Chapter 7

-Warning Mentions of bullying and Suicide baiting-

('Thoughts' Flashbacks/dreams)

I forgot to put this in all six chapters but I don't own anything just the story plot. I might go back and put warnings on some of the chapters when I can

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Izuku sighed as Uraraka started to treat him like he was a fragile doll that could break any minute, which was slightly true if it weren't for the fact that he saw Recovery Girl the other day and had his more severe injuries healed, but having her literally cut his food and try to feed him made him more annoyed. Izuku knew how to take care of himself just fine, he did take care of himself when his mother went out drinking and when he wasn't allowed to leave the apartment. But having a classmate treat him with this much pity made him upset and made him feel useless.

"You don't have to cut my food you know…" Izuku said, trying to hide the annoyance in his voice.

"You are hurt so I must help you, your hands are wrapped in thick bandages so you can't really do anything." She said, a light blush across her nose made Izuku even more irritated.

Todoroki and Katsuki saw this and heard what the brunette said and looked at Izuku noticing the annoyance in his green eyes.

"Really Uraraka, I'm fine." The teen stressed the 'I'm fine' to the oblivious teen.

"Izuku you are hurt and need to let others help you!" She said, a little too loudly.

Some students who have been watching Class 1-A, checking out the competition really, looked and saw what was going on between the two. One of the students from the General Education looked at the greenette and knew that the teen was extremely pissed off. This teen had purple hair and went by the name of Hitoshi Shinso, he had a feeling that the greenette didn't want pity or to be treated differently by the looks of things.

"Uraraka just stop it!" Izuku snapped, green eyes narrowed. "I can take care of myself just fine! It doesn't matter if my hands are bandaged or not! I don't want any form of pity!" His voice was filled with anger.

"You are injured! Your hands are basically useless with all that bandaging!" She snapped.

'Oh crap! Wrong thing to say Round face!' Katsuki thought.

"I AM NOT USELESS! QUIT TREATING ME LIKE I'M USELESS! I HATE HAVING OTHERS PITY ME SO STOP IT!" Izuku finally shouted, words from his past slowly filled his head as he stood from his seat.

Uraraka ran from the Cafeteria in tears while Izuku fell into his seat trembling.

"Midoriya that isn't very nice. You should go and apologise to her-" Iida started before Izuku cut him off.

"I'm sorry that I hate it when people treat me like I'm worthless or useless." Izuku growled.

"That is very unheroic of you. Are you here to be a hero or just for the fun of it? If it's the later choice then you should drop out of the heroic course and find something better to do in the future." Iida said.

The whole school and teachers heard what was said and witnessed the greenette stand from his seat and looked at his classmate with dead empty green eyes.

"Tell me why is it always me that people attack? Am I that useless in the eyes of the world? Why should I apologise to someone who made me feel like trash and useless?" Izuku said, a cold dead tone sent shivers down everyone's spines. "Why am I the target! Why am I the ONLY ONE STILL BEING BULLIED! DOES EVERYONE HATE ME THAT MUCH!" Izuku shouted before running out of the room filled with shocked students.

Katsuki growled lowly.

"You shouldn't have said that to him Glasses!" Katsuki snapped.

Iida was about to say something before Katsuki punched him.

"Izuku was bullied and tormented throughout Middle school! Heck the first year of middle school he was Suicide baited by his own classmates and TEACHER!" Katsuki shouted. "You don't know him like I do!"

By this point Katsuki had tears in his eyes as he grabbed the slowly paling bluenette. Kirishima spoke up.

"Dude you can't tell someone who basically had a trashy childhood that they can't be a hero, we all could see that Midoriya wants to be a hero and you telling him that he can't…. It will push him pass his limit and make him do something stupid!" the redhead said, remembering a kid who was quirkless and how he threw himself off of the school's roof after being told that he couldn't be a hero.

"... Bakugo… You said that he was suicide baited before…" Denki said, worry clear in his tone.

The whole cafeteria froze.

"CRAP!" Katsuki shouted before running out of the room followed by Todoroki, Kirishima, Denki, Ashido and some of the other UA students including the upper classmates. Shinso ran up to Katsuki and grabbed his arm and ran past Aizawa and All Might, heading towards the roof.

"If he was told to kill himself when he was in middle school he would head to the roof knowing full well that people would stop him from leaving the school!" Shinso said.

Kirishima, Todoroki and Ashido all followed the two teens and their teachers up to the roof.

