Class divide
Truth be told nothing hits quite as hard as someone knocking on your door in the early hours of the morning. Izuku Midoryia was hit with this hard hitting truth however when a maid walked into his room after knocking on the young man's door for the past five minutes, a normal procedure but the maid knew better than to barge in with no good reason.
"Master Midoriya? Are you awake? Forgive me, but you're going to miss breakfast" the maid said in a slightly panicked voice. The young Master of the house was a kind soul, and she disliked seeing him being pushed so hard from simply being himself. Izuku groaned as he pulled himself upwards as his mind was struck with a splitting headache, he raised his hand instinctively to try and sooth it.
"M-master Midoriya? Are you alright?"
"Yes yes I'm f-fine just a small headache"
"Are you sure you're okay sir?"
"You are dismissed now, I'm okay really"
"Of course Sir" The maid bowed as she quietly left the room, almost as quietly as she came.
Izuku took a moment to adjust himself and looked around his lavish and large room with a painting of his grandfather on the mantle of a small fireplace.
But even the fire failed to warm his heart.
Izuku spent several minutes just waking up and stretching his muscles, they cracked and ached from travel and his fingers felt numb from holding on so tightly to a boats side as he was vomiting from the sea sickness.
He got up and went into his small bathroom that was attached to his room, morning light barely creeped into bathroom as fog clouded the windows and prevented him from seeing anything outside.
He turned on the faucet and began splashing water on his face so to relieve the headache but the water was freezing
He paled when his gaze finally landed on his clock "8:30! Jeez I overslept!"
He threw himself out of bed and quickly began to search for his clothes for the day. Trousers? Check. Undershirt? Check. Socks? Check. Overcoat? Check. Shoes? WHERE ARE THEY? He frantically looked around before finding them on his lap where he put them not a minute before.
"Check" he said to himself in self defeat. He inspected his hair, making sure to at least attempt to groom it before giving up on that damned mess of a bush he called his hair. Realizing he was short on time he quickly took to the stairs and rushed down the large corridors of his family's home while scolding himself for not trying to go to bed earlier.
He almost stormed into the dining room as well before stopping himself to compose, remembering something quite suddenly and composing himself to not look like a barbarian by entering the dining room by barging in
He entered the dining room after composing himself where his father and mother were enjoying what was left of their meals in complete silence, he took note of his father reading the Tokyo times and his mother reading a book Izuku had never seen or heard of.
I really did oversleep huh?
He looked upon the meal which was already long laid out for him being a classic English breakfast with a side of fruit, a cup of coffee, a small glass of wine and a a new issue of the tokyo times.
"Good morning Father and good morning mother" Izuku said calmly bowing his head to his family.
"Your late again darling" His mother said with a thick estuary accent, It was a bit strange how she kept it after near twenty years in japan izuku thought but it did give her a certain air of superiority over anyone she spoke to.
"My apologies mother i… had a bad night's rest" He hesitated to the truth as it was quite frequent for him to not be able to fall asleep during the night even with silk bed and wander the estate.
Izuku reached for his newspaper next to his breakfast but before he could his mother started speaking again.
"Not enough time for that dear, you slept in far too late now you must take that to go" she said without even taking her eyes away from her book she spoke in a tone as sharp as a saber.
"o-oh" Izuku said in a slightly disappointed voice "geez just listening to the few words and already i messed up" He said in his head.
"What are you reading mother?" Izuku attempted to drive the conversation somewhere better.
"The late works of napoleon, Hmph A master of the battlefield but a mediocre writer" she chuckled at her own joke.
Izuku quietly and quickly reached for his knife and fork before shoveling food in his mouth to his fathers small amusement but to his mother's disgust.
The breakfast was well made as usual and izuku truly realized how hungry he was when an ordinary slice of bread tasted as good as even the finest of bread.
"Calm down lad you don't want to get sick on the road now do you?" His father asked with a small laugh,
A butler entered the room "your carriage to the train station is ready Master Midoryia" he said calmly
"thank you Naito and can you clean up breakfast" His father said before getting up from his chair
"Of course sir" Naito said in a calm voice
Naito left the room almost the same time he came in before our plates and dishes rose into the air and were swiftly carried out of the dining room
"I still can't believe he didn't become a hero with a quirk like that, telekinesis that strong could easily take out a dozen or more villains but instead he choose servitude" Izuku mumbled to himself while his parents took note of the boys on one of his usual muttering sprees before his father interrupted "Now Izuku it might be embarrassing in our own home to do that but when you get to yuuei I want that nonsense to stop! You've got to stop or you will embarrass not only yourself but our entire family, I intended for you not only to further your studies but to tie a knot as well and muttering will not help you with that"
Izuku flustered a deep cherry red "Sorry sir"
His father gave a long quiet look to his son, before he spoke again. "Izuku, I simply do not want you to be made a fool of. You are a smart young man, Izuku, far more talented than any of the other nobles trying to attend the school. After all, they all clamored to get you into that school for a reason. Whether to be a hero or not, it doesn't matter. You carry our family name once you enter Yuuei, do not tarnish it with eccentries."
"Yes father!"
"Good lad" His father said with a small smile breaking upon his face. "I assume you had a wonderful time in Vienna correct?"
"Yes sir it was wonderful there! The food was nothing less than divine and the culture was very fascinating!"
"Izuku" His mother said finally looking at him, her dark brown eyes staring back at him.
"Yes mother?" Izuku said with a gleam in his eye hoping his mother would acknowledge him as well.
"Go to naito, he has your apartment key and two weeks of your allowance"
"What? Two weeks? why?"
