truth only hurts when you want to believe a lie

unmasked

Note: you ready to have everything you thought you knew about this story blown up? the revelations in this update may shock some of you

Toga woke up in her dorm room a couple days after the internships had ended with a big stretch of her arms over her head. She looked around the room with a faint smile, thinking about how far her and her friends had come since they all met before getting out of bed and getting on with her morning routine.

The blonde got back from the shower, closing her dorm door behind her and locking it as she dropped her towel to the floor, walking over to where her uniform was waiting. Toga carefully picked it up and looked at it, a frown on her face as her eyes squinted in scrutiny. With a sigh she slipped it on, doing her hair up in her trademark messy space buns right before she grabbed her bag and left her dorm room, tossing the towel in the laundry basket.

She saw Dabi and Shigaraki down the hall from her and she smirked, tiptoeing closer to them. When she was within a few yards of her friends, Toga threw her bag at the back of their heads with a shout. "This bitch heavy, yeet!"

"Ah, fuck, Himiko!" Shigaraki rasped, taking the brunt of the bag while Dabi snickered next to him. The older male glared. "Shut up."

Dabi's snickering intensified. "The bag wasn't even heavy, you pussy."

"It was heavy with the weight of expectations and the crushing disappointment I feel everytime I wake up and see you two." Toga beamed, grabbing her bag from Dabi.

"Aw, I feel disappointed when I wake up and see you too, Himiko." Dabi drawled with a roll of his eyes.

"I feel disappointed when I wake up." Shigaraki grunted.

"Okay edgelord." A new voice joined the conversation, the three turning to find the fourth member of their gang strutting towards them. "But also mood."

"Rabid!" Toga squealed, throwing herself into his arms and squeezing tightly.

The green haired teen hugged her back. "Morning, Himiko."

Toga rested her head on his shoulder, placing her mouth close to his ear. "I found what you were talking about."

Izuku nodded, pulling out of the hug to smile tightly at the girl. "I'm sorry."

"So am I." Toga smiled back just as fakely. "We both know what it means...who is it...in our next game of tag. There can't be anyone else going first."

Sighing, Izuku let his arms drop from around Toga. "I know."

A shoe was thrown at the duo, smacking Izuku in the face.

"Oi! Are you two done being cryptic now? Can we go get breakfast?" Dabi caught his shoe when Izuku hurled it back at him.

The two nodded, following after their older friends as they made their way down to the common room. When they arrived they found most of the class was already there in various states of alertness and consciousness.

Shigaraki ignored everyone, including his friends, as he strode into the kitchen and grabbed some of the breakfast spread that was on the counter. Dabi followed after him, taking his own serving as well, leaving Toga and Izuku to their own devices.

Toga immediately went off to find her girlfriend while Izuku scanned the room full of heroes in training, knowing one of them was a fraud and who it was. Izuku didn't trust himself not to say anything to him right then and there, knowing exactly how that would go down, so he opted instead to send the traitor an almost imperceptible glare, making his way outside to sit on the front steps of the dorms.

Dabi and Shigaraki were immersed in a heated conversation with Yaoyorozu, Iida, and Todoroki, the original topic long forgotten as they ate their meals. Despite the lively conversation happening around him, Shigaraki couldn't help but notice when his little brother stepped outside and a moment later a student across the room excused himself from his friends, also making his way outside.