"Kids, wake up," a voice whispered, rousing Deku from his sleep.

Yawning, he stretched and ran a hand through his hair. He knew it had to be a mess, more so than usual, but he was too tired to care. Recovery Girl's healing, along with his normal lack of sleep, really wiped him out.

Toga was blinking awake beside him, looking around in confusion. It took a moment, but she seemed to remember where she was. Her eyes sharpened and locked onto Midnight, who was standing a few feet away from them.

Midnight gave them a kind smile. "Come on, we have to go meet up with the others."

"Is there time for coffee?" Deku asked, pulling his blanket off.

"No, sorry. I can get you some after. This shouldn't take too long."

The pair of teens followed behind her, still sleepy as they padded barefoot through the halls. Deku glanced out a window as they passed and saw it was morning.

' Oh, ' Deku thought, ' I'm going to need to find a time to slip away and have that private chat today. Otherwise, everyone is going to know… '

Stifling another yawn, Deku rubbed at his face, trying to wipe the gunk from the corners of his eyes. Up ahead, he could hear Aizawa talking to someone.

"... Toga. We don't have the legal name for the other yet, but he goes by -"

"Deku!?"

Deku jumped at the shout and looked for the source of the painfully familiar voice.

It was him .

It was Kacchan.

"Oh fuck," Deku whispered, taking a hesitant step back.

Midnight put a hand on his shoulder and guided him further into the room, Toga at his side.

Aizawa narrowed his eyes, looking between the two boys. Bakugou was breathing heavily, his face as white as paper and his mouth agape. Deku kept his eyes locked on Bakugou's chest so that he would be able to see Bakugou make any moves to attack: an old trick Magne had taught him. It was the best place to watch for telegraphed moves.

"Bakugou, how do you know Deku?" Aizawa asked in a tense voice.

Bakugou ignored him, instead taking a few small steps towards Deku.

"You're… You're alive? How the fuck are you alive?"

"Uh… hey Kacchan…" Deku said, forgetting himself and ducking his head slightly. He hunched his shoulders up by his ears, trying to make himself look smaller. "Can… can we talk about this in private? I can explain, it's just that -"

Blinding pain lanced across Deku's face as Bakugou swung a solid punch into his cheek. Deku's head whipped backward at the force, sending him stumbling. Without thinking, Deku lunged forward, hands outstretched.

He wasn't aiming for Bakugou though.

Deku wrapped his arms around Toga's middle as she let out a shriek. Knocking her to the ground, he pinned her as she spat threats at Bakugou.

"Fuck you! Don't you touch him, you fucking piece of shit! I know what you did to him! I know what you said!" she howled, her hands scrambling for purchase on the smooth ground. "Let me go, Deku! I'm going to make him bleed for what he did!"

There was motion behind Deku and he flinched, ready for whatever strike was coming.

Instead, the redhead that Deku vaguely remembered having a hardening quirk was grabbing Bakugou and pinning his arms to his side, yanking him away from the teen villains. Shinsou was also moving, placing himself between Bakugou and Deku, his capture scarf held tightly in his hands.

"Leave them alone, Bakugou," Shinsou spat.

"Let me go!" Bakugou yelled, trying to fight off the arms that held him. "What the fuck, Deku? You faked your death? Who does that? My parents cried for you! You and your mom! They had a funeral for you both! And, for what? You ran off to be a fucking villain!"

Deku pulled Toga up to her feet, keeping a tight grip on one of her arms. Shinsou reached out and took the other, though she wasn't fighting as hard now. She was mostly glaring at Bakugou and baring her fangs.

"Kacchan, I didn't have anywhere to go -"

"Oh, right! Because your mom was dead! What about her? Huh? Did she even mean anything to you? I bet you and those League fuckers had that dude destroy your building so she'd be out of the way!"

And for the first time in his life, Deku tried to attack Bakugou.

With a shout, he went to throw a punch at Bakugou but was caught by a pair of thick arms. He was dragged backwards into a chest that was both somehow hot and cold at the same time.

"Bakugou, you shouldn't -" the person that held Deku said, his voice deep and rumbling in his chest.

Deku cut him off. "Don't you talk about her, Kacchan! I loved her and you know it! When she died, I didn't have anywhere to fucking go!"

"My parents would have taken you in!"

"Oh right, I totally want to live with the family of the guy who made my life a living hell! My options were tracking down my shitty, deadbeat dad or going into foster care, and you know I wouldn't fucking survive there!"

Bakugou scoffed. "So you thought you'd run off with the League. Well, I guess you did always make the best villain when we played as kids."

"Fuck you!"

"No, fuck you!"

"Enough!"

Both boys flinched and looked to Aizawa. The teacher's dark hair was floating and his eyes glowed red as he glared at them. When he saw that both boys had stopped struggling and trying to attack each other, he let his quirk drop.

