Puppet Master

I Don't Want To Die!

*Ding Ding*

Izuku instantly dropped his pencil and grabbed Mary Lou's phone that was next to him. Izuku was working on homework in his room. He was allotted an hour period each day from 1 to 2 pm where Mary Lou would come up from the bakery and drop off her phone so Izuku could text Shinsou.

Shin:

Help!

<insert picture of an awkwardly taken photo of a white fat cat on Shinsou's back>

Izu:

Great job Marshmallow!

Shin:

Heartless!

Izu:

:P

Izuku went back to his work. Science... Not that he didn't like it or anything, because Izuku loves to learn, it just isn't his favorite subject, per se. There was a knock on the front door. It's Midnight. Izuku KNEW it was Midnight coming for his lesson. He still jumped a mile high and fell out of his chair. He groaned and got up, rubbing his bum. Izuku almost left the room before he thought better of it when he realized that he was in a t-shirt that his tattoo poked out from the bottom of the sleeve. Izuku could care less about the scars that littered his body, they had already seen most of them, but the Golden Whip tattoo was another thing. The knock came again. Izuku let out an "eep" before throwing on his yellow hoodie and bolting out his door, not before closing the door after him, of course. Izuku still peeked through the peep-hole before opening the door and allowing the heroine in. He locked the door with a *click*.

"Hey there, kiddo!" she chirped. Izuku followed her into the living room where she was already pulling out their Modern Hero Art History papers.

Izuku sat down and took up his pencil. He was ready to learn!

About halfway through their lesson, Mary Lou came up to make them both lunch and to retrieve her phone. She looked a bit pale but waved it off when Midnight questioned her about it.

"It's just the flour!" MaryLou promised. She turned to Izuku. "I dropped a bag of flour and it went POOF!" She made an exaggerated puff cloud with her arms before sticking her tongue out at him when Izuku let out a small giggle.

She passed him his plate with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She gave Midnight a roast beef sandwich.

"I have to go but you are both welcome down there if you wanna come," she called as she swiped the phone off of the counter and went out the door, to which Izuku knocked. Izuku sighed silently. His hand lingered on the door. She was in such a rush. Having to come up here every day and take care of him? He was such a burden.

Three more months. He glanced at the calendar hanging on the fridge in the kitchen. Today is February 5th and he was in the fourth month of his house arrest. Mary Lou will be glad to not have to deal with him anymore.

He wondered absentmindedly which orphanage he would escape from. How long it would take him to get his gear back. He could never o back to living in this district but he could probably go back to the Junk Shop to get his gear again before moving on and reviving Golden Whip somewhere else. He wondered how the old man in the Junk Shop was doing. Izuku might not be able to go back. That would be okay. He could find his gear somewhere els-

"Are you listening?" Izuku's head snapped up at Midnight's voice. He blushed and nodded.

He'll plan his great escape later tonight.

Midnight left around an hour later and Izuku immediately got to work on her assigned homework, satisfied with himself for being such a good student. Midnight would constantly bring up how her students kept forgetting to do their homework. He decided that now was as good a time as any to plan his escape. He needed to start now so he could prepare. Izuku solemnly went to his room. He really didn't want to leave, not that he'd admit that. But, no matter how much Izuku wanted to stay, he wanted to not hold Mary Lou back even more.