclaimed as he stood up, followed by a few others who looked around anxiously.
"That alarm only goes off when there's an intruder on the school premises!!" Some random student yelled. sending students scrambling toward the exits.
Students in the cafeteria ignored the automated voice's directive, and they began to rush toward the exits as if they were fleeing for their lives. Pushing, shoved, and bumped into each other as they fought to be first to flee.
Seeing the frenzied reaction of the other students around us, tensions among my fellow class members started increasing rapidly.
I let out a sigh as I moved unhurriedly while standing up from my seat.
Naturally, this earned me a few stares of confusion from my classmates.
"Arata, how are you so calm?! The level 3 alarm means someone has broken into the school grounds! It could be a villain attack!" Yaoyorozu exclaims, her voice laced with urgency.
I glanced at her.
"You are right. It could be a villain attack,"
I said, not bothered.
"Or, if you all could calm down and turn to look out the window, you'd see a bunch of reporters running around the school entrance. This means they have probably broken in somehow."
‘ I know it's a villain infiltration, with Shigaraki planning to steal tomorrow's schedule to kill All Might, but there is no need to say that and have them panicking even more. Even if they calmed down, I can't explain where I've got this knowledge from.’
The others turn to the window, as realization dawns on them.
"Oh…"
"Anyway," I continued, my expression unchanged,
"What matters is getting everyone to calm down first. As things are, they are more of a danger to themselves. If someone decides to use his quirk, this could become even more dangerous."
My composed demeanor seems to help some of them settle down.
"H-how do we do that?" Midoriya asks, eyes darting around.
I saw several people looking toward me when he asked this question.
“Yaoyorozu, could you please make me a megaphone?”
I exhale through my nose.
"We need to get their attention. I can make everyone stop, just for a moment, though. After that, Yaoyorozu, it will be your turn to explain the situation. Can you do it!?"
"I will do it!" She declared immediately, her fist clenched.
Momo created a white plastic megaphone and handed it to me,
"Use this!"
I nodded in gratitude
'Perfect.’
“Ahh, that's right, please stand behind me and cover your ears.”
"WILL YOU ALL JUST STOP!!”
At my scream, the whole cafeteria froze in place, some of my classmates included.
“There you go! They will be unfrozen in a moment. Explain the situation and have them calm down.”
I said to Yaoyorozu before standing back and giving her the megaphone to let her speak.
She stood on top of a table before speaking,
"EVERYONE CALM DOWN! DO NOT PANIC! IT'S JUST THE PRESS! EVERYTHING IS FINE!"
Hearing her voice from the megaphone, the students slowly turned to look towards the source of the announcement, with some still frozen.
"H-how do you know that?" One of the gathered students asked.
She calmly pointed to the window, which revealed Aizawa and Lunch Rush, who were dealing with the crowd of reporters,
"See for yourself, it's just reporters, and the teachers are already getting the situation under control. So everyone, please calm down!"
The students who had previously been panicking started to slowly calm down and go back to their tables. With some of them. even praising and thanking her.
"Amazing, class president! You took control of the situation just like that!" Kirishima praised, as a few others joined him in praising the two of us.
Kaminari flashed a thumbs up,
"Yeah! You were like 'see for yourself!' pointing to the window; it was super cool, Yaoyorozu!”
"Please, Arata was the one who not only stayed calm in that moment, but he also came up with the plan to calm down everyone. If he wasn't there, I don't think I could have done it."
Iida shook his head,
"Such calm and collectedness! It seems like our classmates made the right choice by picking you two!"
She just shook her head with a smile on her face.
With the situation calmed down, some of the teachers came to take over the evacuation to make it smoother. By the time the police arrived to remove the reporters, the situation was completely under control; the whole incident was resolved.
‘ So that's it. Hum, with this, Shigaraki now possesses the timetable of our class. Tomorrow will be the day when the USJ incident happens.’
Afterwards, the student crowd dispersed, and each went to their classrooms.
Moments later, Aizawa arrived in the classroom and began to discuss tomorrow's schedule with us.
….
I was jolted awake at 4 a.m. by my alarm clock. Keeping my morning workout light, I got ready and headed to UA, prepared for what will undoubtedly be an eventful day.
As one of the representatives of Class 1-A, I was expected to show up much earlier than the other students. My duty is to act as a liaison between the faculty and the students, although I feel less like I was representing them and more like I was chosen to be an errand boy.
Fortunately, I wasn't the only one to arrive early, as Yaoyorozu and Ida were also present.
They spotted me the moment I entered the classroom, with Ida rising to his feet to greet me.