(Y/n) POV

Now that our written exams are over, w have to start preparing for our practical exams. Personally, I liked the written portion of our exams better than the practical because of my body and we knew what to expect whereas we don't know what we're fighting against for our practical exams.

Today's the morning of our practical exams and I'm super nervous. Although I've been training, it doesn't mean quite anything when you need a 15-minute break every half-hour if you want to prevent yourself from fainting. I walk into the classroom and I hear Shoto call my name.

"Um, good morning Shoto," I say and quickly look over to Ochako to avoid having to talk to him. "Ochako-chan, how are you feeling? Are you nervous about the exam?"

While Ochako and I talk about the exam and what we could possibly expect, I hear Shoto laughing with Momo.

'What? What happened during this one week that I didn't talk to him for?' I think in shock. I don't know. I think I'm just sad. Nothing more, nothing less. I'm just simply sad. 'No, no. (Y/n), don't lose focus!' I think to myself. 'I have to do an exam now! I don't need to distract myself with anything unnecessary.'

"Are you okay?" Ochako-chan asks me.

"Y-yeah, of course!" I say to her. "Don't worry about it too much, I'm used to this much..."

She gives a frown but then says, "You can talk to me if you want to let it all out okay? Here, why don't I go slap some sense into him-- for real this time."

"Uh, it's fine, Ochako-chan," I say. "It really is. Besides I've been the one who's technically avoiding him so I can't really blame it on him."

"(Y/n), why do you even still like that guy? On the scumbag level of guys in the class, I can proudly say that Todoroki effing Shoto is right 2nd from the bottom, right above Mineta," she says a little louder and I have to sweatdrop. "Not only that, there's probably a million guys out there that would kill to be with you." Then, in the end, she says loudly, "Right, Kaminari?"

"What?" he asks, trying to figure out what he's agreeing to and I try to stop Ochako.

"No, no it's fine, Ochako-chan, there's no way he would like me," I frantically say to her under my breath.

"RIGHT, KAMINARI?" she glares and yells at him.

'I'm sorry Kaminari,' I think.

"Yes?" he says out of surprise.

"There you go (Y/n). That's one person." Ochako says proudly.

I sweatdrop. How does that even work? Besides, there's no way he would like me for real.

"Okay, everyone get into your hero costumes and go out onto the field! Your practical exams are starting!" Aizawa sensei says while walking into the class. "Now, hurry up! Why are you guys so slow?"

'But you, like, just entered the classroom 15 minutes late? How can you possibly call us slow?' I think, well, probably the whole class thinks.

We all change into our hero costumes as quickly as possible and head over to the field. There, we find out that we'd be fighting the teachers in groups of 2.

'What? Is that even possible? Yeah, sure, they have weights and handicaps on them but they're powerful pro-heroes!' we all think in shock. We were all expecting those zero-point villains from the entrance exam.

"We will now announce your groups, everyone, please listen carefully," Aizawa-sensei says.

'I wonder who I'll be with...' I think. 'I hope I'm with Shoto. I'll probably have no problems with passing if I'm with him. Not only that, if I could use this as a chance to talk to him again...'

The pairings end up like this;

Kirishima Eijirou + Sato Rikido = Cementos

Bakugou Katsuki + (L/n) (Y/n) = All Might

Asui Tsuyu + Tokoyami Fumikage = Ectoplasm

Iida Tenya + Oojirou Mashirao = Power Loader

Todoroki Shoto + Yaoyorozu Momo = Eraser Head

Uraraka Ochako + Aoyama Yuuga = Thirteen

Kaminari Denki + Ashido Mina = Principal Nezu

Koda Koji + Jirou Kyouka = Present Mic

Hagakure Tooru + Shouji Mezo = Snipe

Sero Hanta + Mineta Minoru = Midnight

"Oh my gosh, (Y/n), you're stuck with Bakugou, I feel so bad for you," Ochako says. "I know, he might not be the nicest person on earth but he means well..." she fake sobs. "And don't worry, no matter how socially awkward he is," she says. "He's strong."

I don't have one singular problem with being paired with Bakugou, I mean the only problem with our pair is that we're against All Might, and he's probably one of the harder teachers to get by. But none of that really sinks in. I'm way too distracted by another pairing that I hear. Shoto and Momo. Again. Again, I asked for too much, and so I got the worst thing possible.

Kaminari POV

'What are these teachers thinking? Are they thinking anything at all?' I think. 'No. (Y/n) can't take anymore. No, Todoroki, look her way. Do you know how she possibly feels?'

(Y/n) POV

Ochako takes a look at my face and she looks the direction that I'm looking. At Shoto and Momo. Laughing.

"(Y/n), really?" she asks and I softly nod. "No, you can't be serious..."

I take a deep breath in and exhale a long breath out. "I'm fine Ochako," I say. "I'll worry about it after my exam's over. Right now, I'll focus. I'm already behind, I can't afford to lose focus on tiny things like these. If you don't mind, I'm going to go say a few words to Bakugou..."

"Yeah, no, go ahead," she says. "I'll be watching your exam."

"Thank you," I say with a forced smile. "I'll make sure to watch yours too."

"Oh, wait a second, (Y/n)-chan," Ochako-chan says and runs up to Bakugou. She mumbles a few words to him before backing off and running over to the screen to see the first match.

"Um, I'm sorry..." I say. "You probably would've been able to beat All might if you had a better partner. But! I personally think that you could beat him alone, so leave me behind. I don't want to be pulling people back, not people like you who have potential. I'll probably faint after a bit, but just leave me behind."

"Is that how you've lived your life so far?" Bakugou asks quietly.

"What? You can talk quietly?" I ask.

