Silhouette ✓ (⛔❤☁)

F O U R T Y - N I N E

I'm not apologizing for the wait

If he had to be honest, telling Kaminari about some of the rough patches in his life had been scary. There was no requirement for the boy to stay with him, no duty to put up with his problems.

Yet, the boy had taken it in stride. Meeting the Kayama's, meeting Boss, learning about parts of his home life; Kaminari really was the best of the best.

Not to say that he told the full story. Some things were best left out, namely all his substance abuse, drug runs, and the sexual and physical abuse.

With Mineta keeping his obvious substance abuse on the down low, his past could hypothetically stay in the past. It was their secret that he would take any substance he'd once taken again. Well... Most of them.

He wouldn't take those gummies again, they were such a pain to get off of. Thankfully Boss knew the right process, plus held his supplies captive.

Those things would never be said. Not like this. He loved the fact that Mineta could keep quiet about everything he knew and suspected. He loved that Kaminari was so accepting, so quick to believe in him.

That had been one of his best weekends yet.

His life seemed to be going in the right direction. All it took was twelve years. He was so lucky to have this situation. Many kids didn't have heroes like Aizawa.

The problem lay with what came next. He had to do something about his appointment with Tsukauchi. His teacher had promised to come, but that didn't make it any less scary.

But... when it came to it, his teacher was there. He wasn't pressured into anything. He only had to give what he wanted to.

So he kept quiet about some things. He trusted his teacher with the fact that he was a phantom member of the Jade Bats, but he decided against telling the detective.

It was hell, delving into his memories and telling them. He hadn't been able to keep his composure, stuttering and taking heavy pauses during his retellings.

In the end of the session, he waited until it was just him and Aizawa, who refused to leave him alone, before he finally cried.

He went his whole middle school years without a single doubt, without a shred of hope left from his elementary years, without any tears.

He'd strengthened himself, hardened his shell, built walls and dams. He'd fixed himself.

This school, however, had been too safe, too welcoming, too full of hope. He'd slipped up and now he was here crying like a baby.

"You did good" He had told. Katsuki disagreed.

Everything had been wrong. Everything wasn't right. How could someone like him even go to Yuuei? How could they let someone like him in?

Why hadn't he stayed with the Kayamas? Why hadn't he asked to go with Touya? Why hadn't he done anything to help himself?

He wanted to be a hero, wouldn't he have to be able to save himself? What if there was a villain like that? What if there was a villain in his life that he could've gotten away from, could've defeated, but didn't?

Katsuki just wanted to be normal, he wanted to be like everyone else.

Isn't that what everyone wants?

Boss offered to take him in, take care of him and pseudo-adopt him. Katsuki had almost accepted, almost given in to his desires.

He'd almost accepted to stay at a place where he couldn't get into Yuuei, but could lose himself into his desires and cravings.

He could've done that, he could've done many things.

Yet, Yuuei had taken him in, Aizawa had saved him, All Might became one of his teachers, his mother was going to be taken away from him, hopefully forever.

And his father...? Would get to stay with his father? If it were just his father, could he still go to Yuuei?

Midoriya did and he had one parent. Katsuki could still go, he could still be a hero, he could still make it to the top and make sure Touya can see him, no matter where the man was.

Katsuki couldn't wait to prove himself as a hero, not only to himself, but to everyone else.

Word Count: 795

I know I said slow burn (and I did somewhat do that) and I have a few arcs to finish, but this is getting long. Very long.

Even I don't read super long stories

So- I'm gonna skip a few things I was going to do. (Not that y'all knew) so I guess it won't be as long as I thought it'll be.

That being said, I still have plenty to do. So yeah, you're not welcome.