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He closed his eyes tightly. ‘Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cr-‘
“Look at him, he’s crying!” One of them shouted. He clutched his elbow.
‘It hurts’ he whimpered, his elbow stinged.
“He’s really like a girl!”
“T-That’s mean Kacchan!”
He stopped. Was… was someone defending him?
“Look, you made him cry! I won’t let you-“ He looked up to his savior. He was also shaking badly, the explosive boy was scary after all.
“Hurt him anymore!” his savior yelled. He wondered what the boy’s quirk was. Probably better than his stupid, weak quirk.
“You playing at ‘hero’, Deku!?” He flinched at the boy’s voice.
“You don’t even have a quirk!” His heart dropped. This kid was really stupid, he was quirkless, what can they do?
The explosive boy and his lackeys started ganging up on the other kid. He decided to run off while they weren’t looking.
One word kept repeating in his head. ‘Coward, coward, coward, coward, coward, co-‘
It can’t be helped. The explosive boy was scary with a strong quirk, And he was weak and had a useless quirk. He can’t do anything.
‘But he did something. He didn’t have anything and yet he did something. Don’t make excuses, you’re just a coward’
He stopped. ‘This is stupid, really stupid’ He turned around, started to run full speed towards the fight.
‘I’mgonnadieI’mgonnadie’ he thought as he tackled the explosive boy. The letter soon started sprouting tiny flowers all over his arms towards his palms.
He then grabbed his shocked savior by the arm. “Run!” he yelled dragging the other.
They ran for a few minutes before stopping, no one was chasing them. They sprawled on the side of the street, tired.
Catching his breaths, he gave a good look at the other. His green hair reminded him of a bush or a tree.
The other kid caught his eye and now they are engaged in an intense round of staring contest.
Green eyes fluttered shut. “Ha! I win!” Hanamaru yelled excitedly.
“N-not fair! There was wind in my eyes” he laughed and the green haired kid did the same.
They fell into a comfortable silence.
“I’m…” The green haired boy spoke. “I’m Izuku! M-midoriya Izuku” he said holding out his hand. His eyes were shut tight, as if he was scared of what was gonna happen next.
He accepted the hand, smiling.
“Murasakino Hanamaru”