Bigotry

TW: Suicide, Guilt, Self Hate, Internalized Ableism
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Note: This chapter contains mentions of past suicide, elements of past implied suicide-baiting, past abuse, self-blaming, self-hatred, implied suicidal thoughts, internalized ableism, as well as a mental & verbal breakdown/meltdown so please, if this will make any reader uncomfortable, be careful. I don't condone nor romanticize suicide, nor the thought process of Izuku in this story... So please, if any of you is feeling sad or empty, try to talk to a friend, family member or someone you trust and remember, your feelings matter and you deserve to be listened to.



After morning classes were over, Izuku went to lunch by himself. He was beyond pissed that his best friend/crush now former best friend/crush of all people was acting like this. When he gets to the bottom of why everyone is avoiding him, he's never going to trust them again and that idea of his, down the drain even if he finds his notebook.


Today is her birthday and she was still acting like this. Birthdays really don't mean anything in this world. Life just goes on the same like every other damn day. Izuku was sitting alone at his usual table because Shoto went to the library. The dual powered boy apologized that he couldn't sit with Izuku at lunch today. The greenette ate his katsudon while grumbling about how useless he was.


"Hey Midoriya." Izuku looked up and turned his head to see Itsuka in front of him with Tetsutetsu, Setsuna and Yui Kodai with their lunch trays in their hands.
"Hey guys. What's up?" Izuku was happy to see Itsuka and a little surprised to see the other three but he appreciated the company.
"I bought Set, Tetsutetsu and Yui with me. I hope you don't mind." Itsuka said.


Izuku smiled at his crush. "Not at all. I appreciate the company."


"You're not usually alone. Don't you sit with your friends?" Tetsutetsu asked as the four of them sat at Izuku's table. Itsuka sat in front of him while Setsuna sat next to him.


Izuku grimaced. "Uraraka, Asui and Iida stopped sitting with me and Shoto is in the library doing homework. I don't think I'm their friend anymore, especially since Christmas. Shoto is the only one who cares for some reason."


"Don't be like that, Greenie." Setsuna gave Izuku a comforting pat on the shoulder. "But hey, if you need a new best friend, I'll take their place. Us green beans gotta stick together."
Izuku shrugged. "I'm okay with that. But as long as Asui is not one of those green beans, count me in."
"That's the spirit. As of today, you can call me Set, bestie." Setsuna said with a toothy grin.

Izuku chuckled. "Instant best friend promotion?"


"Yep." They gave each other a fist bump.


"Hey, what about me?" Itsuka pouted.
"You got Tetsutetsu as your best friend." Setsuna said.


"So what happened with Asui?" Tetsutetsu asked but Izuku didn't hear him.


'𝑆𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔,' Izuku thought, looking down at his tray. Why did he feel happy about that though? Why would it matter? Why would she want to be around someone like him when Uraraka herself never looked at him the same way he looked at her and she was his hero? Was it a one-sided thing for him these days? Uraraka now looked at him like those kids from Aldera like he was someone that meant nothing to her. Would Itsuka do the same thing to him? Was he cursed with never finding happiness? Maybe Kacchan and everyone else were right about him all this time. He was nothing but a stupid Deku. He was just a punching bag for everyone to beat down on. Maybe.. just maybe he should..


"Midoriya. Midoriya." Izuku heard Itsuka calling him, interrupting his inner turmoil. "Midoriya!"


Izuku looked up at Itsuka. "Yeah?"
She looked at him with worry. "Is everything okay? You're shaking in your seat and your fists are clenched."


"It's nothing. I'm okay." Izuku lied. He couldn't see it but Itsuka didn't believe him.


"So you were saying something happened with Asui." Tetsutetsu said.


"Oh yeah. Right. Yesterday I asked her for something and I said 'Hey Tsu' because I usually call her by her family name. But she gave me this dirty look and said 'Only my friends can call me Tsu, 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢.' I was surprised by that." Izuku said, making the Class B students frown.


'𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠?' Itsuka thought. '𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 𝑛𝑜𝑤. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤? 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡?'


"But Deku means useless. You're not useless." Setsuna said, taking the words from Itsuka's thoughts.


"Is she the only one?" Yui suddenly asked.


Izuku shook his head. "A few others. Uraraka is another one of them. I don't know what is suddenly happening with them or what I did."


"You might as well join Class B." Tetsutetsu said.


"If only it were that easy." Izuku leaned back into his seat, rubbing his temples. "I'm just tired of Class A's bullshit and Iida.."


The four Class B students were shocked to hear Izuku swear. The greenette suddenly stopped talking and turned to his left as his face paled with a look of fear. The other four turned to see what he was looking at and saw Iida and Yaoyorozu walking towards their table.


"Speaking of Iida." Izuku said.


"Kendo, may we speak with you?" Yaoyorozu asked as she and Iida approached their table.


"Yeah sure. About what?" Itsuka asked. She was confused why the two representatives approached the table now of all times. They never did this before. Was it because of Izuku? '𝐷𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒.'


"May we speak to you somewhere private?" Iida asked as he looked at Izuku with subtle disgust, which Itsuka noticed.

'𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝐼'𝑚 𝑝𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑.'


"I think it's best that you say it here." Itsuka said. She wanted to see if Iida still had that same confidence.


"Kendo, as a fellow class representative, I implore you..." Iida couldn't finish what he wanted to say as Itsuka stood up from her seat.


Itsuka was officially pissed off. "Iida, the role of the class rep is not something you abuse for your own selfish needs. For once, get that stick out of your ass. If you have something to say to me, you say it now or you walk away. If neither, I will give you a taste of what I did to Yaoyorozu in the Joint Training. I don't care if I get kicked out of UA."

The eyes of everyone sitting at the table widened except Yui's. Iida didn't say anything else. Itsuka glared at him before turning to her 'rival'. "Do you want to say it, Yaoyorozu or do you want to abuse your role too?"


Yaoyorozu looked irked and she gave Izuku a glare which Itsuka noticed since the vice rep was not used to social cues. "We will take our leave. Good day, Kendo."


Before Yaoyorozu and Iida started to walk away, Itsuka stopped them. "One more thing. Just because you couldn't talk to me, don't even think about talking to my classmates. I find out that you have been talking to any of them behind my back, I'm going to report you to Vlad King. Understand? You can go now."


