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Shinsou was having a rough day, no screw that. His day was really awful and he just wanted to go to his bed and try to sleep, even though he could hope for 2-3 hours at best. You see, his classmates decided that it was a great day for them to act like a bunch of empty minded hooligans and harras him. Nothing to much out of the usual, a few papaers thrown at him, mean words and one even dared to trip him. Normally they would keep their distance, in case he decided to act like a real villain and command them to do something stupid, but this one kid had apperently never heard that people usually kept their distance from him.
His home way sadly meant going near aldera junior high, one of the worst schools even in this area. Rumors have it, that teachers are prejuiced dicks and let their students do any shit, as long as they have powerful quirks and a bright future ahead of them. If you had a quirk that would be considered "useless" in modern society they woukd be very strict, but still leave you alone most of the time. But if you were to be quirkless,it couldn't get any worse. Shinsou heard that the teachers allowed students to harras other students in a more physical way and sometimes they would even get praises, since quirkless people were considered less.
He wanted to walk by quickly and go home as fast as possible when a sudden explosion interrupeted his thought process. He looked up only to see a notebook flying out of a window and falling into the pond down below. Shinsou frowned, it was probably another kid having a bad day like him and dispite himself he decided to pick up the notebook and return it to its owner. After picking it up and standing beside the pond, Shinsou saw three students heading out of the building. At the front was a blond spikey haired kid with an overconfident smirk and laughing about something. They were bad news, Shinsou decided and stood in the shadow of the tall building to remain unseen.
A few minutes later a green haired kid with tears in his eyes and burns all over his clothing came out and mumbled something. The insomniac took this opportunity to get of the shadows and ask the kid if the notebook he found was his. The green haired kid looked up with shook and what seemed to be fear when he heard the steps of the other person. Shinsou frowned, asumming the kid thought thet he was his tormentor and held out the slightly burned and wet notebook.
"Is this yours?" He asked and holy fuck, that was akward. The smaller one looked confused for a second before he recognized what Shinsou was holding and nodded his head profusely. "Y-Yeah, thank you so much!!" He said and bowed multiple times. The purple haired one was scared he would hurt himself, bowing so fast, but the kid seemed, aside from previous noticed injuries, fine. "So, what happened?" The smile the kid was holding just seconds before fell and Shinsou had never felt more like an idiot. "O-Oh, Kacchan and his friends were doing a little game, y-yeah game.. and I accidentally got hurt, but thanks again for getting my notebook! Y-You see, it fell out the window when we were p-playing!" Alright the kid sucked at lying. And who was this 'Kacchan' guy, a friend? Yeah. no way.
And the way he flinched when he heard Shinsou, this kid was pretty obvious. But it didn't matter, Shinsou already decided to adopt him and nobody could get in his way. And the first thing to do? Of course introduce himself. "No problem, my name is Shinsou, Shinsou Hitoshi." "I'm Midoriya, Midoriya Izuku, nice to meet you Shinsou-kun!" Holy Muffin that smile was bright, he would need to remeber to wear sun glasses. "Do you maybe wanna hang out? It probably sounds weird, but you didn't seem to have the best day today. I had also a pretty shit day, so why not suffer in this menace we call society together?" Shinsou couldn't believe he was doing this, there goes his chance of some sleep.
He also hoped this wouldn't come over as creepy as it sounded, but the small laugh from the kid made him release a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Sure! I know this really nice café around here!!" Wow, Midoriya seemed to be really hyper to hang out with someone, but who could blame him. And he was also way to trusting to strangers, it seemed that the poor child had never really learned not to trust people he just met. They had to work on that, but that was a problem for later.
