Quirkless Rejects

It's Nice To Meet You

Dek- Izuku crawled through the window of the apartment. The Quirkless Rejects had bought it off of a black market retailer a week ago. The news has been blowing up about the Quirkless Rejects and to celebrate their small victory and true start the group got an upgrade. It had two bedrooms, one for boys and one for girls, a small dining room with a table and chairs, a living room with a blue sofa, coffee table, and cracked TV bought used, a kitchen, and a bathroom. It was small but better than where they previously stayed.

They all came in one by one through the window after work to avoid cameras.
Bubblegum smiled and pulled a cake she had made and decorated at the bakery. She placed it on the table everyone had gathered and sat.

"How's a little celebratory cake sound?" Everyone smiled in happiness. As Deku received his slice, he stood up.
"It's been 7 months since we all met in real life but... none of us have really met, have we?"

They all looked at each other then back at Izuku knowing where this was going. Izuku reached up and took a deep breath. He took off his mask and sunglasses. A collective gasp echoed around the room as they all witnessed his real face for the first time.

"Hello, I am Izuku Midoriya." He smiled. While he didn't know how true that statement was to him anymore, Izuku wanted more than himself to know who he was before.

Grimlin stood up and followed suit taking off his mask. "Taro Natsuko, it is nice to meet you."

Jester smiled and untied his cloth, standing. "Naiyu Daich!"

"Yuuta Yotora," stood Doom.

"Niaomi Scarlet," copied Anima.

"Kiki Hisaha," lastly stated Bubblegum as she stood. Izuku smiled and looked around. "It is nice to meet you all!"

"Likewise." "Same!" "Nice to meet you!"

"Does this mean we will be calling each other by our original names?" asked Anima.
Grimlin shook his head. "While we should never forget who we used to be and who we still partially are, our lives aren't those of the past."

Izuku nodded. "We know each other by our code names and always have. I only think it is befitting to keep calling each other by them."

There was a collective hum of agreement. "Alrighty! We still have a cake that we literally can't afford to let it go to waste!" announced Bubblegum.

The Quirkless Rejects spent the rest of the evening and well into the evening eating cake, singing to Izuku's guitar, and sharing stories of their past lives.

Yes, they very well may be different people now, but some things should not be forgotten.

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"Have a good day Juna!"
"You too Mikumo!"

Miku- Izuku was working as a barista at the Soft Blossom Bakery. It was a slow day but he was anxious for it to end. Anima had gone out to go take on a hero today and Izuku was worried, sue him.
"Hiya Mikumo!" He looked up to see Uraraka. "Uraraka! I haven't seen you in a while."
She smiled and Mik- Izuku almost swooned. "Yeah, I've been working myself, one small caramel mocha."

"Coming right up." he began working on her drink. "You got a job?"
"Yeah, my parents pay for the apartment but our families business isn't doing so good, I know they don't have the money so I thought I'd help them out."
Mikumo nodded, understanding. "That's sweet. Here you go," he handed Uraraka the caramel mocha and received the payment. "Hey, do you get a break soon?"
He looked up at her. "Yeah, in about ten minutes actually."
She smiled, "Would you mind me waiting for you? I'd like to be able to have a longer conversation than just one across the bar."
Mikumo was so grateful for the makeup because he was sure he'd be blushing right about now. Of course, the Quirkless Rejects had to keep their identities hidden in public still.