~𝕄𝕪 𝔸𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕝~

~𝟙𝟝~

"𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝?!"

ℍ𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕙 𝕝𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝕘𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕀𝕫𝕦𝕜𝕦 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕.

ℍ𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕕 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.
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Eijiro, after the race, was looking for Y/n. He knew he was one of the first few people to cross, but he didn't know where he was.

Y/n was hiding from everyone in the waiting rooms. He was curled up in a ball with his wings wrapped tightly around himself.

"Hey, N/n, are you- oh..."

He lifted his head and watched as Eijiro sat next to him.

"So... you didn't win."

He shook his head.

"What did you place?"

"Second."

"Hey, that's not bad!"

He looked up at Eijiro, slightly confused. His mom had always told him that second place isn't good enough.

"But I could have gotten first..."

"And I could have too. And so could have bakugo. And Iida and Yayorozu. But we didn't. We didn't get second either. But you did. Don't beat yourself up over something as simple as this."

He smiled a bit and nodded.

"Oh, by the way, I need to re-dye my roots."

"Okay...?"

He gave a blank stare until he remembered the phone call and gasped.

"YES!"

"Now, come on. You have some asses to kick, right?"

He ruffled Y/n's hair and stood up, offering his free hand. Y/n took it and hoisted himself to his feet.

Present mic was standing on a stage, holding a microphone.

"The first game of the first-year stage
is finally over. Now, take a look at the results!"

On a screen behind him, a bunch of names popped up.

FIRST PLACE: MIDORIYA IZUKU
SECOND PLACE: L/N Y/N
THIRD PLACE: TODOROKI SHOTO
FOURTH PLACE: BAKUGO KATSUKI

Y/n stopped paying attention after fourth place. The names soon disappeared, and present mic continued talking.

"The top 42 made it through to the next round. It's unfortunate, but don't worry! even if you didn't make it, we've prepared other chances
for you to shine. The real competition begins next! The press will be all over it! Give it your all!"

He stuck up a dramatic peace sign.
Y/n's feathers fluffed up slightly.

"Now then, here is the second game. I already know what it is, but what could it be? I just said it, and now here it is…"

Two words popped up on the screen.

"A cavalry battle?"

"What the hell?"

"I'm bad at those…"

"This will be fun!"

"It's not an individual event, so I wonder how it'll work…"

Present mic cut off the voices in the crowd by speaking loudly into the microphone.

"Let me explain."