Shinsou decided it would be best if they stopped to buy some medical supplies for Midoriya, as he had some burns and cuts that seemed not really comfortable. So they went into the next best pharmacy that was on the way to buy some burn slave and band-aids. Midoriya seemed to be emberassed that Shinsou went to buy him stuff, bit he assured him that it was fine. "W-Wait Shinsou-kun, you don't have to buy that! It doesn't even hurt that much, s-so no need to spend money on me!!" "I hate to break it to you, Midoriya, but you are not 'fine'. You have burns and cuts all over you and even if you don't want to tell me how you got them, you still have to let me help you treat them. I don't wanna feel bad in the middle of the night, 'cause I didn't help you, so please."
Wow, Shinsou was getting desperate, he wéven said please, if his dads could hear him now they would be questioning if he was really theor son and not just some imposter who said 'please'. "B-But I still feel uncomfortable if you pay for me.." "Alright, how about this: I pay for the medical stuff and you treat me a the café you were talking about. Deal?" Midoriya seemed to think about it for a second, bofore nodding his head and happily agreeing.
So that's where they were now, a pharmacy with medical supplies in their cart and talking about some shitty tv series from before the quirk era. "Yeah but number 067 is my favorite, she is so baddass!!" "Yeah, but number 001 seems kinds sketchy, like how the fuck did that dude not die in the first game?? Something's definitely up with him." "How do you dare say something like that about him?? He is one of my favorite characters!" The greenette gasped dramatically and pushed him jokingly aside.
Luckily the pharmacy was like 5 minutes away fro the café, so they didn't had to walk that much. Shortly after they sat at a nice little table at the café and placed their order. While waiting they decided to tell ech other some things about themself and found out they actutally have a lot in common. "I can't believe I've spend my life without knowing you, Shinsou!"He chuckeld at that, it was really amazing how much you can have in common with a stranger you met just an hour prior. They both loved old movies and shows form before the era of quirks, loved cats and didn't have any friends. The last parts was a bit sad but Midoriya quoted "I don't need friends, they dissapoint me" and Shinsou had never openly laughed that much before.
After a two hour talk at the café they decided to meet up again and exchange numbers. "Thanks for talking with me, Shinsou!! I hadn't had that much fun for a long time!! See you!" And with that the greenette left and Shinsou made his way hoem, a smal smile still present on his face when he opened the door to his apartment. Not even half a second later he was attacked by a hug from his dad and met with a slightly dissapointed but also relived stare from his father. "Where were you?? You didn't call and school ended a few hours ago!" "I-" but Shinsou was interrupted before he could even start. "I was so worried!! And Shouta was also, even though he doesn't seem like it! Please text us if you stay out longer next time, but again where were you??" His dad, Hizashi, wailed a little while almost suffocating Shinsou with a hug.
Seriously, it was getting hard to breathe. Luckily his father, Shouta, seemed to notice and told his husband to let got of Shinsou. "Well, when I was walking home from school, I actually planned to go straight home, but when I passed aldera junior high I saw something flying out of the window and heard someone shouting. The thing that 'fell' out was a notebook, so I waited to return it to its owner. After 3 dudes walked out I waited a few minutes and a green haired kid came out. We talked and I gave him his notebook back and we walked to a café. He seemed to be having a realy bad day and we had a really nice talk. So don't worry, I wasn't attacked or something."
His father raised an eyebrow, but that was overtuned by his dad's happy exclamation that his son had finally found a friend. Shouta had to use his quirk to cancel out Hizashi's. While having dinner, Shinsou told some more about his meeting with Midoriya and their talk. His parents seemed to already like him and Hizashi eventually asked Shinsou if Midoriya could come over for dinner some time. The purplenette said he wasn't sure, but would ask the next time he'd see him.
----A few weeks later----
Soon after their first meeting Midoriya became Izuku and Shinsou became Hitoshi. They both finally had found the friend they needed and could talk about anything with. One exmaple were the hours of calls they would have occasionally at 2 in the morning. They were supposed to meet today, so Shinsou made his way to the café they two would always meet up. He was nervous since he decided that today was the day he would tell Izuku about his quirk.
