A Ray of Hope for Tenya Iida

Dishonor

(AN: this is a major plotpoint I've been working to this entire time; I hope you all like it!)

(TW: negative thinking, anxiety, swearing, yelling, poor parenting, and disownment)

Present Mic's pov: After Aizawa pushed us out of the room, I couldn't help but be worried. That kid was always doing so much, and he just went through everything he's already gone through. I knew it was protocol to call his parents in this kind of situation, but I couldn't help but think that it was a poor decision. We should've talked with him first; he was so scared of them finding out. He already looked like he didn't feel well, which was probably a bad hangover, but we had to go and mess it up even worse. All Might was the one to make the call, but I still felt guilty. After a while, Iida walked out of the room quickly, still looking unwell. I couldn't stop him since he didn't even notice me, but I could get to Aizawa, who was sitting on the floor. He looked upset.

"Hey, Shota, you ok?" I put a hand on his shoulder. 

"Yeah, I'm fine. He's leaving UA, though, and I don't know what to do about it. I'd gotten through to him a little bit and gotten him to relax, but he still left. If that kid leaves, I'll never be able to forgive myself." So, he said he's fine but he's very not, I could tell.

"Sho, you know it wouldn't be your fault. He's making a choice, and you can't control what he does. You really need to stop blaming yourself for things that aren't your fault." I gave him a hug. "Also, your nice is showing, Shotaaaaa!" I needed to lighten the mood.

"I don't know what you're talking about, I'm the mean teacher that doesn't care." He smiled a bit, and I could tell he was joking. All Might couldn't though, and just looked very confused. I would've laughed at him under any other circumstances. 

"Shoooooooo, admit itttttt, you caaaaaaaaaare! You looooooove your stuuuudentsssssssss!" I squished him a little bit, I couldn't help it. He was such a tsundere, in my opinion, and it made him my adorable friend. 

"Nooooooo, stop it, Zashi, you need to shut uuuuuuuuup." He got up. "Anyways, we need to go make sure everything's okay with him instead of playing around all day."

"That was playing around? I thought you were being serious, Eraserhead!" All Might was very confused, and I couldn't help but look at Aizawa with a look that we'd decided meant "this person's kinda dumb". Aizawa audibly laughed, which meant I'd done my job. "What? What're you laughing about? I'm so confused! I didn't even know you ​​​​​​​could laugh!"

"Wait, seriously? You thought I was always serious?" Aizawa and I exchanged glances.

"Well, yeah? I don't know."

"I'm not, but right now, I'm serious because we need to go check on the kid. Now, let's go ahead and go before he leaves or something." I guess joking time was over, but it was okay since it was to help a kid. We walked around the school, looking for him, until we came across Bakugou staring out the window.

"Hey, little listener!" I smiled at him, much to his irritation. He turned to look at me.

"What?" He grumbled, but I didn't mind.

"Have you seen Iida anywhere? We're kinda looking for him." 

"Oh, yeah, four eyes is out there." He pointed outside, where he was looking.

"Why were you watching h-"

"Shut up, I don't give a fuck, no reason, go away now." I had such an opportunity to tease him about caring as well, but it'd have to wait. 

Iida's pov: Before I could leave to try to get more cigarettes from my new friends or anything, my parents called. I wasn't prepared at all, but I couldn't lose my composure now. I couldn't disappoint them more, especially my father. He was almost always expecting so much from me, I couldn't fail him now that I was his only son. "Hello?" I kept strong control of my tone, which was easier when I was speaking with my father. 

"Tenya, you took too long to answer, what were you doing? Drinking and partying like some kind of delinquent again?" His tone was harsh, and that's probably why I felt like I was a delinquent before.

"No, of course not, father, I apologize for taking so long. My phone was a bit away from me at the time."

"Liar, I can tell you're outside. Besides, didn't I already tell you that you're supposed to always have your phone on you?" I forgot that he could tell where I am based on the sounds around me, how could I have been so careless? "First, you go behind my back and lie to me about how you've been doing with the other students, waste your time doing who knows what with the kids there, then you act out in class and yell at some kid for caring about you! You didn't even deserve his empathy anyways! Then, you go and smoke and drink and party even though you're supposed to be studying for school and training, and then you lie to me about this! Tenya, what am I supposed to think?!"

"I-... I don't know..."

"You've brought shame upon this family, you know that, right?! The Iida family's been one of the best, most honorable families for generations, you know how much work went into making sure every single one of us were practically perfection on earth?! Your mother and I were so proud of Tensei, he turned out just fine! Then because YOU failed to save him, he's gone now!"

"I'm sorry, fathe-"

"NO! You don't get to ruin everything we've put into raising you and your brother and say sorry! I have no son! You're not part of the Iida family anymore, my only son is dead because of you! Now get out of my life, you failure." 

"Y-yes sir." I ended the call. That went so much worse than I could've imagined, I needed to sit down. I always just wanted to make them proud, I did everything I ever did to be perfect for him, and then I make one mistake from poor judgement since Tensei died, and I get disowned. I deserved this, all of it. I couldn't just make mistakes like that and think I can escape the consequences. Who would I turn to now? I didn't have a family; I was on my own... I couldn't take this; I needed to grab my things and leave UA as quickly as possible. I couldn't be here any longer, I was such a disgrace to everyone around me.