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Midoriya Izuku loves flowers.

He loves all kinds of flowers, the big one or the small one, what size and shape he loves them all.

Even the Red Spider Lily that is always on his desk. He still loves it.

For all his life Izuku had been bullied, getting harassed on a daily basis, even though he had faced every kind of teasing but it never got easier. Every time he came to school there alway had a Red Spider Lily on his desk. Sometimes Izuku wondered how much it caused his bully to buy this flower just to make fun of him, at least the vest is from the school so they probably don’t cost a lot on that part. Sometimes the bully just writes on his desk, destroys his school supplies, and trash in his shoe locker so he prefers the flower on his desk rather than other. At least the flower is pretty, he knows the meaning of Red Spider Lily but it is still beautiful to look at.

The flower doesn't do anything wrong. The people are the ones who force their bad things on them. So no matter how many times he got Red Spider Lily Izuku alway took care of it well.

Everyone in his middle school knew of his quirkless status so it was not a surprise that no one ever stopped the bullying. The teacher didn't bother to care, they just said it was a prank between students, he should just shake it off and not be dramatic, which is not surprising again. Midoriya only can accept his fate and deal with it by himself like he had done all his life.

He thought this kind of bullie will stop when he finally gets in the UA. That right, he is now a UA student. It looks impossible but here he is, the first quirkless student in a heroic course. No one ever got this far before and he is really thrilled being the first quirkless student so bad. 

Class 1A is amazing, he even made a friend on the first day of school! Uraraka and Iida, both of them had amazing quirks and were really friendly. They didn’t even mind his quirkless like the other people he had met. Izuku knows it seems lame to cry on the first day of school but sue him, he never gets a chance to meet anyone who still wants to be his friend after knowing his quirk status before.

Kacchan is still Kacchan. He probably shouldn’t count anything from him but getting beat up on the second day of school isn’t something he expects, and surprisingly Kacchan got detention after his action in a heroic class from Aizawa. It is the first time he ever sees the golden boy getting the punishment and that was amazing.

After that he had a hope that maybe UA is different from Aldera, but somehow a few days later on the first day of school everyone knew about his quirkless status. He didn’t know who leaked it but it doesn’t matter anyway. Even the whole school found out his classmates insist that they still be friends and have his back. But Izuku knows that logic doesn’t apply to everyone in school.

“Ah good morning Midoriya-kun!”

“Good morning Iida-kun”

He replied back to the class president who just entered the classroom. “You are the first one in the class again Midoriya-kun! Well maybe I had to work harder as a class president!”

“No, don't say that you are the perfect class president Iida-kun”

“Thank you. But I have to ask, how do you manage to be here early everyday, Midoriya. It was really impressive! Do you have any advice”

“Nah I'm just a morning person. Nothing special” 

“Oh you already changed the class flower! How thoughtful of you”

Midoriya smiles softly while trying to cover the Red Spider Lily that he stuffed inside his bag.

The reason Midoriya is always early is because he wants to clean up his desk before other classmates see it. He didn't know how the bully always beat him to come the school this fast but everytime he came to the classroom they always be some slur written all over his desk and the red spider lily, it really bring back a lot of Aldera memory. Today is like the other day. After he finishes cleaning it, Iida will come in right on time, Izuku not a morning person but after hearing how early Iida came to school he took some precautions and came like thirty minutes early before his friend arrived.

He is used to this kind of treatment already, thanks to Aldera junior high. A flower on his desk is basically nothing compared to what his classmates at middle school had done to him (especially Kacchan) he basically use to it by now, Izuku even brought a flower to put in a vase after get the flower away so one can suspect why the vase is here.

Midoriya didn't think it a big deal since he dealt with this bully all his life. Everyone had treated him like this since the day he was diagnosed as quirkless, the student made fun of him, the teacher ignored him, he just used to it by now. Life as a quirkless is hard than normal people, that's why they suicide rate is higher than normal when society basically treat them like they are not human. He want tell the teacher about the bully but on the second thought it probably didn't different from Aldera, everyone are hero anyway they probably didn't want to waste sometimes about this nonsense like this so he just gonna suck it up and deal with it like he always do the rest of his life. 