When he opened the door he wanted to walk out again, being to nervous. But Izuku had already spotted him and waved him over with an excited smile, that turned into a frown as soon as he saw Shinsou's nervousness. "Are you okay, Hitoshi?? Are you sick? You seem a bit pale, maybe we should got to a doctor...." the rest was just a not understandable mess of muttering. Shinsou laughed a little and reassured him that he was not sick. "Don't worry Izuku, I just have to tell you something importent. It's about my.. my quirk." The greenette stopped talking and looked kind of shocked, but who could blame him.
Both usually avoided talking about their own quirks, so it was really surprising that Hitoshi wanted to trust him with such a big secret. "A-Are you sure, Hitoshi?? You don't have to do that if you're not comfortable enough with me knowing." "No Izuku, I'm sure. You are the one of the first people I completly trust and I don't want to keep that secret from you..." Then Hitoshi started to explain his quirk and the bullying caused by it. When he was finished he looked up, expecting to see something like anger or even disgust. He was not ready for the tears in Izuku's eyes and the bone crushing hug he recieved shortly after.
"I'm so, so sorry you had to go through that! I wish people would understand that a quirk doesn't define whether a person is good or evil! A-And since you trusted me with your secret, I'll tell you mine.." And so Izuku began to share his story of being diagnosed quirkless and the betrayal from his childhood 'bestfriend'. And Hitoshi was furious, how could someone be treated like that for being quirkless?? He was still kind of lucky, since his teachers did something against the bullying, even though it was mostly because of his father. He had scared them shitless.
But in Izuku's case nobody helped him, it was really fucked up. After hearing what Izuku had been told by his former bestfriend, Hitoshi wanted nothing more than to punch that dickhead in the face and hopefully break his nose.
The insomniac then remembered his dad's invitation for dinner and decided to ask Izuku now, since he had told him that his mother had taken a night shift. "Hey Izuku? I wanted to ask if you would come over for dinner tonight? My dad asked me to invite you, when I told him that I made a friend. And since your mother isn't home you could maybe even stay for a sleepover, since it's saturday." "Y-Yeah, the last sleepover I had was when I was like 4.. But I'll text my mum first, so she doesn't worry when I'm not there tomorrow.
After a short trip to Izuku's house to get his things, of course Shinsou texted his dad first, since he was faster to agree than his father, they went on their way to Shinsou's apartment. Reaching the door you could hear two people talking, one excited and the other well kind of expressionless. "Calm down, Hizashi, you'll scare Hitoshi new friend away if ou'll act to overbearing." The calm and expressionless voice said. "But Shooouuta, I wanna meet the little listener!" Whined the louder voice.
The greenette looked up to Shinsou, who just sighed and opened the door with his key. Suddenly four eyes turned to them and Izuku began to slightly tremble. Even with confidance talk with Hitoshi, he was still not good at meeting strangers. Especially not when the one with the long black hair looked at him like make-one-wrong-move-and-you're-over look. Hitoshi, being the awesome friend he is noticed his company's tremble and the source of it.
With one swift move he was in front of Izuku to block the 2 pairs of eyes. "Could you like not stare at my best friend like he's a new species??" A choked noice was being heard from behind Shinsou and he turned around, just in time, to see the smile that even put the sun to shame. "Aaaaww, I'm your best friend?? That's so cute!!" Izuku teased him a bit and Shinsou decided that: 'yeah no, I don't need friends' and was about to push Izuku out the door when they heard an akward cough from behind.
"So, I assume that's Midoriya Izuku?? Nice to meet you! My name is Hizashi, no need for formalities!" And wow, the blond haired guy had a really loud voice. The black haired male next to him let out a sigh. "Aizawa Shouta, you can call me Shouta, nice to meet ya, kid." He was way less enthusiastic and sounded tired, but something about these two seemd so familiar to Izuku. He just couldn't put his finger on it.
