Katsuki was trying to make himself eat breakfast on Saturday morning. He felt nervous, way more nervous than he'd expected. It wasn't an emotion he was used to, especially in regard to an exam. Yet here he was, sat in the common room, his leg bouncing rhythmically under the table as he tried to focus on anything but the exam he had to take.

He knew he had to eat. He didn't want his stomach rumbling during the exam, nor did he wish to pass out due to low blood sugar. But his body didn't appreciate the effort. The food sat uncomfortably in his stomach and he felt as though he'd throw up with every bite.

He scrolled through the news on his phone in an attempt to distract himself. Since the Billboard Charts there had been numerous stories about him in the media. Most of them were pleasant. The occasional one spoke shit about how he was a villain playing the long game and earning the peoples' trust.

He'd read a few of them, to get an idea of what was being said but he paid no real attention to it. He wasn't going to read any more. They all just rehashed each other, blurring the facts and overexaggerating things.

Most of the stories were just random propaganda and government shit, but on story caught his eye.

Present Mic Attacked Live on-Air During Radio Broadcast

He clicked on it without hesitation

In the early hours of this morning, the pro hero and U.A. teacher, Present Mic, was attacked during his radio show Put Your Hands Up Radio. During the broadcast last night, Present Mic was discussing embarrassing moments with his "Listeners" on Twitter, when a villain apparently found his way into the booth.

There is little known about this interaction. The villain seemed to be after the hero Eraserhead, whom he seemed to suggest was Present Mic's elusive husband- neither party has confirmed this as of yet. Present Mic appeared to know this villain, referring to him as "Pulse", but we have no record of any other attacks by this villain.

It is also implied that there was a civilian present, one who did not recognise Present Mic. The identity of this civilian is unknown as is the status of Present Mic. It can be assumed that the hero was injured as he appeared to cry out in pain.

Before the radio went off air, Eraserhead could be heard arriving on scene. More to come when we know it.

Katsuki's hands shook. Pulse had gone after Mic-sensei? And Aizawa-sensei? Were they okay? Was it his fault? He looked at the time stamp of the article. Two hours ago. He went over to Twitter, Present Mic was trending, as was Eraserhead, and the tag EraserMic. Katsuki rolled his eyes, heading towards his teacher's page. Sighing in relief when he saw the tweet of a picture, a screenshot from the notes app.

Yamada Hizashi presentmic

Last Night Put Your Hands Up Radio was attacked. Unfortunately the Villain escaped however all staff members present for the attack are alive. Only Present Mic received any serious injury, but he is recovering well.

Please respect his privacy during his recovery, he will post when he is feeling better. Right now, he just wants to enjoy the quiet with his family. Thank you in advance.

Eraserhead.

Well that all but confirmed they were together, Katsuki thought with a scoff. Aizawa using Yamada's Twitter all but an official announcement that they were together. Katsuki let out a sigh of relief though, at least Mic-sensei was alright.

Shouto came down the stairs wearing his uniform too, he was on his phone. He waved at Katsuki as he came down and walked into the kitchen, clicking the kettle on.

"Thank you, Touya." Shouto said quietly. "Yeah, don't have too much fun…use a condom." Shouto laughed. "I'll let you know. Bye." He hung up.

"Morning Shouto." Katsuki said.

"Good morning."

"How's your brother?"

"He's fine. His boyfriend woke up from his comma yesterday, so he's really happy." Shouto said, purposely not mentioning Shigaraki's name.

"Oh that's good." Katsuki said. "How is he?"

"Really good apparently, less erratic, more stable." Shouto said, joining Katsuki at the table with a bowl of cereal of his own.

"That's surprising."

"It is. I'll have to see it to believe it but… if he's feeling better then maybe he won't be so… hostile." Shouto said. "I guess he's only been awake for a little while though, so it's too early to say."

"True." Katsuki nodded.

The sound of someone else on the stairs made Katsuki and Shouto turn to look. Hitoshi came down looking like he hadn't slept. He ignored the two of them in favour of going into the kitchen, making himself some coffee and toast.

"Are you okay?" Shouto asked.

"No." Hitoshi replied before sighing. "Did you hear what happened to Present Mic?" he asked, joining them with his food and drink.

"Yeah, I just read a story on it." Katsuki said.

"Yeah I saw this morning."