"I'M GOING TO MURDER YOU, (L/N) EFFING (Y/N)," he says.

At that time, I failed to realize but there were a pair of heterochromatic eyes that were looking my way.

"Okay, anyway, did you hear what I said?" I ask him.

"Yeah, yeah, you told me to leave you? Unfortunately, that won't be happening.," he says.

"Why?" I ask him.

"My angel face would murder me if I did," he says. "So you've said that to your lame boyfriend and he's left you before?"

"Y-yeah..." I say.

"Wow, sucks to be you," he says.

"I-I guess but I don't have much of a problem with it!" I say a little angry.

"What, why don't you have a problem with it? Shouldn't you have a problem with that?" he asks.

"Well, I mean I have a weak body and I'll pull him down more than ever, so I'm trying to stay out of the way!" I say.

"Okay, you do you, but let me tell you something, (L/n)," he says. "If Angel Face had a weak body, I'd never leave her behind."

"Well maybe you're a discriminatory person that puts all of their love into one singular person instead of spreading it out equally amongst the whole community," I say.

"Hey, it's not just me. All people with enough common sense wouldn't leave their girlfriend behind," he says and I have no words to say back, because deep inside, that's what I wanted. That's all I've always wanted. For Shoto to stand beside me, and not in front of me.

"BAKUGOU KATSUKI AND (L/N) (F/N), YOUR EXAM IS STARTING, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO AREA B," Present Mic shouts.

"Already?!" I say, shocked at how fast time goes by.

"Tch, let's go," Bakugou says.

We quickly get to Area B and we soon start the exam. Even, with weights, All might is nothing to make fun of.

'First of all, how is it even fair that this is an exam?' I think. 'All might is the number 1 hero! We're two highschoolers!'

He comes running our way and I put my hands together to form a make-shift squirt gun. I aim it towards All Might and concentrate as much water as possible in that square centimetre. Bingo. I hit All Might and even pushed him back a bit.

'Tch, that wasn't nearly enough,' I think. 'Oh no, I'm already starting to feel dizzy.'

"Hey, not bad," Bakugou says.

"Uh, that was pretty bad...?" I say.

"I'm saying for you it was pretty good," he says.

"OH, FOR ME? Yeah, for me, if I do say so myself, it was pretty darn good," I say.

"Are you seriously complimenting yourself?" he asks.

"W-well, I'm sorry! It's not like I get to do something cool every day!" I say. "Okay, let's run!"

We basically repeat the actions, run, squirt, explode, get thrown on the ground, over and over again until we realize that we're running out of time. We start to panic.

"Okay, as I told you before, just leave me behind," I say. "I'll use my remaining energy to send a wave down this whole street. Even All Might would have to take a second before evaporating that all with a punch."

"Wait, you can do that?" he asks.

"Yeah, of course, if my quirk weren't this strong what did I give up my beautiful strong body and stamina for?" I ask.

"What the heck are you talking about?"

'Oh shoot, I didn't tell him about my quirk surgery... oh well,' I think. "Uh, nevermind," I say.

"Alright, then you send your tsunami down this street and I'll carry you just this one time, consider yourself lucky," he says.

"No, just leave me behind, when I push myself way too hard, I tend to not only faint but also barf," I say.

"Ew, you barf while you've fainted? That's disgusting," he says.

"Yeah, I know so just leave me behind!" I say.

"Okay (L/n), he's coming," Bakugou says and I get down on all fours. I focus all the energy in me to my limbs and force all of it out at once.

For a good 5 seconds, all you can hear is the white sound of water as bakugou pulls me and runs.

"Uh, thanks Bakugou," I say, feeling a little nauseous.

"You're still conscious? I thought you said that you would definitely be knocked out by now," he says.

"Yeah, I'm like barely hanging in here," I say in a whisper. "You know Bakugou? I was a little jealous when Ochako-chan let me talk to you without a problem. I was even more jealous when I found out that the little something she whispered to you was about me. I wish I could do that with Shoto. I wish I could happily tell him to make sure Momo wins. You're a good partner to have and Ochako has a kind heart so I was a little jealous of your relationship. Sorry."

"(Y/N) (L/N) AND BAKUGOU KATSUKI HAS JUST FINISHED THEIR EXAM," Present Mic yells as we go through the gate.

"I'm not a good partner to have, (L/n), Half-and-Half is just a bad one," he says and for a moment, I almost believe that it's true.

Ochako POV

We couldn't hear the last words that (Y/n) said to Bakugou but I could tell that she was saying what she's locked up forever. I don't know, but I felt that that's what it was. I'll ask Bakugou later. I really hope that's what it was. Saying things out loud help a lot more than we expect it to.

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(Y/n) POV

After resting for a few minutes, I'm able to get back on my feet again so I go to the big screen to watch the other exams. When I enter, it just so happens to be right in the middle of Shoto and Momo's exam. I sigh. I don't really want to watch this so I head back towards the door when I hear Shoto's voice through the speaker.

"Momo! Do you remember how you had two votes when we were deciding who the class prez was? One of those votes was mine! I thought that you would be well suited to these kinds of things!" Shoto yells with conviction.

I whip my head around. Shoto's never made me an expression like that. Ever.

Kaminari POV

'No, stop. Please, I beg you. Stop,' I think. 'She won't be able to take it.'

I see tears fall down her beautiful face and for some reason, I felt a sense of relief.

I let out a sigh and think, 'She finally cried. She finally fell apart.'

(A/N Thank you so much for reading this chapter! I really hope you enjoyed it and I hope to see you next chapter! And please please give me a vote in BNHA awards 2020 at BnhaAwards! Thank you so much. PLUS ULTRA!!!!)