#hatsume for all au

[deusvervewrites]

Spark of Genius X Hatsume for All: Hatsume wasn't actually a spark at first. She was just "like that". ...Then OfA goes through Singularity.

Well then

[sadbigemini]

So, to start off, Happy Pride! And I'm here with more MHA shit. We have ourselves a long one today. I have nothing else to say, let's get into it!

First, Just Some Tidbits You Can Add To Fics

Midnight's persona is so ingrained in her that she forgot and didn't think of how that would affect her students or how they would feel about it

The class is super close and trauma bonded. They find comfort in each other after nightmares, they help each other with panic attacks, with flashbacks, etc. Aizawa lets them break the not staying in each other's dorms rule bc of it

Dadzawa offers his capture weapon to comfort his kids/students like a weighted blanket

Where Aizawa was a vigilante before he got into the hero course

Dadzawa sees the Three Dumbingos in Midoriya, Bakugou, and Todoroki or Kaminari, Sero, and Kirishima or a combination of the two lol

Quirk accidents are a common occurrence, especially In stressful or highly emotional situations. Regardless of age, though probably more common in children

Roki has a slight phobia of fire

Midoriya Hisashi as a good dad bc their isn't enough fics with it that way

A Whole Lotta Smallish Fic Prompts

Villain/Vigilante EraserMic(Cloud?) ‘adopting’ a bunch of kiddos that need homes. And creating an army against the HPSC. They'll be like the mob lol

MHA group home AU ran by you guessed it EraserMic or by Nezu and they're just caretakers

Todoroki Shouto gets OFA and is mentored by Good!All Might. It's mostly to piss off his sperm-donor but also because he is a secret AM fanboy

Sentient quirks, whether that's expanding on Tokoyami and Dark Shadow or giving someone else a sentient quirk too

Jirou knows about OFA. She overheard the knowledge of All Might's no might form and OFA, his quirk, with her own quirk. Not purposely ofc

Mido with a pyrokinesis quirk! Which has been done before but not enough! Mido's kinda a pyromaniac... Was he born with it? Did it manifest when he was four? Did it manifest much later and he was thought to be quirkless?

Sero with a cartoon physics quirk. Vigilante. Named Toons? He also listens to some tunes on patrol lol I think he'd love puns ngl. Pranks, an ungodly amount of pranks. So bad endeawhore will be sobbing in the aftermath. SeroRoki besties.

Chisaki Izuku. Mido as Chisaki Kai’s younger brother. Has an Activation and Deactivation quirk (Superpower wiki for more info). Anything he touches that can turn on and off he can turn them on and off, quirks to bodily functions (kinda the same thing I think lol) to technology. He defies Overhaul at every turn bc of Eri. He escapes with Eri and is found by Aizawa. Dadzawa, PapaMic

Shirakumo Oboro is reincarnated into one Toogata Mirio. Shirakumo Oboro died on July 15th (I think he died around this time but the timeline isn't that clear) and on the same day Toogata Mirio was born. Okay, but if I remember correctly Shirakumo was made to give Aizawa a friend like Mirio is to Amajiki. So, like it's literally perfect lol– ah! But the ages, he died 13/14 years ago and Mirio is like 18. Sooo???

Someone give Sero, our resident tape dispenser, OFA, so he can have Danger Spidey Sense. Ig there's Black Whip too, which would help with mobility. A bit like Spider-Man’s Iron Spider Armor/Suit. Sero would be living his little Spider-Man fanboy dream!

Hatsume Mei being Nezu's only personal student. The chaos– the shenanigans, the hijinks they would get into! This could just be pure crack but I think some of you could put a serious spin on this.

MHA/Soul Eater crossover. Think more MHA and heroes than Soul Eater or finding a way to mesh the lore well enough

Aizawa infiltrates the LOV and redeems them

More class B and Shiketsu fics

Shiketsu AU. Quirkless Midoriya accepted? Monoma will be there and his class B is better shtick, now Shiketsu is better shtick. Shinsou there too?? Camie helps them find their class on the first day

Jirou as MC with medical training and a quirk called Body Manipulation (look on Superpower wiki for more info). Vigilante armed with a Monster High metal bat (I think Jirou, Mina, and Toga would love Monster High). Operator is her vigilante name. Fellow vigilante and partner in crime Toga Himiko. Toga has a blood portal quirk. Vigilante name Transfusion. The two act as paramedics for an underground hospital. Future Proteges of Recovery Girl. And it's pride month so maybe you can do a rare pair with those two, Jirou/Toga

Aizawa is practically adopted by the Midoriyas! All the Midoriyas either see him at the park, cat cafe, or they share the same train sometimes. Quirkless Midoriya Izuku or he helps him with OFA. Aizawa teaches Bakugou how to control his anger and that quirkless doesn't mean useless. So, no bullying! Pining EraserMic! Aizawa kinda becomes like the Midoriya adults��� younger brother while he's like an uncle to the youngest

Twice-Centric fic. Twice is Mic's CI (and friend) who infiltrates the LOV for him

Technomancer. Mido has a technopathy and mental continuation quirk (again Superpower wiki). Mido commits sewerslide and gets this quirk (they are mixed into one). He is a tech/electro ghost, he's kinda like an AI. Now he helps different heroes especially his favorites like Eraserhead and Present Mic. But also his favorite vigilante Kaminari?? Tokoyami?? Tokage?? Roki??? His hero and vigilante name is Technomancer. Takes over the HPSC?? Nezu is intrigued by him immediately ofc. Our beloved Power Loader loves him. Absolutely loves him they work on support gear projects together. Hatsume and Power Loader can make him a robot body to possess basically!!!

Oh, How The Tables Have Turned (and how you have turned on each other): This AU(?) is lots of world building fun. A fic about how the quirked were first oppressed heavily by the quirkless and how the roles swapped. How there still is quirk discrimination but now it's more the quirked against each other than another oppressor. How quirks are everything in society now.

A Couple Quirk Ideas

Add Insult To Injury. Insult Empowerment. The quirk allows the user to get stronger when insulted. Talk shit, get hit

True Self Recognition Quirk (again Superpower wiki for both)

One Big One For The Road (Midoriya Tears™ is a quirk)

Midoriya can manipulate them from the volume to the strength to where they go. He needs to drink lots of water and will get dehydrated with quirk overuse

Mido thought he was quirkless because his mom has a secondary passive quirk that's very similar to him. That many other family members have possessed. Hence the Midoriya Tears term. And maybe he is a false negative for quirklessness

BUT HOW DID NOBODY ACCOUNT FOR IT BEING A QUIRK?!! I'LL TELL YOU–!!