So it was fine when his desk had a Red Spider Lily on it.

It was fine when his desk was covered in ink and slur.

It was fine when his school supplies got destroyed.

Yeah, everything is fine.

A week later from the USJ incident was Sports festival time, It was really something. He always watches the UA sport festival from TV but never expects that he will be one of them! It is really exciting, and so is his friend but Izuku can feel the eyes of other department students looking at him without stopping. He knew what those eyes meant since it was the way everyone in his life looked at him, pretty creepy though but it’s not like he can complain. After he finished the first place with Ten millions points by using part of the robot and the minefield the eyes are just getting stronger and stronger. He knew that they were pissed that he was the first but this is too much! 

But the eyes stop looking at him when he loses a fight to Todoroki in the third round, he can hear some laughing and giggling outside the infirmary, they didn’t even try to hide it but that’s fine. It is fine.

After the sports festival is the internship, he picks a hero who is kind enough to offer him an offer. They were actually nicer than he thought, Izuku thought that he was very lucky to get a good agency. While he is in internship there are Stain incidents with Iida and Todoroki. Let's just say it was a messy week when he came home he practically passed out on his bed.

The next morning came and Midoriya Izuku was late for school. He grabbed his bag and rushed to the train station, and he totally forgot something really important .

“Morning everyone! How is your internship”

The 1A classroom is lively with student laughter and conversation about their experiences at internships. Iida and Uraraka are the same, everyone minding their own business without noticing the vase on Midoriya desk except for.

“Hey who put flower on Midobro desk though?”

Their attention shifted to Midoriya desk, which was a white vase with a flower on it.

“Oh Midoriya-kun alway changes the water for the flower he probably forgot to put in place?”

“I don't think so, Iida,” Sero said with a concerned voice as he pulled one of the flowers from the vase.

“It’s a White Chrysanthemum…”

Everyone in the classroom suddenly fell into deep silence. They all know what White Chrysanthemum means, it was a flower for the funeral but the thing is Midoriya didn’t pass away without them knowing so this is a hundRed percent bullying.

Iida silently walks toward his friend's desk with blood boiling in rage. How could someone do something disrespectful like this to his friends, at the UA school grond! It was unacceptable. When he approached the desk he could see all of the slur and suicidie baiting written all over it. He felt disgusted just reading some of that.

“There is something inside his desk too, Iida-san” He heard Yayorozu-san say from behind. Iida looked inside the drawer and reached for something before he winced in pain. When he took his hand back it was a letter that had a sharp pin glue all over it to make sure whoever touched this letter would get hurt immediately.

“What the hell. Who would do something like this” Iida can't help but agree with what Kirishima said. Who on earth would do something like this, he slowly opens the letter and closes it without a second thought. His rage is still riding through the roof.

“Iida?”

“I would rather not read this, it was horrible…” he didn't know how to explain what was inside of this letter. The letter is full of slur and suicide baiting but it was way more worse than the desk, it also accused that Midoriya have to do some nasty stuff so he can get in to a hero course, asking how many teachers he been slept with. God, how can someone write this? He looked at Midoriya's desk with aches, now he knows why his green hair friend always comes to school early, to get rid of this kind of thing so none of the classmates knew about his situation. He has the urge to burn this thing down but he can't because it is part of the evidence now.

“What are we going to do with this then Iida-kun”

“Well. First Yaoyorozu-kun can you take a picture of Midoriya-kun desk as a evidence”

“Yes! Of course!” She said and created a camera just to take all of the pictures.

“After we get all of the evidence we will clean Midoriya-kun's desk before he comes to class. And then we will bring this up to Aizawa sensei. It was probably the only way to deal with this harassment since we don't know anything”

“Maybe we could bring up Nedzu? It said in the rule book that all kind of quirk discrimination is prohibited inside of UA school ground kero”

“Good idea Asui-kun” He nodded back. “But I think we should tell Aizawa sensei firs—”

“Tell me about what?”

Everyone jerked back at the sound of their sleepy teacher that didn’t know how long he was here. His dark eyes trace over to Midoriya desk without saying any word. The teacher seems to understand the situation already.

