The letters had been sent.

Izuku had been tasked with making sure everyone who had gotten into the Hero course got their letter, and he had just finished. He was looking forward to this year; the students had some interesting powers with huge amounts of potential.

The reason he had been assigned this job was that Nezu wanted him as a 'Support Liaison' a sort of pseudo-overseer of 1-A, with Mei overseeing 1-B. Izuku suspected it was just so he could interact with them like a normal teenager, something his mum wanted him to do more of.

He went back over his list for 1-A. One of the recommended students had pulled out, stating personal reasons, and that had thrown off his class lists. Nezu had basically told him to act like a teacher, but Izuku had no clue how to do that.

He specialised in abductions and scientific studies. And would they even accept him as a teacher? He had no idea. They might, if Aizawa introduced him to them, or he could just scare them into submission. Both of those options worked, but he knew at this point that people were more willing to help people they liked than people they were scared of.

And he really did want them to like him. He had sort of missed out on the end of his childhood when he accepted the job at Hastume Industries and the offer to be in N-1. He had very little experience with anyone his own age, except for Mei and Katsuki, and they were odd in their own ways. Katsuki was basically a grumpy older brother (Katsuki made sure Izuku remembered that he was older by a few months), and Mei was his best friend, and the girl he had a crush on.

He had no clue how other kids even worked! What if he said something wrong, or abducted the wrong person?! What if they didn't like being abducted? What if they acted in ways he couldn't predict? He was good at predictions—Nezu had taught him well—but people were inherently unpredictable.

He looked over the list of names for 1-A. Katsuki was on there; he had been the highest scorer in the exam. Izuku's Veto slot, Hitoshi Shinsou, was also given a position in 1-A. Mei had chosen someone from the support exam to get into a support class.

Other than that, there were some okay quirks that had been used well in the exam, and some that Izuku was really excited about. Ochako Uraraka, the brunette with the Anti-Gravity Quirk, was someone Izuku couldn't wait to study. But she wasn't the only one that had his attention.

There was also Momo Yaoyorozu. Izuku had nearly screamed in joy when he saw her Quirk, Creation. The ability to turn one type of atom into another type of atom almost instantly? SIGN HIM THE FUCK UP. If he could get a machine working that was capable of replicating that Quirk, he would never have to worry about materials, or even funding, ever again.

There was also Toru Hagakure, with her Invisibility Quirk. Another possibly amazing addition to Izuku's growing list of replicable Quirks. Hitoshi was also high up on the list, although Nezu had warned him against making a mind-control device, just in case villains ever got their hands on it.

There were also a few students from 1-B that he wanted to keep an eye on as well. Awase Yosetsu, with his Weld, Kosei Tsuburaba, with his Solid Air Quirk (although he didn't really need it, Telekinesis was a fabulous barrier), Shoda Nirengeki, with his Twin Impact, and the one he was most looking forward to meeting from 1-B, Yui Kodai. Izuku had wanted to make a shrink ray ever since he watched [Despicable Me]. He should probably try and study Mt. Lady as well though, seeing as Yui's quirk only seemed to work on inanimate objects.

He sighed. There was still a little while until the classes moved into their dorms, and Izuku was getting a little antsy. He had been trying to distract himself with projects, but he was running out of stuff to do for the moment. And if he didn't have anything to do, he would have to follow through with a promise he made to himself.

He would have to tell Mei about his crush on her.

That alone scared him a bit. What if she wanted to cut all contact with him afterwards? She probably wouldn't do that, She was his best friend. Also, she had blushed during the hug as well! That had to mean something, right?

These thoughts ran through Izuku's head as he finished up his current project. He was constructing a small helper robot. Nothing too special; he was just procrastinating at this point. It's not his fault it ended up looking like [RD-D2].

As he finished putting the final touches on the robot, programming it to learn the layout of UA with his [Technopathy Module] so it could move around on its own, he put down his tools and sighed. That was it. There was nothing else that he could do until at least tomorrow. That meant he had to go talk to Mei. If nothing else, Izuku always kept his promises, even the ones to himself.

He stood up and brushed himself off. Settling his nerves, he floated himself out of the workshop to go find Mei. It almost seemed like she was avoiding him ever since the sleeping hug incident, but that was probably just him being paranoid.

Right?

He could hear her laughing.

He had floated back to their dorms, and he could hear something metallic hitting the ground every now and then, with Mei's laughter in the background. The laughter made Izuku's chest clench. He loved her laugh. He had heard people call it 'maniacal' and 'unsettling', but to him, it sounded even if he normally felt at ease when he heard her laughter, it currently just made him even more nervous.

