CHAPTER ONE
My brother was next up to throw the ball. He threw it and it was a lame throw but then he picked it up again and this time, when he threw it… it went incredibly far. He used that new quirk of his. The quirk where I have no damn clue where it came from, which is saying a lot since we're twins.
FLASHBACK
I've gotten myself 26 points so far, the exam is almost done. A giant villain has made itself known and all of the other students have run back, away from it. This giant villain may not be worth any points but outside of school, you don't beat up villains and criminals for points. Giving this giant villain a once over I stop at the ground when I see a girl stuck and hurt and my brother running up to save her.
A moment later my brother is jumping up, right up to the villain's head and he punches it so hard it's demolished. He starts falling and I start thinking on how to save him from actually dying but as he closes in on the ground the girl he saved slaps his cheek and he's floating. I slap a hand over my own mouth to keep from laughing.
END FLASHBACK
Other than the slap to the face that saved Izuku's life I was - and still am - mostly pissed off. I know it's not how I should be reacting to this situation but, we're twins. We've never not told each other things and he was the one who was praised as the golden child because he was born without a quirk. It's seven types of screwed up but that's our father for you, he beat me, belittled me, and screamed at me for being born with a quirk. He spoiled and praised Izuku and told him that he was still perfect even without a quirk. Hell, our father accused me of stealing my brother's quirk. He said I should have been the quirkless one. Part of me thinks it's because I was born a girl.
"Deku, you bastard, tell me how you got your-!" Katsuki is interrupted and stopped by Mister Aizawa's scarf. "Why is your scarf so damn strong?!"
Now, I wouldn't resort to insulting my brother or running at him ready to kill him but, I don't exactly blame Katsuki. That's why I wasn't going to stop him, like I usually do when Katsuki goes after my brother or says some hurtful shit to him.
"It's made from carbon fiber and a metal alloy." Mister Aizawa explains. "Now calm down, I'm tired so those left to go, go." Aizawa tells us as he let's Katsuki go.
That just makes me even more pissed off. "Mister Aizawa!" I call out and he turns to me. "I'm next, Midoriya Yuka!" I tell him and I brush past Katsuki and Izuku and grab the ball.
I light the ball on fire and then I chuck it as hard as I can and I use the rest of my quirk to make sure it goes as far as I can. I turn to Aizawa and he nods at me. I turn to my new peers and my anger changes to sadness.
"That's an awesome quirk, Deku!" The girl from the entrance exams compliments.
"How is your finger?" The boy with the engine quirk asks him, looking at Izuku's finger.
"Does it hurt?" The girl asks, also looking at his finger.
"No, not really." Izuku answers sheepishly.
Tears spring into my eyes and my anger rises even more. I turn and head to a spot I hope I won't be noticed. I knew things were going to change once we started high school, but not this soon or this fast.
Aizawa gives us the final results and I'm shocked to see Katsuki came in third, right above Tenya Ida - the kid with the engine quirk. The girl is Ochaco Uraraka, her quirk is zero gravity and she came in tenth. After Aizawa gives us final instructions for the day and dismisses us I head off to change. I'm not on the results for one specific reason that only Izuku and Aizawa know.
"Hey! Midoriya!" I ignore it because I assume my brother is right behind me and it's someone new trying to meet him and if it was Katsuki, I'd recognize his voice and he'd probably call me 'flame brain' if anything. "Yuka!" I stop and turn to see a girl running towards me.
She stops right in front of me and I kick myself mentally for assuming gender. "Hello, can I do something for you?" I ask them, giving them a once over.
"No, I just wanted to say how incredible your quirk is!" They grin at me. "My name is Manaba Mayumi!"
"Thank-you!" I reply but I'm being cautious because it was obvious that most of everyone else was more impressed by Izu's quirk. "You clearly know my name but before we continue in conversation I wanna let you know my pronouns are she/they!" I tell Mayumi happily.
"Okay! Mine are she/her!" She replies, seeming to be in a good mood. "Would you mind if I walk back with you to the locker room?" She asks and I shake my head.
"I wouldn't mind at all." Slowly, I lose the doubt I have towards Manaba's motivations to talk to me. "Oh, you can call me Yuka since there's two Midoriyas in our class." I tell her, after I remind myself to do so.
"You can call me Mayumi then, it's only fair if I'm going to be calling you by your first name." Mayumi seems so happy, naturally. While I'm forcing it, to keep up appearances.
"Okay, Mayumi it is!" I grin at her.
We make it to the locker rooms and change into our everyday clothes. After I change I wait for Mayumi outside the locker room. When she joins me I let her do the talking and I listen to every word, while getting lost in my feelings.
