It started when the weekend finally came... Izuku dedicated his free time to Tomura. Anytime that was free, he was there with him. Even on Thursday, he spent his whole day learning with Izuku. He had to admit it was nice…. He had someone who could challenge him.

It was as normal as he could feel. The first time in years, he was alright. No one was afraid. No one went screaming. He had someone.

It was easy to ignore his gigantic crush on Izuku because he was with him all the time and even with things awkward at times, it was nice. He was getting to know the green haired boy and that included his friends too.

Neito…. He liked him. He understood what Tomura was going through.

Shouto…. That boy was hilarious. The way he kept his face neutral while he talked was a skill he wished he had.

Hitoshi looked like he rose from the dead. He was smart and quiet. He was training under Aizawa. His quirk was cool.

Ochako…. She was almost as annoying as Mei and as bubbly as she was but that moment of where she turns into a competitive demon was thrilling to see.

Friday night with permission, Tomura was dragged to 1-A's dorm.

He was not a shy guy. He was a guy that hated social interaction due to how people usually treated him but when someone as cute and accepting as Izuku grabs your hand and drags you to his 'home' you don't resist. Just like that, he had too many eyes on him at once making him hate that he was taller than everyone else he was standing near.

He had his gloves on of course. He waited for the moment someone would start yelling but then a guy with yellow hair and a black lightning bolt through it.

"Hey! You wanna play man?! You can call me Kaminari or Denki."

The guy held out his hand for Tomura to shake. The older teen looked at Izuku who nodded with a grin then back at the blonde guy.

"Hi, I'm Tomura."

He shook his hand.

"You like Mario Kart?!"

"Yea, who doesn't?"

"YEA! A new challenger!"

He threw his hands up in the air.

"Everyone get in position!"

Tomura jumped as almost everyone scattered from the common room.
"We gotta give everyone five minutes to set up. The winners all face each other. Five winners at the end. We already drew names. You can play for your boyfriend if you want. What do you say Izuku?"

"D-Denki-

"It's all cool!" the blonde said with a grin, "So what are you doing?"

"I'll play for Izuku."

"Alright! Usually Neito or Hitoshi jump into the winner's round to make it more difficult. You can either sign in here or in his room. All of us got Switches so we could play. Momo was nice enough to buy half of us one with some games!"

"I'll do it here. I have an account."

"Alright! Lock and load man!"

Kaminari took off to his room.

Tomura felt a little jealous. He didn't realize how close they all were and that one of them was even nice enough to get them the consoles so they weren't left out. He only ever played with people online and none of them were from real life. He was even friends with a few who spoke English and one German guy.

It might've sounded stupid to someone else but was this how friends really were?

Tomura picked his character, finding out he was against GravityQueen65, PrincessM100 and GrapeSoda69.

"That's Ochako, Momo and Mineta."

"Oh, ok."

"Good luck."

Tomura glanced at him and smiled softly.

"Thanks."

The game started and GravityQueen65 shot off like a fucking bullet.

"The fuck-

"She's a button masher. Don't play fighting games with her."

"No shit-

He heard yelling and screaming, almost making his head turn to look.

"It's probably Ochako and Kacchan. They're the worst ones."

"WHO THE FUCK THREW THAT SHELL?!"

"Fuck, I don't think villains are that aggressive. No wonder your class is so competitive and wins a lot."

Izuku snickered.

"That's what happens when villains continue to attack us. Everyone is pretty um…. Extra."

The older teen snorted.

More screaming was heard then a few happy cheers.

"Suck my dick Shoji!" Katsuki screamed out of his room, "Throwing that bullshit ain't always gonna work!"

"Damn straight again!" Kaminari screamed out his door, "Number one!"

Tomura frowned . Ochako was a damn beast. She dodged everything and she was freakin' relentless. It was a wonder she didn't play professionally.

"I won!" Mina shouted loudly.

"Me as well!" Iida called out.

Izuku was on the edge of his seat practically chewing his fingernails. Tomura crossed the finish line first.

Suddenly there was loud stomping before Izuku could even cheer for his new friend.

