A/N: Hey, Y'all! First of all, sorry that this is not Wednesday. Yesterday, just as I clicked save on my doc manager, I got a 503 service unavailable page, and terror and sorrow ensued. I'll keep this brief - thank you to MoonlightMystery13.3 for reviewing, I wish you a nice day, and hope you enjoy my freshly served Izuku angst.
Spoilers for S1 of My Hero Academia. Remember to smile, because it's a great day to be alive!
Episode: S1 Ep 4 - Start Line
Rating: K+
Warnings: AnGsT
Summary: Izuku is still scared, Izuku needs to conquer his fear, irony sucks and Inko worries about her son
Izuku looked up, and saw the others already ahead of him. After a second, he jumped after them, but Izuku was mad at himself. He had worked hard, put in the effort, and here he was, still on the back foot. He had always been behind.
Izuku imagined his quirk would change something, even if it wasn't physical, he figured he would feel it inside. He imagined some great confidence flowing through him that would help him hold his own among these rivals, but to no avail. He was in his normal spot - behind the rest at the starting line.
Izuku froze, shaking, as certain death made straight for him. He had seen heroes take on villains all the time, even attacked the sludge monster alone, but it had never seemed so real. It was one thing to witness, another to act.
Izuku pushed himself, with all his might, that he might outrun, outwit- not just the robot, but what it represented - his insecurities, his fear, his self doubt; everything that stood in the way of his dream. But as it was destroyed, so too would he destroy his fear. He would not fall, and he would be the victor.
"It'd be back luck if you fell, right?" That girl had said to him. The irony was not lost on Izuku, but the irony could wait. That girl wasn't just nice, she was the only one who had believed in him here. In her own small way, she had given him just a little more courage.
Kindness, that's what she'd given him. He owed it to her to repay his debt in full, and to the whole world to prove himself a hero. He was frozen with terror, but the heat of kindness and determination would melt his fear away.
Izuku was in a weird place in his life, Inko knew. She was worried about him, and was trying to support and encourage him. Ever since the UA entrance exam, Izuku had been somewhere between depressed and crazy. Inko felt so bad for him.
Even if her and her husband's quirks weren't amazing, it would've helped Izuku a lot just to have some kind of quirk. Inko had seen throughout the years how her son had always kept going, always kept dreaming. She loved that about him, and she wished that things would just go right for him. If only…
