𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐏𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐘.
(n.) a moment when you suddenly feel that you understand, or suddenly become conscious of something that is important to you.
𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 - sydney suzuki learns that home can be a person, too.
✧.* i. midoriya / original chara...
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— A BOUNTY AMOUNTING to ten million points had been issued to the head of my best friend, literally. in the flicker of an instant, every pair of wandering eyes in the vicinity locked upon him like wolves to a deer, their irises practically burning through his gym uniform as midnight continued. with her conclusion of explaining the cavalry battle's rules, she flashed her whip to the screen, where a vivid scarlet timer flashed on display.
merely seconds later, the countdown commenced, and the race to form a team began.
"suzuki!" a brunette support course course girl exclaimed, grinning despite having learned my name mere moments ago, "my best friend! let's team up, yeah?"
an awkward smile makes way to my lips as i stared blankly, eyebrows furrowing, "do i know you?"
"— sydney! let's team, you 'n me and someone else!" denki said, pushing the brunette aside with a light shove before shooting her a glance and hurriedly apologizing.
my eyes flickered to him, "oh, um—"
"sydney, with your quirk and my magnifique éclat-"
mina's body leapt in front of aoyama as she thrashed him back with a kick to his ankle, a bright grin adorning her bubblegum-pink lips, "team with me!"
meanwhile, standing several feet away with the stark contrast of no one grouping around him, izuku holds his head in his hands and hyperventilates, "this is bad... no one's worried about keeping their own headbands the whole game because it's a better strategy to steal as many points as you can at the end... and unlike syd or kacchan or todoroki, i didn't use my quirk in the first round... so no one has any confidence in me... oh, no...this is really, really bad! i should just go say sorry to all might and call it a—"
"izuku!"
the viridian haired boy immediately whipped around, bursting into tears as his eyes flashed upon my figure in front of him, "syd! everyone's gonna be after me and my ten million stupid points!"
"that's okay," i managed a small smile and reached out to hold his hand, "we should team up."
he immediately shook his head and whipped back around, letting out another choked sob, "no, absolutely not, i don't want you to lose because of me—"
"we won't, trust me. i'm sure we can come up with a plan that'll get us through the game if we work together. plus, you know i'd always rather be teaming up with you." i turned to the side and placed my hand on his shoulder, shifting his body to be facing me again. "don't give up just yet."