"There's no fucking way!" Ochako shouted.

The two boys turned to look at her. Her whole face was pink with rage.

"There's no way Midoriya was playing!" Mineta shouted, running down the hallway, "He always plays like shit!"

"There should be a swear jar in here," Tomura said with a shit eating grin on his face, "Never knew everyone was such sore losers."

"Alright! Winners to Cheese Land!"

Tomura's face fell, "What?"

"The winners play on Cheese Land."

"Christ…. It's like throwing someone in jello and telling them to swim faster."

Izuku giggled as he ran a hand through his green curls, "The winner of that track…. Has bragging rights for a week. Good luck."

He joined the lobby to see the new usernames.

LightningBeat41

D1eA1ready10

DreamEaterD

Spyguy53

PrettyAlien33

SpeedRacerLegs

"That's Kaminari, Kacchan, Hitoshi, Neito, Mina and Iida."

"How are your other friends on here?"

Izuku bit his lip, "Neito only plays on Cheese Land. He likes me and Ochako but other than that…. He doesn't like 1-A."

"Why not?"

"He feels he should've made it in here. His quirk is really hard for him. The only person who lets him willingly without asking is Ochako. People get weird about him…. Touching them."

"I guess I understand that. I was surprised Kaminari even wanted to shake my hand."

"He can kill people too," Izuku said, "Without support gear, he can't aim and he can kill. Same like Kacchan. Ochako could too. A lot of them can. You aren't alone."

Tomura gave him a small nod.

The race started.

To say it was difficult was an understatement. He hadn't realized Mineta, Ochako, Tokoyami and Shouto had crowded around him to watch. Tomura was falling into fourth and fifth place, going against PrettyAlien33. Kaminari, Neito and Katsuki were tied for first.

"Fuck, I'm not gonna make it-

"KAMINARI YOU ASSHOLE!"

"Oh boy, Kacchan is gonna hurt him."

"Should I ice his door shut?" Shouto asked.

Ochako laughed, "No, Aizawa sensei might get angry!"

Tomura finished in fourth. Neito, Kaminari, Kacchan, Tomura, Iida, Hitoshi and then Mina.

"Guess you're gonna have to try Cheese Land on your own."
The older teen groaned. The door to the dorms opened up to reveal Aizawa with a cat on his head.

"Alright pains, go to bed. You kept me up long enough."
"Bed time!" Ochako shouted, skipping off.

Everything was shut down and Tomura stood at Izuku's door unable to figure out if he should go in or not.

"Are you a vampire? I can invite you in."

Tomura gave him a dirty look, making the boy laugh.

"Where am I going to sleep?"

"When Kacchan used to sleep over when we were kids, we would do that in the living room and make a pillow fort. Sometimes we could crash out on my bed or his. Sometimes the couch. I don't have an extra mattress so you can share my bed with me."

Tomura blushed.

"S-sure."

Tomura stepped in and looked around. It had All Might stuff everywhere. There was some bootleg Eraserhead stuff, a few things from Midnight and Present Mic. There was stuff even from Nezu on his wall. He had so much hero stuff, it was definitely safe to say he was a big ol' nerd.

"I know, go ahead and say it."

"So, do you read much?" he asked ignoring the comment he wanted to make, giving Izuku a grin.

"Y-yea."

"I heard you like fanfiction. What kind do you read?"

Izuku's jaw dropped open a little.

"How…. how could you possibly know that? Did Ochako tell you that when I wasn't looking?"

"Nope. Eraserhead said it to Nezu when I was reading your notes."
He threw his head back and groaned.

"That's so bad!"

"Worse than being a hero nerd?"

"Yes!"

Tomura snorted, "I read it too. I like reading Naruto, RWBY, Steven Universe and Inuyasha. That's my shit."

"You…. you do?"

The older teen nodded, "Yea. I um…. Wrote some too."
Izuku slapped his hands onto his face, "Shut up! Can I read them sometime?!"

"M-maybe sometime later. Kind of personal."
"No no! I get it! We can nerd out later."

