Deku sighed as he stood at the podium with his wife's hand in his. He kissed her cheek with a sigh. He knew he was about to have some of the most uncomfortable interviews of his life in the coming weeks, but he supposed it was better than mass hysteria in the streets of Japan. He put on his biggest smile, grabbed is wife's hip, pulled her to his side and kissed her cheek.
"Hi everyone. I'm Izuku Midoriya or as many of you know me, Deku. I uh.." he smiled sheepishly and rubbed his head, "I understand that I scared a lot of you yesterday. The number one hero running around to every agency in Japan is often cause for alarm, but not this time! I was running around Japan because I wanted to tell all of my friends and colleagues that my wonderful wife, Uravity and I are expecting our first child!" He smiled and kissed his wife's cheek with a sigh, Ochako smiled back at him and he felt tears in his eyes as he smiled a little bigger. "I'm sorry if I scared any of you, but I just got so excited, I needed to tell all of my friends in person as soon as possible. And now we're telling you! Uh.. Uraraka, did you want to say anything to everyone?" he smiled and she sighed, looking at her toes.
"we hope we haven't caused too much anxiety. We wanted you all to be a part of this, but we also wanted our personal friends to know first. We hope that you understand. We love you all, and look forward to going on this adventure together." she smiled a little more when Deku kissed her head before taking over the microphone "We will take questions now."
"How long have you known you were expecting?"
Deku's smile wavered, "well, we found out two days ago, but we found out a little late as she is about thirteen weeks along."
"How did you find out so late?"
Ochako frowned slightly "Well. As a pro hero I have a lot of things to think about before-" she stopped herself "M-my personal health." she saw Deku wince beside her. "everyone is different. Every pregnancy is different."
"Uraraka.. Stop. Please." Deku sighed, "No more questions about my wife's body and the timeline please."
"Why do you call your wife by her maiden name?"
"Well.. It's what I called her for so long, and I just never stopped." Deku shrugged and kissed the top of his wife's head.
"So every single prohero in Japan qualifies as your close friend? You didn't meet with every agency in Japan, Deku you met with every hero individually."
"Yes. I do consider every hero in Japan a friend, and even if I didn't, I am the number one hero, and my having a child will impact my ability to fulfill my duties, meaning it will impact them and their duties. I wanted to meet with everyone it effected first."
"Why will it impact your ability to fulfill your duties? Do you plan to step down from your position as number one hero?"
"I don't. But I plan to be an involved father." Deku frowned, this wasn't fun at all,
"But you realize the risks that come with that right? You fought Touya Todoroki and Tenko Shimura yourself. I use their family names, because, they were both children impacted by-"
Deku's heart sank as he nodded his head, he thought he was ready for the question, but he wasn't. "I uh.. yes. " he saw Ochako's shoulders slump, she wanted to cry. "No more questions." He sighed, leading his wife away from the podium and going to sit on the nearest bench to catch his breath. He was sure people were already coming up with headlines comparing him to Endeavor, searching for pictures of his internship. He felt Ochako curled against his side, and held her close.
"Are you okay?
"I'm fine."
He could feel the tears on his shoulder, she didn't usually cry in public, he wiped her eyes with a sigh "I'm sorry." He whimpered
"I'm sorry too."
"I have no idea what to do."
"I don't know either Dekukun." He sighed, kissing the top of her head
"Let's go home." he stood up and lead her to the car, he supposed everyone would be talking about this in the morning. What an awful father he would be, how he was probably bad to his wife too.
"I love you." he sighed, "I'm sorry about the past month, and the next few." He sighed
"It's fine, Deku. I knew what I was signing up for when I married you."
"still. It's going to be hard." he sighed, "for both of us." they got into the car and drove home, turning on the tv to see themselves stuttering and tripping over the questions.
"Hasn't Uravity been living in a studio apartment on block b for the past month?" the newscaster sighed, "So she moved out of Deku's house and came back pregnant?"
"No." His co-anchor sighed, "look at her, she's showing. No way she's been pregnant less than a month. She would have been pregnant when she moved out of his house."
"But why would Deku kick his pregnant wife out of his house?"
"Maybe if he didn't believe it was his kid."
"Or he just didn't want it."
"Heh. Say what you want about Endeavor at least he wanted his kids."
"And kept his wife hidden. Didn't have to see how sad she was. Poor Uravity. Her eyes are so empty.."
"She knows she's carrying a time bomb. No way that kid grows up well adjusted and happy. Deku should know better than anybody what happens when top pro heroes have kids. God forbid it inherits Deku's obsessive personality. Even without a quirk, Deku on the wrong side would be a disaster."
"Well, Deku is going to raise the kid, I can't imagine-"
"You think Deku's going to raise it? He said he's not stepping down as number one hero. That kid is never going to see him. It's up to Uravity, and no matter how doting a mother is, seeing your father taking care of strangers and neglecting you is gonna hurt anyone."
Deku turned the tv off with a sigh, he had known people would say these things, and they were thoughts he had had himself. He told himself he wouldn't let it happen but he wasn't sure how he could prevent it.
"Uraraka." He sighed, wiping her eyes gently, "I'm sorry. I-I promise, I'll be here. Our child will be a polite law abiding citizen."
She looked at him sadly "You should turn the tv back on. We-"
"No. I'll watch it tonight. Okay? I need you to relax. Stress is bad for the baby I'm going to take care of my family first. Always." he kissed her cheek and watched her go sit down with a sigh. His stomach hurt, he opened his phone, people really thought he was an awful person. Some people thought he had forced Uraraka to get pregnant, some people thought he had tried to force her to get rid of it. Accusing him of forcing her out of their home.. No one was talking about him visiting every single hero agency the night prior he supposed. So technically he had been successful. He just felt awful about himself. He let Ochako choose something to watch as he looked over his social media. He hated that people thought his child was going to be a monster, he hated that it was a concern he had too. He hated that his baby was being seen, not as an unplanned but beloved child, but as something much more sinister. A mistake, or a sign that he was capable of doing something as awful as forcing a child onto the person he loved. People were attacking his family, but he had no idea what to do about it. He wanted to defend himself, but he knew it was best if people attacked each other without his input. It was hard not to yell at people who called his wife names, called his child a concern for public safety, but he was a pro hero. He couldn't attack civilians for having opinions or having facts wrong. People really had no faith in him at all, he had proven himself time and time time again, but it would never be enough. He put his phone down and curled up with his wife, kissing her cheek gently
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I love you Uraraka." He sighed, he hadn't really ever wanted to have a kid, but he had wanted to keep his options open. He really should have just gotten cut, but he was going to be a dad whether the people of Japan were ready or not, whether he was ready or not. He kissed her hand and rested against her shoulder. She sighed as she held him.
"It's fine. I've known this was going to happen for a while. It would have been a lot easier if I didn't run away from you when I found out."
Deku nodded with a sigh that was true. He frowned when the tv glitched, cocking his head to the side, he sighed as he moved closer to it. The power went out and Deku pulled his wife into his lap.
"Should we go check it out?" She murmured
Deku nodded his head towards the tv "If the power is out there shouldn't be static." he whispered "It turned off and than back on. They want us looking at the tv. So I think we should."
"Are you sure?"
Deku nodded
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Through Hell For You
Fanfiction(Born For War rewrite) Izuku Midoriya knew he wanted to be a husband and a father, eventually, eventually got a whole lot closer when they find themselves expecting their first child long before what either of them had in mind. But they don't get w...
