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It was the USJ and Shōta was facing off against a group of thugs, he didn't even notice the nomu quickly coming up behind him. By the time he notices it, it's too late and everything goes black.

"Pst. Shō, wake your ass up before you get in trouble for sleeping again," a voice whispers to him. "I don't think you want Nezu calling dad again. His disappointed stares are too much to handle and it wouldn't even be directed at me."

Shōta blinks his eyes open and sees that it's the hand villain that was standing next to the nomu at the USJ but younger and wearing a UA uniform. He sits up and looks down at himself and sees that he's also wearing a UA uniform. "What the fuck just happened?" Shōta whispers to himself.

"Um, you stayed up all night again and fell asleep in class… again," Tenko answers in confusion. "What do you think happened?"

"That I was literally just fighting off a group of villains and obviously got hit with some kind of quirk that sent me here, some kind of alternate universe," Shōta answers in annoyance.

Tenko gives him a look of concern, "You okay, bro? Does dad need to take you back to the therapist? I know mom was bad but damn, this is getting ridiculous with these weird dreams of yours."

"I don't need a damn therapist, I'm telling the truth!" Shōta snaps out.

"Boys! Do not make me separate you two and call your father again!" Nezu warns from his place at the podium. "This is class time, not sibling rivalry time!"

"Siblings?!" Shōta shouts.

"Yes, what on earth is going on with you, Shigaraki-kun?" Nezu asks softly, "You've been acting so strange the past couple of days."

"My name is Aizawa," Shōta growls out.

"Shō, why do you keep calling yourself that? There's no one here that goes by that name. Your name is Shōta Shigaraki, I'm your twin brother Tenko Shigaraki, our little brother is Izuku Shigaraki and our father is Tomura Shigaraki," Tenko says gently.

Shōta is about to go off when a voice enters his head, "Do not fret, Shōta, I have sent you here as a second chance. There were other Shōta's that I sent here but they all couldn't handle it unfortunately and wanted me to send them back."

"Why?" Shōta asks this voice.

"Because you deserve another chance. Do not worry about your students, they are safe. The Shōta from this world is there with them, he's the only one who knows Tenko like the back of his hand so he made the decision to go and stop that world's downfall where you lose everything and everyone," the mysterious voice explains to him. "You are here because this world still needs Eraserhead but in a different sense. Where this world's Shōta knows Tenko, you know Hizashi, unfortunately he is the villain of this world. In this world, Oboro Shirakumo was your significant other. Hizashi grew jealous because he wanted you but had chosen Oboro. He snapped during work studies and killed Oboro in broad daylight and you tried to stop him but the frequency that Hizashi used, liquefied Oboro's brain, there was no saving him. I'm sorry, Shōta."

Shōta has his head hanging over the desk with tears running down his face. He feels a gentle hand touch his back, "Shō. What's going on with you? You're really starting to worry me," Tenko pleads.

"Oboro," Shōta whispers and the hand that's on his back pulls him into a hug.

"I'm sorry, Shō," Tenko whispers. "It never crossed my mind that that was the reason for your behavior."

Shōta shakes his head and pushes Tenko away from him, "I'll be fine, just leave me alone."

"Okay. Class is almost over, then we can go home," Tenko tells him softly. "We gotta pick Zu up from school and make sure that 'Kacchan' brat doesn't fucking burn him again. Damn little blonde bastard."

Shōta's thoughts freeze at that. ‘Kacchan? Like what Midoriya calls Bakugou? Am I related to Izuku Midoriya in this word?’ He goes back to taking notes on stuff he already knows but he was a top marking student in his world so he wasn't about to mess up his marks in this world. He couldn't believe that Oboro was gone in this world as well and that Hizashi had murdered him. Hell, he couldn't believe that Oboro was his freaking boyfriend in this world, well actually, he could see that. Oboro in his world had a way of lighting up his life and being his reason to actually smile. Not his sadistic pleasure type or his Cheshire cat-like smiles but his genuine smile, the one that's bright and joyful, the smile that he hasn't used in ages.

After classes let out, they head towards the Aldrea District to get Izuku. Shōta sees a green, red, white, and black handheld console in Tenko's hands and a mischievous grin on his face as he types away. The color scheme reminds Shōta of Izuku's hero costume. "Is that Izuku's?" Shōta asks.

"Yyyeeeessss," Tenko draws out while giggling. "Zu's been talking to this PurpleInsomniaKitten for a while and I noticed that they've been flirting so I'm pretending to be Zu and inviting this boy over for a sleepover with him. Zu needs to get himself out there and this boy definitely seems to be into him."

"Dude, what the fuck. You can't do that," Shōta scolds.

"Too late! It's already done and set up! He'll be coming over in a couple of hours!" Tenko says with a laugh.

"Can't just invite people over like that. What if dad doesn't approve?" Shōta asks, not really knowing what his dad in this world is like.

"Why wouldn't he? He let you and Oboro fool around all the time so what's it matter if Izuku has someone he likes like that and fools around with them?" Tenko asks with a raised brow. "Are you only asking that because Zu is da baby?"

"Possibly," Shōta answers with a scowl on his face and Tenko rolls his eyes.

"Zu is a big boy and can handle himself," Tenko says dismissively, then the pair hear a pained cry followed by explosions and laughter.

They both take off running to the sound and round the corner to see Izuku cornered by Bakugou and his goons. Shōta makes quick work of erasing their quirks as Tenko rushes in and nails Bakugou in the gut with a strong punch, causing him to vomit. Bakugou and the two goons scramble and take off running as Tenko yells and chases after them. Shōta goes up to Izuku and crouches down in front of him, "Zu, you okay?"

Izuku sniffles as he looks up at Shōta, "Aizawa-Sensei?"

Shōta's eyes widened, "No, I mean yes, it's me but not in this world here. Here, I'm Shōta Shigaraki and you're Izuku Shigaraki and we're brothers, okay?"

Izuku nods his head and sniffles, "That-that voice told me that I end up becoming an anti-hero then turning vigilante so they sent me here with you while this world's Izuku wanted that life so I guess me and him swapped places. Definitely don't appreciate being brought back to this dump." He gestures up at the school with a scowl on his face.

Shōta sighs softly and pulls Izuku into a hug where the boy is tense for a moment before relaxing into it. "I'm just glad to have someone I know here with me. Also, I guess Tenko has set you up with some online boy that you've been flirting with here in this world."

Shōta tries not to laugh as Izuku turns into a tomato. "Oh my god. What the hell? I don't even know if I'm actually freaking gay or not. I've never talked to this person so what if they start talking about shit the other Izuku would know?" Izuku continues to ramble as Tenko comes back.

"Zu! You have a sleepover buddy coming over tonight so we need to get you home, cleaned up and looking good for 'im!" Tenko teases. "You're welcome!"

"Slee-Sleepover?!" Izuku cries out while blushing deeply. "Why would you do that?!"

"Cause it's obvious that you like him so you just needed a little," Tenko answers while lightly kicking the air.

"Ugh!" Izuku shouts in a scandalized manner, "I'm telling on you when we get home!" Izuku stomps away angrily with a pout on his face as Tenko jabs Shōta in the side while laughing.

"He'll thank me later," Tenko says with a wink.

"Oh yeah? And what if he ends up despising you later instead if the two don't freaking click?" Shōta asks him with a deadpan look as he follows along with Tenko as he has no idea where their home is and it's clear that Izuku doesn't either as he's waiting for them with the angry pout still on his face.

"Zu, would you hate me if you and this PurpleInsomniaKitten don't click?" Tenko asks.

Izuku glares at him, "Pretty damn sure I'm hating you right now, you bastard."

"Ouch. I'm just trying to be a good big brother and helping you find your soulmate," Tenko says while fluttering his eyelashes at him, causing Izuku to wrinkle his nose.

"Ugh, right now, I think I'd rather be an only child," Izuku states and Shōta bursts out into laughter as a look of betrayal appears on Tenko's face.

"Why are you laughing?!" Tenko asks, gesturing at Shōta.

"Because you reap what you fucking sow that's why," Shōta answers while laughing.

Tenko turns his nose up at them and stomps away, "Both of you are awful."

"Says the one who might've just set me up with a potential murderer," Izuku retorts and Tenko gasps.

"How can you say that your future husband is a potential murderer?!" Tenko questions.

"You would have never guessed Ted Bundy was a murderer with his smooth talking self but nope, he was a serial killer," Izuku points out and Tenko rolls his eyes.

"Whatever, I highly doubt a boy your age is a potential murderer," Tenko retorts.

"I mean, most serial killers start off as children murdering animals," Shōta informs him and Izuku nods his head.

Shōta and Izuku follow Tenko to a large home located in the Pro-Hero neighborhood so Shōta already knows based on this that his father in this world is not the same man as it was in his original world. He walks in and sees a very tall, muscular built man with short white hair and red eyes standing in the middle of the living room with a cup of tea and reading something in a case file. Shōta is internally grateful that Izuku is seemingly a very skilled liar and actor because the green haired boy is in full character as if he were from this world originally. 

"Would you like to know what your son did to me today?!" Izuku asks the man as he stomps up to him and looks up at him.

The man stares at Izuku with a deadpan expression, "You need to be more specific about which son, Zu, I have three standing here right now."

"Your freaking twin!" Izuku states and the man sighs and looks over at Tenko.

"What'd he do to you this time, Zu?" the man asks.

"He took my gaming console and messaged a boy that I've been chatting with and invited him over for a 'sleepover' with me while pretending to be me and his excuse was 'it's obvious that you like him so you just needed a little'," Izuku answers and demonstrates the kick that Tenko did earlier.

"I did no such thing!" Tenko says in defense.

"That's a lie, I saw you do it. Well, I caught you doing it after it was said and done," Shōta says and Tenko gives him the classic 'help a brother out, bro' look.

The man sighs in exasperation, "Ten, what if you just invited a freaking murderer into my house?"

"That's what I said!" Izuku shouts.

"I highly doubt a fourteen year old boy is a murderer, dad," Tenko says while shaking his head.

"Okay, and what if this is an adult man posing as a fourteen year old boy?" the man asks.

"Then that means your fourteen year old son has been flirting with an adult man," Tenko answers.

"No, that means I'm a freaking prey animal that fell for a trap," Izuku says in defense.

The man rubs his face in annoyance, "Why must you three always do shit to each other knowing that it's going to piss off the other?"

"Cause that's what siblings do?" Shōta guesses with a shrug.

"I wasn't like this with Yoichi," the man states with a raised brow.

Shōta notices how Izuku locks up with a wide eyed expression on his face. "Well this is different, dad. You had one sibling, and there's three of us so more rivalries are going to take place," Izuku says softly.

The man pats Izuku on the head lightly with a soft smile, "That is true." His smile turns into a frown as he studies Izuku, "Did that bratty ass Bakugou boy bully you again, Zu?"

"Yes," Izuku says in almost a whisper, "He um, well, he said that a villain like me shouldn't be the son of a Pro-Hero and to just go and find my real father."

The man pulls Izuku into a gentle hug, "You ain't no damn villain. I'll have a chat with his parents later and hopefully they'll discipline him this time. Him bullying you is getting very old."

The three boys get changed and Shōta is grateful that their bedrooms all have their names hanging on the doors because he'd look really stupid going into the wrong room. He helps Izuku clean his burns as Tenko goes down stairs to help their father start dinner. "Your acting skills give me red flags," Shōta grumbles.