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Izuku sat at the edge of the school's roof with his feet dangling over the edge and his back was pressed against the floor of the roof. He looked at the sky above him as he listened to the voices echoing in his head, muttering counters to their toxic words. Uraraka and Iida both brought back painful memories that he had over the years learned to ignore but never forgotten. He took in a deep breath before holding it then releasing it, for some reason just being this high up and this close to the edge brought him peace and comfort.

Looking at the sky, so bright and blue…. So clear it gave Izuku comfort that he needed. He dug into his pockets pulling out his phone and some earbuds and put them in his ears and turned on some music as he closed his eyes drowning out the voices in his head. The gentle breeze crest his skin as the sun kissed his pale skin, his pale pink lips mouth the words to the song that he was listening to.

The door to the roof slammed open to reveal a small group of panicked teens and worried teachers. Katsuki saw Izuku laying on the school's roof and rushed over but Aizawa grabbed him and held up a hand before slowly walking towards the teen.

"Midoriya." He said calmly, while being hyper aware of how close the teen was to the edge.

Izuku opened his eyes and took a shaky breath, Katsuki wanted to rush over to his friend so badly but knew that would easily spook the teen which he didn't want to happen. So he let his teacher get his friend away from the edge for now.

"Midoriya, why are on the roof?" the tired Pro-hero asked, kneeling a arm length away from the greenette.

"It's funny." Izuku started, his voice hoarse from him yelling earlier. "I always find it peaceful to be so high up away from people just to see the sky the way it is…." The teen said his voice was soft and gentle.

"Midoriya…" Aizawa started but Izuku looked at him with a tearful smile.

"Did you know that I was told to kill myself twice by my mothers endless amount of boyfriends except two? Or twice by my bullies…" Izuku said, Katsuki swore he saw years worth of pain in his friends eyes. "The funny thing was the second time I was told to end my own life was the day I was attacked by that slime villain who attacked Kacchan?" Izuku said.

All Might froze and Katsuki paled greatly at this. Aizawa carefully moved closer to the teen, who was now sitting up looking into the distance.

"I also happen to meet All Might that day as well…." Izuku said lowly. "But every time I thought about the harsh jabs or what they all say I never… I never found myself wanting to do it… but at other times I happen to find myself imagining what would happen if I did follow through with it… Kacchan and his parents would be sad and I didn't want that… But I would always find myself on a roof just looking up at the sky and just feel… calm." Izuku explained.

Aizawa was now beside the teen with a gentle hand on his arm and shoulder.

"Come on let's get away from the edge, I think you're giving everyone here a scare." The pro said, glancing at a slightly panicked Katsuki.

Izuku nodded and slid back away from the edge with his teacher before slowly standing up and took a step back. The sounds of sighs of relief could be heard Aizawa released his hold on the teen and before they could walk back to the others Izuku was hit with a wave of dizziness that caused him to groan before he tripped backwards.

"IZUKU!" Everyone shouted.

Aizawa flung his capture weapon towards Izuku's falling form. Izuku's eyes were wide and filled with fear as he watched as the roof got further away but as soon as he saw the capture weapon of his teachers scarf fly over and wrap around his legs and torso causing him to stop falling and hit the side of the school. His breath was uneven and coming out in short puffs Izuku noticed that he was hanging right outside his class room and saw Uraraka and Iida looking at him with a look of horror the same as some of his other classmates.

They got the wrong message by this… but the males in the class rushed over to the window and opened it and grabbed the teen, tugging at the scarf to signal that they have Izuku inside. The scarf released the teen and disappeared from sight, not long after it vanished thunder like footsteps could be heard before Katsuki appeared and rushed to his friend.

"You… Deku!" Katsuki gasped. "Next time you want to go to the roof and calm down…. Don't sit next to the ledge!" He finished.

Izuku just blinked before his hand covered his mouth. Koda noticed this and grabbed a trash can and held it under Izuku's head just in time for the teen to lo release his stomach contents into the bin. Everyone flinched at this but Koda and Katsuki didn't show any signs of this affecting them. Katsuki nodded to the silent classmate, who just gave a small smile keeping the bin still, the explosive teen rubbed Izuku's back.

Izuku trembled from the adrenaline and fear of what had happened, tears fell from his eyes as he puked his guts into the bin.

"Here, you need to keep him warm… his body is going to go into shock and warmth will help." Yaoyorozou said as she handed a thick blanket to katsuki.