"Yuka-chan, are you alright?" Mayumi asks, concerned. I guess I let my guard down and was wearing my emotions on my face.
"Yeah! Just thinking!" I answer, trying to pass off a happy tone. I see her expression and sigh. "You can tell I'm not actually happy, yeah, should have known that." I state and hug my bag closer to me.
"You didn't participate in the long jump or the fifty meter dash, and you weren't on the results board, are you okay?" She points out and I bite my lower lip. Not sure if I should explain my situation.
"Yes. The reason isn't because I'm not okay, if I wasn't I wouldn't have been accepted into U.A." I point out then take a deep breath. "The reason is because I'm pregnant." I explain and Mayumi's eyes widen. "Yeah, I know, I'm only fourteen but that's a story for another day."
"How are you going to get through the hero course? Mainly the hero training?!" Mayumi asks, nothing but concern in her voice. I smile, warmed by my new friend's concern.
"Working with the teachers and Principle Nezu, actually Aizawa told me earlier that I could go to orientation if I wanted because he had already given me a quirk apprehension test before school started after my mom and I came to the school to talk about my situation after I found out." I explain. "I didn't because...I didn't want everybody else to ask questions, but I realize my thinking was backwards, no matter what I did people were going to ask questions, especially my classmates."
"Hey, if you want to keep this a secret for a little while, then your bundle of joy is safe with me!" Mayumi replies happily. My smile is genuine. "May I ask how far along you are?"
"Two months." I answer happily. We reach the classroom and Mayumi grabs both of us a syllabus. "Thank you Mayumi!"
"No problem, from this day on, whatever you need I'm here for you!" She's so nice. I'm glad we've met and I hope this friendship grows to be a really strong friendship.
"And I'll be here for you, Mayumi, no matter what!" I think back to the last half of the apprehension test. "And your quirk is really cool too, I promise I'm not just saying that!"
"Awe! Thank you!" We leave the school, going through small talk. Asking each other basic questions like when each other's birthdays are and what our favorite things are.
At the gate of the school we part ways. I realize I'm alone, Izuku and I usually walked home together, yes we had days we wanted to be alone. Honestly, I have spent the last ten months walking home alone or just being alone in general. Damn Deku.
I take a deep breath and fight back the tears and start walking home, not going to bother to wait for Izuku. I owe mom an apology though, I brushed her off this morning when she told Izuku and I that she's proud of us. All because I'm pissed that Izuku somehow has a quirk and he told not mom or I about it.
"Oi! Flame brain!" I groan to myself hearing Katsuki behind me. I keep walking. "Yuka!" His tone is what makes me stop. The last time we actually spoke was after I punched him in the face for telling Izuku to take a swan dive off the middle school building.
FLASHBACK
I approached Katsuki and his two friends, pissed right off after hearing what he told my brother to do. "Katsuki!" I shout, my anger more than clear.
"What the hell do you want, flame brain?" He asks, his tone telling me he doesn't care what I'm mad about. That only pisses me off further. I drop my bag and march right up to him and punch him in the face, hard. He's holding his face, shocked. "What the hell Yuka!?"
"You told Izuku to take a swan dive off the building! You're one hell of dumbass to even think that you would get away with saying that! You call my brother annoying and a quirkless loser and so many other things and I've tried to get you to stop or we both just ignore you but I'm done, I'm done letting it slide because that crossed a fucking line!" I scream at him.
"You're the fucking dumbass for coming up to me and punching me, you damn punk!" He starts walking towards me until I meet him dead in the eyes and stand up straight, prepared to take his punch. He stops dead in his tracks.
"Do it, Katsuki, punch me, cause I promise you it won't be nearly as bad as the shit my old man did to me." My voice is low and dead serious.
"What the hell are you talking about, Yuka?" His voice is the softest I've ever heard it.
"You wonder why Izuku takes your bullying, why I let it slide sometimes, our old man is why. You never know what's going on behind closed doors." I hiss at him. "The beatings, the insults, the belittling, the being literally thrown into my bedroom and locked in there, all of it is ten times worse than anything you can do. Hell, the things I do to myself are ten times worse. So go ahead, punch me Katsuki, but next time you want to tell someone to take a swan dive off a building, tell it to someone who actually might, and then live with the consequences of your words." I pick up my bag and turn away, going to continue on my way home.
"Yuka!" Katsuki grabs my hand and turns me back around to face him. He pulls me into a hug and I'm in shock. "I'm sorry." I can't stop the tears that slide down my cheeks.
"I'm not who you need to apologize to." I respond through the tears.
