Abused Tsu x Ochako ~Hanahaki Quirkless AU~

Trapped Amongst The Flames

Tsu's POV
The next day, I saw Ochako leave to go to school through a small crack in the curtains I managed to make. My father had crudely stapled the curtain to the window frame and together, making it hard to see through. I managed to make a small hole in a place my father wouldn't notice.

I stare through the hole at Ochako's window, daydreaming. Then, finally, Ochako comes home. She doesn't look so good, he skin pale, but it could be due to the light. After all, it's really sunny today. I watch her enter the house and appear at her window. She can't see me. But then, she takes out her phone and makes a zooming in motion on my window. She's trying to see in!

I accidentally bump the curtains, sending a ripple through the fabric. It flies back a bit and reveals my whole eye, and Ochako presses something on her phone. She makes another zooming in motion, and her eyes squint.

Did she see me?

Ochako's POV
After I got sick in the classroom Deku left me in, I was found unconscious in a small pool of blood around my head. Luckily, the teacher that found me, Mr. Aizawa, got me to the nurse.

I don't remember much after I started coughing except that Deku left me, literally dying.

I had found one of my extra uniforms and put it on, washed the blood off my hands and cheeks, and headed home. The nurse had told me to confess either today or tomorrow. I knew something had happened the other day, when I first took a photo. I'd also noticed the awkward position of the curtains. I wonder...

And here I am, examining another photo from my phone. I zoom into the crack carefully, and stare at it. Nothing. It's all dark- wait! There's a tiny shine right in the corner. I edit the photo, and make it brighter, and sharper. Thank god for technology.

After a bit more tweaking, a shape appears. The shape of an almond, with- no, it's an eye! A green eye... That must be Tsu, right? Dammit, I don't know. Maybe I'm just seeing things again.

I lie back on my bed, but my shoulders are tense and my head is swirling. What if it's a sign? What if Tsu's in trouble? What about that dream? Do I really like Tsu? What will my parents say? What will her parents say?

I groan at my inability to answer, and shove my head into the pillow, swallowing down stray petals.

Next Day
I wake up to the sound of my phone dinging repeatedly, a chiming of messages. Who would that be...? I pick it up, half asleep and stare at the time. 5:37am. Are you kidding me?? I'm too tired to complain about being tired, so I just open the notification. 10 unread messages. 10. Unread. Messages. At 5am? I glance at the ID, and suddenly I'm wide awake. Deku? He seriously has the nerve to message me after leaving me unconscious in an empty classroom? At 5am, no less.

Deku

5:30am

Hey it's me

I'm really sorry about yesterday

I was being... Idk. I thought u liked me, honestly Uraraka-kun...

I hope u can forgive me

Also r u ok?

Ik u have hanahaki so...

Who is it? I think i deserve 2 know

Bc I got rejected

Anyways pls text back

Btw idk how u dont...like me. Idk. Just tell me who it is. Ill treat u better 😏

What the... I've never seen this side of Deku. He was always the kind, sweet, quiet kid in class, but he's acting like a little kid! He's selfish, jealous, and fake! First he says he's sorry, please forgive him... And then he's asking who I like, and how HE deserves to know? You know what?

Deku

I would never tell you

I want nothing to do with you!

But Uraraka-kun...

Don't "but Uraraka-kun" ME!

You left me unconscious and dying in an empty classroom. Maybe if you hadn't, I'd forgive you.

...

Well, u know what? I could care less! Just tell me who your little crush is and I'll leave you alone, drama queen.

Like hell.

Ochako Uraraka blocked Izuku Midoriya.

Uraraka-kun answer me right now!
Your message failed to deliver.

You ungrateful b*tch!
Your message failed to deliver.

I just couldn't believe this was the same Deku that was my first friend at UA... What the heck is going on? How did I never notice this...?

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