MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

Izuku glared at the calendar like it had personally offended him. It wasn't really fair, since the calendar obviously didn't decide that time should keep marching forward, but the fact was that the sports festival was in three days and Izuku had been too busy helping Shinso and analyzing the first years to plan what he wanted to do.

Bakugo: Well he's finally learning how to glare. Great!

Mitsuki: Finally! Took him long enough!

Inko: Um...

He glanced out the window of his workroom and watched Mei, who appeared to be in her own little world, putting the final finishing touches on Shinso's support item, while her own were teetering in a steadily growing pile on the floor beside her. It seemed like everyone else had a goal for the festival. Katsuki wanted to prove he was the best, Mei wanted to impress investors, and Shinso wanted to get into the hero course. Heck, even his classmates were looking forward to showing off their inventions in the first round!

So where did that leave Izuku?

Tsukauchi: Yeah what would analysts even do during the sports festival?

Nezu(grinning): Anything!

All Might: ...You don't mean that literally, do you? Nezu? Nezu?!

Recovery Girl: Nezu!

He'd found his perfect place in the support course, so he didn't want to transfer like Shinso did. He didn't actually build support items, so he didn't have any to show off like Mei and his classmates did. He was just... little old quirkless him, just like he'd always been. Like he'd always be.

Koda: No you're not.

Despite the fact that he'd technically been staring out the window and should have seen her coming, Izuku still jumped a foot in the air when Mei slammed the door open and strode in, trying to wipe soot off her nose, but only successfully smearing it all over her cheeks instead.

"It's ready!" She announced proudly. "Where's Extra-Credit-Kun?"

Shinso: Class, probably.

"Probably in class." Izuku sighed, turning back to his current analysis. "Like he always is at this time."

There was a beat of silence and Izuku finally turned to see Mei looking at him suspiciously, "Okay, what's got you down?"

Power Loader: She's paying attention to someone else's emotional state... is the world ending?

Mei(huffing): I'm not that bad, Majima-sensei. And didn't I do it in a previous chapter too?

"N-nothing?" Izuku stuttered.

The crosshairs in Mei's eyes narrowed slightly, "Not buying it, Izu-kun. You're normally super excited, so...?"

Izuku shrugged and forced a smile onto his face, "It's nothing. You and Shinso are gonna do great in the sports festival!"

Bakugo(rolling your eyes): And you will too.

Mei sighed, "Oh, so that's what's wrong." She forcefully spun his chair around so they were face to face and leaned down so Izuku had to lean back to avoid being nose to nose with her. "You realize you're gonna do great in the sports festival too, right?"

"I don't need to." Izuku protested. "Not like you and Shinso do."

Shigaraki: But what stops you from doing it anyway?

"But you want to." Mei countered.

Izuku stopped, "What?"

"You want to do well!" Mei said it like it was obvious. "You want to prove what you can do! You want to show all those stupid bullies that your notebooks weren't a waste of time!"