Hello everyone and Happy holidays! Once again my sister asked for more fanfiction for Xmas. So I wrote some. I also promised her a bit more, so yall will prolly get another couple thousand words outta me before I fall off the face of the earth. I also edited all the last chapters. I'm still bad at grammar and catching wrong words, but I did fix a bunch of stuff and clean some other stuff up, there is also a small bonus scene in the last chapter. I ...uh...misplaced my beta reader, but I did fall off the face of the planet (I'm sorry!) Since I started this I've gone from in school to full-time job and I do not have a ton of time to write.

That being said a few of you requested to write works based off of this one, or use my ideas, or even continue the fic for me. My answer is to use it everywhere! Just send me a link or whatever so I can enjoy your fics too! Don't try and get ahold of me for permission, just take this fic and run! XD (I also do not mind if you change the ship, thank you for the person who asked!)

I am also planning on posting this to a03 like requested. That being said after today don't count on me writing to much more. (at least not until next x-mas when my sister wants more fic.)

Thank you to everyone who commented and liked my fic, hope you like this next bit just as much! EDIT:: I plan On posting to a03 soon!

Izuku could absolutely not contain his excitement. Today was finally, FINALLY the UA entrance exam. Izuku bounced up and down as he walked beside Kacchan. He had been told 'not to bounce like a fucking two year old' but Izuku just slipped his hand into Kacchans and his best friend (boyfriend?) had stopped nagging. Izuku used the peace to bounce more. Maybe it was a bit rude to use the hand holding thing to bounce more, but it had been weeks and they had still not properly discussed whatever THIS was. Izuku had learned more about his small brainwashing remnant, that worked more like a strong suggestion than brainwashing, than whatever was now between him and Kacchan.

But oh well. Today was not the day to dwell on it, today was the first day of the rest of their lives. Kacchan and Izuku had woken up and done everything they had planned. They had jogged, stretched, and ate more food each than a small army. Hitoshi, unfortunately, was not only coming from the other direction, but had also had his own plans, but it was almost better just prepping with Kacchan. And now they were in front of UA.

"Stop staring and start walking Nerd!" Kacchan pushed him forwards. In another universe, Izuku may have tripped then. Here though, he had nearly perfect balance and didn't even falter. He did hold the door for both Kacchan and a brown-haired girl though.

"Oh my gosh!" The brown-haired girl screeched as she recognized Izuku. "You're Deku!" She then jumped up and hugged Izuku. "The girl you rescued on that bus went to my school! You are so cool..." She then pulled back a bit. "Even if you do look a bit plain in person."

"Umm...thanks?" Izuku replied. He was about to offer the girl an autograph when a bell rang. They officially should have been to the testing room five minutes ago. Kacchan cursed, and they all ran, following signs, for the testing room.

Izuku was bored. He may have been an odd combination of recommendation student and healer for the actual exam, but he still had to take the written portion of the exam with everyone else. Of course, this was not a problem for Izuku, he didn't mind, except that it was only an hour into the exam with two more to go and Izuku had doubled checked his answers twice. It was not that the questions were easy, but Izuku had earned a PhD and tested at a much higher level than most everyone in the room with him. Oh well. At least the next part of the exam would be fun. Izuku would not even go to the auditorium with the rest of the students after the test as Nezu was going to explain his role as a healer for one of the mock cities in private and have him start from a different entrance.

Yagi Toshinori nervously entered the control room where Nezu and all the other teachers who were not out on the mock cites were watching. The physical part of the exam was just about to start and everyone was settling in, adjusting monitors, and chatting about the new potential of the year. Or they were until All Might walked in and the room grew quiet. Toshi just did his best to smile and find a seat.

You see, while All Might was blind to many things, he could tell when he was not entirely wanted. All of the UA staff respected him fine as the number one hero and at first many of them were even excited to have him on staff... However, it became clear very quickly that Toshi was not a very good teacher. Nezu had hosted many discussions over the summer break about curriculum, dorm life, anti-bullying, what defines honor roll, and grading. All of which went over Toshi's head. He spent most of the last few months begging others on the staff for help with lesson plans, and understanding the grading system, and on tips on how to run a class...

The fact of the matter was that Toshi was a last-minute addition to the staff, with no formal teaching experience, and very little time to learn all the rules of the school. Had it all been this complicated when he addended UA? Anyway, Toshi could tell many of the others were starting to doubt he would make a good teacher. Of course, Toshi was doubting it too, but he had signed a contract with Nezu before he had met Deku and been healed so it was what it was. Speaking of Deku, one of the monitors was focused on him and Midnight had just noticed.

"Say Nezu, Isn't that Deku? Why is he already inside the city? I thought you weren't having him compete?" She asked, and it took Toshi a moment to realize that many of the teachers did not know anything of Izuku beyond what had happened at the demonstration a while back.

"MMmmm, yes." Nezu started "He's actually not going to be competing for villain points with the rest of the students, his plan is to just heal others taking the exam. He is really just here by his request and so we can observe him in a combat situation."

"What?" Vlad complained. "I get that he's a 5th recommendation student, but we've never had one do this part of the exam before, why even bother?"

Nezu grinned (some of the staff flinched) "Ah. Well, the poor boy so nicely requested he be allowed to just show up and run around and heal people without earning any points, and what kind of principal would I be if I ignored such a pleasant request?"

There were pointed looks as members of the staff figured out that Nezu was still going to let the boy earn rescue points. Eraser Head just grunted about 'Nezu's experiments' and huddled deeper into his sleeping bag. Then Toshi must have missed the start because the gates were opening and the kids were moving.

There were a couple of heavy hitters right out of the gate. A kid with a bird type companion quirk, a small girl with horns, even a kid that was probably Ingenium's younger brother he had been hearing about. But none of them made quite the impact as young Bakugou. The gates had not been open more than two feet before he was blasting his way to the other side, using his explosions to propel him forward faster than any of the others. In less than 20 seconds the boy completely leveled the robotic 'welcoming' party Nezu always kept near the entrance.

"Oh wow! Look at that kid go!" Ectoplasm spoke up from the corner. Others nodded in agreement.

"Hmmm, why yes, he is quite impressive," Nezu hummed as young Bakugou went straight THROUGH a 2 pointer, "And I see you managed to break his habit of always leading with the same hand on punches, good job All Might."

