Bakugo's Wish

22

Midoriya

"Daddy! Don't leave, please! I'll do better! I'll get a quirk somehow," I screamed only for him to burn me with his fire.

"You're useless, you shouldn't have ever been born." He turned and went out the door leaving me home all alone, burned and hungry. Does mommy feel the same way too? The sound of glass shattering filled my ears.

I went to my room where Mommy left the computer on and I pulled up the video of All Might rescuing all of those people. I won't be able to be a hero like him will I?

Mom came in and I asked her, instead of answering though she just held me crying. No, Mom that's not what I want. Mommy I need you to tell me that everything is going to be alright, that I can still follow my dreams, even quirkless.

But that never happens. I'm alone, I'm weak, I'm useless.

***

Pain, so much pain. Kacchan leaving me that day at the tree, telling me that I was useless and not his friend anymore. The shattering of glass rained down on me. Everyday brought more and more pain, but nothing hurt nearly so much as that day.

Kacchan burning me, chasing me around with his friends. The burns hurt less and less each time even though I knew that they should be hurting more, not less. The blast and explosions were getting bigger and leaving larger and larger burns on my clothes but the burns on my skin never really matched my clothes. How does that happen?

I'm all alone now, Kacchan made sure to keep everyone away from me. There was once that I thought a girl was being nice and giving me a carton of milk and Kacchan dumped it out of my hand before I could take a drink. It was bad and I almost drank it but Kacchan knocked it out of my hands. On some level is he still protecting me?

I'm alone but I'm safe, well for the most part.

Why is my heart hurting? Why does it always hurt when I think of him? When he isn't around, whenever he tells me to die. All I feel is numbed pain. I work so hard, learning as much as I can about everything that I can but I still find myself smiling.

Why do I smile? I came home from school one day and found Mom crying begging someone to please just come home. I know who it is. It's Dad. She still loves him, I never told her about him burning me. How could I?

I feel the tears streaming down my face but quickly wipe them away and put on my biggest smile before walking into the kitchen, knowing that she hung up a long time ago.

"I love you Mom," I reach up and give her a kiss on the cheek and the sound of shattering glass fills my ears again. I can't let her know about what is happening at school, I can't. I will just make things harder on her.

I go up and study even harder, I start keeping notebooks not only for my school work but also on heroes and villains quirks. I'll make my dreams come true one way or another, no one will stop me.

I'm alone, I'm weak and I'm useless but I'm alive. I will succeed.

***

I broke another bone, Mom took me to the hospital, again. An older boy had gotten a hold of me on the way home after school today. It hurt, it hurts so much. But I can't let Mom know about the bullying, it will only make her worry more. I just told her that I fell down some stairs and landed weird, I don't think she really believes me but she isn't pushing it anymore. I think she knows.

I hate middle school, but soon enough I'll be going to UA High. I will make it too. I promised myself, even without a quirk I will be a hero.

"Oi Nerd!" I flinched away and started running, I can't get hurt again so soon after the hospital. Mom will worry. The shattering glass filled my ears all while Kacchan chased me with his friends.