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Izuku's POV

I look at my hands as I start, wondering what to tell him and what to keep out. For some reason I feel like I can trust him, like I know he won't tell anyone. It is different when I tell Uraraka or Shoto something. He just feels safe, like I could come out of the closet in two seconds and he would be accepting. Ugh, screw it, what do I have to lose by telling him? If worst comes to worst I can just get Shinso to brainwash him into forgetting what I have told him.

"I guess a good place to start is my childhood. My father left when I was four. A few days after my doctor's meeting with the quirk doctor. My father said he was going to America for work and since my brother was closer with my father than my mother he went with him." Dabi looks at me with sad eyes. Hehe, his big brother is showing. I mean he is the second oldest, with Fuyumi as the oldest then Nasuto and finally Shoto. Shoto is the second youngest in the class, with Shoji being the youngest.

"My father kept in contact till I was six, I didn't hear from him again till I was sixteen. Hehe, ten years he left... I still don't know why or how mom forgave him. Umm anyway, my brother also came with him though he was different. He was more cruel and he looked almost sick. Mum was angry at dad because she said he was all skin and bones but dad said it was because training takes a lot out of him. We both hate dad's training but it does make us stronger." Dabi looked mad... he was probably remembering his training as a child.

"My father wants my brother to be his successor and carry on the family legacy. Dad says he couldn't use me because I was weak." Dabi clenches his fist and looks me in the eye.

"How are you weak? You have multiple quirks, you're smart and very strong. You push through when things get tough and you get the job done. How is that weak?" I chuckle at his comment. I have come so far from when i have started but I still had more to learn, more to grow. Now I have to brace myself for the slur that will come when I tell him this.

"Well you see dabi, when I was first diagnosed they made a mistake. I was a late bloomer and my body didn't develop my quirks till certain requirements were done. I was diagnosed as quirkless. I lived the first 11 years of my life believing I was quirkless..." I close my eyes and lower my heads, readying myself for a blow I thought would come... I waited ten seconds before daring to raise my head just enough to see dabi, he had a sad look on his face and his body language had almost softened.

"Why does it look like you are preparing yourself to get hit?...Do people hit you that often when you tell them that... that you have become accustomed to it? How many times have you let yourself get beaten? How are you a hero, when you have suffered so much abuse?" I raise my head all the way to look him in the eyes. My eyes start to water. No one has ever said anything not toxic to me about it apart from one person. I have only ever met one person outside my family that has not looked down or hit me for being quirkless as a child... Shoto. He and I both have a bad past, and so I guess it does make sense that he and Shoto both understand. But why did he ask how I became a hero? I know most villains weren't bad but still, why does my past surprise him? Is it possible that he cares or does he just pity me?

"Thank you, for not treating me like most people. Most say that since I was once quirkless I will always be useless, no matter how strong or how many quirks I have. My father seems to treat me like I'm a fragile doll that will break it if I do anything. Now don't get me wrong, he does sort of care for me. Like if he had to choose between me and a hundred dollars he would choose me. He just really hates me being a hero. Hehe" dabi gives me a shallow smile.

"Why are dads assholes? I know my dad is, being Endeawhore, but who is your dad. You never told me his name, or your Names, who are they?" Oh shit! How am I meant to explain this? Hmm, how about I call Tenko when we are done talking and I tell him just before he leaves and then Tenko can deal with him... yeah, that might just work!

"My dad's name is Hisashi Midoriya and my brother used to go by Tenko. They go by different names now... hmm let's get off family for a second. Umm my past has 4 main parts, family, school, friends and training. You know about my family so now let's go to another topic, your choice. We can. Pick a random one or we can go in time order. What do you want to know?" Dabi looks at me with a smirk. This should be good, what is he thinking this time?

"Let's do a blast to the past. Do it in order. So your dad left when you were dubbed quirkless, what then?" I cringe at the memory's. Not many good ones in here from that time period.