"I was originally quirkless in our world before getting a quirk during the entrance exam so I'm a walking red flag," Izuku whispers and Shōta's head snaps up and stares at him with wide eyes.

"What?" Shōta chokes out and Izuku lets out a shaky sigh.

"All Might gave me a quirk called One For All. It's a quirk that gets passed from one person to the next and gets stronger as it gets passed," Izuku explains and Shōta's heart twists with guilt. "In this world, Yoichi, the first user of the quirk, gave it to Tenko before he passed as he was sickly. Tenko was quirkless so it makes sense to pass it to him. I um, I have the decay quirk that the Tenko from our world has instead which is why I'm wearing these gloves. I was so, so confused until that voice explained everything to me. What I didn't expect was that our father in this world is our world's major villain. The Quirk Thief, All For One."

Shōta sucks in a sharp breath at hearing all of this information. He's heard of All For One but he always thought that they were just stories made up by old undergrounds who wanted to scare the newbies and keep them on their toes. What hurts to know is that he failed as a teacher for not having fully read Izuku's files. Had he had done that, then he would have known that Izuku was new at having a quirk and wouldn't have been so hard on him. "I'm sorry for the beginning of the year, Zu. I-I never read your file all the way through. I don't read anyone's files all the way through because I don't want to be biased. I want to see everyone's raw potential with a blind eye. I'm so sorry."

Izuku gives him a soft smile and whispers, "It's okay, Sensei. I understand why you would want to see what everyone has to offer like that. Did I show you that I have potential?"

Shōta smirks, "Not just potential, Problem Child. You showed me how quickly you can adapt and change tactics. What made me really change my mind about you, was when you turned around with that raging fire behind your eyes when you proved me wrong. Your resolve is what made me want to keep you in my class."

Shōta startles when Izuku hugs him. He relaxes and returns the hug. ‘I-I think I'm okay with this being my new life. Just need to act like I've been here the whole time and everything will be okay,’ Shōta thinks to himself as Izuku pulls away from the hug with a wobbly smile and a whispered 'thank you'.

It's about an hour later that a knock sounds at the door and Tenko rushes to answer it while shoving Izuku down onto the couch roughly. Shōta watches from his place in the recliner as Tenko opens the door. "Hiya! You must be Izuku's little online friend!" Tenko chirps.

"Gross. Stop being overly nice, you asshole," Shōta grumbles and Tenko shoots him a glare as Izuku snorts.

"I am not an asshole, Shō! And I'm being hospitable!" Tenko says in defense.

"Yeah okay, McDick, just be your usual self," Izuku says with an eye roll and it was now Shōta's turn to chuckle at the attack.

Tenko storms into the living room after quickly inviting the tired purple haired boy in, "Are you seriously still pissed at me?!"

"Yes, yes I am. You had zero right to invade my privacy. Just a pre-warning, you're not going to shower in peace for a week," Izuku states with a slight glare.

"Ew, you're gonna watch me bathe?" Tenko asks.

"No but the secret hidden cameras that I installed in your bathroom will start recording live feeds to Only Fans every time you enter the bathroom," Izuku says and Shōta and the purple haired boy both start laughing.

Tenko stares at him with a disgusted look on his face, "I'm telling dad."

"Go ahead. He's not going to believe you. I is da beebee so I is completely inn-o-cent," Izuku says with a sly smirk and flutters his eyelashes.

"Now I wish I was an only sibling," Tenko grumbles as he starts stomping away.

"Have the wrong quirk. You could be an only sibling if you had Zu's quirk," Shōta points out and Tenko slaps him on the back of the head then starts running when Shōta shoots out of his seat to get him back.

Now it was just Izuku and this purple haired boy alone in the living room. Izuku gives him a shy smile and waves him over to come sit down. "I'm Izuku, those two are my older brothers. The white haired one is Tenko and the black haired one is Shōta."

The boy sits down shyly and gives him a small smile, "I'm Hitoshi. It's um, it's really nice to be able to finally meet you. I was really surprised to see you inviting me over after what you've said in the past about not being so sure about meeting in person."

Izuku sheepishly rubs the back of his neck, "Tenko is the one who invited you over. I didn't know until Shōta told me. I'm definitely still really pissed about it because I wasn't mentally prepared. He kinda forced this on me."

A sad look forms on Hitoshi's face, "Oh. Oh okay."

Izuku pats his hand lightly, "Don't make that face, I'm glad that you're here. I'm just a really shy person and I don't trust people easily. I um, I get bullied a lot so I keep to myself." Izuku lightly picks at a loose thread on one of his gloves while avoiding eye contact.

"I get bullied a lot too so I understand," Hitoshi admits softly. "They say that my quirk is villainous. It's um, it's called Brainwashing."

"Mine is called Decay," Izuku whispers as he pulls off one of the gloves and grabs his empty mug, turning it into a pile of dust. "If we had people pick between our quirks on which is villainous and which one isn't, mine would be the villainous one since I can literally kill a person with a single touch."

Hitoshi stares at the cup wide eyed for a moment before staring at Izuku, "Have you ever?"

"No, but his quirk manifested at the wrong time and place," Tomura answers as he comes into the living room. "He was six when it manifested, so he was a late bloomer and when it did, he dusted a goat that he was petting at a petting zoo."

A sad look appears on Izuku's face as he slips the glove back on, "That poor goat."

"Yes, it would have been much better as a stew," Tomura chuckles and Izuku pulls a disgusted look and the man chuckles some more before introducing himself, "I'm Izuku's father, Tomura Shigaraki or well Pro-Hero All For One."

Hitoshi stares at Tomura for a long moment with wide eyes, "I'm-I'm Hitoshi Shinsou."

"Ah, Pro-Hero Sandman's son, good, at least I know you're not some sort of potential murderer," Tomura teases as he pats Hitoshi on the head. "Well, I gotta get going. You two behave. Izuku, get your brothers to stop beating the shit out of each other in the backyard. I don't want Enji coming over here and bitching that they broke the fence again or that they've drug Touya into their brawl again. Also, keep an eye on dinner. It's in the slow cooker and should be ready in a couple of hours, season it as you see fit."

Izuku gives him a sarcastic salute, "Aye-aye, captain!"

Tomura pats him on the head before grabbing his things and leaving. Izuku heads outside with Hitoshi following behind him. He rolls his eyes when he sees Endeavor's head appear above the fence. "Oi! You two brats better knock it the hell off! I don't need you two breaking my damn fence again!"

"We know, we know, sheesh. Not even a tractor can pull that needle out of your ass," Shōta retorts, never realizing that Endeavor is their neighbor.

"Boy! I swear to kami I'm tired of that smart ass mouth of yours! You're too much like your damn father! All three of you!" Enji snaps.

"Nah! You're just a big ol' stick in the mud and don't know how to have fun!" Tenko argues.

"More like a flaming pile of donkey shit but close enough," Izuku states and laughter could be heard from the other side of the fence and Touya and Keigo pop up with grins on their faces.

"Hells yeah, Zu!" Touya laughs.

"Yeah! You tell 'im, Zu!" Keigo giggles and both boys get smacked in the head.

"Stop encouraging bad behavior! If Inko were still around then they wouldn't be acting like this!" Enji shouts.

"Oh you mean our abusive mother? The one who tried to fucking drown Izuku two fucking months ago?" Tenko asks angrily as he stomps up to the fence. "If you seriously think that that's a proper parent then you're sick in the head."

Enji just rolls his eyes and disappears back behind the fence with Touya and Keigo joining him. The four boys go back inside with Tenko disappearing into his room to play video games. Shōta goes into his own room to start exploring and Izuku leads Hitoshi into his and he's so very glad that this world's Izuku doesn't have an All Might shrine because he'd be very embarrassed right now if it were. Instead, his room is filled with small support item inventions, tools, quirk analysis books, musical instruments, band posters and various autographed items from some bands.

"Oh wow, you got a lot going on in here," Hitoshi says in awe as he looks around the room.

Izuku rubs the back of his neck, "Yeah. Sorry, I'm a bit of a nerd. I plan on going into Support Heroics. I um, I don't think a quirk like mine would be very safe to use as a tool for taking down a villain. Well, maybe if it was a super bad and powerful villain and that was the only way to stop them then maybe. But your quirk! It's perfect for Heroics! Yours is so versatile and the possibilities are endless for what you could do!"

Hitoshi blushes deeply at Izuku's excitement, "I don't know. My quirk isn't really suited for combat."

"So. Shōta's quirk is called Erasure. He's able to erase his opponents quirk and levels the playing field and fights quirkless. His quirk doesn't work on those with mutation quirks but still, if my brother can be in the Hero Course with a non-combative quirk then so can you. Just gotta train and build muscle and skill," Izuku says with an encouraging smile and Hitoshi returns it with his own wobbly one.

The two boys sit on the bed and watch a movie with Izuku pausing it here and there to check on dinner. Izuku can feel himself getting sleepy but it wasn't that late in the day so he didn't get why he was so tired. He's broken out of his sleepy state and his eyes are blown wide when Hitoshi presses his lips against his. The other boy's lips are very soft and warm and he can't help but relax into it and return the gesture. He melts as the kiss deepens and continues in the form of a make-out session.

Shōta really didn't expect to open Izuku's door and see his student turned brother in the middle of a make-out session that looked like it was about to turn into something a lot more heated and hungry. He clears his throat and tries not to laugh when both boys seemingly jump out of their skins. "Should probably eat dinner before fornicating," Shōta deadpans and keeps himself neutral as both boys turn bright red.

"Sh-shut up! We weren't going to do that!" Izuku squeaks out.

"We're not even dating yet!" Hitoshi says in agreement.

"Wait. Yet?" Izuku asks softly, his bright red blush now a soft one while Hitoshi's blush deepens.

W-well, y-yeah, that-that's kinda my plan, to ya know, date you," Hitoshi stutters out while avoiding eye contact.

"Really?" Izuku asks and Hitoshi nods his head, "I would actually really like that, Toshi."

Hitoshi stares at him with wide eyes for a moment, "R-really?" Izuku nods his head and a soft smile appears on Hitoshi's face.

"Ugh, gross, get a room you two," Shōta groans while rolling his eyes.

"We are in a room, ding dong, you're technically in my room so shoo, get out!" Izuku points out while making a shooing motion.

"Yeah yeah, whatever. I have condoms and stuff in my room if you want them. I don't plan on using them so you two can have them," Shōta informs them.

"What? Why not? You might find someone, Shō," Tenko questions as he has now come out of his room as well.

"I don't want to find anyone, Ten," Shōta states.

"But-," Tenko goes to argue but Shōta cuts him off.

"I fucking said no! I don't want any-fucking-body! I'm done with relationships! I had one and now Oboro's gone because a jealous, loud mouthed bastard just had to fucking kill him in front of me! You really think I want a new fucking relationship after that?!" Shōta shouts at him while tears run down his face. 

Shōta storms off with Tenko chasing after him. "Wait! Shō! I'm sorry!" Tenko pleads.

"Just leave me alone, damnit!" Shōta cries out before slamming his bedroom door in Tenko's face.

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Shōta had holed himself up in his room for the majority of the weekend, only allowing Izuku to enter who made sure that he ate and drank. His father attempted to talk to him that morning but he quickly darted out of the house and rushed to school. He continued to give Tenko the silent treatment and when he sat down for lunch, Touya and Keigo joined him along with Tenko.

"Damn Shō, what's wrong? You look like you've been crying all weekend," Keigo asks in concern.

