Izuku is fed up. After months of dealing with off-putting behaviour, the strain of an abusive relationship and the heavy neglect of a once looked up to mentor, the final straw is pulled when Izuku's quirk is taken away.
He leaves to America, to rec...
TW: implied/referenced abuse; violence; character death
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"Bye kids," Izuku says gently when his mum's shift comes to an end at eight. The children in the hospital room waddle over to hug Izuku's legs, burning their face into his knees. Izuku smiles and crouches to hug them all properly.
"Bye Mr Izuku," the kids say, bowing.
It's fucking adorable.
"I take it you enjoyed spending time with the kids again," his mum says, a knowing tilt to her eyebrow.
"They're lovely, mum," he says with finality, "for children in hospitals, they're incredibly bright."
His mum smiles. Her son may not want to be a hero, but he surely is hers.
He turns his phone off silent as they make their way to the train, and is a little surprised to see quite a few missed calls and text messages. Shinso, Denki mainly, but there was also a text from Aizawa.
- x -
idfwsleep - Izuku where are you
idfwsleep - Pops is worried
idfwsleep - so r Denki and i
idfwsleep - zu?
idfwsleep - Izuku ur not at the dorm
idfwsleep - text me back
idfwsleep - zu istg if u don't answer soon i'll leave to look for you
sorry about that. Went to visit my mum, kind of an impromptu meeting - succ_my_dck
i'll be back tonight - succ_my_dck
i have something important i need to tell you and Denks - succ_my_dck
- x -
He clicked out of Instagram to open messages. He's only entrusted Shinso with his account. While he used to love is friends, the bond of trust he felt with them was shallow in comparison to the one he felt with Shinso. ---
Izuku's messages - Denks (*^w^*)
hey midobro where r u
aizawa is asking
hito is worried too
ur not at the dorm
mido?
txt me when u this
toshi looks like he's ready to leave to look for u
