When Izuku finally came to, his vision was blurry and his ears rang as he painfully pushed himself up in the bed he was laid out upon.
He rubbed his head, letting out a small groan of pain before looking up and grimacing as he saw Aizawa, Nemuri, Recovery Girl, Power Loader, and Nezu all sat before him with varying looks of concern and frustration.
Then what he did came barrelling back into his mind and he let out a nervous chuckle.
"I uh... I'm alive?"
….
"YOU ABSOLUTE BISCUIT!" Recovery Girl suddenly exclaimed angrily, catching the greenette off guard with the odd exclamation he'd never heard from her before. "IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER YOU WOULD BE GETTING SUCH A WHACKING FROM MY STICK RIGHT NOW! WHAT ON EARTH POSSESSED YOU TO THINK ANY OF THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, YOU SILLY CHILD?!"
"I just… I couldn't bring myself to back down." He explained, looking down at his bed sheets and picking at them. He could of sworn he heard Power Loader quietly complaining about 'the power of cuteness'. "I want to be the best hero I can possibly be, which means I have to put my all into every single fight. I know sometimes it's better to run but… I needed to…"
"You needed to give us all heart attacks?" Shota asked with a glare and crossed arms, but anyone fluent in Aizawa could pick out the worried tone in his voice. "You could have died, Izuku."
"….No… I needed to beat it for myself. So I knew I could handle this…" He explained quietly, and the looks of frustration dropped as Midnight made her way to the quirkless boy's side, pulling him into a tight hug and planting kisses all over his face. "AH! MOM! CUT IT OUT!"
"No! This is your punishment for the heart attack. Still… I guess I understand where you are coming from." The sultry woman relented, holding him tight. "Just… it was the fall more than the robot. When those two girls carried out your bloody body…"
"Ah! Hagakure! Uraraka! What happened to them?" He suddenly asked, looking around and hearing snickering from Power Loader.
"Outside, don't worry too much. They refused to leave until they knew how you were. Recovery Girl dealt with the brunette's head injury and a couple of cuts on the invisible girls feet once you were stabilized." The support pro explained, a teasing note coming into in his voice. "Our child already has girls all swooning after him. I'm so proud."
"Oh shut up, you oaf." Recovery Girl tutted, giving him a light smack with her cane while Izuku blushed. Then a somehow even more serious look came onto her face as she addressed the greenette. "I'll let the others judge how you handled the zero-pointer themselves, what I will judge for them is your absolutely reckless and stupid decision to jump into a skyscraper window! You had so many cuts, I was worried you were going to bleed out! You had one right in the back of your head, any deeper and you would have brain damage right now! What on earth were you thinking!?"
"I… wasn't. I got caught up in the adrenaline." Izuku admitted quietly, gently leaning into his 'mother's' side. "I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to scare you… I just…"
"Have you learned your lesson?" Aizawa asked simply, walking over to him and setting his hand on the quirkless boy's shoulders. Despite the situation, Izuku looked up at him with a shit-eating grin.
"Never."
"God fucking dammit, problem child." The man hissed, looking down exasperated. "You will be the cause of death listed on my autopsy one day, you know that right? You sure you're not secretly some villain trying to infiltrate us?"
"Aww, you saw right through my evil plan. Unfortunately, it already fell apart when I started thinking of you as 'dad'" The child said matter-of-factly, smirking when it stopped the man cold and the other teachers cooed at the two of them, Midnight muttering about 'Dadzawa' "And Midnight as Mom."
"You know exactly how to play us, and that is not fair." The sultry pro pouted, pulling out her phone. "Do I need to call your actual mother?"
"No, but you probably should anyways. Actually I wanted to talk with someone about that." The child said, getting odd looks from his teachers and surrogate family. "I know there's not exactly much to be done about it but I think Mom gets lonely sometimes with how often I'm up here and if I got past the exam which from self-scoring I think I at least got incredibly close, I just want to find a way to help her not feel too lonely."
"Huh. That's a fair point." Midnight frowned, before humming. "I'll actually be away from work on the first day of school, if I get the chance I'll visit her and keep her company for a bit."
"Thanks mom." Izuku smiled, before nodding to the door. "Now, maybe we should let the girls know I'm alive?"
"Ah yes, just give me a moment." Recovery Girl nodded, hopping from her seat and making her way to the door. She opened it wide, revealing both Uraraka and Hagakure sat outside, the invisible one somehow being more visibly worried than the brunette, who happened to now be wearing an outfit similar to Hagakure's instead of her tracksuit. "He will see you now."
