Deku-chan

Chapter 2 : Deku-chan

Everyone stood silently while Deku remained hidden behind this unfamiliar version of the Kacchan he knew. He looked anxiously around, frightened and intrigued by everything. Although Deku was afraid, he could not help his uncontrollable curiosity from wandering.

Once again he looked into the faces of his classmates, unknown to him that these are, in fact, his classmates. He remained at a stalemate of hiding.

Aizawa finally takes in the situation.

"Alright everyone, the exercise is cancelled for today" Aizawa states, raising his voice so everyone can hear him.

Deku looks on, seeing everyone watching him with concern, he begins to wonder if he perhaps did something wrong? Unconsciously his fragile grip tightens ever so slightly on Bakugo's hand.

Bakugo feels this, along with a swell of anger, he violently pushes Deku off and away.

Deku lays sitting on the floor after being pushed away, his shaking even worse than before, he begins a never ending stream of crocodile tears, more so than the initial tears he had before.

"I don't need you hanging on me you shitty brat!" Bakugo barks somewhat feeling bad that he pushed him with such force...He forgot that if he treated this Deku the same as normal...he may very well break him.

"Bakugo, since you're the only one he knows right now. You're in charge of him, think of this as an official assignment for hero experience. That means you have to look after him, without harming him. If you hurt him, I'll expel you." Aizawa says curtly while looking intently at Bakugo.

"What!? You want me to look after Deku?!?" Bakugo shouts

Followed by a nonchalant cold stare from Aizawa, Bakugo realizes he doesn't have a choice.

"Tch" he clicks his tongue and he turns around.

Bakugo stands "Get up" he says

Deku jumps at the opportunity; getting up and unsteadily stumbling a bit from his oversized costume. He follows close to Bakugo, his expression somewhat calmer and his tears drying.

Everyone begins their trip home, to the dorms. Deku sits by the window looking at everything with the glittering tint of excitement. His fear and confusion are still there but outweighed by his curiosity... Especially after finding out this was a U.A hero class.

Finally everyone arrives back, Deku patiently waits while a few people pass and finally he follows Bakugo out. He looks up at Bakugo only to see his profile, Deku smiles and somehow is happy that he able to see Bakugo like this.

"What are you staring at you damn nerd?" Bakugo says with an irritated tone

"Kacchan is so cool" Deku replies, saying this whole heartedly

"Tch" Bakugo clicks his tongue and walks a bit faster than before

They enter and see everyone is sitting around the common room. They usher Bakugo over along with Deku so they can help him feel more comfortable and explain the situation to him. Bakugo sits and Deku quietly follows him, sitting closely but not enough to warrant being pushed away once again. If anything, he is holding onto the space between them for comfort.

"Midoriya, we're going to explain everything to you. So you don't have to be so afraid around us anymore" Iida says, enthusiastically yet gently

Deku looks confused, but nods his head in response.

The next two hours are spent with everyone explaining, that he is actually the same age as them. He's a hero in training of Class A in U.A and Deku is his hero name.

His eyes sparkle and glow with joy at hearing his dream came true, although he is confused.

"Why is Deku my hero name...It's a bad thing isn't it..?" He says softly looking away with slight hints of sadness.

"Um...because, I-I said something about it and you liked my interpretation, I guess?" Uraraka says, speaking up shyly.

"What was it?" He further inquires with a slight head tilt

"I said, that Deku sounds like the word for 'You can do it' and you seemed to take to it" Uraraka says as she elaborates her reason

"Really!? You're right that is amazing!" Deku says with a huge smile, such an adorable smile that lights up the atmosphere and calms everyone... It seems as if he had forgotten the fear that was gripping him so tightly earlier.

"Wait...I-if I'm in U.A, does that mean I have a quirk???" He asks desperately

Everyone looks at him with confusion, they knew he couldn't control his quirk at first, but not a lot of them knew that he was quirkless.

"Yeah! You've got a real manly quirk!" Kirishima speaks up excitedly

"It reminds me of All Might's" Asui says

"Wow" Deku replies feeling overwhelmed with happiness, his eyes full of stars.

The banter continues until Aizawa walks in, causing a momentary silence amongst the lively crowd.

"Midoriya."

"Y-yes Sensei!" he says nervously

Aizawa just raises an eyebrow... "The quirk you were hit with... I'm guessing it turns you into a kid, we're looking for the guy so sit tight, we'll sort this out." he says as he leaves.

Everyone continues their conversation, Deku smiles and laughs. Everyone is like a family here he thinks to himself.

Everyone seems happier to see how he has settled down.

"Yeah, but still Deku-chan is so cuteeee~" Ashido says as she grabs Deku into a tight hug

It seems all the girls in the class concurred with her statement, they surrounded little Deku.

Mineta sat in the corner, emitting a cold, gloomy aura along with his immense jealousy.

"Midoriya, you wanna see my quirk?" Kaminari asks excitedly

"Yes!" he says jumping at the opportunity

Kaminari showed him, just a tiny bit of electricity and how he controlled it.

"Whoa....amazing!!" He exclaims his eyes burning with an intense curiosity and sense of amazement.

A few other people decided to play with Deku whilst showing off their quirks, he was so amazed and wowed by everything. The night carries on with it's lively pace until finally....

"Midoriya is asleep" Todoroki says as he glances over to a sleeping Deku, drooling peacefully on the couch.

Bakugo clicks his tongue and picks him up gently "This damn brat! Doesn't he know he'll catch a cold sleeping like this" he says with a grouchy tone

"You say that, but you're still looking after him~" Ashido says

"Shut up! I have to, or I'll get expelled because of the damn nerd!"

Everyone continues their playful teasing.

Causing the onslaught of "Die! Shut Up! I'll kill you! Bastard!" from Bakugo

He walks away carrying Deku. "Damn shitty brat, causing trouble. I'll pay him back, stupid bastard"

He says softly as he enters the room, despite his claim not to care, he was careful when holding Deku and putting him to bed, after covering him with a blanket, he swiftly turned around to walk away.

He was stopped by a small force...Deku's hand holding onto one of his fingers. "Thank you Kacchan..." he said sleepily

Pulling an angry face, his face contorted from anger into disgust "Die shitty brat!" only to discover Deku was once again fast asleep.

His expression softened as he patted Deku's head and quietly snuck out of the room.