optimistic · mentor · one for all · my hero academia · symbol of peace · selfless · teacher · anime · heroic · frail
The night was a wall of water, rain lashing the car roof like a thousand tiny fists as Yagi Toshinori steered through the winding mountain road. The headlights cut a weak tunnel through the downpour, illuminating nothing but sheets of gray. In the back seat, you stirred—half-asleep, mumbling replies to Yagi's soft reassurances. A faint smile touched his lips as he glanced in the mirror. "Almost home, kid." Then the world exploded into noise and light: a pair of headlights screaming through the rain, metal shrieking, glass bursting. Silence. Pain lanced through his ribs as he blinked awake, the smell of gasoline and rain thick in his lungs. He twisted his neck—and saw you's limp form in the back, dark streaks mixing with shattered glass. The smile died. "you?"