Turning to look fully at Deku, he sighed.

"You're the friend of Bakugou's that supposedly died a few months back. Of course you are, because we definitely needed this to be more complicated than it already was. What's your name? Midoriya, isn't it?"

"Izuku Midoriya," Bakugou spat. "His mom was Inko."

Deku sagged in the arms that held him, his head hanging. After a pause, he nodded.

Shinsou snorted. "So that's why you didn't want to be in 1-A. Makes sense now."

"Deku can't be in the hero course," Bakugou said. There was anger in his voice, but also a hint of desperation and worry. "He's a fucking genius or whatever so put him in Support. But he can't be a hero."

Aizawa frowned. "Why can't he be in the hero program?"

"Kacchan, don't. Please," Deku said, looking at Bakugou with round, pleading eyes.

"They have to know! You already died once and my mom couldn't handle it if you died again," Bakugou spat. "Deku is quirkless. You put him in the hero course, he'll be slaughtered in his first villain fight."

The room was silent. Deku turned his eyes towards Aizawa, fear evident on his freckled face.

"You're quirkless?" Aizawa asked. He sounded surprised, though his expression remained neutral.

Toga started to sob. Fat tears rolled down her cheeks as she pulled at her arm, trying to break free from Shinsou's strong grip. "Please don't kick Deku out! If you send him to Tartarus, Shigaraki will have him killed within the first day. He's going to find out what we did and he won't be happy and he'll blame Deku! Shiggy's teacher knows people there and it would be too easy for them to kill Deku! I'll go instead! Or… or I can go undercover with the League! Yeah, I can be a spy!"

"No!" Deku said, a new desperation in his voice. "Keep Toga here! Shigaraki will kill her no matter what, regardless of where you send her. UA is the only safe place for her. And she'll make a great hero, I promise! Keep her and I'll tell you everything I know and I'll even write up as many analysis pages you want on anyone you want. Please, I'll do anything!"

"Deku's always wanted to be a hero and he's a really good guy! I taught him a lot of stuff already so I promise he'll make an awesome hero!"

"Toga, I had my chance! They turned me away and said I couldn't apply, so just stop it!"

"No, you!"

"Both of you stop," Aizawa snapped. "Deku, when were you planning on telling us you were quirkless? That's something we need to know. And what do you mean you already tried to apply?"

"I tried to apply for the Hero Course here at UA but some official looking guy turned me away at the door. Wouldn't even let me sit for the test. Said I couldn't because of my quirk status."

Aizawa pinched the bridge of his nose. "Great. More quirkest assholes in positions of power."

"I will look into it," Nezu said steely. "They should have let you sit for the test. Regardless, your quirk status will not impact the deal we have made."

"What I don't understand is why we are keeping either of them." One of the students that Deku didn't recognize stood up as he spoke. He pushed his blond bangs out of his eyes as he sent a glare towards Toga. "She attacked our classes. I know she tried to stab some of the 1-A girls. So who cares about their quirks, or lack of, and talk about how they are literal criminals."

"Monoma, sit down." Vlad King snapped. "Toga will be in 1-B and that is final."

"And young Midoriya will be in 1-A," Nezu said evenly.

Mic glanced at the principal. "You knew he was quirkless. How?"

"My shoes," Deku mumbled. "They're for quirkless people. We have to have specifically designed shoes since we have a toe joint that quirked people don't. If I wore regular shoes, they'd hurt my feet."

"Yeah, and quirkless shoes would hurt our feet."

"How do you know that, Bakugou?"

"Because I knew this asshole back when we were kids, Shitty Hair! Kids do dumb things, like trade shoes!"

"Aw, that's actually kind of cute."

"Shut it, Racoon Eyes."

A tall boy with blue hair and glasses caught Deku's attention as he raised a hand. When Deku saw the thin scar spanning across the boy's face, everything clicked into place.

That was the boy who tried to fight Stain.

"If I may, I do not see any issue with Deku being in 1-A."

Deku let out a startled squawk as he looked at the boy. The blue haired teen ignored him and continued.

"Aizawa-sensei fights quirkless, and none of us can deny that he is a great hero. Shinsou also fights without utilizing a quirk, and I believe Monoma does on occasion as well. Many of us have learned self-defense skills so that in situations where our quirks can not be utilized, we aren't without means to fight. Hagakure, Yaomomo, Ojirio: all of you fight nearly quirkless. You instead use your quirks more as support, either to hide where your attacks come from, create weapons, or provide an extra limb to fight with. It is foolish and narrow minded of us to discount someone simply because they do not have the same advantages we do."

Aizawa grinned at him. "I couldn't have said it better, Iida."