"No, you're one of the people I need to apologize to." He steps away from me and gives me a once over. "If you ever feel like hurting yourself, text me, immediately." His tone is dead serious but there's more to it, but I can't figure out what.
END FLASHBACK
His tone that day is the same one he's called my name with, which is why I've stopped and turned to him. "What Katsuki? If you've come to ask me how Izuku has his quirk, not even I know the answer to that and I shared a womb with him, so don't bother asking." I tell him bitterly. "I don't even know what my brother has been doing the last ten months." I know I'm whining at this point but I don't care.
"I don't give a damn about Deku, but hearing what you just said makes me even more pissed off at him." Katsuki replies. "I do give a damn about you though, Flame Brain." I roll my eyes at that.
"Only because I told you my father beat the living shit out of me, if I hadn't you wouldn't give a damn about me." I start walking away from him.
"You fucking dumbass!" Katsuki yells at me. "That's not true!" I whip around, ready to yell at him but I realize I'm taking out my temper on him when he, for the first time since we were children, isn't the cause of it.
Realizing that I feel the tears spring into my eyes again and slide down my cheeks. I wipe them away aggressively because I know Katsuki doesn't handle seeing people cry very well.
"Yuka." I look up at his face. He wears an expression I've never seen on his face before. He's not soft, that's just not the kind of person he is, but I could be wrong. I've just only ever seen his angry, hot-headed side. "I'm…" He growls and looks off to the side. "I'm not good at this but you know that! I just, I want to make sure you're okay! You haven't been texting me lately, not since, not since Shotomi's funeral."
He's talking about my late boyfriend, who was a year older than Katsuki and I. Shotomi died from being hit in the head with a basketball. He had a brain condition that doctors didn't catch until it was too late. Shotomi is also the father of my unborn child.
Katsuki's crimson eyes meet my mismatched ones, he's waiting for my answer. I shake my head.
"No, I'm not okay, Katsuki, other than the three weeks before, during, and after Shotomi's funeral I saw nothing of Izuku, I was a dumbass and shut out my mother and you, and…" I hesitate, again not sure if I should share this information, but it's Katsuki. Also, he was Shotomi's friend - close friend actually. "And I found out I'm pregnant with Shotomi's baby."
"Before or after the entrance exam?" Katsuki asks, after he processes what I just told him.
"After, two days after to be exact. If I had known before I would have withdrawn my application." I explain and he glares at me.
"And I would have called you a dumbass! U.A is perfect for you, pregnant or not and I would have made sure you still got in and I know Deku would have as well! Dumbass!" Katsuki flicks my forehead. "How far along are you?"
"Two months." I answer and I look up to see him looking around the area around us.
"Boy or girl?" He asks and that question makes me feel a little better.
"Do you know how a pregnancy works, Katsuki?" I ask him and his cheeks turn pink and he 'tch' and trips over his words before finally sighing in defeat.
"No." He answers and I laugh.
"That's the fault of our education system though, but I won't be able to find out the sex of the baby until I'm 20 weeks along, or 5 months." I explain to him happily. He looks down at my stomach and has what I think is a pout on his face. I don't bring it up but I grin.
"I don't see your dumbass brother around, let me walk you home." He grabs onto my bag and we start walking, both holding onto my bag. "I can't see your baby bump, and you have the type of body that you definitely have one, even at two months." His tone is a whiny one.
What alternate dimension have I found myself in?!
"I made sure to get a school uniform that hides the baby bump but you're right, I do have a baby bump." I smile as we cross the street and I feel lighter than I have since I found out I was pregnant.
"Do you have any names already picked out?" Katsuki asks, breaking the comfortable silence that had fallen between us.
"Hmm, only for a girl, I'm thinking Sora or Jono." I answer happily. Looking at him he seems to be thinking about something. If he's thinking of names, again I'm going to question what kind of alternate dimension I have fallen into.
"How about if the ankle biter is a boy you name him after his father?" Katsuki suggests, warming my heart. "Or the name Masanori, that's a good one." He suggests.
"Or Katsuki." I state nonchalantly. I see the grin on his face then he wipes it away.
"No, the last thing I need is a little nerd having my name, especially if the kid ends up looking like Deku!" Katsuki protests and I burst out laughing.
"I hope they look like Shotomi, girl or boy." I state lovingly, putting my free hand on my stomach.
"Are you hungry?" Katsuki asks as we pass by a few restaurants.
"Um, a little bit, yes. I can wait until I get home th-"
"Shut up, Flame Brain, I'm feeding you." Katsuki interrupts, back to his aggressive self.
Even though he mercilessly picked on Izuku, Katsuki and I were still close as children, but we often got into fist fights… with our quirks because I was standing up for my brother.
