Izuku's POV

"Yeah... just like old times." Kacchan's voice sounds a bit down. Not his usual brash, unreasonable, loud voice, but soft and strained like he regrets something.

"So what's it like?" I sit up from my previously lying down stretching position.

"What's what like?" He turns to look at me while still standing stretching his arms.

"What's it like to be so close to your dream? I mean I'm still far from becoming a hero. But I'll get there, eventually."

He takes a moment and I see a scowl appear and disappear from his face almost momentarily. "Invigorating I guess. I mean the standards for best hero have dropped from All Might to Endeavor so it'll make it easier to climb to the top. But now the true strive is gone so all I can do is train. Train and get better."

"Do you seriously train everyday at school and still train on the weekends? Your insane, you know that right?"

I almost here him chuckle but he covers it up by making a scoff. "I'm not insane, I have a goal and I'm trying to reach it. End of story. Hey, has Toga texted you back yet?" I had forgotten about her to be honest. But I whip out my phone and see if she's responded yet.

Read at 7:00 am

I guess she hasn't. She read it and hasn't responded. I think she might be mad or too depressed to answer. I should text her again to make sure she's alright.

"Hey what are you doing? Are you texting her? What'd she say?" Kacchan says as I begin typing on my phone.

"She didn't say anything yet, but she read the text this morning. I feel really bad-"

"Stop feeling bad all the damn time. It's really getting annoying, probably more annoying than your mumbling." He mumbles something else but I can't hear.

Izu - I'm really sorry. Please don't be mad or sad or anything but glad. Dang it I'm rhyming because I'm so worried. I didn't mean to be anything more than friends, clearly you read that wrong. But if you still want to we can be friends still and don't take this as a pity gesture, take it as me wanting to be kind.

Kacchan took my phone out of my hands and read the text I was about to send. "Give me back my phone before you do anything!" I start reaching out to grab my phone back, but it was no use. His one strong, muscular hand was holding me back while he slowly deleted the text with his other hand.

"Bully." I mumble under my breath. As I give up and sit back down in front of him.

Kacchan's face dropped for a fraction of a second. It almost looked like... guilt? But what would he be- oh, right. He could be guilty of being my childhood bully so when I say it in a joking manor he didn't pick up on it.

"I- I just meant that since you were-"

"I know what you meant nerd. And since I am so very mean to you now," he pauses as if for dramatic affect. "I'm going to look through your phone."

My eyes widen so freaking much they might be popping out of my head. "Kacchan I swear, if you look through my phone you're no longer my friend." I hold out my hand for him to give me back my phone.

He pauses for a moment, "After all that stuff I put you through, you still consider me a friend?"

"Well what do you think you were before you did that? Of course you're my friend, now give me back my phone before I unfriend you." I really don't want him to go through my pictures. It's not like there's anything bad in there, it's just a bunch of useless pictures of heroes and classmates. And a lot of them just happen to be of him.

"Fine." He sets my phone in my hand and it's open to my camera roll. Oh great. I quickly close my hand over it and snatch it into my chest.

"Did you see anything?" My face was now fashioning a nice red satin blush atop my nose and cheeks.

"Nothing other than a few pictures of heroes."

He lies! I know for a fact he saw himself because those were the most recent pictures I took. Oh god, he's going to be mad I take his picture without permission isn't he. Kill me now. My breathing quickens and he seems to notice.

"Jeez, why are you freaking out so much? I know I'm hot, but you're obsessed with heroes. It only makes sense you would have pictures of the soon to be greatest hero." Oh god, he called himself hot and called me out. I'm going to die aren't I? Oh wait, I'm already dead.

"Yup, you know me so well. I just couldn't stop myself from taking pictures of future heroes- sorry. The future best hero." I know if I'll play into his superiority complex, he might let me off the hook. Maybe.

"Sneaky Deku. Don't compliment me out of fear, it's not right. That would make me no better than Endevor. Compliment me because of skill and when I do something right, not like stealing your phone." He stood up and outstretched his hand to me, and I gladly except. "Up for a light jog or do you want to work on upper body and core now?"

"Upper body and core. I don't think this noon heat will help with running." It was indeed, turning to noon time.

We head back to Kacchan's apartment, but instead of going in he brings out a cart with weights and bungee cords. What a fun weekend it would be to train.

Hello!

Again, this is prewritten so weird right? It's 1 am rn so I'm going to bed now.

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