Admiring From Afar (BkDk)

5 - 'The List'

"List of things that I should stop
List of things I should not being doing, but I do em'
It's a pattern that I got"

Izuku POV
I walk into class the next day with a smile on my face. I arrived early because I couldn't sleep well. But I have high hopes for the day. Maybe I can make some new friends. I mean, there have to be other quirkless people in this school, right? And with any luck, I will find them.

I sit down at my desk as I stare out the window. The teacher isn't even here yet so I'm in the room alone. I sigh as I close my eyes and think back to my childhood with Kacchan. It was going so well for so long, why did it have to end? Quirks and their dumb importance to society. I wish they never even existed to be honest. But enough thinking negatively, this day will be better than yesterday!

Or so I thought...

"Please! Don't do this." I cried out as I back up until I'm against a locker.

"Oh please, you think your whining will save you now." I gulp as the kid stares me down. I then feel hope rush through me as Aku walks into the hallway. But once she meets my eyes and realizes the kid is beating me up, she just leaves. I then start to cry.

"Crybaby." I shut my eyes as I feel a hand around my throat. My breath hitches as I'm then slammed into the ground. I cry out in pain as the kid then walks away with a smug look on his face. I wipe the blood from my lip as I stand up. I sigh as I grab my books from my locker and stuff them into my yellow book bag.

A terrible ending to a terrible day.

And my first year of middle school did in fact not improve after that day, in fact, it only got worse.

By the time I reached my second year, almost everyone knew me as the quirkless kid who wanted to attend UA and be a hero. I was laughed at often or shoved against the lockers. But the worse was yet to come.

"So you still wanna be a hero, huh nerd?" Kacchan said with a glare at me. I gulped loudly as his friend stood intimidatingly around him. I hesitantly nodded as his face shifted.

"How dumb are you? Thinking you can be a hero without a quirk. You'd die so easily from a mere low level villain." He lectured me as I just wanted to crawl into a hole and die at that moment. He then grabbed and shook me before noticing a piece of paper that fell out of my pocket.

Oh no.

"What the hell is this?" Kacchan scoffed as he handed it to his friends.

"Damn, it's a love poem. Stupid nerd has got a crush." One of them mocked as I cowered.

"Who would want him?" The other kid laughed. Kacchan stayed silent as he rolled his eyes.

"So who was this for Deku? I bet someone just as lame as you." Kacchan said with a growl as I felt tears threaten my eyes again.

"Imagine if it was for Aku, that nerd always seems to be following her around." The black haired kid teased and Kacchan scoffed at him.

"As if anyone could be interested in that brat." Kacchan laughed.

"She's nicer than you." I mumbled under my breath.

"What was that nerd?" Oh crap, he heard me. He glared at me as I gulped loudly. Stupid mouth.

"What if it was for Katsuki?" The grey haired kid joked.

"Now that would be hilarious." His friend laughed. If only they knew. Good thing is they will never find out.

"Let me read that damn thing and I'll find out who it is fucking about." He yelled at them and they quickly handed it over. I clenched my teeth in fear. Could he really figure it out?