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    "We're really sorry," his father says, in a teary-eyed, wobbly way. "But your friend, Izuku, he's... He's gone, son."
    Katsuki can do nothing but blink up at them for moments that feel like an eternity, eyes darting between both his parents in obvious confusion, disbelief, and, more than anything, indignation.
    "What the fuck are you two talking about? The damn nerd is standing right beside you!"

     

     

    During a battle, Midoriya gets hit by a villain whose quirk detaches his soul from his body. Stuck in a ghost-like state, the boy enters a race against time in order to save himself from permanently dying. Much to his luck - or lack of it -, the only person who can see and talk to him in this state is no one other than Kacchan.

    Alternatively: Deku and Kacchan are soulbound.

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    03 May 2021

  2. Rec 32

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    “So you’ll stay?” Katsuki starts, suspicion etched into the words. “You won’t fly off or something?”

    At that, Todoroki leans forwards in the chair. He looks deeply troubled by the accusation.

    “Dragons are very serious about their oaths,” Todoroki explains. “Just as Elves appear to be serious about gardens that don’t belong to them…”

    Huffing at that, Katsuki takes a seat on his second-favourite chair.

    “Right, yeah. I forgot.” he grins sharply, words just as jagged around the edges. “Your garden. Cos it’s your domain.”

    Unfazed, Todoroki nods.

    “Exactly.”

    Dragons are cool in storybooks. They're supposed to stay there, not frolic around Katsuki's garden causing a damn scene.

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    30 Jan 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    So fluffy, lighthearted and amusing with incredibly whimsical, unique and surreal world building. Absolutely ridiculous, hilarious prose and characters.
    It's written from Katsuki's POV. He is indignant, sarcastic in a way that is very funny and reminiscent of an old man.
    Shouto is incredibly airheaded, genuine and oblivious while still being a little shit.
    Sadly it isn't finished but the first chapter is good on its own too
    Excerpt:
    'Katsuki is staring at the perpetrator of several garden crimes and he cannot let them slide.'

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    After their blowout at Ground Beta, Katsuki starts remembering what it's like to be Deku's friend. Especially the chaotic bits.

    It's not his fault that no one listened when he tried to warn them!

    And what’s with the Velociraptors??

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    21 Jan 2023

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    The words that bloom on Katsuki’s arm are painfully familiar, to the point that he can hear the grating, wobbly voice saying them in his ear. They’re specific in a damning way, but at the same time vague enough that it could be someone else who says them. Someone he still has to meet in a situation that hasn’t yet occurred.

    …Okay, so that’s a bunch of bullshit and he’s not pathetic enough to cling to desperate hope like that for too long. But he’s got some time to convince himself it’s possible his soulmate is someone else. Anyone else.

    Deku’s birthday is still a few months away, after all.

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    07 Nov 2022

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    There is a ghost on the Wani. But the crew have grown used to - even fond of - Prince Zuko. And no matter how many times General Iroh tries to gently explain the boy’s predicament, tries to suggest that he might attempt to move on, Prince Zuko can always be found watching the sea.

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    There is a prisoner in the palace.

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    13 Mar 2026