I didn't know..

Secret Meetings and Uno.

"I'm sorry." Katsuki was bad with apologies. He hated apologizing to Shoto, but the one to Inko mattered even more. He looked up, and saw that Inko didn't look convinced. He didn't know what else to say. Everything would just sound like a bunch of excuses. The fact that he hated everything at the moment, didn't help calm his temper.
"Just tell me why." Inko's voice was cold. The entire rooms atmosphere seemed cold. She asked why he did this. Did he even know? He hated Izuku. Any reason for it sounded dumb.
"I just, hate him." Katsuki was trying to figure out what exactly happened for himself. Maybe he hated the fact that Izuku would eventually pass him in power. But then, something inside the boy clicked, and it changed his point of view. "Nobody ever told me it was wrong. Maybe this isn't entirely my fault." Mitsuki frowned, obviously not hearing what she wanted to hear. She opened her mouth to speak, when she was cut off by her son. "I was raised wrong." Mitsuki looked mad when she heard that. As his mom, she definitely didn't want to hear that.
"Katsuki! I may not be the best mother, but you should still appreciate what I've done for you-"
"Yeah yeah. That idiot was constantly pissing me off, chasing after me, he wouldn't leave me alone. Up until this point, force wasn't even working. I kind of gave up. Everything I did didn't matter. Right now should be no different. This wasn't supposed to happen. It wasn't supposed to be like this." Katsuki covered his eyes with his hand. He wasn't going to start crying in front of adults. That's what Izuku did. Why am I still thinking about him?! Katsuki thought. "Ugh, god dammit. It won't leave me alone!" Katsuki ran out the door, before anyone could ask what he meant.

"We're done! I hope you all enjoyed the session as much as I did!" The two therapists smiled at the students. All they'd done today was introduce themselves to people they already know. Koji was especially happy, knowing one of the therapists was his aunt. The class watched when he ran over and gave her a big hug. It made them all smile. At the end they started talking about the situation that had happened earlier in the week. But they didn't go into much detail. That was for next week. The class exited and as expected, Shoto was patiently waiting for them. They all got on the bus rather quickly and the ride back was full of conversation. When they got back to the dorms, they expected Katsuki to be there, but he wasn't anywhere. This was a little odd, seeing as Katsuki rarely went out anywhere. They had the rest of the afternoon to do whatever.

