Saving Each Other (todoroki x oc)

Don't Blame Yourself

Ochaco laughed as she waved goodbye at us. "Right. See you guys later!"

After we all wished the cheery brunette luck as she ran out the door, I leaned back against the control table, crossing my arms over my chest and closed my eyes, enjoying the silence. It was just Izuku, Chiyo and I in the room and I knew more people were probably going trail in so I wanted to take advantage of the peace and quiet as much as possible. I let out a soft sigh, already feeling tired from watching my friends' stressful exam. 'And I still have my own exam to take.' I groaned internally from the fact that my team's exam was the very last.

"Sakura-chan?" I heard Izuku call out.

"Hmm?" I replied, my eyelids still closed.

"I-I want to apologize," Izuku stated.

Confused from his sudden apology, my eyes fluttered open to face my friend. The usual cheery look he had on his face wasn't there. Instead, there was a guilt-ridden one. It was a look I knew all too well. "For what?" I questioned, my brows furrowed.

"I feel bad that you had to be in the same group as me and Kacchan because of how terribly we get along," my green-haired friend explained, his head dropping in shame. "I know that the only reason you got stuck with us was for you to help us work together as a team. So I'm sorry that you had to be pulled into this unfortunate situation between Kacchan and I. We have a pretty rough and long history," Izuku rubbed the back of his neck.

'Is he really taking the blame when he's the one who gets constantly abused by Katsuki?' My eyes saddened at the poor precious bean.

Pushing off the table, I raised my hand and ruffled his soft hair, running my fingers through it gently. "Hey, don't go apolozing for things that aren't your fault, dummy," I cooed. There's no need to beat yourself up like that," I tapped a finger underneath his chin, making him lift his head up and lock eyes with me. "So keep that chin up and let's only focus on positive things like passing our exam, yeah?" I shot him a playful wink.

I saw a light red hue rise up in his cheeks.  "Right," Izuku nodded his head firmly, the sparkle in his green eyes and precious smile returning.

"Then, I suppose we should make up a plan, right now," I said, leaning back against the table.

"What do you think we should do during our match against All Might?"

"Hmm," I hummed, trying to sketch up a plan in my mind. "Considering who we are going up against, I think we should take the choice of escaping. Even with those weighted shackles, fighting All Might head on would just be a complete suicide mission. Even running away unscathed is just not possible. So, we are going to have to always be on our toes and attack him when we have a clear shot. Then, we would use that chance to run towards the escape gate."

"That's similar to what I was thinking," Izuku nodded, agreeing to my plan. "We want to limit close contact with All Might as much as possible. If we do that, then we have a high chance on passing the exam. But the only problem is....."

His voice trailed off, but I had already figured out what he was going to say. The image of the angry ash blonde flashed in my mind. Katsuki was most likely not going to concur to our plan to escape. Hell, he probably wasn't even going to try to listen to us.

I thought back to Shoto and Momo's march and remembered just how close they were to failing because of Shoto's reckless and rushed planning.

And knowing the explosive boy, he was probably planning to dive straight into a head to head fist fight with Toshinori. Many dreadful scenarios of how this exam could go flooded my mind. I didn't want to fail this exam. That would be just be appalling. Then, I felt my face recoil in horror. 'Or worse... I won't be able to attend the training camp and would be stuck doing summer school."