Dreams of Indigo

Chapter Two

Warnings: Use of He/They pronouns, lots of swearing, mentions of bully, angst? edginess (i hope not)  self mutilation/injury (not cutting) hurtful words, revenge.

If you'd like to avoid the self inflicted injury it comes after the huge space at the end of this chapter. Leave a comment and let me know if you'd like me to do a recap without the injury at the beginning of the next Chapter

Chapter Two:

It started with an interruption of what can be argued as the greatest dream of the century. There you were contently snuggling up to one of your MANY pillows with your cat curled up on the edge of the bed. The only thing that could cause you any sort of stress is if you were to

"WAKE UP!!!"

"I'm not gonna say it again Y/n, I know you heard me calling you?? WAKE UP! It's your birthday"

'I heard you calling' you thought 'but I don't see the point in waking up early, it's my birthday. Why would I be excited to go to that hellhole on the one day that's supposed to be all about me?'

"Yeah yeah I heard you, I'll be out in a minute" you called back

Your birthday wasn't exactly always a bad thing. Up until you were five you really liked celebrating your bday. But you didn't get a quirk. Now you're in the fourth grade with no definitive friend group, no quirk and what feels like nothing to celebrate. But your mom still enjoys your birthday.

SO you have to put on a smile, do a little twirl, sit there through the embarrassing rendition of happy birthday from your family members. And then it's back to being alone. You have to go back to school where you're not celebrated and you have to cope with the fact that another year has gone by with no signs of a quirk and an even slimmer chance that the bullying will end. But things will change. You're gonna change them. First you have to make it through the day alive
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Okay, so maybe making it through most of the day wasn't as hard as you thought. Your teacher quietly wished you a happy birthday before class started, so the class wouldn't descend into chaos. It's very hard to keep 9 and 10 year olds focused on someone's birthday. But whatever, the day seemed like it was gonna go smoothly

Despite the chaos of this morning your mom actually didn't make too much of a big deal about your birthday and the celebrations were postponed for afterschool. The fake smiles and twirling and off key singing weren't for another 6 hours, so you got to be a cynical 10 year old for just a little longer.

'This bento is a little fancier today' you thought 'maybe i should appreciate mom more and she'd do this more often.'

For the first time in what felt like forever, you got to enjoy a nice lunch, by yourself, on the roof because for some reason, loners tend to spend their lunches on the roof, even if they are 10 year olds who should be showing off a birthday cupcake, or celebratory mochi or some other sweet. Everything was fine.

The keyword is WAS. Before you could leave school, a certain orange haired bully decided your day was going a little TOO well and it was his job to correct the universe's error.

"Hey L/N I heard it was your birthday today. I hope you got to spend the day with your many friends." he taunted.

And of course, all bullies have to have a posse so after every "biting" comment he looked to them to make sure they were laughing. For some kind of reassurance and camaraderie that you'd never really had.

'That's really weird but I'm oddly jealous'

"My friends are waiting for me with my family back at home. I've gotta go, see you tomorrow bully-chan" you bit back.  Which was probably a huge mistake. The teasing chan mayhaps have set him off. Although none of his comments usually phased you, he took his time to think about the next one as you tried to scurry out of the classroom

"What family L/N? Your mother is always busy at work isn't she? And I heard that your dad ran away when you were like 3 or something because you hadn't gotten your quirk."

You thought the torment would end there. Forget just thinking, you prayed to whatever god there was that it'd all end with him poking fun at the one weak spot everyone knew you had. Your parents. But he kept going after he saw you subtly tense at the mention of your father.

Nakamuro Keitaro is not just an everyday bully. He is the son of your mother's ex best friend who resented your mother for having everything she wanted. A stable career, beauty, a child that seemed to be worth something, and a handsome successful husband. So she poisoned Keitaro against you. It was oddly really effective on her part. She might be an evil genius.

Anyway it wasn't exactly hard to convince him to hate you especially once it was revealed that you were quirkless. All she had to do was convince him she was the victim in your moms' fight and give him a little ammo against you. And like the dutiful son he is, he became her attack dog on a very loose leash.

"Is he ashamed of you?" Keitaro continued  "Was he worried about the rumors people would spread if they found out that a pro hero produced a dud with no quirk and no shot at carrying on his family's legacy"

Keitaro really knew how to get on your last fucking nerve, and the comments began to hurt. And like hurt does sometimes, it turned to anger. It was your 10th birthday. You were supposed to be stuffing your face with ice cream surrounded by your closest friends. And your father. It wasn't your fault you were quirkless. It really wasn't. But it was their fault you were miserable.

Misery loves company.

You didn't know why you said it, and you wish you never did. Because the next words to come out of your mouth revealed something you'd wanted for so long. You had a quirk. But it was the last time you'd ever want to use it again. Well at least not for another three years.

"I heard a rumor you were so insecure not even bullying me could make you happy." Power throunged off of the words you spat. "So you jumped out of this window and crippled yourself"

If your dad couldn't love his quirkless child, lets see how Keitaro's mom loves her crippled one.