–because everyone heard quirkless and that's all they paid attention to. Also the Midoriya Tears are very much a reoccurring trait with various power levels. The person who originally had the quirk was from ages ago– maybe at the dawn of quirks? And it steadily appeared or didn't and was still passed on to the next regardless.

Obviously our Mido’s quirk is the strongest version yet bc MC privilege lmao. And no one knew bc he obviously never trained it. Why would he when he thinks he's quirkless? And it's just a ‘Midoriya thing’. ALSO plot armor lol

Maybe Bakugou guesses but everyone is like, 'your delusional.' and then he's like, ‘Deku is still delusional even if he has a quirk!’?

Or good Bakugou from the start who is driven crazy trying to convince his best friend he has a quirk while scaring his bullies away as he tries to get him to stand up for himself too??

In this fic please give Sero, our beloved tape dispenser, OFA, so he can live his truth and have his little Spider-Man fanboy dream!

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[thebnha-auhoard]

Busts through the door

Au where Personas exist in the MHA universe and all of Class 1-A slowly gets Personas over the course of their first year.

It is first to be said though that this is not the first time that someone was brought into the Velvet Room to fight against a threat endangering the world. It is not the first nor it will be the last.

This however, is perhaps the longest instance of Persona Users fighting a Threat and arguably the most dangerous one.

It should not be a surprise that humanity's downfall would come from a human. Though, many would go and argue that All For One is hardly human now. Instead more of a caricature of what is believed to be all the worst villains in media and blended together into a terrifyingly cruel and powerful man.

Across time, One For All users would take up arms and unlock their Persona to fight All For One in both the real and cognitive world, all passing down the Quirk in hopes for someone to beat All For One. At the same time, they pass down access to the Velvet Room and potential to unlock their Persona.

When All Might landed the final blow on All For One all those years ago, it was thought to be the end of the conflict and a final goodbye to the Velvet Room for quite some time.

That of course did not happen. All For One is somehow still alive, Yagi doesn't have a successor and can't quite use his Persona as he used to, and it is becoming apparent that this World is running out of time.

So Igor does what he does best, he looks at humanity, chooses one person, and invites them to the Velvet Room.

Ruin has once again threaten this world. And now, the world needs its tricksters to stop it.

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Shouta sighs. “I hope you all know the gravity of the situation.”

He flips through the papers. “Breaking and entering, Larceny, Vandalism, Computer Crime, Destruction of Property, Possession of Firearms, Involvement with the League of Villains, Obstruction of Justice, and Vigilantism. You all have a file and it’s going to affect all of your futures.”

He looks up at all of them. “Especially since all of you are heroes in training.”

The entirety of Class 1-A looked away from him. None of them particularly looked like the famed Phantom Thieves but it's always the ones you least expect.

Again, he sighs. "You all are incredibly lucky that you were allowed to be interrogated together. I don't know what Nedzu pulled to allow this but it's something that you should be grateful for."

Silence, before a quiet- "...Mei should be with us."

Shouta winces. "I am aware that Hatsume Mei is part of the Phantom Thieves but she was to be requested to be interrogated alone due to her separate crimes of both Vigilantism and illegal manufacturing of Support Equipment and Firearms. If you're worried for her then I want you all to know that Nedzu is making sure that the police won't arrest her for anything she didn't do and that she is getting a fair interrogation."

"How about Present Mic? What's going to happen to him?"

It takes all of Shouta's willpower to show nothing on his face. Hizashi is...What Hizashi did throughout the entire school year turned out to be a lot more than just "Figuring out who the Phantom Thieves actually were". He doesn't understand what Hizashi found and why he kept digging for more and why he continued to keep in touch with the people he did but he hopes- And he goddamn hopes that Hizashi did it for the right reasons.

There was a reason why he was here and not helping Tsukauchi with interrogation.

Instead of answering, he takes a deep breath. "Look, I can't help you if none of you say anything. And considering the present...circumstances of the world, you have to say something so that all of you may avoid jail time or worse. I can't guarantee that you'll still be able to attend this school, but I will try my best to protect all of you."

More silence.

"What about Shouto?" asks Kaminari. "What- What about him? He isn't here right now and- And I trust you Mr Aizawa I really do but we don't even know if he's-" Kaminari hiccups. "He got hurt really badly and we don't know what happened to him."

Kaminari looks at him with wide eyes. "Mr Aizawa is he-"

"He's recovering," he says immediately. "He's recovering and doctors are optimistic about him waking up soon."

Immediately, the entire class breath out a sigh of relief and god. That shouldn't happen. They shouldn't have to worry about their friend dying now. They shouldn't have to ever worry about their friend dying. He's trained them so that they can save people while also preventing their own deaths. So that this scenario will never happen to any of them.

So that someone doesn't have to see their best friend die in front of them.

Shouta can't help but wonder where it went wrong. When this year started, all of his kids were heroes in training, all promising, and all ready to do what was right.

Now he sits across from them interrogating them about Vigilantism and Association with the League.

"...Mr Aizawa?"

"Yes Midoriya?"

"I'm the Leader of the Phantom Thieves."

"Yes. You went and told us that the moment we first apprehended you all."

"Yeah. That also means I know how this started. And uh..." His student pulls on his sleeve. "Mr Aizawa, when do you think this started?"

Shouta thinks for a moment. "The Aldera Junior High Incident. A principal confessed all of his crimes regarding the mistreatment of students, bias towards Quirks, complacency towards bullying, and poor management of staff."

"Bingo. That's where it began. But uh- That was just our first successful mission. We had to go back and forth between it all so that we could succeed. To go and find a route to steal his Heart."

"And how, Midoriya did you manage to achieve that?"

For a moment, Shouta thinks Midoriya would close up again, that this was a piece of a puzzle that he had to figure out, but instead Midoriya talks.

"On my phone," he says. "There's an app. It's red and it has an eye in the middle of it. That's how me and Kacchan stole our former principal's Heart. That's how all of us were able to steal all the Hearts of our previous missions."

"...And how does that work?"

Midoriya leans back. "Mr Aizawa, I want you to first suspend all disbelief because if you don't then this is going to feel more confusing than it already is."

Shouta looks at his Class and sighs for what seems like the millionth time this hour. "I think considering the state of the world, I feel like I can believe anything at this point.

Midoriya nods and takes a deep breath. "That app is called the 'Metaverse App', and me and Kacchan got that app around our final months of our Second Year at Aldera Junior High."

[pansexualkiba]

Midoriya watched as Hatsume put in the disc. "Watch, watch!" Hatsume urged Midoriya, "We of Hatsume Industries are very proud of this promotional video we've created! And by we I mean I!"

