A.N.

Ready to get to U.A.? Well so am I! But not yet. Gotta have some unique scenes or this is just gonna be another copycat "if he had a quirk" story, which while a factor, isn't what's meant to drive this story like it seems to for others.

I also realised after uploading the last chapter I could've added this to it as well but... oh well.

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"Hyousuke!" The all too familiar sweet, bubbly and overly giggly voice that he was too used to hearing echoed once again through the short hall of their shared apartment into his room. Despite his closed door and excessive sound proofing layered on all of his walls, her voice came through with pure clarity.

With a slight grunt of frustration that was quickly overtaken by the smile she always managed to bring to his face, he pulled himself from his comfortable position on his bed, taking but a few strides across his small room to open the door. As expected, he was met with his chocolate haired housemate running full throttle down the short hallway to his room, who stopped suddenly upon seeing her target just ahead of her. Her eyes drifted downwards and Hyousuke was immediately reminded that he was without his shirt.

"My eyes are up here, Ochaco." His voice immediately brought said girl back to reality, a large blush immediately taking place on her face.

"I-I'm sorry!" she stammered, "I know I shouldn't... I mean, we're only friends, we can only be friends, but well... it's not really a crime, is it?" Her nervousness only made his smile grow wider.

"And here I was thinking you were falling for that Midoriya."

The girl before him squealed something along the lines of '"shut up" before shoving her head in her hands to hide her ever-growing blush. Deciding he had his fun, Hyousuke pressed on with the original topic that his body interrupted.

"So what's up? What's got you screaming my name down the hallways? Another cute dog video?" He already had a few guesses based off of the open envelope in Ochaco's hand.

She looked up, her grin returning despite the blush as she made a point on staring up at her roommate's face.

"We're in! We got accepted!"

"And did you expect anything else?" he laughed. "And you were worried you didn't have enough points."

"W-well... technically I didn't have enough points... but there were other factors! There were these things called Hero Points which a bunch of teachers gave to each-"

She began to explain how Hyousuke, having helped Izuku save her, had gotten the maximum number of Hero Points, tied only with the afforementioned green haired teen. Ochaco herself had been graded with just enough Hero Points to secure her a place in the hero course, though at the lower end of the class spectrum, due to a few of the times during the test where she had helped out other students, including Hyousuke at one point when his guard was lowered.

While she explained this Hyousuke had retreated into his room, keeping his ears on Ochaco but had his eyes preoccupied on finding himself a shirt. Seeing not one clean shirt in his wardrobe he shot a thin length of bone out from an unnoticeable opening in the skin of his arm, immediately wrapping it around the first shirt in his dirty clothes basket, likely the least dirty of them all, and pulling it towards him, the bone retracting back into his arm.

As Ochaco finished her speal on how they had passed and how they both had recieved their scores in one disc on account of them living together, Hyousuke stepped past her into their small living area, chuckling at the mess of blankets on the couch he assumed was from when she had run to the door.

"Well, Ochaco, I think this calls for celebration."

"Oh? And what are we gonna do?"

"Well, on the way home after the exam, don't think I didn't notice you drooling over the prospect of that new candy shop." He noticed her cute blush return and smiled his brotherly smile once again. "I looked it up and apparently it opened up just yesterday, so why don't we go check it out?"

He grinned at his housemate as her face lit up in a huge smile of her own. Tying his hair back into his usual ponytail he stepped outside, waiting as he watched Ochaco grab her phone and keys from the couch. He had his phone already on account of listening to music but the concept of keys seemed to slip his mind. Thank god one of them was prepared.

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"Come on Hyousuke! You're so slow!"

Contrary to her words, Hyousuke walked at a pace near double those around him, one earbud in with his usual metal playing. Still, Ochaco loved her sweets and wanted to get there as soon as possible, even if it meant taking off at a sprint and leaving behind the guy who suggested they go.

"You're so demanding, I swear. It's only just midday, we've got plenty of time."

Ochaco found herself beside her roommate once again, her usual bright smile replaced by an equally cute and mildly terrifying look that could only be described as a warning.

"Hyousuke. Sweets wait for nobody, and I'm not waiting for you."

"Calling yourself sweet, huh? Could've fooled me." Despite her warning glare he managed to stay calm, even amused, at her overbearing excitement over a couple of sweets. It only served to make the chocolate haired girl angrier.

She punched at her friend's forearm, weaker than she had intended. She reared back for a harder hit, but managed to catch the ruffling of the sleeve that indicated his 'armour' was in effect. She lowered her fist, knowing the only person hurt would be her. Hyousuke only gave another of his cocky laughs, speeding up his steps for his friend's sake.

