"I bet the written exam was easy for you wasn't it?" Shoto asked the 14-year-old Yuki who was currently deciding on the ice cream flavor he would buy. They had just finished the written exam that took about 2 hours to finishโthey were now waiting for the second part.
"Umm, there were a few questions that didn't make sense but I think I got most of the parts correct. Can you buy me the peach ice cream?" Yuki pointed to the rich peach ice cream on the board.
"Alright, excuse me. Can I get two peaches and cream ice creams? Thank you."
They both stood outside a street ice cream shop, wasting money as a way to celebrate finishing the exam. There were a few other students around waiting as well but not a whole lot. It was expected as both Yuki and Shoto were recommended to the schoolโso they took a different test than the others.
๐๐ฐ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ-๐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ...
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด? ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ?
It is unclear whether she was intentionally avoiding him or simply busy, but there has been no indication of her presence. Despite briefly considering the possibility that he had conjured her up as a means of denying his own reincarnation, he knew that he was not hallucinating.
After expressing his gratitude to the elderly man, Shoto handed the ice cream over to Yuki, who eagerly began devouring it.
Yuki chomped on the ice cream like it was an apple while Shoto took his time to try out the new ice cream flavor.
"Shoto, do you think I will pass the practical test?" Yuki started to scratch his thigh anxiously.
"Don't worry. Most of the students can't even compete against meโฆ" Shoto stared off into the distance. While Yuki stared at him with a judgmental look.
"What does that have to do with my abilities? And don't even try to help me pass." Yuki pouted as he mumbled the last words.
Shoto flinched. He tried to avoid Yuki's stare by fully turning his head the other way.
"Wowโฆso you really thought of helping me through the examโฆ" Yuki shook his head but was smiling, bragging on the inside about having such a successful relationship with Shoto as a part of him was actually hoping that he would actually help him a tiny bit on the test. Shoto was far better than he was.
As time went by, they talked about strategies that they could use during the practical test while walking towards the school.
Right when they arrived, Present Mic was screaming at them about the test. Telling them that there would be obstacles to avoid and that they can use their quirks freely to make it to the finish line.
Yuki looked around while Present Mic was still talking. He just wanted to how the others looked and if their quirk was something that he could physically see in them. Landing his eyes on a tall boy who had a buzz cut, he was trying to guess what kind of quirk he could have, and maybe he was staring for too long because the boy looked at him and just smiled brightly while waving. Yuki bowed lightly to show that he acknowledge his smile and also to apologize for staring.
"Hey, don't get distracted." Shoto nudged him on the shoulder.
"I'm not distracted." Yuki looked right back at Todoroki to assure him that he was paying attention.
"Okay! Let's go! 3, 2, Go!" Present Mic shouted and everyone started to run or use their quirks to give themselves a boost.
Shoto and Yuki did exactly that. Shoto made a path of ice to slide faster while Yuki transformed his whole body into the snow and launched himself on the race path. Even though they both did this, someone was already ahead of them. It was Inasa Yoarashi, the tall boy who smiled at Yuki. He was using some sort of wind quirk and sort of like Yuki, he was a tornado making his way through the course.
Soon enough though, they had to stop using their quirks in such a way as to avoid a big hill that blocked their path. The first one to make it through was Inasa, who blasted himself up with the wind and was making his way down the course. Shoto followed and so did Yuki.
At this point, they were only four people at the very front.
Shoto Todoroki, Yuki Todoroki, Inasa Yoarashi, and Juzo Honenuki.
Inasa seemed to be having fun, Shoto was way too serious, Juzo was going with the flow, and Yuki was hoping that nobody came and sneaked behind him.
Obstacle through obstacle they made it to the final course in under 8 minutes but Juzo had fallen behind and now it was up to Yuki, Shoto, and Inasa on who would take the first place.
Yuki already knows that he will be in third place though it was hard to tell between Shoto and Inasa. Right when he thought that, Shoto blasted himself with ice to pass Inasa and it seemed like he was actually going to make it to the finish line first but all of a sudden Inasa used a whirlwind to go faster, and just by a hair, Inasa took the first place. Shoto fell in second and Yuki was third.
