Chapter 7

The rest of the day passed in a blur for Izuku. Visiting Recovery Girl had gotten his finger healed in no time, but since her Quirk only accelerated his body's natural healing process, he was now exhausted as a result of using so much energy to recover.

By the time he was walking home and heading for the station, he was ready to drop to the ground and sleep right where he was. "So sleepy..."

[Man Midoriya-san, you look like a somewhat alive zombie.] came a familiar voice from behind.

Izuku gave a slight start at the sudden interruption from his 'sleep-walk', spinning around to come face-to-face with his classmate Kumagawa. "Oh, i-it's just you Kumagawa-san. You scared me for a minute there."

Standing behind the smiling boy was another familiar face. It was their rather stiff moving classmate Iida.

"Is your finger properly healed Midoriya-san?" asked the bespectacled teen.

"Oh! Y-yeah, I'm fine thanks to Recovery Girl."

"That's good!" Iida nodded robotically. He then put his hand under his chin as he adopted a thinking pose. "I have to say, Aizawa-sensei certainly surprised me! I never would have expected a teacher to encourage someone with such deception."

[I take it that no one got expelled after the test?]

Iida nodded robotically once more. "Correct. Though I must say that I am equally impressed in how you managed to convince Aizawa-sensei to let you skip the test. It almost felt like you were going to start a riot back there."

[Ah, you praise me too much Iida-san!] Kumagawa said as he tried his best to look somewhat embarrassed. [Aizawa-sensei just said something that got on my nerves is all. And I couldn't let that slide.]

"Hey!"

The trio stopped walking as they heard a voice call out to them. Turning around, they spotted their bubbly female classmate with the anti-gravity Quirk jogging towards them. Her inevitable close proximity had already caused Izuku to light up like a Christmas tree.

"Are you guys heading to the station? Wait up!"

Upon reaching them, Iida pounded his fist into his palm as he recognized her. "Ah, you're the infinity girl."

[Infinity girl?] spoke a confused Kumagawa.

"She scored infinity on the ball throw test due to her anti-gravity Quirk." explained Iida.

Paying the nickname no mind, the cheerful girl powered through. "Hey there, I'm Uraraka Ochaco!" she then pointed to each of the three boys as she listed their names. "And you're Iida Tenya, Kumagawa Misogi, and Midoriya Deku, right?"

Izuku sputtered at Uraraka's mistake about his name and quickly gave a flustered response that that wasn't his name.

"Eh? Wasn't that what that Bakugou kid called you? Or something?" replied the girl.

Unable to make eye contact with her, Izuku began to gesticulate with his hands as he explained the situation. "Ehm, actually, my name is Izuku... Deku is just what Kacchan calls me to demean me."

Regardless, the bright girl pumped her fist and gaze Izuku a smile. "But you know, I kinda like the name Deku for you. It gives a sorta 'Never give up' vibe, you know?"

Izuku's face turned bright red as he made a goofy expression. "Hi I'm Deku."

"Midoriya!" interrupted Iida. "Don't be so weak-willed. It's an insult, remember?"

[Though the face he made was quite amusing. It's gonna be my new screen saver.] remarked Kumagawa as he began fiddling with his phone.

"Uwah... This is just like when Copernicus flipped the paradigm..."

"Coperni-who?"