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[21] Exam Day

"Ugh... I feel kind of nauseous..."

Izuku grimaces and covers his mouth with the palm of his hand. He isn't looking too hot, which isn't surprising, considering how hard he's been pushing himself these past ten months. Then there's of course the matter of having swallowed one of All Might's hairs just earlier this morning-which was honestly a bit traumatizing to witness.

Supposedly, now that Izuku has ingested All Might's DNA, One for All has been successfully passed on to him. He hasn't really had the chance to actually try his new Quirk out since you had to race to get to U.A on time, so you can only hope that he'll be able to make good use of it during the exam.

"It's going to be okay," you reassure, gently patting his back. "The nausea must just be, um, the feeling of all that power manifesting inside of you! Yeah. That's what it is. Not because you ate a hair or anything. Definitely not."

Izuku makes a pained face. "It was weirdly sour, for some reason. I still can't get the taste out of my head-"

"Ahh, nope! I don't want to hear about it!"

You both agree to never speak of the hair-eating incident ever again. Anyways, what matters is that you've officially made it to U.A, and the long-awaited exam is right within reach. After so many years of working towards this dream-not just Izuku, but you as well-today, it's finally time to turn it into a reality.

Izuku is obviously nervous, especially since so much is at stake for him, but there's no denying how excited he also looks.

But of course, a certain asshole just has to barge in and ruin the moment.

"Fuck off, Deku, [Name]!"

Katsuki comes stomping onto the scene, in all his egotistical glory. Although you have to admit, the cute scarf wrapped around his neck seriously undercuts his usual intimidation factor. He really doesn't like the cold.

"Don't stand in my way," Katsuki seethes. "You dipshits have a death wish, or what?"

"K-Kacchan!" Izuku splutters, already panicking. "G-G-Good morning! Um, it's nice to see you, and let's both do our best to-"

He doesn't get to finish his sentence, because Katsuki has already shoved right past the both of you, without even glancing back once. He's still doing his utmost to ignore you, it seems. Well, not that you're too surprised, since he's barely spoken a word to either of you these past few months.

You shake your head disappointedly. "Lame. He's still acting like a little brat. I wonder how much longer his character development is going to take."

"Character... what?"

"Don't worry about it," you dismiss. "Anyways. I'm excited! Even though I have no clue what the exam is going to be like, we both worked hard for this-especially you. Whatever it is, we just need to do our best, and U.A is bound to recognize us for it."

Izuku hesitates for a moment, but eventually nods and musters up a wobbly smile. It's obviously impossible not to be nervous-hell, you're super nervous too, and that's saying something-but his hard work will speak for itself.

Just like you promised all those years ago, you'll both get into U.A and go on to become heroes together.

Now, it's time to get this show on the road.

Quite literally.

"Welcome one and all to my live show! Everybody say hey!"

"Hey!" you cry out, even pumping your fist in the air and everything. Unfortunately, you're the only one in the audience who bothered to respond, so your lone voice echoes through the auditorium, but you have very little shame to begin with, so it doesn't faze you.