He approached the door of the testing studio she was working in. This was a special one where Mei liked to test out her non-combat focused devices, so he thought it would probably be safe to enter.

Luckily enough, it was. He walked in and saw Mei sitting behind a protective hard light barrier of Izuku's own design. It utilised the technology he had created from Kori Kemonia's Quirk. It wasn't the only device he had created using it, but it was currently the most built one, as Nezu had asked for multiple to be created.

"Mei!" She jumped in surprise and turned to him, squeaking slightly when she realised it was him. She pushed a few buttons on the remote in front of her, and the gadget in the middle of the room seemingly powered down. It was just a big black box, so he wasn't entirely sure what she was attempting to make.

"Izu! What are you doing here? Not that you're not allowed in here—you know you always are—but why are you here now?" She was staring at him, obviously zooming in and out with her Quirk, and she was blushing slightly. That confused him. Why was she blushing? If anything, he should be, especially with what he was about to tell her. He felt a warmth on his cheeks; oh, he was blushing.

"Hey Mei-day, I just wanted to come round and tell you something: I've run out of projects for now." He laughed, and Mei joined him. "I literally can't do anything else for a few hours unless I start a new project, and I already have like four or five that require my attention." He walked over to her and sat down next to her behind the barrier.

She looked at him, curiosity all over her face. "So… What's up Izu? You need help with all those letters?" Izuku laughed for a bit before shaking his head. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself, which made Mei all the more curious.

"Mei, before I start, I just want you to know that whatever you say, I will still want to be your friend/business partner." He floated a small pink box in from the doorway, placing it into his lap. "You're my best friend so I thought it was only fair that I let you know about this instead of just being awkward around you forever."

He passed the box over to Mei, who opened it quickly with that manic smile that Izuku loved. Inside was a pair of red and gold steampunk-themed goggles, with the Ins0mniac logo on the side. She stared at them for a bit before she placed them on her head and turned to face him. He smiled back at her and decided to just jump right into it. Mei had never been one for beating around the bush.

"Mei, I really like you. It started about a year ago, maybe, I'm not really sure, but I really do. And I'm not talking about the type of 'like you' that regular friends have, I mean the type where I have a crush on you." Now that he had started, he really couldn't stop. It felt good to finally tell her this.

He looked up and saw her staring at him with her mouth open, eyes wide. "I can't stop smiling whenever I'm around you and I keep getting this warm feeling in my chest that, according to my research, is proof of a crush, and I don't really know what I'm doing now; I'm just sort of rambling, and I'm going to stop now. Sorry." He dropped his head, losing the courage to look at Mei.

They stayed like that for almost a whole minute, and Izuku could almost hear the gears turning in Mei's head. After a while, she let out a deep breath, and Izuku was shocked when he felt Mei wrap around him, squeezing him in a tight hug. He beamed, hugging her back, head resting on her shoulder.

"Izu, you know I'm not the best with this stuff. Honestly, if I hadn't had you and… ugh… Katsuki to learn how to be normal from, I would probably be taking measurements by feeling people up! Could you imagine that!"

Izuku's brain betrayed him for a moment by letting him imagine Mei feeling him up, but he mentally slapped himself and refocused on Mei as she continued to talk.

"Anyway… I think I like you as well. Again, I'm not really familiar with all this stuff, so I might have to do some research of my own."

Izuku quickly got out one of his notebooks and opened it up to the page of notes he had taken on the topic before handing it over to her. He could see her scanning through the notes, her crosshair eyes zooming in and out every now and then.

"Well Izu, I always have loved your note-taking skills." They both laughed as Mei passed the book back. "According to that, there's probably, like, a 99% it's a crush as well on my end. What do we do now?"

Izuku froze. He had planned on what to do if she said no, but he hadn't actually planned for what he would do if she said yes.

Mei started first. "I mean, what do couples do that we don't already? Hanging out together all the time, heaps of hugs, watching movies and tv shows and playing video games together, etc. Realistically Izu, we were probably the coupliest not-a-couple out there".

Izuku nodded as she talked; she had a point.

"OH, I KNOW!"

He was shocked at her sudden yell and froze again when she squeezed him tighter and gave him a quick peck on the cheek, before turning back to her invention behind the hard light shield, face redder than her new goggles.

Izuku beamed. Today couldn't get any better!

The first day of school.

