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The night was blissful, and the moon shone brightfully clear of the usual obstructing clouds that either restrict or hinder the moonlight emanating from the moon.
Dagobah Beach, a once deemed beautiful spot that has a good view of the sea, unfortunately became a dumping ground due to trash coming from the sea over the years. As of late, rumors started to spark about someone taking the time to clean up said beach and progress was slow and steady. Sitting on the stairs at said beach sits one green-haired individual whose fluffy hair swayed with the breeze.
His name was Izuku Midoriya, a teen who aspires to be a hero, but his dream took a mind-numbing setback that has affected him since the age of 4 when he and his mother Inko Midoriya visited the quirk doctor.
He was diagnosed quirkless. An individual who as a whole consisted of approximately 20% of the world’s current population. Ever since the following day when he revealed it to his classmates, Izuku learned two things that day; kids can be brutal and life itself can be cruel. He always wondered since then why he had to be not only ridiculed, but also BULLIED over something he had no control of. Since then the children at first only ostracized and ignored him, but one individual decided to make it hell on earth who goes by the name Katsuki Bakugou. Bakugou went out of his way to not only give Izuku the name “Deku” which means ‘useless’, but also assault him whenever possible.
There were times Izuku tried to fight back, but either ended in failure, getting detention, or even SUSPENDED while Bakugou got away scot free. It pissed the greenette off to no end whenever he got detention or suspension. On top of that, he hated it even more that his mom had to deal with the bullshit aftermath since he didn’t want to add additional burdens to her plate.
While he may have had no friends at first, Izuku found friendship in one Kyoka Jirou. They met when the former was being bullied by Bakugou who the latter tried to defend against. Despite the unfortunate ass-whooping the two got from Bakugou and his cronies, they found friendship in one another which developed ever since.
As Midoriya kept looking out at the horizon in blissful silence, he felt something poke his shoulder which made him turn around only to see his one and only best friend, Kyoka who was wearing a purple hoodie with a ‘Deep Dope’ logo on the front while wearing a gray t-shirt underneath, black shorts, and black boots.
“‘Sup Green, the hell brings you out here tonight?” asked the earphone jack girl.
“Just..wanted to get out the house, but I could also ask you the same thing.” replied Izuku in a playful tone and Kyouka raised an eyebrow with a smirk on her face.
“Since when did you start getting cheeky?”
“Since the day you started being sarcastic and not take shit from others that much anymore.”
Kyoka chuckled at that, and soon sat on the stairs near him.
“I’ll give you that one, but just know you ain’t gonna be out-sassing me anytime soon.”
It was then Izuku’s turn to give her a raised eyebrow, albeit incredulously.
“Are you sure about that?” He challenged, to which the purplette gave the biggest cheshire grin possible, begging him to try her life.
“Damn straight Parsley, you already know who’s gonna win.” The two stared at one another, silence starting to envelop for a short period of time, before giggles started to occur which segued into full blown laughter. They shared a laugh for a short period, before it soon simmered down into blissful silence.
“Ya know, if it wasn’t for the pile of garbage lying on the beach, this would’ve looked pretty.” The greenette nodded in agreement to that.
“Yea, I probably would have made a sketch out of it too.” After he said that, Kyoka looked at him with curiosity.
“Since when did you take up sketching?” Izuku gave a somewhat sheepish look after she asked that as he rubbed the back of his head.
“Well you know how I like to take notes about quirks right? I wanted to draw the people associated with them as well, so I decided to teach myself.”
The Earphone Jack girl hummed, and did a few slight nods of approval.
“If it’s cool with you, mind if I take a peek sometime? It’s all good if you aren’t.”
“Oh uh- yeah sure, I don’t mind.” Izuku sputtered, feeling the back of his hair rise as his cheeks got a bit warm. The sketching part he wasn’t all that much nervous about, it was mainly about Kyoka seeing the improved sketch he made of her in his latest notebook.
The both of them looked back towards the night covered horizon.
“To think next year will be our last year of middle school, and we’ll have the Entrance Exams for UA to worry about as well.” Kyoka spoke, and the greenette nodded to that.
“Yea, and we’ll be learning how to be heroes too afterwards.”
“Well I’ll be damned, someone’s confident thinking we’ll make it in, but I like it. Don’t let anyone fuck it up, not even that asshole Bakugou.”
“Of course not.” The quirkless boy replied while shaking his head. “Before I met you, no one believed in me, not even my mom did at first either before you not only befriended me, but also helped me get to where I am now, even if Bakugou tried to impede on my progress.” Soon after he gave a warm smile. “So I thank you for sticking by me. I mean it.”
The purplette’s heart fluttered a bit along with blood pooling in her cheeks. Her earphone jacks flailed a bit as she looked to the side, but still liked his smile nonetheless and chuckled.
“Heh. Don’t mention it Parsley. I couldn’t care less if you’re quirkless, you’re still a cool guy to be around and I’ll take on the world with ya if it comes down to it too.” After she said that, an awkward pause occurred. Kyoka’s brain soon registered what she said, and both their faces became red akin to tomatoes. They couldn’t think of what to say afterwards.
Deciding to say something to break the awkward tension, the greenette spoke up.
“Do you..do you mean it?” He asked with a near whisper, but she could still hear it and nodded.
“Yea..but I mean why not? I haven’t abandoned you even if others tried to tell me otherwise, might as well go all the way right? And besides…” Kyoka squirmed where she was currently sitting. Her palms started to feel sweaty, but soon decided to say fuck it, and take the leap of faith. “I-I like you Green.”
Izuku’s eyes widened a bit upon hearing that. The girl he deemed his best friend. The girl that looked past his quirklessness, and saw him as a person, not as a Deku. He didn’t know what to think about that since he always thought that no girl would wanna have an interest in him.
“But what makes you want to be with a quirkless Deku like-” He soon felt a jab on his side before noticing a jack pointed towards him with Kyoka narrowing her eyes at him.
“What did I say about calling yourself that? You are NOT a “Deku”, nor will you EVER will be.” She soon then placed her palms on his cheeks. “You’ve worked hard ever since you started training a few years back, and kept at it ever since. Even if you still deal with bullshit from Bakugou and other assholes, you never let that stop you from trying to go after your dream, and I admire that alot about you.” After hearing her declaration, the greenette leaned into one of her hands, with tears on the verge of leaking. Izuku was thankful for having Kyoka in his corner.
“You know? I couldn’t have asked for a better friend, or girlfriend I guess. If you’ll have me.” The purplette used one of her jacks to wipe the tears from his eyes, and she expressed a small smile in spite of the tinge of pink across her face.
“Wouldn’t ask for anyone better Green.” She slowly moved closer as her eyes started to close. The quirkless boy closed his eyes as well and once a few seconds elapsed, their lips met. They stayed like that for a bit, and kissed a few times. Following up, the newly-minted couple chose to breathe for a short period while resting their foreheads on one another. Catching their breath afterwards, the Earphone Jack girl then laid her head on his shoulder.
“So it’s pretty much us against the world then huh?” Kyoka shrugged her shoulders after he said that.
“Sounds kinda metal if you ask me.” She expressed content afterwards. “But why the hell not? Us against the world as we aim to be heroes, and you being able to prove everyone wrong.” The road won’t be easy for the two, but when were things worth doing ever easy? Izuku will still likely have doubters however, he can be assured that he’ll at least have one person treading the path alongside him.