Leave Your Mark | Various!BNHA x Reader

36: A Close Friend or Two

"Oh, yeah. That whole expulsion thing was a lie."

Aizawa just pulled the psych! you really thought! card, and predictably, a good chunk of the class is flabbergasted. You might've reacted along with them, if not for the fact that you've been acting your butt off for the better portion of the day, pretending like you didn't know about any of this. Being Meryl Streep is hard. You should leave that sort of thing to, well, the actual Meryl Streep.

Then again, now that your life has moved onto the canon plotline, you're probably going to have to polish up your acting skills, whether you like it or not.

Anyway, at long last, the Quirk Apprehension Test has come to an end. It went pretty much exactly the way you expected. Izuku placed last, but there was actually a chance you could've taken his spot, if not for the infinity you managed to score during the softball pitch. Well, not that Aizawa would have expelled you either. He's technically never expelled anyone before. He would always re-enroll his students under a different teacher. He never actually kicked anyone out of U.A. He really is a big softie underneath it all.

Katsuki is extremely pissy because he just found out Izuku has a Quirk, but you obviously expected that, too. If there's one thing that's changed, it's the fact that Shouto was actually conversing with his classmates all throughout this whole test. Well, it was mostly just you, but still. He's already begun socializing way more at this stage than he ever did in canon. Your awesomeness seriously knows no bounds.

It's been a long, fairly tiring day. You may not have experienced the same level of stress as some of the other students, but you spent years building up to this moment. Now that you're finally here, the relief hits you a truck, and it's honestly kind of exhausting.

"That was a lot," Izuku sighs, having just gotten back from the nurse's office, where Recovery Girl treated his injuries. You stuck around to say goodbye to him, and naturally, that means Shouto is still here too.

"It was definitely eventful," you nod. "But also really fun! I mean, now that we know there was never any danger of getting expelled."

"I guess it definitely was a valuable experience. I kind of regret getting so worked up now. Of course a school as prestigious as U.A wouldn't expel students at random. I feel kind of dumb for overreacting."

"You shouldn't feel dumb, but it was pretty obvious," Shouto says matter-of-factly.

"Hey, Shouto," you frown. "If you phrase it like that, it's going to come across as an insult. Sometimes it doesn't kill to be a little less blunt."

Shouto blinks, visibly confused. "Why? What did I say wrong?"

"I-It's fine," Izuku chuckles weakly. He can probably tell that Shouto is at a genuine loss, so he decides to spare him the trouble and move on. "You're right, Todoroki. I should've taken the time to think it through more. Or at the very least, not panicked so much."

"See?" Shouto gestures, looking rather pleased with himself. "He agrees with me."

You exhale loudly, and suffice to say, Shouto is still confused, but before he can ask you to clarify again, Iida and Uraraka approach.

"Midoriya, Todoroki, [Name]," Iida greets, waving to each and every one of you, in swift succession. "Hello. Today was quite the introduction, wasn't it? I'd expect nothing less of U.A. By the way, Midoriya, is your finger all healed now?"

"Yeah. Recovery Girl helped me," Izuku nods.

"You're all headed towards the station, right?" Uraraka asks, smiling wide. "Let's go together! Also, I've been wondering, but... is Deku a nickname? [Name] calls you Izuku, but that Bakugou guy seems to only call you Deku. Which is which?"