The Void

Chapter 1 - The Day

The sunlight was shining ever so brightly. Feeling that the room was too bright, Izuku opened his eyes and squinted.

"Oh, I forgot to close the curtain again last night," he softly reminded himself.

He got up from the bed and try to readjust himself. He sat on the bed for a while. The sound of the birds chirping, and the wind blows through the leaves on the tree could be heard from his room. Izuku rubbed his eyes and stared across his room. There were All Might posters all over the wall and limited-edition figurines were neatly arranged on his closet.

"What day is today?" Izuku looked at the calendar and realized something.

September 24th.

"It's the day, huh?" Izuku smiled sadly to himself.

He got up from the bed and walked groggily to the bathroom. Something was glistening from the corner of the sink. It was a razor that he always used to cut himself. The razor looked clean and shiny because he always cleaned it up and changed for a new one if it got rusty. That day, he decided not to make a new cut. He just knew that he did not have any reason to because it was his last day.

The day Izuku decided to end his life.

***

"Izuku! Don't forget your breakfast okay? Mom's going to work early today." said Inko Midoriya, hastily wearing her shoes while she grabbed the house key on the shoe cabinet. She wanted to stay longer to see her son off to school but she recalled that her work from yesterday was still undone. She needed to send it by the end of the day.

"Bye Mom. I love you." Izuku yelled from the kitchen. "Awh. Bye honey. I love you too." Inko was surprised because she was the one who always told him first. She opened the door and left. Looking towards the door after his mom left, he sighed.

"It's okay Mom. You can stop working the extra hours after I'm gone." Izuku whispered to himself. Izuku always knew that if his mom was rushing to go to work, it must have been the extra loads of work that she took upon herself to get a bonus by the end of the month. Then, she would buy him something for school or sometimes treated him for a nice meal.

He ate the breakfast that his mom prepared; a toast, a couple of bacons and an egg with the sunny side up.

"How I wish I can eat her last katsudon," a tear fell from Izuku's freckled cheek.

***

Izuku took a deep breath before stepping into his school. He walked alone and slowly while looking to the ground. He did not want to meet any other student's eyes because he knew they would hate him for it. Suddenly, people started to stare at him and gleefully trash-talking him.

"Still have the courage to come here, huh?"

"Why doesn't he just disappear."

"It's a waste."

Izuku fastened his pace and entered his class. It was worse in there but at least he could sit at his chair and write down some notes.

When he arrived at his table, he could hear words that were insulting him in many sorts of ways. There were some old ones and new ones.

"TRASH"

"GO DIE"

"QUIRKLESS"

"STUPID"

He sat and put his head into his hands on the table and tried to drown down the noise of his classmates. Suddenly, "BAM!!!" Someone kicked his table. Izuku raised his head abruptly.

"OI DEKU!! HOW COME YOU'RE STILL HERE?! JUST DROP OUT AND GO DUMP YOURSELF IN THE RIVER WILL YA?!!" Katsuki yelled at him for just existing in that classroom. "Kacchan..." Izuku replied.