"Maybe because I have," Shōta grumbles and the two boys get worried looks on their faces.

"Why? What happened?" Touya questions gently.

Shōta sniffles before answering, "Izuku got himself a little boyfriend and I told them that they could have the unused condoms and stuff that I have because I'm not going to use them then this fucker here is all 'what if you find someone?' I don't fucking want anyone. I already had someone and now he's gone. I'm done with relationships."

"Aw Shō, it'll be okay. Things will get better with time," Keigo says softly before looking at Tenko, "And you, you need to be more empathic. I know you've never been through something like that but still."

"I tried apologizing to him, but he's been giving me the silent treatment," Tenko says in defense.

"Yeah because I'm pissed off at you and don't really feel like talking to you," Shōta states as he picks at his food. "First you invade Zu's privacy then try and talk to me about something that I don't even want to think about and now that I'm talking about it, I sound like I'm being a big baby."

Tenko has his head hung in shame, "Yeah. I really should be apologizing to both of you. I kinda just do and say things without thinking them all the way through first. But hey, Zu and his little online buddy clicked and now they are dating! We should take him to the mall after school and get him a new outfit so he looks good for his movie date this weekend!"

Shōta rolls his eyes and his expression softens, "Yeah, I guess you did right by being a nosey shit for once. And are we, as older brothers, going to let our baby brother go out on a date to the movies… alone?" 

"Oh, I was already planning on stalking them to make sure Hitoshi doesn't pull any inappropriate moves too quickly," Tenko says as he makes karate chops in the air. "I'd have to nut check that insomniac with gravity defying purple hair if he does. Just run up to him and go, HI-YAH!" He punches at the air and the three boys all laugh at him.

"Pretty sure if you hit him like that, that'd be more than a nut check, more like a castration," Touya laughs. 

"Nut checks are love taps, my guy," Keigo laughs in agreement.

"I will protect my baby brother however I see fit and if that means I castrate his partner then so be it! We wouldn't have to worry about babies then!" Tenko laughs and the three boys give him a look.

"I think you need to go back to biology," Shōta says with a wrinkled nose.

"Tis a joke not a dick…," Tenko starts to say.

"Finish that sentence and your dick will turn into a pussy when I kick it up into your abdominal cavity," Shōta threatens as Tenko laughs mischievously.

Heroics class rolls around and Shōta gets changed into his hero costume and sighs happily when it's exactly like his when he was in high school. His heart breaks when he sees the goggles. He slips them onto his head and has his capture scarf wrap around his neck and shoulders. He doesn't even notice Tenko giving him a look of shocked surprise as he leaves the locker room. Shōta feels a headache appear when he sees who the second year Heroics teacher is, All Might, the bane of his existence.

When Tenko joins him, he taps Shōta on the shoulder and whispers to him, "Shō, when'd you learn how to get your capture weapon to listen to you? Last time you used it, it slapped you across the face like a bitch."

Shōta keeps his expression neutral as his thoughts scream at him. ‘Shit shit shit! That's right, I'm only a second year, I was still learning how to use my support item. Fuck! I need an excuse or some kind of explanation!’ "Oh, I don't know. Maybe I was forcing myself before and now that I'm relaxed, it's listening to me." He words it like a statement even though in his head it sounded more like a question.

"Oh, okay yeah, that makes sense because you've been in a hurry to learn it since getting it, so good job on figuring it out so quickly! That's great!" Tenko says with a wide smile and Shōta hopes that this world's Shōta has figured it out in his world.

The voice from before enters his mind, "He's doing just fine. He almost had a meltdown when Hizashi tossed his arm around him but other than that, he's okay. He also learned that his brother from this world is there with him so he doesn't feel alone, just like with the Izuku from your world being here with you." 

"That's good. I'm glad everyone is doing good then," Shōta says to the voice.

All Might begins speaking and tells the class what they are going to be doing that day and he immediately hates the lesson that's planned out. He doesn't know how any of them are going to learn anything with the man teaching like this, he found it to be ridiculous.

He powers through the lesson much to his annoyance then works as a dutiful student for the remainder of the day. True to his word, Tenko drags Izuku to the mall to get him a new outfit with the younger boy protesting the entire way there.

"You need to look good for your date this weekend, Zu! Can't go out wearing a shirt that says 'shirt' on it!" Tenko states as he drags Izuku into the first store.

"What if I just want to be myself?!" Izuku asks.

"You can still be yourself with a new outfit, Zu. Why do you have to make shopping for you so hard?" Tenko questions as they head over to the young men's section.

"Because I hate shopping," Izuku answers.

"You and me both," Shōta grumbles.

"You didn't have an issue going out and shopping with Oboro," Tenko points out.

Shōta glares at him, "That's different. Those were more like dates than actual shopping."

Tenko rolls his eyes at him, "Whatever, both of you are no fun."

"I'll show Toshi some fun this weekend," Izuku says and Shōta and Tenko both stare at him with wide eyes.

"Absolutely not! You two just started dating! You don't need to be doing the hanky-panky yet!" Tenko says as he wraps Izuku up in a protective hug.

Izuku scoffs at him and tries to get out of his hold, "You can't tell me what to do. If we wanna fool around a little but not go all the way, we will."

"That's what they all say then nine months later, boom, a baby pops out," Shōta says in a joking manner.

Tenko starts laughing as Izuku gives Shōta a disgusted look, "Ew, gross. Pretty sure ABO M-Preg isn't a thing here."

"It's not but still, if one of you were an omega, you'd have to worry about it," Shōta says while chuckling.

"I don't want to think about babies. Too young for babies," Izuku states.

"Then no hanky-panky," Tenko says before turning Izuku around to the racks of clothing, "Now! Let's pick you out an outfit!"

Izuku pouts and picks out a couple of the ugliest shirts he can find just to annoy Tenko. Shōta shuffles through the racks himself and finds an outfit that he thinks suits Izuku's taste and holds it up for the two to see. "Okay, now that I'd wear," Izuku says as he looks over it.

"I don't think a button down with a cat pattern on it is really appropriate for a date," Tenko points out.

"That's why I picked this plain black tee to go under it," Shōta states. "Gray button down with neon cats and a black undershirt along with dark colored jeans, I don't see anything wrong with this outfit. It's not like they are going to a fancy-schmancy restaurant, they're going to the movies and probably going and getting fast food afterwards."

"I like the outfit," Izuku says with a soft smile. "Kinda like this one with the neon dinosaurs on it too."

"Then get both. Wear one for this date coming up and the other for the next date, simple," Shōta suggests.

"Oh, that's a good idea but they are the wrong sizes," Izuku says before digging through and picking the correct ones.

Tenko stares at him with a raised brow, "When'd you go a size up?"

Izuku returns the look, "Been like this for a hot minute. You see me everyday so how exactly are you going to notice a small difference?"

"Touché," Tenko says before directing them to the changing rooms, "Let's try everything on first before we buy anything, we need to make sure everything fits properly."

They go into the changing room and Izuku leaves the curtain open as he has no issue changing in front of them. Shōta has already seen Izuku shirtless and is slightly jealous that the younger boy is a lot more muscular than he appears to be. Being in his younger body, it's not as built up as his adult one so the muscles are there, just not as defined. He glances over at Tenko whose mouth is hanging open as he stares at Izuku. "What's the matter with you?" Shōta whispers.

"When the fuck did Zu get absolutely freaking ripped? We're not even that defined and we're almost third years, this is bullshit, it should be the other way around," Tenko answers.

"Zu?" Shōta says and Izuku hums in acknowledgment, "When'd you get ripped?"

"Um, I've been training by myself for a while now. I'm getting tired of Kacchan's bullshit so I'm going to show him what's up," Izuku answers, causing Shōta and Tenko to snort.

"You gotta give us your workout routine so we can get like that," Tenko teases and Izuku looks at him with a raised brow.

"I don't have a routine, I just go and clean up that trashed beach. I almost have the entire stretch cleared off," Izuku explains and the two older boys stare at him with wide eyes.

"Is that why you've been sneaking out of the house at night? So you can go and clean up that beach as a form of strength training?" Tenko asks in disbelief and Izuku nods his head. "Well shit. What the fuck? That crap that All Might has us doing hasn't done jack shit for us but you're just freaking cleaning and are ripped! That's not fair!"

"It works out the entire body," Izuku explains to him, "Work smarter, not harder."

"Isn't that stressful on the body?" Shōta asks in concern.

"Yes. I've gone through some other changes as well but I don't know if I'm ready to talk about them yet," Izuku answers as he finishes getting the outfit on and turning around so the two can see it where they both give him a thumbs up.

"We're here for you, you know, you don't need to hide things from us," Tenko informs him.

Shōta can tell that Izuku is very hesitant and he can tell that the voice is speaking to him so it must be helping him decide if he should talk about it or not. As he changes back into his school uniform, he starts talking again. "I have more quirks. They-they kinda manifested the stronger my body got but I haven't trained with them yet," Izuku says softly as he makes quick eye contact with Shōta, a sign that he'll explain more later.

"What the fuck, Zu?! That's not healthy at all! Have you told dad?! You might need to go to the doctor!" Tenko scolds him.

"No, I haven't told him yet and I don't think I need to go to the doctor because none of them are hurting me," Izuku says softly.

"Okay, but they do need to get registered," Tenko points out.

"Highly aware. I plan on telling him later about them anyways, not like I can hide six other damn quirks for very long," Izuku grumbles and the two boys' mouths drop open.

"Six? Did you say that you have six extra freaking quirks, Izuku?" Shōta questions in disbelief and Izuku nods his head and Shōta feels like he's going to be sick to his stomach because what the fuck has Izuku been doing to himself to cause this and he can tell that Tenko is feeling the same way he is.

They buy the outfits and head home. Once there, Izuku does exactly what he said that he was going to do and tells their father everything where the man has them all get in the car and takes them to a warehouse that is obviously used for training purposes and has Izuku show them the quirks. To say that all three are absolutely dumbfounded beyond belief when Izuku has black-tendrils whipping around, smoke emitting around him, floating mid-air, different stages of speed with quick bursts of power with the last quirk being mental based. 

Shōta could tell that their father was deeply worried and asked Izuku what he would like to do with the quirks where the boy gets defensive stating that he's keeping them where the man simply holds his hands up in surrender explaining that he wouldn't do anything that Izuku wouldn't want to do where the boy calms down. It definitely has Shōta curious as to why Izuku is so protective of these stress induced manifestations but knows that Izuku will tell him later so he leaves it be until later.

That night, Shōta goes into Izuku's room and dumps all the condoms and sealed bottles of lube onto the green haired boy's bed and tries not to laugh at the blush on his face. "Dear lord, your other self was a horny fucker," Izuku whispers.

"I know right, I honestly have second hand embarrassment from some of the stuff I found in there," Shōta says softly as he sits down at the desk chair.

"Gross. I don't wanna know," Izuku continues to whisper. Then looks at Shōta and sees that the man is waiting for the explanation. "Since I had One For All in our world, I was granted access to the previous users' quirks so when I came here, well, those quirks don't exist and needed a place to go so they stayed within me. Tenko has Transference and Stockpile, they are the heart of One For All so here in this world, Tenko is the second user."

Shōta sighs softly at the explanation, "What user are you?"

