The Todobakudeku child

Chapter 23: Hero Kid

As Toshi gets up, the adults from before walk in, plus my dad. 

"Hey Kiddo, what is going on here?" Zawa asks. The rest of us cover up. 

"Gay girl time." 

"Gay what?" 

"We're all gay; Sachi and Naoko are girls; we're spending time with each other." 

"And that entails you all to be basically naked, together?" 

"Relax; we all have our panties on. Me and Ren needed a binding break. Nothing is going to happen; we've been doing this for years." Dad raises his eyebrow. 

"Years?" he asks. 

"Yeah. We're the only gay kids we know, so Gay Girl Time was invented so we can openly share feelings. Whether it's asking if someone is hot, bullying, outfit opinions, or our worries about being outed not just as queer but as hero kids and being mentally ill." The adults were blown away. 

"So you sit here, supporting each other?" Uncle Kami asks.

"Yep, because Aldera sure as hell didn't."

"But I thought Aldera staff had been fired and replaced?" 

"It seems that they hired an even worse set than what Mama had." Zawa looked at my father and his husband. 

"It seems that we have work to do. We'll leave you be. We love you." With that, they left, and I sigh. 

"I need a shot after that. Anyone else?" 

"Yep!" 

"Ditto." 

"God please." I smiled when Akio handed us all a shot of vodka. I chuckle. "

Cheers because being happy all the time really fucking sucks." 

"Cheers!" We slam them back. 

"It's sad that it doesn't phase me anymore." 

"Nah just shows how much shit you went through." 

"No, how much WE went through Tosh. You were all there with me. We were all bullied for the same reasons. Because we're queer, depressed, hell because we had to act quirkless so our powers wouldn't give away who our parents were." 

"That's the truth, and home life wasn't much. better. Our parents constantly dropped us off at each other's houses, then pawned us off to another till eventually we were all together at a family member's house that happened to not work that day." 

"Oh, how we hoped to whatever's up there that Bakugou wasn't the one we ended up with so we didn't have to see or smell alcohol on his breath, so he wouldn't be the one who would have to help with my tube or sugar."

"Or my house so we didn't have to hear my parents yelling about how I was a mistake forced on them." Akira spoke, chuckling. 

"Yeah. How we couldn't wait for training with Zawa so we could be away from the toxitady for at least a little bit." 

"Zawa's the best." Toshi adds. 

"Damn straight." We slam another. "Remember how we got bullied for having to leave early so we could work?" 

"You mean when it was either work, train, or be home?" Akio asks filling the shotglasses again. 

"My mama asked me one time, "Sweetie, where do you go after training?' I lied and said, 'Just to the library, Mama. Gotta get good grades.'" I say picking up my glass.