Midoriya sat down. "Er, Hatsume-"

"Shh! It's starting!"

A villain has brought together multiples of the same universe, causing dimensional collapse! Gather! Those who oppose the ultimate evil!

Midoriya jolted as two versions of himself flew onscreen, but with differences - for one, one of them was clearly him as a catboy, languidly sprawled on his stomach. The other looked like Midoriya, but he seemed to have melted in half, his flesh reforming into hands, eyes, and insect wings. As it began to show footage of them fighting (apparently it was a fighting game?) with rapid combos and mind-breaking shapeshifting, they began to speak.

"Don't treat me like some ordinary cat, nya~n…" "Your fate has been sealed, son of man…"

Midoriya wanted to ask who came up with the dialogue and when they recorded him saying that, but he was cut off by the next two, who were, to his embarrassment, him in an oddly short-cut seifuku (who fought with a large scissor-blade and flashy attacks) and him in a tight black outfit (who seemed to focus on air combos and getting even more naked, to his mortification).

"Seems appropriate; I am utterly incomprehensible!" "I feel like a fucking celebrity tonight!"

The next two had Midoriya blink. One was him holding a broadsword, as if in prayer, and wearing leathers and dyed wools. He fought by channeling some sort of spirit through his sword and outspacing with the length of the blade. The other looked like him, but wearing a three-piece suit and grinning sadistically. He fought with hidden blades and- and were parts of him robotic?

"I will fight for my family… My village… My kingdom!" "As your number-one fan, hero, please… Die for me."

Up next were two people who looked vaguely like Midoriya, but with totally different hair and eye colors. One had red hair and eyes, and was loosely holding several knives by their blades; the other had white hair and red eyes, and looked to be on the verge of tears. The red one seemed to focus mainly on pinning down his opponents with his knives, while the white one was, strangely enough, an incredibly sad (and strangely powerful) drunkard (and WHO was giving a sixteen-year-old full bottles of sake?!).

"…Do I know you?" "I-I'm sorry… For being -hic- born…"

Next, there came a girl who looked like what Midoriya imagined how he would look as a girl, and him in a pristine white-and-green soldier's uniform that looked more like a costume than anything. The girl version of him seemed to fight extremely similarly to how Midoriya did, so perhaps she was his clone character? The idol one felt like he wasn't meant to be an actual character, though, since his damage output was so weak.

"I'm Homura! I'm the hero who never gives up!" "Everyone, keep your eyes one me~!"

After them was a version of Midoriya who was holding onto a red hardback journal, with slime and some sort of light spilling from the pages. He fought by summoning strange creatures from the tome and slow-moving fireballs. Next to him was a Midoriya grinning confidently as he brandished a small playing card lined with purple. He fought by standing back and controlling a giant gemstone-studded knight.

"The Dragon Stream… Is it just not flowing right here?" "I'm pinning my hopes on you! Master Diamond!"

Lastly, there came three versions of Midoriya - at least, he assumed they were all him, as one of them was a literal sheep with wool his hair color that fought by headbutting and summoning more sheep. The other two were him in a trendy-looking school uniform with a black-and-white tie and a red-plaid skirt, and him in flowing silk robes and floating ornamentation. To his shock, the one in the uniform fought chaotically while cackling maniacally, and the one that flowed freely fought with orderly strikes of light.

"Despair…! Despair until the end of your days!" "It was not fate that brought us together; Hope rends all fates asunder, to something even the gods cannot predict…"

Finally, there was a shot of Midoriya himself grimly closing his eyes and clutching his fist, before his eyes snapped open, glaring with determination into the camera. It then cut to a final shot of Midoriya winding up a right hook as all the previous versions of Midoriya fanned behind him in varying fighting poses, some more effective and threatening than others.

"Into the Dekuverse" coming to you 21XX, brought to you by Hatsume Industries.

"What'd you think?!" Hatsume demanded as she paused the disc.

"Well," Midoriya gathered his thoughts, "What?"

[ja0-s-blank-canvas-fic]

Part 3 - Chapter 42 - Keep Your Friends Close

Blank Canvas Part 3

AO3 - here

Fanfiction.net - here

And now for update number 2! :D Why? Because I can't help myself. And Christmas. The turkey is fueling me to give content just because. Present for you, dear readers!

More pov changes this chapter as well.

Linktree to all the things!

End notes for the chapter are under the line.

Uh oh! The battle has finally begun between All Might and All For One! Will the heroes prevail or will the villains take the day? ;) We'll see!

Also uh oh! Hitoshi and the others heard about Izuku's awkward dad situation. Certainly not helping in this tense rescue attempt. Sadly Izuku couldn't get away. Sorry! Blame All For One who just doesn't want to let him go. Well that will complicate the fight. Stay strong, Izuku!

Sh-sh-shout out to Rubyred21 for the Mr. Potato Head insult! Take that, Ass For One!

Alright, that's enough for now. Enjoy the double update! ^____^ More Kamino coming up next time. What will Izuku do? His very best that's what. Everyone is conflicted in their own ways as the fight continues and pieces are moved on this devastation of a chessboard. May the best player win! Okie, bye bye!

[terrible-my-hero-academia-aus]

An AU Where...

A recently graduated Midoriya took All Mights' advice and became a police officer working under Detective Tsukauchi. He's massively successful to the point that his co-workers joke he's their station's personal on-call hero.

A reporter misunderstands a statement made by one of his colleagues after his capture of Stain and writes an article about this up and coming hero! Who might just make it to the top 30!

Izuku wants to hide in a box

His station loses their shit. Especially when they jokingly submit his arrest records to the paper, only for another article to be released, arguing that with his statistics, Endeavor should be a rank lower.

Endeavor loses his shit

A page is started to compare Midoriya's ongoing statistics to those of the current ranking pro heros.

Aizawa wonders how he managed to dodge getting this problem child in his class. Little does he know it's because The Principal got there first.

A recently graduated Shoto loses his shit as social media begins to make meme after meme of his father, as the gap between Endeavor's records and this unknown police officer's get smaller and smaller.

AKA the AU where Detective Tsukauchi is a proud father to a baby officer with anxiety issues who can and will fuck you up. Midoriya has the power of Nezu and 4am quirk analysis on his side.

Personal headcanons for this AU:

Tsukauchi is quirkless, he's just that good at reading body language that people assume he has a quirk.

All Might suggested being an officer not because he thought Midoriya couldn't be a hero, but because he knew just how damn successful Tsukauchi is as one.

All Might is the cool uncle who brings the station snacks after his patrol.