"Ninth," Izuku answers, "I got it from All Might. The man was originally quirkless so all he did was strengthen it before passing it to me. My version was stronger than his which is why it broke my bones and shit, my body wasn't strong enough yet to be able to handle the strain of it. The voice says that this world's Izuku now has the full quirk and he's having just as much of a hard time with it as me but he is learning it faster than me but I think it's because he wasn't originally quirkless so he's had experience with some kind of quirk, you know."

"Maybe it's for the best," Shōta says softly and soft smile forms on Izuku's face.

"Yeah. I do like it here. A lot better than my other life which the other Izuku was ballsy enough to actually leave Inko's house and go live with Shōta, which is good. He won't have to deal with her shit like I did," Izuku says softly then starts laughing a bit, "He's pursuing Toshi there and the poor lavender boy is so confused and flustered that this '1-A Golden Boy' is flirting and coming onto him while he's just a Gen Ed student in 1-C."

Shōta chuckles, "Oh boy, poor Hitoshi, I'm sure that they'll both be fine though."

"Yeah. I just feel sorry for the other Shōta, he has to fight his own brother and father there," Izuku says with a frown on his face.

"I have to face off against Hizashi sooner or later. I don't even know what his villain name is here since he's a hero in our world," Shōta says with a frown.

"It's the Reverb," Tenko says as he opens the door, startling both of them who now have pale expressions of horror on their faces. Tenko sighs heavily as he looks at Shōta with a sad expression, "You were telling the truth this whole time. You've been swapped out. Both of you have been swapped out." –Izuku and Shōta both have their heads hung and nod softly– "Don't worry. I'm not going to tell dad. You two were swapped out for a reason. You're both still my brothers. I just wish you two would have brought me in on this on day one."

"We're sorry. It's just, you're just part of this world and we're not, we didn't want to upset you or anything," Izuku explains.

"You also didn't believe me when I tried telling you the other day either," Shōta points out and Tenko sucks in his lips and nods his head.

"That is true, you did try to tell me. I just thought you were kinda stuck in one of your nightmares still or something," Tenko says then looks at Izuku. "You're One For All as well?"

"I was. I don't have Transference and Stockpile in this world so I wouldn't consider myself as One For All anymore," Izuku says with a sad smile, "I have the previous users with me from our world so it's okay."

"What does that mean?" Shōta asks him and Tenko also has a look of curiosity on his face at this.

"I'm haunted. Not only do the previous users' quirk and strength get passed along, so does their spirit so I have the spooks living in my mindscape," Izuku explains.

"Freaky," Tenko chuckles, then gives the two a sad smile, "No more secrets?" –the two nod their heads– "Cool. You really should tell Hitoshi the truth or at least tell him that you have other quirks with the same thing you told dad, that they are stress induced and that you did it to yourself while training yourself, Zu."

"I know, I'm going to," Izuku says while looking at all the condoms on the bed. "I have a feeling that he'd either break up with me or try and get me to join the Hero Course with him. As much as I would love to be in the Hero Course, I just can't. I'm not hero material. I'm just reckless and act without thinking. That's how that nomu caught me. It got Shōta first and I lost it and just gave it a Texas Smash and it grabbed me by the head then I woke up here in this world."

"Nomu?" Tenko asks, "The fuck is a nomu?"

"The voice says that it's a reanimated corpse built from different bodies and packed full of quirks by All For One. You and our dad here are our world's major villains," Izuku explains and they can both see the sick look on Tenko's face.

"That's fucking disturbing," Tenko says as he swallows thickly then changes the subject, clearly not liking the thought of being a villain. "Let's all just go about how we've been doing. Like I said before, you're both still my brothers and nothings going to change that."

Chapter Text

Shōta and Tenko knew Izuku was up to something when the boy was stretching and cracking his joints like some kind of pro boxer. Izuku gives them a cheeky smile as he's leaving, "Today's the day, boiis!"

"How about you not get expelled," Shōta says in annoyance.

"Says Mister 'I've expelled an entire class last year and I'm not afraid to do it again'," Izuku teases and Shōta rolls his eyes.

Tenko looks at Shōta with a raised brow as they part ways with Izuku, "You're a teacher?"

"I taught Law and Ethics at UA," Shōta answers. "Also helped with first year Heroics because Nezu freaking hired All Might as a teacher there. That was the whole reason for your attack on the USJ that day. You came in through a portal with that nomu and a shit ton of low level thugs looking to kill All Might but since he wasn't there, you decided to go after the students instead."

"Holy fuck. Definitely something wrong with that world's Tenko," Tenko says with a wrinkled nose.

"You called yourself Tomura there. The portal guy called you 'Master Tomura'," Shōta explains to him. "In my world, your quirk was Decay, spoke in gamer terms and your villain costume was literally a simple outfit with disembodied hands attached to you. I'm safely assuming that the hands are from those you killed."

"What the actual fuck?! That's disgusting!" Tenko shouts in disgust.

"Had one on your face like this," Shōta says as he grabs Tenko's face who jerks away with a disgusted look.

"Dude. That's so damn disturbing. I'm glad I'm not like that here cause damn. That Tenko really must have been through some shit to be that twisted in the head," Tenko says while shaking his head.

"Most definitely," Shōta says in agreement as they get closer to school.

The school day goes on as normal. The normalcy seriously bores Shōta out of his ever loving mind. He's just glad that the school year is halfway over. He knows that Izuku's birthday is fast approaching and now that he's his brother, he needs to figure out what to get him. The boy's birthday was only fourteen days away now since today was July first. Once the school day is over, they make their way over to Aldrea's district to pick up Izuku. What he didn't expect was to see Hitoshi heading that way too and the purple haired boy spots them and joins up with them.

"Wanting to hang out with Zu?" Shōta asks.

Hitoshi nods his head, "Yeah. He um, he texted me earlier asking if I'd like to get coffee with him and that he has a birthday gift for me. He didn't need to get me anything."

Shōta and Tenko stare at Hitoshi in surprise. "Today's your birthday?" Tenko asks and Hitoshi sheepishly nods his head, "That's really neat! Happy birthday, Hito!"

"Yes, happy birthday," Shōta says with a soft smile, "You and Izu are almost birthday twins. His is on the fifteenth."

"Oh shit! That's right and we still haven't decided what to get his bitch ass yet! Last year we took him to that concert so we gotta do something different for him this year!" Tenko says in excitement.

"Since he got me something, I'm going to have to get him something as well. I don't know what though," Hitoshi says softly.

"You could give him a smooch and he'd be happy with it," Tenko teases, causing Hitoshi to blush.

Shōta smacks Tenko, "Shut up, don't tease him. But yes, Zu is an oddball and he'd happily accept a smooch as a gift."

As they get closer to Aldrea Middle, they hear shouting. "You damn villain! Your ass needs to learn its place! The bottom of the totem pole!"

"Fuck you and your bitch ass, Bakugou!" Izuku shouts.

"The fuck did you just call me?!" Bakugou screeches.

"Ba-ku-gou!" Izuku sounds it out for him.

"You fucking bastard! You don't call me that! You call me Kacchan!" Bakugou seethes.

"Why the fuck would I call you 'Kacchan'?! That's the pet name I gave you when we were fucking kids and when we were still fucking friends and you're not my damn friend anymore the last time I checked!" Izuku screams out.

There's several crackles then one huge explosion and Izuku comes flying out of the alleyway. He catches himself and slides across the ground on his feet, digging the balls of his feet into the dirt to slow himself down and to keep him upright. He has his arms over his face to protect it. His two fingered gloves are both still intact as they are fire resistant but the upper portion of his school uniform was on fire and he quickly rips it off himself before it could burn him further.

Shōta sees Hitoshi's wide eyed expression as he watches this fight go down. Bakugou comes flying out of the alleyway next, using his quirk to propel himself forward, "You fucking bastard! You must think you're some hot shit, huh?!" He goes to attack while using his quirk but Izuku beats him to it and smacks him down while using Black Whip.

"I'm a fucking nobody, Katsuki! Always have been and always will be!" Izuku shouts angrily.

Bakugou scrambles up and stares at Izuku with wide eyes as the black green tendrils whip around him, "So you got a new quirk from your so-called daddy?!"

"Actually no, I manifested this quirk on my own by stressing myself out to my breaking point!" Izuku retorts, causing Bakugou to falter for a moment before becoming irate and charging at Izuku where the two physically go at it.

The three watch as Izuku quickly gets the upper hand and beats Bakugou down without mercy. Once he was done, he backs up and spits the blood out of his mouth as Bakugou pulls himself back up and looks up at Izuku with his one good eye. "If you want me to be a villain so bad, I have no issue with becoming one just for you, Katsuki. We were supposed to become The Wonder Duo together, to become the world's greatest hero team. But if you want a mortal enemy to fight against, I can be that person."

Shōta and Tenko can both see the heart broken look in not only Hitoshi's eyes but also Bakugou's. "I don't fucking want that, you damn bastard. You were supposed to stay quirkless so you could prove to the world that anyone can be anything but you just had to go and manifest that villainous fucking quirk. You getting that quirk ruined every fucking thing."

Izuku scoffs, "So are you telling me that we'd still be friends if I never got my quirk? You, who bullies anyone you believe to be lesser than you?"

Bakugou stares at Izuku for a long moment, "Yes. We'd still be friends. When you were quirkless, you were fucking fearless, you'd stand up and protect everyone who was getting bullied but as soon as you got that fucking quirk, you turned into a fucking mouse. A pussy boy who was easy to walk all over. And what the fuck is all this? You actually fucking defending yourself after eight damn years of just taking beat downs? What's changed all of the sudden?"

"I changed. I became a different person, I am a different person. I'm not going to be some fucking push over anymore. I have someone who I want to protect even if he doesn't really need my protection," Izuku answers with a cold calmness to his voice and it sends shivers up the three's spines. 

Bakugou looks past him and sees the three standing there and makes eye contact with Hitoshi who glares at him. Bakugou looks back up at Izuku, "You have a boyfriend."

"Yes. And today's his birthday so I'm going to go now and spend some time with him, good bye, Katsuki," Izuku says as he turns on his heel, picks up his backpack and makes his way over to the three. Shōta watches as tears run down Bakugou's face before the blonde stands up, picks up his own backpack and leaves.

"Pretty sure you just broke Bakugou's heart there, Zu," Tenko points out.

Izuku gives him a deadpan stare, "Do I look like I care? He's hurt me for far too fucking long and I'm not going to stand for it anymore."

"Could you do that to my bullies, Izu?" Hitoshi asks softly.

Izuku gives him a sad smile, "That depends on if you want to stay with me or not after I tell you the truth about myself." 

Shōta and Tenko give each other a wide eyed look before stepping away and giving the two some space. They watch as Izuku tells Hitoshi everything. They see the boy go through several different emotions: confusion, anger, hurt, betrayal, and lastly landing on dejection. They take Hitoshi not pulling away from Izuku when their brother takes the other's hands with both of his and holding them against his chest as he apologizes to Hitoshi along with him saying that he'd understand if Hitoshi wants to break off their relationship as a positive sign. They could tell that Izuku didn't want that to happen but they know that Izuku will respect Hitoshi's decision if he chooses to end it.

"How long have you been here?" Hitoshi asks softly.

"Since Friday afternoon, so four and half days," Izuku answers softly.

"You were aged down?" Hitoshi asks.

"Not by much. It was early April there so I'm around eight months younger now," Izuku explains.

Hitoshi stays put as he thinks for a moment, "Since you're being honest with me and technically haven't been lying to me from the beginning of us talking, unlike me. I've been the one lying or well, hiding the whole time."

