sketchbook

The Truth

A/N - To anyone who already read the last chapter, I changed it up a bit because I didn't think Izuku would really act like that! I hope this clears up any confusion surrounding that topic! \(^^)/

Izuku hadn't really known what was going on. He was sleeping one minute, and sobbing tears he had suppressed for years the next. Izuku hated the fact that he had been so stupid, stupid enough to not realize that a book that held some of his biggest secrets fell out of his bag. There wasn't any words to describe how Izuku felt, so instead of saying anything, he stood in an awkward silence before his teacher.

Shota decided that he would be the one to cut to the chase. "Kid, you're gonna have to say something. I understand this topic isn't something that you're really comfortable talking about, but if you would just give me a basic idea of what compelled you to write these ..letters.. then that would be all I need to know for now."

Izuku took a deep breath, calming himself down. "Wh-when I was a kid," Izuku started, "I used to get bullied a lot. It wasn't that bad thoug—"

"Don't finish that sentence," Shota snapped. "No matter how bad the bullying was, it was still bullying. What exactly would these bullies do to you?"

"Uhm.. W-well, they would tease me a lot, and they'd hit me pretty often as well. They mostly just punched me, shoved me to the floor, kicked me, stomped on me, burned me, slammed my head into the wall, told me I would never amount to anything, told me I would never be a hero, told me to jump off the roof and pray I was born with a quirk in my next life—" The second Izuku said that, he slammed a hand over his mouth. Based on the stunned reaction his teacher was making, Izuku knew he had said too much.

"They told you to do what? Shota wasn't completely sure he heard his student right. Suicide bating was an actual crime, and if Izuku actually ended up killing himself, and anyone found out that he had been told to do it by other people, the people who told him to would be criminally charged.

"I-It's not as bad as it sounds, they only told me to do it once!" Izuku said, trying to fix his mistake.

"It dosen't matter if they told you to do it only once, it's still a crime. Do you know the names of the people who bullied you?"

Izuku froze. Of course he knew their names, but he wasn't exactly willing to tell his teacher that just yet.

"W-well, kind of? But I don't think they should be criminally charged! I-I was a late bloomer, so everyone thought I was quirkless, so that's why—"

"Wait, what?" Shota asked. "So you're saying that you were bullied because you didn't have a quirk for a while? How late of a bloomer even were you?"

"W-When I first got my quirk, I got it right at the entrance exam.."  Izuku admitted.

Shota was beyond angry. If what Midoryia was saying was true, then he was obviously picked on for not having a quirk. "I see. However, you never answered my question. Who bullied you, Midoryia?"

Izuku's face paled. "I-I, they were probably just kidding, they don't deserve—"

"Midoryia. If someone tells you to kill yourself, then they deserve to have consequences for their actions. If you don't tell me who told you to jump off the roof, I will find out by myself.

Tears formed in Izuku's eyes once more. "Wait! That wasn't the only reason I wrote those letters! I'm sorry!" He cried.

Shota sighed. "Alright then, Midoryia. But you're still going to have to tell someone the kids who bullied you, if not now, then sometime later." Shota decided not to pry further, considering he knew this was already a touchy subject for the kid and he didn't want to send him flying into a panic attack or something.

Izuku nodded. "I kn-know.. a-anyways another reason I wrote the letters is because when I didn't get a quirk as a kid, my dad left. My mom always told me it wasn't my fault, but I'm not stupid. I know he left because he didn't want a quirkless kid."

Hearing this made Shota even angrier. What type of father leaves a child just because they weren't born with a quirk? Not to mention Midoryia's father left his wife, most likely causing her to have to work more.

"I'm sorry to hear that, Midoryia. Nobody should have to go through something like that."

"No, no, it's alright. Since I was really young I don't remember him that much, but I still feel guilty because if I had just gotten a quirk sooner, my mom wouldn't have had to deal with something like that, so I guess I just thought that maybe it would have been better if I was never born."

Shota placed a hand on Izuku's shoulder. "Listen, kid. There are so many people who are glad you were born. I can promise you that the world is a much better place with you in it, so please never do something like this again."

Izuku began try cry once more. "I won't! I promise! I really wasn't thinking straight when I wrote those! I'll be alright!"

Shota sighed once more. "Problem child, I know you're not alright. Is there any other reason that you feel like someone who should have never been born? I'm here to help you Midoryia, so please trust me."

Izuku looked down. "I-I mean, it's been pretty stressful at UA, and villains aren't making anything better, but those aren't really reasons, since I want to be a hero and I really like going to UA. Although.."

"Midoryia, you can tell me. Like I said, I'm here to help."

"Well.. I guess I just don't feel like I deserve to be here. Everyone's so nice, and I just feel like I haven't done enough to prove that I really deserve to go here. That's the main reason I did it. I just don't really think I've done enough to earn the kindness I've been getting, and I sorta feel like I've been a burden on everyone else and that it would maybe be better off if I.. yknow..." Izuku trailed off.

Shota's expression fell. "Listen, Problem child you have most definitely earned the kindness you are given. You're an amazing student, as well as person in general, and anyone who says otherwise is clearly lying."

Izuku, who had been crying on and off, finally broke down in tears. Most people assumed he was doing completely alright, considering his optimistic personality and kind nature. Although, that was very far from the truth, considering he also was the type to dismiss his own problems until they couldn't be ignored any longer. "I- it- d-do you-"

"Yeah kid, I mean it. Don't think you don't deserve the treatment you've been getting, because from what I've seen so far, you sure as hell have worked for it."

A/N: WAAAAA IM SO SORRY FOR NOT POSTING!! I COMPLETELY FORGOT I WAS WRITING THIS 😭😭 ANYWAYS I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THIS CHAPTER!! I HAD FUN WRITING IT 😼😼😼 P.S. sorry if the endings a lil weird 😖 I didn't know what to do for it 😞😞