Two weeks since he and Mei had talked about their feelings. Two weeks since Izuku's best friend had become his Girlfriend. This was crazy enough. But now he gets to go to U.A. as a normal student! Sure, technically he wasn't a normal student; he was 1-A's "support liaison" (a position Izuku was sure Nezu made up so Izuku could socialise with kids his own age). But now he was actually enrolled!

He walked out of his workshop, his [R2D2] following him. He had programmed it to almost be a little butler. It would be his TA whenever he was left in charge of 1-A for a lesson, which was apparently going to happen about once a week. He floated over to Mei's room and knocked on her door. He had sent her to bed early last night so she should be awake for school.

He heard Mei yell out to him. "Izu? Is that you? I'll be right out!"

He yelled back in confirmation and continued to float next to her door. He saw Power Loader sprint past the rooms, not even looking at Izuku as he tinkered with something. Izuku chuckled to himself. He heard Mei's door open and turned back toward it—and then his brain froze.

'Mei looks fantastic in the UA uniform,' he thought to himself. He then realised; he was allowed to say that out loud now! "Mei-day! You look amazing!" He floated closer and gave her a tight hug, before picking her up with his Telekinesis as well and floating down the hallway.

"Izu! Wait please." Mei seemed worried, so he stopped immediately. "I love floating, don't get me wrong but…" she pointed downwards. More specifically, to her skirt. Izuku realised what he had done and gave her a hurried bow and a loud "SORRY."

Mei laughed and hugged Izuku again after he placed her down gently. "It's all right Izu, don't worry about it. What you should be worried about though is that you now gotta rush to 1-H so you can sign in. Don't you have to be in the 1-A classroom soon?"

Izuku started to panic, flashed Mei a look that he was pretty sure looked like he had just been zapped (it's happened before, she knows what it looks like) before giving her another quick hug, telling [R2D2] to stay with her today, and zooming off towards the support department.

He weaved in and around the other students walking through the hallways, panicking slightly. He reached the support classroom floated right up to the desk, signed his name on the attendance sheet—startling Power Loader as he did so—before flying out again, headed towards the classroom he was supposed to be assisting Aizawa with.

He reached the classroom door and was about to knock on the door when he remembered the prank he had planned with Katsuki. He quickly made sure that all of 1-A was inside (which they were) and started to mess with their devices. Turning them off, making them open apps, sending Katsuki a message that gave the go-ahead for the prank, etc.

As he did so, he walked into the classroom. He saw people panicking, trying to fix their devices. As he entered, Katsuki, who was the only one not attempting to fix his stuff, yelled out to him. "IZUKU!" The class looked over to Katsuki. "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU HACK MY PHONE?!" This got the attention of the class. They looked over to the kid who had the audacity to mess with a teenager's phone.

"FUCK YOU, THAT'S WHY!"

Izuku saw a blond kid, Denki Kaminari, as well as the fully pink girl, Mina Ashido, burst out laughing. Everyone else looked at them like they were crazy. And in Izuku's opinion, anyone that got the joke (from an old video site called 'Vine') was definitely crazy (himself included).

There was a groan from the front of the room and Aizawa emerged from underneath the podium, shedding his sleeping bag. "Midoriya, you're here. That's… fantastic." Izuku laughed and thought he heard Aizawa mumble 'I had hoped the rat was messing with me'.

"Hi, Aizawa! Hi 1-A! My name is Izuku Midoriya, and I'm going to be your class's 'support liaison'". He did finger quotes at the last bit. "If you ever need some super cool gear, come on down to the design studio after class and ask for either me or Mei Hatsume." He looked over the class and initiated eye contact with Momo Yaoyorozu. "Also, I will be kidnapping a few of you to study your Quirks."

There was a minor uproar at this. People shouted, asking for clarification, Momo gulped in fear, Aizawa groaned, and Katsuki burst out in laughter. After a while, Aizawa flashed Erasure at the class, being careful to not look at Izuku. "Enough. You can talk about this later." He reached into his sleeping bag and pulled out some PE uniforms. "Everyone get outside in fifteen minutes or I start expelling people." He walked out of the room.

Izuku noticed as no one moved. "I would do as he said, he expelled ALL of last year's 1-A, even after I asked him not to…" he grumbled the last bit slightly, but his message had the intended effect. The class got up, grabbed a uniform, and sprinted out of the room. Izuku followed them at a casual floating speed.

He had high hopes for this year.

Aizawa was tired.