Yaoyorozu and Iida left in utter disbelief. Izuku was surprised to see Itsuka stand up for him.
"What was that about?" Setsuna asked.
"Hold on." Itsuka took out her phone and opened her messages to the Class B group chat.


Big Sis: If Yaoyorozu or Iida or anyone from Class A other than Midoriya approaches your table wanting to talk about anything privately, you tell them to come to me first. That goes for you too, Shoda. No matter what they start to say, you will not listen to a single word from them. I don't care if you have to make up some lame excuse, tell them no and don't talk to them. We will talk later.


"Sorry. I had to send a text to the rest of my class to tell them something."


Yui, Setsuna and Tetsutetsu took out their phones to look at the message before Itsuka stopped them.
"Check your phones later." Itsuka ordered.
"Thanks Kendo," Izuku said, a little curious about what was happening but he was afraid to ask. "I guess I owe you one now."


Itsuka gave him a smile and sat back down. "Nah don't sweat it. I hate it when people abuse power for their own benefit."
Izuku scoffed and ate his katsudon. "Iida was not even supposed to even be class rep anyways."


"What do you mean?" Itsuka asked, confused by what Izuku said.
"I was originally the class rep of our class but because of self esteem issues back then and seeing how Iida took control with the whole thing with the media intrusion, I stepped down and offered it to him." Izuku explained.


"Dude, why would you give up your position of class rep to the walking, talking rulebook?" Setsuna deadpanned. "That's basically saying you want a stick in the mud in charge, giving him too much power."


"You don't think I should have?" Izuku asked.
"Nah. I kind of wish it was you rather than Iida for class rep." Itsuka admitted.
Izuku was surprised that Itsuka wanted him to be class rep. "Really? Why?"


"I could just tell by your nature that you have this confidence that rubs off on others and you inspire people to do their best." Itsuka said. '𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘕𝘰. 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘐𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘬𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐𝘻𝘶𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱. 𝐺𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳.'


"Are you okay, Kendo?" Izuku asked.


"Yeah I'm good. Why?" Itsuka asked.


"Your face is turning red. Do you have a fever?" The greenette put his hand on her forehead to see if she had a fever before she could say anything.
'𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙃𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙄𝙎 𝙊𝙉 𝙈𝙔 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙀𝙃𝙀𝘼𝘿!' Itsuka screams internally in surprised happiness. She fought the urge to hum against his touch. "No. I don't have a fever."


Setsuna smirked.
"Well that's good." Izuku said with a smile. "I have to go to the bathroom. I'll be back."


"Set. I have a job for you. I need you to keep an eye and ear on Midoriya after classes are over." Itsuka said once the coast was clear.
"Does the class prez have a crush on the green haired cinnamon roll aka my bestie?" Setsuna teased.


"Shut up, Set." Itsuka said but she blushed lightly. "I'm worried about Midoriya. Listen, there's something that's going on in that class and I think..."


"Yeah you're right and I know what you're thinking." A voice behind Itsuka interrupted. She looked back and saw Bakugou. "Mind if I sit here?"


"Sure." Itsuka said and Bakugou sat down in Izuku's seat.


Bakugo took out his phone and put it in front of the class rep. "Give me your number."


"Excuse me?" Itsuka asked in disbelief. She wasn't going to give her number to the jerk that treats everyone like crap.


Bakugo looked at her with narrowed eyes. "I don't have a thing for you. There's a different reason why I'm doing this. I'm helping the nerd."


"Ok." Itsuka put her number in Bakugo's phone. She then got a message after a few seconds and checked it.


Bakugo: You know how there's talk of a mole or traitor in UA. Everyone in the class except me and Todoroki thinks Midoriya is the traitor. Guess what? He's not.


Itsuka: So is that why his friends stopped sitting with him? They think he's the traitor


Bakugo: No shit. Something tells me you know about this.


Itsuka: Yeah but the others don't


Bakugo: Well you better tell them. Four Eyes went into the nerd's room a few days before Christmas while he was out to the Nighteye Agency about Work Studies and found one of his hero notebooks and peeked inside. He went to Eraser Head and gave it to him, accusing him of being the so-called UA traitor and then started accusing him of being associated with the villain from Kamino because of what happened in the Joint Training.


Itsuka: I'm guessing Iida's accusation is just crap and Midoriya's quirk wasn't given to him by that villain


Itsuka was baffled. '𝘚𝘰 𝘐𝘪𝘥𝘢'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘬. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐾𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑜? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝑌𝑎𝑜𝑦𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑧𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑔𝑜𝑢, 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑧𝑢𝑘𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐽𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑎. 𝐼𝑓 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘, 𝘩𝘦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒.'


Bakugo: The accusation is stupid and baseless. That notebook is not as bad as Four Eyes makes it sound. He's just not telling the full truth or he doesn't know the full truth unlike me and Todoroki. Let's just say when it comes to his quirk, I'm technically in the nerd's circle of trust. I can't say too much but that's it. So don't ask or I'll blast you.
Itsuka: One, that's rude and two, why are you telling me all this?


Bakugo: I saw you stand up for the nerd when Four Eyes and Ponytail were asking you to talk privately. He trusts you other than me and Todoroki. Plus he's going to need support and allies since our class turned on him.


Itsuka: Count me in. I'm not letting him get hurt.
Bakugo: Good. The nerd has been doing those notebooks since he was four. I said this to the useless extras but they're cowards and they're hell bent on making him suffer. Stay by his side and keep him safe. He'll blame himself for what they're doing to him and the last thing I want is to see him hurt. Don't say anything out loud because Ears could be listening.
Kendo: Ok. Wait, who's Ears?
Bakugo: The one with weird ears. I'll let you know any updates through this.


"See you around, orange hair." Bakugou got up and walked away from the table.
"What was that all about?" Tetsutetsu asked. "Why were you two texting each other back and forth?"


"Damn it." Itsuka looked at the messages again. "We need to have a dorm meeting after class."


"What's wrong, Prez? Is Greenie okay?" Setsuna asked worriedly.


"I'll tell you later. Just know that the rest of Class A minus Bakugo and Todoroki are dead for this, starting with Iida." Itsuka said angrily, putting her phone away. '𝐼𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐼𝑖𝑑𝑎. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘻𝘶𝘬𝘶'𝘴 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.'


That last line worried Setsuna and Tetsutetsu, especially her tone. She sounded like she wanted to protect Izuku from his classmates. They trusted her, so they would help her with that.


'𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝐾𝑎𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝐼𝑡𝑠𝑢𝑘𝑎?' Izuku thought as he watched from one of the doorways. '𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝘩𝘦'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 a little weird. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡.'


Izuku went back to their table, pretending he didn't see Kacchan a minute ago. The five of them talked, got to know each other a little better and the other Class B students exchanged numbers with Izuku. After the bell rang for lunch to be over, the five of them walked together to their respective classes. Izuku still got glares when he walked into the class but he ignored them by acting oblivious, still feeling a little hurt.



Classes were the same as yesterday. Izuku took out his notebook and the majority of the class tensed. He realized it when he noticed Sero's gaze from the corner of his eye. He fought the urge to mutter. He still wondered why Present Mic, Midnight, Cementoss and Ectoplasm were still kind to him but he was not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
It was their last lesson of the day and Class A was learning about quirkless discrimination. The majority of the class didn't understand the struggles quirkless people had to go through in modern society due to discrimination even though they were aware of three people that were visibly quirkless. They were very uneducated on the topic and history of the world they live in. Very.


"I can't believe that 200 years ago no one had quirks." Sero said after Aizawa allowed the students to have a discussion as long as they didn't wake him up from his nap. Izuku's hope on being on Aizawa's good side didn't last long when the erasure hero gave him one last glare before going to sleep.


"Yeah, imagine living without a quirk. I mean, you must be a real loner to not have a quirk, right?" Kaminari added. Izuku flinched. Had Kaminari forgotten about Melissa and Ragdoll?


"I can't say I ever met a quirkless person before." Yaoyorozu said. Now Izuku was really getting pissed. Did she also forget about Melissa? Or Ragdoll who became quirkless after getting her power taken by All For One?


"I knew someone who was quirkless," Hagakure said, grabbing everyone's attention. "He was bullied but I don't know why he didn't talk to the teachers. I'm sure they would have listened. He was probably just making a big deal. In the end, he ended up committing suicide."


This made Izuku's blood boil and stomach churn. The teachers were part of the problem too. Hell, they even encouraged it. They never stopped it. They turned a blind eye to the bullying. How was that kid making a big deal?! He had committed suicide.


"Poor kid." Koda said. 'Koda of all people?!'
"Do you remember that kid who went to save his friend from that sludge villain? The news didn't say anything about the unknown kid using a quirk. What could he have done to help his friend without a quirk?" Uraraka asked, making his heart drop. '𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝐼 𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑍𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑃𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐼 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦.'


Nobody knew it was Izuku and Katsuki but the two of them decided to stay quiet and hear what their classmates would say.


"I think it was irresponsible of that kid, adding more responsibility for the heroes." Asui said. '𝐷𝑖𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑇𝑜𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑝𝑎𝑖 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘－𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝐸𝑟𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑖? 𝐷𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦?!'


"I agree. If that boy is quirkless, it was selfish and irresponsible for a quirkless boy to step in adding extra work for the heroes." Iida stated, doing his usual chopping motion with his arm. '𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟.'


"I think he was stupid." Ashido said. '𝑆𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒.'


"Hey. That's not nice. I think it was manly of that kid to go and try to save his friend. Did you ever think what would happen if that friend of his died? If anything like that happened to Mina, I would be devastated." Kirishima said. '𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭.. 𝘢𝘵 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝑎 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.'


"It's not like there was much that he could have done being quirkless..." Ashido was saying but Izuku was spacing out．


Izuku was pissed that he never realized that his own classmates are bigots. Did Asui and Uraraka forget that Togata senpai became quirkless after losing his quirk? Did his classmates involved in I-Island forget about Melissa sans Shoto? Did they really forget about Ragdoll? He felt his stomach churn. He couldn't take it anymore. He grabbed his stuff and rushed out of the class, not realizing that his only two friends looked at his direction in shock. He headed to Recovery Girl's office. He took out his phone and texted Itsuka.


Izuku: Hey, I need to come by your dorm after class.
Izuku put his phone away knowing that she probably won't see it until class ends. But then his phone vibrated. He checked it and was surprised that she replied.


Itsuka🧡: Is everything okay?
Izuku: Yeah everything's good


Izuku barged into Recovery Girl's office and sat down on one of the hospital beds. The Youthful Heroine walked over to the boy with a look of concern. "Are you okay, dear? Don't you have class now?"


Izuku shook his head, hugging his backpack. "I can't be in there. They make me want to throw up." His phone vibrated. He opened it to see Itsuka message him.


Itsuka🧡: No it's not. Where are you?


Izuku: Kendo I'm fine


Itsuka🧡: Midoriya, you wouldn't text me that you want to come by my dorm without some reason. So help me if I have to run to your class and force those idiots to tell me where you went


Izuku: Alright fine. They don't know where I went. I'm in Recovery Girl's office


Itsuka🧡: I'm coming there now


All Might walked into the infirmary. "Young Midoriya, is everything okay? I saw you run in here when I was going to Nezu's office."


Izuku put his phone down and couldn't take it anymore. He sobbed which worried his mentor. "All Might.. Was.. I.. stupid.. And.. reckless.. for.. a.. quirkless.. when.. I.. ran.. in.. to.. save.. Kacchan.. from.. the.. Sludge.. villain..?"


All Might walked over to Izuku, putting one hand on the back of his head and the other on his back, hugging his successor close. "No, my boy. Like I said on that day, you inspired me to act and save young Bakugo."
"Then.. why.. is.. being.. quirkless.. such.. a.. bad.. thing..?"


"Who said that?" Recovery Girl asked with a frown.


"Most.. of.. the.. class.." Izuku said through his sobbing.


"Why didn't Aizawa stop them?" All Might asked.


"He.. was.. too.. busy.. sleeping."


"Why did Nezu allow this man to be a teacher if he can't even stay awake when his students are causing trouble?" Recovery Girl asked rhetorically, shaking her head in disappointment.


"Did anything else happen, my boy?" All Might asked the young hero in training.


"Hagakure.. talked.. about.. a.. boy.. she.. knew.. that.. was.. quirkless.. and.. it.. got.. so.. bad.. that.. he.. he.." Izuku couldn't finish the sentence without feeling like throwing up so he shook his head.
Recovery Girl put a hand to her mouth in horror. "Don't tell me."


