A/N: Since I got two very kind reviews and it is a holiday, I decided to update for yall! Since I am updating today, there will be no update this Saturday.

I thought about this for a long time but decided that, in the narrative, I will be addressing everyone by their last name. It seems to flow better in my opinion. Even though Hikari is rather informal and calls many people by their first name if she views them as friends, I still feel like it causes a stutter when reading it in the narrative so that's why I chose how I did.

Also, I have Todoroki in this chapter at the exam. Even though he got in on recommendations, I feel like he would go to the exams just to spite his dad. So it is my personal view and obviously not canon but that's what that's what fanfiction is right? Creative license? Anyway! Onward! Enjoy :)


Hikari tapped her fingers on the desk impatiently. Midoriya was running late to the entrance exam which means that All Might must have held him over talking. Stupid Symbol of Peace.

"Oi, why'd they seat me next to you."

She resisted the urge to slam her head into the desk. Of course Bakugo would be seated next to her because they came from the same school; she told him as much. He huffed at her but didn't bait further. While she was waiting, Hikari closed her eyes and checked Bakugo's health as she did for both of her friends rather frequently. She let out a small breath; he was fine.

"Richan! Kacchan!"

Midoriya glossed over the death glare from Bakugo and beamed at his other friend. As Midoriya sat down, Bakugo groaned. Why did he have to be put in the middle of these two extras?

All of the students fell silent as the presentation began.

"In other words, they don't want us to work with friends," Bakugo observed.

"Oh we're in different battle centers," Hikari muttered thoughtfully, resting her chin on Bakugo's shoulder to look at his card. She felt his muscles tense but he surprisingly didn't blow up at her.

"Hikari, get off of me," he finally growled, voice tight with anger.

"Sorry Katsuki," she chuckled and nuzzled his cheek with hers, like she used to when they were kids, before pulling away.

Hikari could sense his anger brewing, ignoring it in favor of listening to the rules for the practical exam.

Chewing her bottom lip thoughtfully, Hikari pondered the robots for the exam. There had to be a reason for the fourth robot that was worth no points, but what was it? She was so lost in thought that it took Bakugo slapping her shoulder rather painfully as he passed to pull her out of it.

"We're going to the battle centers, pay attention!" he snapped.

Seeing that he had left Midoriya muttering to himself in his seat, Hikari sighed and roused her friend. All while trying to figure out how she was going to take down robots with her quirk.


Hikari panted as the buzzer went off. She was fairly certain she did decently, even though she had stopped a few times to help some of her potential classmates.

"Hey."

She jumped, hand to her heart as whirled around to see the boy with red and white hair. The one with an ice quirk.

"Can I help you?" she gasped out, getting her breathing under control.

"Are you ok?" When she raised an eyebrow, he elaborated, "Your ears are bleeding."

"Oh! It's nothing!" she answered with a wave of her hand, trying to wipe the blood from her ears in the process.

"Are you sure? Because…" He was cut off when Hikari noticed the wound on his upper arm. Her brow furrowed, "You're injured. That's a nasty looking graze. Can I heal it?"

"Is that your quirk?"

"I wouldn't offer if I couldn't do it."

After a few moments of silence, he nodded, "Alright." She gazed directly into his eyes for a moment, causing the woozy effect. By the time he had recovered, the graze on his arm was gone.

"Impressive," he trailed off as he examined his arm critically, "Thank you. My name is Shoto Todoroki."

"Hikari Anezaki."

"Thank you then, Anezaki."

"You can call me Hikari."

Todoroki blinked in surprise. What an informal girl. Nevertheless, he gave her a nod, "Very well. Thank you, Hikari. Hopefully I'll see you in class."


Midoriya was a nervous wreck and, to be honest, a bit of a nightmare to be around while they waited for their results from the exam. He had told her what happened in his exam but to his surprise, Hikari was not as troubled as he was. No matter what she said to try to dissuade his fears, they continued to grow into a mountain of despair.

She was at home when there was pounding at her door.

"Hikari! Izuku is here!" Her grandmother called to her. The warning wasn't quite enough when Midoriya burst through her door less than a second later, causing her to jump.

"RICHAN I MADE IT INTO UA!"

"I told you there was nothing to worry about, Izuku," she gave him a small smile, rubbing her ears. They were still tender from the exam.

Midoriya noticed the motion, "What's wrong with your ears, Richan?"

"Oh it's nothing! You just startled me… and you were a bit loud," she scolded.

After spending a few minutes chatting- and apologizing on her friend's part, Midoriya asked, "What class are you in? I hope we're together!"

