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When Midoriya Inko gives birth to her sole source of pride and joy, Midoriya Izuku comes into the world quite unlike any other child. He doesn't cry the way normal babies do when the doctor gives a light slap to his grime covered bottom. The boy shrieks and chirps instead, sounding like a distressed chick who's lost its mother after falling out of its nest.
The doctors give shaky praises; they say that her son will probably be gifted with a strong Quirk if it's already manifested in the smallest of ways this early. Inko connects the dots in her mind, decides that their phrasing is weird- among other things- and lifts only one sweaty brow before promptly passing out.
Inko doesn't get to see how her son looks like; a female nurse wraps him in a blue blanket and carries the boy in her arms. A frown forms between her eyes.
As a baby, Izuku is small. Practically malnourished and it breaks Inko heart to see her son in literal skin and bones no matter how much she has him feed from her. The doctors tell her not to worry, they've done the tests and Izuku is technically as healthy as a horse.
It's the Quirk, they later add when concern is evident on the mother's face.
Several reassurances later, Inko relaxes and truly appreciates the feeling of bonding with her child as she hugs him gently against her chest. It had been a relief, at least, to know that Inko hasn't already failed her son at the very beginning of things, but the newly made mother will strangle someone if one more person comes barging in to sound a complaint of starving her baby in the privacy of her own room.
Darling Izuku doesn't put on much weight even after he turns 2. Thankfully, the semi-annually check-ups say he's fine, so Inko simply accepts that her son will always look as if she doesn't even feed him the bare minimum.
She vouches to wait till her son turns 4 before sending him to school, the least Inko wants is for Izuku to feel left out and teased for his appearance. If her son is 4, she hopes that he can at least brush off his malnourished frame under the pretence of his Quirk. Perhaps his classmates will be kinder to him then.
Izuku is everything to Inko after all. Her son has been an absolute delight to raise and Izuku is quiet and so very smart for his age. Gentle in nature as he possesses kind milky green eyes, Izuku doesn't cry (shriek) incessantly and only does so if his diapers are dirty or if he feels hungry. He seems to be naturally empathetic, so Inko rarely finds herself frayed by single motherhood when it comes to Izuku.
She loves him with all her heart. Although even if Izuku weren't all that, she knows that she'll love him either way.
The young child with gaunt cheeks, thick green hair and big doe eyes turns 4 and suddenly, Inko fails to find him within the safety of their home. She panics in a way only a mother can and after her own searches fail to give her a clue as to where her precious treasure was, Inko's hand is already at the phone.
A soft, haunting trill enters her ears and Inko shudders. Goosebumps appear on her skin and the sound makes her think of winter and death- the day her parents passed away had been full of grief. Sadness overcomes Inko and memories of a day she's accepted years ago come smashing into her mind like a freight train.
Whatever is making the sound is outside their door, Inko is almost too afraid to answer it. The fear eases when she hears a chirp and shriek which sounded too familiar to belong to a stranger. Inko practically yanks the door open and behold, the presence of a skeletal looking foal clicks its hooves nervously.
Looking into its (now) completely white eyes and scanning the malnourished looking face sprinkled with freckles, Inko suppresses a sob. "Midoriya Izuku! Where have you been?! I was so worried!" the mother raises her voice before pulling the dark coated foal into a tight hug- caring less about the way sharp bones dig into her skin.
Her son, her darling Izuku more important than air and water itself- this is the first time Izuku has done something to actually upset her but Inko cannot bring herself to scold him anymore than this because the relief is overwhelming.
Izuku breaths a wheezing sound, something like a cross between a chirp and someone coughing. His long, whip-like tail with forest-green horse hair growing at the tip swings feely. "Young man, you're going to give your mother a heart attack one day." Inko jokingly laughs with a tremble in her voice. She tries to recover quickly, afraid of making her son too guilty.
From the way Izuku chirps lowly, she can tell he feels bad about making Inko worry. "But what is this? Have you gotten your Quirk already?" Inko asks kindly, trying to distract her son for a bit.
The question seems to excite Izuku, dragon-like face nuzzling against Inko's. Then, the boy flare's his wings that were originally tucked against his sides; they are large and leathery, looking about twice his size from wingspan alone. "Wow!" Inko gasps, eyes wide. "You have such pretty wings, Izuku. I'm so proud of you!" the woman coos, and her son fidgets shyly within her arms.
It's a memorable experience when Izuku changes back. They are in the living room when his form shifts, bones rearranging themselves in a seemingly painful matter; Inko hopes it's not as painful as it looks. It isn't, she knows, when her now human looking son is babbling about his newly found Quirk with words going faster than he can fly.
Which was apparently, really fast, if the way Izuku's eyes sparkled as he talks about his little trip around their apartment's area.
"I'm very happy you got your Quirk, Izuku. But from now own, please don't go out without telling me, ne? Kaa-san needs to know where you're going so that you are safe, okay?"
Izuku nods rapidly, left-over guilt coating over his large eyes. "Okay… I promise I'll tell you whenever I go out from now on. I'm sorry for worrying you."
Inko kneels from where her sun is sitting on the couch hugs her little boy tightly. "Thank you. Alright then, we'll have your favourite Katsudon for dinner and since you've just your Quirk, you can sleep an hour later. Take a shower now, Izuku. You can watch some episodes of All Might after that."
The boy beams at her, rushing off to the bathroom as if fire was at his heels. Inko finds herself smiling. She starts washing the rice before- "Oh!" the lady freezes briefly. Inko looks over her shoulders before yelling "I love you, Izuku!"
"I love you too, mom!" Izuku yells back, giggles breaking over the rumble of the heater turning on. The Midoriya household is peaceful once more.