Midoriya works with Nezu and Hatsume to make AFO his very own ✨Quirk erasing bullet✨ All Might is gonna retire in peace if it's the last thing he does.

Bakugo went through his redemption arc during his time at UA and doesn't know whether to laugh or cry as his childhood friend inches closer to the 2nd spot on the hero ranks. He ends up laughing because screw Endeavor.

[scary-grace]

(secret) santa, baby - part 4 of a shigaraki x f!reader fic

Shigaraki doesn't want to participate in the office's Secret Santa exchange, but when Toga promises to make it easy on him, he gives in. But making it easy for him makes it a lot harder for you -- you're the one who got his list. Office AU, no quirks. A fic in 12 parts. Divider by @ wcnderlnds

part i part ii part iii part iv part v part vi

part iv (caroling)

Prior to getting assigned to be Shigaraki’s Secret Santa, you’d never been down to the basement where the IT department works, but in your efforts to scope out his workspace, figure out what amenities he’s missing, and hide gifts, you’ve gotten to know your way around pretty well. That comes back to bite you when the head of HR has a mini-meltdown about how full the IT guys’ mailboxes are, and Mirio, who you liked right up until then, volunteered you to hand-deliver the IT department’s mail.

You argued. “It’s my lunch break –”

“I will clear the following half hour on your schedule,” the head of HR said. You’re kind of scared of him, and it seemed like a good deal to you. You nodded. “Go.”

So here you are, with a giant carton full of six months of every IT specialist’s mail, plus a gift you’re hoping to hide for Shigaraki if you get a chance, picking your way through the cubicles and dropping off mail. The head of the IT department has been out on vacation since before you got hired, and the rest of the department has been using his office as a dumping ground for – everything, it looks like. You add his mail to the top of the pile and start delivering mail to the people who are actually here.

There aren’t a ton of them. Three of them are women – Saiko, Hatsume, and Aiba, whose cubicles are just as horrendously messy as the guys' cubicles are, only brightly colored. All three of them have Secret Santa gifts in their mail, and Aiba has a letter for you to bring back up to the mailroom. “That’s for her boyfriend,” Saiko informs you as she delicately unwraps her gift. “They’re in love.”

“He’s perfect,” Aiba says, beaming. “I just know he’s my Secret Santa. He won’t admit it, but all my gifts have been so thoughtful – and fancy!”

“Too fancy,” Hatsume puts in. She tossed her gift onto the pile of memos on her desk, where it joined at least one other unopened gift. Hatsume’s Secret Santa must be having a rough time. “He’s overdoing it.”

“Exactly! Who would overdo it but him?”

You leave them to discuss it and move to the next desk – Chikazoku’s. He accepts his mail without looking up or saying a word, and you move on in a hurry. Ishiyama is out sick, but he has a ton of mail and a Secret Santa gift. Next up is Spinner, who you couldn’t have picked out of a lineup two weeks ago, but who you’re now aware is Shigaraki’s best friend. Spinner has a lot of mail and a Secret Santa gift, and like Aiba, he has something he wants you to take up and mail for him.

His isn’t a letter, though. It’s a Secret Santa gift, clumsily wrapped. His face is flushed as he hands it over, and he speaks so quietly you have to lean in to hear. “That’s for Aiba.”

The conversation from before recontextualizes itself in a hurry. You feel a pang of sympathy for Spinner. “Yeah. No problem.”

He glances into your carton. “You might want to come back later for Shigaraki. He’s on a call and it’s, uh –”

Shigaraki’s voice issues from the next cubicle over, about as pissed off as he sounded when he gave himself a paper cut trying to hang up snowflakes. “The reason your cursor’s moving is because I have remote control of your computer,” he says. “It’s not a virus.”

Whoever’s on the other end of the line starts talking again, and Shigaraki cuts them off. “It’s not a virus,” he says again. “The problem isn’t on your computer’s end. Is your mouse plugged in?”

As you watch, Spinner types up a Slack message and sends it to Shigaraki: SPEAKER. A moment later, the caller’s voice echoes through the room. “My mouse is wireless.”

“Do me a favor and look at your mouse,” Shigaraki says. “Does it have a cord sticking out the back of it?”

Silence for a second. “Why?”

“If it has a cord attached, it’s not wireless,” Shigaraki says. It sounds like he’s speaking through clenched teeth. “Now follow the cord and tell me whether it’s plugged in or not.”

“Of course it’s not plugged in,” the caller says. “I needed a port for my webcam.”

Hatsume and Saiko both start snickering. Spinner is shaking his head. From the other side of the cubicle, you hear a thud, like Shigaraki’s hitting his head against the desk. “Why did you think your mouse would work if it wasn’t plugged in?”

“I thought it was wireless.”

“Even if it was wireless, it would still need a port, so –”

“You don’t need to take that tone with me, young man,” the caller says severely. Spinner wheezes. “It’s a common mistake.”

“Yeah. And I bet you’d iron your clothes while wearing them if there wasn’t a warning label saying not to,” Shigaraki says. You clamp your hand down over your mouth to stifle your laughter and almost drop the carton. “Is there anything else I can help you with today?”

It’s quiet for a second. “I want to talk to your supervisor.”

“Right away.” The call ends with a click, and the phone in the department head’s office starts to ring. There’s another, louder thud. “Fucking shoot me already.”

“It could be worse,” Spinner says. Shigaraki makes a questioning sound. “We could actually have a supervisor to complain to.”

You’ve always thought Shigaraki was kind of a dick for no reason. Now that you know what kind of calls he’s getting, you can’t exactly judge him. Before you can step out of hiding and hand him his mail, the elevator dings, and a bunch of people pile out of it, led by Yamada, head of the PR department. They’re all wearing reindeer ears and holding songbooks. “Put your hands up if you’re ready to get festive!”

You’ve never worked somewhere with an in-house choir before, but apparently the head of PR is a DJ in his off hours, and he also organizes an acapella group that goes around Christmas caroling during the holiday season. The IT department reacts like a bunch of rabbits who just heard a twig snap. All of them, Chikazoku included, grab their lunches and flee to the opposite side of the office, up the stairwell and out of sight.

It’s too late for Shigaraki to get clear. The carolers form a semi-circle around him, cutting off his escape routes. “Lucky you. You get us all to yourself,” the head of PR says. “Any requests?”

“Yeah. Stop. And leave.”