"Class 1A. What about…" Hikari's air supply was cut off when Midoriya grabbed her and hugged tightly. "Izuku...can't...breathe."

"Oh! Sorry Richan! I got excited. We're in the same class together!"

"That's great, Izuku."

Midoriya pressed his fingers together, "I hope that Kacchan is in a different class."

Resting her cheek in her palm, Hikari raised an eyebrow, "That's not very nice, Izuku."

Of course, Hikari knew that Bakugo made him nervous. But she would not dampen his hopes, even though she had talked to Bakugo earlier today. Well, she talked and he yelled, but Hikari learned that they would be in the same class together. Bakugo had been fuming about that. Boy will he be furious when Midoriya joined them.

"Richan? Are you okay?"

"Oh! Sorry Izuku! I was just thinking! Let's make sure we sit close to each other okay?"

"Yes!"


Hikari stepped into Class 1A alone, unsure of where Midoriya was. She was greeted rather quickly by Shoto Todoroki to her surprise.

"Good afternoon Hikari," he met her at the door, "I'm pleasantly surprised that we are in the same class."

"Thanks, I think," she answered with a chuckle that had Todoroki stammering to apologize. "I didn't mean…"

"Oh hush," she cut him off, "I know that's not what you meant. Not many people expected me to do well with my passive quirk. Right Katsuki? Don't you dare elbow me."

The sudden change in her attention made Todoroki jump slightly. He heard a rather rough voice answer Hikari from behind her, "Don't tell me what to do." Even with her order, he still elbowed her as he walked by her to his chosen seat, immediately putting his feet up.

"Alright then…" Todoroki trailed off, eyeing the blonde darkly.

"Don't worry about Katsuki," Hikari turned to him, "He's been like that for a while." Though she erase the sad smile quickly, the ice user still saw it for a fleeting second.

Seeking to change the subject for her, he asked, "How are your ears?"

"I told you it was nothing."

"Take your feet off that desk now!"

"Oh boy," Hikari sighed when the argument started. She turned to Todoroki, "I'd ask if you'd like to sit near each other but I see you already picked a seat and I can't sit that far in the back. Maybe we can meet afterwards to chat some more."

"That sounds good."

Todoroki watched her take a seat behind the blonde. He continued to watch after Tenya Iida went to greet someone else at the door. She put a hand on the blonde's shoulder only for him to shrug it off and snap something at her. The ice user raised an eyebrow. Despite the hostile attitude, the blonde had still calmed slightly at her touch. They must have been friends before UA.

When their teacher appeared, Hikari studied him as he spoke. He came off as apathetic. She was sure that he looked familiar but she could not put her finger on why.

"Put these on and head outside."

Examining the uniform, Hikari scowled. She hated tight fitting clothing when she couldn't wear anything over it. Following the girls to the locker rooms, she waved briefly at Midoriya before she lost sight of him. She listened and talked with the girls as she dressed. They had interesting quirks; to be honest she was a little jealous of some of the girls with offensive quirks. Walking out with the girl who made friends with Midoriya, Hikari tugged on the sleeves and hem of her uniform. It was so uncomfortable.

Todoroki greeted her quietly when they gathered in front of their homeroom teacher. She stood next to him and Bakugo, sending Midoriya a smile when she saw him. He was too distracted by their teacher to notice.

She listened intently to Aizawa. They would get to use their quirks in this core test. Not very useful for her but very useful for others. She would just have to try her best; all of the training with All Might and Midoriya would prove more important than her quirk here.

"Bakugo, you managed to get the most points on the entrance exam," Aizawa turned to them, "What was your farthest distance throw with a softball when you were in junior high?"

"Sixty seven meters I think."

"Right, try doing it with your quirk. Anything goes, just stay in the circle."

Hikari watched as Bakugo strutted to the circle, grabbing the ball from their teacher as he passed. He stretched as he listened to his instructions. She knew what he was capable of but she was unprepared for the pain that ripped through her ears when he threw the softball with his quirk.

"Ah!"

She covered her ears and fell to a knee, despite Todoroki trying to catch her by the arm. He knelt down beside her as the others talked, "Are you okay?"

Trembling, Hikari nodded. The ice user noted the unshed tears in her eyes and tugged a hand away from her ear. Blood was seeping down her earlobe to her neck.

"You said your ears were fine."

"I said it was nothing," she corrected, "Truly. Please don't worry. They'll be ok in a minute."

Their teacher's voice cut through their conversation.

"Show me it's no mistake that you're here."

Todoroki gave her a look that told her they weren't finished with the conversation, but helped her up. She noticed Bakugo glaring at them. She furrowed her brow; what had she done? Not that her explosive friend needed a reason to glare at someone. She returned his glare with a bright smile; he always hated that.

