"I have plenty of hcs for these two in UA relating to my personal backstory hcs for them too, so if anyone ever wants to know those I’m happy to write them out :)"
CW: mentions of bullying, accidentally killing someone-
Before I forget, this is a simple headcanon I wanted to include but
When Shinya was first year, Tsunagu was part of that year’s “big three” and was the top student.
Shinya made a promise to Tsunagu that he’d become the top student when he was a third year, and well- he definitely kept his promise!
Anyway- onto the main ones:
For context, I have lil backstory headcanons for the two of them - both of which are very angsty bc <3
But thats for another time, I'll just include the main thing for these hcs-
Both Tsunagu and Shinya have accidentally killed a person/people, with their quirks, Tsunagu was around 12, Shinya was 10- (separately)
Being quirk accidents, it was brushed off as just them 'needing quirk counselling' so that happened-
Tsunagu got bullied A LOT growing up, for multiple reasons, but when he got to UA it became more of a different type.
People avoided him a lot in his first years, because "hey, isn't that the kid who killed a guy before?" "yeah- don't get too close- he might get angry"
It mellowed out after he became a third year, and he had gained a reputation for being very strong and stern and, well, our typical "jeanist-y" and though he still got bullied/avoided quite a bit, he did have a group of classmates and friends who were there for him.
His whole demeanour was made up from him simply putting walls around himself to ignore everything that others said about him, while also becoming insanely observant.
He made the arts and crafts club, because it was "important to be able to find hobbies, and also hone skills that could still be important to heroics, such as precision and focus."
But deep down, he had also hoped to maybe find someone who was like him. Who either had a quirk that everyone believed to be "unfit for heroics" or an outcast who needed to know that they weren't alone....
And well, of course, along came Shinya.
A first year, who miraculously seemed to fit that exact description.
Shinya was also bullied a lot, however it came more verbally.
Not many knew about his true backstory, or where he was from, but they did know two things. "he has no family" and "thats the kid who killed a bunch of guys, isn't it?"
And you can assume that most people grouped these two statements together, and that led to some even more awful rumours. But he was mostly just ignored and majorly avoided out of fear.
Going into UA, he masked everything he had with a smile and an energetic personality, trying to earn people's trust so maybe- just maybe- he could be seen as more than just the rumours that were told about him.
He stumbles into this empty clubroom, looking around and calling for the chairman to the handicraft club.
"If you're here to make fun of me or the club, please go away- I'm not in the mood today" a voice answered him from the closet.
When he got nearer the closet, he found a very lanky blond boy kinda....stuck....under a pile of stationary that seemed to have fallen over. He looked miserable as hell but insisted that he didn't need help.
Shinya simply responded with a "oh...no- I was actually looking to....join?" and was met with Tsunagu laughing like "haha very funny- tease the tired third year about their empty club."
And Shinya was like "what? no- I'm being serious..." and that was met with silence before Tsunagu jumping up with an insane amount of energy suddenly entering his speech as he very happily accepted this new first year into the club.
It was tense at first, as they both had never really spoken to other people before.....properly.....but after introductions and explaining why the club was always empty, they realised that they were a lot more similar than they thought.
Neither of them pried into the other’s personal life, however over the year of knowing each other they did end up sharing and learning bits and pieces. (this is also bc they re connect later on in life and share the bits that they never did in their UA years, finally knowing the full truth about each other and their stories)
Shenanigans ensue, just like in my other hc list, and they become really close good friends.
Now. Tsunagu struggled with his emotions. He was very easily upset and angered, and this made him believe a lot of things about himself - one of them being that he’d never be able to be a hero because he cant control his emotions.
Shinya was who helped him with this.
He reassured him that it was normal and okay to feel these emotions, and he told him that he believed in him. He told him that no matter what everyone else says, he knows he’ll be able to face his emotions and that they do not make him a bad person or a “villain”
(I’m sure you can imagine how this hc ties into bakugou’s internship with Jeanist)
In turn, Jeanist proved that he trusted Shinya. And that he didn’t believe he was a bad person, or any of the things the others had said.
Despite wearing his “happy mask” Shinya had never felt proper happiness, or felt what it was like to truly be his age and have fun.
And Tsunagu was who helped him with this.
He taught him that it was okay to show when he wasn’t truly happy, allowing Shinya to reveal his truer self around him.
And he taught him how to let himself have fun. Even for a few minutes. And he was the first person to ever hear him laugh, properly.
And they both helped each other learn to control their quirks and understand them properly.
There were some instances where one had to save the other from various stuff- often from bullying at first- but as the year passed, people learnt better than to mess with either of them, because they had each other.
Also they almost died during a school trip that involved the third years taking supervision over the first years.....during a villain attack that ended really badly-
Wound up in hospital a couple of times due to internship stuff/villain encounters, and spent the time making crafts together.
But also, they made each other lil charms of them in their original hero outfits that they have kept to this day.
After Tsunagu graduated, Shinya took care of the handicrafts club and managed to get quite a few members, however he missed the days of it being just the two of them.
I actually headcanon that they lost touch about a year or so after Tsunagu graduated, because Tsunagu moved abroad to study fashion stuff and further heroic experience, and Shinya went to study medical stuff- and though they really wanted to try and contact each other again, they both felt too scared and nervous to try.
Until they meet again one day and reconnect almost immediately- realising that they didn’t have anything to fear.
(Also this may or may not be bc my initial hc for these two was that they met in their adulthood -specifically in my fic “when it rains”- but canon came along so I’m fitting that into this)
(With the potential of added angst bc <3)
But yeah!!!! those are those!!! i think I’ll leave it at that for now so i hope you enjoy them !! :D
Again, if theres any other types of headcanons you’d like me to ramble about, or if you’d like me to elaborate on any of these further or give particular scenarios you’d like to know about, please feel free to send in asks my way!! :)
