Prolouge

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' Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe-. ' I gasp. Kaminari and Sero were trekking jokes. Sero made a joke about Kirishimas hardening quirk and it made Kaminari laugh so loud he snorted with little sparks coming out. I sighed this time, unable to relax.

My name is Izuku Midoriya and this is my third year at U-A. Me and my classmates all had a very rough start at the beginning. Fighting the League of Villians and All For One. But thankfully, by the beginning of year two we were able to defeat them. After defeating them the villains that we faced after them seemed so much easier. Our class has grown close over the years and we've become stronger both with our quirks individually and together as a team.
It feels great to have a normal year, it really does. But sometimes, it's hard. I'm grateful for all we were able to accomplish and I'm so happy to have a quirk finally. But, it's sometimes too much. The stress we faced to win  and the aftermath of all the destruction. Sometimes it becomes too much. Everyone has someone they talk to which, for many became more.

Sero and oddly enough my close friend  Shochan, began to bond over manga in their first year and started dating second year. Kirishima and Mina have gotten even closer since Middle School and are "secretly" dating. No one has the heart to tell them we all know. Tsu and Uraraka finally became a couple, I'm really happy for them, they work together so well. They so close as friends and dating was still the same for them, they just got closer. Their really good at using their quirks together as well. The way they compliment each other when Uraraka uses her gravity quirk while Tsu is underwater to make her even faster is incredible! Especially when Tsu can use her camouflage to fight side by side with Uraraka when they fight in hand to hand combat against villains.

I look over and see Jirou blushing at something Momo said. It was a class relief when those two got together. The couple that was surprising at first was Shinso and Kaminari. Mineta was replaced by Shinso, Mineta finally had too many complaints about his perverted behavior and got himself expelled. Honestly I don't know how he got away with it for so long. His behavior was creepy.

Shinso fit in with the class pretty well and even got along with Kacchan. They both enjoy snarking and being sassy oddly enough. Most of our class is tight knit, well almost. Kacchan talks to Kirishima when he really needs to and I typically still keep my problems to myself. I never did out grow keeping my problems to myself. Which is how I find myself feeling anxious and nervous still. I haven't found an outlet that works for me yet.

I don't want to go to a therapist, I don't feel comfortable unloading my problems on a stranger. A therapist has enough to deal with as it is, someone else needs it more than me. I never really told my Mom anything, raising me after Dad left on her own. Not to mention all the stress from first to the beginning of second year. She's dealt with enough. Telling my friends doesn't feel like a good option even though they would listen, I just, it would feel like too much. Too vulnerable telling them my problems. I don't want to be vulnerable in front of them.

The bell rings breaking Midoriya from his thoughts. The class shuffles to the USJ, working on using their quirks in simulated life or death situations. Aizawa has been their teacher from the beginning and knows the class best. It was agreed that he would stay with this class until they graduated. Aizawa would never admit it, but he's grown overly fond his class, especially Shinso. Aizawa may or may not have secretly adopted Shinso after training him in the first year along with Eri after the matter of Overhaul was completely settled. Aizawa would never admit to him and Hizashi celebrating adopting Eri and Shinso in a car cafe and being caught by Kaminari and Midoriya who joined them. Eri and Midoriya playing with cats and Kaminari and Shinso flirting awkwardly in front of an amused Hizashi and any annoyed Aizawa.

With training practice over, the class goes to the locker room, showering and changing back into their uniforms. Midoriya at his locker next to Iida, talking about quirks and formation strategies, they close their lockers. Midoriya looks over at Bakugou and blushed. Bakugou has certainly grown and stands at six feet. Most of the class growing in height except for Midoriya. While most of the class was around six feet, Shoji being the tallest still at six foot three, the second shortest was Kaminari, standing at five foot eleven. Midoriya barely grew, standing at five foot eight. He sighed, him and the class walking to their last class for the day.

Midoriya paying attention at the beginning and zoning out towards the end of class. He jumped when the bell rung and grabbed his books and pencils. Setting them in his book bag, he walked out of class. Unaware of the red eyes watching him intently, he walked to his room on campus. He closed his door and set his bag down.

He sat in his chair on his desk and looked down at his hands. The scars ever present along with the slight shake that came from breaking his bones too much. While he doesn't break them anymore the damage was done. His body hurts during the cold seasons and he has to take pain medication for it. Another thing he hasn't really told anyone but his mother. But he never told her how painful it becomes.

He changed his clothes into his pajamas ready for the weekend to begin. It was early, even early than Bakugou, but he wanted to go to bed. He felt anxious and wired, yet so tired and drained. He felt like he was meant to be doing more running on more energy and adrenaline, but he felt like he should sleep and cry for the next three days. He laid down and slept for about three hours before waking back up again. Restless, he looks at his phone and replies to Uraraka asking where he's at. He tells her he just wants to sleep early and that he'll see her tomorrow for the class outing. He looks at his phone and searches for ways to relax and unwind.

He searches for another on how to relieve tension and anxiety and relax. He almost searches for how to knock himself out for a good nights rest when he stumbles upon a pop up add that makes his eyes bug out and he drops his phone.
He gasps and flails when his phone hits his face and he takes a moment to gather himself. He slowly lifts the screen and his face goes a deep shade of pink. He can feel his face get hot. On the screen is a picture of a man in a diaper and bee onesie being held by a another man. It's a gif and the man is rubbing the other mans back. The man in the bee onesie is nuzzling his face in the other mans neck and he's sucking on an orange pacifier with an elephant, giraffe, and lion on it.

Izuku stares at the gif for longer than expected and then when he hears a thump next door from Tokoyami next door, he jumps. He looks at the time and sees that he's been staring at the image in a dreamlike trances for three hours. Midoriya was both embraced, relaxed, and confused. He quickly closed the tab and turned his phone off. He laid down in the bed and stared at the open space. His mind still felt dreamlike and a bit, almost floaty. Midoriya didn't understand what he was feeling but his limbs were heavy and he felt both anxious and content. The floaty feeling did not last long and the dreamlike state of his brain dwindled. All that was left was confusion and anxiety and Midoriya felt slight regret at not just falling asleep while content. He laid awake and his mind wandered, in jumbled thoughts on why it felt, comforting to see that.

Eventually he feel asleep an hour or two later and woke the next day. His mind was heavy not long after opening his eyes and he laid there wanting to go back to sleep. Not feeling rested at all. He heard the other moving around in their dorms getting ready for the day and he turned his phone. It's been an hour of him staring at the ceiling awake. He felt so wired yet so tired still.

He sighed and lifted himself up. Getting his hygiene products and clothes and heads down to the communal bathroom. He gets ready putting on a soft light brown sweater and light blue jeans.

He heads back to his dorm to wait until it's time to leave, never noticing the sharp red gaze of classmate Bakugou Katsuki watching his every move. Red eyes narrow, noticing the dark bags under Midoriyas eyes. He saves this information in the back of his mind to for later along with the little nerds other unusual habits. He gets himself dressed in a black System of a Down t-shirt with a black jacket and black pants. He slips on his black shoes and walks back ignoring Kirishima and Sero talking in favor of thinking about Midoriya. He's going to figure out why the nerd isn't sleeping and why he looks so drained. Bakugou decides he wants the answers soon, so he's going to watch the nerd throughout the day and the weekend for more unusual habits. Come Monday, he'll corner the little bastard and find out what's going on.

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