"I was listening to the show when it happened." Hitoshi said. "I couldn't sleep and sometimes listening to him helps me drift off. But last night… it was rough."

"He's okay now though." Katsuki said in an attempt to reassure his friend.

"I know but… It was terrifying. It just happened so suddenly, one second he was just chatting, the next he was fighting for his life. And he was hurt, like seriously hurt… that yelp… Every time I tried to fall asleep, I could just hear that yelp." Hitoshi said, shaking his head before taking a sip of his coffee.

"Was it really Pulse?"

"Mic seemed to think so. I've no reference."

"It's strange." Katsuki said. "Pulse could have taken out the whole studio with his Quirk. Why didn't he?"

"Maybe he wanted to be on air?" Shouto said. "Maybe he wanted to be heard."

"Well wouldn't it have made more sense for him to take a more popular radio, or at least not at 1:30 in the morning." Hitoshi said.

"Aizawa turned up, right? He went straight to the radio when he heard. Maybe that's what he wanted. He said he wanted revenge or whatever on Aizawa, maybe Mic was bait?"

"Could have been." Shinsou said. "He did say he wanted to fight with Aizawa, not Mic. He just couldn't get to him."

"Is Aizawa okay?" Katsuki asked. "The news didn't say anything. Obviously he's alive, he tweeted from Mic's account but…"

"He disconnected the radio when he got there, but I can only assume he's fine." Shinsou shrugged.

"I guess we'll find out. It depends on who turns up to take us to this exam." Shouto said, Shinsou groaned.

"Do you think we'll get the results today?" Shinsou asked.

"I don't know. But I spoke to Inasa and apparently, it's just us three. The others still have classes." Shouto said. "I guess we're the only ones who succeeded in every other task. The others failed at least some."

"That and Aizawa went to speak to Orca for us. He probably shouted him and scared him into giving us this exam." Katsuki said.

"Sound about right." Shinsou agreed.

The three boys ate their breakfasts and hot drinks as they waited for someone to come and pick them up. Eijirou came down with Hoshi in his arms, pressing a kiss to Katsuki's forehead. Katsuki smiled up at him.

"Hoshi wanted to wish you good luck." Eijirou said. Katsuki pet her ears making her purr.

"Thank you, sweetie." Katsuki cooed as Hitoshi's phone rang. He answered it.

"Hello… Yes Sensei… They're with me now… We'll be out right away." He hung up. "Aizawa-sensei is outside."

"Here we go." Shouto said with a sigh.

"You'll do great." Eijirou said to all of them before kissing Katsuki again. "I'll see you later." Eijirou took Hoshi's paw and waved it. Katsuki blew them both a kiss, following Shouto and Hitoshi outside. The three of them got into the car, Hitoshi in the front.

Aizawa looked tired, as usually. He had a deep cut on his forehead, sewn together with stark black thread. His fingers were covered in little plasters and there was a plaster on his arm.

"How's Mic?" Shinsou asked as soon as they were inside.

"He's okay. Thank you." Aizawa said. "I took him to the hospital last night. His arm is pretty fucked up, he got stabbed pretty bad, but it's been sewn up. It'll scar, but it didn't hit anything vital. He has a concussion and bruises, but he'll make a full recovery. He's just upset more than anything."

"Upset?" Shouto asked.

"The villain escaped with the kid he'd brought with him. He's mad at himself for loosing consciousness, but the doctors said his body went into shock and he lost a lot of blood, fast. There wasn't much he could do. He also feels bad because of this scratch. He gestured to his forehead and the fact that I gave blood for him."

"You're the same type?" Hitoshi asked.

"Yeah." Aizawa nodded. "And it was just easiest for me to give him some. We've done it before. He was a blood doner for me after USJ."

"Relationship goals." Hitoshi mumbled sleepily.

"Sure it is." Aizawa snorted. "But yes, he's physically fine, emotionally upset. He was wearing one of his favourite cardigans and Pulse ruined it. I got it him years ago and he's pissed that it's destroyed."

"Poor Mic." Shouto said.

"So it was Pulse?" Katsuki asked.

"Yes." Aizawa sighed. "He had one of the children with him… I fucked up… I panicked when I saw Hizashi on the floor. There was so much blood… I thought he was dead. I fought against Pulse, but I was distracted. He ran off when back up came… I'm sorry Bakugou."

