Chapter 2 took a lot less time then I thought it would. Honestly when ever I see Toga I kind of just feel sad. Coincidentally, just caught up the manga as well today. Hope you all enjoy.
Deku pushed the stark white doors of the interview room open and was met with the now familiar sight of Toga Himiko in her orange prison jumpsuit behind a thick plane of glass. After talking it out with the warden, it was agreed that Toga would not need a straight jacket for his visits after the fourth time around doctors believed it would be damaging to her body for no demonstrable reason. Even with her quirk, she couldn't hope the break out of the heavily guarded room, especially not when the person who put here there in the first place was there too.
Now she simple sat on a chair with a table in front of her, mirroring Deku's side of the room, he hands handcuffed to a ring in the tables center, giving her just enough slack to gesture with them.
"Izuku!" Toga cried with a giant smile splitting her face. Even now the use of his first name caused the young hero to fight against a blush. But he pushed forward regardless and sat down at the chair provided.
"Hi-i Toga." Deku said with a welcoming smile, mentally cursing the slight stutter. "How are you doing?"
"Oh you know" Toga lifted her handcuffed hands, smile still wide on her face.
"You here to try and convince me to be a good girl again?" Toga said
"I'm here to talk to you, and try to find a way to make it so you won't spend the rest of your lives in this place." Deku said.
Toga's smile faltered then, looking down at her hands. "I deserve to be here."
"You do" Deku admitted. "You killed people, destroyed lives, you deserve to be punished for that." Toga began to tear up as he said this, but he pushed through regardless, hands clenched on his lap "But you don't deserve to be here forever. I can help you, one day you can walk out of this place forever, and you can live a happy life. A truly happy one"
"Yeah if I put the mask back on!" Toga screeched, slamming her hands against the table. Deku quickly made a motion to the cameras, telling the guards not to get involved yet. "I can leave here and.. and be your friend and everything! But only if I'm willing to hide myself again! Be unhappy!" The tears were streaming down her face now.
Deku feels like all the talks had been building up to this. Toga had outbursts before, but nothing like this. It was like every doubt she'd allowed to fester had finally ran out of space in her head, and now it was all pouring out. He knew what happened next could determine everything that follows. If she begins to accept what he's telling her or not.
"Everybody just wants me to hide who I am! Years of my life dedicated to maintaining the perfect mask, looking like the perfect school girl for my parents while I was miserable! I won't go back to that!" Toga screamed the last part before sitting back into her chair, taking great gulps of air.
"Toga I don't want you to hide who you are. You have so much love to give to people, and I'm sorry that was warped by the repression your parents forced on you. You can be yourself without hurting people, I know you can. You can drink donated blood, or animal blood. Or..." Deku blushed but pushed forward anyway
"Y-You could find s-someone who'd be okay with you... u-uh drinking from them"
Toga finally looked up at him, wide, questioning eyes searching his own.
"Blood Quirk are rare, but I was able to do research into them these past few weeks. It's not... unheard of for people to find friends or p-partners who'd be okay with them drinking blood from them". Deku hesitated thinking it over in his head before continuing. "If... if you asked me first, when you're out of here, you could d-drink... from me. If you want to that is!" He finished that last part in a rush, hoping that he could say all of this before his nerves got the better of him.
Toga continued to stare at him, processing what he said before whispering "You'd let me drink from you? But you said you didnt love me back..."
"I... I don't l-love you Toga. But I want to help you. I want to be your friend. If you truly love me then I'm asking you to please trust me. Just me giving you blood and these talks aren't enough to help you.
You need to speak to a therapist" Toga recoiled at the word like she'd been struck.
"A therapist I trust! Mom and Uraraka have been trying to get me to see someone. S-so... so how about we both go to the same one? I can find someone I trust out of the doctors available here, and then refer you to them?"
Toga clenched her hands into fists and closed her eyes firmly, tears streaming down her face as she fought back sobs.
"You... you just w-want me to be nor...normal like e-everyone else "
"I want you to be happy Toga. And I don't think you're happy here. I don't really believe you were happy killing people either." Deku said quietly. "I... I think you spent so much of your time forced to repress yourself that finally being able to use your quirk, you got addicted to that feeling. But I don't think you were happy."
Deku paused slightly, thinking something over. Toga had opened her eyes and stared into his green eyes with rapt attention. "One day..., when you're better. I want you to hang out with me and Uraraka someday. N-not as a d-date!"
Deku shrieked that last part as he realized how he sounded, seeing the gobsmacked expression on Toga face.
"I want to be your friend. And I know Uraraka does too. I don't think there's such a thing as normal, but I know there's a way for you to be happy without hurting people. I know there's a way we can all leave this place behind, and make a good future together as friends. I'm just asking you to please trust me Toga."
For a time, the only sound that filled the room were Togas sobs. Deku wanted more then anything to hug her, but even he wasnt willing to risk that right now. So he sat there mutely, watching the girl across from him cry before she finally looked up and met his eyes.
"I...I trust you Izuku."