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"Alright spill." Nighteye said, once they were alone in the mans office.
"wha-what?"
"Your a teenager, your inevitably gonna bring up all your soulmate drama, so tell me now. Particularly if your gonna work here, I should know what to expect."
"Well... it's sorta complicated..."
"if you don't want to give me details that's fine but at least let me know what to expect shared pain wise, as well as whether their romantic, platonic, or parental."
"well I have three. Romantic, I think, and two parental ones... but uh... they don't know who I am... For awhile they didn't know I existed, but eventually I accidentally let some of my pain slip through out bond, and then the romantic soulmate realized I had been taking their pain their whole life."
"Wait wait... so your taking your romantic soulmates pain? as well as blocking your own?"
"Yeah, well mostly, I realized that if something were to happen to me my soulmate wouldn't be able to handle the amount of pain they go through regularly, so I let some stay with them now to build them back up to a reasonable tolerance. I still try to block my own though."
"you do realize you make the pain far worse on yourself?"
"yeah, but I'm used to it, I've been doing it as long as I can remember."
"I see... any they don't know who you are?"
"yeah, they didn't even know I existed until a few weeks or so ago."
"Can't you write to them?"
"I could... but I don't... I didn't want them to know they had a worthless soulmate. If they knew their soulmate was quirkless then they'd never accept me. It's just better this way, if they keep thinking their soulmate is Kacchan..."
"Kacchan... BAKUGOU?! They think their soulmate is Bakugou?!"
"Yeah, heh as if he'd take away their pain for years. Like I said though, it's better this way."
"... I don't think it is... I've met your soul parents, they seem like they would rather it was you. besides eventually they'll figure out that their soulmate isn't him. What's your plan after that?"
"well then their back to square one. As long as I don't give them any more clues they'll probably never find me."
"you'd deprive them of something they were meant to have? something they clearly want, if their looking for you?"
"I told you, if they knew I was quirkless they would abandon me, just like everyone else." Izuku's tone was bitter.
"If you really believe that, why take his pain?"
"I guess... I want to be useful, even if I'm a worthless Deku, I still want to help people, any way I can."
Nighteye shook his head.
"They don't deserve you. None of them."
"No, they deserve better."
Nighteye wanted to make sure this child never got hurt again. How did they manage to believe that their soulmates bully was their soulmate? This child suffered so much for a person they had never met. A person who he believed would only hurt them, and someone fawning over a person who only caused them misery. Nighteye didn't usually get involved in these types of situations, but this... this was an exception.
"They don't deserve better, what your doing shows more will power and strength than most heroes. I see why All Might wanted to choose you, even if I think he should respect your decision. No more self deprecation. If I hear any more of it I'll strap you into the laughter contraption I use on Bubble girl."
"Wha- My self deprecation is not that bad?... It's just the truth..."
Needless to say, he ended up tortured just like Bubble Girl, as punishment for self deprecation and self insults. Nighteye made it go a lot longer then necessary, so that the kid passed out from lack of oxygen. Then Nighteye took out a pen and wrote on the boys arm.
Todoroki felt himself suffocating again, though it was different this time and a lot shorter, nothing was in his throat, it was like when you talked so fast you couldn't inhale. Then it stopped, and a few seconds later there was writing on his arm, in handwriting that he had never seen before.
'Before I explain, this is not your other soulmate, however, it is a friend of theirs, writing on the kid's arm. He didn't want you to know that you have the wrong person, that Bakugou is not your/your child's soulmate. He is perfectly capable of writing to you all, and most likely reads everything you say. He thinks you'll abandon him for reasons beyond his control, and for that reason believes your better off without him. I am writing this while he is passed out, my apologies to anyone who felt as though they were suffocating, I did not harm him, is all I will say. I am aware that I am breaking this child's trust, but you all deserve better than a delinquent with anger issues. He deserves love and affection as well, even if he does not believe it. Good day.'
Todoroki blinked. UHHHH WHAT?! Ok so by the sound of things his soulmate can write to him, and read what they say. Okay then.
'This better not be a joke.' Aizawa's handwriting.
'It isn't me." todoroki wrote.