"Um… I didn't bring any clothes."

"You can sleep in your shirt….. I can look and see…."

Izuku started digging through his drawers until he found a pair of Venom pajama bottoms.

"Here, Mom bought me a bigger size for when I get more muscle. I've grown a few sizes in the last year."

"Understandable."

Izuku started pulling his clothes off for Tomura to see his muscles. His mouth went dry and he averted his eyes quickly. No one should have that many scars.

"Do you work out?" Izuku asked loudly.

"No, not really…. Been working on my quirk more than anything."

Izuku turned to him with a gleam in his eye.

"We'll have to fix that then."

That look cannot be good for me.

It took him until two in the morning to fall asleep. Apparently Izuku was having issues with it too because he was fidgeting a lot. Both of them slept stiff as boards afraid to disturb the other.

The next morning, there was someone beating at the door screaming.

"WAKE UP DEKU YA LAZY FUCK!"

Izuku's head shot up. He looked alarmed and the color drained from his face.

"Oh shit! I overslept!"

"HURRY UP! I already made breakfast. Tell your boyfriend he needs to eat and then workout too! He's got fuckin' spaghetti arms!"

"What the hell?!" Tomura shouted, rubbing his eyes.

The two of them scrambled to get up, getting ready, not bothering to brush their hair or teeth. Katsuki shoved a sandwich and a bottle of orange juice in each one of their hands. He had three cups of coffee and bottles of water.

"This is scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage links on bread."
The blonde glared at him.

"I wake Deku up at five am. I let him sleep in since you were over. Don't act like a fuckin' princess. Eat fast. I can tell the only exercise you do is in a video game."

Tomura snapped his mouth shut for a minute and started eating. There was no point in arguing. They made it to the gym and no one else was there. Of course there wasn't…. Everyone with sanity was still sleeping.

Why is everyone so intense in this class?

"Alright, so I can tell you don't work out and I'm sure this dork would ask me to help you anyway."

Tomura shot Izuku a weird look. He blushed and looked away, trying to finish off his orange juice.

"Let's see how much you can lift without hurting yourself."

Izuku wandered off on his own, waving to the older teen who looked helpless.

This was not fair.

"Alright, we're gonna start off with ten."

Tomura's eyebrows shot up.

"Ten?"

"Oh, I'm fucking sorry, can you lift more than that?"

"Well-

"Let's start off at one hundred tough shit."

Someone has a stick up their ass.

The angry blonde placed the weights on the bar.

"Come on. Try it."

Well, Tomura could barely lift it. He did not work out at all.

So, forty was the most he could do but he struggled with it. The next thing was running. He had to walk first. One mile took fourteen minutes. Next he had to run. He managed to do one fourth of a mile before he slowed down to a stop with his leg muscles burning and he felt like his lungs would explode.

This asshole is a fucking slave driver.

"Pathetic."

"You're a real dick, you know that?"

"I'm going to tell ya right now that I won't let my friend have a pussy of a partner."

Tomura's jaw dropped open.

"I wouldn't give a fuck if you were a girl either. If you're here at UA that means you're fucking strong and you're being trained by Nezu so that means a lot more. Quirk isn't everything. You gotta have the fucking muscle to back up that shit. Take a break noodle arms."

"Partner? What do you mean partner?"

"We all know you're trying to hit that. With all that shit you left in his locker."

Tomura's jaw dropped open and he looked shocked for a second.

"I-I was just trying to ask for help and books aren't exactly romantic."

"They are if you're a fucking nerd. Guess who's a big ass nerd?"

Tomura made a face. There was no point in denying it.

"Don't deny it. Anyone who puts in that much effort for that long isn't just askin' for some help."

He stood there glaring at Katsuki before he sighed.

"Are you going to tell him?"

"No, but I can tell the nerd likes you back. He was all hyped up and excited thinking you were interested in him until Aizawa told him you were just looking for help. So, it might be in your best fucking interest to clear the air."

"I…. What would be the point?"

"Ya know…. You don't know him well enough. He was the biggest fucking loser around. I used to bully his dorky ass. I hated him."

