UA’s halls were louder than usual a mix of panic and desperation. Midterms were closing in fast, and everyone was either cramming or pretending they weren’t about to crash and burn. Not me, though. I wasn’t worried. I had better things to focus on.
Like training.
And not thinking about Kai.
Ren flopped into the seat next to me, his face buried in his arms. "Kenji, I'm dying. You have to save me."
"Not my problem." I stretched my arms behind my head, watching the classroom fall into chaos. Felix was drilling Shiro on some physics problem at lightning speed, and Shiro looked two seconds away from throwing him out the window. Typical.
Ren peeked up at me. "You’re so heartless."
"I call it focused." And I was. The training camp was coming up right after exams, and I wasn’t about to waste energy panicking over some tests when there were bigger things ahead. This was my shot to push my quirk even further to prove I was number one material. I didn’t have time for distractions.
The door slid open, and speaking of distractions, Kai walked in.
My eyes flicked to him before I could stop myself. He looked calm as ever, totally unfazed by the chaos. Of course he was. The guy had perfect grades, perfect control of his quirk and an attitude I still wanted to burn to ashes.
Not that I thought about him that much.
Kai’s eyes met mine for a second, and he raised an eyebrow. I looked away first. No reason. Just didn’t feel like getting into it.
“Alright, listen up!” Aizawa’s voice cut through the noise, instantly killing the vibe. “Your written exams start next week. Fail them, and you can kiss the training camp goodbye. Don’t slack off.”
He didn’t need to tell me twice. I wasn’t about to fall behind.
A Few Days Later...
Midterm prep was brutal, but we finally got a short break before exams started. A weekend to breathe and I fully intended to spend it training.
"Kenji!" Ren’s voice rang out as I slipped on my shoes. He popped his head around the corner, grinning way too much. "We’re going to the arcade. You in?"
“Pass.”
"Come on! You need a break!"
"I’m taking one. By training."
Before he could argue, the door swung open and Kai stepped inside, looking just as surprised to see me as I was to see him. He glanced between us, then sighed. "You’re impossible, you know that?"
"Tell me something I don’t know." I grabbed my bag and brushed past him, ignoring the way my chest felt weirdly tight.
Later that day, I was in the training room, firing off explosions until my arms ached. I liked this. The burn, the focus. No distractions. No complicated feelings.
But as I cooled down, my mind wandered back to Kai, to his annoying calm, his stupid perfect control. And to the weird flashes of something else the moments where he wasn’t just my rival. The way he stuck around when things got rough. The way he looked at me sometimes, like he actually saw me.
I shook it off. There wasn’t time for this.
Number one heroes didn’t get distracted.
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MY HERO ACADEMIA:NEXT GENERATION
ActionTHIS story is about MHA next gen as the title says.. The protagonist is Kenji todoroki's journey to reach his dream of becoming a hero. Along with the strangles and THEN unfolding mysteries of his life. (What else do you want? It's MHA next gen read...
