PURPOSE (Tomura Shigaraki x Reader)

"Why me"

I woke up early on the day of the sports festival. Lucky for me I didn't have classes that day so the night before I went out to get snacks and was ready to sit at home and watch the broadcast.

"The UA Sports Festival is about to begin! Everybody, are you ready!?" Pro Hero, Present Mic announces. I feel my body tense. I have watched the Sports Festival almost every year but this is the first time I'm actually invested.

I still don't understand how Izuku randomly developed a quirk. Or how he got the quirk he did considering what my mom and dad's quirks are. It felt taboo to question considering how quickly my mother accepted it and praised him. I couldn't help but be jealous, I had no intention of being a hero and most likely wouldn't need a quirk for any job I'd want, but still.

"It's time for the students to enter the first-year stage!" Present Mic announces as the first year's step out. Izuku is front and center. Me being as anxious as I am right now, I can only imagine how Izuku feels right now. And my mom is a completely different story. The other classes stepped out following 1A, and eventually, all the UA first years were out.

"Time for the player pledge" I was shocked that an R-rated hero was the chief umpire for a bunch of kids, but I suppose it's all a gimmick of some kind. That's a common theme I see with female pros, most of them are sexualized for no reason. Of course, the men are too, but not as publicly and as commonly.

"Representing the students is Katsuki Bakugou from class 1-A" Midnight spoke with a slash of her whip. I was shocked.

I already had an issue with Bakugou treating my brother the way he did for years, and making it into the hero program with an attitude like that. But he's basically being the face of the first year hero course. I didn't want to judge this kid too hard, I don't know what his home life is like but I can't stand the way he treated Izuku. What I hated more is that Izuku let himself get treated that way, quirk or not.

" I pledge, that'll I'll be number one" I could see the anger erupt from the students after he spoke, and I couldn't blame them. He said it so plainly, like a plain, obvious fact. Not with an overconfident, cocky smile like one would have expected. It wasn't like him for sure. He walked away right after, into the crowd of his classmates who hated him now, some hating him more than they did before. He was nervous. Clearly.

It may sound wrong but I only really paid attention when Izuku was on. I didn't care about the others, they weren't my brother. As far as I can imagine the rest of these kids were just lucky enough to be given a decent quirk and/or have money. They had been praised their whole lives for something they had no say in. Overly cynical and biased way of thinking but I really don't care.

Midnight announces the preliminaries of the Festival will be an Obstacle Race 4 kilometers around the stadium. Everything immediately begins and I watch as everyone struggles to even get through the door as they get packed into a mob by the narrow corridor as their first obstacle. An intriguing-looking boy named Todoroki Shoto is the first to get through by making a pathway, freezing many people in place momentarily. Robots, obstacles, and angry, competitive teens injuring themselves and others for glory and admiration, the height of entertainment apparently.

I couldn't help but feel my jealousy grow as I see these kids with great and complex quirks but the festival continued and overall I continued with my trend of only caring about Izuku. At a certain point, I grew used to seeing Izuku break a bone during the 1v1 fights. To be honest, I wasn't worried for him at a certain point. I still cared, obviously, but he seemed confident. And I trust his luck.

He was lucky enough to randomly develop a quirk right before the entrance exam.

...........

He didn't win