it's been a year, almost, since the war.
izuku would like to say that relatively everything has gone off as normal — or at least, as normal as training to be heroes at UA to be. there are still, of course, some discontentment brewing outside. voices questioning this newfound peace: how long will it last until the next large villain looms ? could promises from heroes genuinely be believed in ? are such glamorisation of heroes in reality damaging to the work they were meant to do ?
the hero public safety commission, in turn, had been put under heavy investigation - so incidents like hawks and lady nagant wouldn't ever happen again.
that is all to say, life does move on. slowly, treacherously, day-by-painful-day, but it does. the bells of the school ring. the cafeteria packs itself with students. homework, as homework tends to do, pile up. it's time for their quirk training, and class 2-A are chattering among themselves as they exit to their respective locker rooms for an attire-change. izuku's caught in his head about a manoeuvre he'd like to try out when someone brushes past him. kaminari-kun, laughing, before he joins kacchan who's already walking besides kirishima-kun.
it's- staggering, all of a sudden. it's silly, because for a moment izuku feels like it's middle school all over again, hunching along the back of the crowd so he'd be far enough to observe kacchan without being seen. it's— it's not like that anymore, is it ? no. because kacchan's already apologised, and they're talking again — properly — and it's good, it's better than good, and they've come a long way now, and all should be fine, but—flashes: kacchan, on the ground, blood around his mouth, an all might collectable card by the side of his head, and he's dead, kacchan died, and it's all because shigaraki wanted to give deku a ' present ' and—
don't worry, they still talk. kacchan and him, he means, but izuku's been careful now to keep his distance. though for that one second, he allows himself this : the back of kacchan's head. the small glimpse of what he thinks is a grin. was kaminari-kun telling a joke ? how nice. to tell kacchan a joke.
@dynmghts ♡ starter call !