Just who Is Izuku Midoriya? (ON BREAK)

Chapter Five: Not only villains/Who You Are

The students were still in quite a bit of shock after that last one. Sure, it wasn't surprising that Midoriya hated Endeavor; most of them did after hearing a bit more about him, but he never talked about what his life was like growing up. A few of the students, mainly Uraraka, Mina, and Denki, started freaking out when the boy remained unconscious until the voice explained.

When the glass went dark for the...third?...time, they settled down once again.

The screen flashed back to all of them in the standard room. They remembered this; it was a hard thing to forget. The class had gotten into a considerable debate about the L.O.V., although it was more of a rant when Midoriya came walking down the stairs because of all the noise.

"What's going on?"

"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS SHI-"

"The class is discussing the L.O.V.." Iida said, chopping his arms with his words.

"DON'T CUT ME OFF YOU FU-"

"What about them?" He asked.

"STOP IGNORING ME!"

"They keep attacking us, you know. We just kinda wish they'd be dealt with already." Uraraka explained.

"Dealt with?"

"Yeah, you know, thrown in jail like the other villains," Jiro said with a wave of her hand.

Midoriya frowned, "Shouldn't we be trying to help them before we literally condemn them for life?"

"Help them?! Are you crazy!" Mineta yelled.

He frowned, "No, but what if they need help? Like how Mustard was just a kid."

"To be fair," Momo commented, "They did try to kill us."

"TWICE! No! More than twice!" the annoying grape yelled.

"Well, yes, but...have you looked at them?"

The room grew silent. No one knew what to say.

Finally, Denki spoke up, "What do you mean?"

"Well, Dabi is covered from head to toe in burn scars, and something tells me he didn't give those to himself, at least not on purpose. Twice, he seems to always need to wear a mask, or it's like he's in pain; Spinner flinched as if wounded when someone rudely commented about how he looks. Toga looks tiny, almost starved. Shigaraki harms himself when stressed out."

All eyes were on him, and for once, he didn't care. "It's just people aren't just born bad. They aren't born evil or know right from wrong. They are taught to be that way, and the lessons are usually far from kind."

"What are you trying to say?" Asked Sero.

"I just...I don't know. I'm not saying they're good, deserve it, or even can be helped, but maybe it would be better if, instead of only hurting them more, we tried to help. Don't force it on them or anything, and once again, I'm not saying all of them can be helped, but for those that can, maybe stepping in with grace and understanding instead of malice or hatred could be a first step. The L.O.V. is full of many people I feel we could help. They held back, stopped, and listened when we had something to say. They've done bad things but are not yet completely beyond our reach, at least most of them. Maybe we can help?"