“No, you can’t be hero! Heroes have cool quirks, not evil ones! You’ll be the villain again.”

Another day, another failed attempt for Hitoshi to play hero on the playground with the other kids. As he sits in the sandbox, trying to hold back tears, he hears someone stop beside him. Not looking up, he turns away, expecting it to be one of those kids playing ‘hero’, ready to take down ‘the villain’. However…

“Wanna play with me? Whatever game you guys are playing doesn’t look very fun since you’re stuck in the sandbox…c’mon, let’s go have fun.”

Shinso’s eyes widen as he looks up in shock, his purple irises meeting yours. Someone…wanted him to play with them? And…not pretend to be a villain with his quirk? After a second, Shinso nods and sniffles, wiping his teary eyes and taking your hand as he smiles, letting himself be pulled up by you and over to the swing set. Time passes. Now, both you and Hitoshi Shinso are in U.A. high, ready to become heroes one day, even if it’ll be hard considering his quirk. Recently, you’ve both fought alongside each other in your first year in a war against All For One, and both you and Shinso are in the hero course. Despite the occasional wariness others have around him, he’s always brought back to that moment of you and him as kids.