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They say anyone who stares at their family tree for too long discovers secrets. secrets which were supposed to die with the person in question. But what if they aren't dead? Izuku midoriya found this morning while working on a project for his junior year. He was fourteen, an avid hero fan and, skinny with a green blob for hair, he overall looked like a skinny broccoli and he knew it. He knew he was related to his mother because of it. His mother had the most beautiful green hair he had ever seen, he should know, he walked past a barber shop every day while going to school.
Midoriya never knew his father, his mom told him he works abroad and is very busy. He must be if he doesn't have time to write to his son for the past 10 years. Midoriya completely believed this, until today morning that is.
Midoriya found pictures. pictures of his mom and his dad. you'd think they'd be nothing serious, but the content in the pictures made them as horrible as he seemed it to be.
He recognised his father. It wasn’t as someone he had seen before, but as someone he found out about through hacking and digging illegally through police files.
Hisashi Midoriya was All for one. The most powerful villain in all history, his quirk was made to steal other quirks, their ambitions, a little part of them that defined who you were in society.
Midoriya's stomach bubbled, it churned and turned til he lost his breakfast. He was the direct descendant of a 100-year-old ruthless villain whose only goal was to kill his favourite hero.
He wondered what he did wrong, how the gods hated him, it wasn't enough that he had no quirk to call his own, no friends to share with and no hope to live on, but on top of that, he was now the child of a villain. The number one villain. Gods, he hated his life.
He didn’t know what to do with this discovery. So, as all teenagers do, he looked it up on kuora. He saw many articles.
my father is a villain, people are bullying me because of it, what should I do ~Unknown
someome124 : you should kill yourself, you probably have the same ideas cause you're just his spawn.
longfingered7482 : Kill yourself before you kill anyone else
Ihavebluehair : Why are you even alive to ask this rn? The bullies are obviously not doing their job well. Deal with it, villain.
Oh how he wanted to cry so bad. ______________________________________________________ Midoriya went to school as if everything was normal. Like his whole world wasn’t just shattered.
The walk to school felt as draining as existing. He wanted to wither away and die before he reached school, he secretly hoped a car would crash into him.
School wasn't too bad with the bullying these days, it was worse last year and in the beginning, but after the slime incident all Kacchan did was ignore his presence, according to his sources, he issued a rule saying anyone who talked to Midoriya would be beaten up.
Izuku wouldn't dare assume that it was his way of saying thank you, that would only result in his death.
Yet the torment from the teachers didn't stop, it was manageable, considering he was beaten to an inch of his life everyday before kacchan’s decree.
He calmly sat down in class, he observed his surroundings, Kacchan was doing his usual strategy of studying before class so that he knew the topic beforehand.
Soon, people piled into the room, all minding their own business, no one daring to say a word to him. He was just a useless deku.
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The first two classes went well, with the English and maths teacher ignoring his presence as per usual.
The problem arises in the 3rd period. Social teacher, he loved hitting Midoriya by extending his arm. He was fine with it on most days, but today was not most days, it's not everyday you discover your dad is the number one villain, he wanted to cry. He felt overwhelmed.
Midoriya wanted one thing. One thing he hadn't received for a while. People had apparently thought that physical contact with a quirkless person would result in them being quirkless, hence people never gave him positive touch.
All he wanted was a hug. A hug from his mom, a hug from Kacchan, even a hug from a tree would be fine, his brain told him to go hug asphalt.
He had no one, no one but his mom, who worked overtime and he rarely got to see her. People pay less when you have a quirkless kid.
“Midoriya! Pay attention!” The teacher yelled, extending his hand. “How dare you slack off in class!” The teacher struck him with a great amount of force, his cheek burned. He mumbled out a sorry and the teacher continued the lesson.
He went up to the roof, his usual lunch spot. Today, he noticed something unusual. A wild Kacchan was sitting in his spot.
“H-hey ka-kacchan, what's up?”
“Deku, you reek and look of death. More than usual”
“Well Kacchan, try being quirkless for a day, you'd understand” he mumbled under his breath.
“WHAT WAS THAT? YOU DUMBASS, I CAME HERE TO COMFORT YOU. GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I KILL YOU”
“I didn't even say anything wrong” he tried explaining to the angry Pomeranian
“Listen. I don't care what happened, you better be all bright eyed and bushy tailed by tomorrow” Kacchan said, rushing towards him. Midoriya was scared, is he going to push him off? Was this an elaborate plan to kill him before he could write the UA Hero course exam?
Kacchan hugged him. He held him close to his chest, making sure no one saw it. He was always like this. Even though Kacchan bullied him, if he was sad for a reason that wasn't him, he'd come check up on him. Izuku missed his best friend so much.
He started crying. He could feel the wetness on the taller’s school uniform. But he didn't move away, Kacchan just held him there, held him tight, he felt really happy that even for a second, he was cared for, he wasn't a burden, he wasn't a villain devil spawn that needed killing. He felt himself smile through the tears.