Downward Spiral (Izuocha)

Chapter 17 An unpleasant start

Midoriya P.O.V.

I was in the forest where I normally train every day, looking up to the sky and admiring the view with the small amount of clouds scattered across the light blue sky. I was just laying down in the grass, until suddenly, it started to get darker by the minute, as dark clouds started to surround me and the light that was once here, had disappeared in less time than it would take me to walk back to the dorms. I sit up and see that many figures had started to close their distance on me, and I was not able to distinguish any of them. The only recognizable thing about them was their height between each other, and some had a more of a hostile aura around them. I stand up, not understanding what was happening, and turn to see if I was trapped, and indeed, I had no way of escaping.

Out of nowhere, one of the figures darts up to me, only a few centimeters shorter than me, and my instant reaction is to flinch and brace for impact, but only to receive a hug from said figure. The familiar warmth had trapped me in the embrace, but as I was about to return the gesture, the figure pushes me down to the ground, and suddenly all the figures started to become more visible, and the one in front of me is revealed to be Uraraka, showing a wicked smirk that I had only seen present before in Kacchan and his friends. She looked directly at me, with disgust in her eyes, and finally decided to speak up, before I could even question what was happening as I was shocked. "You are so pathetic and worthless, how are you still trying to be a hero, Deku. She says in a teasing manner, yet filling every single word with venom that could rival that of a deadly scorpion.

"You should have just died when we fought Stain, you aren't worthy of that quirk, it isn't yours." Another familiar and robotic voice shouts at me, as if it were aware of my deepest insecurities. I see that Iida had approached me now, and the rest of my class, accompanied by some of my middle school bullies had enclosed me and I had barely any space to move. They began pushing me around with the random laughs and shouts of 'worthless', 'pathetic', 'weak', 'crybaby' and so on, until I finally fall down to the floor and everyone stops, until an ash blonde walks closer and decides to make his statement. "You were always this pathetic Deku. You aren't worth shit, and All Might needs to be fucking insane for you to be his successor. You don't amount to absolutley anything, and you are just weighing down the rest of us, so give up and take a swan dive off a roof." and as soon as he ended, they started their physical abuse while kicking, punching and something that I could only describe as possible stabbing.

I shot up, cold salty sweat all over my body that made my clothes stick to me, and an equally salty substance coming from my eyes. It had been long since this had happened and this instance had become the most vivid and terrible of all. The words still echoing in my head, as I get up and walk to my bathroom to try and clean myself a bit. As soon as I turn on the lights, I am blinded by the brightness, and it takes me a while to adjust to it. I look at myself in the mirror and notice that the tears had stopped, but only because they had dried out, leaving my eyes puffy and red. After washing my face with cold water, I look at the digital clock next to my bed and I notice that it is an hour before when I would normally wake up for training since it was now a Monday, and the sun had just started to creep into the sky, accompanied by a cold autumn breeze. I decide that the best thing to do is stay awake, and bare with my echoing mind while listening to music and then go off to train.

Uraraka P.O.V. (Time skip)

I had already done my morning routine and was heading to class 1-A to start another week of boring assignments and probably an annoying English class from Present Mic today. Everything was going smoothly, but once again, I had noticed that I did not see Deku for breakfast, and I was starting to wonder if his cycle that once led him to a horrendous state had begun once again. He bottles up so much, and I still feel like he doesn't tell me everything. I remember back to Friday night when he broke down in front of him, and that honestly broke something inside of me. Seeing him in such a state, I couldn't help but fill slightly guilty for letting it happen in the first place. He is really strong minded, but what putting on a smile for the sake of others every time, even when it isn't needed can't be good.

I opened the gigantic classroom door, to only see Yaomomo talking with Todoroki, Iida and Bakugo, and this had become much more common over the last few days, especially the closeness between Todoroki and Yaomomo. I sat down behind Iida and we began small talk until almost everyone had made it to class, except for the irreplaceable mop of green hair. He hasn't been late in a while now..... And as my mind trails off, he makes it in at the last minute,  with small bags under his eyes that are barely visible. We make eye contact and I wave my hand to him which he answers with his own wave and a smile. I swear that smile is going to be the end of me one day. I didn't realize that I had stared at him even after he sat down ant his seat, and my attention was snatched by a bell ringing and a bored Aizawa taking attendance and beginning homeroom. We all couldn't wait for this day to be over, especially considering we had English right after homeroom. There was an audible sigh in annoyance from everyone as Present Mic walked through the door, and the day went by slower than what I wished for.

Heyoo. Early update today and kind of a sad one. I wanted to go off with a big chapter that I am proud of, and that is because today my winter break ends. However, I will update any day I can, as it is very important to me to keep the momentum as I also really enjoy doing this. However, I am still very grateful for anyone who reeds and votes, you don't have to, but I really do appreciate it. Remember, you are amazing and important, never forget. I hpe you had and have an incredible day, and I will be seeing you as soon as I can really, but be sure that it will be sooner than you expect. ( ͡°ω ͡°)