“Ooh, somebody’s not in the holiday spirit! I’ve got the perfect song for you,” the head of PR says. Somebody produces a pitch pipe, plays a note, and the singing starts up a moment later. The song choice makes you cringe. “You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch. You really are a heel! You’re as cuddly as a cactus, you’re as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch –”

You peek over the cubicle and see Shigaraki sitting there, shoulders hunched, face and ears red. He looks miserable, and you make up your mind in a second. “Stop it,” you say loudly, and everyone jumps. “That’s mean.”

“Hi there, listener!” Yamada says, at a volume that’s way too high for the situation at hand. “Did you have a request?”

“If you have to sing, don’t sing that song,” you say. “It’s mean.”

“It’s the perfect song,” Yamada says. “There’s a whole Christmas carol just for people who hate the holidays and want to ruin everybody else’s fun –”

“He just said he didn’t want you to sing to him,” you say. You feel like you’ve waded into something you maybe shouldn’t have, but you’re not going to back off. “That’s not the same thing as hating the holidays and wanting to ruin everybody’s fun.”

“Well, he definitely killed our vibe. Right, guys?” Yamada glances around at the rest of the carolers. Some of them are nodding. A few of them look kind of guilty. “It kind of hurts our feelings when we don’t get to sing. So you have to do something for us to restart our holiday spirit.”

“And then you’ll leave,” Shigaraki clarifies.

“And then we’ll leave,” Yamada says. He’s got a nasty grin on his face. “We’ll leave you alone for the rest of the holiday season if – drumroll, guys –”

The rest of the carolers come up with a drumroll. Shigaraki’s recovered from the embarrassment enough to roll his eyes. “If one of you sings a song for us,” Yamada says. Shigaraki blanches from red to white. “You owe us a Christmas carol.”

One look at Shigaraki tells you there’s no way he’s going for this. You can’t picture him singing at all, let alone under pressure and in front of an audience. You don’t do really well under pressure. You don’t know very many Christmas carols. And you don’t think you’ve sung anywhere that wasn’t your shower since you were in high school. But you know by the look on Yamada’s face that he’s not going to back off, and you don’t want to spend the next two weeks getting ambushed by acapella carolers. It’s up to you.

“Fine,” you say. Shigaraki looks up. “I’ll sing a song for you.”

“The floor is yours,” Yamada says. His grin looks a little less nasty than it did a second ago, but you still feel like you’re making a big mistake. “Lay it on us, listener!”

You don’t know very many Christmas carols, but of the ones you know, there’s only one you can remember most of the words to. You cough a couple times, clutch the mail carton for dear life, and suck down a deep breath. “I don’t want a lot for Christmas –” You’re immediately cut off with a lot of snapping from the carolers. Yamada is giving you a thumbs up, so you keep going, trying not to think about how badly your voice is wavering. “There is just one thing I need, and I don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree...”

The carolers are humming along, which is nice of them. Maybe this way you can stay on key. “I just want you for my own, more than you could ever know. Make my wish come true –” You suck down a breath, using it as an excuse to cut off the high note early. “All I want for Christmas is you.”

You’re hoping that will be it. Praying that’ll be it. But instead the carolers hop in with the backing track, and Yamada is gesturing for you to keep singing, and the only thing you can think of that would be worse than having to sing the rest of this song is having to start over. You find the note again and keep singing, up-tempo this time. You can do this, right? This is as embarrassing as it’s going to get.

You forget the lyrics to the second verse, but the carolers help you out, and you can tell by their expressions – and Yamada’s – that they’re having the kind of spontaneous holiday-season fun they’re after. This does feel like something that would happen in a Christmas movie, or it would, if it was happening to anybody but you. The fact that all of this is happening right in front of Shigaraki’s desk is making it even worse. So much for him not hating you as much as everybody else. This has probably sealed the deal.

When the song finally ends, you’ve sweated through your blouse and your cardigan and your face is probably bright red. Yamada is grinning. “Now we’re back in the mood, listener!” he proclaims. “You’ve got a decent voice. We’ll come find you when practice starts next year!”

Once they’ve piled back into the elevator, you lean back against the wall of Spinner’s cubicle, then sink slowly to the floor, carton in your lap and hands pressed to your face. Shigaraki’s voice issues from the next cubicle over. “It would have been over faster if you let them sing the first song.”

“There were going to be five more verses just like that one,” you say. “You shouldn’t have to sit through that just because you don’t like people singing at you.”

“I can take it.”

You remember how red his face was. How unhappy he looked. “No, you can’t.”

That was the wrong thing to say, but you’re too out of breath to walk it back. You need to get out of here before you get yourself in any more trouble. You get to your knees, then to your feet. “What are you doing down here, anyway?” Shigaraki asks. “Most people don’t know where this place is.”

“You all never check your mail, so I was playing postman,” you say. You look down into the carton. “I’ve got some stuff for you here.”

You unload the mail onto the corner of Shigaraki’s desk a few pieces at a time, saving your latest Secret Santa present for last. Shigaraki gives it a suspicious look. “Where did that come from?”

“It was in your mailbox,” you lie. “I thought I would bring it down with everything else.”

You set it on the desk, on top of everything else, and turn to go. You can probably go a few more days without giving him another gift. As far as you’re concerned, rescuing him from the Grinch song should count as a gift all on its own. You might not be homemaking your Secret Santa gifts, or wrapping them so prettily that the package looks like a gift all on its own, but no one can say you aren’t putting the effort in. Not that Shigaraki will notice.

He speaks up while you’re waiting for the elevator. “Five more verses?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“Nothing,” Shigaraki says. Then, as the elevator doors are closing behind you: “Thanks.”

Maybe he still hates you less than everybody else. You’re surprised to find yourself smiling at the thought.

<- part iii part v ->

[leagueofprotagonists]

Your opinion on Izuku Midoriya on the post you made on Stillness-in-greens post is really eye opening

I liked Izuku during Act 1 & 2, but when the Villain Hunt Arc happened I couldn't see him the same anymore

Especially when the conclusion of the final Arc happened

It's then when re reading the story, it becomes a lot clearer the Izuku is someone who expects people who suffer to bear the pain and conform

Him telling Shoto that forgiving Enji makes him a good person was just...

I really don't know what to say

I do agree with you saying he'd make for a good Villain aganist the League

Since he's someone who conforms to the system and protects it (Saying this kinda reminds me of the Matrix movie, Agent Midoriya lol)

Good luck on your AU 😊

Yeah, and the sad part is, is how he proved so many of the early criticisms right, I went into the show/manga liking him. He wasn't my favourite character but I liked him well enough, and I thought most criticisms were unfair.

Yes, he got One For All by chance, but so did everyone else at birth, and he did work to earn it once the opportunity was there.