"It's not your fault. I'd freak out if Eiji was hurt." Katsuki said quietly. He was upset. Of course he was upset. But he couldn't expect Aizawa to be able to take Pulse out on his own. No one else had any success. Katsuki was sure Aizawa had done his best.

"I'm still sorry." Aizawa said.

"It's whatever."


Seiichi played with the button in his hand. Sir didn't know he had it, Seiichi was sure he'd be punished if Sir found out he did. That hero, the one that had tried to save him, Present Mic, he'd given him this button. Maybe he hadn't meant to. Maybe he'd be mad.

Seiichi hoped not. Despite everything he'd done to help Sir, he didn't want to be a villain. But if he'd stolen this button then that made him a thief, and thieves were villains. He whimpered, clutching the button tighter in cold hands.

Everyone else was asleep. Well everyone except the girl next door. She was stomping about and shouting. Seiichi didn't know where she got the energy or the confidence. He and Sir had gone to her house and stolen her. She'd been staying at home with a tummy ache, but she seemed to be better now.

Seiichi didn't know why she was kept in the other room. There were enough beds in the hall and it wasn't like she was different to any of the others. But still, Sir kept her separate and that wasn't Seiichi's place to pry.

He pressed the button to his lips, hoping and praying his hero wasn't dead. He tried to convince himself that the man had just fallen asleep when Sir had kicked him. But there was so much blood. Could anyone survive that?

He didn't know. He could only hope. Maybe when he woke up the hero could come and save him. Maybe Present Mic would be the one to rescue him. Seiichi shook his head. Hope was crippling. He wouldn't let it take a hold of him again. He had to accept his life here with Sir. There was no way he was getting out.

He guessed he really was a villain.


Katsuki stared at his exam paper. This had to be some sort of trick. Right? Someone was going to jump out at him any minute and shout "got you." Right? The test was mostly multiple-choice, obvious multiple-choice questions at that.

This couldn't be real. Katsuki glanced up, looking around the room. He made eye contact with Shouto who look equally confused. Hitoshi looked as though he was still fighting against sleep. What actually was this crap?

"Bakugou, Todoroki, eyes on your own test." Gang Orca called from the front of the room, making Katsuki immediately look back down at his paper. He filled it out each question, his astoundment growing at each question.

What separates Heroes and Vigilantes?

Heroes wear a costume

Heroes have a Quirk License

Heroes are better.

A child could answer these questions. In fact, Katsuki was pretty sure he'd filled out a similar test when he was six.

Admittedly they got harder as he went, more difficult questions, but there was still a lot of multiple-choice. The further he went through the paper the question morphed into ones that required a little more thought than the others, but it wasn't exactly difficult.

The final question was a three-page essay on the ethics of hero word, which may have been difficult if Katsuki hadn't had no less than seven lessons on the topic. He made a quick essay plan on the scrap of note paper Gang Orca had given him before getting started.

Katsuki was always good at academics, so writing an essay was not all that difficult for him and by the time Gang Orca called for them to put their pens down, he was confident with his answers. Gang Orca collected the three teens papers before turning to face them.

"You may go and wait with your teacher. We will mark these now, give us an hour." The three boys nodded, getting to their feet and leaving the room, heading to a lounge type room. Aizawa was sat on a sofa, curled up in a ball, reading a book.

"Hey Sensei." Hitoshi called, making Aizawa look up.

"How was it?" Shouta asked.

"Weird." Katsuki said.

"Yeah it started off really easy and then got more and more difficult. But it wasn't hard." Shouto said. "If that makes sense."

"Yeah, it does." Aizawa replied. "It's the reclassification exam."

"What?" Shinsou asked.

"Every five years after you get your full License you'll be asked to do that exam. It's more to test if there's any gaps in your knowledge to see if you need retraining. It was probably a shortened version of it to test you. They don't normally give you a written test for the Provisional License, but they had to come up with something." Aizawa said.

"Because you shouted at Gang Orca?" Katsuki asked.

"I didn't shout." Aizawa said. "I just pointed out that it was stupid not to give you your Licenses when you had proved over and over that you were more than capable." He shrugged. "What now?"

"Gang Orca said to wait for an hour and we'll get our results." Katsuki said.

"Okay." Aizawa sighed, turning back to his book.

