Dark Desires

-Roomates-

In the new apartment that housed four of Japan's villains, some known more than others, it had been oddly quiet. Ever since Gentle and La Brava came back from their small trip they hadn't seen Venom or Izuku at all. They wanted to ask the random girl Toga more, but she just kept dodging questions, so with nothing else to do they went to Gentle's office/bedroom to plan.

Gentle himself had many things on his mind, their views, how the public perceived them, and the circumstances they currently faced.

"La Brava." He said while sipping on a cup of tea looking out the window.

"Yes Gentle?" She asked worriedly, he sounded so serious to her, more than ever before. It must have to do with their new...guests. Who would be comfortable housing cannibals?!

He set his cup of tea down, unfinished. THat put tons of red flags up for the smaller girl. Never, in the history of knowing him, had he fully set down his cup and tea plate unless he finished it.

"How many views were we getting on our videos before Venom's appearance?"

The question threw her off, but with the fact that Venom was still involved she trusted him to find a way to solve this. Maybe they would find a way to publicly humiliate him! That would drive those two away! Eager to help him with his plan La Brava pulled out her tablet and looked at the necessary information.

"On average we were getting about three hundred views a week with fifteen comments."

"And after his appearance?" He asked again, sounding more intrigued than worried.

La Brava frowned at the new information. "The last three months we got a total of fifty views with ten comments. Almost all of them reference Venom in some way."

"Yes, that would make sense." Gentle mused.

Make sense? Wasn't their whole goal of doing these videos to get more attention, for everyone to see how magnificent Gentle was?

"I don't get it, isn't this a bad thing?" She asked.

"While it is bad for us I think it may be a necessary wake up call. Think about it, we tried to be a face of villainy that would gain the attention of the masses. But, Venom captured their attention right away."

"That's because he ate a hero on live tv!" She reasoned, that was certainly never seen before so that's how he stole their views. He didn't even have a channel!

"Yes, his image was the embodiment of what was viewed as evil. Yet why does he still grab the public's attention even though the event has passed?"

"Gentle, forgive me but, I don't I understand."

He twirled around, flapping his coat and putting a hand to his chin in a dramatic fashion.

"It is because his existence sparks drama! Everyone loves a good story to watch, and the fact that a quirkless boy became such a creature made everyone talk about him. Is he possessed? Was he a late bloomer? Why can't the heroes stop him? His story itches the public for a show and he is already on the stage. We already have a great villain, now what else does the story need?"

She thought about it, everything he was saying was true. Midoriya was a huge topic of controversy that occasional riots broke out about, either demanding help for the boy, or for the pros to lock him up immediately. But, if he was the villain of the story, then..

"We need a hero!" She said out loud as the answer hit her. "But Gentle, you already announced yourself as a villain. How are we going to get a hero for the story?"

"It's simple really, I must die." He said with a smirk.

"WHAT?! Gentle, please, you can't d-die-" She was already on the verge of tears but Gentle held a finger up.

"My persona must die, but I will play the part that the public wants, no, needs! I will no longer be a gentle criminal, but a hero!" He said with another twirl. "Of course my face is already plastered on the internet, so once we gain popularity they would connect me to my background and all my heroic deeds would go to ash. What we need is to make new characters to play, one where we can hide our quirks in plain sight."

"That..is an amazing plan Gentle! You always know what to do!" She complimented with all of her heart.

"I am so glad you agree, but while we start to write the script, make the props, we need to make sure our fellow actor will participate in the show." He finished with a slightly nervous tone.

Ask Venom, to work with them? She didn't like that idea. His existence was a threat to their lives the closer he was, and right now he was under the same roof as them. But, if they made it work, they would be able to steal all of his viewers and everyone would talk about the hero who went face to face with Venom!

"I'll do it Gentle! I'll talk to him and make sure he participates." She volunteered, even though the thought of being anywhere near the boy was terrifying.

He stopped his persona, relaxing his body and looking down to meet La Brava's eyes. "Are you absolutely sure? I need you already to aid in making the props and setting up cameras but-"

"It's alright Gentle, I can do it. Have faith in me as much as I love you!" She said in a confident tone. She would do this for him, she would do anything for him.

"If you are sure, but, I will no longer be known as Gentle, but Captain Mysterion!" He said making a new heroic pose. "Hm, that name doesn't feel right, it will need some work."

"I know you'll come up with the best name." La Brava said, making her way out of the room to try and figure out a way to convince the boy to help.

Jiro: Why didn't you want to meet up for your present?

Jiro: I get that you're wanted but I can be stealthy.

Jiro: Why aren't you responding? Having trouble getting to a library?

Jiro: Are you ok?

Jiro: Is there anything I can do to help?

Jiro: I see you reading my messages, tell me what's up.

Izuku held his phone in his hand reading the same texts over and over. He was sitting in the corner of his new room with the lights off. His hair was much longer, months of not getting a haircut started to really show as his curly green locks nearly encompassed his vision.

Himiko had come by every now and then to check on him when she wasn't sleeping in the bed. Usually with a gift of chocolate to add to the wrappers surrounding him, or of furniture for their room to make it feel more like home. But his home was gone, the apartment he grew up in was trashed and empty. Just like how he felt right now, empty.

His phone started buzzing again, Jiro was calling. She's so nice, but she doesn't deserve a friend like him. Instead of eating sweats he went on a killing spree and ate so many people.

And liked the taste of it.

Even now he feels the craving of sinking his teeth into someone and ripping apart their flesh to get to the more juicy parts. Somehow, eating a chocolate bar had the same feeling, so he focused on that.

He felt Venom take control of his hand and his mouth, he didn't bother to fight it. There was no point for a meat puppet to have any choice. All his choices were horrible.

