Izuku is a Therapist For Yakuza

Hojo Yu

Hojo watched how the others talked amongst themselves the following nights. He noticed how they seemed to be watching Izuku's every move especially when the trio of them starting to have a good friendship with him.

They had learned from overhearing that Izuku struggled with depression and anxiety when he was talking to Toya and Tabe. Toya related to him about those issues a lot, each of them sharing a few small stories about dealing with it in their ways. Izuku opened up about how he used to paint to get out his frustrations and depressive thoughts to make it artwork.

Kurono tried to pry more into what Izuku was admitting in Tabe and Toya's sessions only to receive nothing from them. They had simplified about how they just talked to Izuku about their life and how he made them feel better. The boss just sighed deeply since they didn't get anything promising from the trio.

Sakaki was still delighted that he had tracked them into doing the old cinnamon challenge. Hojo was still holding a grudge against the other, trying to see how he can enact his revenge. Sakaki was going to get revenge served extra cold, straight from the freezer. He doesn't exactly know what to do yet, but he will find out a way.

Hojo took notice of how others were feeling when seeing how they interact when eating dinner. Kurono always stayed near Chisaki, never talking with anyone else. He heard Rappa grumbling to Rikiya about how he feels the need to just fight something or someone and how the others were holding him back.

Irinaka was as annoying as ever. Shin wasn't as annoying as Irinaka, but he was still a kissass to Chisaki. Tengai was just...there. They are mostly just keeping to themselves since they don't really interact with anyone but the boss.

But the three of them? They were doing just fine.

Tabe talked about the spices he tried with Hojo to Toya while Izuku cleaned up in the kitchen. Hojo just listened mostly to them chatter amongst themselves, offering his thoughts about the spices when Tabe brought them up.

He can tell that Rappa is slowly becoming more and more bored of each day passing by. Hojo has noticed him trying to get the others to fight with him these past few days only for them to decline. Rikiya fought with him, but he always surrenders early since he gets tired easily from it. And he could tell that Rappa was slowly becoming more and more ansty to fight, but he still respected the others' wishes to not fight against him.

The other thing he started to notice was the fact that his friends are doing better after talking with Izuku. They started to warm up to the idea of reforming, the idea of leaving behind their past to have a better future.

He is like 'I'll talk to him since both of my friends are feel8ng better about themselves. Maybe I, not as trash or maybe my friends are leaving me behind'

*

It was a normal day. And Hojo decided it was a perfect time to strike.

The rest of the members were upstairs for some kind of eating to discuss yet another plan about escaping. Tabe was drinking warmed milk with some cookies that were in the pantry. Setsuno took a little cup of yogurt while Izuku was planning out lunch by looking at ingredients in the fridge.

"Hey, Hojo! Good morning. Do you know where everyone else is?" Izuku asked.

"The rest are upstairs talking about something. They will come down for food eventually." Hojo replies, "Hey, can I talk to you now?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I have been thinking over it for a while. You have treated my friends with a lot of respect so I can trust you. So I believe I am in good hands with you," Hojo answered back honestly.