"Well I guess I should explain one of my friends to you so you don't get lost. Katsuki Bakugou, or as I call him, Kachan. We have been together since birth. Our moms are best friends so we were raised together. We were best friends, mum and auntie say we were connected by the hip when we were younger. But he always had an ego and a temper. Before he got his quirk he would always protect me, then when he got it his ego grew but he still was my friend, but when i was diagnosed as quirkless he changed. It was small at first, name calling and running away from me when I wanted to play. But as we got older it got worse. When we were five he started calling me deku, it means useless. He thought it was quite fitting and Since then I have always been called that. Students, teachers and bullies would call me that. By the time we got to middle school he was giving threats daily and daily beatings. He would destroy my notebook, use his quirk and other stuff like that. One of his favorite moves was putting his hand on my shoulder and exploding it. The scar on my shoulder and neck are from that. He didn't use his quirk too much. He mostly just used me as a punching bag." Dabi tenses up at it and he is remembering his past. "One day he took it too far and he..." my eyes start to water remembering it and i frown. I don't want to be weak! Why do I have to be such a crybaby! Ugh just tell him already

"He suicide baited me. He said... 'if you want a quirk so badly here's some advice. Pray for a quirk in your next life and take a swan dive off the roof of the building.' After that day he would say it more and more. Next thing I knew I was getting daily death threats and spider Lilies on my desk. By the last year of school before UA it was a part of my life. When we were talking about what school we wanted to go to he threatened " I look at dabi and he looks pissed. He is practically shaking with anger so I stop my story for a second.

"He told you to kill yourself and he is ment to become a hero? OH HELL NO! And to think Shigaraki wanted him to become a villain! Ooh he is so dea-"no! Please, Kachan might be cruel to me but he is a good hero. He has been told for all his life that he can do no wrong and that it was okay to put me down, our teachers would. Encourage him to do it and he hasn't known anything else since we were kids. Since we have been at UA he has gotten a little better. His friends and lover have helped him realize it is wrong. Some of the teachers are working with him to help him. Please don't do something that could get you in trouble. He isn't worth it... he may still be cruel to me but he has gotten so much better. Please don't." He looks at him and his body language softens a little. He still looks mad and he still has his fist clenched, but he has loosened a little because I can see the skin isn't as tight as it was. He sighs and nods.

"Umm well when I was in the last year of middle school I was in a very dark place and I did some things I'm not proud of. I still do... on days where I feel so weak... days where I just want to be able to control the pain... but I am getting better. Umm what am I forgetting? Oh I know! I was attacked by the slug villain and was saved by Allmight the day he told me to take a swan dive. When All Might saved me I got really excited because at the time he was my favorite hero, also at the time I was still quirkless. He was about to leave so I grabbed on and when he landed on the roof I asked if I could be a hero without a quirk... I was hoping he would say yes but he didn't. He said it was too dangerous and I should become a police officer instead. He then left me on the roof." His face goes dark and his eyes trail to my arms, he clenches his fist tight and looks pissed and sad. Maybe I should have left that out.

"Wait your meaning to tell me that instead of taking you to the hospital he left you on the roof. After crushing your dreams, and you had been told to kill yourself on the same day... How are any of these people hero's?! How could he have left you?! What if you had jumped! Oh god midoriya... i know uou want to pretend it is fine but that is fucking messed up! Please tell me you got down safely!" I squirm in my seat. Nezu, how am I supposed to tell him that I jumped and that the only reason I'm alive is because hawks saved me?

"Hehe, I wish I could. Umm after he left i stood there for maybe half an hour. Just crying. I had been debating in my head whether or not I should leave mum, it was the happy verse, the dark and the dark won. I jumped but it seemed I wasn't allowed to die, a red feathered hero had been on patrol and caught me. Hawks put me down and he asked why I did it. I told him I had enough and he decided to walk me home so I wouldn't try it again. When we were walking home I saw Bakugou getting attacked by the same sludge villain I had an hour ago. There were four different hero's there and they were just watching. I ran up and asked why they weren't doing something, they just said it was because their quirks were not suited for this situation. So I ran to the villain to try to distract it while Hawks tried to get him free. It worked and while hawks and Bakugou got praise for getting out, I was yelled at. All Might was there... he just stood there while Bakugou was getting suffocated, the number one hero was willing to watch him die. Afterward he pulled me aside and said I showed the Heart of a hero. He offered to train me and I accepted. Not because I liked him, no. My liking of him was destroyed by that point, it was because I wanted to prove I could be a hero and save people. I swore to save everyone and to never be like those heroes that just stood there and were ready to watch him die.

"Hawks walked me home and informed my mom of what I did, she was a sobbing mess. I kept telling her it wasn't her fault but eventually she calmed down. He then asked if he could talk to me for a minute. She said yes and so we quickly went to the side to talk in private. He was impressed that I was ready to save the person who had bullied me and asked if I wanted to be a hero. I said yes and he said that he could possibly get me someone to help train with. He said he and a friend would love to train me and I said yes. So we started training and soon his friend came as well. We started training and then my quirk developed. They were so excited and I was really happy. All Might was a terrible teacher so hawks and his friend did most of my training. All Might doesn't know that I train with my Sensei's but they know I also train with him.