Toshi had faced down a dozen villains at once, run headfirst into war zones, and disasters...but yet he felt his pulse skyrocket as every pair of eyes in the room snapped to him. Toshi pulled his smile wider and swallowed before he replied.

"Yes, Nezu! Young Bakugou has made great strides!"

"Mmm... And the other two as well I see..." Nezu spoke without looking away from the screens. Questioning eyes flitted from Toshi to Nezu and back to the screens.

"Nezu, darling did you forget to tell us something?" Midnight asked.

Nezu smirked, his eyes lighting up as he turned to address the room. "Ah yes! Not only has All Might been mentoring young Midoriya, but also young Bakugou and Shinso aswell!" Nezu said pointing to each boy on screens, "I am so very excited to see how they all perform today!" And then he winked.

That was it. Toshi was doomed.

Katsuki had a very simple plan. Blow. Shit. Up. His strategy was not much more complex than that. The second the fucking gates opened he left the extras in the dust using his awesome quirk to pound his way through a group of dumb robot villains right at the entrance. After that, his only goal was to get to the center of the city and fucking destroy anything that moved.

The Stupid AI's in the robots were attracted to loud sounds, students and other robots. This the Nerd had figured out ages ago by accounts and stories from the internet. It just meant that Explosion was the best quirk in the history of fucking forever for the exam. Loud, and flashy to attract the villains, and from the center of the city, he could get attention from all sides.

Katsuki ran down the final passageway to the center of the city and managed to pick up another robot. He did not even fucking bother to dodge the robots laser attacks, as they only burnt a little bit before Regenerate kicked in. Actually, he was pissed at how often the stupid things missed and how pitiful their attacks were. No wonder extras could still pass this exam! And speaking of fucking extras, they were so stupid Katsuki was forced to help some of them! There was one kid that attracted way too many robots than they could handle, and Katsuki stepped in and fucking blew the bots' up. Another red-headed kid that saw him, got distracted and almost got squished by falling debris and would have if Katsuki hadn't knocked him away. And then there was a stupid kid that passed out from quirk exhaustion. Katsuki didn't do much for that kid, but he did drag the limp body inside a safe-looking building. The teachers would come for him soon and there was only so fucking far Katsuki would go. He wouldn't have even helped anyone, but he knew somehow that Izuku would want him to be the bigger man and help the stupid extras.

Katsuki had just finished blowing up his 66th robot, mad how easy these stupid things were to kill when he heard a loud THUMP, followed by another and another and screaming kids. FINALLY A FUCKING CHALLENGE! The 0-pointer was huge, and Katsuki grinned. It was time to go all out!

Hitoshi Shinsō was so nervous about the entrance exam, he nearly wanted to not go and just sleep in and enter the gen-ed department. It would be easy. But that would undermine all his hard work and disappoint his new (and only) friends.

So he put on a brave face, ate a good breakfast, drank 3 cups of coffee and went to the exam. The written exam before physical one did nothing to calm his nerves. He had studied hard, so hard his head hurt, but this test was hard. He needed every last minute to finish his test, but not everyone had. Hitoshi could see his friends from across the room. Deku had finished an hour in, then Katsuki a little over an hour after that. Then slowly others finished too, and it had made Hitoshi so nervous that he was doing everything wrong. But then Izuku gave him a smile and a thumbs up from across the room and he felt better. These kids were the best of the best, and he personally had never been a great test taker. Just the fact he was here and understood the questions was more than enough.

But would all his panning and training be enough for the second half of the exam? Hitoshi would have told you no, probably not, right up until he turned the second corner in the mock city and saw a UA brand Bulldozer. He had already wasted 3 minutes being attacked by a 2 pointer and had just managed to take it down without freezing up or messing up. He had raced then through the mock city, and he had feared his plan would fall through. Maybe Nezu had removed the bulldozers? Would he do that? But then he finally found one. Thank Deku. With all the practice they had done he was able to hotwire the thing in a minute flat and could drive it half-decently too.

What people don't realize is that while a normal bulldozer moves slow and steady, and UA brand one goes PLUS ULTRA and can travel at 70 miles per hour. While running through and over robots. Of course, he was careful not to hit any kids, and weaving around them took up time, he still traveled and beat of robots extremely fast. It was epic.

By his count, he had just hit 30 points, and he had used the bulldozer to free two teens, unhurt, but trapped by some rubble when the giant 0 pointer was released. Hitoshi was just planning on avoiding it, the thing moved in predictable paths and straight lines so it shouldn't be a true danger to anyone. Then he heard screams...right in the direction, the 0 pointer was heading. Quickly Hitoshi put the pedal to the metal and arrived to find that some kid with a giant shadow bird had lost control of his quirk. It was the final few minutes and everyone had pushed their quirks to the limits, but it seemed like the shadow creature had taken to having a mind of its own and another couple students had attacked it making the situation worse and trapping three competitors inside a building as the shadow attacked the rubble. Thinking fast Hitoshi pulled his bulldozer up to the bird kid and yelled. "HEY, YOU!" Okay, not the most elegant of phrases, but it worked.

"Wh-" The bird kid started to say but then froze under Hitoshi's control.

" /Clam down. Control your quirk before it hurts someone. / " He commanded. 2 minutes left. The bird kid's shadow quirk seemed to comply and dissipate back into the other teen. The bird kid also dropped to the ground, panting and barely conscious. Hitoshi asked if the kid was okay and the kid nodded and said he would be, but his soul was weakened. Crud. He was hoping to have help clearing the rubble to free the others before the 0 pointer got here. The giant thing had turned and was now on a straight path right into the building the teens were trapped in.

He had no way of knowing if any of the trapped teens had a quirk that could get them out, nor enough time to ask or even to use the bulldozer to clear the entrance of rubble carefully enough not to hurt anyone. He did, however, have enough time to concoct a hairbrained plan worthy of his status of Deku's friend. Turning his UA brand Bulldozer around to face the 0 pointer Hitoshi tightened his seatbelt, and slammed the gas pedal down and rocked back as the tank-like machine burst forwards toward the giant robot. Hitoshi raced down the empty mock city street, clearing the way and making sure there were no students in the way. He would only get one shot to trip this giant thing before it got to close to the trapped teens, and he would have to time it perfectly.