'or me!' Yamada came next.
'Okay, so either, whoever said that doesn't like Bakugou and was trying to play a joke on us, or they're correct and we have the wrong person. Either way they are apparently PERFECTLY capable of contacting us, but haven't done so for some reason.'
'I mean I think I believe them,' Todoroki found himself writing, 'since they can write, it really doesn't make sense that Bakugou would hide like that, or take my pain now that I think about it.'
'Your right kid, so we're back to square one. unless we can get them to contact us again.'
'Please whoever you are... talk to us! We wont abandon you!'
'YEAH little listener! I think your amazing!'
'Talk to us kid.'
then untidy handwriting scrawled in a small corner of their arms.
'I'm sorry. you were never supposed to find out about me.'
'Why not?! you've done so much for me! took so much PAIN for me! Why wont you at least let me support and care for you!?'
'Yeah kid, we're not gonna reject you.'
'YEAH! your with us, even if your a serial killer!'
A reply didn't come for a long while.
'what if I was quirkless?"
'I wouldn't care. I've known invaluable quirkless informants.'
'I wouldn't care, your a good person regardless, I can't imagine being in so much pain for so long, the five seconds I get are more than enough to understand that."
'sorry, I try to take it as fast as possible.'
'did you really just apologize for not taking my pain FAST ENOUGH?!'
'yes?'
'... I don't deserve you.'
'you really don't, I'm just a burden. I'm sorry. I didn't want to bother you.'
'Zashi help, I don't cure depression.'
'Your not a burden. Your not bothering us either. We really want to meet you!'
'Yeah, I'm sure your better than the angry pomeranian.'
'Kacchan isn't that bad! I mean he's not very nice, but he's really amazing!'
'Kacchan? you know each other?'
'Wait...'
Izuku was freaking out. He also glared at Nighteye, sure the guy probably had good intentions, but now Izuku was stuck in this mess. Of course nobody would recognize him... right?
'your the quirkless kid, Bakugou's classmate, we saw you while watching your class.'
CRAP CRAP CRAP CRAP OH GOSH WHY UNIVERSE WHY MUST YOU DO THIS?!?!
'yeah...' Izuku wrote.
'I'm confused, Shoto here said he felt explosions and slime down his throat.'
'well I was attacked by the villain that got Kacchan first, and saved but the guy got away.'
'and the explosions?' came the black marker Aizawa used. No response.
'Bakugou hurt you? didn't he? We thought it was because-' Shoto began.
'he couldn't control his quirk, I know, I can read.'
'Speaking of that, did you read all out conversations? why did you never write back?'
'Yes I read them, I didn't want to bother you with a quirkless soulmate. Please just, forget about me.'
'Do you not want us?' Yamada asked.
'I don't want you to suffer, I don't want Shoto to have physical pain, and I don't want you to suffer the burden of a useless soulmate. Just forget about me. I'll take large amounts of pain from Shoto until he's ready to deal with it, and I'll get better at making sure you can't feel mine. I promise, I'll try harder, you don't have to deal with me, I don't want your pity, I just want you to be happy. You'll be better off without me!'
After that, no matter how hard they tried, no response came, even several minutes later.
'how... how did this even happen? why is he so sure we don't want him?!' Shoto said.
'I don't know. I wish I could find him. Make him talk to us ya know?'
'I mean... how do you feel about kidnapping?' Aizawa, surprisingly.
'WAIT!? you know where he is?!?!'
'something like that, I can't say here, he's probably reading this?'
'Okay but how will I get to talk to him? I can't leave the house.' Shoto said.
'If we find him Yamada will be a scribe for our conversation, or I will, depending on whose talking.'
'okay' Shoto said.
and then surprisingly a response from the unknown soulmate came.
'you should just forget about me, but if ur gonna kidnap me, don't do it in front of my mom, she'll call the police.'
"HAAA That's an amazing response.' Yamada said.
'That should be do-able.' Aizawa said.
'I like him already, other than the fact he thinks he's not a good person. Whoever made him think that is gonna die of hypothermia." Shoto said, feeling very protective of his soulmate. I'll be starting with Bakugou.