"Sending you money every week is expensive, so we will send it on the first of January and um, and in three days you will be hosting a party"
"A party?"
"As your father said we wish you to develop a connection with a girl with a father with an influential industrial business… say a transport company"
Izuku's eyes flared as he knew who she exactly was referring to, a spoiled brown haired chubby rude obnoxious brat named ochacko..
"I-i refuse to consider her as a wife! There's no way!" Izuku responded with desperation in voice.
"Izuku… you know it's inevitable and you might as well consider her your main concern in terms of... um options in terms of marriage"
"Father i… i dont contain any love for-'
"You will, in time accept her as your wife." his father paused for a moment and had a slightly glassy look in his eyes 'Fetch you luggage and go to the carriage, we are done with this conversation. Izuku nodded and went to fetch his bags
"No one can possibly have it worse then me"
-++ Hosu city, east district penny house ++-
"GET THE HELL UP YOU FREELOADING BASTARDS AND WHORES" A voice shouted
Loud banging filled up the room as men shook men and women to make sure they weren't dead on the ropes.
Mina woke up groggy, tired and hungover in her place on the long wooden bench with a mark on her cheek where she had her head rested on the rope. The room smelled like cat piss mixed with body odor and sweat. Mina almost always woke up in a place like this
Gooood what the hell happened last night?
"I WANT EVERYONE IN THE SLOP HOUSE IN 5 MINUTES! IF YOU AREN'T THERE YOUR BEING THROWN THE HELL OUT!" the voice boomed again as the banging continued. People all around mina started getting up to get to the "breakfast" being served in the main hall.
"God i could just thump the bastard" A female voice said catching mina off guard and as she looked over to where the voice had been spoken only to see floating clothing slumped into the bench, she immediately knew who it was.
"So Tooru you ended up in the same place as me huh?"
Tooru chuckled "Yeah you were a blubbering drunken mess last night so i decided i would lead you to this place"
"God if I was lead by you I must've really nearly died from alcohol poisoning to surpass you in drink"
"Yeah, hey let's get to that free breakfast before it's gone"
"Oh no i wouldn't want to miss the breakfast prepared just for us!" The two got up from their places on the bench and started walking towards the free breakfast While the two chatted on their short way there. A man with a single arm Served Mina a medium sized bowl of steaming rice-slop and a glass of water.
"Coffee for a copper pence?" A elderly looking man with a long grey beard and a thick scottish accent asked.
"I could use a coffee right now, god knows ill need it for my shift at the factory"
"Sure and make it two" Mina told the man giving him a two bronze pence out of her pocket and giving it to the man and he took the coins and started to make the coffee.
"Ay" the man said a stroke of his long grey beard as he prepared coffee using a machine that looked older than the building itself.
Mina looked around herself at the main hall and noticed It was some sort of old tin converted church which she could tell by the sheer arc above and the clear imprints of crosses on the exits. She then looked at the crowded tables and the dozens of families eating their meals most of them looked like they hadn't eaten something warm in weeks and she started to look away. "It isn't my business"
"Hey your coffees are ready lass" a voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.
"Thank you and have a good day" mina said she gave him another coin as he gave her the coffee.
"Oh no you already payed lassie!"
"Keep it then" mina winked at the old man and as he pocketed the money
"God bless you Lassie and have a good day" the man said.
Mina took the coffee and left for the place toru was sitting at.
"Two coffees?" toru asked when mina arrived, steam pouring over the tin cups that held the concoction.
"Yeah ones for you as so i don't owe you any favours" Mina said smiling. "Thanks i'm going to need this to get through tonight" Toru said stuffing her face with rice. "Why? you get out earlier then me?" Mina asked curiously. "Workin overtime tonight, you want to join me? It increases your pay for the day" toru said shoveling even more rice in her mouth.
Mina stopped drinking her coffee for a moment to answer "no i don't want to be making door hinges for even longer just for a few extra bronze pence and swallow by the way you'll choke"
"I honestly need to tonight seriously need the money right now" tooru said finally swallowing her food.
"Why what happened?"
"Im poor and i like ale" Mina laughed at her friend and tooru joined before the same damn voice interrupted them.
"YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES UNTIL YOUR BEING THROWN OUT NOW FINISH EATING YOU DAMN PISS STAINED FOREIGNERS!" The loud voice called out.
"Dickhead, half the people here are japanese" Mina thought to herself.
"Welp it seems we gotta wrap up here" tooru said finishing her rice and taking one last drink of water.
Mina started to eat her food quickly and efficiently all whilst toru was slamming down her coffee.
Mina was disgusted by the vile food being served.
God this is terrible, i feel like im going to vomit if i eat anymore of this. Not to mention the water has a yellow-greenish color Mina expressed to herself
"Coffees really strong" toru said coughing.
"Yeah i know it tastes terrible as well"
Tooru nodded in agreement before speaking "Fuck i left my coat on the bench can you go back and get it"
"You owe me" mina said jokingly
Mina started away from the bench and through the crowds to get her friends jacket.
-++End of chapter 1++-
Well that was a dousy to rewrite, sorry for the long wait on this guys i was just unhappy with the first chapter and believed second really don't need to be the second and it needed to be rewritten.
Thank you to redskin122004 (Writer of "Revamp Beginnings") check him out on ao3 or here on for high quality stories.
Thanks for sticking with me guys, next chapter 4 and 3 will be worked on and condensed into a larger chapter. (Also if you cant tell im rewriting SOME personalitys as they were frankly kind of cartoonishly bad)
Well until next time, i bid thee farewell!