Archive of Our Own ^beta

Summary:

The door to the viewing room had been left cracked open. Izuku had not meant to stop. He had not meant to peek. He honestly hadn’t, but then he’d heard Kacchan’s explosions and he’d gotten curious. His hand comes up to his mouth as he tries to figure out what exactly is going on, clutching his notebook to his check with his other arm. Kacchan seems to be facing someone with a Quirk that’s —

“—seems to be a reflective-type Quirk of some sort, a great match up against Kacchan. It’s too bad Kacchan’s not more of a team player; he might be in real trouble again Shield Girl and Floaty Nice Girl... they seem to have some sort of plan.” One of Kacchan’s explosions rockets off of Shield Girl’s Quirk. “Wow! It’s almost like a mirror; it seems to strengthen the explosions a bit! But Shield Girl seems to be getting tired, and Kacchan’s Quirk gets stronger the longer he goes on, the more he gets to build up his nitroglycerin sweat. So Shield Girl must have a limit, and it seems like she’s... not... aware...”

And Izuku’s suddenly very aware of his audience.

All Might’s watching him with greedy, greedy eyes. The rest of the class seems vaguely unsettled.