By: alyssaaudrey
Izuku did not necessarily lie to his friends – the self-proclaimed dekusquad – he just...omitted some information.
He tried so hard to fit into Class 1-A and they made friends with him then, and even if he was comfortable enough to be more himself now, he still felt that they wouldn't want to be friends after they found out.
Which is to say something about his real personality. Class 1-A knew him as the sunshine child with endless determination. He was...not really that.
Sure, he was nice and smiley but...not all the time.
The first person to really get to know him was a student in general education, exactly one week after the sports festival.
Izuku had snuck out during lunch, telling his friends he needed to talk to Midnight about the new art history assignment. Which he was not doing, instead of wandering the empty hallways of the UA building.
That's how he came across Shinsou Hitoshi, the kid with the brainwashing quirk that was so cool!
And so Izuku had approached him in his usual sunshine persona and asked. Shinsou took one look at him before raising an eyebrow.
"You're...serious?" He asked, eyes searching Izuku's. As much as Izuku wanted to be a hero and admired them, he knew they didn't save everyone. He was one of those left out for most of his life. So, he knew what Shinsou was feeling. Still feels. But Shinsou didn't know that. And wouldn't ever know that unless Izuku was a little more real with him. The happy-go-lucky personality was good with his hero-hopeful friends and authority figures who learned to never expect anything else around him.
Izuku dropped the exaggeration of his anxiety (which was still very real, but he had been taking medicine for it for years – him and his mom both) and sat down next to Shinsou on the floor.
"Yeah. You'll be a great hero Shinsou" he says, and Shinsou scoffs and looks away but Izuku sees the flush on his cheeks.
They become sort of friends after that. Internships start and they only talk over text at night, so late it's early.
Shinsou was surprised to find a fellow insomniac and Izuku was happy to have someone to be more...real with.
They could talk for hours.
Eventually though, Shinsou started to get suspicious. It was the night after getting released from the hospital after the Stain incident that he asked.
tootired: hey were u bullied in ms?
minimight: I mean- probably.
tootired: probably?
minimight: pfft no yeah that's a yes.
tootired: this is gonna sound rlly insensitive but...
y?
minimight: ah well,
probably because I was quirkless then.
And there is a long stretch of silence and Izuku thinks he messed up oh god-
tootired: srsly?
minimight: um yeah
tootired:...when did your quirk come in?
minimight: ah the entrance exam.
tootired: the
entrance exam.
minimight: yes?
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