"All right! I won!" Inasa cheered beside the gloomy Shoto who had his head down.
"That was a good race! As expected from a Todoroki!" Inasa turned to Shoto, trying to befriend him.
Yuki was going to introduce himself to the boy before Shoto started talking.
"I just have to pass this test. I wasn't competing with you or anything." Shoto said in an annoyed tone, he wasn't even looking at Inasa.
๐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆโฆ Yuki sighed.
"Yuki, let's go." Shoto gave him a glance because he saw him walking toward Inasa to apologize.
"Uh, o-okayโฆ" He awkwardly moved away from Inasa and walked away with Shoto. Glancing behind a few times and seeing the tall boy still staring at Shoto.
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"Shoto, wasn't that guy really good? He flew across the race!" Yuki said to Shoto excitedly. Yuki was excited as a puppy. Yuki had researched about U.A. and found out about the many things that they could do during their four yearsโit was something that he was looking forward to, meanwhile, Shoto didn't seem to care.
"Who?" Shoto said nonchalantly, not remembering who he was talking about.
"... never mind. Ah! Is Dad coming over today? I messaged him but he didn't answer me. Hey, can you text him for mโ"
"I don't have his number, tell Fuyumi." Shoto frowned when he heard Yuki mentioning Endeavor, not wanting to think about the old man during his dinner time.
"Just get his number already. What if something happens to you?" Yuki said as he passed the fish in his bowl to Shoto.
"I'll just call youโฆdo you want me to get you a muffin?" Shoto eyed Yuki's hand when he saw him putting all the things that he disliked in his bowl and scrunching up his face once in a while when he ate something that he didn't like.
"Hmm? But Dโ" Yuki stood up to follow Shoto.
"He won't know anyways, he's not here. Is it in the top pantry?" Shoto pointed to it as Yuki nodded with a smile.
๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ.
Shoto gave him his precious muffin and waited for him to finish his food before they went out to take a walkโor more like exercise. It was obvious that Shoto was more fit than Yuki but he was definitely stronger than most of the students of U.A. It was tough for Yuki to convince Endeavor about letting him apply for U.A., he seemed proud to know that Yuki wanted to attend one of the best schools for future heroes but at the same time hesitant. Even Shoto told him not to attend the school but Yuki was able to convince them by telling them that he might be going into Support Department. Of course, Shoto didn't have a choice but to apply for the Hero Departmentโnot like he was refusing in any way.
Yuki didn't oppose the idea of joining the Support Department but it was his own doctor, Dr. Masahiro, who convinced him of joining. That is the excuse that Yuki used to try to convince Endeavor once again. After 2 months of constant bickering, Endeavor let him and recommended him along with Shoto.
Endeavor wasn't overprotective of Yuki but rather cautious of his actions, he had people monitoring both Shoto and Yuki for completely different reasons. Shoto was watched to see if he was doing everything properly to become the #1 hero of Japan while Yuki was being watched to see if anything was happening to him. Endeavor also didn't like that Shoto and Yuki hung out together the whole timeโthinking that Shoto will become a softy if he did but luckily, the hatred was stronger.
The only people in the family that Yuki would talk to mostly were Shoto and Endeavor. Natsuo was in college while Fuyumi seemed to disappear half the time. At times, he wondered where Rei could be because surprisingly enough, he didn't know where she was located and he didn't feel comfortable asking the family where she was because he wasn't there when the accident happened. He was never taken to see her or know about her whereabouts and Shoto didn't seem to care.
"Yuki don't rush ahead." Shoto pulled on Yuki's hand.
"Ah! Sorry, I was thinking." Yuki giggled as he whipped the sweat off his forehead.
"I knowโฆmake sure to pay attention next time." Shoto ruffled Yuki's hair, messing it up.
"Okay, Okay. How long did we go for?" Yuki took out his phone to check out the time.
"We ran for about an hour. Do you want to run another or call it a day?" Shoto asked him as he took out a water bottle from his backpack and gave it to him.
"Hmm? Weren't you supposed to run for three hours?" Yuki asked.
"If you're not running I'm not, let's go." Shoto pulled him by the arm as he started walking back to the house.