change of plans || todoroki shouto x reader

chapter forty-eight

it was the morning of the exams, the day class 1A had been preparing for.

[name] was a little dismayed that she wouldn't be able to take the test alongside her classmates, but relieved that she didn't have to face the nearly insurmountable pressure and nerves her friends were probably feeling at that moment.

they were headed to the venue in takoba by bus. she was sitting next to shouto as expected, who was quiet as usual but she could sense the slight tension in his demeanor.

[name] places her hand on top of his and grasps it tightly. he could feel the ring she wore dig into his fingers.

"you're gonna do great," she says.

he takes a deep breath and smiles at her as he whispers back, "i will," before he lifted her hand and and kissed her knuckles.

they finally arrive in the national takoba arena and exit the bus one by one. they were examining the building, with [name] trailing just slightly behind shouto, patting her pockets.

"ah, i think i dropped my wallet in the bus. let me just go look for it real quick," she states to which shouto nods in acknowledgement.

"man, we still have no clue what this test is about. can we really earn our licenses?" mina says nervously.

as if summoned by any trace of self-doubt, aizawa-sensei immediately answers behind her, "it is not a matter of can. you will." the girl jolts before agreeing.

"earn your provisional licenses by passing this test, and you won't be mere eggs anymore," the teacher continues, "you'll be full-fledged hatchlings reborn as semi-pros. give them your best."

the class erupts into affirmations and cheers.

"hell yeah, we're gonna hatch from those eggs!"

kirishima excitedly leads as they do their school cheer. "all together now.."

"plus..

"ULTRA!!"

to their surprise, some stranger had rudely joined their cheer. a student in the same uniform points this out.

"ah, right, you got me," the hyper student responds. he takes the present students by surprise with his alarming apology.

"i am.. so very.. SORRY!" he says, slamming his head into the concrete.

1A comments on his unusual behavior. "he's kind of like iida and kirishima, squared!"

aizawa's eyes light up. this boy...

just then, another group of students pass by. "look!! it's the students from that famous hero school in the west!" one of them says.

"i've always wanted to try saying it!!! PLUS ULTRA!!! i FRIGGIN love UA HIGH!" the boy from shiketsu bellows. "IT'S AN HONOR COMPETING ALONGSIDE THE FINE STUDENTS OF UA HIGH!"

"yoarashi inasa," aizawa says, remembering the boy, who at that point was already walking away with his classmates. he introduces the yoarashi as an enthusiastic, well-meaning kid. very strong, and talented enough to be recommended admission to UA, but for some reason decided not to enroll.

"a first year... with special recommendation, and top grades," midoriya mutters. so he's even better than todoroki?!

"so he loves UA, got recommended admission, but didn't turned it down? that doesn't make sense."

after a couple moments, [name] joins the group again, her wallet finally in hand. she was slightly catching her breath as she stopped behind todoroki, who turned around as he heard her.

"did you find it?" he asks, suddenly forgetting the slightly threatening feeling he got from the shiketsu student.

"yeah, i did. it was stuck between two seats so it took me a little while to get it," she answers finally putting it back in her pocket.

but as she did, she felt a minute tingling in her brain. a sort of spidey-sense she's only felt when her brother or mother was around.

is this..?

suddenly, a mini whirlwind no more than half a meter forms at her feet and launches her three metets into the air. shouto and midoriya who were near her back away and look around, searching for signs of the assailant, and they notice the energetic shiketsu student yoarashi turn around with a huge grin on his face.

[name] leans into her momentum and uses it to shift the bottom part of her body toward the ground. she pools a small but condensed force of air on her palm and shoots it downward, destroying the whirlwind as she does a three point landing on the same spot from which she was launched. her action sends a noticeable gust of air around her of about a two meter radius.

she looks up, and deems her premonition correct.

"YOU..!" she yells.

just as aizawa was about to tell the boy off for  using his quirk unprovoked, he bellows again.

"[NICKNAME]-CHAN!!" yoarashi calls.

the mentioned girl can't stop the grin forming on her face as she answers, "NASA-KUN!!"

she stands up and they take off running to each other. yoarashi opens his arms out to her and as they meet, he wraps his arms around her in a tight hug, excitedly lifting and twirling her around.

"what is this, a lovers' reunion?" the beige-haired girl from yoarashi's school comments.

the rest of class 1A are more confused. this was probably normal behavior from the boy as seen from how he acted when he first interacted with them, but it was strange seeing their more usually quiet and relaxed classmate so loud and cheery.

"hey!" aizawa calls out to the two, interrupting their reunion with a tone that sent chills down their spines. they stop dead in their tracks, and yoarashi puts [name] down as the teacher approaches them and tells them off.

"i understand that you two know each other, but using your quirk like that here in public could get you formally reprimanded, [last name]," he says.

"and you, kid," he adds, referring to yoarashi, "that could get you suspended before you even get your license."

the two students are in sync as they do a ninety-degree bow while saying, "i apologize, sir. it won't happen again."

aizawa lets out an exasperated sigh. "make sure of it. behave yourselves," he says before walking off to the arena, muttering complaints of how he's not paid enough under his breath.

as the small commotion dies down, [name] and yoarashi stand straight up again, looking and cheekily snickering at each other. they go in for one more hug before [name] pulls away and smacks him with her hand on his shoulder.

"oww!"

"i have been texting you almost every week since i got here," she says in a playfully annoyed voiced. "you never responded to a single one."

yoarashi rubs his shoulder with a pout. "which number were you texting?!"

"the one you gave me the last time!"

"from great uncle takashi's funeral?"

"yeah!"

"i accidentally broke that phone several months ago, and i've been using a new number since," he explains.

they break into laughter.

midoriya, iida, and uraraka approach the two of them, to check on [name] but also to actually meet this intriguing student.

shouto follows. he'd be lying if he said this guy didn't irk him.