It occurred to him that his plan was crazy. If he had never met his friends and gained the ability to heal himself he would have never ever thought of this plan, let alone had the guts to pull it off. But here in this lifetime, Hitoshi rammed the 0 pointer with perfect timing as it's giant foot came down and put the whole robot off balance. Slowly, as if time itself was lagging behind, the giant robotic creature began to fall. Hitoshi used this time to bail out of his Bulldozer, knowing he had just enough time to move and not to get squished himself and thanking all the gods he had spent the last few months of his life training in speed and strength because he needed every ounce of it to avoid the 0 pointer as it finally fell to earth.

There had been moments in Deku's life that he questioned if being a hero was right for him. The thoughts were few and far between, and he always dismissed them quickly enough, but still, the logical part of his brain demanded to at least think about it from time to time, demanded to ask 'are you sure?'. Until right now. Right now, is the heat of the UA entrance exam Izuku was absolutely 110% positive that there was nothing more he wanted to do with his life.

Right away Izuku healed a pink-haired girl that had been burned when one of her inventions, 'Babies' as she called them, exploded on her after another student had used an energy quirk too close by. She thanked him and said to come to her after it was all done for a proper hero suit and thank you. Izuku agreed and was happy to see her later helping out others and beating down robots like crazy with her 'babies'. He knew that if he hadn't healed her right away she wouldn't have been able to continue.

Nezu had assigned Deku to the largest of the mock cities, with the most teens, the most robots, and the most chance of things going wrong and people getting hurt. And, unsurprisingly, things went wrong and people got hurt. This entrance exam was famously brutal, mostly because everyone pushed themselves so hard. It was not even 6 minutes into the trial and Deku had already helped 5 cases of quirk exhaustion, 4 sprained limbs, 3 twisted ankles, 2 scared stiff kids, and fixed one badly broken bone (((and saved a partridge in a pear tree!))).

Every one of the teens he healed and rescued recognized him too. And that was a surprise. Izuku knew that Nezu made every tester in this mock city sign NDAs about him, but was that the reason they all called out 'Deku' and smiled when they saw him? It was very strange, but Izuku was enjoying himself, doing what he loved best and helping people. This was probably even better than having to kill robots, now Deku could focus on healing his fellow teens and not have to worry about earning points. But oh my were there so many people to save and heal.

At the halfway point Izuku had begun to suspect something. Yes, this exman was the hardest in the world and people had a tendency to get hurt, but Izuku was working overtime just to keep up. But something was up. He used 6th sense and his instinct to find a student in need, One for All and his strength and agility quirks to get to them, leaping over debris and dead bots, and Regenerate to heal them. He even used Expolision a few times to clear rubble in the way. But no matter how well he was handling it, there was a suspicious amount of stuff to handle... It was almost like each student in this mock city was more likely to fail or mess up or get hurt than what Izuku had been lead to believe.

But surely this was just a coincidence, right? Nezu wouldn't have handpicked the most reckless, untrained, and unprepared students to all go in the one mock city Izuku was assigned to work in...right? ...RIGHT?! Izuku would have told you a respected principal of such a prestigious school would never do something like that, or he would have told you that right up until he saw the stupidest thing he had seen all day.

Someone had coved and entier street in small purple sticky balls.

They had seemed to trap robots fine, but the problem was that there were also other teens stuck in them too! And the quirk holder that must have made the purple balls was nowhere to be seen.

"LOOK IT'S DEKU!" One of the trapped potential students yelled.

"PLEASE HELP US!" Yelled another.

"THE PURPLE TWERP RAN AWAY!"

"WE CAN'T MOVE!"

There were more than a dozen people stuck on the street and a few robots aswell. One of the robots was still shooting lasers and Izuku didn't even hesitate and opened a small fist-sized portal next to the laser and punched his fist through to stop the laser before it could fire again. Then he stood up and using a minor voice enhancement remnant and third power he called out over the chaos of the mock city.

"OKAY! DON'T WORRY! I AM HERE TO HELP!" He called out, watching the struggling students clam a bit. And then he saw a pair of empty shoes stuck to a stray purple ball and knew how to free the most kids. "OKAY! I NEED ALL OF YOU WHO ARE STUCK BY YOUR SHOES TO TAKE THEM OFF! FREE YOURSELF IF YOU CAN, I WILL HELP THE REST!" About half the kids were able to take off their shoes and struggle free, most stayed to try and help out the others, but some ran away. The purple balls were almost impossible to remove though. Honestly whoever held this quirk held a potentially useful quirk, but unfortunately from what everyone was saying, the kid with the quirk had run away instead of helping the teens he trapped in his mess!

He had just started to free the nice girl that had held the door for that morning when the zero pointer was released. It was heading for them. Because of course, it was. It should have been going the opposite direction, but somehow this seems just a little bit rigged. Deku growled and spat out a curse channeling his boyfriend.

Then he used everything he had and charged the giant robot's face.

"Ah...So that's what they wanted the Bulldozer for, how intriguing!" Nezu commented to the screen where the newly hotwired Bulldozer had just crushed a pack of 3 pointers. "Yes, a very creative use of the mock city," Nezu continued when the rest of the teachers were speechless "When you asked for a Bulldozer for your trainees I had no idea I could expect this! What a show! He will make an excellent hero! Tell me Yagi, was this your idea?"

Toshi cleared his throat as suddenly all eyes in the room peeled away from the screens to look at him. "Ah...Ahem..No Nezu, I had no idea what they wanted the Bulldozer for, this was all them."

Nezu nodded and the other hero teachers whispered among themselves. Toshi had a distinct feeling that he was being judged.

Other than Hitoshi and the Bulldozer, Izuku was continually wowing the other teachers. Toshi had never been more proud as when he saw the young green-haired boy handling the exam like a pro. He had been assigned to the largest of the mock cities, and the one Recovery Girl was the farthest from, and the kid was amazing. All Might knew his favorite young protege was well rounded and ready for this exam but even he was stupified at the capability and control Deku displayed as he performed on the screens. And the other teachers? The others were speechless. All Might had never been behind the scenes during the entrance exam before, but he had a feeling that normally all the teachers would be watching multiple screens and commenting among themselves as they score possible students; not all watching one student, who was not even earning villain points, with their jaws hanging agape.

