{MHA} The Lonely Pyromaniac

05

-Ikemoto-

I waited outside as Recovery Girl treated my brother's broken finger. I felt miserable. I couldn't think of another time when Izuku had told me off for checking up on him.

I sniffed and brushed away some tears. I didn't want to cry; I needed to be strong. Strong for Izuku. Did I really need to be the strong one anymore?

"Midori?" a familiar voice asked. I turned around and saw Jiro dragging the pikachu boy behind her. "Are you okay?"

I brushed away some stray tears and nodded. "Y-yeah I'm fine," I said shakily.

"Dude what happened? You seemed like a total tough guy until now," pikachu boy said.

"Kaminari!" Jiro snapped, smacking the back of his head. "Sorry about him; he's a total idiot even when he isn't brain fried."

I blinked in confusion. "Okay? Why are you two here?" I asked, trying to distract myself with the conversation.

"Kaminari here dislocated his shoulder whilst trying to do a backflip," Jiro grumbled in annoyance

"I stuck the landing on the third try though!" Kaminari chirped, oblivious to Jiro's annoyance. "Well, I'm going in now, see ya guys later!" he said, cheerfully heading into Recovery Girl's office.

"So you two know each other?" I asked to make conversation.

Jiro nodded. "Yeah, we used to live on the same floor in our apartment building before I moved. He was super annoying when we were growing up. Honestly, he hasn't really changed."

I shrugged. "I didn't have any friends when I was a kid."

Jiro blinked. "Oh... I'm sorry to hear that."

I shrugged again. "It didn't really bother me; I didn't ever need any friends."

"Kaminari and I could be your friends," she offered.

"Maybe. Sure, why not?" I said. It would be nice to find some friends for Izuku.

Jiro smiled and sat down on the waiting room bench next to me. "Can I ask why you never had any friends?"

I sighed. This was going to be difficult to explain. "My brother... Izuku Midoriya, you've seen him, right?"

She nodded. "The greenette who broke his finger, right?"

"Yeah, that's my brother. He was kind of a human punching bag when we were growing up, so I always had to protect him from bullies. It didn't really make me very popular," I explained as loosely as I could.

"And I'm guessing Bakugo was one of those bullies?" Jiro guessed.

I nodded. I hated Bakugo; he always made Izuku feel like a piece of nothing. He made Izuku look so bad, like the type of person that other rejects wouldn't even want to associate with. I hated him.

-Izuku-

I left Recovery Girl's office with Kaminari and was pleasantly surprised by the sight of Ikemoto talking to a girl. I didn't want to interrupt his conversation, so I just left for our classroom.

We had home economics classes next, so I took my seat behind Kacchan and waited for classes to begin. Ikemoto and the purple haired girl came in shortly before classes began, and I thought I saw Ikemoto shoot me a sad glance.

Was it because I didn't acknowledge him after I came out of the nurse's office? I hadn't wanted to interrupt his chances of making friends, so did I mess something up? Oh no I have to apologise what if he-

"Oi, Deku shut up!" Kacchan yelled at me.

I quickly covered my mouth and turned my attention to the blackboard.

The first day and Kacchan has already yelled at me more than twice.

-Ikemoto-

When the final bell rang, signalling the end of day one at UA, I left the room after Izuku and engine boy. The brown haired girl from the exam ran up to them, smiling at me as she passed. I sighed; I guess he didn't need my help finding friends either.

At least Izuku has friends now, right?

I listened to their conversation and was about to attack Uraraka when she called Izuku 'Deku' when Izuku told her it was okay. Just like that? He hated being called Deku! What's with this paradigm shift?

I felt someone tap my shoulder and saw Jiro standing there with Kaminari behind her. "Oh, hello," I greeted them.

"I don't think you two officially met," Jiro said, walking next to me with Kaminari on the other side of her. "This is Denki Kaminari," she introduced him to me. "Kaminari, this is Midori."

"Dude, you're the one who scored first on the entrance exams? That's so cool!"

I just shrugged. "I only applied so that I could be in the same school as my brother."

"Izuku Midoriya, right?" Kaminari asked, and I nodded. "That's super cool! I wish I had a twin brother."

"He's older than me by more than a year," I corrected. "I skipped a grade."

"Woah, really?" Kaminari exclaimed as we reached the train station. "If I had to guess I would've thought that you were the older one! That's so weird. Kinda cool though."

"Stop geeking out, dumbass," Jiro scolded, slapping the back of her friend's head.

I sighed and kept walking. We got on the train together, and on the opposite side of our car, I could see Izuku and his new friends. I had to admit; I was jealous. It was as if he had already forgotten about me.

"Midori? Are you okay?" Jiro asked.

I nodded. "Since we're in the same town, we'll have the same stop, right?" I asked.

"Woah, you guys are living in the same town? Am I being replaced?" Kaminari asked nervously. "Jiro, you wouldn't get rid of me that quickly, right?"

"Like anyone would like to take your spot as my childhood idiot friend," Jiro teased.

"Well, actually, he'd have to be pretty smart to get into UA, right?" I reasoned, trying to help the pikachu boy feel better.

"See? Midori gets it!"

"But... you're still kinda dumb compared to everyone else from what I've seen so far," Jiro said, grinning.

"Hey!"

The train screeched to a stop, and Jiro and I got off after Izuku. Kaminari's stop was the one after ours, so he waved goodbye. I split off from Jiro and went home with my brother, giving her a small wave as I did.

"So you have friends now?" Izuku asked.

"Why would you care? You've probably already forgotten about me."

I started walking faster and left him behind. He was completely shocked and stood staring at my back.

-Izuku-

I didn't know that my actions (or lack thereof) had hurt Ikemoto that badly. I'd been so happy to see that he had his own friends now that I'd figured I'd give him space to talk to them.

There was only one thing to do.

Ikemoto wasn't a big fan of heroes, but Endeavor was one of the few exceptions.

"Hey Ike-kun, do you want to go see a movie? I heard the new one on Endeavor just got released.."

-A/N-

Let's see how many people stop reading after the last few statements about Endeavor Izuku just made. Last time I pulled a stunt like this my readership dropped by 32%.

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