[... the dots aren't difficult to connect. with her pedigree, no member of the Yaoyorozu family would be admitted here. no member of the Todoroki family should be, barring this extenuating circumstance. a family like hers, illness and bedrest would happen in the comfort of the home...]
[and, well, she's always been ambitious. competent with it too, not just an vague goal with too much passion behind it like their classmates (like him); he's seen it in her before, watched it play out as he observed from afar but for the few times he was forced to be thrust into her limelight.]
[like now.]
There's someone I know staying here for a while.
['a while'. like it hasn't been ten years. like he isn't sure if it'll be another ten. his hands slip into his pockets, expression carefully blank, turning that mismatched gaze the direction he'd watched her wave, that he'd heard other voices being threaded with the hope and determination she needles into everyone around her.]
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[and, well, she's always been ambitious. competent with it too, not just an vague goal with too much passion behind it like their classmates (like him); he's seen it in her before, watched it play out as he observed from afar but for the few times he was forced to be thrust into her limelight.]
[like now.]
There's someone I know staying here for a while.
['a while'. like it hasn't been ten years. like he isn't sure if it'll be another ten. his hands slip into his pockets, expression carefully blank, turning that mismatched gaze the direction he'd watched her wave, that he'd heard other voices being threaded with the hope and determination she needles into everyone around her.]
Volunteering? That sounds like you.