𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.
━━ ,∙˚✧ ❝ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱⁿ ʰᵉʳ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ
                           ˢʰᵉ ʰᵃᵈ ⁿᵒ ᵈᵒᵘᵇᵗ
                                     ˢʰᵉ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ᵐᵒʳᵉ. ❞

ᵃʳᵉⁿ'ᵗ ʷᵉ ᵃˡˡ ʲᵘˢᵗ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ ᵐᵒˢᵃⁱᶜˢ ᵒᶠ
ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ᵘˢ,

ᵗᵉˡˡⁱⁿᵍ ᵘˢ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ʷᵉ'ʳᵉ ᵃˡⁱᵛᵉ?

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆        that lord
alfred tennyson's "i am a part of all that
i have met; yet all experience is an arch
wherethrough gleams  that untravelled
world,         whose margin fades for ever
and ever when i move",         and salman
rushdie's     "i repeat for the last time: to
understand me,   you'll have to swallow
the world",           and chuck palahnuik's
"nothing of me is original.           i am the
combined effort of everyone    i've ever
known",       and oscar wilde's "you can
help me.           you can open for me the
portals of death's house,         for love is
always with you,     and love is stronger
than death is"     have in common. that
life is made up of tiny     fragments and
interwoven pieces.     that every human
being is composed of             little things
they've loved in other people.  we're all
mosaics of time. mosaics of each other.

𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐖   this
vaguely: was aware that in some sense,
she was not just herself but all the lives
she'd grazed along the way. her love for
boba    had come from a middle school
friend long moved away;  her signature
hairstyle had been   the result of a dare
in elementary; even her quirk was born
from the chaotic time-bomb          of her
mother and father's relationship. it was
not a fact tsubame   was acutely aware
of — the fact that we      are all a puzzle
piece of all that we've loved —, except
when it came to her quirk.

𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐄'𝐒 𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊 was a love
letter to this.

𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃             where 80% of the
population have a special trait, known
as a quirk,           where everyday life has
developed into a superhuman society —
a new profession was born: 'hero'. it was
a hero's duty to protect   the public from
villains who wished     to use their quirks
for harm. every child wanted to be a hero
when they grew up. dazzling and powerful,
defending the world                from evil and
climbing            the hero billboard chart to
number one.     it was a dream that many
strived for,  but not many accomplished.
the most prestigious hero school in japan
was U.A. high,        with their motto: "plus
ultra: go beyond!"

𝐀𝐊𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 this
heroic dream       with kids all across the
world.   with the ability to alter her own
DNA in order to twist bodyparts into the
mimicry of any animal, she already had
the advantage of a powerful, hero-fitting
quirk.       add her upbeat, excitable and
outgoing nature,                   and her small
encouraging family to the mix,          and
tsubame wasn't      going to let anything
stop her from going to U.A. and chasing
her dream.

𝐈𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐃  so far away, a
day that tsubame was reaching for but
wasn't getting closer. until it's suddenly
the end of middle school,   and the last
days have finally arrived,       and all her
intense hours (a lifetime) of study pays
off in tsubame  managing to pass U.A.'s
written entrance exam.              next, the
physical exam. and then the only thing
holding tsubame back from her dream
will be herself.

𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍'𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄              exactly
expected the way everything else would
turn out,       but hey, fighting a couple of
low-life, deadly villains every other week
as the price to pay for making some really
kick-ass friends was a pretty good deal.

𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐕𝐀𝐍 𝐆𝐎𝐆𝐇 once said, "love
many things, for therein        lies the true
strength,       and whosoever loves much
performs much, and can       accomplish
much, and what is done in love is done
well".

𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓      meant almost dying
dozens of times   and coming out with
scars that were just another   addition
to her mosaic being, just to keep those
special   shards of her — those people
— and her dream, safe, then tsubame
would do it forever.

༉*ೃ༄

━━ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡, tsubame wasn't really
expecting a second home when she
enrolled in U.A. high school, but she
got it anyway.

❝ 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐒    ᵃʳᵉ ᵐᵃᵈᵉ
ᵗᵒ ˡᵒᵛᵉ.    ʷʰʸ ᵉˡˢᵉ ʷᵉʳᵉ ʰᵃⁿᵈˢ
ˢʰᵃᵖᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ˢˡᵒᵗ ˢᵒ ᵖᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗˡʸ ⁱⁿᵗᵒ
ᵒⁿᵉ ᵃⁿᵒᵗʰᵉʳ? ᶠᵃᶜᵉˢ ᶠⁱᵗ ⁱⁿᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ
ᶜʳᵒᵒᵏˢ ᵒᶠ ⁿᵉᶜᵏˢ.         ᵃʳᵐˢ ᶠⁱᵗ
ᵃʳᵒᵘⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈⁱᵖˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶜᵘʳᵛᵉˢ ᵒᶠ
ʷᵃⁱˢᵗˢ.     ⁱᵗ ʷᵃˢ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵗʰⁱⁿᵍ ᵗʰᵃᵗ
ʰᵘᵐᵃⁿᵏⁱⁿᵈ ʷᵃˢ  ᵈᵉˢⁱᵍⁿᵉᵈ ᶠᵒʳ.
ᵖˡᵃᵗᵒⁿⁱᶜ,    ᶠᵃᵐⁱˡⁱᵃˡ, ʳᵒᵐᵃⁿᵗⁱᶜ.
ᵗʰᵉ ʷᵒʳˡᵈ ⁱˢ       ᵇᵘʳˢᵗⁱⁿᵍ ᵃᵗ ᵗʰᵉ
ˢᵉᵃᵐˢ. ❞