"Simply amazing..." Nezu said as they watched Midoriya fix a broken bone in less than 30 seconds. Others nodded along. Gosh. It certainly seemed like an awfully lot of students were getting hurt in that field...

Suddenly a scream could be heard from another monitor and eyes snapped about. A kid had drawn in 7 robots all at once and had run into a dead-end, unable to take them all on at the same time. It was then young Bakugo vaulted in off a nearby rooftop and landed in the center, blasting out and ending all the bots' at once and thus saving the other kid. The watchers let out appreciative hums and someone even clapped. There were few potential students on the field today that displayed the raw power that Bakugo did. Then to support it with control and at least a willingness to help others...it was the makings of an extraordinary hero.

But if his latest student was excellent, and Bakugo was extraordinary, then Midoriya was on the path to become a legend. He was unstoppable, unflappable, and seemed to know where to go and what to do before most of the teachers even noticed what was going on. But they did notice that the kids running in the largest mock city were unusually prone to disaster. Toshi assumed this was Nezu's doing. Somehow the furry critter had figured out what students would prove to be the biggest problems and had put the majority of them with his kid. He was about to voice his concerns when Nezu released the 0 pointers onto all the mock cities.

Then everything happened fast.

The first thing was that a bunch of kids running from the 0 pointer ran down a street littered with purple sticky balls from a small teen named Minoru Mineta and got stuck. The kid had been doing well-capturing robots up until that point, but the second the stuck teens started to yell at him he ran away. Luckily Deku arrived on the scene.

Right about then Fumikage Tokoyami pushed his quirk too far and started to lost control. When another student was startled by the shadow creature and attacked it, the quirk attacked back and trapped three students inside the building. Fortunately, Hitoshi showed up in record time.

Deku had managed to think on his feet and free half the other kids by just telling them to calm down and take off their shoes. All Might felt pride well up in his chest and felt it again as Hitoshi used his brainwashing to calm down the Fumikage and his shadow.

But the 0 pointers were coming.

Both Midoriya and Hitoshi would not have time to free everyone, and Toshi was on the edge of his seat. Then Hitoshi buckled in and maxed out the speed of the Bulldozer.

And Midoriya jumped.

And Bakugo charged.

And the world froze for just a second. Just a snapshot in time that Toshi would recall perfectly for the rest of his life. Before long though, they all made contact. Bakugo had used his explosions to propel himself upwards and targeted a hip join with a catastrophic 'BOOM' that was larger than anything Toshi was sure the kid should be able to make safely. Next, Hitoshi rammed his 0 pointer in the foot with perfect timing making the robot lurch and start to fall. And finally, Midoriya...well Midoriya leaped and punched, green sparks flying off of him. He hit the 0 pointer its face caved in from the force.

They could feel more than hear the giant mechs hit the ground. From the observation booth, they sounded like thunder and rumbled the floor like an earthquake. Once, twice, three times.

Everyone, save Nezu who was calling the end of the exam, was frozen to the spot. Toshi for a second began to worry the other teachers were concerned about the recklessness of his proteges and was going to get up to escape the room when the cheering broke out. Giving a standing ovation his future co-workers cheered and whistled.

"Damn, All Might! What are you feeding those kids?!" Snipe asked

"MMmm, yes, darling. How exactly did you manage to get them to...do that? I simply must hear about your methods!" Midnight chimed in.

"They are all going to be problem students..." Eraser head muttered, but just the fact that he was up and out of his sleeping bag and watching with a smile on his face was more than a compliment from him.

Regardless they all flocked to him, congratulating him on being a good teacher and wishing to know his secrets. And Toshi felt that maybe...just maybe, he would fit in as a teacher after all.

In the weeks that followed the entrance exam a lot happened. And by 'a lot' Izuku meant that he would never forget those couple weeks. Two weeks, and five life-changing moments.

As you would expect with life-changing moments, the first thing came unexpectedly. In the form of Kacchan coming right up to him and shoving some slips of paper right into his face the day after the exams.

"Here you go, Nerd," Kacchan said as Izuku tried his best to read the slips waving in his face, "We could go." was all Kacchan said next, this time handing the papers over properly.

"Wha...?" Izuku began confused as he looked up to meet red eyes...and red...cheeks?

"Together!" Kacchan blurted out then. "I mean...Whatever Nerd. I heard you fucking mouthing off about how great this dumb movie sounded...So we should go ...together?"

Izuku blinked dumbfounded for a moment while his brain finished putting together what was happening. He looked down. Movie tickets. He was holding movie tickets...to the movie he had offhandedly said he wanted to see. Izuku would have bet you Kacchan had not been listening at the time (eyes shut, earbuds in as Izuku himself muttered away battle plans) but Izuku had obviously been wrong because he was holding movie tickets. Move tickets. In his hands. That Kacchans had given him and wanted to go together... and ...

"LIKE A DATE?!" Izuku squeaked. Kacchan nodded slowly and Izuku's mind went nuts.

HOLY ALL MIGHT! KACCHAN WAS ASKING HIM ON A DATE! A DATE! HIM! A brilliantly wide smile pulled his lips as heat licked his face and ears and Izuku had to briefly hide behind the tiny tickets in his hands before he could meet Kacchan's gaze again. He wasn't really sure how holding up tiny tickets in front of his face was helping, but there was this squirmy happy feeling inside him and he couldn't contain it.

Izuku peeked out from behind his papers to see the blond not even looking at him, eyes scrunched up and off to the side. Kacchan looked...well he looked nervous. Most wouldn't be able to tell one pinched Katsuki facial expression from another, but Izuku could. Kacchan was also letting out tiny sparks from his hands which Izuku knew to be what Kacchan did when his hands were too sweaty. Eventually, Kacchan's eyes did wander back to meet Izuku's and Izuku smiled. Kacchan smiled back. It was his real smile too, one with his teeth showing and slightly crooked with the left side just a bit higher than the right. The fuzzy feeling inside Izuku got bigger. And bigger.