Izuku tilts his head to the side, "Well how exactly have you been lying slash hiding for four and a half days if I were doing the same?"

Hitoshi meets Izuku's gaze and Izuku gives him a soft encouraging smile. Hitoshi takes a shaky breath before answering, "I'm trans. Female to male to be exact."

Shōta and Tenko are both thoroughly surprised and both of them smack each other at the same time in shock as Izuku's smile becomes more warm and loving which clearly surprises Hitoshi. "Thank you for telling me, Toshi, I'm glad that you don't want to hide from me."

"I'm not planning on fully transitioning either. Maybe just my top after having kids and a hysterectomy. I don't mind some of my 'female' parts. I just want people to see me as how I feel on the inside," Hitoshi explains further and Izuku nods in understanding.

"That's okay, self expression is important and I don't mind you being who you are," Izuku says and the warm, loving smile never wavers.

"R-really?" Hitoshi asks softly.

"Yes really. I don't mind it at all. It's you who I like, not what's between your legs," Izuku answers. "You don't mind me being from an alternate dimension?"

"No, not really. Just means I need to get to know this version of you instead of the other you," Hitoshi says with a soft smile.

"I um, I do have an actual gift for you. I stayed up all night to make it for you," Izuku says as he lets go of Hitoshi's hands and starts digging into his backpack.

"You made me something?" Hitoshi asks.

"Of course I did!" Izuku chirps as he pulls out a black box tied with a green ribbon and hands it over to Hitoshi.

Hitoshi shyly accepts it, pulls the ribbon off and opens the box where his eyes are blown wide. He looks up at Izuku in shock, "You made me a support item?"

"Sure did, I want to show you my support. I know you can get into the Hero Course. This can be your very first support item. I can change and upgrade it the more you train and improve your quirk," Izuku explains to him.

"Why not join the Hero Course with me? You have all these quirks at your disposal, you could easily wipe the floor with a villain," Hitoshi begs softly while giving Izuku puppy dog eyes.

"The Support Course is still part of Heroics, just a different type," Izuku states.

"But you were in the Hero Course in your dimension, why not join it again?" Hitoshi questions.

Izuku sighs and rubs the back of his neck, "The voice told me that I end up becoming an anti-hero, leaving UA and becoming a vigilante. My whole thing was to become the number one hero, the next Symbol Of Peace. That was my plan, that's what was planned out for me. I was given One For All so I could defeat All For One."

"But that voice also told you that you were swapped out so that you could start anew and become who you want to become," Hitoshi points out, "Are you really wanting to start over working in a lab instead of doing what you actually wanted to do? Here, you don't need to worry about becoming the next Symbol Of Peace. Your life isn't planned out here. You can do and become who you want."

Izuku presses his forehead against Hitoshi's, "I'll-I'll have to think about it, Toshi. Your argument is very good and you've made some valid points. I just don't know if Heroics is truly what I want anymore. I basically freaking died not even a week in and well... It definitely discouraged me, so I don't know anymore."

Hitoshi steps closer and the two stand there hugging and holding each other, "I understand. Just think about it and if you decide that you still just wanna be in the Support Course then I understand and I will support and respect your decision."

"Thank you, Toshi, you're the best," Izuku whispers then pulls away from the hug. "I promised you coffee as well so let's go and get some."

"But um, you don't have a shirt, you're also all bloody, burned, and bruised. We need to get you home so we can get you fixed up. I'd be crying in pain right now if I were this banged up," Hitoshi says with a soft smile.

"We have coffee at the house so you two can have it there," Tenko says as he gestures for them to come on.

"Ew but I want café coffee, not no stinkin' coffee pot coffee," Izuku protests as the pair follow him.

"I know how to make it better," Shōta says, "I have mastered the art of coffee making so no need to waste money on café coffee."

Izuku gives him a glare, "If it's awful, I'm burying you in the backyard."

"Oh yes because I'm afraid of a soon-to-be fifteen year old," Shōta says with an eye roll.

"Ah, be careful, Shō! We just watched him give Bakugou the beat down of his life, you might be next!" Tenko laughs and Shōta just shakes his head.

They arrive home and their father does a double take when he sees Izuku, "Dear lord, boy! What on earth happened to you?!"

"Gave Bakugou a taste of his own damn medicine and beat him bloody," Izuku says proudly and Tomura smiles softly.

"Looks like your fearless nature is starting to show its face again. That's good, I'm glad that it is. You'll be able to continue to work on becoming yourself again, I'm proud of you," Tomura says softly and Izuku tears up.

 You're-you're proud of me?" Izuku asks softly and Tomura gives him an odd look.

"Of course I am, I'm always proud of you. I know I don't say it very often but this reaction makes it seem like I don't say it enough," Tomura answers.

Izuku shakes his head with a wobbly smile, "No it's not that. I just figured that I'd get in trouble for fighting."

"The fight was one-sided for far too long, I'm not going to get onto you for finally fighting back," Tomura says.

"So, if I go and beat up Toshi's bullies, I won't get in trouble then either?" Izuku asks sheepishly.

"That depends on if you get caught. If you get caught then you're grounded til college," Tomura chuckles and Izuku nods his head with a soft smile on his face.

The two boys sit in the kitchen with Izuku talking Hitoshi through on how to use his new support item while Shōta makes them some coffee. He sets the mugs down in front of them and Izuku gives it a questioning look before looking up at Shōta, "Did you put fucking marshmallows in the coffee?"

"The marshmallows were in the hot cocoa mix that I used," Shōta explains and both boys pull faces.

"Hot cocoa in coffee?" Hitoshi asks.

"Yes. Just fucking try it, damn. Coffee and chocolate fucking go good together," Shōta answers in annoyance.

Izuku takes a sip first then takes a second one, "Okay. You keep to your life this time. Disappoint me and you're gone."

Hitoshi starts giggling as Shōta gives Izuku an unamused look. They could hear Tenko and Tomura laughing and snorting. "Shut the hell up, Problem Child, you're lucky that you're the obvious favorite."

"I don't have favorites. All of you annoy me equally," Tomura grumbles. "Problem Children."

Izuku giggles mischievously as Shōta gives him a playful glare. Once the two boys were finished with their coffee, they went up stairs and cuddled in silence. Izuku felt himself drifting as the day's events plus staying up all night were catching up to him. He hums as Hitoshi kisses him lightly and he returns it sleepily.

"You need some sleep, I'll head on home now so you can get some rest," Hitoshi whispers.

Izuku groans and holds Hitoshi tighter and closer, "No, you stay here and cuddle with me."

Hitoshi giggles and kisses him again, "I would if it were the weekend but it's not so I do need to get home."

Izuku reluctantly lets him go and stands up with him, "I'll see you out then, I can walk you home if you'd like."

"No, I can walk home on my own, thank you though," Hitoshi says softly as they head downstairs.

"Heading home, Hitoshi?" Tomura asks from his place in his chair.

"Yes sir," Hitoshi says softly.

"Then I'll drive you home, it's getting dark and there's been a recent spike in villain activity. Your father would come for my head if something happens to you," Tomura says as he stands up and slips on his shoes.

"You really don't need to sir," Hitoshi protests softly.

"I don't want my head on a stake, so I'm driving you home," Tomura says firmly and Hitoshi sighs and nods in defeat. "Are you riding along, Zu?"

"Sure, why not?" Izuku says as he slips his shoes on and follows them out. 

On the way over there, Tomura looks over at Izuku as he drifts, "Your roots are starting to show."

Izuku hums for a moment in slight confusion before flipping down the mirror to look. He parts his hair and sees white roots shining through. "That they are. I've been too busy to notice, I guess."

"You have white hair, Izu?" Hitoshi asks in surprise and Izuku nods his head, he didn't know that he had white hair.

"You look just like Yoichi when you don't dye your hair. Since your mother's left, she is not here to remind you to touch it up," Tomura says.

Izuku stares at himself in the mirror then realizes that he has some facial differences as compared to what he looked like in his dimension, he does look more like Yoichi. He had studied the photo of him and Yoichi sitting together for a long time, wondering how such a nice man got stuck with the brother that he has in his world. "Dad. I don't think I'm your kid. I don't look anything like you," Izuku says softly and Tomura gives him a concerned look.

"Of course you're my kid, you don't need to look just like me in order for you to be mine," Tomura points out and Izuku shakes his head.

"No dad. I mean, I think mom cheated on you with your brother. I look just like him minus the freckles," Izuku states firmly.

"I-," Tomura goes to argue but stops and continues driving with a blank expression on his face. After they drop Hitoshi off and say their goodbyes, they head back home. "Even if it's possible, you're still my kid and will always be my kid. My love for you won't change. You'd be innocent in all of this but my perspective of my brother will change and I'm going to be pissed at you mother, more pissed than I already am at her for what she tried to do to you."

"Do you want to do a DNA test? I don't mind doing one with you so that way we both know the truth," Izuku suggests softly.

Tomura lets out a shaky sigh, "Yeah. We might as well, it'd be best if we knew for sure that way neither of us are left wondering."

They get home and swab both of their mouths and stick them in separate baggies for Shōta and Tenko to take to Recovery Girl so she can run an analysis on them. They take them to school the next day with Recovery Girl informing them that the results will be ready at the end of the day to be picked up. Once the school day ends, she gives them an envelope to take home. The three of them give it to their father for him to open and read. They watch the man break as he reads it over. "You're right, Zu. You're Yoichi's son. But like I told you in the car yesterday, you're still my kid and nothing's going to change that." Izuku sighs softly as the man wraps him up a hug, he knows that Tomura is hurting at this news but he knows that the man still loves him regardless of the news. 

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As the months pass, Izuku helps Hitoshi train for the entrance exam even though Izuku has decided to stick to joining the Support Course. He spends his free time creating new support items for himself that he can use his quirks to demonstrate them with and which his father has already gotten him registered with them all being labeled as 'stress induced'. He let his hair grow out and cut away all the green hair that he had, leaving behind his white hair. His father supported him in his decision to just become himself even if that means looking like Yoichi, who his father is still a bit angry with even though the man is more pissed off at Inko than Yoichi.

On the day of the entrance exam, Izuku gives Hitoshi a good luck kiss and two thumbs up along with his signature sunshine smile. The pair go to their own exam halls. Izuku enters his and it's Powerloader as the proctor of the exam and he tries not to be a fanboy at seeing the Pro that he's already met before in his world. Hitoshi enters his exam hall and it's Ectoplasm as his proctor. 

Izuku breezes through the exam with ease. He waits his turn to demonstrate his support items and he spots a pink haired girl staring at him in excitement and he feels like he's made a mistake by making eye contact with her as she's now bounding up to him in excitement. 

"O.M.Gee! You have seven babies made!" She says as she goes to try and grab one of them.

"Yes, please don't touch them. It took me months to make and perfect them and I'd rather no one touch them before I've had a chance to show them off," Izuku states as he shields his items from her.

"Oh sorry! I just get excited about support stuff! Name's Mei Hatsume! Future CEO of Hatsume Industries!" Mei chirps and holds her hand out to him.

Izuku gives her an odd look before shaking her hand, "I'm Izuku Shigaraki, future CEO of no industry. I'm just going to run a hidden Underground shop after graduation."

"Aw boo! That's no fun! Your items look top notch! Even better looking than mine! I think you could make some great stuff for Limelights!" Mei says in excitement.