Yeah, he wasn't working out before that, but most ways would require cash and/ or parental permission, and Japan has an insane bullying problem and is known for taking school very seriously.

Yeah when you're constantly being bullied and no one has your back, it's hard to have a spine because having one typically gets you hurt worse

And then he proved them right. He proved that he is a spineless coward that won't do anything to achieve his goals on his own

I can't even call it character assassination as it's not that this shit is new, it's that he became the worse possible version of himself and canon won't acknowledge it. And yes I am bitter, I am bitter that I was invested in seeing this character improve, only to find out he gets worse and worse as time goes on

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One early warning sign of Midoriya's character is how right after the battle trials he rushes to partially tell Bakugou about OFA. So it's not in the heat of the moment, and with how it's done it's not to call out Bakugou's main character syndrome. It's that he's placating Bakugou. Bakugou is just the perfect metaphor for Deku and the hero's society issues, that they will not acknowledge that they/ it are just shit. That it is all about the glory, and they aren't going to solve any of it because they are allergic to the idea of accountability. And that once someone has the hero label on them, they can be the shittiest human being imaginable because they won't be held accountable. And this was before the series started constantly kissing Bakugou's ass

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Also I hate Deku becoming a teacher, but the biggest point for me is that he's only a teacher, and no one else in 1A didn't become a hero, even with them saying oh the need for heroes went down, none of them opted out. As I've put on my main blog, Deku knows Hatsume Mei, and Melissa Shield, both characters who are eager to create support gear, why didn't he contact them in 8 years. Both All Might in his last fight, and Mirio with Overhaul have proven heroes can fight quirkless. So what the fuck was he doing? It certainly wasn't working out. Why the fuck was he waiting for someone to gift-wrap him the opportunity again? He never considered any other career while he was being bullied and told no for being quirkless, so what the fuck. You can't just choose to be a teacher, it does require a degree unless UA is just 100% disregarding that entirely.

And with it being a teaching job specifically, I'm going to say it. DEKU SUCKS AT EXPLAINING ANYTHING. In the whole series the closest we ever see him show any interest in 'teaching' anything is the sports festival when he offers to give Uraraka a plan to beat Bakugou, which she declines so no idea if it was any good. But start of the Endeavor agency arc, he overcomplicates and mumbles what he's trying to do with his quirk. It's not what he's saying that's complicated, it's that he's a shit explainer. When he realizes that concentrating all of OFA in a tiny area is a bad idea he announces a metaphor with zero context, during a meal. If it was just his thought process, I wouldn't care, but it's that he's doing it constantly when he's talking to people.

I actually plan on writing a comparison between the teacher ending of My Hero Academia and Assassination Classroom because holy fuck they did it infinitely better

[someone-save-vlad-king]

Common Sense Kings Headcanons

(Angst-free only.)

As a Whole:

"Common Sense" is a lie. They share one braincell and Kan keeps it in the confiscated phones drawer. (He hasn't trusted them since the Incident. No, I will not elaborate.)

They're all great swimmers, except Tsuburaba. The kanji in Awase's name all relate to water — bubbles, rapids, ocean, and snow; Kaibara is definitely the type to use his Quirk as a boost (and it just seems helpful in general); and for Rin, Chinese dragons are associated with water, unlike Western ones. Tsuburaba, meanwhile, is mostly associated with air.

Video game nights usually end in disaster. That's why they mostly play Mario Kart, the least rage-inducing game ever.

Awase:

Sometimes, he Welds together little mixed media sculptures. Metal bits, googly eyes, Rin's scales, that sort of thing. He isn't very good at it, but then, he doesn't have to be. It sparks joy.

Also decent with mechanics. He, Yaoyorozu, and Hatsume would make a great team.

Has a lot of scars from all the dumb shit he's done over the years — and he's proud of every single one of them. Even the dumbest ones. It inadvertently helps some of his friends feel better about their own.

Cheats at origami.

Kaibara:

Loves green tea. This is based on two puns: Sencha (煎茶), the most popular green tea in Japan, and chasen (茶筅), the bamboo whisk used to make matcha. (There are so many puns you can make on the name Sen, it's great.)

The best dancer of the four — or, the only good dancer. The other three suck.

A contortionist in every way except professionally, with no qualms about showing it off. He's got the most fucked-up joints you've ever seen. He can even turn his head around like an owl. Fear him. (Seriously, look up contortionists, they're awesome.)

Tsuburaba:

Has the spice tolerance of a wet chicken nugget. You could kill him with a singular Dorito. The other three refuse to let him live this down.

Obsessed with practical effects in movies and plays. Props, clever set design, you name it. He's even experimented with using his Solid Air for something similar, though he hasn't done it in a while. In a movie production AU, he'd definitely be in charge of that.

When Kan doesn't have it, Tsuburaba holds the braincell. He's objectively a terrible choice, yes, but process of elimination rules. And yes, this is because of the Incident.

Rin:

Many thoughts, head still empty for some reason.

His favorite animal is the koi fish.

Almost won the class representative election purely by promising to teach the class Mandarin swear words. Kan was not happy.

Can and will make up a bullshit idiom. What are you gonna do about it? Fact-check him? Take your phone out and Google it? In front of the teacher?

[124ndm]

villain!deku rambles.. eeerrmmm

i rlly want to start a comic about villain!deku, but im a little hesitant because i feel like it would be WAY too big of an undertaking for me..

but if ur at all interested, my ideas are below the cut. ^_^

My concept would start with the sludge villain incident. Other heroes get to saving bakugou before both midoriya or all might. This, in turn, means that he never gets OFA.. and never joins the hero course (yadada im sure this has all been written before). However I DO think that he would still join UA. Thats really my main motivation behind making a comic like this. In a lot of villain!deku stuff I see, he tends to abandon hero work altogether.. which i just dont think he'd do!! midoriya is VERY determined when he has his mind set on something, so I feel like he'd find some way to go to UA one way or another.

So, what would make him a villain then?? Well, it would definitely be a gradual build-up overtime. Assuming he takes the support-course route (which ig would make this a mashup of two aus, LOL), I think it would start with him helping vigilantes. Low-level illegal heroes convince him that by making support items, midoriya can advance in his field. He keeps doing these sorts of favors, knowing its unethical, out of a desperation to feel useful and help the 'heroes.'

I also think as a sort of parallel to bakugo, he'd start hanging around bad classmates like bakugo did during middle school. Being in a support course as opposed to a hero course means a very different demographic of students. We see a lot of instances IRL of students going into engineering good intentions, only to throw away morals for higher paying jobs (i'm sure yall have seen those Lockheed Martin tiktoks, need I say more 💀). We know characters like mei hatsume are very honest and dedicated to their craft, but what are the lower-level students like? What about the other classes? We don't really see much of that, so I think it'd be fun to explore the morally gray students of UA.

