Lol this week's been hectic. I had an essay, concert review, and an exam due this week. I also have another chemistry exam due next week someone please do it for me :( You would think I'd be a creative writing major or something, but no my mother talked me out of it to do health. But anyway, I switched POVs a lot for this chapter because I didn't know who to choose. Please enjoy!

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'Problem children,' was the only thing Shouta could think as he watched his students from across the hall.

Bakugou was there- his meeting had ended about fifteen minutes ago- shouting but refraining from using his quirk. Uraraka was in his face yelling back, while Iida stood behind her raising his voice as well. Todoroki's quirk flared, his heterochronic eyes locked in on the blond while Yaoyorozu used a capture weapon similar to Shouta's own to hold him back. Well, at least one of them had some measure of control.

Shouta's eyes flashed red as he deactivated everyone's quirk except for Yaoyorozu's. "What is going on here?" he demanded menacingly, stepping forward. That meeting had been excruciatingly long and he was tired, both from Bakugou being difficult and Nezu insisting on provoking his temper.

Bakugou pointed. "These assholes started bitching at me out of nowhere!" he claimed.

"Don't play dumb!" snapped Uraraka. "You know what you did! How can you even stand there like you've done nothing wrong you piece of sh-!"

"Yaoyorozu," interrupted Shouta, his patience growing thin. Normally, he would refer to Iida since he was class rep, but he doubted that the boy was thinking rationally at the moment. The vice rep was the only one who seemed calm. "Explain."

Yaoyorozu straightened. "Just a mild disagreement, sir," she answered. "Regarding Bakugou's behavior." Her onyx eyes glinted knowingly.

Immediately, Shouta realized what was going on. Midoriya's friend just figured out what was going on and now he had four very pissed off teenagers to deal with. He sighed, massaging his temple. "Bakugou, go find your parents."

This time, the blond's quirk did pop in his palm as he shouted in outrage. "WHAT?" he demanded, pointing at the group. "They fucking started with me-!"

Shouta's eyes flashed. "Bakugou," he warned.

Bakugou growled, fists clenched at his sides. Shouta raised an eyebrow, daring the boy to lash out. But irrational and violent as he was, Bakugou was no idiot. He knew he was on very thin ice at the moment, even if the final decision hadn't been made yet. Cursing under his breath, the boy stomped away to go find Mr. and Mrs. Bakugou.

Once he was gone, Shouta turned his glare to the four remaining students. "Now as for you four," he said. He had half a mind to give them another two days' worth of detention. He understood they were upset, but Bakugou was being dealt with. Provoking him on school grounds was not the answer.

But Uraraka didn't let him finish. "How could you?" she practically shrieked. "You knew Bakugou was violent with Deku and you never did anything about it! You paired them up for the final exam! Why would you think that was a good idea?"

"Because he wanted Midoriya to do his job for him." Todoroki's icy glare turned to him and for the first time since teaching him, the boy reminded Shouta of the number two hero. "Other than working well with others, Bakugou is the perfect hero student. And Midoriya is able to work with anyone just fine, probably better than all of us. So instead of making Bakugou put in the work himself, he decided to let him take the easy way out."

Shouta had to admit, Todoroki was right to at least some degree. At the time, he had been thinking that forcing Bakugou to work with someone he didn't like would teach him to get along with everyone else. But he knew he was wrong for that now, Bakugou should have had to make the change himself. Midoriya didn't have a problem working with anyone, he shouldn't have been punished for it.

He took a deep breath. "Yes, I have made mistakes when it comes to Midoriya and Bakugou," he confessed. This wasn't something he was exactly comfortable doing, admitting fault to his students was a sign of weakness. How would they rely on him if they knew he was capable of failure? But he would swallow his pride if it would assure them. "And I'm trying to fix it now. Bakugou is going to be punished." His words didn't ease his students in the slightest.

"Forgive us, Mr. Aizawa," said Iida. "But we have a hard time believing that." He adjusted his glasses, his cobalt eyes boring into Shouta's own. "It seems that you have been targeting Midoriya since the first day of class. How can we trust that you're going to be there for him now?"

It wasn't like Shouta could refute that. They had every right to distrust him. Still, he needed them to know that he was going to do better by Midoriya, by all of them. "You can't," he answered. "But I'll tell you what I told Midoriya; I will do whatever I need to in order to earn your trust back."

Uraraka, who had marginally calmed down, shared a look with Yaoyorozu who nodded at her. "We'll trust you when Deku does," she decided.

That was as much as Shouta knew he would get out of them. "Alright, then," he said. "All of you go home. Don't worry about bringing Midoriya his homework, I made sure he got it."

Yaoyorozu's expression softened. "Yes, sir," she agreed. She pulled Todoroki by his elbow as the four friends left the school. All Shouta could think of as he watched their retreating forms was that he was glad that Midoriya had such good friends.

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Once all the problem children were gone, Shouta made his way back to Nezu's office. The school was mostly empty and classes would be canceled for a while due to the construction of the new dorms. They would have time to deliberate what happened next. "So?" he asked expectantly, sitting across from the rodent. "Have you come to a decision?"

Nezu smiled at him. "Not quite," he answered. "Unfortunately, the HPSC is insisting that we don't expel Bakugou. They have high hopes for him to make it into the top ten after he graduates."

Shouta, who already hated the HPSC, growled lowly. "They gave you the right to run UA the way you want," he recalled.

Nezu nodded with a hum. "But they also have the right to cut funding where they see fit," he pointed out. "Crossing them isn't a smart move, especially not with the dorms being constructed."

Shouta frowned. "So you aren't going to expel Bakugou?" he questioned. With the warpath the rat had been on earlier while interrogating the blond, he was sure that was the end goal.

Nezu smiled cryptically. "We'll see."

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I know there's a lot of stigma with Aizawa using problem child, BUT I do think it's funny so he won't call anyone that out loud, just to himself. This is a little filler I'll admit, but I didn't want to do Bakugou's POV for two reasons: 1) I hate him and 2) I really couldn't write it in a way I saw as enjoyable to read. It would have come off as bashing, I think, so I decided to skip it altogether. This story is more about Izuku and the DekuSquad anyway. Anyway, I hope you liked it and please review!

P.S. What do you think's gonna happen? Is Bakugou going to be expelled? Or do I have something else planned?