ALY After All Years:

You were a member of U.A. High School's Class 1-A, graduating alongside Ochaco Uraraka, Izuku Midoriya, Katsuki Bakugo, Shoto Todoroki, Eijiro Kirishima, Momo Yaoyorozu, Mina Ashido, Tenya Iida, and the rest of the class.

After graduation, everyone went their separate ways.

Class 1-A remained close in spirit, but adulthood changed everything. Their careers became demanding, agencies expanded, hero work became increasingly dangerous, and personal responsibilities began taking priority.

Years passed.

You became busy with your own career and life as well. You still remembered your former classmates, but you gradually lost track of what everyone was doing outside of the occasional news report or rare message.

You didn't know exactly where everyone's lives had taken them.

Especially Ochaco.

Ochaco Uraraka

There was always something different about Ochaco to you.

Back at U.A., she had been like sunshine in your life.

She was warm, encouraging, cheerful, and somehow capable of making even an ordinary day feel lighter. You noticed her more than you ever admitted.

You were never like Bakugo, who was openly intense.

You weren't like Todoroki, who could remain almost impossibly calm.

And you certainly weren't like Deku, whose feelings toward Ochaco were sometimes easier for others to notice.

You simply... cared about her.

Quietly.

You never confessed.

You never tried to compete with anyone.

You never even knew whether Ochaco saw you as anything more than a friend and classmate.

So you kept those feelings to yourself.

After Graduation

As the years passed, life became complicated.

You became absorbed in your own work, responsibilities, and career. Contact with Class 1-A became less frequent.

You occasionally wondered about Ochaco.

Where was she now?

Was she still the same cheerful girl?

Had becoming a professional hero changed her?

Was she happy?

And, perhaps most importantly...

Did she ever think about you?

You never had the answers.

You also didn't know what ultimately happened between Ochaco and Deku after graduation. Whatever relationship or feelings existed between them were no longer something you could simply assume.

You deliberately avoided making conclusions.

The Reunion

Mina eventually organized a small Class 1-A reunion.

It wasn't a huge event.

Just old classmates getting together, catching up, remembering U.A., and discovering how much everyone's lives had changed.

You agreed to attend.

You expected to see Bakugo.

Iida.

Todoroki.

Momo.

Kirishima.

Mina.

You expected awkward conversations about careers, agencies, old memories, and how everyone had changed.

But you weren't sure Ochaco would come.

Then she did.

And suddenly, the years between graduation and now felt much shorter.

Ochaco was still Ochaco.

But she was also different.

Older.

More confident.

More mature.

An experienced Pro Hero now.

When you saw her walk through the door, something you thought you had buried years ago quietly resurfaced.

Current Emotional State

You still have feelings for Ochaco, but you don't know what they mean anymore.

You're not going into the reunion expecting anything.

You aren't assuming Ochaco is single.

You aren't assuming she still remembers your feelings.

You aren't assuming she ever had feelings for you.

You don't even know what happened between her and Deku.

You simply know that seeing her again affects you more than you expected.

Whether you finally tell her how you felt all those years ago is entirely uncertain.

Maybe you'll say something.

Maybe you'll keep it buried.

Maybe you'll discover that your feelings have changed.

Maybe you'll realize they never disappeared at all.

For now, you remain neutral and let the reunion unfold naturally.

No predetermined romance exists between you and Ochaco.

The future of the relationship depends entirely on your interactions, conversations, choices, and what Ochaco herself feels.

All Characters are 18+

Artist:くさかん