"Hello?! Izuku?! Are you ok? You haven't responded and-"

"He's fine...mostly."

"Venom, what do you mean?"

"We recently got a nice place to stay. Warm, a bedroom, and someone who looks out for us."

"...But?"

"We found out we never had to eat anyone. Our appetite can be solved with chocolate."

"Chocolate?"

"Yes."

"Why does that sound less believable than you being an alien?"

"Because it's harder to accept the fact that we never had to eat Kamui Woods, or plenty of others. That makes Izuku feel guilty beyond belief, that such a simple solution was always in grasp."

"...Can I talk to Izuku please?"

Venom gave control back to Izuku, but he didn't do anything. He wasn't even acknowledging that the phone call was happening. So, with nothing else to do, Venom took back control.

"We keep trying, but he won't do anything."

"Fine, tell me where you are then."

"No can do."

"Why not?! Izuku is obviously crashing and I don't think he will listen to a literal voice in his head."

"You'd be in danger."

"What, you gonna try and eat me for helping the guy you depend on?"

"Not from us."

"What does that mean?!"

*knock knock*

Venom sensed who was behind the door instantly, but to his surprise, it wasn't Toga. It was the oompa loompa.

"Um, Venom or, Midoriya, I w-was thinking about making s-some food. Do you want anything? B-but nothing t-that I couldn't b-buy at the s-supermarket."

"Who is that?"

*click* Venom ended the call and turned the phone off to not be interrupted. Taking full control he manifested himself is his monstrous form to move freely. His heavy footsteps were clear as he went for the doorknob. He paused right before opening the door and looked back at his body. It was clearly scary, and he liked being scary, but he didn't know if that was best for how scared this girl was from what he could smell.

He didn't trust her, but she was technically a hostage to him and Toga right now and if she was doing anything remotely nice she should be rewarded. Deciding on how to be more presentable he shrunk back down to only a thin coating of black over Izuku's body and uncovered his head.

Opening the door revealed the slightly shaking form of La Brava, or Aiba Manami as Toga had informed them.

"H-hi." She weakly said while looking away. But once she looked up she stopped shaking and really looked.

Venom took control of Izuku's mouth, interrupting the girls observing.

"You mentioned food?"

"Eep! Uh, yes, w-what do you want t-to eat?" She asked, very nervous about the potential answer.

"Chocolate, lots and lots of chocolate."

"Um...sure, I could get you some. But, what about for a meal?"

"More chocolate."

"...don't you want to have any..meat?" She was getting more and more confused. Didn't he have a big appetite for blood and meat and bones or something?

"If you're asking if we want to eat anyone, of course we do. But we recently discovered chocolate is cheaper and fulfills our dietary needs."

Seeing how the girl was still standing there confused, Venom would have sighed on reflex if he needed to breathe. So, he decided to quickly explain to save Izuku and himself future headaches of explanations. This was the first time they tried to talk to them after all.

"We have a need to eat. Originally we thought we had to eat people to live, seeing that was what we craved. Then, right after we moved here we had chocolate."

The gears visibly clicked together in Manami's head to Venom's relief. Then, she had a different look on her face, was it sadness? NO, IT LOOKED LIKE PITY!

His face morphed back and he grew to his full size making the girl fall on her behind and shake.

"Don't give us your pity! If we wanted we could eat you, your mother, your long lost sibling, and the butler. So next time you think we are weak, we will show you how wrong you are." He snarled.

He shrunk back to grumble inside Izuku. Now Manami was left with a hollow Midoriya. His green eyes briefly caught her own, and he frowned a little more. Crouching down he slowly extended his hand to her.

So many conflicting feelings were swirling around in her gut. First she was scared about talking to them, then confused by the chocolate, after that..

She did feel bad, looking at that boy's face. It looked too much like her own when her entire world was crushed. He probably never asked for any of this did he?

Now she was back to feeling scared of the beast inside the boy, but he just kept holding his hand out to her. She and many others have seen what Venom was like, but what about this boy, this person right in front of her.

Taking the risk she grabbed his hand. He easily lifted her up and turned to walk into his room. He stopped at the doorway, making her a little agitated by the sudden action.

"Sorry about that." He whispered. "I won't bother you anymore."

The door closed behind him. Manami stood in silence, mulling over what was going through the boy's mind. Logically, she should avoid him at all costs, never talking to him unless necessary. But, he reminded her so much of how she used to be before Gentle gave her a purpose, a reason to try.

She would do the same for him, to show him how great Gentle is and how he will help him.

So, this is new for me to respond to comments and write under the story. This is also a shorter chapter but I had it written so here you go. I've been working on some bigger stuff for this story so I'm trying to pace it in a way that will get us to the main story faster but also take necessary time to set things up.

Funny enough, I wasn't planning on chocolate being a thing for this story. But when it was Christmas and I saw where I could throw it in I was laughing while writing it.

Anyways, I'll reply to comments from now on here cause people seem to like that.

RedTokyo95:

Yeah, Izuku is just going to be a miserable mess for the next little bit so I'm going to progress some of the other characters and get some bigger things set up for when Izuku is ready.

XLR8 The Fox:

Yep, pretty much what is happening. But I don't know how crazy he will get.

Random65:

I'm glad you liked that!

Death Fury:

Thanks!

MarkoncioX:

A lot of people have been wondering that, and it was been a long time coming. But, I don't know about happier, maybe more mature? Hard to write someone's feelings when they discover they don't have to eat people.

All Might is probably going to be a personal favorite plot in this. Number One hero trying to bring redemption to one of the most feared people to the public. If or when he manages to give One for All to Midoriya there would have to be an equally powerful threat. But, I'm still curious how Venom would react to more power? Or if he can even accept it.

HydraLightning:

Thank you!

Elsoem:

….Yeah….