"Thank you." They both said, walking in before looking around confused at the amount of teachers all gathered around the child. "Uhh…."
"Don't worry about them. They're all more incompetent than they look." Izuku said aloud, massive teasing grin on his face and getting plenty of glares in the process.
"You're lucky we haven't grounded you mister! We can and will change that!" The R-18 pro still holding onto him reminded him with an incredibly light slap to the head, only meant to remind him she was there. She then let go and stood up, some of the other teachers following. "Don't mind us, girls, we'll be on our way."
"Oh, you were the two who fished him out from the building right?" Nezu finally spoke up, hopping out of his seat and walking up to them with a bright smile. They nodded together and he clapped his paws together. "Wonderful, I thank you for saving my nephew-"
Izuku couldn't help but snicker at the shocked look that came onto Uraraka's face, presumably mirrored on Hagakure's.
"-And as a token of my appreciation, I would like to give you your exam results early." He said, surprising even Izuku. Both girls leaned in nervously, waiting for him to continue. "Normally we wait until the letters get sent out and that as I'm sure you are aware, but this was the last of this year's entrance exams for the hero course. As a result, combined with my quirk and my position overseeing every exam, I can already calculate who has passed and I made sure to keep an eye out for you two's score after you helped Midoriya. Ochaco Uraraka, and Tooru Hagakure, correct?"
"Yes sir!" The both confirmed and he gave them both bright smiles.
"Then, much like my nephew, you passed!" He said, causing both girls to let out small happy squeals and Izuku to smile bright from his bed.
"Congrats you two!" He said, before suddenly he fully processed what he had actually just heard. "Wait, I passed?!"
"Well, I would rather have let you stew for a while as minor punishment after your stunt but math's is a specialty of yours. You would have figured out pretty fast you passed anyways." Nezu explained as he began to walk off. Before he left completely though, he turned to the quirkless boy in the room with a knowing grin. "Oh, and I was told young mister Hoitsu wanted you to come into town if you passed. I believe he'll accommodate you If you bring a party!"
With that, the students were left too themselves, both girls turning to Izuku.
"So… You probably have a bunch of questions." The greenette laughed nervously, and suddenly the floating sailor outfit hurried to his side.
"Yeah but most importantly, are you ok?! You looked so banged up when we found you…" The girl's tone betrayed her worry as she gently placed a hand on his head, checking him over despite his now healed state.
"Yeah, I'm fine! Don't worry about me, Recovery Girl is an amazing healer." He waved away the injuries like it was nothing, which honestly would probably get on the nurse's nerves. The invisible girl beside him fidgeted with her shirt, barely noticeable because of the sudden disappearing and reappearing creases while Uraraka made her way to the other side of the boy.
"I uh.. remember when I hugged you just before we went to help Uraraka? Do… do you dislike hugs or was it just because of my… situation?" Hagakure asked, her voice laced with nervousness. The greenette blushed, scratching the back of his head.
"Just the situation, though to be honest that's the first hug I've gotten from someone other than my mom's in a long time." He explained, with a bashful chuckle that was unfairly cute in both girl's opinions.
"Then can I hug you again? Want to be sure this time so you don't shut down." Hagakure requested, and through a blush Midoriya nodded in surprise.
"I mean sure but… why?" He asked as he felt two surprisingly muscular arms wrap tight around his neck. Uraraka looked on with a small smile, looking contemplative.
"Why?! Because you're my friend and you had me worried." The transparent girl said matter-of-factly, causing the quirkless teen's eyes to go wide.
"I'm… your friend?" He asked, voice painfully surprised and making the other two's heart constrict for reasons they couldn't understand.
"Well, yeah! I mean you made me feel better about myself this morning going into the exam and we made an awesome team together, did you not want to-" Before she could finish, Izuku wrapped his own arms around her waist tight and just held her for a moment, even as his blush worsened. "Uh… are you ok, Midori?"
"It's… just nice to actually have a friend." He let slip without realizing, before slapping a hand over his mouth. "Ah! I mean-"
"You don't have friends?" Uraraka finally spoke up, having been respectfully quiet so far for the two having assumed they were close friends before being proved wrong just now.
"Well… I mean I have Nejire, Tamaki and Mirio- they're students here- but I rarely see them and I guess I just… I've never had anyone my age actually say it." He explained, looking down. Hagakure's grip on him tightened at that reveal and the brunette girl frowned.
