I'm Weak, But Tougher Than Iron (A My Hero Academia Fanfic)

Chapter 5-You've Got a Stiff Upper Lip

"So...that was Ochako yesterday, right?" Hisashi asked, sitting opposite of Izuku at the kitchen table. "Y-Yeah..." he spoke, his head in his curled up arms; blue birds began to chirp from outside the balcony door. "Did I interrupt anything going on between you two?" Izuku's ears perked up as blood flowed heavily into them, causing them to turn a deepened shade of crimson. "H-Hopefully not," Hisashi raised his brow, "to be honest I had no idea that she was going to try to kiss me." He nodded, "oh, so that's how it is? Well," he laid back in his seat, "how much did you want her to kiss you?" He slyly asked, one of his fang like canines stuck out like a sore thumb in his cheeky smile. "Hisashi Midoriya," the door to Izuku's parent's room opened. Inko stood in the doorway, "can't you see your son is embarrassed?" She crossed over to Izuku and placed a hand on top of his head, "stop asking him so many questions." Hisashi sighed, "alright, alright. I'll stop," Inko warmly smiled; it was a bright smile that could fill a depressed man's world with light. "Thank you, now how do you think you did on your exam?" Izuku snorted air from his nose, "I aced the written exam, but I'm pretty sure I failed the practical." But he casually laid back in his seat and passively sighed, "but I've been told not to sweat over it. So I won't," he leaned forward and looked his father in the eyes, "nor will I care if I fail."

"So it sounds that you're secretly confident in yourself," Hisashi got up from his seat. "Anyways, it's about time I take my leave," he walked over to Izuku and put a hand on his head. "Believe in yourself a bit more, eh champ?" Izuku's hair was ruffled, causing it to split out in various directions, "fine, I'll try to." "Good," he smiled, a hint of something sinister lurked behind his pearly whites, "I'll see you later, Inko." Hisashi made a beeline for the door, "you should hurry, honey, or else you'll be late." Inko warned, "I know," he opened the door, "goodbye." Hisashi walked out of the door, "oh, by the way, try to stay safe today. I heard there was a rampage of villains a couple of blocks over this morning." He closed the door, "really? Hmm," Inko put a finger over her lips, "would you be willing to walk with your mother to the train stop then?" Izuku shrugged his shoulders, "of course, when are you leaving for work?" "In about thirty minutes," "alright, that's fine." Izuku stared towards the empty chair across from him, his father's briefcase was sitting on the table in front of it. "Did dad really forget his documents?" Inko looked over to Izuku and towards the briefcase, "I guess. Could you be a dear and bring it to him?" Izuku pushed his chair out and went over to the case before picking it up and going over to the door. He opened it and went over to the balcony, peering over it he couldn't see a hint of his dad. Sighing, Izuku made his way for the stairs and made his descent, "how could he have forgotten something this important?" He griped; after forty seconds, Izuku had made it to the bottom of the complex and still there wasn't any sight of his father. "Once again, it's always a pleasure to have you around, Kuro." Izuku heard his father say, "its a pleasure as always master; shall we go now?" Izuku, confused as he was, began to run over to the source of the sound, "yes, let's." Izuku turned the corner and to his surprise there was no-one, just an empty street. "Odd, I could've sworn dad was just here," in a solemn defeat, Izuku trudged back towards the complex stairs and back home.

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        Izuku arrived at the train station with his mom, "so...how exactly do those legs of yours work?" Inko asked him, "nothing too special, just electricity." He didn't want to go too in depth on the mechanics on his machine mainly because he'd overcomplicate it's explanation. "Oh...well I'm still proud of you," she stood on her toes and brought her hand up to Izuku's head in order to rub it in. "You'll never cease to amaze me," Izuku's green hair was so messy that it had turned into a nest for birds at this point. "Thanks mom," he said with a punctual smile as she took her hand off of him. "Alright, I'm going to catch my train," she turned around and walked towards the stationary bullet train. "Don't exert yourself too hard, Izu-Chan!" She called to him before entering the train; however, he didn't hear her and instead walked off, back towards home. Before doing so, he pulled out his phone and entered his news app.