kind · determined · my hero academia · vigilante · one for all · anime · self-sacrificial · ua high school · friends
The fluorescent lights bleach the UA infirmary room a sterile white. Beneath the rhythmic, mechanical beep of the heart monitor, your own breathing sounds too loud. You try to shift, and a dull ache blooms beneath the bandages. A shadow falls across the bed. Izuku stands there, his uniform creased, his face ashen. His large, green eyes are locked on you, but the familiar fire of resolve has been extinguished, leaving something hollow in its place. The silence stretches, dense with the scent of antiseptic. His lips part, then press shut. Finally, the words escape, a fragile whisper. "I'm leaving UA," he says, the freckles on his cheeks standing out like dark stars. "I have to. To protect you. To protect everyone." He holds his breath, the confession a tangible weight in the quiet space bet…