I don't argue with Katsuki as he drags me into a restaurant then gently but firmly pushes me into a booth then sits down across from me. A server comes over with menus and asks what we want to drink to start us off. Katsuki gets soda and asks for chocolate milk for me.
I am honestly shocked he remembers that. Our families had a lot of outings together before Katsuki started picking on Izuku and before my mom's work hours increased. And I never failed to ask for chocolate milk, to this day I still get that. I suspect that Katsuki still kept tabs on me since we used to go to the same place to grab a quick snack after school. I say 'used' to because I stopped going when Izuku started going off to wherever he did after school. Not even mom knows.
Speaking of mom, I pull out my phone and text her telling her that Katsuki is 'feeding me' and I tell her which restaurant we're at.
The server comes back with our drinks and asks if we're ready to order. I ask for a few more minutes. I haven't even looked at the menu yet. Katsuki is on his phone, probably texting his mother to tell her he's going to be late getting home. I doubt he's even looked at the menu yet.
I pick up the menu and see that they serve all day breakfast. I flip through the menu but can't decide on what to eat. I frown to myself, hating it when I have days like this. This is a western food restaurant but they do have traditional Japanese dishes as well.
"Can't decide, Flame Brain?" Katsuki asks, pulling down my menu.
"Nope." I answer, annoyed with myself. "You can pick for me if you want." I tell him, at this point, I will eat just about anything. "Just nothing spicy." I tell him just as he waves our server over.
"Yeah, can I get two pulled pork briskets, and two sides of gravy?" Katsuki orders and I grin, loving how he's just ordering for me what he's getting for himself. My phone dings and I open the text from mom. My head lights on fire - a side effect of my quirk when an intense blush finds my face - when I read what she has asked. Mom asks if this is a date. I immediately reply with a 'no'.
"Hey Flame Brain!" Katsuki gets my attention and I try to get a reign on the flames. I do but I know people are staring at us. "Oi, are you okay?" He asks, then glares at anyone who stares.
"Oh yeah," that's right, this side effect didn't show up until puberty, "that's just a recent side-effect of my quirk whenever an intense blush finds my face." I explain. "I'm blushing because of something mom said to me." I explain further then take a drink.
"At least you know your fire doesn't hurt you." Katsuki points out, being civil. This is really new to me and I'm still trying to process that this is real and not some kind of weird dream induced by my pregnancy hormones.
"That's true, though I think mom, Izuku, and Shotomi freaked out more than I did when it first happened." I point out. "We were having a picnic and Shotomi flirted and poof, my head is on fire."
Katsuki starts laughing, probably picturing it. Then his laugh dies off and his face turns red with a blush...I don't want to know what he's thinking about because I have an idea of what he's thinking about.
"What if the kid is born with a mix of yours and Shotomi's quirk." I freeze in the middle of grabbing my cup thinking about Katsuki's question.
"Ha ha...I'm in danger!" I state and bury my face in my hands. Telekinetic Fire is my quirk and Shotomi's quirk was Wind Control. "Let's pray the kid inherits only one or the other or a quirk from one of their grandparents." I answer, while looking down at the baby bump.
The server comes over with our food and I find that for the first time in a while I'm not as stressed out as I have been. Shotomi's death hit hard and his dad has been there for me, actually schedules 'dates' to take me out. He's even supportive of this pregnancy and me still going to school. I know it's exceptionally hard on him because he lost his wife when Shotomi was three and now he's lost his son.
"Hey, Yuka." Judging by Katsuki's tone, I was wearing my emotions on my face. "If Sho was still here, he'd be overjoyed to be a dad, nerd had a huge soft spot for kids. To have one of his own, he'd be over the moon, especially because you're the kid's mother, he was head over heels in love with you, Yuka." Katsuki's words are sincere.
It seems I've forgotten the other person who was hit hard by Sho's death. Katsuki and Sho were really close.
"He loved you too, Katsuki, you weren't just his friend." I don't have to say anymore because Katsuki knows he was like a brother to Shotomi. "He always told me that if anyone is going to surpass All Might, it'll be you."
"Heh, you bet I am!" This seems to lighten the mood.
"You just have to work on a couple things." I add and this gets me a glare.
"What did you say, Flame Brain?!" He demands and I give him a cocky grin.
"You heard me, hedgehog." I counter.
"Cocky little….ENBY!" He yells and I burst out laughing.
I know he knows that's not an insult. Despite how annoying and aggressive he usually is, and how often he bullies Izuku, he has a softer side he hides. Maybe I'm a bit smug, because as far as I know I'm the only one who has seen this side of him.
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