"Well, then I'll be your friend as well!" She said determinedly, causing Izuku to look up surprised. "I mean you both saved my life, and if we all made it in it would be nice to have a few friends already! Plus I owe you two, not that I wouldn't want to be friends anyways but it just adds to it!"
"Heck yeah! I'd love to be friends with ya, and you can bet your butt I'm going to be yours as well Midori. You won't escape my friendly hugs." Hagakure giggled, and he put own a straight face and his most monotone voice in an impression of his dad.
"Oh no. what a horrible fate." His sarcasm etched into every word, making his two new friends laugh.
"I um… it's kind of weird to ask but can i...?" Uraraka fidgeted as she gestured towards them, and after a moment they realized she was asking to join the hug.
"Aww, sure! We don't want you feeling left out!" Hagakure said happily, and Midoriya just nodded, holding his other arm out and letting the girl wrap her arm around the two of them. "Nothing is better than a group hug!"
"I wouldn't know."
"Me neither."
Hagakure let out a dramatic gasp as they said that, before somehow squeezing even tighter than she was before despite the fact she now had to stretch her arms much further. "Well then we have to change that! People not knowing how awesome hugs are is unacceptable! Doctor Hagakure prescribes at least one hug every single weekday!"
"Good luck with that if you treat it like medicine." Recovery Girl's voice suddenly cut through, causing all eyes to turn to her as the girls let go of their new green haired friend which he would be lying if he said didn't make him the tiniest bit sad. "Izuku has the annoying heroes habit of constantly avoiding doing medically sensible things. The amount of times I've had to practically force feed him painkillers after a particularly intense training session of some kind Is ridiculous."
"Sorry, R.G…." He chuckled nervously, confused looks once more coming onto the girls faces once more.
"Anyways, I was just getting the results from a test and it would appear you are fit to go now. You'll be sore for a while but hopefully that will remind you jumping through sixteen story high windows is a terrible idea."
"Unlikely."
"Izuku." The nurse said with a warning tone and he held up his hands defensively with a nervous smile.
"Sorry!" He laughed, pulling himself out of bed before turning to the two girls. "I uh… I assume you two need to get home soon."
"Actually no. I have an apartment to myself in the city, that it turns out now I know I'm in the school I will be living in for a while now, so the only real rush for me is to call my parents and let them know the good news." Uraraka explained, but her smile was more sad than happy as she said that. Hagakure let out a small whine from the greenette's other side as he stretched.
"Well I do need to get home sooner or later. I live with my parents In Musutafu-" Izuku's eyes widened in shock. "-So I have to get on a train back."
"You're kidding me?"
"Huh?"
"Me and my mom live in Musutafu!" Izuku laughed with a small grin, catching both girls off-guard.
"Really?! Oh we should totally meet up sometime then!" The invisible girl said excitedly, before nervously turning to the brunette with them as realization struck. "Oh, uh, sorry."
"Nah, your fine." She waved away.
"Well anyways, do you think you could both spare twenty minutes?" Izuku asked, both looking at him confused. He just grinned. "It would be a shame to leave without really getting to know each other, or in an infirmary as our last meeting place for that matter, so I was thinking we could all spend a little time at the café in the town down the road. No worries about payment."
"H-huh? Well if you're sure I guess."
"Are you sure about payment? I kinda… don't have much money." Uraraka said, nervously scratching her head.
"No worries at all! I got a special deal with the place I'm thinking of." Izuku laughed, making his way towards the door. "We should get going though if we want to have time!"
"Right!"
"Coming!"
"Hello and welcome to- Oh, Midoriya! Good to see you." A man with long black hair, red eyes and a kind smile greeted the leader of the trio as they walked in. The owner of the small town's only café, Takata Hoitsu. "Who are your friends? And did it go well?"
"Yeah, about as well as it can go with me involved." The greenette laughed, pulling out a chair for Uraraka and Hagakure to be polite which they quietly thanked him for as they sat down. "Considering I passed, I'm happy. Oh, and this is Uraraka and Hagakure, we met at the exam."
"Nice to meet you both." Hoitsu greeted with a massive grin, before it turned more teasing as he looked towards the stairs. "Umeki! Shime! Guess who just turned up."
The sound of footsteps racing down the stairs caught their attention and suddenly two practically twin girls rushed down the stairs. They both had back length black hair, with grey twinkling eyes. There were a few differences setting them apart however. For one, their bangs went off to different sides, Umeki's to the right and Shime's to the left. Secondly, their demeanour was totally different, Umeki looking confident and amused while Shime looked bashful and like she had regret over something. Finally, Shime had a scar over her eye as the only real injury on her while Umeki was missing an arm all together.
