Villain or Hero...?

Chapter 9: Apologies & Meetings

Izuku was currently in the warp gate after bringing his father the phone back.

The warp gate felt cold and alone.. like–

Izuku shook his head. Not happening right now.

Then he was, naturally, at the bar. "Hey," greeted Izuku with a hint of annoyance and sat down on a bar stool.

Shigaraki was there! "What happened?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Izuku confused.

"You look a little bit ... what's the best word for it...? Annoyed? Are you in a bad mood?"

Izuku's eyes widenend and then he buried his hands in his arms, which were lying on the bar counter, and whined. "What did I do?" He realized how he spoke with Kurogiri and his father. Izuku looked at Kurogiri hastily. "I'm so, so sorry, I'm just... everyone treats me different since the.. incident happened and it just pisses me off"

Kurogiri looked at him and nodded. "It was to be expected, you could've died," said Kurogiri and wiped a glass.

Shigaraki laid his left hand – with the pinky up, mind you – on Izuku's shoulder to give him at least some comfort because Shigaraki wasn't good at comforting.

"I acted like Kacchan," whined Izuku and buried his head in his arms once more. "I'm no better than Kacchan"

"And who is 'Kacchan'?" asked Shigaraki interested.

"Bakugou Katsuki, I know him since.. forever. And he bullies me because I'm 'quirkless'... says that I'm just useless and can't do anything by myself.." explained Izuku and felt a second later murderous intent coming from both Kurogiri and Shigaraki. Good that no one else was in the bar today.

Izuku looked up and panicked when he saw the looks on both of their faces – and Kurogiri could definitely conceal it better. "W-Wait! No! It's not that bad! He has a big ego, that's all–"

"Izuku," began Shigaraki and glared at the wall. "Where is this 'Bakugou Katsuki' right now?"

How could a 12-year-old be so terrifying?

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He could talk them out of it. That was good. Even if it took over one hour to do so.

"Kurogiri, could you please open a warp gate for me? And I'm really sorry again!" asked and apologized Izuku again. He was really embarrassed about his behaviour from earlier.

"Don't let them get to you, in a few days, everything's probably going to be normal again," answered Kurogiri and would definitely be smiling if he had a mouth, he was glad that Izuku saw that his behaviour wasn't all that great. But he saw the resemblance between villains and his behaviour. The villains were influencing him more than Kurogiri wanted it to be. Kurogiri was sure, if Izuku would be a villain, he would be a terrifying villain and leader. A rose with thorns.

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"F-Father?" asked Izuku when he walked into the living room, where his father currently watched TV. His father turned to look at him. "I want to apologize"

"Apologize?"

"I did you wrong.. And therefore, I want to apologize. It wasn't right to speak with you in that tone like that," stated Izuku nervously and looked at the floor. "I just... I'm just really annoyed that everyone treats me like some kind of glass"

Hisashi nodded in understanding and smiled slightly. He walked up to Izuku and ruffled his hair. "It's alright, it happens. Everyone has a bad day once in a while"