He wasn't afraid to admit it. He was always tired. He envied people like Present Mic, or Midnight, or even god damn All Might, who could be so cheery in the mornings (or at all, really). He envied the stable sleep patterns they seemed to be able to hold. But the one person he envied over anybody else was Izuku Midoriya.

The kid never had to sleep. Aizawa could list so many reasons why that would be helpful for a hero. Basically unlimited stamina, 24/7 activity, and super-intelligence? If Izuku wasn't already a gear-head like Power Loader or the manic pink-haired girl, Aizawa would be trying to get him in the hero course. He had been, actually, not that he would admit it to anyone (except Nezu). That's probably why the role of 'support liaison' is a thing.

He heard the warning that Izuku gave to the class, and was actually kind of glad that the problem child told them about last year's 1-A. That would make them even more scared of him—his intended outcome. Izuku was the first out, dressed in his workshop gear as well as his goggles and belt. Aizawa really couldn't remember the last time he saw Izuku not wearing them. Apparently, they had some self-cleaning things so that he never had too.

"Howdy Aizawa!" Izuku floated right up to him, getting up in his face. He was a brave little shit, knowing that Aizawa could basically turn him off at any point and still have the nerve to annoy him. Sure, Recovery Girl had asked him to stop turning Izuku off, as she didn't really know what happened to him when he did, but Izuku didn't know that.

"This should be fun! You're gonna threaten them with expulsion again, they'll push as hard as they can, you'll reveal it was a lie unless someone really does need to be expelled…" Izuku continued talking as it devolved into mumbling. Aizawa sighed; he just had to get stuck with Izuku. Honestly, he preferred Mei. She was less invasive; she just wanted to build stuff. Izuku was invested in him.

A few of the kids started wandering out and were greeted by the sight of Izuku lying down mid-air at Aizawa's eye level, chattering away, with Aizawa looking like he wanted to strangle him. Eventually, the rest of the class arrived, and Izuku floated over to the group to sit mid-air next to them while Aizawa talked.

"Mediocre morning, class. Today, we will be doing a Quirk evaluation test. Bakugou, come up here." The blond grunted and walked into the circle. Aizawa threw him a softball. "Now Bakugou, what was your record for the softball throw in high school?"

Katsuki grabbed the softball thrown at him, thinking."It was eighty-two metres!" Izuku blurted out. Everyone turned to look at him, and he wished he had Hagakure's Quirk. Blushing, he mumbled about knowing him as a baby, but no one heard him over Katsuki talking. "Yeah, that, probably; the damn nerd has an eidetic memory or some shit."

Izuku smiled at the mixed praise before Aizawa started talking again. "Midoriya. Please don't interrupt again." Izuku nodded, still smiling, while Aizawa continued talking. "Bakugou. That's an alright score, but not your possible best. Step up to the circle and throw the ball as far as you can. You can use your Quirk."

Katsuki practically ran up to the circle, eager to show off his power, before hesitating. "Oi, Dumb ears, cover yourself." Izuku looked through the class and spotted Kyoka Jirou, who he thought Katsuki was talking to. He was about to grab his bag from the side of the field (it had earplugs in it) but Momo's skin sparkled for a moment and she handed newly created headphones to Kyoka.

Izuku nearly drooled at the sight. SHIT! He wasn't recording energy signatures! He instantly started up the recording programs, booting up all the sensors and scanners. He didn't do it in time though, as Momo had finished. Oh well, she would have to use her Quirk at some point, and Izuku could just scan it then.

As soon as he saw that she had covered her ears, Katsuki winded up for a throw. At the apex of the swing, he screamed, letting off an explosion. "DIIIEEEEE!" Izuku face-palmed. He was sure he had told Katsuki to stop telling people to die, even if he didn't mean it. Oh well.

There was silence for a few seconds before Aizawa's phone and Izuku's goggles (which were connected to the phone) beeped, showing off his score: 702.5m. Aizawa started his spiel about how the government was procrastinating, Quirks should be used, etc. Izuku had heard it multiple times before, so he wasn't really listening until Aizawa called for him.

"Midoriya, get into the circle." Izuku was a little surprised but floated over anyway. "Midoriya, please explain your Quirk to the class." Izuku was about to start his explanation when the Ingenium clone stuck his hand into the air and started talking, waving his hand in a chopping motion.

"Midoriya is a powerful Telekinetic, is he not? It is fairly obvious from how he is floating that his limit is higher than the weight of a human, and can be used on himself for flight." Izuku shook his head as Aizawa flashed his erasure at the boy, who quietened down. Aizawa pointed to Izuku.

