V 1;; Dearly Departed Prince
You are no hero. And you know this, it doesn’t really bother you. You just never were suited for such things, your quirk is useless in a fight and you aren’t particularly clever or strong. Really, most of the time you can be described as a coward.
That’s fine. You keep your head down, mind your own business. Study enough to keep your grades afloat and spend your afternoon hanging out with friends or playing video games. Content to spend your middle school years ‘wasting time’.
You pay attention to your classmates’ emotions to keep in their good graces. Avoid those in a bad mood, appeal to those with friendlier natures.
There’s a girl in your homeroom. Toga Himiko. And what makes her stand out to you is the depth at which she feels. She doesn’t just feel happy, she feels overjoyed. She doesn’t feel hurt, she’s in agony.
More often than not, it’s the latter.
There are rumors about Toga. Not that you care much for rumors. But it’s hard not to overhear. They say she’s been going on dates for money. They say that she will do anything for cash. You don’t know if it’s true, and you don’t particularly care. Because you can feel her pain.
It’s a sorrow, bone deep, like nothing you’ve ever felt before. You can feel her shattering with each word. Each withering look. And, eventually, it becomes impossible for you to keep your head down.
No, you’re no hero, Iwata Akihiko, so just how is it that you ended up in this situation?
You hadn’t been looking for a fight, certainly, you had just wanted to talk. Foolishly, you had thought if you conveyed how much your classmate was suffering they would have a change of heart.
Instead, they had laughed. “What, are you in love with the whore or something?” one had mocked. “You should be careful, you don’t know where that girlfriend of yours has been” another jeered.
And it wasn’t like that, truly, but it still made your blood boil. How little they cared. How much you could feel them not caring. Their emotions; amusement, irritation, disgust, hatred even--but not remorse, not regret. Not one ounce of empathy for the girl they were slowly destroying.
A lack of control isn’t something you experience often. Certainly not on the behalf of someone you’ve only spoken to directly once or twice. And yet you did. Before you knew it an ill formed punch was landing across the jaw of one of the boys.
“Toga wouldn’t do that!” You defend, without really knowing if that’s true. It doesn’t matter, either way she doesn’t deserve to be treated this way.
You lose the fight, unsurprisingly. You’re inexperienced and nonathletic. You go home that night with your pride bruised as much as your skin, feeling frustrated at your own inability to affect anything. To change anything.
How could you have known; that you were being watched?
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Verse Details;
(note: this can all vary with plotting)
Akihiko is in the same class as Toga in middle school
Toga is bullied due to rumors that she is going on paid dates
Akihiko can sense her distress and attempts to convince his classmates to stop
This ends in a fight that Toga ends up witnessing, causing her to develop a crush
Akihiko doesn’t feel the same way, but is reluctant to outright reject her; not wanting to hurt her feelings
Shit goes down, and Akihito ends up being Toga’s first victim; along with a girl in their class who was the source of most of the bullying Toga endured
Due to his violent end; Akihito’s spirit is tied to the area around where he died
Similar as to his quirk in life, he is attracted to emotions. The stronger the emotion, the further he can be pulled from his normal haunting ground
Despite the way he died, he is a mostly neutral spirit; just wanting to move on rather than seek vengeance of any sort
He blames his own cowardice more than Toga, honestly
If you try to harm someone or even think about doing it within his Area get ready for a ghostly ass beating
Kind of bitter about the whole being dead thing. A lot more of an Ass than he was when he was alive. But can you blame him?