"No thank you. I don't like attention so I'll just do Underground Support," Izuku says as he goes back to trying to sit in peace but it's obvious that the girl isn't going to leave him alone.

"Aw come on! I'd love to have someone like you working for me!" Mei begs.

"No thank you, I work alone," Izuku states, not giving her a second look. He just hopes that Hitoshi is doing well for his exam. He'd love to be able to go and cheer him on for when the practical takes place since he knows that the written exam has only just begun for those trying out for the Heroic Department.

"Sooooo, do ya got a girlfriend? You're pretty cute, wouldn't mind getting to know you," Mei asks shyly, causing Izuku's gaze to snap over to her.

"I have a boyfriend so I'm not interested," Izuku answers then turns his gaze away. Izuku sighs in relief as he's called next. He takes his items with him and sets them all down on the presentation table for Powerloader, Cementoss, and Nezu to look over.

"Oh my, these look very nice," Nezu compliments.

"These look like a professional made them," Powerloader adds on.

"Why so many?" Cementoss asks.

"Well sir, I have seven quirks. One I was born with while the others are stress induced. Did that to myself though while I was training. I'm the one that cleared off that trashed beach by myself and it certainly put a strain on me," Izuku explains and the three men stare at him in shock.

"You're the youngest Shigaraki boy, correct?" Nezu asks.

Izuku nods his head, "Yes sir, I am."

"Honestly surprised that you're not aiming for the Hero Course like your father and brothers," Nezu says as he continues to examine the items.

"Well, I don't really think a quirk like Decay should be used against people. I'd rather not be seen as 'The Hero Of Death' because that's definitely what I'd get labeled as," Izuku explains and holds up his hands, showing that he's wearing five point contact gloves, with only his pinkies and the finger next to them covered up.

"Any quirk can be used heroically, just need to find what works best for you," Nezu says with a smile.

"Thank you sir but I'd rather not risk accidentally killing someone," Izuku says with a sad smile. "My boyfriend on the other hand is trying out for the Hero Course. I've been helping him train, mainly in what he could utilize as a weapon including his brain."

"That's very good. I'm sure that he'll do well then," Cementoss comments, "What is his name so we can keep an eye out for him once we move onto that examination?"

"He goes by Hitoshi Shinsou but his dead name is Ichika Shinsou. I believe his dead name is what's being used in his student file," Izuku answers. "He's Pro-Hero Sandman's child."

"Ah yes, I remember his file coming across my desk. We'll have to make the appropriate accommodations for him if he passes his practical exam, like installing private changing stalls in the boys' locker rooms as only the girls have the private stalls," Nezu says with a nod.

"That would still be a good addition to add either way, sir, I know I personally wouldn't mind private changing stalls. I don't like attention," Izuku says while gesturing to himself.

"They would definitely still be a good addition, Izuku-kun. I will see if the school board would allow it even if Shinsou-kun doesn't make it into the Hero Course which I'm hoping that he does. A quirk like his can be useful in the field. It would be good for hostage and rescue situations if the people are panicked," Nezu says with a hum as he continues inspecting the items. "A quirk like your Decay could be useful for demolishing fallen buildings for rescue."

"If someone is under the rumble, they'd get affected by it as well. It works like a chain reaction," Izuku explains and Nezu frowns slightly.

"I see. Definitely not the most useful quirk out there, is it?" Nezu asks.

Izuku shakes his head, "Definitely not. Useful for just straight up demolition and destruction though. Like if a building is scheduled for it then it'd be useful."

A feral smile appears on Nezu's face, "How would you like to help me with the practical exam?"

Izuku's interest becomes piqued, "What exactly would you want me to do?"

The feral smile on Nezu's face becomes wider where he then goes into full detail on what he would like to happen. He lets Izuku know that he can use his quirks as he sees fit and that he'll outfit him with a support item that'll enable him the ability to see if the surrounding area is safe for him to use his quirk without the risk of harming anyone if he chooses to use his Decay quirk. Izuku thinks about it for a moment before agreeing with Powerloader and Cementoss both groaning in exasperation.

Hitoshi feels confident that he passed the written exam with flying colors especially with Izuku having helped him study for it. He's now sitting in the auditorium waiting to hear the rules and what to expect during the practical exam. Pro-Hero Pride comes out and begins explaining the practical exam. He pauses mid-explanation, places his finger over what he assumes is an ear piece and groans in exasperation. 

"Is Nezu sure about this? Wouldn't that make the exam more difficult for these kids?... Okay? So what if the kid is the same damn age as them. Using some kid with multiple quirks sounds like a bit much… Dear lord. Okay, fine, I'll let the brats know." –a pool of deep dread seeps into Hitoshi's belly as the Pro turns to face them all– "So brats, there's been a slight change of plans." –he flips on the screen in the room and an image of Izuku, his damn boyfriend of all people, pops up and he knows he's fucked– "This boy here is Izuku Shigaraki, Nezu has somehow managed to recruit him to act as a villain, the high point prize for the exam. He's worth one-hundred points if captured, so an automatic ticket into the Hero Course."

"He probably bribed Izu with freaking food like he's an animal. Damn idiot will do anything for a snack," Hitoshi says, not meaning to actually speak his thoughts aloud.

Pride looks at him with a raised brow, "Do you know Young Shigaraki?"

"He's my boyfriend so of course I know that quirked-out, giant brained maniac," Hitoshi answer.

"Ah, since you know him like that, would you like to do the honors of telling us what to expect quirk wise from him?" Pride asks him.

Hitoshi shrugs his shoulders, "Sure, I wouldn't mind telling. His primary quirk is called Decay, it's a five point contact that disintegrates anything he touches. He doesn't like using it but will if he deems the area within his Decay range safe as it acts as a chain reaction, it can and will kill you. 

There's Black Whip, it sounds exactly what it is, black green tendrils come out of his body and he can basically Spider-Man. 

Float is another one that sounds exactly what it is, he's able to float mid-air. 

Smokescreen is that he's able to emit a dense cloud of smoke around him, giving him cover. 

Fa Jin is kinetic energy based, the more he moves around, the more power is stored that he can release to give him quick bursts of speed and power. 

Danger Sense is mental based, it's always active and allows him to detect danger within a certain range, we're still figuring out what the range is. 

Lastly there's Gear Shift, it's a speed quirk that defies the laws of inertia, he can go any which way at whatever speed he's at, it can affect others and inanimate objects as well so if you see a bot flying at you then it's him using his quirk on them."

"I do not think you have the right to go into detail about his quirks like that!" a dark blue haired boy states while chopping his arm in his direction.

"Why not? He's not in the Hero Course, he's in the Support Course and plans on doing hidden Underground support work so the only ones who are ever going to come into contact with him in the future will be Underground Heroes," Hitoshi explains.

"It is not your business to discuss!" the boy shouts while still chopping his arm.

"The fuck is the point of yelling at him when Pride was going to freaking tell us all anyways?" Bakugou growls out from the front row. "Were you going to yell at a Pro-Hero like that if he did it instead even though the man asked the insomniac if he'd like to explain instead since he has more information in regards to the damn nerd? I fucking grew up with that white haired bastard and I only know about his Decay and I can tell you right now, I'm not risking getting anywhere near him no matter how badly I want those points."

Hitoshi scoffs at him, "You're only saying that because he beat you bloody when he finally got tired of your shit, Kacchan. You can deny it all you want but me and his brothers witnessed it and it was glorious."

"Shut the fuck up," Bakugou growls. "And don't fucking call me that. If the nerd isn't calling me that anymore then you don't call me that either."

"Alright alright, that's enough, it's obvious that there's some negative history here," Pride says as he ends the tension that was growing in the room. "Thank you for giving us a run down of Young Shigaraki's quirks, Young Shinsou."

"No problem," Hitoshi says with a light nod.

Hitoshi was very nervous standing in front of the gates leading out to Ground Beta. He really didn't want to have to go up against Izuku and he knew that he wasn't even going to try to go after him either, the points are tempting but he knows that Izuku would either kick his ass or surrender to him and he didn't want either of those things happening. A group of people approaches him.

"This sounds like it's going to be your ticket into the Hero Course. I'd take advantage of your relationship with him," a girl advises.

"No thank you. As tempting as the points are, I'm not going anywhere near him. He'd either kick my ass into next week or he'd roll over like a dog and surrender to me and I don't want a free ticket into the Hero Course and I most certainly don't want my ass kicked by him," Hitoshi says while making an X with his arms.

"That's lame, I'd definitely take advantage of it," a boy states.

"Well I'm not either of you. I want to get into the Hero Course fair and square. I could've gotten in on recommendations like the rest of the Legacy Kids if I wanted a free damn ticket," Hitoshi retorts defensively.

"You're a damn Legacy Kid like the fucking nerd?" Bakugou asks.

Hitoshi turns and glares at him, "Yes. My dad is Underground."

"Wait. That white haired kid that's the prize pointer is a Legacy Kid?" the dark blue haired boy asks.

"Yes but I'm not going to tell you who for safety reasons," Hitoshi answers. 

"I'm a Legacy Kid myself and I've never seen him or you before," the boy says while chopping his arm.

"His dad is Underground as well as mine. You and your family are a Limelight Legacy Line so of course you've never seen or met us before. Undergrounds hide their families, that's common sense," Hitoshi says defensively.

The boy stutters for a moment then the gates to the exam open up and Hitoshi takes off running inside, hoping and praying that he finds something to use as a weapon or that the control panels for the bots are exposed so he can just rip out the wiring.

Izuku was squatting on the roof of a building as he watched the examinees rush in through the gates. He has himself souped-up with his support gear as he never actually got to demonstrate his items as Nezu had derailed his examination in order to use him as a free ticket to whoever catches him and to give the examinees a run for their money. He knows for sure that Hitoshi is going to avoid him at all costs and he's sure Bakugou would love to come at him but will more than likely avoid him as well. 

He continues to watch them when Danger Sense pings and he leaps off the building, using Black Whip to catch himself on the neighboring building. He hears swearing but doesn't see anyone so he assumes that whoever it was coming after him, has some sort of camouflage or invisibility quirk like Hagakure's and safely assumes that it is her. He continues to use Black Whip as he travels around the mock city. He's snatched from the side with a white tape substance, he's about to use his Decay on it until he sees that it's Sero and stops himself, he isn't about to accidentally kill one of his former classmates from the other dimension. He uses a combination of Fa Jin and Smokescreen in order to break free and escape.

In the observation room, the teachers are all watching the examination and can't help but to watch Izuku as he continues to use combinations of his quirks. 

"I don't understand why he's going for the Support Course. He's very well trained and versed in combat it seems and he's utilizing his quirks in a manner that allows him to avoid direct contact with the examinees. He has yet to actually do anything to them," Powerloader says as he watches.

"It kind of seems like he's giving them a false sense of security," Ectoplasm points out, "Like, he's making them all think that he's just going to be a runner the whole time and when he has the vast majority going after him, he's going to turn around and go for an actual attack and knock them all out of the running."

"That's probably exactly what he's going to do," Vlad grumbles. "What all plans did you give him, Nezu?"

"None! I gave him freedom to choose how he handles the examinees," Nezu chirps out as he claps his paw pads together. "I do like that he's using his own support item inventions to assist him as he never fully got a chance to demonstrate them. I think him using them in a combat simulation is a lot better than him just explaining and showing us how the items help him."

"He needs to be in the Hero Course," All Might says in a demanding tone.

