DEER
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Disclaimer: Boku no Hero Academia belongs to Horikoshi Kohei
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Genre(s): Adventure/Hurt/Comfort
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Warning(s): Typo is my most loyal fan, spelling mistakes because English is not my mother language, Possibly OOC. NO BETA, so beware of grammar mistakes
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Summary: Shota thought discovering their 'Nightwalker' to be a kid was bad enough. Not to mention how the said kid is literally Quirkless, meaning the law cannot touch him.
"I don't wanna be a Hero. It's too troublesome"
And then this?
Maybe it's not too late to ask Nezu for a raise this year…
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Or, being a good citizen and stopping an illegal back-alley transaction resulted in him getting some High-Ranking Villain's attention. He didn't even raise a hand at those A-holes. Just glaring at them hard enough, they turned tail.
This second-chance of life is so not worth it. What a drag…
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Mirio watched nervously as Eijiro glared hard at the surface of the wooden desk, balling his fists while steadily ignoring Nighteye's awkward stare.
And what an awkward situation indeed, their relationship was, after the red-haired boy snapped at the bespectacled man then ran out of the agency with tears in his eyes. Mirio was outside the room when their tense dispute happened, so he couldn't hear anything. All-Might took the senior aside and begin talking, leaving the guilty-looking Nigtheye mulling over the situation. It wasn't a long story. Yet the simplicity of it made his brain stuttered to a halt.
There was no way, right? That his cool mentor decided to focus on someone else's Quirk instead of someone else's life? Mirio knew, even with an overpowered Quirk such as Foresight, Nighteye never liked using his ability too much. He didn't want the future to turn into a self-fulfilling destiny. And he didn't want to give false hope to other people either. But to completely ignored it and insinuated that One for All's successor matter is more important than the safety of others…
No wonder Eijiro looked so angry.
And what a jarring transition too. As he knew how friendly the junior was, especially at how easy he diffused the explosive boy's explosive temper from his own class without so much of batting an eyelash. He is just like the buff blondie himself, Amajiki Tamaki pointed out; someone who won't get easily mad, solving every problem with a big, sincere smile plastered on their face.
It was like a break in reality when that energizing grin was nowhere to be seen. Replaced with an agitated scowl and gnashed teeth.
(People weren't kidding when they said 'don't push the nice people's button too much'. When they explode, it was almost like the end of the world)
Mirio wasn't surprised if Eijiro didn't want to study in this agency anymore after that fiasco. A pity, as he was really looking forward to had joined training with him. So, he was a bit caught off guard when the red-haired boy actually came back the next day. With bloodshot eyes and puffy nose (he must be crying) holding onto All-Might's sleeve like a child who was afraid of getting lost in a crowd. Number One hero managed to cajole him. Saying that, even if his former sidekick has a bad manner and seemed like a callous human being, he is a caring hero (Eijiro's expression looked skeptical at that). Besides, he is still the lead inspector of Shie Hassakai case. His protégé could dislike Nighteye for all he wanted, but please, save it after we save Midoriya-kun, alright? We are all worried about him, Kirishima-kun.
Eijiro relented, albeit begrudgingly. Mirio could see how All-Might's complexion got paler as the time passed by, stressed consumed his already thinned body. The disappearance of his students must take a toll on him. A week and two days, and still no news.
He wanted to keep on the positivity. But even the bleak atmosphere hanging around the UA's staff and class 1-A students started to effect Mirio.
Midoriya-kun sure was lucky. To be surrounded by a lot of people who cared about him. Then the greenette's confession about the reality of Heroes society, in general, flashed through his mind, blondie's eyebrows immediately scrunched. If only he trusted them too
But Mirio knew it won't happen. The heroes who abandoned him and his late friends screwed up so bad, Izuku won't confide in any people with this occupation in the near future.
While he clasped the cape onto his shoulders and let it fall to the ground, he saw Nighteye slowly approaching Eijiro. His mouth opened, clearly wanted to say something. Yet the shark-teeth boy cut it with, "sorry, sir. But I don't care." as he directed his complete attention on placing the gear-looking armband around his armpits. Eijiro tightened his mask and walked past the silent mentor, mouth pulled down into a determined line, "let just focused on raiding their hideout for now and save Midoriya-kun."
(Not to mention, his junior's faith in heroes won't be mended either before Izuku is back within the safety of UA)
That's okay, though. Togata Mirio will give them proof that Heroes weren't cut from the same cloth. That he'll help Midoriya Izuku. Protect Kirishima Eijiro from the darkness of the cruel world. Enveloped them all in a blanket of warm and bright future.
Because Lemillion aspired to save one million people.