I think his final breaking point would be when he gets in kahoots with Giran. I don't think giran would immediately clock midoriya as a potential recruit, but instead would change his mind later: seeking out midoriya after Shigaraki shows interest in bakugo. (sure, they aren't in the same class anymore, but both of them being in UA works as a convenient connection).

After midoriya gets with shigiraki, I believe he'd certainly get a quirk (whether or not midoriya actually wants it, Im sure theyd give him one anyways. more power to their organization, and more leverage over midoriya). Soon after, the LoV would get into an altercation with class 1-A, which would probably get him expelled. Although, in-turn, fuel a stronger disproval towards hero society (and also compel izuku to get better at using his quirk, knowing that he has a lot of catching up to do).

And duh as the cherry on top, there'd be bkdk angst.. bakugo only realizing that midoriya got into UA after seeing his association with the league. The weird guilty feeling bakugou would get knowing that a kid he bullied ended up becoming a villain, but also pure anger at knowing that he even got into UA in the first place. And also, the inevitable midoriya/bakugo fight that would happen when the league and class 1-A have more encounters.

I haven't exactly decided on how to end it, but I feel like it would end with either a redemption or something similar to the whole togachako situation. More likely a redemption because, lets be for real here, midoriya is so kind-spirited that even as a villain: he'd probably fold when faced with a genuine bakugo apology or heart-to-heart All Might encounter LOL.

anyways im deffff yapping here, I did NOT intend for this post to be so fucking long HELP. I just really wanted to get my stupid ideas written down. Like i said earlier, this has prob been done before if we're being quite honest.. but I still I think making a comic like this would be sooo fun. But godd i am NOT a good writer so I worry that I would start and then never finish. aaaaah 😭😭

I'll just have to see if my motivation sticks around these next few weeks. If so, I'll probably start drafting this out!! If I do lose interest, well then.. this'll be the last you hear of my villain!deku rambles LMAO. I rlly hope I don't lose interest because this would be the first time ive written since like, early high school, and I really want to get back into writing again. Even in comic form, any kind of writing would be great practice for me. Dx

[fandomchaser77]

This is a link to a WIP fanfic based off a mashup of AUs created by @deusvervewrites , specifically

Escaping Gravity + Hair Trigger + Hatsume for All + Aldera Uraraka + Engineered Solutions

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NIcJKa6ryDMGebE_yOIfyUZCLzbq_-triNy1pKjO4Gc/edit?usp=drivesdk

It's a very early WIP so everything is subject to change but there are a few things I'd like to clarify:

Since the current info about the AUs I based this on only briefly talk about a few key moments and minor details, I'll have to take some liberties when it comes to what the ask games didn't cover

Speaking of taking liberties, the biggest ones will be with Hatsume Mei for three reasons

1. Since Hatsume is a side character who only shows up a handful of times, we barely know anything about her outside of her wacky personality and her skills as inventor, so I've decided to give her a backstory since she makes up 1/3 of this fanfics main protagonists

2. 1/2 of her characters purpose in canon MHA was as a gag character, with most of her jokes involving her not respecting others personal space, her inventions blowing up, and/or her career plans. Since I intend to play the story straight I've decided to downplay this aspect of her a tiny bit. Specifically I've given her some emotional baggage to fit in more with the rest Class 1-A since almost every member has at least some form of trauma, character flaw, confidence issue and/or some combination of the three they have to overcome, and that's not even including our other two main protags, Midoriya and Uraraka who have villain parents. She's still gonna be the same goofball we know and love, she just has some issues to deal with now.

3. Since the two of the AUs that allow her be in the limelight for this fic are basically crackfics about Hatsume being OP, I'll be selectively nerfing her to keep the stakes high when necessary, but only in ways that make sense and seem fair during those parts of the story

And last but not least, I am open to criticism and suggestions (especially from the deusvervewrites) so I will have comments turned on in the google doc so feel free give any ideas

P.S. I'm terrible at making titles, so if anyone has any good ideas pls let me know 👍

[deusvervewrites]

Escaping Gravity + Aldera Uraraka + Hair Trigger + Hatsume for all + Engineering Solutions: Midoriya runs into Uraraka one day and brings her home, where he and Inko take her in after hearing her story due to understanding having to hide a family members identity (Even if it's for a different reason). They meet Hatsume at the sports festival and become a polycule a week later, where Hatsume reveals her secret to them. Now they work together to accomplish three things.

1. Defeat The League of Villains and by extension protect Uraraka from her father

2. Free Midoriyas' mother from Tartarus and expose the HPSC

3. Start a Hero Agency together when they go pro, and maybe a support company or two

Suffice to say, both Aizawa and All Might are taking a LOT of headache medicine now

Absolutely wild

[mythronic]

Priv. Detective Izuku AU Drabble

I love Vigilante Izuku just as much as the next person, but the general idea of a rebel Izuku can be taken in SO many different ways.. Private Detective Midoriya Izuku and his boyfriend and 'criminal consultant' Rody Soul work in Musutafu to expose and arrest heroes who've fucked over others, the corrupt, the ones who use their fame to do bad shit, all the like. Everything leaves a paper trail, and Izuku can and WILL find it. He's both a headache and an absolute godsend to Tsukauchi and as much as the other corrupt heroes may try, Izuku has blackmail on absolutely everyone he can get blackmail on. Kaminari Denki, Hatsume Mei, Jiro Kyoka, and Rody Soul are his best allies and best friends. Kaminari provides the intel from hacking, Hatsume provides the gear (including his glasses that record conversations and areas he visits and investigates), Jiro's quirk is a godsend in espionage, and Rody is a talented liar and bullshitter above all else. I would probably introduce him right after the USJ arc, he's heard from the grapevine that some villain organisation is popping up to attack Yuuei--where three of his best allies study?? Not in his watch-- and Izuku just pops up at the gates and goes: "Hey, did you know that your defences aren't as villain-proof as you think they are?" And 'helps' Tsukauchi investigate while slipping into matters of the underworld even he hasn't discovered yet (AFO, mostly) RodyIzu is a ship I rarely see in a mainstream fic, but I absolutely adore it, so you know, I'll take the chance: Rody and Izuku met when Rody dips his feet into too much trouble and has to hide from the big criminal organisations, it just so happens that Izuku is in Otheon investigating some sort of international hero affair that is settling in Japan. They run into each other, and Izuku gets him and his siblings out of their little problem in exchange for Rody's knowledge and information. Of course, romance happens, yada yada yada, I'm no good at writing romance LMAO and so Rody decides to stick around in Japan. Semi inspired by Dead Boy Detectives and the trailers and showcases for Sherlock Holmes,,, Like hey, Izuku is kind of like Edwin and Rody is like Charles,, just sayin Anyways: art Next post!

