The Quirked and the Quirkless (MHA)

Helping

Izuku can't be an official hero, but who's stopping him from helping absolutely everyone he can? No one, exactly, he'll start small and then make a good hero! Of course, he won't be able to use his quirk during all of this too, that'd be dumb. Izuku's definitely not dumb. He loves helping, it doesn't matter where he is, he'll do it anyway.

So when he heard someone crying, he obviously went to check it out. To his magical surprise, there was a Mina Ashido, a pink one. A normal one. She looked so similar to the one from his world, that for once, Izuku had hope. "Um, excuse me...?"

"H-hello..."

"Are you okay? Why are you crying-?"

Ashido was stuck in disbelief. Someone wanted to help her? "I- I'm a late bloomer when it-it comes to my quirk a-and—" Another pitiful sob left her lips. The plain boy who asked merely offered her comfort in the form of understanding eyes, and the hand rubbing circles on her back. "a-and A-All For One didn't w-want it a-and—"

Izuku prevented himself from shrinking in disgust at that name. He reminded himself that everyone gave their quirks to All For One, and that rejection not only meant that you were cursed in this society but also stuck with a quirk you might not want. "Calm down, no need to cry, I am here."

Ashido didn't know why, but when those words were said to her, it gave her an overwhelming sense of comfort. "A-and then... My p-parents said that i-it looks u-ugly..."

"You look beautiful the way you are."

"But don't you see me?! I'm just like what e-everyone is sayin'. I look disgusting, I'm so pink, I-I'm like a monster!"

"You may think that you're like a monster, but you're still human. You're not disgusting, you're you. You're different, you're hurt, you're human, you're you. What's so bad about being you?" Izuku felt heartbroken at the disbelieving eyes that stared at him in that moment. This, this wasn't his Ashido. This was another one. This was an Ashido that had her world crashing down around her for something she couldn't control. Having a mutant quirk in Izuku's society is bad enough, but one in this society basically meant being a reject. As he used to be one, it's not a fate he'd wish on anybody.

(Well, mayyybeee All For One-)

"W-why are you so nice?" Ashido asked, "I- I was so rude to you, dumping my problems onto you-"

Izuku smiled, "Don't worry. Talking about your problems help, especially if it's someone who'll listen. Did it help, talking about them?"

"Yes, thank y-you."

"Like I said, it's no problem. Everything's better now, right? And if it isn't I am still here and not leaving," Izuku said, "I'm Midoriya Izuku, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Ashido felt an overwhelming surge of gratitude as she held back her glistening tears. "I'm Ashido Mina, th-thank you."

"So, Ashido-san, we should do something to cheer you up," Izuku said, "What about icecream?"

"You've helped me so much already-"

"I'm always happy to!"

~~~

Ashido wasn't the last one he helped. Izuku found himself finding different members of 1-A in various situations. Heck, he even found someone from 1-B too. Sometimes, they merely needed a distraction, but in times like these, they needed other things. Today, he found a very distraught Hagakure. "Are you okay?"

"N-no, but I will be... i think."

"What happened?" Izuku asked. He marveled over her appearance though, he faintly thought about how pretty she looked and how much him and his classmates were missing.