Izuku nodded. "Then.. they.. all.. said.. that.. what.. I.. did.. was.. reckless.. and.. I.. gave.. more.. responsibility.. to.. the.. other.. pros.. when.. they.. didn't.. even.. do.. anything.. to.. save.. Kacchan."
"That's not true, young Midoriya. You were more heroic than all of us." All Might tried to reassure his successor.


"Just.. hearing.. all.. of.. that.. made.. me.. think.. of.. Togata.. senpai.. and.. Melissa.. and.. Ragdoll. What.. would.. Melissa.. say.. if.. she.. knew.. that.. the.. hero.. students.. she.. got.. close.. with.. forgot.. that.. she's.. quirkless.. and.. has.. such.. atrocious.. opinions..? Togata.. senpai.. gave.. up.. Permeation.. to save.. Eri. What.. about.. Ragdoll.. that.. the.. new.. generation.. of.. heroes.. are.. like.. this..?" Izuku sobbed, trying to keep his emotions intact.


Itsuka ran into the infirmary, looking for Izuku. "I'm here, Midoriya."


"Kendo.." Izuku whispered, trying to stop sobbing.


"What happened?" Itsuka asked, walking over to the three of them. She looked at Izuku's face and saw that he was going pale. She cupped his face, looking at him in concern. "Izuku, what's wrong?"
Izuku didn't hear Itsuka call him by his first name and hugged her tightly. "I don't want to talk about it anymore."


"Ok. I won't force you to tell me." Itsuka said as her hand went up to his hair and she ran her fingers through her crush's messy green locks.


"Young Midoriya's class was having a discussion on quirkless discrimination and his classmates had colorful things to say about the quirkless especially about the boy who ran to save his friend from the Sludge Villain. Hagakure said that she once knew a boy who was quirkless and it appears that nobody did anything to stop the bullying." All Might explained while surprised at seeing the close relationship between his successor and the class rep of his rival class.


Itsuka looked enraged but she continued to run her fingers through Izuku's hair, soothing him. "First of all, that kid was brave running to save his friend from the Sludge Villain. Second, did they forget about Ragdoll? What do you mean by 'he was' quirkless?"


Even though he was happy that his crush thought he was brave for running in to save Kacchan, Izuku still felt nauseous. His lunch was climbing back up his throat.


"He... he..." Izuku covered his mouth and pointed to the trash bin. Itsuka moved out of the way and All Might handed it to his successor, who threw up his lunch. After the hero in training was done, the former Symbol of Peace replaced the trash can with a napkin.


"I'm.. sorry.." Izuku said in a raspy voice while Itsuka sat next to him and rubbed circles on his back.


"It's ok, sonny. Here." Recovery Girl gave Izuku a cup of mouth wash. He nodded in thanks and drank from the cup. Then he took the cup of water in her hand.


All Might's eyes burned with rage. "I am going to have a few words with Aizawa. These are heroes in training and instead of reprimanding them for saying such things, he decides to sleep."


"Wait, Aizawa was sleeping?" Itsuka asked in disbelief because Vlad King never did this sort of thing when he was discussing quirkless discrimination and Class B were scared shitless of his tone that day. "Is he always sleeping in class?"


"It appears so." All Might said.


"The man has a tendency to sleep in class when his services are not required." Recovery Girl said.


"Please don't tell them anything. They already hate me enough." Izuku pleaded with the former Symbol of Peace.
All Might and Recovery Girl looked shocked.


"My boy, why would your class hate you?" The former hero asked.
"They ignore me and/or give me dirty looks, even Mr. Aizawa. Most of them call me 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢. The only ones that don't hate me are Shoto and Kacchan but everyone else treats me like I'm in middle school again." Izuku explained.


"When did this start?" Recovery Girl asked.


"Christmas Eve morning but it originated from three days before that when everyone but Shoto and Kacchan were ignoring me. I came downstairs for my run and Mr. Aizawa was in the common room with everyone sitting there. When I asked him if there was something I missed, he looked at me coldly like I was some.. some villain and said no. Most of my fr.. classmates looked at me with either disgust or the same look as Mr. Aizawa except for Shoto and Kacchan." Izuku explained.


"Midoriya told me about this. During the Christmas party in his dorm, nobody would talk to him except Todoroki so he came to our dorm and he said that they even kept Eri from being near him." Itsuka said.


"Kendo!" Izuku exclaimed.


"Sorry Midoriya. But they need to know."


Izuku sighed. "Fine."


'𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝐴𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑤𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝐸𝑟𝑖 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰? 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑙𝑜𝑤.' All Might shook his head. "I need to have a talk with Principal Nezu. This is something that can't be ignored."


"All Might, please don't. They'll get suspicious." Izuku begged his mentor.


"Very well, young man. I promise you I won't talk to him." All Might said. '𝑃𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑦. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒.'


Recovery Girl went to her desk and took out a notepad. She wrote something down and signed it.
"Here's a note saying that you had a stomach virus." Recovery Girl said, giving Izuku the piece of paper. "Until you decide that you feel safe to be around your classmates, you're not required to go to class. If you think it's necessary, I suggest you go see Hound Dog."


"Thank you, Recovery Girl."

Izuku and Itsuka walked out of the infirmary together. All Might and Recovery Girl watched as the two of them were talking and the red-haired girl intertwined her arm with Izuku's, heading away from the classes.
"You're going to see Nezu despite the boy's pleas, aren't you?" Recovery Girl asked All Might.


"As young Midoriya's mentor, I need to know what is going on even if it means that I'm going behind his back." All Might admitted.


"Do I have to worry about you turning your back on your successor like his classmates and his teacher are doing?" Recovery Girl questioned. "Because mark my words, Toshinori. If I find out that you dare hurt that boy after everything that he has been put through since you gave him One For All, you will have hell to pay for and it will be much worse than what All For One had done. Am I clear?"


"Y-yes ma'am." All Might said fearfully. Even with that threat, he wouldn't betray his b̶o̶y̶ successor.



"Thanks Kendo." Izuku said.


"Itsuka." The said girl corrected.


"What?"


"You can call me Itsuka."
"But I don't deserve to call you by your first name." Izuku said.


"Well now you do, Izuku." Itsuka intertwined her arm with his arm. "Come on. We're going to my dorm."


"But class is still going on." Izuku said, even though a part of him didn't want to look at his classmates.


"Do you really want to be in there right now? Or in your dorm?" Itsuka asked, sensing the tension in his voice.


