Intro
He was 5 when he lost his sight
Kacchan was doing his usual bullying routine. Punches and kicks, and when Izuku was good and bloodied up, Kacchan started with the fire
So, so, much hot, explosive fire
During one particularly nasty beating, Kacchan aimed an explosion at Izuku's face. What he didn't expect was for Izuku to accidentally look directly into the blast
"AHHHH!" Izuku cried out in pain. He clutched his now bleeding eyes and fell to his knees
Kacchan laughed with his cronies, not realizing what had happened
"You're such a useless deku! There's no way you'll ever become a hero without a quirk. Might as well give up now!"
Kacchan sneered. His cronies snickered and they all turned and walked away from the curled up boy on the pavement
Izuku could tell when they were out of earshot. When he knew they could not hear him, he wailed
He screamed, cried, clutched his bleeding eyes
Eventually one of the teachers that actually cared about him found him and helped calm him down. She called an ambulance and took him to her office.
When they reached the hospital, Inko was already there
Izuku was taken into surgery while his mother cried
No matter how hard the hospital tried, they could not give Izuku his sight back
No matter how many healing quirks, no matter how many surgeries, the hospital could not help him.
Izuku was still blind
After a two weeks, Izuku was released and Inko tried anything and everything to get his sight back
Different states, different doctors, no different results
Izuku was blind, and he would be for the rest of his life
Chapter one
It's been five years since he last saw Kacchan
Five years since he last saw anyone, really
In the months after the incident, Izuku's mother tried as many doctors as she could
Nothing worked. Not the healing quirks, not the surgeries
Inko finally accepted the fact that Izuku was blind when the last doctor they went to flat out said "There's nothing we can do. Your son is blind. He will be forever."
On the way home, Inko cried
When Izuku first became blind, Inko sent him to a different school that taught him everything he needed to know, including how to read braille
She also got him a phone with all the disability settings
When he was eight, and he knew everything the school could teach him, Inko allowed him to go to a normal school. It wasn't Masegaki Primary School, which was Izuku's original school but it was good enough.
But a new school didn't mean no bullies
They liked to play cruel jokes on him like telling him they hid his phone when it was laying on his desk
Everyday he walked home alone. He knew where he lived, and he knew which way to go
It was strange, yes, but it worked. Somehow, he knew where he was without being able to see
He didn't think much of it though. Everyone (including Izuku) just assumed just assumed he knew the route well enough to not get lost
When he was 10, Izuku decided he still wanted to be a hero, blindness be damned
Despite being blind, and despite being quirkless, he would do it. He would become a hero, and a damn good one at that