Before you knew it, the day arrived for Class 1-A to take the provisional licensing exam.
"Stop shoving me!!" You shouted loudly, catching the attention of everyone else who was in the vicinity.
"Hah?! I'm not fucking touching you!!!" Bakugou yelled, his palms lighting up in aggravation and you glowered at him.
"There's nowhere for me to sit!!" You protested, huffing and crossing your arms over your chest.
"Fucking deal with it, dumbass!!" He screamed at you and you covered your ears.
Aizawa glared at him, eyes flashing red once in warning and reprimanded for his language and crude behavior towards you, Bakugou grumbled as he sank back in his seat.
Your eyes scanned for another place to sit aboard the cramped bus. Almost every inch of space left no room for you and shrugging your shoulders, you were about to tough it out on the floor near Kirishima's feet when a throat cleared softly.
"Y/N," Ojiro called, his voice almost lost as the rest of the class chattered in a mixture of nervousness and excitement. "Here."
Your ears perked up as he scooted to the side, making room for you even though now he was pressed flat against the window of the bus. Tail flicking, you paused upon approach, hesitating.
"What's wrong?" Ojiro asked, concern seeping into his tone as you halted in front of him. The railing blocked most from seeing the two of you interact clearly, since Ashido was currently engaging the other girls in a game to take their minds off of the pressure of the exam and your tail fluffed up.
He frowned, wondering if he did something that made you uncomfortable.
Your brow furrowed and your nose wrinkled as your lips formed into a small pout. "There's not enough room..."
Despite your dejected tone, Ojiro's shoulders slumped in relief and he smiled reassuringly, patting the spot beside him. Tokoyami had moved to sit next to Shoji in order to free up the space. It would be a squeeze but he didn't want you to sit on the floor where you could get hit by Kaminari's unpredictable feet that flew up when he got startled by something or shocked by Jirou's earphone jack.
Padding forward, you jolted, eyes shooting open and a squeak tumbling from your lips as the bus went over a pothole in the road, losing your balance.
You floundered for a second before a muscular tail slammed into your stomach to prevent you from hitting your head in time, lifting you up and carrying you the rest of the way over to him.
Ojiro was quick to examine you, double-checking to make sure you were really okay after your ears warmed and your heart skipped a beat at his proximity. Just like you thought, his leg was pressed right up against yours in the corner of the back of the bus where the two of you sat in a chair that was only meant to hold one.
"You're too clumsy, Y/N." Ojiro breathed endearingly, patting your head and you pushed against his hand, pouting up at him when he pulled away.
You took no offense to his words, simply begging for more pets and his chest shook with laughter before he obliged you.
The two of you were locked in your own little world, the knowing look Shoji and Tokoyami exchanging passing by unnoticed as you enticed Ojiro in a spontaneous game of seeing how many times you could get Bakugou to explode before you reached the exam arena.
It shouldn't have been as easy as it was the whole ride there. You lost count around fifty times in half an hour because you were laughing so hard you couldn't breathe and Kirishima held Bakugou back as he raged at you.
Aizawa rolled his eyes at the racket caused by his rowdy students. He was wrong to think you had a calming presence. If anything, it was the exact opposite.
But you had potential, he was not denying that fact. And you had gotten strong. You were going to be a great hero one day, he was sure of it.
You were the first one off the bus when it pulled up to where the test would be administered. Since you were still behind, you couldn't take it this time around but Aizawa had gotten special permission for you to watch.
You had a feeling that Principal Nezu also had a hand in that. The chimera had made sure you had everything you needed in order to succeed at his school and he probably thought that this would be an enlightening experience for you.
You liked to think of him as the uncle you've never had.
The licensing exam changed every time it came around so you weren't cheating by any means. By the time you were going to take yours, hopefully six months later, you would be in the same ring and on the same level as the other students taking it.
Before you could sprint off to who knows where to explore, a hand gripped your arm and hauled you backwards. You pouted as you faced your dad, who was shaking his head at you.
"Y/N..." He warned and your ears drooped, eyes watering.
Aizawa sighed, looking away. No one was a match for your puppy dog eyes.
"Don't run off." He scolded lightly, resting a hand on top of your head to block his view of those impossibly cute eyes but it did no good.
You just tilted your head innocently and stared up at him hopefully, tail wagging behind you.
Rubbing the back of his neck, he corrected himself as he caved into you. "Just don't go too far, alright?"
You nodded eagerly before racing off and he turned to his students who filed out of the bus, giving them last-minute instructions on what to expect once they got in there. They were all panicking.
Mineta thought he didn't have what it takes to obtain his license, Ashido was clinging to Yaoyorozu, Asui was hanging onto Kaminari who was playing with Ojiro's tail and the rest of the class remained indifferent except for unique ticks that gave away their stress.
Iida's vibrating in place, Tokoyami twitching every so often, Koda and Shoji hiding in the back, Aoyama's smile not as bright as usual, he could tell that they were all nervous.
Only Todoroki appeared to be completely unaffected.
Aizawa tried to keep an eye on you but you disappeared from his sight in a flash and he glowered, wanting to find you but he had a responsibility right now.
Continuing with his brief answers to Iida's endless questions as the class rep fired them one after another, he waved a hand at his students to prevent any more and was going to leave them to get changed into their costumes when he heard his name being called.
"Eraser!! Eraser, is that you?!"