QUIRKLESS LIFE

~19~

"Give it back Itami-kun. It's not funny." Momo stated, Izuku behind her.

"Or what? He can't even fit this stupid jacket anymore. He's 14, not 5." The bully laughed, holding Catharina's coat in hand. Izuku's bag was dumped on the floor, though the knife thankfully hadn't fallen out. The teen was fuming, hands made into fists, and his friend gently pushing him back so he didn't do anything stupid.

"Just give it back. You've had your fun with Izuku, so just drop it and leave." Itami stuck his tongue out, and ripped the coat, right down the middle. The raven-haired girl gasped, hand over her mouth, and looked between the boys in panic.

"It's not my fault he's just a useless nobody. If he wanted me to be nice, maybe he should just jump off the roof, and pray he has a quirk in his next life!" The pink haired teen shrugged, dropping the pieces of fabric on the floor with a grin, his friends behind him laughing and snickering. 

"This is why your parents left you!" Izuku yelled, pushing past his friend. The laughs died down, and Momo couldn't believe what she just heard, no one could for that matter. Itami's smile faded, and he looked at the greenie with wide eyes, brow furrowing and gritting his teeth.

"You're one to talk! You don't have parents either dipshit! None of us do!"

"At least mine loved me! Yours left you the day you learnt how to speak!"

"No they didn't! They just didn't have the money to take care of a child!"

"Because you were a spoiled brat who used up all their money on toys and peashooters!" The other went quiet, hands now made into fists, and the shorter of the two crossed his arms, the raven-haired girl behind him still shocked at the outburst. She was glad he didn't pull the knife on Itami though.

The bully and his friends left the dorm, his lackeys looking between the two, and tried to comfort the pink haired teen. Izuku knelt down, picking up the pieces of fabric and his bag, and Momo watched with sympathy. The greenie put his things under his bed, before sitting down, the girl sitting as well. She wondered how to cheer him up, before having a small idea.

Using her quirk, she made hairclips, ribbons, and a hairbrush, offering them to her friend. The freckled teen took them, looking up at her as she gave a small smile as she took out her hair tie and removed her shoes, sitting cross legged on the bed, back facing him. Izuku felt a bit nostalgic as he took some of her hair in hand, before remembering back to how he did it when they were younger, and started styling Momo's hair.

"I missed this. 'Kaasan as well. She says the hairstylists are so boring when they do her hair. Everyone is missing out by underestimating you 'Zuku." Though the boy didn't respond, she knew he liked compliments. Especially on his hobbies.

"Have you made any recent analyses?" 

"I wouldn't call it an analysis... but I was doing Present Mic yesterday... I don't understand why he doesn't need hearing aids... same with Erasure Head, who went to U.A. with him... it made partial sense that Present Mic might've developed better ear drums alongside his quirk... but Erasure Head couldn't possibly have such a development... do you think he had earplugs most of the time they trained together...?" Momo laughed lightly, happy to hear he hasn't stopped speculating the most random topics.

"Possibly. It makes sense. Otherwise, he probably gets tinnitus quite often." The two went back and forth, the girl of the duo only piping in when she needs to get further thoughts on her friends ideas.

"What if we're in a tv show...? There's no reasonable explanation as to why the quirks developed... and it would fit a plot perfectly... a future number one hero or a saviour to everyone could easily make a main character... and villains are easy sources to make as an antagonist... what if the real world doesn't have any quirks and they just made us so that we could fulfill all their fantasies...?" The topic came out of the blue, and Momo thought for a little bit before answering.