“Make sure to get everything on it Yaoyorozu. I will inform Nedzu about the situation now.” 

“Understood, sensei” She takes as many pictures as she can get, once she finishes Iida and others help collect other evidence on the box and they start to clean off the desk.

“I’m here, I'm here! Sorry I overslept!!”

Everybody froze from Midoriya's voice when he entered the room. They didn’t expect him to come this quick and though they still have some time. Now what should they do now? The green-haired boy looked at his classmates with puzzled eyes. 

“What’s the matter? Did I do something?”

“Deku-kun! Didn’t expect you there!”  

“Yeah. I forgot to set the alarm so I overslept a bit.” Midoriya said with a dry laugh. “What’s going on? Why is everyone staring at me like this and at my desk? Isn't the class about to start?”

“Yeah— well urm!” Uraraka tries her best to distract Midoriya but it doesn't seem to help at all, the green-haired boy still walks toward his desk and then stops.

“Oh” 

“Oh god I’m so sorry you guys have to see this! I will take care of this so don’t worry!!” 

“What?”

Everyone is shocked when they hear the first thing that comes from Midoriya's mouth is an apology. Why is he even apologizing for it anyway, that doesn’t make sense!! Before Midoriya reaches for the vase Iida suddenly grabs it and holds it tightly.

“We will take care of this Midoriya-kun, you don't have to do it. Just take a seat and you don’t have to worry.” Even in shock, Iida still remained calm as the class president.

“But—”

“No but Midoriya-kun” Midoriya looked at his friends with a surrender look.

“Well um but can I have a flower?”

Iida stops his foot step and turns his head toward his friend directly. “Midoriya-kun you know what this flower means right?”

“I know but. I never had a Chrysanthemum before… ” Midoriya said with a tiny voice. He faced down his hand and everyone looked at him with confused eyes. What does this mean? He never got a chrysanthemum before? Who would want a flower for a funeral!

“Midoriya did… did you always get this… kind of thing?” Even Kirishima didn’t have any words to describe this. 

“Ye— yes? Normally I get a Red Spider Lily. But don’t worry! I'm used to it anyway, it isn't a big deal. I always came early to clean all of this before anyone arrived at the class.”

The 1A class suddenly felt the sharp pain inside their heart. How could someone like Midoriya say he got a flower that means for the dead and say it was something normal like this.

“Midoriya” Aizawa sensei interrupted his student conversation with a darker face. Oh he is definitely pissed about what he just heard that for sure.

“How long have you been harassing this way?”

“It was nothing sens—”

“How. Long?”

“…Since the first week of school” he said with an unsure voice, Izuku didn’t keep track of time, he just knew that it started around the first week. Everyone gasps with unbelievable. Since the first week! Midoriya has to deal with this bullying for that long!

“Midoriya-kun. This kind of behavior is unacceptable, do you know that right? All kinds of discrimination related to quirk discrimination is prohibited in the UA. Why didn't you report this harassment to the teacher?” As the class president Iida can’t help but feel like he failed to take care of his friend.

“I know but it's not a big deal! It wasn’t like the first time I dealt with all this.”

“Even so. You shouldn’t have to deal with this by yourself!” Uraraka backed up on the thing Iida just said. Her friend shouldn’t have to deal with something like this!

“It’s ok Uraraka-san. It was normal for someone like me anyway!”

“Well it's not!” She cried. “Quirkless or not, nobody should treat you like this! It was wrong Deku-kun”

“But…” Izuku paused. “Everyone said it was normal”

The confused look in Midoriya's eyes just makes Uraraka feel like she is about to cry. She may have known Midoriya for just a short period of time and she knows a hundred percent that he didn’t deserve something like this. He is compassionate and kind, why should someone like him have to face something like this. Why did he have to look at everyone with confused eyes when they showed any kind of help for him? Why does he have to feel like getting harassed and bullied is normal for him.

“Midoriya.” Aizawa said with a sigh, his hand pinched the bridge of his note.