Tag: mha!PI Izuku

[ja0-s-blank-canvas-fic]

Part 3 - Chapter 41 - And Knock Them Down

Blank Canvas Part 3

AO3 - here

Fanfiction.net - here

Merry Christmas and happy holidays, dear readers! :D Well wishes to all whether you're celebrating or not. I'm posting early because a) Christmas and 2) I work a mid-shift tomorrow and don't want to worry about updating afterwards. :P So present for you in the form of the official start of the Kamino incident! Wrapped up in drama with a bow on top. Enjoy!

There are a number of pov changes by the way. Oh and warning about references to the sludge villain just in case?

Linktree to all the things!

End notes for the chapter are under the line.

Hello! Your dish of drama has arrived. This is just a slice. -cause you know pizza and stuff- Successes turned to ruin. Reveals to be had. And Izuku with no shoes. His socks are going to have to get dirty in the fight to come.

Some quick thinking on Izuku's part during all of the chaos. Too bad the heroes' plan didn't work. That darn All For One. -shakes head- Sh-sh-shout out to SKTurbo for the 'centuries old face lift' insult! Always fun to call him names.

Not much else for this chapter. Oh btw, as an added Christmas treat, you're getting a double update. ;) Off to touching up the next chapter I go! -woosh- Hope you enjoyed! More Kamino to come. ^______^

[ach1ll3sh33l]

Mha AU where Aizawa adopts bakugou before he goes to UA because he saw him like super beat up or with his mouth sewn closed bc mitsuki got mad at him talking back or smth?? So he takes him in and pulls him out of aldera and no one knows what happened to him and one day he was just gone and all the teacher knew was that he’d been taken out? So Midoriya goes to his old house and finds out he was adopted?? And mitsuki makes it seem like he was being a brat in public and causing a scene acting like they were hurting him so he got taken away, convincing the broccoli that they were good parents and it was some asshole in the wrong that took him?? Then make it so he’s really confused when he shows up to 1A only to see bakugou there, sitting quietly at his desk on his phone?? And even more confused when he doesn’t blow up or shout and just kind of threatening glares at people in the way Aizawa does?? Sprinkle in a little bakugou & hatsume friendship where they met as kids because they were both at the park and he saw her trying to tape together two pieces of metal so he went over and melded it together for her with his quirk?? And if we’re feeling extra babygirl make it so that after multiple sessions with hound dog and talks with Aizawa he realizes he actually doesn’t want to be a hero and just thought he did because everyone always assumed that because of his quirk and he was never really allowed to have another dream so after a ton of begging from mei he decides to go for the support course instead and him and mei are powerloader’s most explosive problem children (i just generally love mei&bakugo as friends because he has an explosion quirk and she explodes a ton of shit so I just imagine she saw this kid who can make explosions and just went ‘I want that one’).

[deadhands69]

Late Night Writing

Mei Hatsume x Reader 

Fluff ☁️ 😋 From the First Five ask game  Requested by @kitkat13001, thanks Kitty! I tried to make it a silly premise, hopefully this worked! [quick read; wc: .7k]

Surrounded by your preferred drinks and snacks for the evening, you cram onto the big cushy chair next to your best friend to write fanfics all night. Just like you’d done with most of your (limited) free time since you were at UA together. Of course, a lot has changed since then. 

For one, you’ve gotten a better suited chair after the two of you broke the oversized office chair you used to have in your dorm. One over-excited moment over a couple you shipped and the whole thing toppled, sending you both to the floor and snapping some of the wheels clean off. Sad day, but you don’t miss the armrest digging into your side all night as you alternate sitting on each other’s laps while your legs fell asleep.

Since high school, you’ve also gained at least some romantic experience so you’re no longer writing about things the two of you had only ever imagined. It’s helped, you’ve both gotten a lot better at this (or maybe just a little less cringe, either way it’s a win.)

“So,” you ask, flipping open your laptop, “we finished all of our ongoing series last week. What’s next?”

“We have some old requests to get though, this one just says ‘apocalypse au question mark question mark question mark’”

“Ooh that’s a fun one! Which characters this time?”

“Hmm,” Mei considers, “how about… these two?” 

She points at the two characters you each typically write. It’s never been a ship though.

“Yeah,” you add, “that could work.”

Of course these are the characters you both write all the time: they’re basically the two of you. Personalities, clothes, hair, and all. What are the odds? There’s a reason you both got into this anime.

“I can’t see them being enemies. Friends to lovers?” you ask. 

“Couldn’t see that working any other way!” Mei answers.

You get to work creating a basic structure for your fic. 

They meet in high school.

That one seemed like an obvious start. 

They’re best friends.

This fic is practically writing itself.

By the time your apocalypse AU takes off, it's obvious that the characters go really well together. You both have so much to add, it’s the fastest either of you have ever written. It’s all starting to feel oddly familiar.

"How have we never written them together, they're perfect for each other!" Mei exclaims after finishing a huge block of text.

You’re not sure why, but you’re suddenly hyper-aware of the way her arm brushes against yours. Has she always smelled this nice?

Their eyes meet through the crowd, you type. A connection neither of them could ignore any longer.

“Ohh that’s so good!” she begins typing an additional section. 

Mei really is pretty when she’s concentrating. And when she’s not. You try to shake the thought from your head. No, this is your best friend. You’re just getting too involved in the fic you’re writing. That’s it, it’s just the characters. That character that reminds you so much of her that you’d always just written them as her. But this isn’t actually about the two of you. So when she writes:

The two embrace, holding each other like it was the last night on earth. It might be.

She doesn’t really mean that with you. Again, it’s just what the two of them would do. You struggle to pull your brain from the space it’s in, where you can practically feel the cold stagnant air between the abandoned buildings around you. The warmth of her engulfing you. Everything you’ve been through.

You’re not actually there though, you’re here. In your temperate living room with a person who is just a friend. Right?

Mei’s golden eyes meet yours, searching for validation. You realize you’ve been so busy staring at her that you haven’t said a word in at least ten minutes.

“Y-yeah, that’s great,” you choke out, still distracted by how her eyes almost seem to glow at your praise. 

She smiles, you try not to melt. 

“So, I think… Now they should kiss?”

“They should definitely kiss now,” Mei leans in, her face only a hair away from yours.

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