"Ah, damn it." said Bakugo trying this hardest to not inhale the sand.
"You lost again." Izuku said smiling.
"I know I know. Now get the hell of me." Bakugo attempted to throw Izuku off of his back by force.
But to no anvil of course.
"Let me go Izuku." He growled. He sounded deadly, But Izuku naturally brushed it off. He then put his finger up to his chin, faking thoughtfulness. "I don't know. . .It's so nice today and the waves are just so. . ." Izuku trailed off, pretending to sound sleepy.
Bakugo was starting to get angry, "Dammit Izuku I have too get to school today! I don't have time for this!" Izuku raised his eyebrow, intrigued.
"Where is Bakugo and what have you done with him?" He asked rhetorically. Bakugo rolled his eyes.
"Entrance exams are today." He said.
Suddenly, he felt a weight being lifted off of his back. He turned around to see Izuku with his hand outstretched.
Bakugo obliged.
"Then we better to head to school quickly then." Izuku said. He quickly walked over to where his jacket lay on the ground.
"You still didn't use your quirk." Bakogo said.
Izuku threw on his jacket, not saying a word. Bakugo sighed and looked at the ground.
"You really shouldn't feel weird about using your quirk." he said matter-of-factually.
"I know."
"It's an amazing quirk."
"I know."
". . .You're not still stuck on that day right? We were just kids protecting ourselves."
". . ."
"Wait." Bakugo said eyes growing wide. "You did use it didn't you." Izuku turned around and smirked. "Took you long enough to catch on."
Bakugo put his hand on the back of his neck and gave a small smile. "Now if you show that kind of power to the kids at school they'll start to leave you alone!"
"I don't really think so." Izuku said defiantly.
Bakugo, having heard this many times, said nothing. He really did't want to argue today even though he felt he should.
"Let's just get to school." He said. Izuku gave a small nod of his head and they picked up their things thy needed for school silently.
. . .
Izuku opened the sliding door to his class room. The room that was once bustling with excitement and energy was now dead silent.
This was normal however and Izuku simply walked to his seat without making direct eye contact with anyone. Bakugo however, glared at everyone with murderous intent if they looked in Bakugo's or Izuku's general direction.
Izuku gave him a side eye and Bakugo, reading into it, sat down in his seat with a humpf.
After this demonstration the class slowly built up it's energy again.
Once it had significantly rose in volume Izuku leaned over to his friend.
"When do the try-out's for U.A. start?" He said. Bakugo though for a moment. "During Study hall I think." He looked at Izuku with an expression of curiosity. "Why do you want to know? Are you thinking about trying out?"
Izuku sat back in his chair, deep in thought.
"I thought you didn't want anything to do with heroes." Bakugo stated.
Izuku sighed, "I've been thinking about it for a long time."
"And?"
"I've decided that I don't want to live a life where my quirk has no value."
"So you want to join U.A. so you can get a chance to use it."
"Exactly." Izuku stated.
Now it was Bakugo's turn to sigh. "And when did you come to this decision?"
Izuku thought for a moment. "I think it was-"
Before Izuku could finish the teach finally appeared in the room. "Alright class! Get yer butt's in a chair or it's of to the principle's office with ya!" He yelled.
The teacher was surprisingly loud. He even somehow managed to carry his voice over the kids with a voice enhancer quirk. When Izuku learned that he did not have a vocal enhancement himself, the surprised dropped on him like a fifty pound dun-bell.
After two hours of hand cramps and listening to nothing but pencil scratches and angry yelling, it was finally time for study hall.
Izuku was just putting his things away for history class before his teacher walked to his desk with a paper in his hands. "More work?" Izuku questioned. The teacher looked perplexed for a moment. "N-No I was just going to hand you this forum for U.A. I think it's a schedule for tryouts."
"Good job on that by the way." Now it was Izuku's turn to look perplexed. "For what?" he asked.
"You don't know? For being privileged enough to be selected to take the test in U.A."
Izuku looked surprised. "What do you mean selected?"
"Only two people in the entire school got to take the test." He paused for a moment. "Including you of course."
"Who was the other one who got in?"
"Bakugo, naturally."
"Naturally." Izuku agreed. As Izuku found out long ago, Bakugo was rather resourceful with his quirk. Like how he used it to fly earlier this morning.
"Well. . .Here." Izuku's teacher extended his arm holding out the paper. "Thanks." Izuku said taking the paper out of his hand.
. . .
Izuku now stood in font of the gate into U.A. and felt slightly intimidated. The gates of U.A. are huge by it's self. And he could even see the main building from where he lived, about four miles away.
Now Izuku stood paralyzed in front of the gate. He felt both anxious and exited for this moment but wondered is he should really feel this way.
Before he could make up his mind however, a girlish voice came from beside him.
"It's nerve-racking isn't it?" She said.
Izuku turned to look at her. "My name's Ochaco Uraraka."
Izuku took in her sight completely. She had light brown hair that ended just just below her chin. Her eyes where big and full of happiness and excitement. She had a light blush on her cheeks and her demeanor nearly radiated relaxation. And her smile. She smiled so widely and radiantly that Izuku felt he should put on sunglasses. It was as if she had never met a stranger.
Her hand was raised toward Izuku as if greeting him. And he noticed little pads that looked glued toher finger tips. A touch based quirk. He guessed.
"My name's Izuku Midoriya. But you could call me Deku if you like." Izuku said quickly. She was extremely pretty in Izuku's eyes.
Why did I say that!? A panicked Izuku thought, Now she's going to think I'm weird!
Deku was his childhood nickname and meant "useless". He certainly didn't want this girl calling him useless for the rest of his school career.
While Izuku was internally panicking, Uraraka thought for a moment.
"I like that name!" She said smiling. "It's got a never-give-up vibe to it!"
Izuku froze. His panic subsiding. "Really?" He asked surprised. She nodded, "Really!"
Izuku stared at her for longer that he probably should have, with the surprise overtaking him. Uraraka started to visible get uncomfortable as her eyes darted everywhere trying to find something else to focus on. Finally her eyes rested on the front doors of the school.
"Anyway I need to get to the testing rooms. I'll see you around!" She said.
Not knowing what else to do under the awkward atmosphere, she quickly shook his hand and ran off towards the front doors of U.A.
"S-See you around I guess." Izuku mumbled staring at his hand.
He stood there for a moment longer just trying to process what had just happened to him. But he didn't think for long.
At that moment a hand seemed to come out of nowhere smacking him on the back of the head. "Ow." Izuku grumbled, rubbing his head.
Naturally, it was Bakugo who stood there. Making him the culprit.
"What the hell man!?" Izuku shouted, seemingly out of his temporary shock.
"Dumb-ass." Was all he said before walking to the glass doors of U.A.