“Like Iida said, this kind of harassment in the UA will not be tolerated. I had inform Nedzu about the situation and will open an investigation to find the person who conducted this bullying”

“Investigates!! No no you don’t have to! I don’t want to waste your time!” He said with a distressing voice.

“It’s not wasting my time if it includes my student's well being. You are being bullied and none of us didn’t even knew, it was our fault. We should notice sooner”

“You couldn’t possibly see any of this coming anyway sensei.”

“No but I could have noticed something, it my lack of attention”

“But why?” Midoriya asks, his voice seems so lost.

“That is not your job sensei. This is just a teasing between students. You shouldn’t have to get involved in this! That's what sensei always told me. If it is between the students they have to figure it out by themselves, the teacher shouldn’t not to intervene. It alway been this way. Isn’t it?”

The silence fell into the room, nobody dared to speak anything but they could hear some of the girls sob quietly. Iida feels numb and full with rage and anger, if it isn’t because murder is illegal he will be going full vigilant again in a single heartbeat. Behind Iida there is Todoroki that his left side just burst into flame.

“Midoriya” everyone can hear Aizawa just groaning, his tone is full of anger and the green-haired boy just flinches when he hears sensei calling his name.

“I don’t know what kind of environment you have been living in but I can assure you something. In UA all the teacher's first priority is the well being of the student.” He said with a calmer tone. “And yes that includes you too but we will discuss this later at the end of school. Do you understand?”

“Yes sensei…” he nodded.

“Good once you guys finish cleaning Midoriya desk we will start our lesson soon”

The students answer in unison and help Midoriya cleaning the slur out of his desk. When they finished it, Aizawa soon started the lesson like always.

And the thing is all this time Bakugo was just sitting in silence without saying any word.

Aizawa knows that Midoriya will give him gray hair.

He is the first quirkless student in the heroic course. He is self-sacrificing and doesn’t know how to take care of himself properly but the kid is a good person at heart. He is a little bit shy and skittish at first, once he starts to know others he will talk nonstop with all of his passion, sometimes Aizawa wonders that the ability to talk about something he likes without stopping to breath air is probably the boy's quirk. His grade is pretty high, he is really smart and good with strategy and analysis but there is something bothering Aizawa everytime he looks at Midoriya.

His old teacher didn’t say anything good about him. Said he lacks attention and alway disturbing another student and sometimes harassing him with a creepy notebook of him. When he first read he prepared for the trouble maker student but when he met Midoriya it was the opposite of the thing they said on the file. He is full of attention, never slack off, alway eager to learn anything new. Aizawa knows the kid with no potential when he sees one and Midoriya isn’t one of them.

But on the contrary Bakugo is also the opposite in the file. The teacher said he is one of the role models. He is smart, had a strong quirk, every teacher in school had a lot of good things to say about him but when Aizawa met Bakugou face to face this kid is not like the thing they said at all.

He tried to attack Midoriya on quirk apprehension, on the second day of school he also send the green hair boy to the infirmary with a second degree burn, if Allmight didn’t step up in time thing can get way worse than this not to mention the nickname Deku Bakugou gave to Midoriya. He questioned both of his student relationships because Midoriya still calls him with a childhood nickname but Bakugou always despite him.

Midoriya Izuku is a puzzle that he never solves and today will be the one.

Midoriya had been bullied and he didn’t even notice any of that.

Aizawa growled in anger, how could he not know this, how he did not suspect any mistreatment Midoriya had been dealing with. Maybe beca the kid is good at keeping it a secret but still, he is a hero for time now, he knows what a sign of people who had been bullied act and he didn’t see any of that! How he let that slip through his eyes.

“You okay Eraser?”

“I’m not” he signed while pinching his nose.

“I just found out that Midoriya had been bullied this whole time.”

“WHAT!!!!”

“Keep it down Mic!” The eraser hero said with his quirk activated in his co-worker. The voice hero looks at him with unbelievable eyes.

“The little listeners have been bullied! That's awful!! Is he okay?”

“He is”

“You don’t seem happy about that?”

