My Hero Oneshots

Curse 🍋

A/N Sorry for the delay. I've been a little under the weather, I know a great way to spend my birthday am I right? Anyway I hope you all enjoy the story! 🥰

Deku's POV 

“What about you Midoriya?” I jumped not expecting a question. What were they talking about? I was sitting in the common area with Iida, Uraraka, Tsu and Todoroki and I haven't been paying attention for a while now, which I thought they knew. 

“Huh?” I finally had to ask, looking away from the notebook that I had been drawing my new costume designs in until now. I have been trying to figure out a new look that will stop all of the bunny comments and jokes. Believe it or not but the media have been crazy mean about my hero costume, still acting like they were trying to figure out what the “ears” were for. 

“Midoriya, is there a reason you haven't been paying attention lately? You have been distracted a lot,” Asui, I mean Tsu asked and I blinked at them. Didn't they know I was working on my costume? I've been working on it for days now. I flipped my notebook over for them to see what I was doing and between Uraraka and Tsu you would think I was a famous painter or something. 

“I've just been focusing on upgrading my hero suit. With any luck I'll have the new design ready before we graduate next month,” I mumbled looking back at the blueprints of my current suit. Thanks to the fact that I'm quirkless there are a lot of features I can't replace but that's okay, Mei already has replacements for me to choose from that are more aesthetically pleasing. Thankfully Mei made me sign a contract that made it to where no matter what company she is working for she will always be able to change or modify my suit as needed. 

“Midoriya, be that as it may, we were doing a group bonding activity, you should really be paying attention,” I look around the room but it's only the five of us here. Everyone else was doing their own thing and I don't remember us inviting them. 

“Deku, it was just for us just for the Deku squad,” Uraraka said gently and I vaguely remember her and Iida deciding for us to get together to do something but I thought it was just us hanging out together. Not an ‘activity.’ 

“Sorry everyone, I've just been so tired lately,” I sighed, choosing not to argue. I mean they just want to hang out right? “I still have so much to do and so little time.” 

“That's alright!” Uraraka jumped in before Iida could say anything more. “We all still have a lot to do but I'm sure it must be harder for you, now more than ever,” she averted her eyes and the grip on my pencil tightened. There it is again. The pity. The reaction of how they don't know how to react or even how to address it. 

I mean I did hide it from them that I was quirkless but they all acted like it was all fine. They even talked about how lucky I was to get my quirk from All Might! But then when I lost my quirk and became quirkless again… They act like I've lost my arm or something. Hell, even Monomoa doesn't say anything to me when he is mocking our class. He just looks at me with pity and turns away like I'm not there at all. It's so much worse than the active bullying I went through with Kacchan. 

“Oi De- Izuku?” I looked up to see Kacchan walk into the room looking pissed but my friends froze for half a second hearing my actual name from his mouth. Speak of the angel, I mean devil. It's been more than a year now but they still act like they don't know how to respond, then again, I am the only person in class that he uses my actual name for. And it's my first name. So I guess that's understandable. 

“Yeah Kacchan?” I smiled brightly, relieved that there is still someone I can feel comfortable with. That thought bothers me, why can't I feel comfortable with my friends? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having them in the first place? I shake the thought from my mind though, I must be anxious, that's all. “You know I've told you you can still call me Deku. I did choose it for my hero name,” I reminded him and he just rolled his eyes at me.