Aizawa appeared next to her as they made their way to the first test, the 50 meter dash. He leaned down and examined her ears critically.

"Bakugo's explosion did that to your ears?" he asked quietly.

"My ears are still tender," she answered timidly.

"From?"

Avoiding his eyes, she replied, "The entrance exam. They'll get better soon. Ear injuries are just hard to regenerate quickly."

Aizawa stared down at her but accepted her answer, "Make sure you don't stand too close to him when he uses his quirk today."

"Yes sir."

Hikari worked hard during the tests. She was pleased with her 50 meter dash result: 5.7 seconds was much better than her junior high ranking. Todoroki had essentially skated on his ice next to her, beating her of course. It was so difficult to compete when she didn't have a more versatile quirk. The other tests had similar results; she was sitting in the middle of the pack for everything which was fine with her.

Sitting on the ground next to the standing Bakugo and Iida, Hikari watched Midoriya prepare for the ball toss. She could see the indecision on his face. Wincing when she saw the decision he made, she leapt up when their teacher's scarf came apart and danced around him.

"Oh no," she whispered, recognizing the goggles around his neck, "Eraser Head."

As the students discussed their teacher and his power, Hikari slowly sat back down and watched him talk to Midoriya. Her friend looked devastated.

"I've restored your quirk. Take your final throw."

Hikari barely had time to cover her ears when Midoriya split the sound barrier momentarily as he used the power of One for All to throw the ball. She sighed with relief. Nowhere near as bad as the explosion from Bakugo. Her ears only rang for a few seconds.

Todoroki stepped up next to her and looked down to her seated spot on the ground, "Your ears ok?"

"I swear, Shoto, if you ask me again we will no longer be on speaking terms."

He chuckled, turning his eyes back to the others, "I doubt that."

"Oh Katsuki, no," she sighed, watching her friend get caught in Aizawa's capture weapon. The look on her friend's face as he watched Midoriya alarmed her, causing Hikari to jump up and nearly break Todoroki's nose with her head in the process.

Worried, she jogged over to her blonde friend.

"Katsuki, are you okay?"

The look he gave her made her flinch and take a step back. With determination, she stepped back up to him and put a hand on his shoulder, ignoring the warning sparks coming from his hands.

"It's going to be alright Katsuki."

With the contact, she could look at his health more closely and could tell that his ears needed to be healed again. Bakugo never knew and she would never tell a soul, but the constant explosions he did, especially today when they were quite large, caused hearing damage and hearing loss. And she couldn't let that happen to her friend.


Without so much as a flinch, she healed her friend's ears at the end of the exam. Ears were so hard to heal with how intricate they were. She sighed. Midoriya said he would meet her outside but she could see him talking to Iida and Uraraka. Waiting patiently, she groaned when she realized her ears were bleeding again. At least she could clean them up before anyone…

"So."

"Fucking shit, Shoto," she cursed, eliciting raised eyebrows from the boy.

"Where did you learn such language?"

"Where the hell do you think?" she snapped, jerking her head to the passing explosive blonde as he headed home.

"Shut the fuck up, Hikari," he replied automatically, not even looking at them.

"Go to hell, Katsuki."

"Whatever."

As they watched Bakugo continue out of the gate, Todoroki turned to her, "We aren't done with our discussion from earlier. What's going on?"

"I'm sorry, Shoto. I'm just not ready to share that yet. I hope we can still be friends."

With a tilt of his head, Todoroki nodded, "I suppose that's fine. We haven't known each other that long. I hope you will trust me eventually."

"I'm sure I will," she said with a smile, "I should probably head home. I'll see you tomorrow!"

With a wave, Hikari headed towards the gate, looking for Midoriya. She sighed. It looked like he walked home with Uraraka and Iida. A wave of loneliness crashed over her as she turned and made her way home. Her friend had never forgotten her before. Usually they walked home together behind Bakugo.

Said blonde was walking ahead of her. He glanced back at her and paused, letting her catch up to him.

"Where's Deku?"

Giving her friend a small smile, she shrugged, "I'm not sure. I'm sure I'll see him later."

"So you're walking home alone?"

"Well I guess right now, I'm walking home with you Katsuki."

"Whatever, Hikari."

Despite his carenot attitude, he didn't speed up and continued to walk with her until she made it home. Hikari bid him goodnight, earning another gruff answer, before he continued on to his house.


A/N: Annnd chapter one is a wrap! What did you think? Please review! They make me happy :) and have a wonderful Thanksgiving if you celebrate it!