"After nearly nine months of training and two weeks worth of quirk training the UA entrance exams were on. I tried out for the hero course and I surprisingly got it. I had only had my quirk for two weeks and I didn't have much control. But thanks to my Sensei's I had enough skill to get in. Both of my sensei's were proud I got in but All Might was disappointed that I didn't come first." Dabi grins at me.

"You're one tough kid, you know that right? You had a quirk for two weeks and somehow managed to get into one of the most prestigious hero schools in the country. Is there anything you can't do?" He smirks at me and I can feel a small blush on my face. Wait... did he call me kid?!

"Hey I'm only three years younger than you! Not even that, more like two and half!" He chuckled and I again felt a small blush on my face. What is he doing to me! I'm a hero for Nezu sake! I mean he is kind of hot, and he is kind but also a villain. I don't think he would even call me his friend. Nezu I'm stupid.

"Fine, Midoriya. Also who is your other Sensei? Who would actively work with that chicken nugget?" I laughed out loud at that, he was. I have to tell Miriko that nickname!

"Oh, miriko! She is really good and she is nice. She even helps me prank hawks. The three of us have been pretty close for roughly three years now? They are great teachers! You know they still talk about you. When you three were at the hero commision you guys used to be friends, right? Miriko tells me about the epic pranks you use to play on hawks as kids. They were legendary!"

"Yeah, we were. Miriko could never resist pulling a prank on him and I loved messing with him. He was the oldest out of the three of us so it was always fun to annoy him. Anyway, back to you. After you got into UA, did life get better, because I have a funny feeling it didn't." I look at him with a dull look.

"Well you would be correct. In my first year the teachers were stupid as fuck. The only two that actually did their job was Aziawa and present mic. All Might taught us practically Nothing apart from if you don't have a flashy quirk then you can't become a hero, which I'm happy to report was wrong. Shinso, hagurake and orjiro are all in class 3A and are very promising hero's." Dabi smirks at the thought of All Might being wrong.

"Umm anyway we then got attacked at USJ which gave like a third of the class minor PTSD. Then in the sports festival Bakugo was chained up which made him have a panic attack because of his PTSD front eh sludge villain attack. The teachers didn't even apologize. Then LOV attacked the camp and nearly everyone got some type of trauma out of that. Kiri got separation anxiety for the remaining year and half of the next year. Uraraka and Asui also got major anxiety which they are still working through and me, well it just made my problems worse.

"Then I'm forced to fight fucking overhaul! With a kid on my back! I'm happy we could get out of there but again, eri got separation anxiety from me and Mirio but she has luckily grown out of it. And do you know what the stupid thing is? The staff at UA pretended like nothing happened and no one got any support. Kachan was praised by most of the staff for holding up so long instead of helping. Aziawa and present mic tried to convince the other members of the staff to help organize some counseling but they didn't agree. And you know the rest. Also please thank Shigaraki for cutting the bastard overhauls hands off. He deserved worse but it was still something." He smirked and nodded.

"I do agree with that. He is a bastard who killed big sis Mages. I wish handjob would let us kill him." It was my turn to nod in agreement.

" All Might became a full time teacher at UA in second year which caused a lot of problems. Now my entire class has trauma, but of course, the students don't get a say in anything. No we are totally fine and none of them have fucking tramum! Because hagurake didn't see her civilian boyfriend die in front of her as a result to a villain attack, heck he didn't even die because of the villain! He died because that fucked up peice of flaming trash shot a fire ball at the mall they were in and ended up setting the building on fire, killing multiple civilians." Dabi eyes widened at that, I continued with my rant.

"Yeah, us students totally don't need help because we saw our friend be kidnapped in front of our eyes or because I saw Sir Nighteye die in front of me! Because we dont need help when we have seen things that would fuck up any teenager! Yeah no, we are fine... why do they think we are fine?" At this point I have tears in my eyes. Dabi just sits there with a shocked expression. I take a deep breath and calm down. I need to get a grip, All Might and Kachan were right, I'm too emotional.

"Hey Midoriya, you know it is okay to cry right? You and your class have been through so much and I'm sorry for my part in it. I wanted to get rid of the corrupted old heroes, not traumatize the new ones. I am so going to regret offering this but do you want a hug? One time offer though and if you ever tell anyone about it i will deny it and light your green ass on fire, got it?" I giggle at his threat and nod. I walked over to him and sat next to him. He wrapped his arm around me and for the first time in what seems years I feel safe.