Idea:
It’s summer break of Izuku and his classmates’ second year.
Honestly, it isn’t that much different from being a first year. They still have all the same classmates and Aizawa is still their homeroom teacher.
They do have a little more freedom now - their curfew is later, and they don’t have to sign out of their dorms in the evenings whenever they want to hang out at the mall or something, and they're allowed to be away overnight on weekends without having to get express written permission from their parents.
They take full advantage of this, obviously.
Especially in the summer time.
They decide to take an overnight trip to the beach one time. They’re all going to be staying at a hotel, and All Might is going too, and so is Present Mic.
And when Aizawa hears about it, he’s not too surprised - those two are the “cool” teachers after all. Obviously the students would want them to come.
But then Mina bounds up to him on the last day of school before summer vacation. And she’s beaming brightly and all bubbly with excitement.
And she asks Aizawa if he wants to come to the beach with them.
And Aizawa’s shocked because??? Are you sure you’re talking to the right person???
“I don’t think that would be a good idea,” he says, deadpan. He knows students don’t tend to like him very much, which doesn’t really bother him much. He doesn’t do things because they’ll make him popular - he does things to raise his students into the best heroes they can be.
“Awww, but senseiiii!” whines Mina. “You have to come!!! It won’t be any fun without you!”
Aizawa is about to refuse again, when some of the other students, who have finished packing up by now, walk up and join the conversation.
“Aizawa-sensei isn’t coming?” asks Izuku, eyebrows furrowed.
“No,” replies Mina in a petulant voice, pouting. “Because he doesn’t like us and doesn’t want to spend time with us.”
Aizawa can’t help the amused huff at that.
“And why on Earth would you brats want a teacher to come with you on your beach trip? I thought you’d be jumping at the chance for two months without seeing my face.”
“But it wouldn’t be the same without you!” insists Kaminari.
“Yeah, come on sensei!” Kirishima urges from beside him. “We promise not to be too obnoxious!”
“All Might-sensei and Present Mic-sensei are also coming, and maybe a few other teachers too, so you won’t be the only adult there if that’s what you’re worried about,” Shinsou adds helpfully from his place next to Izuku.
Aizawa raises an eyebrow. His resolve is starting to crumble in the face of his students’ enthusiasm.
“I’d just be sitting on the beach, reading the whole time,” he warns them.
The students seem to realize that they’ve won the argument.
“That’s alright!” insists Sero. “Tokoyami and Todoroki will probably be doing the same. You guys can watch our stuff.”
Aizawa rolls his eyes as it becomes apparent his arguments aren’t working.
“You brats aren’t going to let this go, are you?” he asks.
“Nope!” says Tooru, her voice chipper.
“Fine, fine, I’ll come,” he relents
The students break out into a cheer, and even the usually stoic Shinsou and Todoroki are smiling brightly.
They all head back to their dorms then to start packing up, chattering excitedly amongst each other.
Satou stays back a moment to make sure Aizawa knows the date and where they’ll all be meeting up.
Aizawa watches them all go with a smile on his face.
It’s a strange feeling, for his presence to actually be wanted by his students - in the past, his students had always avoided him like the plague outside of classes, and it’s not like he could really blame them. He’s not exactly the most approachable person.
Aizawa doesn’t do things because he wants to be popular, after all.
But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like the feeling.
