*ON HOLD* 𝘽𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙮𝙚𝙨 (𝘽𝙣𝙝𝙖 𝙭 𝘿𝙤𝙡𝙡)

So Close

Today was interesting. Well, the first half was normal. But after school there was the villain attack, then I met All Might and Midoriya Izuku, then All Might tells us about his quirk and makes Midoriya his successor. After that, All Might helped me home and met my parents, who put up a front while talking to the number one hero. He stayed in his muscle form for the entirety of the time he was at my house.

I got really worried because I could smell the blood every time he talked. And the moment he left he reverted to his skinny form. Luckily my parents didn't see and he managed to leave. After he left, my parents praised me for helping the incident and for meeting the number one hero. Saying that I'm getting closer and closer to being a hero.

Thankfully, with All Might's presence here, my parents acted kind enough to patch up my arm. Father stitching it up. It was the first, and only time, my parents took care of my injuries. That I wouldn't have if not for them. Their kindness quickly left with All Might as they reverted back to their true selves and after praising me and such they sent me back to my room.

I wish All Might had stayed longer.

~~~

"Hey, Doll. Nice to see you here again."

I hum and turn slightly, feeling the presence of my coach walk up.

"Hi, sir. Sorry for not coming sooner, there's been a lot going on at home."

"Nah, it's fine. You've been working hard? I saw the news with that sludge villain, nice work."

"Thanks. Dad has me training after school everyday like before."

"Your entrance exam is in a few months, right?"

I nod, "yeah, it's the first week of February. So in a month and a half."

"Make sure you don't overwork yourself, kid. How's school? And that Iida kid you told me about?"

"School's alright," I hum, "same thing everyday. Iida's good. I met his dad a few weeks ago since he was getting picked up."

"Nice, made any other friends?"

"Well..." I tilt my head, "there's this one boy. His name is Midoriya. I met him after the sludge incident and I've talked to him a few times. But nothing much. He seems nice though."

"Don't isolate yourself too much kid. People your age should have a ton of friends, but I get with your life it's kind of hard."

"Yeah... I've tried. But everyone just wants a good reputation from being friends with me. Iida is the only person who doesn't care about that stuff."

"Well at least you have one good friend. From how you describe him, he sounds very truthful and caring."

"Yeah, he is," I nod.

"Try talking to that Midoriya kid, too. Maybe he'll be the same way."

"Right."

"Alright, I gotta head out, make sure to lock up when you're done. Okay?"

"Yup, I'll leave the spare under the light."

He hums and leaves the building. I turn and go back to the punching bag.

~~~

It's been a week since my entrance exam. There were five others taking the exam with me. I thought the exam would have some sort of fighting in it, but we just went through an obstacle race. After that, I got back to training. Knowing if I didn't keep it up, my parents would punish me.

I met up with Iida as well and he helped me design my hero costume. Since I can't draw very well, I told him the kind of details I wanted in the suit and he described the design to me. Once I got a fairly good picture of what it'd look like, I helped him with his suit. Pointing out things that he'd need and didn't think about.

After he took his entrance exam we didn't talk much as we were both getting ready for the school year. I was given a device that gave me online work that I can use for homework. It read out questions for me and I can type answers or click on answers to be read out for me. I also learned how to use a normal keyboard since my laptop at home has braille keys that I'm used to.

Father kept me training while Mother made sure I kept my image and publicity up. Their abuse has yet to let up, only getting worse now. They've stopped cutting me, seeing how it could give away their abuse. But now, when I get in trouble, they force me to wear noise cancelling headphones for hours. Or they put me in the basement for a night or two.

At least it's better than getting scars.

I've been going to the boxing ring more recently, being able to take breaks and just get away from my parents now that school is out, my coach doesn't mind but he's starting to ask why I'm there so much. I just play it off as needing to train more and he seems to buy it.

Now I'm just waiting for school to start again so I don't need to stress about it. I know Iida will be in my class so at least there will be someone I'm familiar with. Though there's nineteen other kids that I won't know and I'm just hoping that they're like Iida. Not caring about who I am publicly.