Izuku's Tangles

When Will My Life Begin?

"Today's the day, the day where I do the exact same thing I did yesterday!" Izuku cheered, jumping out of his bed.

Izuku is a 15-year-old boy who lives with his dad in Japan in a cottage that seems to be in the middle of nowhere.

The cottage is rather simple. Only two levels, a basement and a top floor. Izuku's bedroom and Dad's room are on the top level with a kitchen, music room, bathroom, living room and foyer. The basement is off-limits. But Izuku guesses the basement is his dad's office.

Izuku spends his days in the house, never leaving. His dad forbids it, saying it's very dangerous and people would want his quirk. Dad also says anyone can take a quirk and Izuku has a very strong one. If he encounters anyone other than his dad, they will try to take it. His dad said he would never take it, saying he loves him.

Which makes sense because his mother abused him and didn't love him. Dad said she was hit by a car and died when he was only 4. Izuku had always felt depressed thinking about her but his dad said she deserved it after what she did to him.

Anyway, Izuku got up, making sure his hair wasn't caught on anything. His hair was soooo long! Like 70 feet long!

It doesn't help that his hair is rather curly and gets knotted. Luckily, when his dad comes home, he helps him undo the knots.

Oh! Speaking of hair, Izuku's quirk is his healing hair. If he sings "Healing incantation" and someone brushes or is wrapped with it, it heals them! Sometimes his dad comes home from work and is injured. Izuku always feels valuable when he heals his father from the biggest of injuries to the littlest.

The healing process is rather simple. He sits down with an instrument and sings a special song. His dad either wraps his hair around the injury or just brushes it. Izuku doesn't understand why his dad brushes his hair. He isn't injured when he does it. Maybe he just likes to listen to him sing?

Yeah, that's it.

His dad loves him very much. Every time he comes home from work, he spends his time with him. Though, sometimes he goes to the basement and stays there for hours. But that rarely happens. Also, his dad comes home through the front door. Always.

Except for a few times.

One of those times was when he was practising the harp in the living room. He was only 10 years old, he was 100% focused and didn't notice a grey silvery goop appear in the middle of the room.

It made Izuku scream, his dad appeared falling to the ground. With only one glance, Izuku fell to the ground, quickly wrapping his hair around his dad who was bleeding. Izuku's eyes filled with tears, he didn't know what he was doing. He was acting off of instinct. Wrapping his hair around anything that looked like it was bleeding.

His dad wasn't talking, his face looked wrecked. Izuku didn't bother to bring the harp closer. He grabbed his dad's hand and sang with tears dripping down his face.

He closed his eyes, praying his dad would be okay.

After he finished the song, he broke down. Sobbing until he heard his Dad cough. Izuku quickly opened his eyes and hugged his dad with only one glance.

They hugged each other for hours, talking only a bit. His dad didn't want to let go, neither did Izuku. Izuku asked what happened after a bit, his dad said a work injury.

After that moment, Izuku took his job to heal his dad, the number one priority in his life.

Izuku sighed, looking around his room, it's a small bedroom. He rarely spends his time in his room, he'd rather spend it with his dad or do activities. Plus, his dad always tells him to stay outside his room for some reason. He does it because of love.