The older teen's jaw tightened up.

"Things are different now. The point is, if you think he would discriminate against you for whatever reason you're a bigger fucking idiot than him."

Katsuki left him alone for about twenty minutes and returned back with a piece of notebook paper.

"Here. You need to start doing this and intake that much protein for the next two weeks. I can tell you eat like shit so you better fix that shit. We aren't super models so don't think you gotta be skinny."

"This is fucking impossible-

"Quit bitching and do it."

He glared at the blonde and folded it up and placed it in his pocket.

X

After suffering for two hours, they showered and headed to Enigma. Tomura was glad for the quiet. He had been a jumble of nerves because he never realized how serious all of Izuku's classmates were. He didn't have anyone to be hyped up with. No one to push him. He had just been fighting against himself.

He felt cheated. Angry.

All those people afraid of him…. Afraid for their kids had stunted his growth. He lost out on the things that would've helped him last year and most of this year.

Now he had one person (beside his teachers) who was giving it all up to help him. The green haired cutie walking by him had to have better things to do. It was hard to say why he was trying so hard.

He cracked his fingers, pushing the door open. There stood Hitoshi, the purple haired guy who looked like he was tired of everyone's shit.

Neito stood nearby too, he had some juice in his hands. Mei and Shouto were on the side playing cards.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Hitoshi is going to help us today! I want to try something else."

"Like what?"

"His quirk allows him to take over a person and make them do what he wants."

Tomura blinked.

"You fought Izuku."

The guy smiled, "That I did."

"So what's the plan?"

"He's going to control you using your quirk. He's going to do the same to Neito too. Shouto's here for the ice blocks like usual. Mei of course!"

"Where's Eraserhead?"

"He's coming in a few hours."

The two of them joined the others. Shouto made a few ice blocks and waited one the side. The older teen looked a little uncomfortable. Even though he was an ass, Eraserhead made him feel more safe. Though, he would have to talk shit later for getting into his business.

"I'll do you first," the purple haired teen said, "You just can't fight me. I know you'll want to, but you'll have to relax alright?"

Tomura nodded, "Alright."

"We'll do a few commands and then jump to that."

"Hey."

"What-

Izuku watched as Tomura's body froze up. He remembered when Hitoshi took over him…. It was the strangest sensation he ever felt. Tomura didn't even blink and his body shook a little bit.

"You have to relax! He's not gonna hurt you and you aren't going to hurt him!" Izuku called out to him.

The older teen seemed to relax a little bit.

"Walk forward."

He did so, it almost looked fluid like he had intended to without Hitoshi telling him the command.

"Stop."

Tomura's body stopped.

"Walk up to the ice block."

His body moved heading for the ice block.

"Decay it."

He pulled his glove off. He placed his hand on it and it started turning to ash.

"Stop using your quirk."

The decay started to stop then start then stop again. Hitoshi frowned.

"He's struggling."

"It's going to be ok! You're fine! Trust him!"

Tomura's hand shook as his quirk flickered in and out.

"He's scared. His fear is strong."

Izuku bit his lip.

I figured something must be bothering him. Something bad must've happened a long time ago.

"C'mon man! You got it!" Mei shouted, "He's in control! Relax!"

He looked over at his friend, seeing the large amount of sweat rolling down his face. His face started to take on a green hue like he was going to vomit.

"Stop using it!"

Hitoshi released his mind control and heaved his breakfast onto the ground. The ice block turned to ash in seconds and Tomura closed his hand. His face was white like he had seen a ghost.

"Are you ok?" Izuku asked, patting his friend's back.

"I need a break. Neito, you wanna walk with me?"

The two of them left. Izuku walked over to him. He reached out to pat his back and maybe rub it slightly to reassure him but Tomura flinched.

"You have no reason to be scared alright?" he whispered, kneeling down onto the ground, "We have it."

"No, you don't!" he snapped, staring at him with red angry eyes, "You don't have shit!"

Izuku frowned, "We do but you're so scared. You have to overcome that."

"I can't alright?!"

With that, training at Enigma was over.