"N-no I don't." Izuku said.


"It's ok." Itsuka said softly.

"Let's go."
Itsuka took out her phone and messaged Vlad King about what happened in Izuku's class and that she was taking him to the dorm. She texted Bakugou as well.



All Might knocked on the door to Nezu's office. He heard the principal call for him to enter.


"Ah All Might. I was wondering where you went." Nezu said with his signature smile when the former hero entered the office.


"Apologies sir. I was in the infirmary because I saw Young Midoriya run in there." All Might stated. "He said some concerning things regarding his class and I have also noticed a few things yesterday and today regarding their behavior towards him."


"That is why I have called you here." Nezu opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out a notebook. "Aizawa handed this to me and believes wholeheartedly that your successor is the mole for the League of Villains."


"Young Midoriya, a mole for the League?" The former Symbol of Peace never heard of something so preposterous. He picked up the notebook and he went through it, his eyes widening as he turned the pages. "This is young Midoriya's notebook. He has been looking for this."


"So you are aware of the details in this notebook?" Nezu asked.


"Yes sir. He told me and young Bakugou about what was written in it while we were discussing the predecessor whose quirk manifested in the Joint Training. He said that after what he saw in the matches, he wanted to help his classmates with their quirks and certain aspects of their fighting style. He said he wanted to code it but he was worried that his classmates would have a hard time trying to read his coding. He also said that Young Hatsume and Power Loader are also aware of the details in the notebook because of the support items that he drew." All Might had a proud smile. "His ideas for counters for his classmates' weaknesses are fascinating and the support items he has drawn are very useful though the drawings are not completed. They still do not appear to be completed. Aizawa believes that young Midoriya is the traitor because of this? Did he not read through the whole thing?"


"No, I'm afraid not. I asked if he read through all of it and he said he read enough. I believe that after what has happened the last two days, Aizawa told his students that Midoriya is the traitor when I clearly told him not to. Snipe, Midnight, Vlad King and Present Mic did not take his side while Cementoss and Ectoplasm decided to remain neutral."


"What can we do to stop this? This will hurt young Midoriya." All Might said in concern.


"Until Detective Tsukauchi comes back from his trip, there is nothing we can do but hope that it does not get worse. However we must educate these students properly on equal treatment for the citizens they will protect as future heroes." Nezu stated.


All Might realized what the principal just revealed. "I don't wish to be the accusing type, but were you watching us through the camera in the infirmary, sir?"


"Yes I was. I was worried when I saw Midoriya rush into the infirmary. I am quite disappointed that his classmates have easily forgotten that Ragdoll had her quirk taken and young Togata lost his when his quirk was erased." Nezu said, a thin line forming as he frowned. "Until Midoriya feels safe to be around his classmates both in the dorm and the classroom, I will allow him to be moved to the 1-B dorm starting tomorrow with the excuse of sick leave. The teachers will be made aware of this change after classes end. I will have Vlad King tell his class. Will you be the one to tell Class A, All Might?"


"Of course, sir."



"Welcome back to the 1-B dorm." Itsuka said with her arms in a welcoming gesture.


"I never thought I'd be back here." Izuku said.


"Well you are. Consider yourself an honorary 1-B student." Itsuka said, bumping Izuku's shoulder.


"Thanks." Izuku said with a small smile.
"No problem. Sit. I can't have you standing all the time." Itsuka offered.


Izuku and Itsuka sat in the loveseat.


"I-Itsuka, can I tell you something that I haven't told my classmates?" Izuku asked.


"What is it?"


"I was the quirkless boy who saved his friend from that Sludge Villain." Izuku admitted.


Itsuka's mouth dropped in shock. "What?! You're the boy saved your friend from that disgusting monster?! You used to be quirkless?!"


Izuku nodded. "The friend was Kacchan. My quirk manifested on the day of the Entrance Exam."


"Why are you trusting me with this?" Itsuka asked.


"There's a reason why I'm telling you this." Izuku said. "Itsuka I.."


The door opened and Tetsutetsu's voice was heard. "I wonder if Kendo is feeling okay."


"It must have been a big emergency if she left in the middle of class." Setsuna said. She walked into the common room to put her bag down and saw her best friends sitting on the loveseat. "Hey Greenie. Oh look, Prez is here too."


"Hey Set," Izuku said awkwardly, his face burning with embarrassment. "I was just in the middle of telling Itsuka something."


"What are you doing here, man?" Tetsutetsu asked as the rest of Class B walked into the common room.


"I had an emergency so I texted Itsuka that I wanted to come to your dorm after class but she came to the infirmary herself." Izuku said.


"So that's why she ran out of class. You texted her and she came here with you after her trip to the infirmary." Ibara pointed out.


Izuku nodded. "Yeah. I hope you don't mind."


"Not at all," Ibara said. "You're one of the tolerable boys in your class."


"Thanks Shiozaki." Izuku said.


"Since when are you on first name terms with Kendo?" Tsuburaba asked as the rest of Class B made themselves comfortable in the common room.


"Since now," Itsuka said. "Izuku is an honorary 1-B student as of today."


"Can I ask you guys something?" Izuku asked since his chance to confess was ruined.


"Yeah what's up man?" Awase asked as he sat down with Kaibara and Kamakiri on one of the couches.


"What are your opinions on the quirkless?" Izuku asked.


"They're still people, regardless if they have a quirk or not." Reiko said.


"I still can't believe Ragdoll got her quirk taken away by the villain in Kamino." Shiozaki said. "I agree with Reiko."


"I know girl in America who quirkless." Pony said in her broken Japanese. "Nicest girl I ever met."


"I also know a girl who's quirkless." Izuku said in English. "She's very smart."


Class B looked at Izuku in shock except Pony who smiled happily.

"You know English, Izuku?" Itsuka asked.


"Yeah I learned it when I was younger watching All Might's old English interviews." Izuku said with a small smile. "But I kind of abandoned it when I was in middle school."


"Why?" Setsuna asked.


"With me being quirkless speaking in a language fluently other than my native language, it was frowned upon." Class B sans Itsuka looked shocked at Izuku once more.


"You used to be quirkless?" Tetsutetsu asked. "So you were a late bloomer?"


"You faced quirkless discrimination, didn't you?" Setsuna asked. Izuku nodded to both people, not trusting his words.


"You were bullied?" Monoma muttered.


