The Amazing Izuku Midoryia

Chapter Sixteen

Izuku pulled himself up the bank of the beach and banged his head against the sand. The man gritted his teeth and tenderly sat on his butt. Midoryia then leaned back and looked into the dark sky. He ripped his mask off of his head and let out a breath. Izuku's vision was blurry and his entire body ached, but that didn't stop him from standing up. The man limped to his feet and pulled off the top of his costume, and then folded the spandex in his arms.

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Izuku stood in the store and looked at the price tag on the grey sweats. Deku sighed,"I can afford these." He pulled the clothes off of the rack and walked up to the counter. He knew he was a mess and the expression on the cashier's face only reinforced what he knew."Sir are you okay; do you need me to get you any help ?"

Deku placed a hand over his face and muttered,"I'm fine, just a little banged up is all." Izuku then pulled out the cash he got from a nearby ATM and handed it to the man.

The short-haired employee took the cash and thanked Izuku for dropping by. When Deku made it outside of the store he pulled the grey sweatshirt over his bare chest  and the plain, baggy pants over his spandex bottoms. Midoryia then flipped the hood over his head and began to walk down the street in the cold rain alone, and trying his best to stay hidden from the world.

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Izuku looked up from the sidewalk and gazed at the ginormous screen hanging from a building. He watched intently was it detailed what had happened hours ago, and he felt crushed as he watched the red banner across the bottom of the screen. The message was simple: Spider-Man escapes after aiding villains in failed takeover of former Pro hero All Might's yacht. Izuku bit the inside of his cheek in anger and lowered his head. He then began to think about what the man on the boat had said to him. Why do I do it ? The media rips me to shreds, I barley meet ends meet, and now Ochaco doesn't want anything to do with me; why the hell does Spider-Man even exist ?

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Izuku was nearing his apartment and began to feel grateful for the horrendous day finally coming to an end. He was going to walk up the stair and try sleeping away all of his pain. The man slowly walked up the stairs to the entrance of the apartment complex, and as he reached for the door he kicked something at his feet. The man curiously furrowed his brow and looked down at a brown box. The cardboard was old and torn, and inside sat a note. Izuku wouldn't have thought much about the box if it wasn't for what laid inside of it, his clothes. The messy-haired man bent over and picked up the sheet of paper.

Midoryia after months of being warned you never managed to catch-up on your payments. We are sorry to do this but our policy requires that you must be evicted for repeated failures, and anything that is not inside this box now  our property from here on out.

Izuku stared at the box for minutes in the cold and didn't do anything but clinch his fist and grit his teeth. The man then picked up the box and threw it into the road. The cardboard container exploded and his clothes scattered everywhere. 

Izuku sat down on the concrete steps and hid his face in his hands. He sat in the dampness of the night and thought about every decision he's made since the field trip to Tungsten Labs that changed his life forever. Deku looked up from his hands and gazed at his reflection in a puddle. He then yelled,"It's over, I'm done with being him, I'm never putting on that damn mask ever again! If people don't want me than they won't get me !"