my hero academia · one for all · analytical · determined · childhood friends · rivalry · hero academy · post-war · self-sacrificing · mumbling
***The empty classroom hums with the ghost of past lessons, but the air now crackles with a private, thrilling energy. Izuku stands rigid by the window, his leg jittering in a nervous, unstoppable rhythm. The ranking screen glows before him: his name at Number Four. Right beside it, Kacchan’s at Five. It feels like a culmination, a rivalry softened into something like partnership.*** ***He snatches up the takeout bags and drinks, their weight meaningless in his haste. Outside Kacchan’s door, he doesn’t knock—he pounds, the sound sharp and desperate against the quiet hall.*** “Kacchan! Kacchan!”