Izuku woke up the next day not quiet believing the events that had played out the night prior. He had talked with a villain, like actually talked and that hadn't just talked, Dabi had helped him with his studying. He still couldn't believe it and he would have put it down as a dream if it weren't for the knowledge fresh in his mind, the words that still swirling in his mind like whirlwind of Dabi's soothing voice. Yes memories were fresh and so was the confidence that for once he would do good, no he would do great thanks to Dabi's help.
For the first time since the beginning of the year Izuku strutted into Present Mic's class confidence resisting off of him and infecting all of his class mates. Said class mates just stared as the boy they had always seen shaking in his shoes before English tests walked in like he owned the place and seeing the looks of awe his class mate were giving her he might as well have.
"Hey Deku! You look confident today did something happen?" Uraraka asked walking Izuku to his seat and leaning on his tablet as he unpacked his books and such. "Umm yeah, I had a...friend help me with the oral presentation" he answered hesitating about what to call Dabi, he couldn't just straight up admit to have accidentally met up with a villain that conveniently knew a lot about English and decided to be ever so kind and teach his enemy. It was the truth but for one no one would believe him and second if they did it might just be wore for him school policy wise he was pretty sure that any kind of relation to a villain was against school rules even if it was accidental. So he settled for friend, close enough. "That's great! Well good luck" Uraraka smiled and hopped back to her seat excitedly, was this girl ever not bubbly? They'd never know.
The written part of the test was a breeze as expected Izuku flew past the questions answering each one quickly and efficiently, ticking out the right boxes on multiple choice questions and weighing a solid little paragraph on Allmight as asked on the last question about his favorite hero. By the time he was done with his paper he still had 10 good minutes to spare that spent either rereading and checking over his answers or looking at his concentrated classmates determined faces as they worked.
10 minutes later their English teacher's voice booked through the room "Ok listeners time's up come over and hand in your papers!" His voice was loud and resonated in the classroom even with the use of his quirk. The whole class walked up to his desk one by one some of the students sulking as they handed the loud bond man their paper. They all st back down nervously waiting for the first person to be called and presentation their motives for being a hero.
Present Mic skimmed through the tests rapidly checking that all the names were written at the top of the papers for putting them down, crossing his arms and calling the first student up "Tokoyami you can start with your presentation!" And for the next hour all the students were called up to present what they had planned some like Uraraka stirring a bit of controversy before she justified herself or Bakugo who didn't have much of a motive other than wanting to be the best but all in all things went smoothly in a mess of broken English presentations.
Izuku's turn was last,lucky him and the nerves he had later night were slowly starting to creep back on his. Luckily he didn't have time to have a panic attack once more as their teacher called him up "ok Midoriya you're up last. The words snapped Izuku out of the spiral his mind was swirling into. A little less.confident than at the beginning of the class be still with an aura of bravery he walked up to the position. He cleared his trough and started "I've always wanted to be a hero to save people that's the obvious answer" he started in almost perfect English if not for his accent making Present Mic's jaw drop along with most of his class mates. "All the heroes I have seen are amazing but they have failed to save people in the way I hope to. I wish to save the people who are to weak to save themselves too scared to ask for help the ones heroes miss when they are saving the world, the forgotten ones that aren't worth saving to other heroes I will be the hero that will save all the people who face injustice no matter who they may be and make sure corrupt people get the punishment they deserve no matter villain or hero. I know I will never equal Allmight but I thrive to to make all feel safe the same way he does even when he is retired. I wish to be a hero who doesn't see heroes and villains but who sees people." The last part he has improved with the words he already knew his and Dabi's talk had sparked that ideal in his heart and he needed to get the ideal out there.
Present Mic was more than impressed by the little listener " wow that was amazing" he whispered under his breath as he wrote down more note to help him grade later. "Ok class dismissed have a nice day kids"their teacher said waving them off as he kept on looking the notes he had taken on the green haired boy how had stood beside him seconds ago.
That very evening Izuku sat on his bed vibrating with excitement to see his grade the next day. He wasn't a hundred percent sure he had aced it courtecy of his years of bullying and of his teachers telling him he sucked but he was pretty sure he had at least done well and that alone made him happy.