“Of course I’m not Mic. He is too calm when it is actually not okay.” Aizawa can’t find any words to explain himself right now. He just gave a long sigh. He reached for the letter that already removed all the pins to Present Mic. “Read this and you will understand what I mean”

The voice hero grabs it and reads it slowly, his green eyes widely open and from his look he knows that his friend is also pissed. Aizawa can hear his teeth growling at each other from a mile away from here.

“Who in the world writes something like this! This is… gosh I didn’t even know what to say!”

Ectoplasm who had been eavesdropping look across from his desk “Even Present Mic didn’t know what to say? Is it that bad?”

“It’s that bad!! God! How could someone write something this cruel to green beans! He didn’t even do anything wrong! It’s not like he can control to be quirkless or not and this thing in this is basically a rape threat! We need to inform Nedzu immediately, Shota!!”

“Calm down Mic I already informed Nedzu, once he finishes his current meeting we will have a discussion.” He knows that Mic is angry when his first name even slips out of his friend's mouth without him knowing.

“That’s good. That’s good” he whispered to himself and sat back down. “Is this letter the only one?”

“No. His desk also got written in slur and they also put a White Chrysanthemum on it.”

“That’s not good though…” Cementoss can’t help himself but intervene in the conversation. He actually quite likes Midoriya so when he hears the boy getting bullied he can’t help it.

“Well it get worse, according to Midoriya he had be received a Red Spider Lily and this harassment since the first week of school” 

Now Shota just caught all of the teachers in this room's attention. They pause all of their work besides and look at him. Great.

“Can we look at the security camera now? I mean Nedzu probably wouldn’t mind anyway”

“Mic…”

“I know. I know geez! I’m just kidding man” The blond tried to laugh it out but Shota knew that he would absolutely do that if he didn’t stop. 

“And you said he got bullied since the first week of school? That’s rough.” Midnight also joined in the conversation without any invitation. “How do you manage to know this anyway, Eraser?”

“He overslept and came late. Turn out he always come early to clean all of this so his classmates doesn’t know about the bullying”

“Poor kid.” Snipe said.

Aizawa looked at every teacher in the room. He knows that a lot of teachers are fond of Midoriya because of his fanboy, somehow they see him rather adorable tham annoying like the Midoriya old teacher even Lunchrush still talks about the nice boy who sometimes helps him in the kitchen. His quirklessness didn’t bother anyone at all. 

“Well is there anything we can help?”

“Probably to keep an eye on Midoriya and other people around him. See if anyone seems too hostile or doing something suspicious toward him.

“We will, don’t worry Eraser.”

“If the pup wants any counseling just give me the time,Eraser. I alway available for him” he noted that in his mind. It is probably good for Midoriya to have a therapy session with Hound dog.

“Hey Shou. Didn’t want to sound nosy but how are green beans holding up with this anyway?”

He looked at his blond hair friend, and didn't know how to say that boy handled it well like it was normal for him to be bullied. “He is fine for now, we will have more discussion after the school too.”

“Cool cool cool cool” Mic said and slowly got on with his work and the peaceful finally came back. When he was doing the work he could see Nedzu messaged him that he was now available.

“I will go talk with Nedzu now”

“Good luck though!!”

He didn’t reply back, just walked to the principal office, the rodent sat with a wild smile on his face.

“Now Aizawa! Come and take a seat! Do you like some tea?”

Oh it’s gonna take a while isn’t it…

After the long conversation with Nedzu they came to the conclusion that they will look through all of the security cameras and if they find the culprit they will get the deserved punishment, as Iida said earlier Nedzu take quirk discrimination seriously so this will be instant expulsion. Aizawa laid on his back with relief.

“Well if there is any progress I will let you know, Aizawa-kun. Thank you for coming.”

“Likewise”

He walks out of the principal's office. The thing Midoriya said is still stuck in his mind. It’s always been this way isn’t it? Like hell. When he brought it up that this will be investigated, Midoriya immediately refused and said that it isn't the teacher's job to stop this. Like they just let him deal with the bullying all by himself, what kind of teacher do that to their own student, let them deal with the bully by themselves, doesn’t they know how high suicide rate to a quirkless person? How they still have a license when they immediately turn blind eyes when the target is the quirkless. 

