Roses are still Red

Chapter Five

Izuku's POV

I kicked the glass bottle at my feet. The bags swings on my arms. I had bought a few pairs of clothing that I am now wearing and a few items of food. I was slowly walking home to my ally. The walk to town took about an hour. I love to see the difference from the rich inner city into the poor outer city. It's amazing and awful at the same time. The houses and stores get worse and worse the farther out you go.

I hum in my head as I keep walking. I have a steady hand on my groceries. My stomach growled. I haven't eaten anything in quite a few days. Eating an apple now couldn't hurt. I lifted my head up and looked around for anyone out. I couldn't find anyone. A stood for a second. Trying to use my other senses to see if anyone was here. I couldn't see anyone. A brought out an apple. Just as I was about to bite into it I noticed movement. In the corner of my eye.

I turned around and walked to a nearby ally. I internally gasped. I recognized these members from my ally fights they were apart of the 'Blood Fist Gang' they were a blood thirsty gang that attacked weaker people then them. They were mostly young adults though a few where late teens. There where five people here all adults. They are also all really ugly. Their teeth are scraggly, yellow, and broken. I know we're all on the streets ,but dude come on. Baths. Ever heard of  'em? I can smell them from all the way over here. They where attacking a kid with purple hair. The kid looked to be about my age. Maybe older? It was a little hard to tell. They had the kid gaged. They were punching them. I quickly hid my bags behind a nearby trash can. Before I ran in I need to think of a plan.

Okay let's go.

I jump in. Literally. I jump onto Ugly's back. He jumped around and then I maneuvered a smashed his head against a wall. He slumped down. I jumped off him and dodged as Ugly number twos goes to punch me. Ugly number three grabs me by my shirt. I kicked my legs backward. He drops me. Ugly number two goes to grab me. I duck and he and Ugly number three bump heads. Number four grabs me and throw me against the wall. I scramble up. Number five pushes me down. He holds my shoulders down. I kick my feet up in the air. I smack Number two in the face. Number three grabs my left foot. I wiggle it and my right foot. Desperate to hit somebody or get free. I freeze.

I feel my jaw throb. I just got punched. Suddenly the familiar feeling of being punched throbs in my cheeks. I gasp for breath as someone kicks my gut. I get a punch to my lip and I feel my lip spilt and blood gush down my chin. Suddenly the purple haired kid stands up. Their gag is gone now. I wonder what it was for in the first place? So they can't call out for help? There quirk? I dunno. They stands in front of me and all the dudes freeze. They have a dazed look in their eyes. Then they slowly walk off.

The kid turns around to look at me. They offer me there hand. I grab it. I nod in thanks. "Are you okay? They got you good on your face." They says. I read there lips. I nod in response. They look relieved. "Why did you do that? Step in for me, I mean." They says again. "Those people are bullies. I gotta help a fellow kid out ya know? Any ways are you okay?" I sign completely forgetting that they might not know how to sign. The kid is frozen for a second. "You can sign?" They sign to me. "Oh are you trying to make me not use my quirk on you? I promise I won't!" The purple kid signs looking sad and guilty. "Oh no! I don't even know your quirk. I'm deaf. I have to sign to communicate." I sign to them. They look utterly confused for a second then they sign back. "Your deaf? Then how did you respond to me earlier if you didn't know what I was saying?" "I read your lips." I sign to them. Understanding dawns on their face.

"My name is Izuku! Pronouns 'He' 'Him' you?" I sign to him as I sit down. They smile when I say my pronouns. "Hitoshi 'He' 'Him'." He signs to me. We talk back and forth for awhile. I learned he got kicked out last week. He is Thirteen like me. All of a sudden his stomach growls. I can tell by the way his face looks slightly guilty and he's eyeing a store across the streets. A grocery store. It mostly has stale food way over priced ,but hey it's better then nothing. I giggle and help him up. He takes my hand curiously and I led him to my hidden shopping bags. I get them out and give him my Apple. He looks at the Apple longingly. Then he looks back to me. "I can't take this. You need it." He signs trying to give it back to me. "Nope I have more food. Eat it now before I make you." I sign to him. "Are you sure?" He asks. I nod.

He eats the Apple fast. He then pocketed the core. We were on our way to a nice place he had found to make his home in. He offered to let me stay there. It wasn't in an Ally apparently ,but instead in a forest. We finally got there. It wasn't deep in the forest. But it was nice. There was a stream. It wasn't that polluted. The water was actually crystal clear. There was a clearing. It was surrounded by dense trees. In one of the trees was an abandoned tree house. I can see why someone built one here. It was beautiful out here. I could tell the house was abandoned by the fact that it was missing quite a few boards and all the paint was peeling. One good thing there didn't seem to be any mold.

He was trusting me a lot to show me this. I was trusting him a lot to stay here.

I was sitting next to him in the tree house, being careful of the missing planks. Two thoughts kept crossing my mind as I sat there next to him. My head leaning onto his shoulder.

"Have I made a friend?"

"Or a big mistake?"

Yay! Shinso's here! He's friends with our Cinnamon Roll! And this chapters not to sad! Yay! Anyways have any suggestions? Please comment them! Have a good day/night! Bye!