"We can not decide what he does for a living, Yagi-san. I feel like if you cross him, he'll go to his father and that will not be pretty," Nezu warns.

All Might scoffs, "What's a civilian going to do? Wag their finger at me?"

"His father is Pro-Hero All For One, Yagi-san," Nezu states and a hush falls over the observation room.

"Fuck. The Hidden Number One, great. I didn't know he had a third child. I thought he just had those twin boys that were in my class last year," All Might grumbles in annoyance.

"Kinda thought his last name gave it away. I know only Pros know All For One's real name and identity but still, thought it was obvious," Pride says. "Though I am curious as to why he gave his son all those quirks."

"He did not. The boy explained to us that he did it to himself via stress induced manifestations," Cementoss says. "He told us that he's the one that cleared that trashed beach by himself. Said it definitely puts a strain on one's body."

"Foolish child," Recovery Girl snaps out, "definitely more than straining on one's body, he could have killed himself with the amount of stress he put his body through. I'm going to have to give him a full medical examination to make sure his heart is alright."

"His boyfriend is very well versed in Young Shigaraki's quirks. Young Shinsou hasn't even attempted to go after him, he's been focusing on the bots the entire time so far while everyone else is going after Young Shigaraki," Pride points out.

"He's definitely racking up the points. Him and Young Bakugou are going to be our top scorers without even going near him," Cementoss says with an approving hum.

"We'll definitely have to make sure we have the appropriate accommodations put into place once he passes. Can't have him changing in the open in front of the other boys, can't risk him becoming a target for bullying or a sexual assault," Nezu says as he makes a note reminder on his tablet.

"Why on earth would he need accommodations? He's not special," All Might asks while rolling his eyes.

"Young Shinsou is transgender so he needs to have the appropriate accommodations so he can still be with the boys safely," Nezu explains and All Might scoffs. "If you had read the examinee files like you were supposed to, you would know that. The information is there."

"He's definitely a cutie!" Midnight gushes.

"He's taken an' he's too young for ya, Nem," Snipe says while chuckling and Midnight gives him a pouted look.

"Izuku-kun informed us that he helped Shinsou-kun train for the practical exam and the training is definitely paying off. Him and Bakugou-kun are tied," Nezu states while gesturing up at the screen. Everyone grows quiet when they see Izuku finally turn around once the five minute buzzer goes off.

The five minute buzzer goes off and Izuku whips around on the large group of examinees. He uses Black Whip and attaches himself to all of them before releasing Smokescreen at its maximum and using Second Gear in combination of Fa Jin to quickly bounce from person to person, knocking them unconscious, thus knocking them out of the exam all together. Once the smoke clears and the end buzzer rings indicating the end of the examination, he's squatting on the ledge of a building with more than half of the examinees unconscious and still attached to him with Black Whip.

Hitoshi sees the quote unquote carnage that Izuku made of the vast majority of the examinees and he's so internally grateful that he wasn't stupid enough to chase after him, otherwise he'd be in the same boat as all of them. He sees Bakugou standing off in the distance with a small smirk on his face and it immediately pisses him off. The explosive blonde doesn't have a right to look at Izuku like that, not after what he's done in not only this dimension but also Izuku's original one.

"Holy cow patty, the boy took 'em all out in less than five minutes," Snipe says with a whistle.

Nezu has a wide, toothy smile on his face, "Finally, someone worthy of being in both classes if he chooses of course."

"You talking about Class SH?" Pride asks.

"Of course I am!" Nezu chirps.

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"This calls for a celebratory dinner!" Tenko says in excitement as he shakes Izuku roughly.

"Holy shit, calm down, Ten," Izuku says as he tries to get out of Tenko's grasp.

"We knew that he'd impress Nezu with his giant brain so we don't need to get all crazy," Shōta says with a fond smile.

"Izu didn't even tell you all the best part," Hitoshi says and everyone looks at him as Izuku blushes deeply.

"What's the best part?" Tomura asks.

"Nezu recruited him to be the 'free ticket' into the Hero Course if you were able to catch him. He played runner until the five minute buzzer then wiped the floor with more than half of them. I didn't even see all that he did because he was using Smokescreen to prevent them from seeing him coming but had used Black Whip as lead ropes to each of them and just knocked them all unconscious. It was epic," Hitoshi explains with a wide smile on his face.

"Oh shit. Well, it looks like you're not even going to be in the Support Course, Zu. Nezu's probably gonna stick you in Class SH," Tomura says with a proud smile on his face.

Izuku has a look of confusion, "Class SH?"

"Yup! Class Secret Hero, Nezu will train you to basically be a human version of him," Tomura explains. "I was in that class when I was in UA, same as him when he was attending. Everyone who goes through Class SH is labeled as a 'Hidden Hero'. Most of our work consists of behind the scenes or we're heavily disguised so our faces, voices, and all that are never revealed to the public."

Hitoshi pats Izuku in excitement, "Oh my gosh, you can still become a hero, Izu! You can do your support stuffs and do hero work at the same time!"

Izuku chuckles at his excitement, "Yes, it's all very exciting news. As much as I like that idea, I'm still not sure about doing patrols and stuff. I like staying hidden, completely."

"That's what Nezu does," Tomura points out, "He's a Pro-Hero but doesn't do patrols. You could do the same as him. You'd have your very own special hero license. Hidden Heroes also make a lot more money than like asshat next door, for example."

"I'll think about it. The extra money is definitely tempting," Izuku says softly. 

They all manage to get Izuku out for a celebratory dinner and finally get him to choose a restaurant with Shōta threatening to pick the nastiest restaurant he can find via online review. Hitoshi stays over after the dinner as it's technically break before the new school year and his father is gone on a mission, along with All For One not wanting the teen to be home alone for the week as Hitoshi's home isn't in a protected and guarded neighborhood. 

The two boys are sharing and cuddling under one of Izuku's king sized blankets while they all watch a movie. Shōta notices as Izuku goes rigid and that a deep blush begins to form on the boy's face. He sees that Hitoshi is blushing lightly and has moved a lot closer to Izuku. He blushes as it clicks in his head on what's going on and it would be that Hitoshi is touching Izuku inappropriately. He knows that the two have never done anything sexual since they've started dating. 

Izuku had let Hitoshi know at the beginning that he will not make the first move as he doesn't want to do anything until Hitoshi feels like he's ready and it definitely seems like he's ready to try now. Shōta's just glad that the movie is almost over because then that means their dad goes to work, Tenko slaps on his headset to play video games until he falls asleep and Shōta can slap on his noise canceling headphones and go to sleep, he's been wanting to nap all day but the excitement of Izuku and Hitoshi taking their entrance exams made it impossible for him to sleep.

As soon as Hitoshi placed his hand on his thigh and traveled up, Izuku's body just went stiff. He had a feeling that Hitoshi was almost ready to move onto the next stage of their relationship as the other started to wear more attractive clothing and slightly feminine perfume. It all definitely gave Izuku thoughts and he'd have to relieve himself once Hitoshi would leave even though it left him unsatisfied as the scent of Hitoshi's perfume would still be on him, all over his bed, and in his room. 

He just relaxed and let Hitoshi feel him up and rub him through his sweatpants. It felt so good to finally be touched by him that he didn't care that it was basically happening right in front of his family. He let his own hand wander and began to lightly trace circles on Hitoshi's inner thigh. He took amusement in the goosebumps that he could feel form on Hitoshi's skin. He tilted his head slightly downward so he could look at him and when the two made eye contact, Izuku just melted into him. He's definitely head over heels for Hitoshi and he's so glad that their relationship is moving forward at a healthy pace.

Izuku sighs softly in relief once the movie ends and their father tells them good night as he leaves for his shift. Tenko immediately leaves to go up to his room so he can play his games and Shōta looks Izuku dead in the eye. "Use a condom please. For the love of sky daddy, no damn babies yet," Shōta advices before quickly leaving to go upstairs so he can clock out as he has stayed up longer than his cat-like brain liked.

"I didn't know that it was obvious, I'm sorry Izu," Hitoshi whispers softly.

"Nah, Shō is just really observant. Remember, he was a teacher, can't get shit past him," Izuku whispers back before standing up and leading Hitoshi to his bedroom. "Neither one of them will hear us. Ten has his headset on and Shō wears noise canceling headphones at night when he sleeps. So if there's any noise, they won't know."

Hitoshi fidgets nervously, "Um, how-how would you like to do this?"

"However you're comfortable. This is about you, not me. Yes, I know it's both of us moving forward in our relationship but I know I'm going to enjoy it no matter what because my dick has my brain cells at the moment. I wanna make sure you're thoroughly satisfied as well. I don't want it to be a 'wham bam thank you sir' kind of thing," Izuku explains softly. "So tell me what you would like to do and I'll make it happen for you. You don't need to be shy about it either, communication like this in a relationship is important, that way I can learn all of your likes and dislikes."

Hitoshi blushes deeply and continues to fidget, it feels awkward to ask or give Izuku instructions but he knows that Izuku is thinking of his needs first before his own and he greatly appreciates that. "Um… maybe... maybe oral? Like you doing it to me?"

Izuku smiles softly and nods his head, "Okay, if that's what you would like to start off with then okay." 

Hitoshi stiffens up when Izuku gently pulls him closer then lays him down on the bed as they lock into a kiss that feels very different from the other times that they've kissed and pulls Izuku closer to him as it deepens. He shakes nervously as Izuku gently strips both of them. He stares at Izuku in confusion when he stops then realizes that he has his binder on, "You-you can take it off me, Izu, I don't mind you seeing them or touching them. I want you to." He still blushes deeply as Izuku removes it and places his mouth on them. He has a tight grip on the bed sheets as Izuku kisses and kitten licks his neck, chest, belly, and his inner thighs. He almost backs out of it all together when he sees Izuku look at his private area as he's never had anyone look at him down there before.

"It's very beautiful, Toshi," Izuku whispers to him before swiping his tongue against it and Hitoshi's body felt like it lit up, him not expecting Izuku's tongue to feel that hot or that good. His grip was now in Izuku's hair and his toes began to curl the more rhythmic Izuku got. If Hitoshi didn't know that Izuku was a virgin, he'd be asking him how many people he's been with to have gotten so good at that. He was slightly disappointed when Izuku finally pulled away after several minutes but immediately became nervous again when he saw Izuku pull out a condom. "Do you think you're ready to go all the way, love?"

Hitoshi stares at Izuku with a deep blush on his face then actually looks down at Izuku's member and it's a lot bigger than he had thought when he was rubbing it earlier. He knows that Izuku would never make him do something that he doesn't want to do or is not ready for. He wants to go all the way, he's just afraid of it hurting as nothing had ever been in there other than his own fingers. He swallows thickly as he nods his head, "Y-yeah. I-I feel like I'm ready. Just-just be gentle, please."

"Of course, love. I'm not going to do anything that you're not comfortable with," Izuku says softly before opening the condom and putting it on. Hitoshi is tense and Izuku can tell that he is so he lightly rubs Hitoshi's sides as he whispers to him, "It's okay to be afraid, love. I am too, I don't want to accidentally hurt you. I want our first time together to be positive and for you to feel good."

Hitoshi relaxes at knowing that Izuku is also feeling a certain way about this and he's glad that he's putting his feelings into consideration. He nods his head softly as he lets himself relax. When Izuku slips his way in he gasps and has a death grip on Izuku's arms with his nails digging into his skin. It didn't hurt, it just surprised him at how easily it entered him. He loosens his grip as Izuku slowly begins to move, it feels full and it feels just right. A lot better than his own fingers. The slow movement feels teasing to him though. "Stop teasing me, Izu," Hitoshi begs softly.

