So I was on Pinterest one day and I found a bunch of fan art for a Heathers and My Hero Academia crossover. Images not mine. Credit goes to the owner (http://iggiesca-asdy.tumblr.com/post/164915139214/heathers-the-musical-performed-by-class-1-a).
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He was staring right at me.
Shit! He noticed that I was looking at him. He's walking in my direction. "So, have you tried the new flavor?" Crap, he's actually talking to me. Wait, what did he mean by "new flavor"? "New flavor of what?" I was genuinely confused because they're new flavors of many things. Which one was he talking about? "A new flavor of slushie. They came out with a Coca-Cola flavor last week. Have you tried it?"
"Noooooo......," Honestly, I didn't know why he was asking. We had only met today, and this was our only conversation. "Oh." He went to the checkout section to pay for his drink. I walked outside and put my stuff into my backpack. As I was doing this, the no-name-kid walked outside and started talking to me. "Hey, my name is Todoroki. What's yours?"
"Midoriya. Izuku Midoriya." I flipped my backpack over my shoulders and looked back at him. He was smiling at me, and that made me want to smile. "Sooooo......, was today your first day at school?" Now it was my turn to ask questions. "I've been through ten high schools. They start to get blurry. No point planting roots cause you're gone in a hurry. My dad keeps two suitcases packed in the den. So, it's only a matter of when."
"Didn't you make any friends at your last school?"
"No. I didn't talk to people. When you leave in a hurry, there's no point to make friends. Don't learn the names, don't bother with faces."
Wow, and I thought to have only five friends was sad. Being seventeen and never having a friend. That would cause me to go insane. Maybe I should have been more grateful to know Uraraka and Iida. "There was one thing I trusted. 7-Eleven. Don't laugh, I know that look. Whenever I have a difficult day, there's a 7-Eleven right there. Each store is the same; From Las Vegas to Boston. Linoleum aisles that I love to get lost in. I pray at my altar of slush."
"Alter of slush?"
"Drinking a slushie. It was something I joked about with my mom. Whenever you drink a slushie, it freezes your brain. When you freeze your brain, you forget all your problems." He hands me the slushie. I was confused. Why did he hand me this? "What do you want me to do with this?"
"Freeze your brain. Suck on that straw. Get lost in the pain. Happiness comes when everything numbs. Who needs cocaine? Care for a hit?"
"Does your mommy know you eat all that crap?"
"Not anymore. When mom was alive, we lived halfway normal. But now it's just me and my dad. We're less formal. I learned to cook pasta, I learned to pay rent, learned the world doesn't owe you a cent. You're planning your future Izuku Midoriya. You'll go to some college. And marry a lawyer. But the sky's gonna hurt when it falls. So, you better start building some walls."
"So, what would suggest I do?"
"Freeze your brain. Swim in the ice. Get lost in the pain. Shut your eyes tight, till you vanish from sight. Let nothing remain. Shatter your skull. Fight pain with more pain. Forget who you are. Unburden your load. When the voice in your head says you're better off dead. Don't open a vein. Just freeze your brain. Go on and freeze your brain. Try it"
