Izuku stared blankly at the mirror in the room he was using. He stared at the scars that littered his body. He stared at his ribs that could be seen clearly from lack of food. He stared at the still prominent bruises. He stared at all the burn and explosion scars.

Slowly tears finally gathered in his eyes. He removed his glasses to try and wipe them away. A silent sob wracked his body as he dropped his glasses to wrap his arms around his stomach.

"I-I h-hat-hate i-i-it…I-I h-ha-hate m-my b-b-body…." He was soon grabbing at his head. The voice. It was back.

'What did you expect~ You've always been ugly. To fat, to skinny. No one will ever love your mangled and destroyed body~ That's why you should just end it all! End everyone's constant misery of you existing! You're nothing but a disappointment! You're nothing! Why do you even try? Why try, when you know, it won't matter in the end. Because you know, you know at the end of the day you're nothing but a useless mangled destroyed mess. No one will ever love you,' it cackled at him.

He didn't know how or when he ended up in the corner of the room. But he was, and he was shaking, hyperventilating.

'All you're ever going to be is a disappointment. No one is ever going to love you. The people that do say it are lying. They don't care about you. They don't care what happens to you. You should have died that day! That way everyone can be happy! Because they won't have to see you anymore!'

Izuku unconsciously gripped his hair and started to pull. The pain wouldn't register, nothing was registering. Why was he feeling so numb?

He felt someone touch his arms, holding him. He looked shakily, sobs still racking his body. Mitsuki was kneeled in front of him trying to get him to breathe.

He wasn't breathing? When did he stop?

"Izuku sweetie, I need you to breathe with me. One big deep breath, let it out. There we go. You're okay. Just breathe," he followed her breathing pattern. Some still come out too quickly, or not at all.

"Are you sure you're able to go to school De-Izuku," Katsuki caught himself. Too many years using that damn degrading nickname, but he was getting better at not using it.

"I-I g-go-gotta g-go," he hiccupped.

Mitsuki let out a sigh but still continued the breathing pattern. She didn't want him to go, not in the state that he was in.

"Well…Get ready Izuku, and I'll stay by your side the whole day," Katsuki slowly put his hand out for him to grab.

The greenette shakily grabbed his hand. Katsuki pulled him up, and gave him a small smirk. He turned and left soon after.

Mitsuki got up off the ground. She gently pats his head. He flinched before looking up. She gives him a sad smile as she hands him his glasses. She soon leaves the room.

He gets dressed in his uniform, making sure to not look into the mirror until he was completely dressed.

He walked out of the room and into the kitchen. Mitsuki just put breakfast on the table, Katsuki already sitting down next to Masaru.

He sat down and said his thanks. He ate small slow bites, knowing he won't be able to eat that much.

"Are you sure you want to go to school Izuku?" He looked at Mitsuki

"I-I g-go-gotta g-go."

"I know, but I'm worried something will happen."

"Don't worry Hag, I'll look after him." Katsuki aggressively stabbed a pancake.

"I know, I just, can't help but worry."

"I-I-I'll c-c-call y-you i-if s-s-so-som-some-something h-ha-happens."

"You promise?"

Izuku nodded his head and offered her a small smile. Katsuki sighed as he stood up.

"It's time for us to head out, come on Izuku."

The greenette nodded as he stood up.

"We'll see you guys after school."

"Stay safe, and don't do anything stupid Katsuki."

"I won't you damn Hag!"

They made it outside before Mitsuki could start yelling at Katsuki more.

Izuku was fidgety the whole way. Jumping even at the smallest sounds. More so than usual.

"Are you sure you can do today De-Izuku."

Izuku flinched a little but looked at Katsuki and meekly nods. Katsuki sighs and gently drops his hand on top of Izuku's head, gently ruffling it.

"K-Ka-Kacchan y-you k-know h-ho-how l-lo-lonv i-it t-t-ta-takes t-t-to d-d-do m-my h-ha-hair." Izuku pouted at his best friend.

"Yeah, yeah." He takes in a deep breath before sighing. "I'm just worried."

Izuku frowns. "W-Wh-Why?"

"Because, even though you were persistent, mom was still able to talk you out of going to school last week. And now that everyone knows about your mom…I'm just worried everything might be worse." Katsuki looked away, his ears red.

Izuku looked up at him before letting out a small giggle. Katsuki heard it and immediately turned towards him with wide eyes. It had been so long since he heard him laugh, let alone giggle.

"T-Th-The-Theres n-no n-n-need t-to w-wo-worry K-Ka-Kacchan. I-I've g-got y-yo-you."

No Katsuki was not blushing, it was just hot outside. Even if it was seven o'clock in the morning. Bakugou Katsuki does not blush.

Katsuki let out an amused huff before turning away with a small smile. "You say the most sappy shit."