"Actually, Iida, my Quirk has nothing to do with telekinesis. My Quirk is called Restless. It basically means that my body can go at 100% 24/7." There were a few gasps, but Izuku continued. "Because of this, my brain functions at 100% of its natural capacity, and I never have to sleep. It also comes with the bonus of near-unlimited stamina, although I eat enough to feed a small army."

Izuku saw Iida about to start up again so he cut him off. "The telekinesis you see is actually the product of a combination of devices I designed and built". More shocked expressions. "And that isn't all, I have created functioning A.I., a neural bridge to allow near-seamless integration with my tech, a device that grants me pretty awesome Techonpathy (talking to machines), a device that makes Nezu even smarter than he already was, and a device that mimics Eraserheads Erasure."

The entire class, except for Katsuki, was looking at him in awe. "I am the prime example of what support items can do for you all. Aizawa, I'm guessing you want me to throw the ball as far as I can, right?" Aizawa nodded, doing the hand motion for 'hurry up'. "Alrighty then, watch this!"

The ball lifted from Aizawa's hands and floated around Izuku in a tight orbit. It started getting faster and faster, looking like a bullet as it went around and around the inventor. It then started to angle up, staying at the same speed, until eventually, it flew up and away, streaking out of view.

There was a beep, and Aizawa showed them all the phone with 682.46m on its screen. The class looked in wonder. Izuku started talking. "You all sent in designs to the school's 'support company' for your hero costumes. Mei and I were the ones who made your suits. You will be granted access to them later, but I would like to review a few that I changed a bit with their owners. Yaoyorozu, Hagakure, Jirou, Shoji, Hitoshi, Mineta, Todoroki, come to the design studio after school, I wanna talk to you about your costumes." Those he mentioned nodded, although Todoroki seemed annoyed, while Mineta and Shoji looked confused. Izuku smiled. "All right then! Have fun with your possible expulsion guys! Do your best in these tests!"

People looked at him with fear now, which made him a little happy. Katsuki just laughed. Aizawa started the tests up, and Izuku watched as 1-A completed them. His energy sensors were going crazy, picking up on things he had never imagined.

Apparently, Uraraka stopped gravitons from affecting the object she touched. She was able to fuck with one of the fundamental forces of the universe. Izuku was shocked by the power she held. He wanted to ask her questions about her Quirk but didn't want to interrupt the tests.

Todoroki's ice interested him as well. It seemed to work through incredibly efficient deposition of the air around him. It was interesting, but not a very unique power. There was a female pro around 14 years ago that had nearly the same power. It was weird though, Todoroki seemed to avoid using his fire. Like, avoid it like a plague. This would require more research.

Hitoshi Shinsou never used his Quirk, so he didn't get to scan that, but he was standing on the outside of the group, not interacting with anyone, every now and then glancing at Izuku. Izuku was sure that he had told All Might to tell Hitoshi about why he was in 1-A even if he failed, but he didn't know if the man had done so.

The results from the tests were extremely interesting. Todoroki came first, Yaoyorozu came second, Katsuki third. Mineta, who came last, started crying before Aizawa revealed his whole "logical ruse" shit that annoyed izuku to no end.

As 1-A walked back to their classroom, Izuku floated above them. "Remember, the seven people I wanted to see, please come to my design studio after your classes end." They nodded and Izuku floated off towards the studio, where he knew Mei would be. He had so much to talk to her about!

He floated into the room and saw her working on something. [R2D2] was by her side handing her tools. He floated over and wrapped her up in a hug from behind. "Afternoon Mei-day! Today was so amazing! There were so many cool Quirks and i—" he started his rant and Mei just watched, smiling at him, working on her invention.

They stayed like that for a few hours, just chatting and cuddling and inventing. Izuku had just finished the design phase for his upgraded version of the [T-45 power armour]. He wanted something sleeker and lighter than the original, but more powerful, and so had turned to one of the greatest fictional inventors to ever exist: Tony Stark, the Iron Man. Izuku had just finished his designs for his own Iron Man suit, and was about to begin the construction phase when there was a knock at the door.

Izuku floated himself and Mei—who was wearing her workshop gear now, so no upskirts for you, Mineta—over to the door before plopping her down on her feet and opening the door. He smiled at the seven people amassed there.

"Welcome, you guys!" he waved them in and dragged over a few chairs for them to sit in. "Please, come in!" They all sat down and watched Izuku and Mei intently, not knowing what to expect. "First of all, thank you for coming. Second of all…

"What the fuck were you guys thinking when you designed your costumes?"