Villain Deku x Reader

Pep Talk

Izuku's POV

We got back to the apartment. I felt awful for leaving y/n for so long at the hideout. I wanted to bring over some of my things for when I was here. By taking the time to grab some of my clothes and other things I left her alone and vulnerable for longer than needed.

She was reheating my lunch in the kitchen while I was in her room putting my clothes in her closet. She made space for me here in her room, and even gave me a drawer in her bathroom. It was nice. I didn't feel like a complete stranger in her home anymore.

I was hanging up the last of my shirts when she came in. "Hey, Puppy, I'll be out in a moment." She looked sad. "Hey, is everything okay?" I pulled her close. She was trying to hide it, but she was crying.

"I'm sorry. I'm just a little upset at what happened." She sniffed. "I never want to go out without you again."

Finally, she understands. I gently stroked the top of her head. "Oh, puppy, it's okay. It isn't always going to be like that."

She looked up at me. "I know, but I don't want it to happen again. I don't want to go out without you."

I pulled her over and sat on the bed. "I promise, I will always protect you outside of this apartment." This was perfect. I finally chipped away at her. "You don't have anything to worry about."

She buried her face into my chest. "Being tossed around like a toy today made me realize that without a quirk I was truly powerless without you." She started sobbing. "It's just not fair. Why did everyone else in my family get a quirk and I didn't?"

I still didn't know much about her family. "Maybe it was because you were meant for so much more than having a quirk."

"My brother and sister got amazing quirks. They can both store and manipulate electricity. My mother can see auras and my dads side carries the electrical quirk. My grandparents won't even look at me." She was talking so quickly.

Some families hold the standard of quirks to a high regard. I have seen many people being disowned for not inheriting the family quirk. It was disgusting that because someone didn't get something passed down they were ostracized by their family. It reminds me of when the world didn't have quirks yet. Some families would be upset their son didn't get the family blue eyes or a daughter not having the mothers blonde hair. That still happens to this day, but families hold the quirks in a higher regard rather than physical appearance.

I pulled her face up to look at me. "Puppy, you are perfect without one. You don't need a power to be special." I took a deep breath. "I know what that is like. I wasn't born with a quirk either."

She looked shocked. "What do you mean? You were almost the number one hero, you have a quirk."

I was going to wait to tell her this, I was unsure if I was ever going to tell her this. "I was gifted my quirk from All Might. His quirk was passed to him. It's a special quirk that is passed onto the next generation. I happen to be picked."

She sat up, my shirt was wet in spots from her tears. "So you know what it's like to be powerless."

"Yes, I do. It was hard to fit in with my classmates. Kacchan was actually one of my bullies. He hated my guts when I "suddenly developed a quirk" when I was accepted into the hero program at UA." I wiped the tears from her cheeks. "But even if I wasn't gifted my quirk, I still would have found my purpose, just like you will."

"I just don't know what that purpose is. When I was little I wanted my quirk so bad. My older brother was working to become a hero with his, and I wanted to be just like him. Naoko and I weren't as close as Kenji and me. I am the youngest, and theres a big age gap between us." she leaned against me. "When Kenji graduated I was at the age my siblings got their quirks, but it never came, and I knew I would never get to be the hero like my big brother was."

Her brother was a hero? From the little I knew about him he sounded like a bum who would fight with his girlfriend and have to stay on his sisters couch ever now and then. If he is a hero, then I could be in trouble. He could find me out, I could lose all of the hard work I am making here, and if father found out he would be furious.

"Your brother is a hero? Who is he?" I needed to know.

"He is a hero in Tokyo. His hero name is Surge. He hasn't been doing well. He is currently a sidekick to a larger hero and it's hitting him hard. The last I talked to him he wasn't doing much work. He mostly stays home and watches his girlfriends son while she works." She explained.

That's good he wasn't doing much hero work, and being he is in Tokyo he won't know too much about me, unless he pays attention to the hero rankings.

She leaned into me more. "I dunno, I'm worried about him. When he graduated and started doing his hero work he told me that he would be the best hero for the both of us." She sighed "maybe you could talk to him. Give him a lot pep talk."

I knew that was a bad idea. "I think you are the one in need of a pep talk right now, Puppy."

She giggled. "Yeah I suppose I am."

I kissed the top of her head. "Puppy, I promise you that I will protect you while you find your purpose in this world. You don't need to be afraid, I will always be there." I really would be. I never have her out of my sight, but she didn't need to know that.

Not yet at least.