When he gets out of the office he sees Midoriya that is already in the room. He had been sitting on the chair with Present Mic and Midnight right beside him with a snack on their hand. Aizawa let out a tired sigh loudly.

“Thank you for coming ,Midoriya. Do you want to speak with some place more privately?

“Yes, please sensei”

“Aw come one Eraser!!” He didn’t seem to care about his colleagues' protest and just led Midoriya to the office that no one is using right now. 

The boy sits on the sofa nervously looking, like he is scared of being scolded. The thing is he is a victim but the fear of being punished is making Aizawa worried.

“Do you know why we are here, Midoriya?”

“Yes. And I'm sorry for wasting your time, Aizawa sensei. I will handle it properly so everyone doesn’t have to worry about that.” Midoriya replied while his head was still facing the floor. 

“That is not the reason, Midoriya.” Aizawa shook his head. “You are here because you are the victim of a discrimination at school and it’s my job to make sure that this kind of thing will not happen to you again.”

“But you shouldn’t have too,” he whispered. “I can take care of it, Aizawa sensei, I know it sounds bad but I can!”

“I know you can handle it but you shouldn’t”

“You are a child Midoriya, only a student and this kind of thing you shouldn’t deal with by yourself. Your former teacher said it was wrong, this isn’t something a kid should take care of by themselves. It is a teacher's job to ensure every student's well being. The student's safety will be the first priority and they should have done something about the bullying, not just ignore it and make you take care of it.”

Midoriya looked at him with confusion and it made Aizawa feel uneasy.

“I… I don’t understand.”

“It’s okay. You can ask what you don’t understand. I will answer for you.”

“Um… another teacher said that it’s my fault that I was getting bullied because of my q— quirkless so I had to deal with it by myself, they s— say it just a teasing between kids I should take it seriously and don’t be too dramatic.” He said with a shaky voice. 

“Well they are wrong. Nobody should get treated like this on the thing they can’t control. You shouldn’t get bullied because of this.”

“Maybe but It's not a teacher's job anyway. It’s not! I don’t understand why you have to care about this. Nobody ever cares when they place Red Spider Lily on my desk, no one cares when they shove me down the stairs, no one cares when I come home with a burn on my shoulder. No one ever cares then why Aizawa sensei. Why do you care about me?

Aizawa didn’t know his heart could ache this much. The way his student says with so much distress just makes him feel pain all over him. Now Aizawa had a good reason to look it up and Aldera more than before. This is not just a case of neglect, it is practically an abuse. He reaches his hand over the boy's shoulder and he flinches. Just wonderful how much that school traumatized him.

“I’m not going to hurt you. May I touch you.”

“Yes…”

He placed his hand over his student. The boy is really small for his age and it makes Aizawa can’t help but question his home life as well but that will be another time.

“I care because you are my student, Midoriya. I care about everyone in my class, quirkless or not. Your former teacher shouldn’t have treated you like that. It was wrong.”

“I don’t know how they used to treat you back there but in UA we don’t let this slide. We will get a full investigation and find whoever did this will get the punishment they deserve because any of this thing shouldn’t have happened to you.”

“You don’t deserve this.”

For some reason he can see Midoriya eyes full of tears and he began to cry, tears streaming down his face. His shoulder shaking a little bit, the boy didn’t even let his sobbed voice come out of his throat. It was not right for a boy this age to cry this quie. Aizawa stroked his shoulder gently once he got his kid to calm him down Midoriya whipped his tear from his face.

“I'm so sorry you have to see this. I'm just… ”

“It’s fine Midoriya.”

He hands Midoriya a napkin to clean his face. The boy's eyes look really puffy from all the crying.

“I know you maybe don’t want to talk about all of this but I need to know more about the harassment you have been dealing with so we can know how to help you. Can you do that?”

“Yes. I… I can.” Izuku sniffed and tried to collect his thoughts.

