Random Drabbles

Behind The Mask (BNHA)

Trigger Warnings: Sneaking out, strict parents, arguments, shouting, swearing, hardcore feels, longer chapter.

"Izuku! We are going to have guests over in an hour and a half. I need you to go and pick up something and make yourself look presentable. I mean do your nasty rats nest for hair and get ready to play the newest piece on piano that you've been working on." Inko calls up from the downstairs of their super nice home.

"Yes mother." Deku calls back. He removes the ice-pack from his forehead and quickly gets ready to go out. After the teen is ready, he puts on a surgical mask and grabs his phone, wallet, and earbuds. He walks downstairs and rushes past his mom, to the front door.

"You look a mess. You better walk around like mommy taught you and come back quickly so you can fix yourself up you rat."

"Yes mother." Deku straightens his back and he walks out the front door, walking very properly and fancy until he got to the park around the corner from his house. He slouches and plugs his earbuds in his phone before calling up the group of three people.

"Yo, whatssup little broccoli?" Dabi asks.

"Is everyone here?"

"I'm here." The tired voice of Shinsou echoes into Deku's ears, soon follow by Shigaraki's mumbling.

"I might be a bit late to the practice. My mom is having people over."

"Aren't you sick?" Shigaraki asks.

"Yeah, but do you really think my mother cares?" Deku asks, "I'm literally wearing a surgeon mask because my cold is so bad and she's making me take it off and walk around properly. Like I'd want to do that."

"Do you know who's coming over?"

"The way she's acting? No clue." Deku weakly laughs, but is interrupted by a cough, "I might be coming down with a fever, god. Anyways, it's probably someone from her work. I have to pick up these really fancy foods, so."

"Like who?"

"Enji and Rei maybe. They might bring Shouto if they are coming. Maybe the Kyoka's and Jirou who hates classical. I'm just hoping it's people that will be okay with me being sick and potentially wearing a surgeon mask if mother allows it."

"That's rough kid." Dabi speaks up, "I wish I could go if it was mum and father, but I doubt they'd want to bring me to somewhere fancy like that."

Deku rolls his eyes, "I'd much rather be with you than there and dying in public."

"Understandable my man." Shinsou says.

"But I'm still going to try and make it to the practice. We have the gig in a few days."

"Have you told your mom yet?" Asks one of them. Though Deku couldn't tell you who as he was trying to focus on not getting ran over.

He looks around for a moment, walking into the store, "No. She'd properly kill me if I told her I've been in a ROCK band for over a year with a bunch of, and I quote 'emo scums'."

"True." Deku can hear the bell on top of the door of the store he just entered echo through his earbuds. A kid walks up to him, their parent following close behind them.

"Excuse me, but are you famous?" The parent asks.

Deku puts on an apologetic smile, though they can't see it, "No. I wouldn't call myself famous. Why do you ask?"

"Well, you are wearing a mask and talking to someone as if you were trying to hide your identity. I also believe that I've seen you on my teen son's phone. Are you in a band or something?"