"Yeah." Izuku said in shame. "So go on, make fun of me."


"Why would we make fun of you?" Ibara asked, a look of concern on her face.


"Yes you're still human even if you used to be quirkless. Quirkless doesn't mean you should be treated badly." Reiko said. "Is there a reason you're telling us this?"


Izuku's face had a mixture of emotions from sadness to anger to disgust to disappointment. "My class was having a discussion on quirkless discrimination and most of them had some really bad things to say about the quirkless."


The class looked shocked at this discovery that their rival class was full of bigots.


"Did they forget about Ragdoll or are they just that prideful?" Tetsutetsu asked.


"And it got really bad to the point that I left the room to go to the infirmary because I couldn't stand it anymore. Just hearing the things they said brought back the memories of what I've been through the last eleven years." Izuku grit his teeth, his tone and mood changing to bitterness. "I've been called 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 because that's what I was back then to everyone, a quirkless loser who had no chance at anything. I'm just tired of being known as the 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 that can't do anything right. It was always 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 this, 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 that. I mean is there anything that I'm good for?"


"You're not a 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢. No matter what anyone says." Itsuka said, aware of the sudden change in Izuku's behavior. She had to take caution.


Izuku scoffed and took off his tie, unbuttoning his collar. He felt like he was going to suffocate. At this point, he forgot that the rest of Class B was here and he was now only aware of Itsuka's presence. "That's easy for you to say. Try going through eleven years of your life when you are known only as the worthless 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢. Oh wait. I don't think you have, Itsuka."


"Izuku. Hey, you need to relax."


Izuku glared at her before looking down at the floor, trying to hold back his emotions and anger. "I was surrounded by the bullies, the tormentors, the quirkists, the bigots for eleven years. I was always told that I would never amount to anything in life. All they did was treat me like garbage, like I'm some freak. A damned walking disease. The teachers even allowed the abuse handed to me. I mean, there's no way that a stupid 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 can pass a test without cheating but somehow those dumb kids can, right? The same dumb kids that put spider lilies on top of my desk, constantly reminding me of what my fate should be."


Class B were listening to Izuku with either shock, wide eyes or looks of horror. Even Yui and Reiko couldn't hide the emotions they were feeling as they listened to what he had been through.


"But I stayed strong. I powered through and I trained for the UA Entrance Exam. Then guess what? My quirk manifested when I ran in to save Uraraka because my body moved before I had a chance to think even though I broke three of my limbs using it for the first time but I was so happy that I got into my dream school. I had friends for the first time in forever." Izuku clenched his fists in anger. "But the same people that I thought of as friends stopped considering me their friend for some reason and made me feel like I'm back in Aldera fucking Junior High, making me feel like I'm a 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 again. They call me 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 like I mean nothing to them. I broke myself physically and mentally. I was always kind to them but they hate me now. That last lesson of the day basically showed me that my friends.. no.. my former friends are bigots. I am disgusted that they have easily forgotten about Ragdoll who had her quirk stolen. It was a huge wake-up call that made me realize that somehow they know I'm quirkless. I thought I escaped all of that when I enrolled into UA that but why does it feel that I never escaped it at all?"


Izuku felt tears running down his eyes, his lip trembling. "I want to show the world that Deku doesn't mean useless. I want to be the greatest hero. I wanted to be the hero that saves everyone but I couldn't save Sir Nighteye during my work study. I saved Eri but at what cost? I watched Sir die. I wasn't fast enough to save him. It should have been me." He said with a voice crack as he started to break down. "Everyone was right. I'm nothing but a worthless, useless 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢. I don't deserve to be a hero. I'm a failure. I was supposed to die so why am I still alive? Why? Why didn't I just die at the hands of Shigaraki or Muscular or Chisaki? Then Class A would be free of the burden known as Izuku '𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢' Midoriya."


Itsuka pulled Izuku into a hug. She hated seeing her crush be haunted by the demons of his past returned in the form of his current classmates. He was once a child who wanted good in his life but instead he's been through and seen horrors that he shouldn't have as he grew up because of something he couldn't control. After everything he went through, he always got back up to save those in need because of his willpower. Now his classmates are treating the quirkless like they're not also human beings, making him remember how he was treated.


On top of that, Class A betrayed him over a misunderstanding and thought he was a traitor. How dare Class A call themselves heroes? She didn't know Izuku as well as they did but even she could see that this was no traitor.


Izuku cried into her shoulder, letting out wails that pierced the hearts of Class B. That led to Itsuka trying to hold back her tears as she gave him comforting words.
 "You are not a failure. You are not a burden. You are not a 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢. You are a hero. You hear me, Izuku Midoriya?" She pulled away and held his face after he stopped crying, wiping his tears. "Forget about your classmates. You saved Kota. You saved Eri. Remember that you are their hero. Be there for them."


Izuku nodded and let out a few shuddering breaths before speaking. "I'm sorry for the outburst."


"You have nothing to apologize for, Izuku." Itsuka reassured him. "Come here."
The class rep gave Izuku another hug, holding him in a warm embrace. "You are not alone. I am here for you."


"Thank you, Itsuka." Izuku said, a small smile on his face. He was grateful that Itsuka cared about him.


"You're welcome, Izuku." Itsuka said, pressing her forehead to his while brushing her fingers on his cheek.


Izuku sniffled and turned around, now realizing that Class B was here this whole time. He looked at them with wide eyes. "Oh crap."


"We won't judge you for breaking down." Setsuna said. She walked over to Izuku and hugged him. "Class A doesn't deserve you."


"Thanks Set." Izuku said. The said girl ruffled his hair and walked back to her seat.
"How long have you been grieving from this?" Ibara asked.


"I had trouble sleeping for a week or two since Sir Nighteye's death but I talked to Hound Dog about it. Despite the angry outbursts, he's actually a good listener and a good counselor. This is the first time in forever I actually went deep into it, breaking down again."


"Yeah that was deep." Tetsutetsu admitted.


"I'm guessing you're going to be here for a while." Setsuna said.


"I-is it okay if I stay for dinner?" Izuku asked nervously.


"Yeah. We'll make sure to let you go an hour or two before curfew ends." Itsuka said, running her hand through Izuku's hair. 'If only you could stay here forever.'



