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Title: So Far Away

Pairings: Shinsou Hitoshi x Reader

WARNINGS: Yandere themes, swearing, insults

Summary: Shinsou has achieved his dream. Mostly.

"How do I live without the ones I love?

Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned

Place and time always on my mind

I have so much to say but you're so far away"

-from "So Far Away" by Avenged Sevenfold

Becoming a part of the hero course was supposed to be a dream come true, but really, it was bittersweet.

You were supposed to be here with him, but you were so stubborn.

Shinsou had become friends with you on his first week at UA. Somehow, someone had figured out what quirk he had and, to his dismay, the old bullying started up again. And, like in junior high, the teacher turned a blind eye to it.

You, however, did not.

"How dare you judge him when you don't even know him? Do you know how useful that could be for being a hero? He could just tell the villains to put the handcuffs on themselves and they would!"

Shinsou couldn't verbalize just how much he appreciated you saying that. Not only did you shut up the other general course students, but you tapped into his one and only goal in life: becoming a hero.

It hadn't been fair, the physical exam. How was he supposed to stop robots with his quirk? It made him feel useless, helpless.

But you didn't make him feel that way.

Maybe you were unbothered because you were invincible yourself, quite literally. With a quirk like invincibility, you would make a fantastic hero! The two of you could become heroes at the same time- the brains and the brawn, together forever.

But to his dismay, when the sports festival rolled around, you showed no interest in working hard and making it to the end.

"Why don't you want to make it to the next round? We could work together and one of us could win!"

But you didn't care. You simply wished him the best and lost in the first round.

You could have been with him in the cavalry race! You could have fought against those hero course students and taken them down, one-by-one. You could have even taken down Bakugou if only you had tried!

When Mr. Aizawa reached out to him, asking if he wanted to train with him, he was thrilled. He'd asked if you could join him and Mr. Aizawa had agreed.

But when Shinsou told you, you'd waved him off, uninterested in something like that.

"Sorry, Shinsou, but I don't really have time for that," you said dismissively, "I don't really want to change classes, especially not to a different department, so it'd be better if I didn't waste a teacher's time."

"Why don't you want to change to the hero course?" Shinsou asked, blown away by your attitude, "You could be a literal superhero! Isn't that the greatest thing to strive for?"

"Not really. Sorry," you wrinkled your nose a little at the idea, "I just don't feel the same way you do. There's too many heroes out there, they don't need me. I'd rather have a more practical job, you know?"

Shinsou didn't understand you. Maybe that's why he lost his temper.

More likely, it's because he couldn't stand the thought of being a hero without you.

The daydreams of you starting a hero agency with him crumble to the ground around him and he's yelling before he knows it.

"Are you stupid? You're wasting your quirk on a boring everyday job? What, you're too much of a coward to do some good in the world? You're just a selfish bitch."

You jerked your head back as though you'd been slapped and tears filled your eyes. Shinsou immediately regretted his words, but it was too late to take them back now.

"Fuck you," you said shakily, "Go be a fucking hero on your own, bastard."

That was the last time you'd spoken to him. After transferring to the hero course, this was the first time he was seeing you in weeks- at a cross class training exercise.

You don't try your best, that much is obvious. You have no competitive spirit, even now.

Shinsou is shaking when he approaches you, scared to death about what you'll say.

Before he can even get out his apology, you're turning your back on him, ignoring his outstretched hand.

His heart shatters in his chest. Tears burn his eyes.

He's miserable without you.

The next few days, his performance in class suffers. It's hard to think about math when his mind is only on you. Your absence is a constant ache in his heart.

He knew he had hurt you, that much was obvious, but he couldn't find a moment to apologize. All he wanted was to make amends and have you back in his life.

One night, as he walked back to the dorms after another distracted day, Shinsou couldn't take it anymore. He needed to salvage whatever was left of your friendship.

And if you didn't accept his apology this time, maybe he'd have to resort to something a little more... convincing.