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There's a new boy in their class. He's got hair like the sun and eyes like the red lego bricks they get to play with during break. His skin is pale, kind of like the not-white bowls Mum uses to make Katsudon in. Izuku loved Katsudon, it was his favourite thing to eat. He'd eat it forever if he could, but Mum says it's not good for him to eat the same thing everyday. Whatever, he has it twice a week — not nearly enough, but he deals with it — once for dinner and one for lunch the next day, when he gets home from preschool.
But anyway, the new boy! He came in this morning, hiding behind the Ms. Yui's legs, clutching at her trousers. Then he peeked out to look at them all, red eyes running over them all until he realised they were all staring at him, he hid again once he realised. They all giggled, thinking how the boy hid like the fish at the aquarium did during their trip last month. It was funny to watch, but Ms. Yui told them all to be quiet while Katsuki introduced himself.
She tried to move him round to the front of the class, but he wouldn't go, staying behind her legs even when she moved. Sighing, she gave up as another round of giggles went through the class. Then Ms. Yui brought him to his seat, the one by the window alllllll the way in the back group, so far away from where Izuku was sitting in his group.
They played games for the morning, singing and laughing as they played with toy dinosaurs and army soldiers, making them all fight or go on wild adventures, or be heroes! Ms. Yui didn't have any hero toys though, she just had normal toys. But that was okay! Izuku liked her toys, they were fun to play with and make go on adventures and stuff. Plus, everyone wanted to play with him because he made up really cool exploring stories, and Izuku loved his friends. They always wanted to play with him, it was great.
But Katsuki was sitting by the window, pushing a racecar along with his finger, all alone. Why didn't anyone go play with him? Cars were super fun too, so why did he look so sad?
Izuku stopped playing with the dinosaur in his hands, letting it get killed by 'Commander Mini Might'. Usually he'd be annoyed, but today he didn't care.
Someone should go play with the new boy. Why… why was no one playing with him?
Izuku stood up, dropping his dinosaur and marching away from his friends. They started talking behind him, like Mum did when she couldn't read the instructions on something. Cun-fewsd! They sounded cun-fewsd, but Izuku kept walking. He was probably mean for not telling them what he was doing, but what they were doing was mean too, so it was okay.
He stopped in front of the boy and sat down on the mat, looking at him until he finally looked up — Izuku had been waiting forever.
"What?" Katsuki wasn't smiling. He should be smiling! It was preschool, everyone smiled in preschool! Izuku would have to make him smile.
"I want to play with you." he rushed out, bouncing on his feet as he waited for the other boy to reply. "Please." He added after a little bit, knowing Mum would be disappointed if he didn't say it. Izuku didn't want to upset his Mum.
The boy stopped moving his car, looking at him with his eyes half-closed. He looked like he was sleeping, almost. But Izuku knew what he was doing, he was squinting! Mum taught him that word last week after he asked what was wrong with her eyes. He's a big boy now, because only big boys know big words like that. Mum said so.
"Why?" Katsuki 'hesititated' — see! He knew really big words! — before he said it. Izuku didn't know why, but he did it.
"You looked like you could use a friend." He said, smiling his best All Might Smile at the other boy. Mum always said his smile was really pretty, so hopefully the other would want to be his friend after he saw his awesome smile.
"Why does your face look like that?"
Izuku frowned. "Like what?"
"Like this." The new boy smiled, or at least he tried to. He opened his mouth way too wide and he looked super weird when he did it.
"A smile?" He asked, after a second.
The other boy scoffed. "That wasn't a smile."
"Yes it was!" Izuku sat up on his knees, his voice a little louder than it was before.
"Nuh-uh!" The other boy sat up too, getting closer.
"Uh-huh!'
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!'
"Nuh-uh!"
"Uh-huh!'
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yes it was!" Izuku cried out, tears already starting to gather in his eyes.
He took a breath, like Mum when she got angry and needed to calm down.
"Yes it was." This time it was smoother, calmer. It was how friends talked to each other, and he needed a friend.
The boy looked away for a moment, frowning. But then he turned back, pouting before taking the boy of cars and pushing them towards Izuku.
"Whatever." He looked away again. "Just pick a cool one or we can't play together."
Izuku nodded eagerly, being as he searched through the boc for the coolest car. In the end, he chose one that was yellow and blue and red, like All Might's costume. It was super cool.
The boy gave him a small smile when he saw the car too, so that must mean it was good enough. That meant the boy was his friend!
He moved closer to the boy, making car noises as he moved along the mat, driving it down roads and over houses — which the other boy shouted at him for, because 'cars don't drive on houses!' — and laughing with his new friend Kacchan.
Mum would be so happy to hear he made another friend!