Izuku opened the door and everyone turned to look at him. The greenette avoided looking at anyone so he didn't throw up his dinner from how sick he felt from being around them. Shoto was the only person to approach him after the greenette went to sit at one of the tables. The dual haired boy noticed how pale his friend looked. "Izuku?"


Izuku took the nurse's note out from his backpack and gave it to Shoto. "Note from Recovery Girl. It turns out that I have a stomach virus and she decided that until I feel better, I'm not obligated to return to class. When you go to class tomorrow, give it to Aizawa. I don't want to see him."

The greenette grabbed his backpack, grabbed his shoes from the entrance and went to the elevator. He didn't trust his classmates with his shoes. "I'm going to my room. Night."


After Izuku went inside the elevator, Shoto glared coldly at his classmates. "Are any of you trying to poison Izuku?"


Yaoyorozu looked horrified. "Poison Midoriya? Todoroki, we are not villains that we would poison him."


Bakugou rolled his eyes. "Tch. Don't make me laugh. You extras treat him like a villain. All you extras look so disgusted when he's around you. None of you even cared that he ran out of class."


"Then why didn't you go after him, Bakugou?" Kaminari asked. Katsuki heard the sarcasm in his voice and it took everything in his ability not to use his quirk.


"I'm giving him space because I'm the last person he wants around when he's like this. So fuck off, Sparky." Katsuki snarled at his former friend. "You all watch him like he's done something wrong. You make me sick."


"Why didn't you go after him, Todoroki? Unless you finally saw that 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢 is actually a traitor?" Uraraka asked with malice, directed at the green hairred boy.


Shoto didn't know where this side of Uraraka is coming from. But it took everything in his power not to freeze her in place. "I didn't want to make things worse so I stayed back. But at least I care about him unlike the three of you." He stated the last part coldly to the brunette, Asui and Iida.


"As a matter of fact, I'm making food for him as of today. The nerd is excused from classes and the last thing I want is that he starves himself." Bakugou said.


Shoto walked toward the elevator to the boy's side of the rooms, not wanting to deal with any of them anymore.


Bakugou stopped the elevator and walked inside. "We need to talk and I don't want to do it around them."


"Ok."
The two of them walked into Bakugou's room. The said boy sat in his chair while Shoto stood against the wall. "We both know that this is Glasses' fault. The reason that the nerd could only say Happy Birthday but not give Round Face a gift."


"I hope that Izuku never forgives Uraraka when she finds out the truth of what happened." Shoto said coldly.


"Same here. She doesn't deserve his forgiveness." Bakugou said. "The nerd doesn't actually have a stomach virus. He's just using that so he doesn't have to be around them."


"Why would he lie?" Shoto asked.
"Did you not hear what they were talking about in class earlier? The nerd is a late bloomer and he went through the same kind of treatment as any other quirkless person."


"How do you know that?" Shoto asked, looking at the blond.


Bakugou stayed silent.


"Bakugou, did you bully Izuku when you were younger?" Shoto asked calmly. The blond still didn't answer. 
"Bakugou, I'm not going to ask twice."


"Yes, I bullied him." Bakugou said in shame. Shoto used his ice and froze him up to his waist.


"Why?!" Shoto asked coldly.


"I was stupid and an asshole." Bakugou said. "I wanted Izuku to stop chasing an impossible dream because his quirk didn't manifest and he wanted to be a hero so badly."


"But even after Izuku manifested his quirk, you still treated him like he was a lesser being. Why?"


"I hated his guts because I only thought of him as worthless. But knowing that he's the reason that you saved me at Kamino and that fight in Ground Beta, he was not as worthless as I thought."


Shoto freed Bakugou from the ice prison. "Sorry. I lost control there."


"It's.. fine. I deserved it." Bakugou admitted.



Itsuka looked at her classmates. Izuku's meltdown is what Bakugo said would happen. '𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔?'


'𝐵𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚.' A voice in Itsuka's head said.


'𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡.' Itsuka stood up and finally announced, "Guys, we need to talk."


"What is it, Kendo?" Shoda asked.


"Is it about what happened at lunch?" Setsuna asked.


'𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 I 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠.' Itsuka internally said and nodded. "Obviously you know that Izuku's classmates hate him now so I need to be straight up with you about why this is actually happening."


"But he's such a nice guy. Why would they do that to him?" Kinoko asked.


"Two days before Christmas, Mr. Vlad wanted to talk to me and at lunch today, Bakugou approached me, Set, Yui and Tetsutetsu while Izuku was in the bathroom."


The rest of Class B looked surprised and turned to the said people. The three of them nodded in confirmation.


"Mr. Vlad told me that in the faculty office, Aizawa pulled out one of Izuku's notebooks. From what he 'presumably' believes is written in the notebook, he thinks that Izuku is the so-called UA traitor and is giving that information to the League. So before you make any assumptions, Monoma or anyone else, you're going to listen to what I have to say." Itsuka glared at the blond.


"Greenie, a traitor? After that meltdown, there is no way in hell that he is a traitor." Setsuna said.


"Yeah. I don't see it." Awase said. 


"Yes, Midoriya's heart is too pure." Ibara said. "Continue, Itsuka."


"When Principal Nezu asked him if he read through the whole notebook, Aizawa said he read enough."


"So there's more to it in the notebook than the weaknesses of his classmates." Tetsutetsu said, not one to jump to conclusions.


Itsuka nodded. "Mr. Vlad said that Nezu told Aizawa not to talk to his students about it but judging by the fact that Izuku came to our dorm on Christmas and the things that he said and what Bakugou told me, Aizawa must have jumped the gun and told Class A that he's likely the traitor. Anyways after Aizawa left the office, Nezu had the notebook be passed around to all of the teachers and he quoted 'read it from the front to the back and leave no page unread'. It turns out in the back pages of the notebook, Izuku wrote down ways to counter those weaknesses and he even drew support items for his classmates to counter those weaknesses."


"That's actually helpful. I didn't know that Midoriya could even draw." Ibara said.


"He could definitely draw. Vlad King said that Ms. Midnight was impressed with the drawings that he did in that notebook."


"So you think that Aizawa is going paranoid, if that's the right word to use when it comes to that man?" Tetsutetsu asked.


"Izuku is smart and passionate but he's no traitor. Plus Bakugou said that he's been doing them since he was four years old." Itsuka admitted.
Everyone looked shocked. "Greenie must be really passionate when it comes to quirks." Setsuna said.