In fact, Izuku's feelings for Kacchan were so overwhelming that Izuku decided he kinda wanted to kiss him. Okay, so he had been thinking about it for a while and now he just really wanted to...but was this the right time? Should he wait till after their date? He wanted to kiss Kacchan on the mouth but he did not have the guts to do it right then. The cheek? No! What if he missed and hit the mouth!? Or what if he went in to fast and they hit their heads together? What if-

"Oi! Earth to stupid Nerd! Your fucking muttering again!" Kacchan nagged as he waved a hand in front of Izuku's face.

Izuku kissed the hand.

Izuku kissed the hand that had been placed in front of his face until he had realized what he had just done. And then he kept his lips awkwardly on Kacchan's open hand while his mind panicked. Wide green eyes met shocked red ones through splayed fingers and finally, Izuku broke off leaving both boys chuckling nervously and Kacchan cursing a bit in between the small talk they made as they tried to clear the embarrassment from the air.

Turns out though, they had their first real kiss at the movie theater. Kinda by mistake...They had both leaned over at the exact same time to make a comment to each other and they had come face to face and Izuku just leaned in. Then Izuku was having his first kiss. He also got his second kiss, his third, his fourth, his fifth, sixth, seventh... And well he also got kicked out of a movie theater for the first time. (Kacchan had apparently been kicked out of movie theaters before, but had later told Izuku with some prying it had also been his first kiss)

Izuku had had the first kiss he had stopped counting right in front of his house when Kacchan dropped him off and they had just confirmed that they were officially boyfriends. A silly thing to worry about after it all, but Izuku had been fretting over the label for some time (and maybe so had Kacchan?) and when they agreed on it they were both smiling like loons and started to kiss again.

And that's how Inko found them.

In hindsight, Izuku probably should have told his Mom he was back in contact with his childhood friend (and now dating him) months ago. But at the time he had been happy to not rock the boat. This untimely pressure put onto his mother did, however, spark the second big thing in those two weeks; she and Mitsuki finally made up.

Izuku had not been present for the re-meeting of his mother and Kacchan's as he had been grounded after the front door kissing, but he had been informed their reunion involved lots of swearing, throwing of things, crying, and if Kacchan was to be believed, they even got into a small fistfight. In the end, though it was decided that their boys were better off together than apart and they were better off trying to repair their friendship.

After the whole not-telling-his-mother-about-stuff thing he had done Izuku had thought it would be best to introduce her to Hitoshi. Inko was always overjoyed to meet new friends of her son's and quickly invited the boy over for dinner, and then dinner had become a sleepover as Hitoshi mentioned he had never been to a sleepover before and Izuku had just gotten a new video game. Hitoshi had never used an xbox before either, or a wii, or any kind of normal videogame stuff a teenage boy normally has access too. Izuku asked why and got his answer. The third life-changing thing to happen to Izuku was finding out his friend was an orphan.

It came as a bit of a shock to Izuku and while Hitoshi tried not to act like it was a big deal Izuku could tell it was. Apparently, Hitoshi lived in a foster home with 6 other foster children, and while his two foster parents tried to take care of all of them they didn't have the time or the money to do it perfectly. It was one of the nicer foster homes he had been in sadly enough too. Izuku wanted to cry as Hitoshi explained that he had been in some truly awful foster homes where he and his quirk were treated as villainous from the start. It was despicable. And Izuku wanted to help his friend so bad.

That's how he ended up asking his mother to foster his friend.

It was a day or so after the sleepover and Izuku had made his mother dinner (always a good thing to get on a mother's good side) his mother had been overjoyed and said she was so happy she could just burst. That was when Izuku made his move.

"Mom? C-can I ask you something?" He asked.

"Hmm? Yes, certainly love, what is it?" His mom replied sensing the seriousness of the conversation about to start.

"You know my friend Hitoshi? Umm..."

"What about your friend? Is it something to do with why you cooked dinner?"

"He's an orphan mom." Izuku finally got out and saw his mother's face fall in reaction, but he continued on before she could speak. "And you're an amazing mother, the best in the world, and Hitoshi is stuck in this terrible foster home with like half a dozen other kids with foster parents that don't have time for him...And Mom he shares a room smaller than mine with 4 other boys and they pick on him for his quirk and and..and...you always said you wished you had another child so I had someone to play with..."

His mother looked at him softly, a sad smile on her lips. "Izuku are you saying what I think you are? Are you trying to get me to adopt your friend?"

Izuku swallowed hard, but his mother had mostly understood. "Foster mom. If we could...if you could." Izuku took a shallow breath, "I kn-now we don't have much...and it's so much to ask of you...but...I..."

His mother nodded getting up and coming around the table to hug him. "But you want to share what we do have, huh?" Izuku nodded. "Oh, honey...you are the nicest, kindest, sweetest boy in the world."

Small tears began to well up in Izuku's eyes and he sniffled. Smiling weakly he said, "I get it from you mom." His mother laughed a tiny bit at that as she continued to hug him.

It was quiet for some time after that. The pair just hugging and thinking through their emotions in silence.

Finally, his mother spoke.

"You know..." She started, swaying on her feet as she stood up to smile down at Izuku. "I did always want to have another son."

Izuku hugged his mother again and sobbed. "Thank you, thank you, thank you." He sniffled.

"Hush...this is good news...have you even asked Hitoshi what he thinks?"

"N-no...not yet. I know the paperwork is long and we might not even get approved to be a foster family...but mom...I love you so much!"

"I love you too Izuku...Let's see if we can print that paperwork now, alright?"

The fourth big life-changing thing was finding out his kind, brave mother was willing to foster his best friend. She apparently had a friend that even worked for the right people to get the paperwork expedited too, but it would still be a while and an interview before the process could even start.

The next day the three boys all got their acceptance letters.

You would think this would have counted as a life-changing moment, but Izuku didn't count it. He knew he was already getting in, and with how many points Kacchan got he was in for sure, and even Hitoshi scored high enough that he would get in. The only strange thing is that all the letters had said the final point scores would be announced at the orientation ceremony instead of made available to the public. The boys still celebrated anyway though.

The fifth big thing to happen was finding out his mother had quit her job to become a UA dorm supervisor.

And then it was move-in day.