~Extra Credit Project Final Group Meeting~

"Alright, all 4 of us are here. This group project meet up can commence!" Tenya waved his hands in the air as usual as he looked around at the group members. Aizawa had told them today was the final day to get their group project work done.
"How many identities have we uncovered? Sorry I wasn't present in yesterday's meeting, something came up." Toru was sitting next to Mina, looking over her computer.
"We have everyone but Shigaraki and Dabi. It seems their names aren't in the systems."
Mina scratched her chin at Tenya's words. The first person they looked for was Shigaraki, yet they couldn't find anything on him.
"Shigaraki is the leader, but he was not the one making the Nomu, which means there's someone else."
"Momo how do you know that?" Toru asked, questioningly.
"Well, it's just a guess but when Iida, Todoroki, Midoryia, Kirishima, and I went to save Bakugo, I got a closer look at the surroundings. On the maps, that place was an abandoned warehouse. After a lot of research, I've found out that Shigaraki has never been there before. Therefore, he wasn't the one making the Nomu. And even after the big boss was gone, there still was Nomu, so there is still someone else. I know this isn't part of the group project but I couldn't help but wonder." The others nodded.
"We'll leave that to the authorities to figure it out. For now, let's just focus on the task at hand." Tenya typed something on his computer. "Okay, so, Tomura Shigaraki is not in the citizen database. But that doesn't mean he doesn't have family. I stayed up all night researching this theory I came up with, and I think I've got it. Shigaraki's quirk is decay. After looking through the citizen database again, I've found someone with a similar quirk. But many years ago they were murdered, along with the rest of their family. The case was never properly closed. But here's what intrigued me," Tenya pushed up his glasses and looked at his computer. He seemed to be about to read off of something. "The family's remains were piles of ashes, and after careful investigation, one member of the family was never found. Tenko Shimura was the youngest son of the Shimura family. Not much is known on the boy and many say he's dead too. If the boy is still alive today, he'd be 20. His quirk was unknown." Tenya paused, reputting the information together in his head. "I think this boy is Shigaraki. Shigaraki's quirk is decay, which would explain piles of ashes, the name change, and him not seeming to have any family. This is all just a guess, and we have no real evidence. If I had a say, I'd say Dabi is the harder of the two. Ashido, what did you find?" Mina smiled and looked at her tablet in front of her.
"I have nothing really going for me quite yet, since Dabi seems to be a name he's given himself to hide his actual identity. According to your theory on Shigaraki's name change. I've changed my theory slightly in the process. What if both Shigaraki and Dabi are hiding something from their past, which called for a name change?" Momo nodded with that statement. The information before had been a hypothesis, but now it seemed like it might be more than just that. Toru stayed quiet, thinking to herself. "Anyway, back to my information. I have nothing on Dabi's actual identity, sorry, but I did look into his quirk. It seems to be blue fire. Which according to science, is hotter than regular fire. Even though we have nothing for the two, I think we should still keep trying to figure it out. We've got something, I can feel it." Toru looked up at her. Everyone had put so much work into this, except for her.
"This is a lot of information to process for today. Meet again tomorrow?" Tenya frowned and then slowly closed his laptop.
"I suppose so. We all have new information to think about. And remember, no going places in search of information. It's dangerous. I'll send Mr. Aizawa our PowerPoint. The rest of our meetings will be in secret now."
"Oh oh oh! Can we meet outside? It's just so beautiful out lately!" Mina felt like she just had to mention it. She loved going outside.
"I don't see how it could hurt. Let's meet outside tomorrow at 12?" Momo stood up after she finished collecting her things. The others agreed and the meeting had been planned.

Shoto had just finished his Cold Soba for lunch and thought about visiting his mom when 2 boys came running into the open spaced dining room he was in. Hanta and Denki. The two seemed to always be together.
"Hey Todoroki! Wanna play Uno with us? We're recruiting people to play, and we're looking for one more person." Hanta nodded at Denki's statement.
"Uh, I'm not entirely sure how to play Uno." Hanta's jaw dropped. They stood in silence for a moment.
"We'll show you! C'mon, we have two decks of Uno, and Kirishima, Jiro, and Ashido are already waiting!" Shoto stood up to take care of his bowl. He felt an arm playfully grab his wrist and he was being dragged away to the stairs. "Kaminari will take care of your bowl." Shoto heard the other boy groan in the distance. Shortly after he was standing in front of Kaminari's dorm, being pushed inside. The 3 others in the room looked up and saw the boy.
"Oh hey Todoroki, didn't expect them to be able to get you to play." Kirishima was dealing cards out, 7 for each person.
"Well I wasn't really willing, they j-"
"He doesn't know how to play Uno." Hanta sat next to Kirishima.
"Omg! You poor soul! What did you even do through your childhood without playing Uno?" Mina patted the carpet next to her, gesturing for him to sit down. He did so, thinking about her question. He couldn't answer that truthfully, but he could partly answer it without lying.
"Trained." He spoke in his monotoned voice as usual. Mina frowned, remembering his dad has been the number 2 hero for the longest time, now number 1. It was no surprise to her that he wanted his children to be just as great as he was. She felt bad, knowing she probably hit a personal subject.
"Uh.. well. Welcome anyway! This is an experience you'll never forget!" Hanta picked up his cards and looked at them as Denki walked in the room and sat down next to Shoto and Jiro.
"Alright, whose going first?"

The card game continued for many rounds. Shoto picked up on the basics quickly, and won the last two rounds they had played. For the first time since Deku's incident, that's what he was calling it now, he felt kind of happy.