The three boys settled down, pulling out their phones and scrolling through their news feeds. There was a TV in the room and Katsuki startled when it suddenly turned on. Shouto and Aizawa jumped too, Hitoshi laughed.

"It's just me." He said. "Mic's doing a livestream, I thought we could all watch it."

"Oh Gods what is he doing now?" Aizawa sighed as Mic appeared on the screen.

His forearm was covered in white bandages and he face was bruised. He looked a little pale, but he appeared to be smiling. He was wearing his glasses and his hair was in a messy bun. Mic was in bed, surrounded by three cats, he was using the webcam on his laptop, but he was good quality.

"What's up Listeners." Mic greeted, he was quiet, he sounded tired. "I'm just going to wait a little longer so everyone can join." Chamomile stretched out next to him, resting her head on his stomach. Hizashi reached out to stroke her.

"Okay, so…" Mic sighed before huffing a laugh. "Thank you for all your well wishes. I'm okay." He said softly. "I have a concussion, and quiet a few stiches." He held up his bandaged arm. "I had a blood transfusion as well. Which sucked." He leant back against his pillows. "But I'm okay."

"He looks so tired." Shouto said.

"He should be asleep." Aizawa said. "But at least he's in bed."

"So I was thinking we could do a Q and A or something." Hizashi said on the screen. "I know you guys all want to know more about me and stuff so here we go… The chat goes by so fast that I can't read things, and I have a concussion. Reading hurts."

"How am I feeling?" Mic laughed. "I'm okay, tired mainly, but it's daytime and I can't sleep when it's light outside. Not like these guys." He pet Chamomile again.

"Oh the cats? The grey one is Chamomile, the black one is Macha and the orange one is Sponge. Guess which one I named." Mic said, petting Macha this time.

"Who named the other two? My husband, he likes tea." Mic said.

"Ahh, _ _ there's the big one. Is Eraserhead my husband?" Mic said. "Long story short, yes." He laughed as the chat went mad. "Why did I keep it a secret? The main reason was because Eraserhead is an underground hero. Going public with our relationship would have brought attention to him, which he really didn't want." Mic said.

"Plus, we started dating 15 years ago. The world wasn't all that nice about guys dating other guys. I don't know if you guys remember, but I only came out publicly 6 years ago." Mic shifted, pushing himself up. "And so another reason would have been I didn't want to out Shouta."

"What's my sexuality? I'm technically Bi. But some people get arsey over the fact that I've only ever been with a guy." Mic said. "Which is bull but there you go."

"What about Eraser?" Mic said. "He's gay. We had a talk before this and I'm allowed to say some things, so ask away and either I'll answer, or I won't."

"Did you agree to shit?" Katsuki asked Aizawa, who scowled.

"Barely. He can answer questions are long as they don't include personal information that I'd prefer wasn't known."

"And you don't care if people know your sexuality?" Shouto asked.

"I've never cared. I never hid it. I just don't walk into a room and announce I'm gay." Aizawa said, turning back to the screen.

"You said you were inside your husband, does that mean Eraserhead is a bottom." Mic laughed. "Erm sometimes." He snorted, trying to hold back laughter. Aizawa practically snarled, picking up his phone. "We switch." Mic's phone beeped next to him and he picked it up, laughing again. "He says I'm dead. I didn't know you were watching, hey Baby."

"Where is he?" Mic read off another question. "With some students. They have an exam."

"We met at school. I wouldn't say it was love at first sight. He beat me up at the Sports Festival our first year and I developed a massive crush on him after that. I think he wanted me to leave him alone at first, but then I grew on him." Mic said, stroking Sponge.

"We've been together 15 years, married for ten. He proposed, I cried." Mic rattled off answers to the standard questions. "PheNixPhyre asks do we have kids? We have. That's all I'm going to say about children, please don't ask. I won't answer."

"Angel Snowflake asks Is my neck speaker thing heavy?" Mic laughed again. "My directional speaker used to be really heavy when I first designed it. But over the years technology has gotten lighter and therefore it doesn't hurt anymore. It used to though."

"Lulu_cat_693 asks what the hell is your costume? Hot that's what it is, who told me leather was a good choice? It's not, believe me. But it's a little too late to change it now." Mic said. "I don't think anyone would recognise me without the hair and the leather."

