bandaid | katsuki bakugo

thirty seven

as the final rounds came to an end, taking up the next hour of the exams, Hart turned to the class, "thank you all for participating and putting your best effort towards your exams. official results will be handed out by your examiner. and once again, thank you to Kung Lao and Kitana Khan for joining us today." Hart clapped, the class following through as well. "after you've received your results, you're all dismissed to change out of your costumes into your school uniforms. we'll see you all after summer break." she bowed, waving to the students.

the class all bowed gently as the teachers walked through, passing out the result slips — equipped with a letter grade, class rank of the exams, as well as a grievances box where they write down things the examinee failed to do, or things to work on.

Exanimate approached yukiko, handing her the sheet of paper, before pulling it back just before she could take it, "don't forget what i've said, yukiko. you're strong. you can't let your weaknesses overpower your strength."

yukiko nodded, "yes, sir. thank you, sir."

he gave her the slip, walking off.

"what'd you get?" yurei peeked over each of her friends shoulders, clicking her tongue, "oh, mahiro got a B minus, toshino an A minus. and, oh!" yurei gasped at yukiko's sheet, pulling it from her hand, "you got an A! third in written, fourth in practical! and fifth overall in the class."

"what? no fair, yukiko. you've always been in the lower area of the top ten, what happened?" toshino clicked her tongue, her arms swinging by her sides, "well, i'm not too angry. because i got second place in practicals."

yurei stomped her feet, "why'd i get a C then?"

yukiko looked over the grievances on her paper, chuckling, "it says here that you couldn't limit environmental damage."

"yeah, right! hey, mister Frared, i've got something to ask." she walked over to the hero, who seemed more frightened in the face of a high school girl than a villain.

"congratulations, you guys. we passed." yukiko smiled.

mahiro smiled softly, "we did!" she chuckled, "let's go get changed." toshino followed her.

"oh, i've gotta head to... uh, the classroom real quick. i'll be back... in no time." she mumbled, sending two "okay" signs with her hands.

"just go see him." toshino scoffed, "oh, i gotta tell my girlfriend about my score." she smiled brightly, "take your time, yukiko. go, go." toshino waved her off.

yukiko smiled, nodding a bit before turning around and walked to the communication center used by the teachers. opening the door silently and stepping in, yukiko watched the screen of the entire other side of ground beta torn to shreds. yukiko noted the big concrete wall cutting off the two areas from one another, silently admiring Cementos' work.

Eraser Head turned to look at the door, catching a sparkle in the second year students eyes as she watched. "gas leak," he spoke clearly, in a teasing voice, "isn't it nice to see you?" he gave a small chuckle, "how'd your exams go?"

yukiko stepped into the room a bit more, scooting over to her mentor/teacher, holding out the slip of paper, "third in written, fourth in practical, fifth in the overall classes." she whispered, continuing to watch the screen as it switched from bot to bot.