The UA dorms were extremely nice. Each "dorm" was more like a small apartment, with their own kitchenettes and ample room to move around. The individual dorms were all located around central hubs on each floor with full-sized kitchens and lounges too. There was even a small move cinema and a bowling alley! (Seriously, how does Nezu pay for all of this?!)

Izuku and his Mom moved in a day early, on account of his mother being a dorm supervisor and all. Turns out she would be in the opposite wing from his room though, as she was the girl's supervisor. At first, Izuku had been sad, but then he had found out All Might was the boy's dorm super and got all excited again, even though he assured his mother that she would always be his favorite.

Other students began to arrive the next morning. Izuku had actually managed to convince Kacchan to help Hitoshi bring his stuff to the dorms because his foster parents were too busy to help. (Izuku MAY have used a tiny bit of his brainwashing remnant on his boyfriend, but it was for a good cause, and he was 90% sure Kacchan knew what he was doing and didn't stop it and also 78% sure he could have convinced his boyfriend to help out anyway.) They arrived early, and Izuku helped Hitoshi set up his room while Kacchan's own parents arrived with his stuff.

Izuku still hadn't told Hitoshi that his mother was trying to become a foster parent, but he didn't want to give his friend hope; instead, he gave his friend a huge All Might poster for his wall.

By mid-afternoon most students had arrived and unpacked and Izuku, Kacchan, and Hitoshi all made their way to the common room where everyone was gathering and Izuku's mother was introducing herself and making snacks for everyone.

"What do you think our classmates will be like?" Izuku asked excitedly as they rounded the corner into the common room.

"They're all just extras they will be-"

"YOU!"

"DEKU!"

"IT'S THEM!"

Suddenly they were rushed by a hoard of other students, all trying to get attention. At first, Izuku was confused, then he realized that they were calling him Deku and many of them wanted autographs. He had known the video online had gone viral, but was he really this popular? Izuku shot a glance towards Kacchan, but even he was being begged for an autograph by a kid with red hair. After having a pen and paper offered to him Deku began to sign autographs.

"Deku! Thanks for saving me! Sign my book!"

"Please use this pen, it's lucky!"

"Can you make mine out to froppy?! Ribbit."

And then: "OW! Don't step on me!" a cry came from what looked to be a floating uniform. Oh. Her quirk must be invisible. Mumbles of sorry's went around the group.

"Okay, okay! We need some order!" Momo, thank gods, spoke to the class.

"Yes! Order is exactly what we need!" Another student with engines on his legs spoke loudly, "Everyone, line up for your autograph!" And one by one the others complied and made a line, except the kid with the red hair, who had now tracked Kacchan tot he corner of the room. Izuku briefly worried that Kacchan might try and blow the redhead up, but it looked like whatever they were talking about hadn't angered his boyfriend...yet.

It was about the third person he had signed for when he noticed that everyone that had been in the room (including his mom!) was wearing matching pins. Small round pins with green and red enamel proudly stating 'DEKU'S ARMY'. Izuku would think they were cool, but they had clearly been designed without his knowledge...okay they were still cool. He shot Momo a glance, and sure enough, she pulled another pin out of her hands and smiled wickedly at him. Izuku sighed as he signed the last person's booklet (and one for Hitoshi because he had asked) and made his way over to Momo.

"Deku's army, huh?" He said.

Momo grinned. "Yup! I'm actually thinking about getting them professionally made so I can sell them, you know, due to the quirk laws I can sell the ones I create with my quirk, but I've already made about 100 of these little things, so it might be worth it. Your cult is eating them up!"

"My...cult?! Wait- You've given away 100 of them!? Who? How?!"

Momo hummed. "Well you know, as one of the founders of your fanclub I know lots of people who want one- even All Might asked for one..."

"ALL MIGHT HAS ONE?!" Izuku squeaked, just a tiny bit mortified.

"Yup!" Momo said popping the 'p'. "And this one," She held up the one in her hand, "Is for Shoto, when he arrives...I think he's the last one left to get her. He had to get all his stuff here by himself and he's due to arrive any minute."

"Oh! "Izuku remembered him from the demonstration. "Let's go meet him outside, maybe we can help him unload and bring stuff in!"

Momo nodded and they excused themselves to go wait for Shoto.

They didn't have to wait long before a taxi pulled up and the half red half white teen stepped out. Izuku bounded forwards smiling with Momo in tow. "Hello!" Izuku cheered, "It's nice to see you again, your the last to arrive, but my mother has snacks in the common room and my name is"

"Izuku Midoriya, also known as Deku. I know. Please call me Shoto." Shoto cut him off in a monotone voice.

Izuku just smiled wider, he was getting used to people recognizing him (and apparently joining his Fanclub...) and it was nice that the other teen remembered him. "Okay! Can we help you bring anything in?" The taxi didn't look too full, but maybe the trunk was?

"There's only one suitcase here, and the one in the trunk, but I suppose if you want to get the one in the trunk..."

"Sure!" Izuku chirped, as he got to the trunk and Momo gave Shoto a friendly hug while saying her greetings. "So..." Izuku grunted as he hefted the suitcase out of the back of the car, "Are you opting for the UA furnishings, because if you are I know what closest they are in...or are you going shopping to fill your room?" But as Izuku turned around, both Momo and Shoto were giving him an unsettled face and he got the feeling he shouldn't ask. "Ahh...you don't have to answer if you don't want...I didn't mean-"

"It's fine," Shoto said and started to turn around to go inside. "My father is having his interior designer come in tomorrow to do the room."

Izuku followed along with the other case. "Oh, after class? That's so cool! Do you mind if I pop by?"

Shoto snorted a looked away. "No."

Izuku wilted a bit, but Momo stepped in. "Ahh...Deku dear...he means no, the designer will not be coming after class, he will probably show up after we leave..."

Deku let out a soft 'ohh' and then frowned looking to Shoto, "I'm not really familiar to how designers work then...a-ah do they send you the idea for the room and you approve it?"

"The concept art gets sent to my father."

"And then to you?" Izuku asked genuinely curious, but all he got was a shake of the head as they walked down the hallway. Izuku was starting to get an unsettled feeling himself. Did...Did Shoto not get a say in designing his own room? No...his room, his space, he should get a say. Right? But then again his father, the number 2 hero, had seemed like a...a hard person to have as a father. Regardless, he cut off the line of questioning and made a mental note to get Shoto some cool posters and stuff once he found out what the other teen liked.