After a few minutes of comfortable silence as the two weaved their way through the crowds, a certain store came into view, the rather large sign reading "candy" in both English and Japanese acting as the landmark of note for the taller of the two. The other's eyes, however, focused not on the sign, but on an equally out of place set of ruffled green hair.

"Hyousuke... is that... Midoriya?"

"Wow... I was only kidding earlier, but you really are thinking about him a lot, huh?"

"Hyousuke," she shouted, reaching high to grab his head, standing on the tips of her toes in order to properly angle his head in the right direction, "I'm being serious!"

"Oh..." he began, "I see. Let's go say hi."

"Wait what?"

~0~0~

"I didn't know a new candy shop opened up." Izuku was baffled by the sheer quantity of everything that was the new shop. He thought the sign was a bit much for a sweet shop but upon entering the sign seemed to fit perfectly in.

The shop itself was deceptively simple; the left and back wall was lined with dispensors of a large assortment of treats and sweets. Many children and adults alike would go up to one with one of the provided bags (funnily enough more adults than kids had the large bags) and press the plunger, allowing the candy to drop out. A small notice was set up before the plungers, explaining how all small candy was the same price, the price based on the weight.

Looking up proved that there was more to the shop than at first seems. All the small candy was left on the first floor, with a staircase directly left of the entrance leading upwards to the second floor, one that could be easily seen through the glass flooring.

"Is that even safe?" Izuku wondered to himself.

The second floor was reserved for the larger types of candy, the ones that were sold as individual pieces in their own bag, seperate from the smaller lollies.

"They seem to run a complicated system here, but I guess it's working for them. This is certainly quite popular, even for a newly opened."

The clearing of someone's throat caught his attention. Despite not seeing who did it, he just knew it was directed at him. Turning towards the source of the noise he expected to see an employee. What he didn't expect to see were the brunettes he met during the exam.

"Suke-wait, no. Hyousuke? And Uraraka?

"What's up Midoriya?"

"H-Hi, Midoriya."

~0~0~

The now trio took their time purchasing their own bags of sweets, Izuku noticing Ochaco having the largest bag of the three, before leaving the area and walking along the river that split the city in half, the gap between road and embankment barely big enough for all three to walk side by side.

"Well, after learning of my scores-"

"One hundred points!" Ochaco suddenly cut in, clearly in bewilderment and awe of the seemingly unimpressive boy. "You had the most points of anyone! That's amazing!"

Izuku smiled sheepishly at the praise, scratching the back of his head as he continued.

"Yeah... 107 points, and one of the two to get the maximum hero points." He locked eyes with Hyousuke, who grinned back. "After hearing about all that I figured I'd need some time to process it. It's just so hard to believe."

The trio arrived at a bridge, and just as the two brunettes were about to cross, Izuku spoke up again, his eyes glued to a particular spot on the bridge.

"I guess after a while it became nothing short of a dream. A hopeless dream for a hopeless hero wannabe. All I wanted was to be a hero, since I was just a little kid. But fate was not in my favour." His focus turned from the empty space on the birdge to his arm, to the scars beneath his sleeve that refused to fully heal. "After a while, I just got sick of it. The pain, the torment, it wasn't worth it anymore. A hero was something I could never be, so then I just..."

He trailed off, and immediately it clicked with Hyousuke just where they were. He was so focused on listening to the kid that he couldn't put the last few dots together. Izuku looked back to that particular spot on the bridge.

"So I left my stuff right there. My shoes... my jacket... my dreams. There was no forward left for me."

Clear tears fell from his eyes, unbelievably bright against the afternoon sun. Seemingly without a second of thought, Ochaco stepped over to the green haired boy, wrapping her arms around his shoulders as he sank to his knees on the grass. The comforting arms around him opened the floodgates and he buried his head into her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her waist, holding on like his own sanity depended on the warmth.

Hyousuke kept standing the short distance, keeping watch over the two lest one fall asleep, content with letting them have their moment, with letting Izuku get his tears out. He looked out towards the bridge, to the spot where the boy had jumped.

I shouldn't have brought us out here. Yet again... He looked back to the boy, huddled close to his friend. I think this is what he needed.

"Fate was always against me since my birth, but it's not letting me die yet."

"Fate's got plans for you."

A chuckle.

"Then let's seem them."

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So random thought; I can not wait for the planned future battles that will come. I won't spoil too much, but I will say Hyousuke, armour of bones, vs the stone bodied Kirishima! I am low-key excited for this.