I finally got inspiration for this fic after watching a bunch of bnha animatics, so here we are! If you have any requests for scenes you'd like to see, please review or dm me and I'll do my best if it fits with the story! In any case, I hope you sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
"This sucks. How are you getting it so easily?" Katsuki grumbled, letting his head hit the table in defeat.
"It just… makes sense to me, I guess. I can tutor you if you want?" Shoichi tried, patting Kacchan's head sympathetically. He lifted his head to give a weak glare, and groaned.
"It seems like shit I should get immediately, then nothing clicks and I feel like a dumbass."
"Maybe you just learn differently? I know you're smart, everyone else in class is considerably further behind us, but maybe this just isn't your learning style." Katsuki sat up, still clearly in a bad mood but willing to listen.
"For instance, do you get something quicker if you see an example first, or just reading over what you have to do?" Shoichi questioned, looking intently at the other.
"I guess… seeing exactly what I have to do first, then reading the explanation of it." He then grinned, but tried hiding it by putting his hands on his face. "Oh fuck, I sound like you...! Using big words like a nerd!"
"You say that like it's a bad thing, but intelligence is something very highly valued!"
"Maybe, but not while I'm still so young!" Shoichi leaned over and patted Katsuki's head affectionately.
"That's rough buddy."
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"I'm gonna be a Hero! Just like All Might!" Katsuki exclaimed one day, pumping his fist in the air. Shoichi was a bit more… iffy on the Hero thing.
"Just like All Might? Do you… do you have to?" While he might've grown up in his past life, the instinct to cry at the possibility of Kacchan getting hurt was overwhelming.
"Of course I do! He's so cool, and everyone looks up to him!" Finally turning to the other in excitement, he faltered. Zuzu was… crying? "Hey, why are you, why are you crying…?"
Izuku sniffled, trying to brush away his tears using his arm. "I, I just, well, Heroes are always in danger, and, and I don't want you to be hurt…!"
Katsuki stared in shock. Being in pain wasn't something new, he was used to that by now. But someone actively worrying about him, scared for him, that was completely unknown territory.
He didn't know what to think.
Slowly, he started saying something that might alleviate the fear (since when did he care so much about someone else ?). "...I would be helping people. Saving them, fighting bad guys, you know?"
Except that just made his only friend cry harder.
"Why would you risk your life that much? As soon as you're gone, another Hero would take your place…" Shoichi chuckled bitterly. "Maybe I'm just a coward. Selfish. I never had many friends, and if you become a Hero, I could… I could lose you."
"Dumbass. I'm not going anywhere. I'll be the best fuckin Hero you've ever seen, and surpass All Might!" Katsuki declared, and Izuku gave him a small smile.
"You will. And I'll… I'll always be here to support you."