Finally, they reached the dorm room Shoto had been assigned and dropped off the bags. Izuku volunteered to grab a bed from storage, but Shoto only wanted a mattress for the night. Izuku had happily gotten it, and carried it into the room and set it down in the corner directed. Momo had wandered off at some point and the silence had grown awkward. Izuku really wanted to ask if he could heal the scar on the other boy's face but didn't know how to ask without sounding insensitive.

Luckily, just as Izuku was about to explode from trying to figure out how to get out of the awkwardness, Shoto spoke up. "Did you meet Momo from your fan club?" He asked, tilting his head as a dog would.

Izuku smiled and almost sighed with relief. YES! A topic he could work with! "Ah...n-no actually...I've known her for a while and even joined her as a sparring partner..." Izuku watched as Shoto's eyes flicked up in sudden interest.

"Oh?" He asked in an almost excited tone, "Were you the one who taught her that roundhouse kick with the backflip?"

"Yeah! I learned it at my local dojo, a show her how to do it! How did you know?"

"I used to spar with her too before father..." Just then Shoto's face fell once again into the expressionless mask.

Izuku quickly changed the subject.

"But I first met Momo in school, we were the same age and even though we were attending different colleges at the time, they got us together to help each other study..."

"Hmm?" Shoto looked mildly interested again. "Dose your quirk require a degree too?"

Izuku nodded. "Yes, and no... " taking a breath Izuku began, "At its core, my quirk is a healing quirk, and healing myself is now just second nature to me, and even healing others of things their bodies would naturally heal is easy-ish. Like a cut or a cold, I can have my quirk take care of those in others no problem. But there are things that humans don't normally heal on their own. Those are what I needed a medical degree to be able to pull off, I needed to know what cells to create, where to put them, and what made them up. It's because of my PhD that I know how to heal things like cancer, missing limbs, and even scars..." Izuku trailed off at the end, vaguely gesturing at the other boy's face, hoping he would not get offended, but got the hint. By the way Shoto's eyes went big and he touched the side of his face, Izuku would have guessed the message was received.

"Y-you,.." Shoto stopped and closed his eyes a took a breath before he continued in a more controlled voice. "You can heal it?" And gosh if he didn't look so hopeful to Izuku.

"Yes. Definitely." Izuku confirmed. "Buuutt only if you want too...if you like it or if it's a battle scar, it honestly looks kinda cool and you totally don't need to remove it! I can if you want though...I just don't want to offend you!"

"No." Shoto paused again. "I'm not offended. Please, I just...Can you remove it? Now. Please?"

Stepping forward Izuku nodded, "Yeah, sure! Just let me...can I touch your face? I could do it further away, like a hand, but closer is quicker!" Izuku waited till Shoto gave him a small nod then placed his hand right on top of the scar and activated his quirk.

Hours later Todoroki Shoto was lying on his mattress in his dorm room, using the camera on his phone as a mirror. He just could not stop looking at his face sans scar.

Shoto had thought he would have the scar for the rest of his life. Yes, there were scar treatments, but none that he had tried had done more than dull it. But then Deku had just healed it. It had not even taken long, about 20 seconds, then all that was left was flawless unmarked skin. Shoto felt emotions well up inside of him that he hadn't felt in years, and Deku had thanked HIM for allowing him to heal it.

Shoto had been so speechless that he had somehow allowed Deku to guide him to the common room. It was almost satisfying seeing Momo jump upon seeing his face, and even more so to have her, and a few of the others who had seen the scar, compliment him on his now scar-free face. His classmates seemed...nice? Well. Deku was nice. And his mother was too, she immediately whipped out a new round of snacks for him, even though he was hours late compared to the others. Everyone was eventually shipped off to bed and Shoto had gone to his room and curled up in a ball, phone in front of his face, the camera on.

He should have been sleeping long before now, and his phone would have died if it had not been plugged in, yet he felt like the second he stopped checking his face his scar would come back. Shoto knew it was a childish thought- but it felt unreal. Carefully Shoto tried a small smile. His smile grew a bit looking back at him through his phone, he had never liked his face with the scar...but now? Now his face almost looked right to him, and he was sure he would get used to it fast enough.

Sighing, Shoto held the small 'Deku's Army' pin that Momo had given him earlier. She had just said he would want it and then had gone back to the common room to socialize. While Shoto had joined the Deku Fanclub online after the quirk demonstration, but he had thought the pin was a joke of some sort.

Now, however, he would wear the pin with pride. He was so thankful for the kindness and generosity of Deku and found himself really wanting to be in 'Deku's Army'. So, instead of sleeping, Shoto logged in to Deku's Fanclub online.

"WHhhhhyyy did we have to get up so early!" Hitoshi whined as he walked down the hallway trailing behind the other two, still wrapped in a blanket.

"Come on, All Might woke us up! Isn't that cool?! Besides, the early bird catches the worm! " Izuku chirped back to his friend. Izuku thought he heard Hitoshi mumble something about the early worms getting eaten by the birds, but Kacchan was louder.

"Tch. All Might only woke us up this fuck ass early because your mother woke him up."

"Well, we can't be late on our first day! And Mom only wants everyone to have time to get to class AND eat breakfast." Izuku said defending his mother, even though she had gotten everyone up an hour before they really had needed too.

"Izuku, your mom is the best...but did we really need a whole extra hour to eat food? Food is for the weak. I only need ten minutes to put on clothes. I want sleeeep."

"Oh! Are you having trouble activating your Regenerate remnant? It should be taking care of the worse of your insomnia problems..." Izuku worried over his friend, "Your eye bags aren't too bad...but do you need me too -"

"Shut up nerd- assbrain back there was up till 4 am on your fucking fansite. That's damn why he's too tired to do shit." Kacchan grouched.

"And how do YOU know I was up that late on the fansite..." Hitoshi pried.

Kacchan just snarled and tried to hide something on his shirt. Izuku leaned over to get a better look. Was that...? It was. Kacchan was wearing a 'Deku's Army' pin. Izuku felt a few butterflies come to life inside of him and a grin broke out across his face. Kacchan caught his eye and Izuku could see a slight tint on red on his cheeks.

