•Manipulation• [BNHA × Male!OC]

Chapter 79: now THAT'S a spicy meatball

After heading in to a pretty empty waiting room, we head to the back to get the magnetic key that gets the targets off of us.

Shoto makes quick work of his before handing me the key. I get the first two off pretty easy, but the last one that I'd stuck on my back was somehow now unreachable.

"How'd I even get it back there...?" I strain to try and reach it but the key slips out of my hands.

Or rather, someone takes it.

Shoto braces a hand on my back which made me shiver from the unexpected nature of it. He leaned in, taking quite a while before he finally backed away, my last target in hand.

"T-thanks Shoto," I laugh a bit breathlessly.

Out of the blue there was a strange shout.

"Yao-momo!" I recognize Dumbki's voice anywhere.

'guess he made it too'

"C'mon," I grab the peppermint by his hand and we walk closer to the entrance.

There we spot a few of our friends, namely Momo's group and Katsuki's.

"I thought Katsuki would be here already but turns out it was because he was with you," Jirou snickered and I went straight for a high five with her.

"We had just finished too, Yamada and Todoroki were the fastest," Shoji adds in spite of Denki's sulking.

"Guess you're behind me again Blasty," I tease and he growls at me. "I'LL PUMMEL YOU!"

But his anger seems to seep out of him as he looks down. I follow his eyes to see mine and Candycane's hands still connected. Feeling a bit self-conscious, I pull my hand away.

"But at least that's all of us!" I grin to which Momo frowns.

"Actually, we're still missing about 9 of us..."

I freeze.

"Ryooooo...." Denki sighs and I just know I'm in for it. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FORGOT ABOUT OUR CLASSMATES!"

I jump on him and try to cover his blabbermouth with my hand to little success.

"SHUT YER TRAP YA DAMN RAT!"

Then I get distracted by the TV screen. "Wait how has Tokoyami not made it yet?" I am genuinely in a state of confusion as Denki rudely pushes me off him.

"Yeah, Mineta too," Denki adds, fixing his hair.

"Oh fuck that little pervert, he can go to hell for all I care," I huff, receiving an approving nod from Jirou and Tsuyu.

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Well, the good news is all of 1-A made it through the first round of the exam!

...the bad news is so did that ball-headed freak.

The next round of the exam was announced rather dramatically as we saw the field we were on previously get blown to pieces. It would be a rescue mission.

"You will all be reacting as bystanders to the situation," The tired Hero Safety Commission staff added.

"Byslider?" Denki asked confused.

"Bystanders!" Invisigirl corrected, "People who happen to be there at the scene! We did this in class remember?"

I laughed, "Now we know why your English grades are ass." The electric rat blew a raspberry at me which I returned in kind.

"People!" 

Someone gasped and we flicked our eyes back to the screen. They were right, there were people in all that rubble. "That's dangerous!" Sato yells.

"They are people who have undergone training, professional 'people in need'" the announcer adds. "The 'Help Us Company'! Or HUC for short."

'There sure are some weird-ass jobs out there...'

The scores would be based on a point system, each person started out with 100 points and could lose them through any perceived mistakes made in the rescue. There would be no way to get these points back. To pass, you'd need to have at least 50 points left.

Right now, we were waiting for the next round to start in about 10 minutes.

It was pretty peaceful so far, even with Shiketsu approaching Bakugou. 

"We want to have a good relationship with UA," the large hairy student said. Somehow, I found it more believable than that Midoriya wannabe from Ketsubutsu.

Seems like they dealt with a Shiketsu student with a pretty nasty quirk.

'Turning people into meatballs? A part of me wants to see that yet a part of me thinks I'll barf.'

As they walked away, crisis seemingly averted, Shoto spoke up from beside me.

"Hey, you with the shaven head."

'CRISIS NOT AVERTED, I REPEAT NOT AVERTED.'

And he had to call after the guy that Aizawa called strong too, Inasa Yoarashi.

"Have I done something wrong?" the Candycane approached the Mr Clean lookalike.

'No baby, you can do no wrong :'('

Inasa turned around, a menacing glint in his eye I didn't think a meathead like him was capable of. "Ah sorry Endeavor's son!" I think I see where this is going... "But I dislike you both."

'FUCKING ENDEAVOR MAN.'

"Looks like you've changed a bit since back then, but your eyes are the same as his," he spat.

'NAWH WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER HIS SORE SPOT MAN.'

I see Shoto tense up and I grit my teeth. I step forward to retort but the hairy man calls over to Shiketsu Pitbull and he's gone in a flash.

"My father's eyes..." he muttered and I frowned. 

"Don't take his words to heart," I huff and fold my arms, "So what if you look a bit like him, you don't get to choose your parents. He doesn't even know you so who cares what he says!"

I grumble a bit more but its only when I feel his hand on my shoulder and see the soft smile on his face that I let up.

'Good, at least he isn't too affected by it...'

Then a loud buzzer sounds as the walls around us start to peel open.

"Rescue as many people as you can," the announcer booms over the microphone.

The last round was starting.