The teen wrapped his friend in the blanket as soon as Izuku was done throwing up. Izuku immediately took the warm blanket with his trembling hands and held the blanket tightly as he leaned into Katsuki for warmth. The teen hugged his friend just as Aizawa, All Might and Recovery girl appeared. Kirishima, Todoroki, Ashido, and Denki arrived moments after the heroes.

Recovery girl went over to Katsuki and Izuku before kneeling in front of them, placing a gentle hand on the trembling teens forehead as she brushed back his bangs to see tired eyes looking at her. She smiled gently at him before looking at Katsuki with a serious look.

"Tell me what happened from the beginning and why he was on the roof." Recovery girl asked.

Katsuki nodded.

"Well this morning the old hag tried to keep Izu home until he was healed, I even agreed with her, but he just stated he didn't want to be treated differently so she just let him do what he always does in the morning." The teen started, "Izu hates being treated differently or pitied, but the first part of the morning was okay until lunch that is." Katsuki said.

"What happened at lunch?" The youthful heroine asked.

"Round face… Uraraka… started to baby Izuku. Telling him that and I quote. 'You are hurt so I must help you, your hands are wrapped in thick bandages so you can't really do anything.' which caused him to get annoyed but that isn't all. She also said 'Izuku you are hurt and need to let others help you!'. You also have to remember that Izuku basically raised himself and took care of himself so of course he is going to hate it when someone tells you what you should do."

Recovery girl nodded, she remembered half of her patients stating that they can take care of themselves and that they didn't need help from others.

"But what she said next took the cake that made Izuku snap. She said and I quote 'You are injured! Your hands are basically useless with all that bandaging!' Uraraka basically told him that he was useless because of his hands being covered in bandages and that he wasn't capable of feeding himself when he was fine over the week. But that pushed him past his limit causing him to yell at her." Katsuki said.

Uraraka spoke up.

"It's true! He can't use chopsticks with how much bandaging he has on his hands! He should be grateful that I was helping him! Midoriya would have been just fine with my help! If he wasn't hanging around you! You're a bad influence for him!" She stated.

"Uraraka please be quiet, I asked Bakugo what caused this not you and you had no right to force you 'help' on a boy he has been abused both physically and mentally." Recovery girl snapped.

Izuku was completely out of it, his face was pale and covered with sweat. When Koda walked back over to the three, when did he leave?, he held a light mint green bunny in his arms. Koda carefully manoeuvred the bunny from his arms into Izuku's arms, Izuku blinked at the bunny before looking at Koda and smiled. Koda smiled back and moved out of the way of the heroes.

"Anyway, Uraraka left in tears but glasses here basically told Izu that he was 'unheroic' by yelling and Izuku snapped again! Izuku was bullied and suicide bated at school and having people treat him differently and tell him that he shouldn't be a hero made Izuku run out of the Cafeteria and up to the roof. Izuku didn't jump, he fell, so nobody can make false claims about Izu being suicidal!" Katsuki finished.

Iida was the only one who looked regretful of his words while Uraraka glared at Katsuki before her eyes softened at Izuku, Kirishima noticed and growled lowly. A thing about Kirishima that Katsuki liked was that he knew how to read their classmates and it was Kirishima who noticed Uraraka looking at Izuku with a love struck gaze but she was taking it to the extreme where it became almost sickening to watch.

"I'm sorry… I know that isn't enough for what I did and said, but I will find a way to make it up to you Midoriya." Iida said bowing in respect and in apology.

Izuku looked up and slowly smiled but when Uraraka didn't apologize to him or Katsuki, Izuku frowned at this.

"I think that Bakugo is being a bad influence on Midoriya," she said. "I think that he shouldn't be around him." Uraraka stated.

Kirishima snapped.

"Leave them alone! You literally opened wounds that haven't healed and treated Midoriya differently ever since he came back!" The redhead glared at the brunette.

"I know who to take care of Midoriya! For your information I didn't open up any wounds! Iida did that! I am being Midoriya's hero by helping him!" She defended herself, with a sneer directed at the redhead.

Izuku's frown deepened at her words but looked at Kirishima and saw a hero defending him.

"Young Uraraka, that is enough!" All Might chimed in.

"Uraraka go to the Principal's office immediately, this attitude of yours will not be tolerated in my class." Aizawa said in a cold tone.

Uraraka huffed before glancing at Izuku one last time, said teen shivered at the look she gave him, before walking out of the room grumbling about how everyone ganged up on her and how it was unfair.