"He complimented Monoma's Copy and said that it's one of the best quirks he's ever seen." Itsuka stated. "He says it would be great for combat and rescue and that he can copy the quirk of the villain he's facing."


"Midoriya thinks that my quirk is actually great? He doesn't think of it as a quirk that would steal other quirks?" Monoma asked in shock.


"The only person capable of doing that is sitting in Tartarus." Itsuka said.
"But wait, his new quirk. What about that?" Tsuburaba asked. 


Monoma shook his head. "It wasn't given to him. When I used Copy, both quirks were a blank to me. That means that the second quirk is part of his original quirk, making it more of an ability. It's almost like Todoroki's quirk, two abilities in one quirk."


"So he just manifested those black tendrils the day of the Joint Training," Reiko said. "That explains why it went out of control. He had no idea that his quirk could even do that."


"I thought Midoriya was powerful back then but he's become more powerful." Kaibara said, shaking his head in disbelief.


"Like an OP Shōnen anime protagonist," Pony said in her broken Japanese. "He's like Spider-Man of Japan with black webs."


"That's one way to put it." Tetsutetsu said. "I always thought of All Might as Superman especially when he wore his Silver Age costume. Plus Midoriya as the Flash since he has the green lightning and how fast he is. But Pony has a point. He is like Spider-Man now."


"If he needs help with that quirk, I could help him. It would be perfect for capture and rescue." Ibara said before she realized something. "Why do I have a bad feeling that Class A is thinking that Midoriya is associated with that villain?"


"Because they are. Bakugou told me that Iida is the one that gave Aizawa the notebook and started these wild accusations because of what happened in the Joint Training. It's been a few months since that villain has been arrested and Izuku showed signs of his new ability now. Let me send you the messages." Itsuka said and forwarded the messages between her and Bakugo to the class. "Iida and Yaoyorozu approached the table where we were sitting and asked to talk to me privately. The first thing was Iida looked at Izuku with disgust so when I said to say it there in front of Izuku, they wanted to be cowards."


The class took a few minutes to read the messages.

"I started putting two and two together since the Christmas party. Before I invited Izuku in, he told me Shoto and Kacchan are the only two that weren't ignoring him. When I asked who Kacchan is, he told me that it was Bakugo and that was who the League was after back at the training camp. So why would he double cross the League by telling us who they were after? Yet class A knows that nickname for the last eight months and they let their fear get the best of them."

"You sure you supposed to be hero and not detective?" Pony asked in her broken Japanese.

Itsuka blushed. "Sorry. Once something is on my mind, I need to express it somehow."

"If Bakugou of all people says that Midoriya is innocent over his own friends, since Todoroki believes he's innocent, then I am disappointed in Class A, especially Kirishima." Tetsutetsu said.


"They wanted to turn you against Greenie but they don't know that you already know about this." Setsuna said and Itsuka nodded.


"So that's why you messaged the group chat not to talk to anyone from Class A but Midoriya during lunch. They want to turn our class against Midoriya, isolating him and making him feel alone." Shoda said.


Itsuka nodded once more. "I promised Mr. Vlad that I wouldn't tell Izuku since there's an investigation going on but he didn't say anything about telling you guys. I'm going to fight for Izuku not just because I know he's innocent but because he needs our support. We turn our backs on him, then we're no better than Class A and they're supposed to be one big family."


The class saw how broken Izuku Midoriya looked because of this and it was so different from the cheery and bright faced boy they've seen. Even though none of them were close to him, it hurt them to see him like that.


Setsuna stood up. "I'm with you, Prez. Nobody hurts my best friend and gets away with it."


"Same here. Midoriya is not the kind of person to turn his back on his friends so I'm not turning my back on him. That's not the manly way." Tetsutetsu said as he stood up.


"If it's to show that scummy Class A that they're wrong about Midoriya being the traitor, I'm with you." Monoma said, standing up from his seat.


Itsuka looked at the blond in shock. "Monoma."


"I know what it was like to be picked on for something I couldn't control. But he has experienced much worse than me. Plus even if I have this obsession with beating 1-A, I respect Midoriya."


The rest of the class said that they would support Izuku.
"One more thing, Prez. You like Greenie, don't you?" Setsuna asked.


Itsuka sputtered. "W-what?"


Setsuna smirked. "Don't think I didn't see it. First, you were by his side the whole time during the Christmas party. Next, your face turned red when we were talking about the whole class rep thing at lunch. Then you wanted me to keep an eye on him and you got flustered when I asked you if you have a crush on him. After that, you run out of class with your stuff and instead of coming back to class, we find you here relaxing with Greenie."


"No, that's not..." Itsuka groaned. "Was I that obvious? I thought I was being subtle."


Setsuna cackled. "You were not being subtle."


"I want to tell him but I'm scared. What if he doesn't like me back or what if he.." Itsuka was saying until Setsuna interrupted her.


"Prez. Greenie definitely likes you. He could've told me, Tetsutetsu or Yui that he needed to come to our dorm but he messaged you. When he was having that meltdown, you helped him calm down. You're his guardian angel." Setsuna said with a smile. "Just give it time. He's going through a class-wide betrayal and we'll be glad if it hasn't spread to the entire school. Hopefully."


'𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒.' Itsuka thought before realizing something. '𝐻𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑛. 𝐵𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑔𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐼𝑧𝑢𝑘𝑢 𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢.'


She was going to have a talk with that spiky blond idiot.



In his room, Katsuki felt his phone vibrate. '𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙? 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤? 𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑏𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦.' He opened up his messaging app and saw Orange hair message him.


Orange Hair: After what happened with Izuku today, I'm going to let you know that I don't like bullies


Katsuki: So Izuku told you about his past


Orange Hair: He didn't tell me everything. I put two and two together since you're the one who always called him 𝐷𝑒𝑘𝑢. Now you stopped because of those idiots you call classmates.


Katsuki: I'm guessing you're going to threaten me now


Orange Hair: If it was up to me, I would enlarge my hand, grab you by the ankle and throw you against the ground back and forth. But I'm not because Izuku needs his friend. Consider this your redemption.



Izuku laid in his bed, unable to fall asleep. He was afraid that if he did fall asleep, he would be haunted by the nightmares he used to have as that scared fourteen year old boy. He didn't want those nightmares anymore. A part of him hoped and wished that he would be away from this class permanently.