-Midoriya POV-
After Midoriya's teacher finished giving Eri instructions on what to do for the morning, the two of them headed off to one of the offices located inside the main campus. With a quick glance around he was able to figure out the office belonged to his Sensei. He sat down on the couch as instructed by the hero, refusing to look up at the man. Aizawa took a seat on the couch across from him. The only thing between the two now was a light brown coffee table. He closed his eyes trying to not picture in his head all the different ways this conversation could go. He didn't even want to think about anything at all- nothing, not his classmates, nor friends, nor teachers, nor did he even want to think about becoming a hero. He just wanted all of this mess to disappear. He wished his thoughts and feelings would just disappear. More than ever before he wished that he could switch lives with somebody else. He wondered how a quirk like that would work. Would they switch back after a while or would there be some kind of requirement needed, maybe the quirk holder would have to touch the two again to switch them back.
Focus...
Midoriya opened his eyes to look around the room, looking at all the different items that belonged to Aizawa. Against the left of the room he spotted a small table with many coffee mugs and a nice looking coffee machine. The coffee mugs were a mix of ones he could easily recognize as his sensei's and ones he didn't; most of the mugs varied from being plain in design or being cat related. Looking at his teachers desk he found a mix of pens, journals, papers, and picture frames. There was also a computer and another coffee mug, still laying out from being used recently- which he recognized as the one he helped Eri pick out for Aizawa when she wanted to find a gift to thank him for everything he's done for her.
He snapped his attention back to Aizawa when the man let out a small cough to gain his attention.
"I know this isn't something you want to talk about, but it's important that we hear the details from you."
"It's nothing important..."
"Don't say that!" Aizawa snapped, causing him to flinch back.
"I-..."
"Listen... Kid I'm sorry for yelling, but don't call this unimportant. I get that this is a hard topic for you, which is why I can't let it slip by. Now it's rather obvious that so many people in your life have hurt you in one way or another and holding all that inside isn't good for you."
Aizawa stopped talking for a second, letting Izuku pause and think.
He didn't want to have this conversation. He was to afraid that his teacher would get mad at him. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to tell his teacher everything without revealing the truth behind his quirk. He knew Aizawa told him he was cared for- he knew logically that the man was right but his old feelings were getting the best of him.
"I- know... but everything is so much better now. I didn't get help then- when everything was still happening so why should I need it now?"
Why should he have to bring up his past feelings? He doesn't want to think about the past, he just wants to move on already.
"Kid... It doesn't matter that it happened in the past, it's still effecting you now. Plus I don't think it's over as much as you are trying to force yourself to believe. While yes, you have friends now, and teachers that care, we still never noticed and even though Bakugou's been getting better we still let him get away with treating you poorly. We failed you and-"
"You didn't fail me!"
Nobody failed him! They just never noticed.
"Kid, we did-"
He tried interrupting Aizawa again but the man continued before he could.
"-No listen. We did. We might have cared, but we still failed to notice how we were hurting you. Like I said I get that it's hard but you won't be able to let it go unless you talk about it. Think about it like this, you didn't want us to figure out you used to be quirkless because you were afraid we would hate you for it, right?"
He tried to respond but found the words stuck in his throat, so he chose to settle for a quick nod of his head.
"Therefore the past events are still making you afraid. Even if you never get over the fear of people finding out, it might become slightly easier and you'll have people watching your backs. Having someone be there for you does help, trust me. You can't keep pushing it off. If you talk to someone about it, then they can give you advice. People can't give advice for something they don't know about. Just please try talking to someone. It doesn't matter if it's not me who you want to share everything with- just find anyone."
He took a second to think about the words spoken.
I suppose he might be right. Maybe I'll give it one chance. Just to see if it will help.
Wait if he's telling me it doesn't have to be him, then why am I having to talk to him right now...
"You said it could be anyone?"
"Yes."
"Then why am I being forced here to talk to you?"
"Because, while you don't have to get emotional with me or tell me details- I do need to know if there's anything we need to do? Judging by what we learned Bakugou is involved in your suffering. While what happens after we dive deeper into the situation isn't really up to you, we do need to know if you feel safe with him."
He didn't know what to say to that. Kacchan had never treated him well in the past but he was getting better. Even though that in no way excuse the past, he could never hate him. He knew Kacchan deserved some kind of punishment for how he had acted but he didn't want the blonde to be kicked out of the school.
"I-I won't lie..."
He watched as Aizawa focused his eyes on him.
"He did use to hurt me. Sometimes when I have a bad day he still scares me but he is getting better... and I do know that him changing doesn't excuse his actions from middle school or even earlier this year. I don't mind him being in my class..."
And he didn't mind. Sure sometimes it effected him more at some points then others but he never really did mind.
"Probl- Midoriya..."
"You can call me problem child. I think it's different when you say it. The name sounds endearing coming from you."
Aizawa seemed almost surprised to hear that. He noticed that the sides of Aizawa's mouth were twitching up behind the familiar capture weapon.
"Alright if your sure..." The man paused for a brief second before adding in a quickly muttered, "Problem child."
They sat there in a comfortable silence for a while before he decided to break it.
"You said I should tell someone about my problems, right?"
Aizawa jumped at the sudden question before settling back into his previous position, the only difference being that now he had his eyes opened and watching him silently.
"Yes."
Well here goes nothing...
"And your fine with that person being you."
The man offered nothing but another soft, "yes".
And with that he told the man about how him and Kacchan used to be friends, and his diagnoses, and the blondes betrayal, and how he had been treated his whole life. The only things he didn't mention anything about was his mom and one for all. When he got to the part of Kacchan telling him to Jump of a roof, Aizawa looked pissed, the man only getting worse when hearing about his accouter with All Might. He tried making things better for All Might by telling Aizawa about how All Might apologized after the second attack, leaving out the snippets about one for all. His justification hardly calmed the man at all. He would have to remember to text All Might a warning before Aizawa got to him.
"Thanks for telling me kid. I know that wasn't easy and I hope I'm able to help you get better and feel loved."
He sat there. Just staring there. He didn't even realize that the hero had left the other couch and moved to his until he felt a gentle hand wipe away the tears streaming down his face. Long arms wrapped around him as he moved to burry his head in Aizawa's neck. Aizawa's hand gently rubbed back and forth in a comfortable motion on his back. The two of them stayed there, hugging each other until the lure of sleep dragged him away from reality.
A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed. Thank you to everyone who liked and/or commented on this. Till next time!