Wait- "Oh my god! You're Present Mic and Eraserhead!! I can't believe I get to meet such cool heroes.." And Izuku fell into a deep muttering. Hitoshi, already having expected a similar reaction told his parents about Izuku being a big fanboy and stuff. Hizashi seemed happy to meet one of his fans and Shota seemed surprised that the kid could identify him so quickly. 'Maybe a quirk for analysis..' He thought to himself. "Hitshi, are you sure the little listener is alright? He has been muttering non stop.."
"Yeah, don't worry. He'll turn back to normal in 3, 2, 1." And just as Shinsou reached 1 the greenetta seemed to snap out of his trance and started to apologize. "Oh no, I stareted muttering again, didn't I?" He turned to Shinsou to see his amused expression. "Not funny, Hitoshi! Why didn't you tell me that your parents are such cool heroes!" He whined a little. "Because I knew, that you would react like this. It' funny, okay?" The brainwasher had to hold back a laugh at Izuku's pout.
"Why don't we start with dinner before the food gets cold?" In other words 'can we finally eat so that I can go to sleep?'. Everyone agreed and soon there were sitting in a comfortable silence. "Wow, the food is really good!" Izuku exclaimed and got a big smile from Hizashi back. Nearing the end of the dinner Izuku said that that he could do the dishes, but Hitoshi took him away to his room before he could even get started. "Wha-, Hitoshi, why won't you let me help with the dishes??" "Because I know, that you would just ask them about me or would fucking faint. And I'm not having you either see my baby pictures or fainting on the kitchen floor."
----After even more time passed, it was regular for Izuku to spend multiple nights in a row with Hitoshi and his family. They even started training together once Shouta heard that they wanted to get into UA. (It's now the day of the entrance exam)----
"Hitoshiiii, wait uuuup!" A few heads turned when they heard the whiny voice of a teenager walking fast to reach a taller teenager. "Well you're just slow. Not my problem." "No, you're just fucking tall with long legs, that's why you*re faster than me!!"
While bickering, they both made their way into UA and were now waiting for the written part of the exam to begin.
"So I'm sitting there, barbecue sauce on my titties." And Shinsou started laughing, until he was rudely interrupted by a sonic looking dude who made weird hand chopping motions. "How can one laugh at such things. Do you plan on emberassing yourself in front of pro heroes??" Both stopped laughing and Shinsou raised an eyebrow, unimpressed.
"No? It's a reference... Don't get all blown up over some shit, Sonic." The blue haired teen gasped, clearly not expceting such a reaction. Too bad for him. "Well the test is about to begin, so see you later, Hitoshi!" And with that Izuku made his way over his given seat and started the test. Shinsou also started, which left sonic boy as the only one standing. Akwardly, he makes his way over to his seat and starts writing.
After the 2 hours they had for the test, everyone made their way to the next room to listen about what the next part of the exam would be.
Present Mic stood at the front, explaining the roboters, when the same blue haired boy decided to interrpt and talk about the zero pointer. 'I'm pretty sure that dad was just aout to get to that part' Shinsou thought and was promtly proven correctly.
Sadly our duo wasn't in the same faux city. Midoriya was stuck with sonic and and Shinsou was with the same jerk he saw on the day he met Izuku. Originally Shinsou didn't want to use his quirk on other students and just rely on his normal strenght and smarts. But he was the angry bitch who told Izuku to unalive himself, so it wasn't really a bad thing in his opinion.
"And go!" And with that he ran after dandelion boy and tapped him on the shoulder. "Ha?! What do you extra want?!" 'Wow, this guy needs to control his anger..' "Don't yell at me, pomeranian looking bitch." "What did you s-" And now he was under Shinsou's mind control.
10 minutes later, the exam was over and angermangement had his body back under control. Before he could blow up the purple haired guy he saw that the exam was over. Does that mean he wouldn't be ablle to get into the hero course?! Damn fucking extra!! And yeah, there was quite literally smoke coming from his ears.
That's the story of what happened would Izuku and Shinsou have met before UA. Thanks a lot for reading!!