Freeze Frame

Chapter 57

Me: Lmao it's a Hitoshi story y'all stop with the Bakugo

Also me: B A K U G O ?

Hitoshi is still our back up plan don't worry y'all. I'm taking it slow to see how the Bakugo thing works, you know? Just like... ease in and test the water. And if it's too cold we'll hop out

Third person pov

It was the day of the festival, and Lillian wasn't sure if she wanted to cry, scream, or both. This whole thing was going to be broadcast out to the whole world. It was their time to impress. Those who really showed their stuff most definitely had a better chance at becoming pro heroes one day. Even worse? They still didn't know what trails they'd be facing. It was all kept secret until the day of.

The training had made things go fast. That morning she and Hitoshi had woken up to Neito halfway through the window in tears. He'd promptly fallen onto their purple haired friend's bed in tears, successfully knocking the half-asleep boy onto the floor. Who would have thought Neito would be the first one to have a mental breakdown. 

Lillian and Hitoshi had been forced to hug him and pat his head until he calmed down. And then the two boys had to hug Lillian until she calmed down. And then Hitoshi proceeded to lose it and collapse into Neito's arms dramatically. Lillian had fanned his face with a folder in a panic while Neito cried over his death, despite the fact that Hitoshi was definitely still breathing and just rambling about how he'd never get into the hero course.

The security line was huge. Reporters from just about every station were backed up waiting to gain entry so they could stream the festival live and in HD, and report on the participating students and their quirks. That was another thing Lillian didn't like. She knew the League of Villains had already seen a lot of their quirks, and had probably had been gathering more information since the attack, but this would practically hand them exactly what they needed! 

A lot of people would have their eyes on Class 1-A. Being the center of the USJ attack alongside All Might, that much was made pretty clear. That made Lillian even more nervous. And it only got worse when she arrived on campus, only for herself and her two friends to be forced apart as they were organized by class.

Pro heroes were absolutely swarming the grounds. She'd almost taken herself and Kamui Woods both out turning a corner. He'd tried to introduce himself, but in a panic she'd dove for her classmates for cover. Kirishima didn't realize he was acting as a human shield, but was happy to comply either way.

They were jammed into locker rooms where they hurriedly got dressed, no longer having to worry about a certain grape-haired menace. Lillian had almost put her uniform on backwards, and Ochako had accidentally made hers float which led to the girls climbing on benches and swiping for it to try and get it off the oddly-tall ceiling. Momo ended up making a pole to fish it down.

Now all of 1-A was jammed in a single waiting room. Lillian found herself staying near Koda as her classmates conversed about the exams. Everyone seemed relatively nervous, save for Bakugo and Todoroki. As 1-A's most powerful students, it's not like they had much to worry about. They were confident in themselves, and that was good. Kirishima was also more on the excited side, and Kaminari was too. Though he did stay as far away from Lillian was possible.

"I-I wonder what they h-have planned for the first round." Lillian found herself mumbling aloud. It was a question that had been haunting her since this morning. Now, it seemed even heavier in her mind.

"No matter what they've prepared, we must persevere." Tokoyami said in an almost solemn tone that made Lillian feel jittery and uncomfortable. He simply sounded so resigned, like he was preparing himself for death. She supposed it would be possible for someone to die during the exams; though, she'd never heard of such a thing happening. It would look bad for UA if a student died on live television.