Izuku looked at Katsuki with a confused head tilt. "S-Sa-Sappy…B-But, I-I k-k-kn-know y-y-you w-will."

Katsuki shook his head. "Don't worry about it. Okay?" He watched Izuku nod. "Look, we're at school, and I'll make sure no one harms you."

Izuku looked at the school with a look in his eyes. A look that states that he obviously doesn't want to be here.

"Come on Izuku, we can go talk to all the teachers about you missing last week." Katsuki stopped at the gates and waited for him.

"Y-Yeah…o-ok-okay."

Izuku stayed at Katsuki's side as they went in. He kept his head down, hoping that if he doesn't look at them, they won't look at him.

Well, that didn't exactly work. He could already hear all the whispers. All the snide remarks.

He kept quiet as Katsuki talked to each teacher. He just continued to look down. Never looking up, even when Katsuki asked if he was okay.

He kept quiet, like he always does. If he's quiet, less chance at being hurt.

He kept quiet through morning classes, through lunch, and through afternoon classes. Only ever looking up to take the casual thing of notes. He couldn't fail, not when he's gotten this far.

When class finally ended he stood up. Katsuki moving back to him. He felt someone grab onto his shoulder. He immediately stiffened up.

"Hey Bakugou, you don't mind if I talk to Midoriya for a minute, do you?" Doku, it just had to be Doku.

Katsuki gave him a glare as he looked him up and down. He then looked at Izuku, trying to see how he was reacting. But since he had his head down, Katsuki couldn't tell.

"You've got one minute." Katsuki voice came out deep and gruff, a new intimidating factor. Izuku could tell it worked just by Doku flinching back a little.

"Yeah, one minute, come on Izuku." Doku pulled Izuku out of the classroom.

When Doku deemed them far enough away from the classroom, he slammed Izuku against the wall. Izuku let out a yelp, that didn't seem to make a sound. He looked up, fear clearly in his eyes.

It wasn't just Doku. It was his whole group. Doku, Chinmoku, Tsubusu, and Shibu. Chinmoku was the one keeping him quiet with his quirk.

"So you think just because your mother's in jail and that Katsuki seems to have a heart, you'll get past us." Izuku shook his head to Doku's statement.

Doku let out a chuckle. "Well, obviously you do think that." He punched Izuku's stomach, causing Izuku to let out a silent gasp of pain.

"Shibu." Shibu smiled as he turned his arm into a knife's blade. He walked up to Izuku and lifted his shirt, and carefully and precisely began to cut his stomach and chest. Making sure they weren't too deep for him to bleed out, but deep enough to bleed and leave scars.

When he believed that his job was done he got up and moved back. Tsubusu took his place. Doku and Chinmoku, who were holding him against the wall, let go. Before Izuku could fall to the floor, Tsubusu grabbed his head, and roughly forced him back to the wall, hitting the back of his head.

"Not to rough Tsubusu, we don't need his new guard dog after us."

Tsubusu grunted at Doku. But he let go of Izuku and watched him drop to the floor. He then brought up his foot and smashed it into Izuku's back. Izuku let out a silent scream.

"I think that's enough now. We can't leave him too damaged." Doku reached down and grabbed a handful of Izuku's hair and forced him up to look at him.

"You should have taken Katsuki's advice and jumped." The sinister smile sent a shiver down Izuku's spine as he stared in fear. "Tomorrow, you meet us on the roof. And don't," he pulled Izuku closer," be late."

He let go of Izuku's hair, watching him fall to the ground. He smirked in satisfaction.

"Alright boys, lets go, and Chinmoku, drop your quirk."

Said boy nodded and dropped his quirk. Now you could hear Izuku's desperate attempt to catch his breath.

"Remember Deku, roof tomorrow." They walked away.

Izuku layed there for a second, before shakily using the wall to bring himself up. He frowned the whole time.

He heard footsteps, quick but heavy footsteps. Katsuki's footsteps.

Izuku righted himself and wiped any trace of pain off of his face. He saw Katsuki come around the corner with a worried expression. Izuku gave him a small smile.

"There you are Izuku. I didn't know which way that bastard had dragged you to talk, so I've been searching for the past five minutes. Did he do anything." Katsuki immediately began checking for injuries.

Izuku shook his head. He wasn't going to worry Katsuki, he could deal with the bullies himself. He's been dealing with them for years.

"If they do anything, you tell me, okay."

Izuku nodded his head. "O-Of c-co-course K-Ka-Kacchan."

Katsuki nodded his head. "Come on, lets get home." He turned and walked away. Izuku jogged, limped, to catch up.

When they made it outside Izuku stopped and looked at the roof. A very bad feeling settling in his stomach. He stared at the roof a bit longer before going and catching up with Katsuki.

He'd deal with that bad feeling tomorrow. It's not like it will potentially kill him.

Oh how wrong, our poor Izuku is.

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