"Peachiie_angel, what's my hair care routine? A lot. I wash it pretty much every day, which I know some people are like don't wash everyday that's too much. But with the amount of hairspray and gel that goes into it, well it would be gross." Mic said. "Funny thing though, people think I dye my hair, I don't. This is natural. I'm not above dyeing it, hell the second I catch sight of a grey hair, straight to the salon I go. But currently, I'm a natural blond."

"Andie_69, what is with the style? Okay so originally it was a joke in high school. Shouta had long hair, he still does, and I joked that I was going to grow mine longer and then stick it all up like how his does when he uses his Quirk. Then our friends got involved and I got bullied into it. Now the cockatoo look is apparently who I am."

"Leowulf35, what's it like working with other heroes, especially Eraserhead and All Might? Well I mean Eraser is the easiest one, he's my best friend and my soulmate so getting to work both as a teacher and a hero with him is great. I'd spend every second of the day with him if I could. He probably wouldn't like that, I'm annoying and I ruin his naps."

"All Might was weird at the start, because I mean he's All Might. But now he's just one of the team. He a nice guy and a good teacher. I wouldn't say we talk that often one-on-one, but he teaches heroics, I teach English, so he only teaches six different classes, I teach every class, so I'm busier, I don't spend a lot of time in the teacher's lounge." Mic said, Macha got up, stretching and walking over Hizashi's body. He came up, butting his head against Hizashi's head, the hero kissed the cat, tickling him under the chin.

"Ab-bee asks are Eraser and I allowed to do hero work together or is it a conflict of interest?" Mic read off. "Well, technically if two heroes are dating they shouldn't work together, but Eraser and I are different. We've been together since before we got our Licenses, we learnt how to work together affectively and don't let personal feelings distract us. Usually the issue with romantic partners working together is the desire to protect each other and it make unnecessary risks. Which of course is an issue for us but we learned to work around it."

"Until last night." Aizawa muttered.

"You got to the scene to see the love of your life unconscious and covered in blood. No one blames you for being concerned and focused on him." Katsuki said.

"I'm a professional, I shouldn't have let the villain get away." Aizawa said.

"What's done is done." Katsuki said.

The four of them watched the live stream until Gang Orca came into the lounge. Katsuki looked up at the hero, it was almost impossible to tell the man's emotions, Katsuki wanted to think he was smiling, but he could have easily been baring his teeth in aggression.

He didn't say anything, he simply handed the three students a little rectangle of plastic. Katsuki's breath hitched as he looked at the card.

PROVISIONAL HERO LICENSE

NAME: Bakugou Katsuki

AFFILIATION: UA High School: The Department of Heroes, Year 1, Class A

HERO NAME: Ground Zero

HERO IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 2004172

ISSUED: 10/11/XX by the Hero Public Safety Commission.

Katsuki blinked back tears staring at the small piece of plastic.

"Is this real?" Hitoshi asked in a small voice. Gang Orca laughed.

"Yes, my boy, it's real." Hitoshi ran his fingers over the plastic.

PROVISIONAL HERO LICENSE

NAME: Shinsou Hitoshi

AFFILIATION: UA High School: The Department of Heroes, Year 1, Class A

HERO NAME: Conscience

HERO IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 0107177

ISSUED: 10/11/XX by the Hero Public Safety Commission.

"Fuck me." Hitoshi whispered.

"This is actually mine?" Shouto asked. "I… I can't believe it."

PROVISIONAL HERO LICENSE

NAME: Todoroki Shouto

AFFILIATION: UA High School: The Department of Heroes, Year 1, Class A

HERO NAME: FrostFire

HERO IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 1101176

ISSUED: 10/11/XX by the Hero Public Safety Commission.

"Well done you three." Aizawa said, putting a hand on Katsuki's back.

"Yes, congratulations. The three of you passed with flying colours. I'm very impressed with your students' ability, Eraserhead."

"Thank you, but it's all down to them and their determination." Aizawa said. Gang Orca nodded.

"How's Mic?" Orca asked.

"He's fine. Putting on a show for his Listeners so it seems he's feeling better." Aizawa gestured to the screen where Mic was still talking, just muted.

"Well, I won't keep you." Gang Orca said. "I'm sure you'll want to celebrate and get back to your families."

"Thank you." Aizawa said, bowing his head. He guided his students out of the compound towards his car.

"Sensei, before we go can I ring my parents?" Shinsou asked.