"I believe you have said it to me before, Sensei," Iida said, blushing. "You and my brother."

"Then we taught you well. And Iida is right. Don't discredit Deku. He has plenty of skills that he can use as a hero. Deku will be in 1-A. Boys, you can let those idiots go. If they try to attack each other again, I'll handle it."

The arms gripping Deku released slowly, letting Deku get his balance. When Deku turned to thank the boy, his words caught in his throat.

It was Todoroki. As in, the other guy who fought Stain. The one that Deku thought was super cute, with his piercing eyes and stoic expression.

Deku managed to let out a small, choked noise before he scurried back to Toga. She wrapped her arms around him and buried her head into his shoulder.

"Where will they be staying?" one of the students asked. This one had messy silver hair and long eyelashes. When he spoke, he revealed sharp, pointed teeth.

"Toga will be staying in the 1-B dorms, just as any other of my students would," Vlad King said. "My dorm, which is more like an apartment, has a second bedroom that she will be staying in. Deku will be staying in the 1-A dorms with Eraserhead. For the first week or two, we will be allowing them to stay in each other's dorm at night since it is unlikely they will be able to sleep without someone they trust acting as backup. It's just like when we let you kids have sleepovers in the common rooms when you first moved to the dorms after the summer camp. And with what I just saw between Bakugou and Deku, I am guessing Deku will be staying with Toga."

"What!" a boy with yellow hair shouted. When he turned his head, Deku could see a black lightning bolt pattern in his fringe. "They get to have sleepovers! That's not fair! You guys don't let me stay in Sero's room!"

"That's because you and Sero are dating," Aizawa said, rolling his eyes.

"And they aren't?"

Toga made a gagging noise. "Ew, I'm not dating Deku-kun. He's like my brother."

"And she really isn't my type."

"You not liking blondes doesn't make a difference!" the boy insisted.

"I'm not his type as in I am mostly a she and not a he ," Toga giggled.

Deku groaned. "Is today just 'tell the heroes all of Deku's secrets' day? Does anyone else have anything to share?"

"Your favorite color is green."

"Thank you, Toga, that's super helpful."

The yellow haired boy had perked up. "Oh! You're gay! Gotcha. And sounds like Toga isn't exactly cis, so you'll all fit right in!"

Toga cocked her head curiously. "We will?"

"Yeah! So like, I'm bi and my partner here is non-binary and pan. Then Tsu and Mina are lesbians, same as Jirou and Momo, and then -"

"Kaminari, not cool," Kirishima said, elbowing the yellow haired boy. "You can't out people like that without permission."

"Oh sorry, I just thought they'd find out eventually so it was okay. I'll stop."

Monoma snorted. "Don't worry, they'll find out that Class 1-A is just a GSA club without the S."

"1-B makes up for it."

"Hey! We have gay people too! Just because 1-A has more doesn't mean -"

"Are you kids arguing about this? Seriously?" Aizawa asked, pinching the bridge of his nose. "Knock it off."

"This is going to suck," Deku whispered to Toga.

She nodded. "We'll make it work. We always do."

Notes:

Another round of protective Toga lol Also some protective Shinsou thrown in for Spice.

Also, here is the full list of gender/sexualities for Class 1-A, Deku, and Toga! Other characters sexualities will be discussed later, but for now, you guys just get 1-A.

Or should I say, Class 1-Gay? Sorry, I'll see myself out.

Deku: cisgender, gay and poly

Toga: non-binary, but uses she/her pronouns. She mostly identifies with female but not fully, bisexual

Aoyama: demiboy, uses he/they pronouns, pansexual

Mina: cisgender, lesbian, dating Tsu

Tsu: cisgender, lesbian, dating Mina

Bakugou: cisgender, gay

Hagakure: cisgender, pansexual, dating Ojiro

Iida: transgender, uses he/him pronouns, straight, dating Uraraka

Jiro: demigirl, uses she/they pronouns, lesbian, dating Yaoyorozu

Kaminari: cisgender, bisexual, dating Sero

Kirishima: cisgender, gay

Koda: cisgender, ace and bi-romantic

Shinsou: cisgender, gay and poly

Ojiro: cisgender, bisexual, dating Hagakure

Sato: cisgender, pansexual

Sero: non-binary, uses they/them pronouns, dating Kaminari

Shoji: cisgender, demisexual, pan-romantic

Todoroki: cisgender, gay and poly

Tokoyami: cisgender, but Dark Shadow is nonbinary. Tokoyami is gay and Dark Shadow is ace

Uraraka: cisgender, bisexual

Yaoyorozu: cisgender, lesbian, dating Jiro

And as mentioned before, Mic is bi and Aizawa is gay. Both are cisgender in this fic. More to come on their relationship/sexualities though.