Hitoshi must have seen the pin too because he pointed to his pin and said, "NO WAY! What's your screen name?! Mine's DekuChangedMyLife1."

Instead of answering, Kacchan chased Hitoshi down the hallway threatening to explodokill him. Izuku laughed and followed along. Until a heavy feeling settled in his gut. His remnant 6th sense was acting up. Oh no. It didn't seem like an immediate danger, but still, Izuku let the strange sense pull him in the direction it wanted him to go.

Apparently, where his 6th sense wanted to go, was the girl's bathroom.

Izuku stood nervously outside the bathroom door, but didn't want to go in. He could hear the A1 girls faintly chatting inside and showers running, but he didn't want to activate his stronger hearing if he could help it. Peeping was wrong. Luckily it was then Uraraka showed up.

"Ah...Good morning Deku!" She said cheerfully, but with a curious look in her eyes. "Um..Why are you standing outside the girl's bathroom?" She asked.

Izuku rubbed the back of his neck and tried not to be awkward. "Morning Uraraka! I just um...how do I explain it? Well, part of my quirk is kind of like a danger sense? A little bit anyways... and well it's warning me about something in your bathroom."

Uraraka's eyes widened. "Something dangerous in our bathroom! Is it going to hurt someone! What's wrong!? I should get a teacher!"

"No, no! I mean, this is not a bad feeling one...this warning is more...slimy? Can you j-just, like, go in and look around for me? Give everything a good look and make sure everyone is being safe? I've gotten these feelings before for simple things like cats stuck in trees and people slipping on ice..."

Uraraka nodded. "Okay, if you're sure! Let me go check!" then she entered the bathroom.

For a minute nothing happened. Then, right as Izuku was about to knock on the door the screaming started. It was the high pitched ear-piercing screams that only teenage girls can properly pull off. And they were all doing it. Muffled shouts and screams, and thuds. Izuku could make some of the words out.

"OH MY GOD-!"

"A BOY!"

"WHAT IS HE DO-!"

Then there was a loud CRASH and the door slammed open almost knocking Izuku down and a small person shot out and down the hallway at top speed. Izuku recognized the kid as Mineta, one of his classmates he had met the night before. Well. There went the slimy feeling.

Inko was not having a good morning. It had started off well, as she had gotten word that her foster parent papers had gone through and, pending a successful interview, would be a registered foster parent. But then the reality of managing a high school dorm set in.

She had woken up the girls in the dorm a bit early, and although she had heard complaints she knew from personal experience how long it took teenage girls to get ready in the morning, even more so on the first day of high school. But then one of her girls had noted that the boys had yet to stir. Huffing, Inko had gone to knock on Yagi's door. Perhaps he was waiting to wake up the boys? She was met with silence and a muffled snore through the door. Inko sighed.

While she had known All Might for a few months now, and more recently told and shown his real identity as they would be working together, she still could not get over how wrong the public was about him. Everyone assumed All Might was some stoic hero, saving people with precision and seriousness. And well, All Might was an amazing hero, (Inko would say the best, but although Yagi was number 1, she would always say her son was the best hero) and he certainly was serious about saving people, however, the more Inko got to know him the more she realized that All Might didn't have a clue what he was doing half the time in real life anyway.

Sure he could handle a villain, but a social setting, or even a household appliance? Not so much. Inko giggled as she thought about how they had already had to replace a washing machine in the dorms a couple of days ago as Yagi had put dish soap in it to wash his cloths. He'd been very embarrassed when Inko found him in the room full of bubbles, but she had almost found it cute. How the man had made it to this point in his life without washing his own darn cloths was beyond her. Yet she found a certain satisfaction in getting to teach the number one hero something, even if it was just how to operate a washing machine and dryer.

Anyway, with no response, Inko knocked on the door harder. This time practically hitting the poor door.

"Snokk-!" A strange sound of someone waking up came from inside. Inko knocked again. "All Might? It's Inko, there's about an hour and a half before classes start- Perhaps you should wake the boys up? The other floors and the girls are already moving."

There was a small groan, and then, "Surely they do not need that long to get up? Half that would do?"

Inko hummed. "Do you remember your first day of high school, here at UA?"

"Umm...yes I do. I was almost late finding my room and my old teacher gave me an ear full-"

Inko cut him off. "And did you wish you had more time? To find your room and eat some food?"

There was a long-suffering sigh. "Now that you mention it- I had to forgo breakfast because I was running late and I was starving till lunch."

Inko nodded at the still-closed door. "I rest my case. Get your half the dorm up! Before I rally the girl half of my son's army to do it for you!" All Might had snorted from inside his room and Inko smiled a bit.

"Will do, will do...But they are not going to like it."

"Just direct all complaints to me and get them up!" Inko had replied teasingly. At the time she only half-hearted meant it, but it seemed like somehow this one line volunteered her for every problem of the morning.

Yes, there were many complaints at being woken with time to eat and find their classrooms, but beyond that, every other person had an issue they needed help with.

So far Inko had: Proclaimed a school handbook for Iida, helped 3 girls put on makeup (that had never worn any before), helped two of those girls take it off again, convinced 4 students they looked fine and called 2 parents to locate items forgotten at home.

And that was before every girl in the A1 Dorms burst into the common room shrieking about a boy peeping in the girl's bathroom.

Apparently, a boy named Mineta had snuck in and stuck himself to the ceiling above the girl's showers. This could not only be confirmed by every girl that had been present, but also by her son and a few other kids that caught the boy running from the bathroom and tied him up in quirk produced tape. Inko had since insisted they remove the tape, but after hearing the girl's side of the story she almost wished she could tape the brat up herself. What kind of parent let their child behave that way?!

The boy Mineta had insisted that the girls had been lying, of course, but Inko did not need any more proof than that of the purple balls still stuck to the bathroom walls and ceiling. And, in poorer taste, to one of the girl's panties that she had left out to change into after she showered.

So, on the first day as a dorm supervisor, Inko got to take a boy to the principal's office. She knew she would have to tell Nezu what had happened in detail, call his parents, then deal with his parents, and try not to strangle the boy when he continued to lie one second and then tell her she was 'hot' for a woman her age in the next. In short, she was not having fun.