༉*ೃ༄

━━𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑.        i do not own
my hero academia. i only own akatsuki
tsubame, her family,         and any other
pieces of plot that are my own creation.
all other characters  and plot belong to
kohei horikoshi.  don't steal from me or
you'll regret it.  (I MEAN THIS PART. this
is the first fic i've posted             since my
relentless plagiariser          & harasser so
if anyone          else tries me i'm going to
smash you with the       scales of justice.
call me themis)

art in the cover is by sibylline meynet.

━━𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆.     this story contains
graphic violence,       gore, mentions of
abuse,        mental illness, trauma, war,
character death,        traumatic events, 
violence against children,  and mature
themes.     anything particularly heavy
will be labelled with a trigger warning.

━━𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.           dedicated
to the people     who've stuck with me
throughout all my time      on this site,
and also      everyone else who i think
would enjoy this fic!               caytopia ,
zerotwcs , kingschteve ,        deIiquio ,
-sarcasticpotter ,  sxnraes , weirwitch
, cheerybIossoms ,          -STARSHlPS ,
jirouphones , jellykusuos , luckyvirgo
, theeffingunicorn ,       ACKERMANZ- ,
littlewxman , rcmanovas , bumiaangs
, chrysanthena ,          strangerwh0re ,
childrensspaghettios

ily all so much! <3

━━𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄.      surprise! a
late valentine's day story for everyone.
i have no one to be with on february 14th
except for my stories,     and that's okay!
(though i'd    really like to be spending it
with amajiki tamaki).  so here i am with
another fic for one         of the shows i've
gotten really into recently! again, focused
more on character     self-growth rather
than the romance in particular.      i just
finished mha season 4          yesterday (i
haven't read             the manga yet so no
spoilers thanks <3)       and totally fell in
love with it!   this fic is currently 39,500
words long lmao             i don't have any
self-control.

i didn't want to give away too much of
tsubame's character here,  so i decided
to summarise the  themes of the series
instead! yes, this is another found family
fic with a focus        on incredibly tender
platonic love because   that will forever
be my favourite thing to write.       shoto
is totally the romantic love interest but
tsubame and    the bakusquad steal the
show ngl.   there's going to be a LOT of
hurt and comfort in this  so prepare <3
also very slow burn lmao bc if u expect
anything else             from me you'll be
disappointed!

another note,    though i'll be writing in
english, this fic is              based off of the
japanese audio with      english sub bc i
can't stand dubs.             i'll also be using
japanese honorifics (suffixes like '-san',
-chan', '-sensei') because i want to stick
to the original as much as possible and
also bc it's obviously set in japan. along
with this, japanese naming conventions
(so surname first,    given name second).
will be used.      for example, tsubame is
her given name,         and akatsuki is her
surname,     but the order is reversed in
japanese vs english.        i've put a lot of
research into this so      don't hesitate to
ask me if you don't        understand part
of it or what a   certain honorific means.
that being said,         i'm not japanese so
if i'm doing anything wrong or misusing
terms, please let me know! i'll of course
change it right away.

i'd also like to          make the point that i
know that most of my followers / regular
readers don't watch anime,   so i wanted
to make it clear         that you don't really
have to have watched my hero academia
(though i highly recommend it, it's honestly
so amazing          and if you like character-
driven media then it's   perfect for you) to
read or get this fic.    everything that goes
on during the mha      plot will be learned
through tsubame  just like you'd learn as
a watcher (except for the midoriya secret
stuff but like),     so if you like reading my
work but have never             watched mha
before,       i still recommend giving this a
shot! this fic is definitely more character-
oriented than plot-oriented so <3       even
if you haven't      seen mha this fic should
still make sense to you!

(also want to add that in the cast chapter,
tsubame's fc   looks really weird bc of the
compressed image size!     i'll include the
regular size image of her faceclaim in full
quality in the fic's first chapter!)

super excited for   everyone to meet the
bundle of love that is  akatsuki tsubame
<3