"Yes, the three of your call whoever you want, I need to ring home anyway." Aizawa said.

Hitoshi went off the call his parents and Shouto went to do the same but to his sister. Katsuki decided to ring his parents. His mother picked up on the fourth ring.

"Katsuki? What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"It's fucking 4AM brat. What do you want?" Mitsuki growled.

"Is Dad awake?"

"Yes. People tend to wake up when a phone rings in the middle of the night."

"Put me on speaker." Katsuki said, Mitsuki growled again but after a second his father spoke.

"Hello Katsuki." Masaru yawned.

"Okay, so… I got my Provisional License."

"Wait what?" Mitsuki shrieked, excitement clear in her voice. "You're serious Hanabi?"

"Yes. I'll send you a picture in a minute."

"Well done Bud, I knew you'd do it." Masaru said.

"Does Kirishima know? Does Jeanist know? Does your Grandma know?" Mitsuki asked in rapid succession.

"I rang you first." Katsuki said,

"Put the picture in the Bakugou family group chat."

"I left that chat when Kiyoshi was added." Katsuki said.

"Well I'll add you back and then you put it in. The family needs to know Katsuki." Mitsuki said.

"They're not even your biological family." Katsuki rolled his eyes.

"Shh." Mitsuki said.

"Well have to throw a party or something when we get back." Masaru said, Katsuki sighed.

"I miss you."

"We miss you too, Bud. I can't wait to give you a cuddle again." Masaru said.

"Neither can I."

"It'll be over eventually." Mitsuki said.

"I know." Katsuki sighed. "I'll let you get back to sleep."

"Okay, we love you Katsuki." Masaru said.

"Love you too." Katsuki said, hanging up. He sighed, walking back towards the car. Aizawa was sat in the driver's seat, door open, one leg out. He appeared to be texting.

"You okay?" Aizawa asked.

"I don't want to cry but I miss my family." Katsuki said.

"I'm sorry, Problem Child."

"It's fine, it just hits me some time."

"Have you told Jeanist?"

"No, I want to surprise him tomorrow."

"Nice." Aizawa smiled.

"I want to wait to tell Eiji too, I want to see his reaction."

"You're all going to be so rowdy tonight. If I get a noise complaint, I'm taking all of your Licenses off you."

"But I just got it." Katsuki pouted. Aizawa laughed.

Eventually Shouto and Hitoshi finished up their own phone calls and got into the car too, Aizawa began to drive them home. Shouto was texting next to him, a glance over told Katsuki he was texting Dabi.

"I'm proud of you three." Aizawa said as he drove. "You've worked hard and proved yourselves."

"Thank you." The three of them chorused.

Aizawa dropped them off at the dorms, claiming he needed to head to the store before going home. The students waved goodbye before heading into the dorms. Everyone was gathered in the common room waiting for them. Denki was cuddling Hoshi and Soba was asleep on Izuku's lap.

"They're back." Uraraka gasped. The class stood, approaching the three of them hesitantly. Katsuki, Shouto and Hitoshi shared a look.

"What happened?" Ojiro asked.

"Was it hard?" Mina said. Hitoshi's face broke into a grin.

"You're looking at Ground Zero, FrostFire and Conscience, UA's newest Provisional Heroes." Hitoshi said.

The class exploded into a flurry of cheers and congratulations. Eijirou practically jumped Katsuki, pressing their lips together with excited and forceful kisses. Someone whistled as Eijirou cupped his jaw.

"I knew you could do it." Eijirou said, hugging Katsuki close.

"Put him down, you don't know where he's been." Hitoshi said.

"I could say the same thing about Monoma." Katsuki said with a wink. Hitoshi spluttered.

"I don't know what you mean?" Hitoshi said.

"Sure." Katsuki laughed turning to nuzzle into Eijirou's embrace.

"What about Monoma?" Sero asked.

"Nothing." Katsuki said against Eijirou's neck.

"Well, congratulations you guys." Momo said. "All of us are on the same page again."

"Yay." Denki said. "We need to celebrate."


Katsuki was excited as he got dressed for work. He packed his hero costume neatly in its case and made sure he looked his best. He was hopeful he could convince Tsunagu to take him on a patrol. He was giddy with excitement. He couldn't believe he finally had his license.

