My Everything

Chapter Five

Today was supposed to be the day.

They were supposed to be getting their letters today about if they'd been accepted into U.A. or not and if so, what class they were going to be in.

Izuku had nothing but nervous energy running through him. He and his mom were supposed to be heading over to Kacchan's house later after the mail came and open to up with him. He and Katsuki almost never opened up anything intensely important without each other. They always figured that the other was their good luck charm and if they ever got news that wasn't what they were hoping for the other would be right there to help them through whatever it was. They were each other's rock and this was life changing results. There was no way in hell he'd being doing any of this if it weren't for Kacchan's unwavering support and encouragement to follow his dreams so it was only right that he was there with his best friend when he opened his letter.

He was up and pacing in the living room between the couch and television that was playing some kind of movie for background noise so he wouldn't fall to far into his own head. He had his hand going a mile a minute with his hand strengthener and he was sure it was going to cramp sooner or later.

He couldn't think of that now though.

Not when all that separated him and the future of his dreams was a simple letter sent to him by a bunch of school board members. He hopes that they're able to stay true their word and deceleration to allow any worthy quirkless persons into the school if they passed their exams that every other quirkless person had to take. Izuku personally thought that the school had some kind of loophole going on in their fine print but he had faith. Had to have faith or else he'd drive himself insane with trying to figure out what else he could do with is life.

He'd do just fine as a support hero or an official quirk analyst. It's not what he dreamed of doing though. It's not what he'd dreamed of doing alongside Kacchan since they were toddlers.

The only reason why he still thought he had a shot at even attempting at being a hero was because Kacchan refused to let him give up on his childhood dream. Izuku had resolved himself to being just hero support or a hero analyst but Kacchan had seen that it wasn't what made him happy at his core so he'd grabbed Izuku by the arm one day and punched him straight in the face.

He asked Izuku "what the fuck is wrong with you? You're just going to let some quack ass doctor and a couple of asshole teachers and nobody extras tell you that you're not allowed to be a hero and you're just going to lay down and take that?" Kacchan shoved at him and made him fall flat on his ass. "Where the fuck is my best friend that doesn't take any shit?" Kacchan got in his face and took him up by the collar of his school shirt and sneered in his face. "Why are you letting other people walk all over you and tell you what you're going to do with your life? I used to be proud to be your best friend. Now? I'm just embarrassed." Kacchan dropped him back onto the grass at the park they were at after school. He shook his head and left Izu there to think about what he was doing with his life.

That day Kacchan, through tough love, made him come to terms with who he was fundamentally and gave him a shock of determination to make Kacchan be proud to be his best friend again. He resolved that he didn't like his complacent either and resolved to do something about it. Katsuki had been mad with him for a week but after he saw that Izu was spending his after school hours out on that disgusting beach cleaning it up he had to ask his friend what he was doing.

All Izuku told him was that "I want to make you proud to be my best friend. I want more for my life than just what people tell me I'm capable of. I want to set an example for every single quirkless person that thinks their lives mean nothing more than what they're told. I want to make you proud but I want to be proud of myself as well. I don't love myself with how I am now so I need to fix that. Thank you for pointing it out and dragging it out of me. I don't want to think I'd be like if I'd stayed complacent in my life and not pursued what I want in my heart." Izuku had put a lot of thought into what he really wanted in life and he decided that the word for what he wanted in life was "inspiration".