When Izuku knew that she was out of hearing range he spoke up.

"It's like I said Kacchan, she whines a lot for wanting to be a hero but complaining is just sad…" Izuku's voice sounded a bit weak and strained but the wide grin said otherwise.

Katsuki froze before snickering.

"You said it."

Izuku looked at his class with a weak smile.

"Thanks…. I… I feel like, if I was alone with her…. I think I wouldn't have been able to stand up for myself… maybe for Kacchan but… not myself…" Izuku said, a soft tone that showed that he was vulnerable at the moment and that the words he spoke rang true. "Iida I forgive you, you couldn't have known about the trigger words but it was mainly Uraraka's fault." Izuku added.

"Midoriya, may I ask why it was mainly Uraraka's fault?" Iida asked.

Izuku sighed at this but nodded.

"Throughout my childhood my mother and boyfriends all told me that I was 'Useless' and that my dreams were 'Worthless'... though only one actually cared for me but my mother dumped him that week…. Anyways… I was bullied a lot in middle school and it got to the point where I just wouldn't show up to school, saying that I got the flu or a stomach bug…" Izuku said, leaning into Katsuki's chest for warmth.

The Pro's listened to the teen carefully. Recovery girl made sure to talk to Nedzu about getting Izuku a therapist to help with his mental state.

"But my main group of bullies would call me names…. Like 'Villain bait', 'Worthless nerd'... 'Quirkless Freak'. I ended up gaining my quirk later on when I got older but…. Those were half of the names they would call me…. But nothing hurt worse than the spider lilies that they put on my desk when Kacchan was sick…" This made everyone tense.

The bunny in Izuku's arms wiggled a bit before nuzzling it's nose into Izuku's neck which got a soft laugh from the teen.

"So anyway, when Uraraka said that my arms were 'Useless' my mind just picked up on certain words and caused me to snap…. I guess I wasn't really in the best mine set afterwards." The greenette finished.

Everyone was silent on taking in this given information and to their surprise Todoroki spoke up.

"Well your past classmates were idiots." He said simply.

This made Izuku and Katsuki burst out in laughter.

"Oh you don't know the half of it Half n' Half! They staked me because they thought I 'liked' them.. Heck! They all failed the mock tests for UA while Deku and I here passed with flying colours!" the class grinned at this.

The Pro's saw through the simple comment and realised that the two teens were lightening the mood for the class and Izuku. Aizawa and All Might felt proud of their students.

"Especially the kid with the stretching fingers… I remember him saying that he never studied because of this Bar that he snuck into with that winged kid from our childhood…." Izuku added.

"See this is why I stopped hanging out with those extras! They were pervs, and acted more like villains than heroes! I'm sure that if I hung out with them I would have had a black mark on my record or something!" Katsuki said, looking disgusted at the thought.

"Well enough of that, class is about to start so everyone to your seats and Midoriya…." Aizawa started before looking at the greenette. "Next time you want to go onto the roof or have that urge to go up there. Have either me or a teacher go up with you or find a good hobby to help with that urge, I don't want another repeat of today again in the future." He said, looking tired from what happened earlier.

"Yes Aizawa sensei." Izuku said with a nod.

"Good now, everyone to your seats!" Aizawa demand.

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"Kirishima!" A voice called out from the crowd of students.

Kirishima was chatting with Sero and Ashido when Izuku called out to him. The redhead turned to see Izuku pulling Katsuki over to where their group was standing with a soft smile on his face.

"Hey Midoriya! How are you feeling?" Kirishima greeted as Izuku came to a halt in front of him.

"I'm doing fine, thanks for asking!" he chirped.

"So what's up?"

"I wanted to say thank you for defending both Kacchan and I from Uraraka this afternoon…. I honestly don't know what would have happened if you hadn't stepped in when you did. You really were my hero today Kirishima!" Izuku said, a bright closed eye smile that made the group smile at the kindness.

"Hey it was no problem! That's what friends do for each other!" Kirishima said, grinning just as bright.

Izuku blushed and started to stutter at the sudden statement, Katsuki rolled his eyes.

"It might take the nerd a while before he realised that he made a friend…. that isn't me." Katsuki stated.

"Ah that's fine! Well I will see you guys tomorrow!" Kirishima said before departing from the group.

"Yeah see you both tomorrow!" Ashido said, Sero just waved as the two walked away.

"Come on Deku let's go." Katsuki said pulling a still stuttering Izuku to the train station.

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