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New Characters! [3]

Sorry this is late, I haven't had a screen large enough for me to be comfortable writing on in a while.

[XXXX, 12 days before the UA Sports Festival]

Bakugo Katsuki didn't regret a lot of things in his life. "Putting the worthless shitty Deku" in his place was no exception. When he finally succeeded in his mission, however, Katsuki was too used to the bullying. So he didn't stop. He just changed what he said. Instead of "you'll never be a hero", it was "your shitty books won't get anywhere, you worthless Deku."

And boy was it satisfying. The shot of adrenaline he got when seeing Deku's terrified posture filled his developed need for it. Encouraged by teachers, peers, and his oblivious mother, he saw nothing wrong with what he was doing. So every day for many, many years, Katsuki bullied his former friend. Figuring that all the years he'd taken to "help" the shitty nerd out had been enough to drill the idea that UA was an unattainable dream was enough, he'd finished their middle school year off with the words "take a swan dive off the roof" and expected to never see Deku again.

So when Katsuki saw the dumbass walking through the hallway, he was surprised- no, confused- no, enraged- no- DAMMIT KATSUKI, PICK AN EMOTION. Sorry about that. Anyways, seeing Deku in a UA uniform, general education or not, pissed Katsuki off. A lot.

"SHITTY NERD,'" Katsuki stalked across the hallway, leaving behind an utterly confused Kirishima. "The fuck are you doing here!"

"K-K-Kacchan! Um... I'm in, uh, g-g-general e-education here... Hence m-my u-u-uniform..." Midoriya nervously turned around to face the aggressive Pomeranian.

"HAH?! The fuck is that Deku?!" Katsuki had reached Midoriya, who was with a purple haired kid that had extremely dark eye bags.

"He's in Gen-Ed genius." Shinsou took over, noticing Deku's worsening stutter. "Now if you'll excuse us, we have class to get to."

"I wasn't asking you, Eyebags!" Small explosions popped in Katsuki's hands as he pushed Shinsou to the ground.

"Bakubro, come on. We gotta go to class." Kirishima tried to steer Katsuki away from the two general education students, and succeeded. Mostly.

"You better not be trying to be a hero Deku! You're just a worthless, quirkless, shitty nerd! And you better not forget it!" Katsuki was borderline shouting as Kirishima took hold of his shoulders and forcibly moved him to the other side of the hallway.

Once he'd gotten Bakugo to move of his own free will, Kirishima looked back over his shoulder to where Midoriya was helping Shinsou up. He mouthed a word over his shoulder and ran over to his classmates.

****

"Can you read lips?" Hitoshi asked.

"Uh, yeah. He said 'sorry'," Izuku distractedly informed Hitoshi.

Furrowing his eyebrows, Hitoshi took in Izuku's face. His slightly squinted eyes were dull and dazed, and one of his eyebrows was quirked upwards. Izuku's mouth was in between a frown and a smile, as if he couldn't decide whether to be happy or sad. "Dude, what's up?"

"Huh? W-was I spaced out?" Izuku seemed to snap out of his trance, looking up to meet Hitoshi's eyes.

"Yeah," Hitoshi hesitantly replied, concerned for his newfound acquaintance. "You were. Penny for your thoughts?"

"Just thinking about K-K-acchan." Izuku's decreased in volume, trembling when he mentioned Bakugo.

"That guy who pushed me over?" Izuku nodded. "Why?"