"Woah! Careful there beautiful, wouldn't want you to get hurt"

Alluka hesitated. She hadnt been held like this in a while. She caught herself in a memory.

A younger Alluka was climbing a tree for the first time, laughing. Her older brother stood underneath it, tying his long silky white hair in a ponytail. "be careful Alluka!" The younger Alluka giggled. "I'm ok! Look I'm doing i-" she let out a cry of alarm as the branch snapped beneath her and she plummeted downwards. Her fall was abruptly yet softly broken by comforting arms wrapping around her holding her close. She looked up to see her big brother looking down at her with a gentle smile. "be more careful next time, Alluka." he scolded lightly, gently patting her head.

The lovely memory was cut off by a voice. "woah- are you crying..?" Alluka snapped out of it, she was indeed crying. And the pink girl was looking at her with concern. "H-Huh? Oh its nothing!" she realized she was kind of gripping onto the yellow haired male and let go, standing up once her feet hit the ground. "I just gotta say that was really manly!" a new voice exclaimed. Alluka glanced over and blinked, she didn't recognize him. "huh?" wait a minute...those shoes... he was the one stuck under the rubble! "uh...thanks! But how did you get out?" she asked, slightly befuddled.

The spiky haired teen grinned. "you know that rock you threw?" Alluka blinked, and nodded. "it hit the rock we were trapped under and it cracked it right in half!" the pink girl exclaimed. "so I was able to melt my way out and Kirishima could bust out with his quirk!" Alluka smiled. "oh! Your welcome" She said, then glanced over towards the carnage the massive robot had left behind. "hey! Why don't we stick together and help the people stuck in the rubble?" she suggested. The group of three glanced at each other. "sure! Why not!" , "strength in numbers I suppose", "I'm down for it!"

For the rest of the exam they followed the destruction of the giant robot, which Kirishima explained to her was a zero pointer. I really wish I paid more attention to the explanation. Four minutes later, there was a loud blaring. "TIIIIIME'S UP!" Alluka finally let herself relax, panting, hands on her knees. She wasn't used to that much running around and lifting things, it really did a number on her energy. "so how many points did you get?" Kirishima asked her. Alluka blinked. "oh- I forgot to count"

"hey, you look tired" Kaminari, the yellow haired teen, said. Alluka laughed softly. "well, I am" he chuckled, then a goofy grin spread across his face. "I mean I could carry you" Alluka smiled gratefully and leaned against him. "that'd be great actually" Kaminari blinked. "I was- not expecting that answer-" he muttered under his breath, then chuckled softly. "but I'm not complaining" He lifted Alluka in his arms as the group started walking towards the exit of the exam. Alluka snuggled against his chest, finding comfort in the closeness to another person.   

She slowly dozed off in his arms, Alluka had a bad habit of falling asleep when she got too comfortable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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