Soon, Tokoyami and Sato are heading towards you. Thanks to Sato’s strength, the boat moves quite fast, and before it even reaches you, Dark Shadow is flying to you.
“Y/n!” Dark Shadow exclaims, reaching down to scoop you up.
“It's alright, we're here to help!” Tokoyami shouts as Dark Shadow carefully plucks you from the water. A small laugh escapes you as Dark Shadow tries to remember he has to pretend you're drowning and not completely fine like you obviously are. When he brings you into the rowboat, he holds you in front of Tokoyami.
“Thank you, I swallowed a lot of water. I'll need medical attention quickly.” You pretend to cough, and Dark Shadow frowns in confusion, glancing at your sealed helmet and oxygen tank. Tokoyami's voice reminds him again of the exercise.
“Can you breathe well, or is it obstructed by the water? Here, wear this. It will help warm you from the water's cold embrace.” Tokoyami carefully wraps his cloak around you, and Sato begins to row back to shore, quick as before. It's a bit amusing to watch how hard he's rowing.
“I can breathe well.” You nod, happily tugging Tokoyami’s warm cloak around your body. It smells just like him, reminding you of when he had covered you with his sweater. Soon, Dark Shadow carries you over the remaining water, carefully setting you down on the cot and telling Thirteen you swallowed water. When Tokoyami and Sato get out of the rowboat, you dry Tokoyami's cloak off and hand it back to him with a smile. “Thank you, Fumikage. Here, now it's not all soaked.”
A few of your classmates overhear you referring to Tokoyami by his first name, and just like Sero, he earns a few disgruntled glares, but neither of you seem to notice them. Tokoyami smiles at you, and Dark Shadow rubs against you affectionately. “Thank you, Y/n. You must be getting tired. Are you still okay after all the flying and being moved around?”
“Oh, I'm fine! I could do this all day!” You laugh. Not really. But you can't complain. You have it easy today. Today's water rescue exercise is something you could do with your eyes closed, but you can always use more practice flying, so at least you're getting some training in. That's probably what Aizawa was thinking, too. Tokoyami gives you a relieved nod, and you thank Dark Shadow for his help, hugging him.
Back in the lake for what feels like the hundredth time, you dread the next pair. Bakugou looked grumpy as can be, and Mineta was practically frothing at the mouth thinking of being able to rescue you. Unfortunately for him, he's too slow, and Bakugou uses his quirk to immediately jump into the rowboat, launching it across the water in seconds with a stream of explosions.
A sigh of relief escapes you as you kick your feet below you, knowing that Mineta won't be anywhere near you. You'll have to thank Bakugou for it later...
As he approaches you, he uses another explosion to hit the breaks a few meters away. Not wasting any time, Bakugou jumps over to you with an explosion, landing feet first in the water beside you. His arm wraps around your waist, pulling you snug against his chest with his bicep pressing into your back as he surfaces.
“Oh!” You gasp in surprise as Bakugou squeezes you, using a rope in his hand to yank the boat closer, his grip on you tight. Before you can register what he's doing, he lifts and tosses you into the rowboat, then climbs in after you. Sitting up on the bottom of the boat, you prop yourself up against the seat with wide eyes and pink cheeks.
“What's the matter with you?” Bakugou grunts, clearly annoyed with having to play pretend. He glares at you for a moment, then leans down to grab your wrist. With a sturdy tug, he pulls you up so you can sit on the seat.
“Uhh...” Your mind freezes, and suddenly every thought you may have been having is gone, a distant blip. Bakugou's hair is wet, and it looks good slicked back. Not to mention his already tight top seems to outline every detail of his muscles when drenched.
“What? You supposed to have hit your head or something?” Bakugou knocks on the visor of your helmet, his eyebrows furrowing as he glares. “Or are you pretending to choke?”
A small sputter leaves your mouth as you finally reboot and pretend to cough awkwardly, glancing to the side. “I... swallowed a bit of water... I need medical attention...”
“Hah? Like CPR?”
“No!!” You nearly jump out of your seat when he says that. The last thing you need to be thinking about right now is Bakugou giving you mouth to mouth.
“Well, hold on.” Bakugou holds his palms in the opposite direction of the shore, and the boat blasts towards the rest of the class. The sudden movement causes you to lurch forward, falling against Bakugou. He glances down at you, and when you're close to the shore, he wraps an arm around your waist, causing you to instinctively wrap your arms around his neck.
His free hand launches the two of you into the air with a powerful blast, landing directly in front of Thirteen. Aizawa glances at his stopwatch while Bakugou drops you on the cot and nods. “Fastest time. But be more gentle with your victims.” He glares at the blond. “In real life you'll get sued for that.”
Bakugou grumbles under his breath in response, but some of his annoyance turns to arrogance when he can see the jealous looks of his male classmates as he rejoins them.
Finally, it's time for the last pair. Iida and Midoriya. Still embarrassed from how hard your heart was pounding after Bakugou's rescue, you sink slightly lower into the water so only the top half of your visor is visible. Your feet tread the water below you, and your arms sway at your sides as the two boys decide to forgo the boat entirely, surprising most of the class. It seems to be going well for a moment, and then Midoriya slips up, crashing into Iida. The two boys splash unceremoniously into the water, sputtering and trying to stay afloat.
With a sigh, you quickly swim forward with your quirk, lifting them up with the water around them. “Jeez... Why am I the one rescuing you two?” Iida coughs and yanks his helmet off, realizing it's very difficult to swim in his hero costume. Midoriya looks panicked and out of it, like he had just been startled awake. “You okay, Midoriya?”
He hesitated, and Aizawa can be heard shouting from the shore. “Midoriya! What was that?!”
“Uh oh... Looks like you're in for a lecture...” You mumble, slowly swimming the two boys back. As soon as you lift them out of the water, Aizawa yanks Midoriya over to him and Thirteen with his scarf.
“If you can't handle the work study and school, then I'll have to put an end to it, Midoriya.” Aizawa scolds him.
The rest of the class goes by with various drowning scenarios, and finally it's time to head back to the school...
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-Don't forget to save book two to your libraries! There are only two more chapters in this book, but the story will continue in Into the Maelstrom!
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