He had messaged Flashback, informing him of the fact that he had gotten his License. The sidekick had congratulated him and instead of being picked up by All Might, Flashback offered to pick Katsuki up. He and Fallacy often carpooled and he was excited to bring Katsuki with him.

Katsuki had text All Might saying he didn't need him this week. He'd heard from Izuku that their teacher had scheduled a training session with him instead. Katsuki was glad, he felt guilty about cancelling last minute.

"You look so excited." Eijirou said, he was lying on Katsuki bed.

"I am excited." Katsuki smiled. "I can't wait to see Tsunagu's face."

"I mean my reaction was the best." Eijirou said.

"Sure, shoving your tongue down my throat is the pinnacle of reactions." Katsuki rolled his eyes. "I think Tsunagu's reaction is going to be a lot more parental."

"True." Eijirou said. "Plus I didn't see you complaining, either time."

"Shut up." Katsuki blushed.

"I gotta show how much I appreciate you." Eijirou smirked.

"Yeah you did that last night."

"And all do it again whenever you want."

"Do you have any other emotions besides horny?"

"Currently no." Eijirou said.

"Well you're gonna have to take care of that yourself, I have work." Katsuki rolled his eyes, adjusting his neckerchief.

"I'm going to be thinking about my big, sexy hero boyfriend when I do." Katsuki snorted at his words.

"Bye Eiji." Katsuki said, kissing him softly.

"Have fun." Eijirou said.

Katsuki then left the room, heading downstairs intending to leave the dorms. Shouto was down there, putting on his own shoes.

"Going somewhere?"

"Meeting Touya and Shimura."

"Who?" Katsuki frowned.

"Touya's boyfriend." Shouto replied. Shigaraki then, Katsuki remembered Dabi calling him Tenko, Katsuki knew the villain was shielding his real identity. He was surprised that Shouto knew it.

"Oh, have fun."

"Thanks." Shouto said. "And you."

Katsuki went outside, heading to the carpark where Flashback was going to meet him. Katsuki got there first and waited for a few moments before Flashback pulled in. Katsuki was heading to work earlier than usual due to catching a ride with the other sidekicks, but he was too excited to care.

He jumped in the back of Flashback's car and a soon as he did, Flash and Fallacy turned around, shouting "Congratulations" before popping two party poppers in his direction, covering him in strips of coloured paper. Katsuki laughed.

"Thank you." Katsuki said.

"I'm so excited. I can't wait to patrol with you." Fallacy said.

"I know right, I can't wait for Tsunagu to give us the go ahead to take you out." Flashback said.

"Me neither." Katsuki smiled.

"And Needles did all of your paperwork so you're an official sidekick." Fallacy said.

"You might actually be the youngest sidekick ever." Flashback said.

"Starting off my career strong." Katsuki smirked.

"Hell yeah." Flashback said as he drove.

"Do you think Tsunagu will let me patrol today?"

"I don't know. I text him last night asking what his plans were for you today and he didn't reply." Flashback said as he drove.

"He normally replies quickly." Katsuki frowned.

"Depends what he's doing." Flashback shrugged. "It was late when I messaged and he might just wait until he sees me to tell me."

"Oh, okay." Katsuki nodded.

"One time he didn't message Sleuth back for three days. But I think he was trying to prove a point." Fallacy said as Flashback pulled into the carpark.

"She just kept sending him memes." Flashback snorted. "Of course he didn't reply."

The three of them got out of the car and Fallacy and Flashback embraced him in a tight hug. Katsuki laughed as he was squeezed between them.

"Well done Kouhai." Flashback said softly.

"Thank you." Katsuki said.

"Come on, we'll show you how to open up. We should be here first."

"Opening up? Isn't anyone there from like a night shift?"

"Nah. Hawks patrols but he doesn't come back, he does his paperwork during the day. We don't often have night shifts, as there are other agencies that do nocturnal patrols.

"Oh." Katsuki said.

The three sidekicks made their way around to the main entrance of the building, Flashback pulling out his keys, making them jingle as he walked. They chatted lightly as they went but it all came to a stop when they reached the front door. They fell silent and their footsteps slowed until they were complexly still.

"Is that blood?" Fallacy asked.

Thick brownish red lines stained the glass of the front window of Genius Office. It had dried in the process of dripping down the glass creating varying levels of thickness and a mixture of reds and browns. Katsuki swallowed heavily looking at the words written in blood.

I warned you.