Firefly [BNHA]

1 [Prologue]

"It's not bad to dream, but you also have to consider what's realistic, young man."

My eyes widen when I register his words.

Dream.

Realistic.

And everything came crashing down after that.

"You're below these REJECTS, you're quirkless!"

"YOU wanna say something?"

"What the hell can you do!? You're QUIRKLESS!!"

"You should probably GIVE it up."

"I'm so SORRY, Izuku!!"

"Oi, DEKU!!"

'My dream...'

I watched as All Might jumped away, high in the air, looking as mighty and powerful as ever.

I watched as my idol, the man I've looked up to as my hero since I was a child, leave me in the dark, to never be found again.

I watched all my dreams and hopes get crushed with one almighty push, the shards of insults behind each one. Along with all the lies I told myself.

I should've listened to them.

All of them.

"Go ahead and take a swan dive off the top of the roof!"

I smiled slightly.

'Thanks, Kacchan. For giving me such good advice.

You've actually helped me. All these years...of tormenting, of insulting, of hitting, of bullying...I've finally realized that you were just telling me how unrealistic my dream was. How could a quirkless person like me become a hero? Who could I protect, without a quirk...'

I walked towards the edge of the roof, still seeing All Might in the sky.

'When I can't even protect myself...'

I feel tears gather in my eyes, thinking of the one person my action would hurt.

'I'm sorry, Mom...'

I feel a short burst of anger flow through me, making me clench my fists.

'But its not like you believed in me, anyway...no one did.'

I feel the short burst of anger turn into a fiery hot rush of fury.

'Not my own mother.'

A crying image of her filled my mind, making me clench my fists harder.

'Not my own best friend.'

A angry image of Kacchan when he found out I was quirkless entered my mind.

'Not even my idol...the Number One Hero...'

The image of a glorious hero I once admired revealed itself, daring to make me even more angry and broken.

I feel all the shards of insults pick themselves back up and continue to stab me in my heart, breaking me further.

"What the hell can you do!? You're quirkless!!"

"You're below the rejects, you're quirkless!!"

'Quirkless...'

The heartbreaking replies.

"You should probably give it up."

"I'm so sorry, Izuku!!"

'Quirkless...'

The crushing hope.

"It's okay to dream, but you also have to consider what's realistic, young man..."

'Quirkless...'

The blindeness.

"Can I...be a hero, too?"

'Quirkless...'

The ridicules.

"MIDORIYA!? HAHAHA!!"

"They won't let a quirkless person get in!!"

"Quirkless people aren't allowed in!"

'Quirkless...'

The stupidity.

"Th-they got rid of that rule!"

'Quirkless...'

All men are not created equal.

No one is created equal.

There will always be overpowering.

I know this.

But, when you're quirkless...

"Hey, Deku!!"

Everything is so much worse...

"-give it up..."

'Quirkless...'

"-sorry, Izuku!!"

'Quirkless.'

"-realistic, young man."

'Quirkless!'

"What the hell can you do!? You're quirkless!!"

'QUIRKLESS.'

I stare down at the cement before me.

'Just one jump away...'

I can't even bring myself to smile.

'You were always right, Kacchan...you always got what you wanted...and you will, again...'

I closed my eyes and jumped.

'I guess you win...'

My tears never stopped falling.

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