"Ha! Heya Midoriya!" Umeki greeted, holding up her hand in greeting while her sister's look of quiet embarrassment worsened. "You pass the exam?"
"Yup! I'm getting into U.A!" He said excitedly, and the one armed girl ran up to him, holding out her hand.
"Alright, high five!" She said, and he returned it with a smile before she turned back to her sister. "You know what that means, Shime!"
"Yeah… I'll get started on the Katsudon…" The girl sighed, turning and hurrying away.
"Uh, so what's this about?" Hagakure asked confused, and Midoriya turned to her with a small smile.
"I come here sometimes with Powerloader, one of the teachers on staff. One of the very first time's I came here though…"
"My sis was kind of a major jerk." Umeki said, fixing the greenette with a look. "Don't even try and deny it, M. She outright said she had no faith in you ever getting into the school."
"That's horrible!" Uraraka cried, face morphing into one of displeasure at the thought.
"Yes it was. I never raised her to act that way and you can be sure I made sure she received appropriate punishment for it." Takata spoke up, jerking a thumb to where his daughter had disappeared to. "Along with that, we made a simple bet with her. If Midoriya got into the school, she would have to single-handedly make him a dish of his favourite food on the day for free. Though I always give examinee's free stuff on their way out usually if it's nothing expensive, helps with the nerves. Speaking of, do you two want anything? If you're with him I'll put it on the house as a part of the bet, just this once."
"Oh, do you have Mochi?" Uraraka asked, and the man nodded with a smile.
"Oh can I have that as well please!?" Hagakure asked, and the man gave them a thumbs up, opening the door and calling to his daughter to bring through a big plate of it. While he did that, the invisible girl turned her gaze back to the greenette with a hum. "So… you know all the teachers and the people in town?"
"And a lot of the students." Midoriya chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his head as Shime walked out with a large plat of mocha all stacked atop one another which she set down in front of them. As she did she looked nervously to the quirkless teen, fidgeting.
"Um… sorry…. Again."
"It's fine. I forgave you a long time ago." He waved it off with a smile, letting her leave. He did find a little bit of joy in the fact that every time she said it, it sounded more and more genuine since she began a week after the egregious comment. Izuku still wasn't sure what exactly her punishment was but it meant she became quickly reserved any time he ever appeared to them.
"So, how do you know so many people?" Uraraka asked, intrigued and he chuckled nervously, scratching the back of his head.
"Well, it started with a car crash…"
"Bye, Midoriya!" Hagakure and Uraraka shouted, waving from where they were in the windows. He waved back happily, as the train began to chug along and slowly they disappeared out of his view, leaving him with a massive grin and his phone in hand.
He had gotten both their numbers just before they left so they could stay in touch and now they were gone to return home, he couldn't wait until they could hang out again.
If he wanted to talk with them soon however, he'd have to get back himself so with that thought he turned and hurried to the entrance, bolting his way up towards his school with a giant grin, waving at bystanders on his way past.
he made sure to be extra careful as he came to the streets, his recounting of the moment his childhood changed for the best leaving him cautious as he hurried along.
His life couldn't be more perfect than in this moment. Budding friendship with two people his age, who were girls who were both nice and pretty no less (he didn't care if he couldn't see Hagakure, no way someone that nice wasn't good looking), he had the best surrogate family possible and he'd finally being going to the school of his dreams, no past bullies there to hold him down.
It was everything Izuku wanted as a kid and more.
He'd return to the school, and once more for the fifth time this week go up to see Nezu and ask to meet the staff member. Once he was inevitably refused again, being told he'd see when he was finally in class he would go see his Mom and Dad and just hang out in the teachers longue for a while before someone would drive him back home to his real mom, falling asleep soon after and waking up for a new tomorrow.
Only two weeks to go until it began!
Of course, he didn't know that is also when plots would begin to set in motion. Plots he never could have seen coming.
Elsewhere, in the depths of japan
"Tomura, you are certain you are all ready?"
"Yes master."
"You have your more valuable members close at hand?"
"Yes."
"Remind me who they are, in case any prove disloyal."
"There is only one potential risk master, otherwise I only have our Nomu's and Kurogiri."
"And this risk? Who is he?"
"….Katsuki Bakugou."