Midoriya starts telling him how he had been treated since he is diagnosed as quirkless. How his teacher started to turn blind eyes everytime other people mistreated him, how his mother started to work late and didn't come back home often like before, how his friends started to bully him and claim to ‘put him in his place’. Everytime Aizawa thought it can't get worse than this but somehow the god managed to make it happen, he has been bullying for so long that the boy thing it was something normal that happens on a daily basis, the only time he never get a bully is during a school break but he still got some sort of discrimination from someone else anyway. For God sake how this child's life can be this miserable.

“That's pretty much all of this sensei.” The boy sniffed when he finished telling him everything. Aizawa had the urge to go home and sleep for like 48 hours after hearing all kinds of mistreatment he had been faced with. 

“All right. Thank you for today Midoriya. If there is anything more about this harassment please let me know.”

“Is… will the person who did this get expelled?” Izuku asks with an uncertain voice.

“They will. All of this behavior will not be tolerated in the UA, the person who did this will get expelled as punishment.” He said calmly but for some reason Midoriya's face was full of guilt.

“This is not your fault Midoriya. They have brought this on their own. Quirk discrimination isn’t just prohibited in UA only it is also illegal too.”

“But it wasn’t their fault. They didn’t know, no one ever told them this is wrong. They just followed what the teacher said. If no one ever told them is wrong how are they supposed to know?” 

Aizawa frowned, for some reason it sounded personal. More personal than just trying to defend someone he didn’t know and then it clicks, the bully, the school, the teacher.

“Bakugou is one of them isn't it?”

“…”

“I’ll take it as a yes.”

Even Midoriya didn’t answer but his silence was more than enough. Now it explains everything, why Midoriya is so skittish, why he is always flinching when Bakugou activates his quirk. God why he didn’t see that before and they are basically in the same class, having an abuser and a victim in the same room can’t be good.

“Please don’t expel him. He used to do it but he doesn't do it now, He changes. He doesn’t know any better because his teacher encourages him.”

“…but he is still a part of the bullying. He may change but this behavior needs to be more investigated. I can assure you one thing that If he isn't part of this current harassment, he will not be expelled like the others.

Midoriya nodded silently as he left the room since it was already late. When he can’t see his student, Aizawa immediately strom into Nedzu's office.

“Is there something wrong, Aizawa-kun?”

“Yes. I want open an investigation against Aldera junior high too”

“The reason?”

“I suspect that Aldera had been neglected and ignored Midoriya bullying, it seems like they also encouraged the student to do this kind of behavior towards a quirkless student so I want to investigate Aldera junior high and so as Bakugou Katsuki and I want to transfer him to another class temporarily.” Nedzu nods and approves his request.

“I see. Thank you so much, Aizawa kun”

The eraser teacher nodded and then left the principal office, he had to prepare for his usual parole as well too. He sighs exhausted.

Today is a long day…

The next day was awkward.

Midoriya didn’t want to enter the class after yesterday's incident. He thought that he would keep this kind of thing to his grave and never told anyone but it was revealed to everyone in his class. Izuku felt ashamed.

He feels ashamed because what kind of hero gets bullied and can’t stand up for himself. He felt ashamed that he cried in front of Aizawa. He felt embarrassed.

“Midoriya”

Izuku hears Todoroki's voice from behind, he turns around and puts a smile on his face like always. “Good morning Todoroki kun!!”

“Morning. Don’t you want to go to the class?”

“I am but I just… I don’t know.”

“Because of yesterday?”

He nodded in silence. 

“Can I ask you sometimes, Midoriya?”

“Yeah well technically you already asked.” He giggled as his friend let out a small laugh.

“Why do you want the flower?”

“Because no one ever got me that flower before”

“Why?”

“Um, because I like flowers?” No, that sounds like a question. 

“I really like flowers so I don’t want those flowers to go to waste.” He said calmly. “I know the person who gave it to me that gave it with ill intentions but still the flowers didn’t do anything wrong. It is the person not the flowers…”

Todoroki looks at him quietly and it really makes him feel nervous. Did he say something wrong? God he didn’t know. Before he said anything, Todoroki just made an ice flower from thin air.

“Here.” The quiet boy says and hands the flower to him.

“The next time someone gives you that flower. I will make you a new one, prettier than this one.”

Izuku felt a blush on his face but before he could say anything Todoroki just entered the classroom.

What is that!!