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Modoriya stood in front of the door. The door to Class 1-A. He was told to wait there by Aizawa-sensei. He couldn't believe he finally made it!
"Today we have a new student. You can come in now." Aizawa's monotone sounded out. Midoriya nervously entered.
"Hello, my name is Midoriya Izuku. It's nice to meet you." He bowed and then moved to the open seat.
"But Aizawa-sensei! That's Bakugou's seat!" A student with spiky red hair spoke up. Midoriya felt his breathing speed up.
"Bakugou is no longer part of the Hero Course, nor is he a student enrolled in UA, as of his expulsion the day he decided to attack Midoriya in the hallway." Aizawa then started to teach.
In the boy's locker room, they were all changing after a grueling Heroics class. The room got silent fast after Midoriya took his shirt off, not that he noticed. What he didn't see was all of the other boys staring at his back.
"Woah, Midoriya! Those are some gnarley scars!" Sero exclaimed.
"Yeah! They almost look like explosions." Kaminari said.
Midoriya panicked and finished changing before running out of the room. Most just continued changing, but Kirishima was concerned about how similar those scars looked like Bakubro's explosions.
"Hey, Midoriya."
"What's up Kirishima?"
"Could I talk to you?"
"Sure! What about?"
"I wanted to ask you about your scars."
"Oh- um- Well, let me tell you a story."
"My story starts with two women. They were the best of friends. And when they both got pregnant at the same time, they thought that their children would be the best of friends. One thing to note is that the mothers are like the sun and moon. They have very different personalities. One mom was loud and explosive, and the other was quiet and kind.
"And they passed that on to their kids.
"Their little boys.
"Kacchan and Deku.
"They grew up together, not going a day without seeing each other.
"But Kacchan always thought he was better than everyone. And he was determined to be a hero, along with Deku. They decided that they would be the most powerful hero duo together when they both got their quirks. But that is where fate decided to start messing with Deku.
"As each of their 4th birthdays passed, only Kacchan got his quirk. He could make explosions from his palms. Deku could only watch from the side as Kacchan stood in the spotlight.
"After 6 months of no quirk appearing, Deku and his mom went to the doctor to see what was wrong.
"It turned out, he was Quirkless. Quirkless, Quirkless, Quirkless, Quirkless. It was then the only word people would describe him with now. It was that one word that caused his dad to leave. Those two little syllables caused kids to pick on him. That adjective caused society to turn on him. And it was those nine letters that caused Kacchan to hate him.
"It started small.
"Losing his homework. Shoving him out of the way. Taking his pencils.
"Then it got bigger.
"Marking his scores wrong. Tripping him. Stealing his supplies. Insults. Shoves. Kicks.
"Then even bigger.
"Leaving Spider Lilies. Writing on his desk in sharpie. Throwing his stuff into the koi pond. Taking his food. Taking his money.
"Then it got even bigger.
"Punches. Burns. Cuts. Broken bones. Sprained joints. Bruises. Scars. Suicide baits.
"But then Kacchan and Deku entered their 3rd year of Middle School. It came to be time to apply to High School. Kacchan wanted to be the only one to go to UA. But Deku wanted to go too. Even if Deku couldn't be a hero. Kacchan didn't like that.
"When the bell rang, Kacchan and his lackeys cornered Deku. Kacchan placed his hand on Deku's shoulder and burned straight to his skin. And then he said it. He finally suicide baited him like the rest of the class has been doing for years.
"That's when Deku knew for certain.
"Nothing could fix the relationship between Kacchan and Deku."
Midoriya looked up from where he was staring at his shoes.
"You want to hear something funny Kirishima?" Midoriya let out a hollow laugh. "I'm Deku. Deku as in useless. Deku as in Quirkless."
And with that, Midoriya left Kirishima. Kirishima, who had tears streaming down his face.