Izuku leans down as he whispers to him, "You want me to go faster, love?"

"Yes, please," Hitoshi begs. Izuku locks them into a kiss as he quickens his pace and Hitoshi wraps his arms around Izuku and digs his fingers into his back. He doesn't even realize the little noises he's making until Izuku moves to kiss on his neck. When he realizes he tightens his mouth shut.

"No," Izuku whispers into his ear, "I wanna hear you, Toshi, you sound so beautiful." When Izuku added in harder thrusts, Hitoshi feels like he's pissed himself and wants Izuku to stop but before he could, Izuku's movements falter before slowing down to something more gentle and passionate then stopping completely. Hitoshi still wants to push Izuku off him in embarrassment because he definitely feels like he just accidentally pissed in Izuku's bed. "Very sexy, Toshi, didn't know you would orgasm like that for our first time."

"What? No, Izu, I freaking pissed the bed," Hitoshi cries softly as Izuku sits up slightly and cups his face, wiping away the tears.

"No you didn't, love, you squirted. It comes from the urethra like urine but it's not, I promise. I did my research on your anatomy and how to properly pleasure you, so I promise you, you did not piss the bed, love," Izuku reassures him before softly kissing his face and lips.

"I-I really didn't pee?" Hitoshi sniffles.

"No you did not pee. If you did, it'd be a lot more than that, I promise," Izuku reassures him with a soft smile. Hitoshi sniffles some more as Izuku dries up his tears, "I'm sorry that it freaked you out, love, I thought you knew what your kind of orgasm would feel like."

Hitoshi shakes his head, "Never gotten myself to do that before so it's okay. Being in a relationship allows for new experiences, yeah?"

Izuku gives him a loving look and nuzzles his cheek, "Yeah, so many experiences and adventures for us to go on together. I love you, Toshi."

Tears well up in Hitoshi's eyes upon hearing that as it's the first time that those words had been spoken, "I love you too, Izu."

Izuku holds Hitoshi close to him. He's so very glad that he's gotten this second chance in this new dimension. He's actually found love, someone that he can easily imagine a future with. He has a loving family with a loving home with siblings and crazy neighbors that he can easily call his friends. He hopes that he gets to stay in this dimension permanently as he doesn't want to lose any of this, he wants to keep the love, family, and friends that he's developed. He'd be devastated if he had to go back to his dimension. He doesn't even realize that he's crying until Hitoshi wipes away his tears.

"Izu, what's the matter?" Hitoshi asks softly.

"I'm just afraid of losing all of this. Losing you, my family, everything that I've developed here. I don't know what I'd do if I lost it all, especially you," Izuku answers, then feels bad when Hitoshi also tears up.

"I hope that never happens. I want you to stay here with me, I need you to stay here with me," Hitoshi sniffles as he wipes his own tears.

The voice enters Izuku's head for the first time in months, "You needn't worry about me removing you or Shōta from this dimension. You both are doing better here than you were in your original dimension. Your counterparts are also doing better as well. You are here to stay Izuku so no need for worrying or for tears."

Izuku chokes out a sob and pulls Hitoshi closer with him burying his face into his neck. "Izu? What's wrong?"

Izuku shakes his head, "Nothing. Just the voice telling me that I'm here to stay and that I don't need to worry about leaving."

A thankful smile forms on Hitoshi's face as he cuddles up further into Izuku's arms, "I'm so relieved to hear that, my love. That means we'll be able to plan a future together the more our relationship grows."

Izuku smiles softly, "I was just thinking that. I've definitely found the one that I want to form a future with, someone that I want to grow old and wave my cane angrily at bratty kids trespassing on our lawn with."

Hitoshi giggles before doing his best elderly voice, "'Get off our lawn!'"

Izuku snorts out some laughter before kissing Hitoshi, "You have no idea how much I love you."

Hitoshi hums as his nuzzles Izuku's neck, "You're my everything."

"And you're mine," Izuku whispers back. "Let's go take a shower, you can soak and I'll change the bed sheets because we really shouldn't sleep in sex and drool."

"Drool?" Hitoshi asks in confusion.

"When I ate you out I drooled a lot. You're very tasty, Toshi," Izuku teases and Hitoshi blushes deeply.

"Ew, gross, Izu," Hitoshi says as he hides his face behind his hands.

"Definitely not gross. It's part of you and that part of you is tasty, nothing wrong with that," Izuku continues to tease him.

"So perverted," Hitoshi mumbles.

"I'm only perverted for you," Izuku hums softly. 

Izuku made sure he gave Hitoshi plenty of aftercare while in the shower. Washed his hair, drew him a bath, and made sure that he was comfortable before drying off and getting dressed and making sure to take his wet gloves off and replacing them with a dry pair as he wore them in the shower to prevent himself from accidentally touching Hitoshi with all five fingers. He quickly strips the sheets, blankets, and pillow cases and puts a new set on the bed before taking it all downstairs to put into the wash. What he didn't expect was to run into Tenko who was downstairs in the kitchen eating leftovers and drinking an energy drink.

"You sounded like a fucking pro in there," Tenko comments with a sly smirk and an eyebrow wiggle.

"You better not say shit around Toshi because I told him that no one would hear him," Izuku says while poking Tenko in the chest.

"Calm down. I ain't gonna say anything around him. Sounded like he was crying at the end though," Tenko says with a slight frown.

"Cause he was. He thought that he peed the bed but he didn't so he was temporarily embarrassed," Izuku explains then scowls, "Why were you listening?"

"Caught it at the end, ya horny fucker. I ain't no vouyer, not like I pressed my ear against your door to catch a listen. That'd be some shit Touya and Keigo would do cause they're fucking pervs," Tenko laughs.

Shōta was absolutely dead to the world with his noise canceling headphones on. Being in a guarded and protected neighborhood gives you a solid sense of security. He didn't realize that for the past several months of him being in this dimension that Hizashi, the Reverb, perches himself up in the tree next to his window at night and watches him sleep. 

Hizashi would sneak in but he knows that Izuku, his beloved's tech savvy baby brother, has the house completely decked out with a security system that he designed himself so he knows that there's no way in. He could deactivate it but knows that if he does, it automatically notifies everyone in the house along with the police and trusted heroes and he doesn't want that. He doesn't necessarily want any trouble either. He feels guilty and sick for what he did to Oboro, someone that he truly considered a friend, all because he was jealous. He could have found someone other than Shōta, there's plenty of nice people out there that would suit his taste but he has a bit of a problem with obsession so he couldn't just let Shōta go that easily. 

Once that dead clouded eyed appearance showed up on Oboro's face that day, he knew that he fucked up and that he lost everything. He wanted to become a hero and show everyone that having a voice can be useful and not annoying or villainous. Oboro, Shōta, Tenko, Touya and Keigo all believed in him, they all encouraged him to strive for higher goals. They had all planned on opening their own agency together but the friend group of six was now down to four because of him and his stupid jealousy. He wishes that he could turn back the dial and fix what he fucked up but he knows that that's impossible so he's just going to have to live with what he's done.

He's noticed that Shōta is a lot different than he was before. He's not sure what all is different other than him no longer smiling. When he does see Shōta smile nowadays, it looks forced, mainly the Cheshire cat-like grin that he's been doing. The sadistic smile is new too but Hizashi can tell that it's at least a real smile. He also noticed that Izuku has gone through some changes but he assumes that it's due to him simply growing up and now having a boyfriend that he learned that night is transgender which he thinks it's very sweet and kind of Izuku to accept his partner just as he is and can't help but to feel proud of his former friends' baby brother for being a decent and loving human being. 

The three Shigaraki brothers were definitely raised right, unlike him, who grew up with way too many siblings and two parents who were either always drunk or high on drugs and he knows that that's where his obsessive and possessive issues stem from. He'd constantly be battling with his siblings for things to just belong to him and no one else.

He knows that his old friend group has been training harder than they used to so he has a feeling that the four of them are going to be coming for him when they get the chance. He decided a long time ago that he was going to let them, that he wasn't even going to fight back against them. He knows that it'll probably piss them off more than they already are but he can't bear the thought or idea of even killing them even though he knows that he's more than capable as Oboro's death is proof of that. Until the day comes of the four of them coming for him, he'll just keep going on as the Reverb.

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The next day, Izuku decides that he's going to take Hitoshi out for the day as a form of an all day date. Shōta, Tenko, Touya and Keigo have developed a habit of stalking the two younger boys when the pair go out on dates. Shōta complains the entire time about the boys' lack of situational awareness and debates interrupting them in order to scold them for not being more observant but his friends and brother always stop him.

Hitoshi stares at Izuku with a raised brow, "Really? The neon dinosaurs again?"

"Yes, I like the neon dinosaurs. Is there something wrong with them?" Izuku asks.

"No, it's just every time we go out on a date, it's either the dinosaurs or the cats. You don't have other button downs with a different pattern on them?" Hitoshi asks as he starts digging through Izuku's clothes.

"Those are the only two dress shirts I have, love," Izuku laughs softly.

"Then we're going shopping and getting you more dress shirts," Hitoshi declares and Izuku groans as he dramatically slides off the bed and onto the floor. "Oh stop it, you drama llama, shopping isn't that bad," Hitoshi says while giggling at him.

"Shopping is so booorrriinnggg," Izuku whines and Hitoshi continues to giggle at him.

"Shopping is fun when you're getting stuff for the person you love," Hitoshi points out.

"Damn. Winning with logic," Izuku says with a defeated sigh. "You're only winning this time because you're lucky that I like giving you stuff."

"I'm shopping for you, dingbat," Hitoshi laughs as he struggles to pull Izuku up off the floor.

"One, if you think that we're going to go to the mall and me not get you shit, then you're a dingbat and two, don't go too crazy, I only dress nice for you," Izuku says as he stands up.

—

The group of four follow behind the pair shortly after they leave. They keep their distance from them while on the train and if they end up running into each other at the mall then it won't look like the four have been following the younger pair around. 

"Why are we still doing this?" Shōta asks in annoyance, "They've taken their relationship to the next level so we don't need to worry about them doing shit too soon anymore."

"WHAT?!" Touya and Keigo both shout at once.

"Yeah, they did The Devil's Tango last night," Tenko answers as he adjusts his sunglasses and ball cap. "Zu sounded like a real pro in there."

"Ew gross, you were listening?" Shōta asks with a wrinkled nose.

"Caught the tail end of it when I went to go get a snack," Tenko explains. "Scared the shit out of Zu when he brought his sheets downstairs to stick in the wash."

"Oh! Zu's a top?!" Touya asks in surprise.

Shōta and Tenko stare at him in confusion. "Well yeah. The only way Hito would be a top is if he wore a strap-on. Zu's definitely the adventurous type so I'm sure they'll try it eventually when they start exploring and experimenting more in the bedroom," Shōta answers.

Touya and Keigo stare at each other in confusion for a moment. "Is um, is Hito trans? Like, he's got the lady bits?" Hawks questions.

"Yes. I thought you two knew that already since they've discussed it right in front of y'all before," Tenko answers while glancing over at the young couple.

"We definitely weren't paying attention," Touya laughs. "That's neat though, he definitely fits the masc role well."

"I'd be nervous of an accidental pregnancy," Keigo chuckles. 

"Yeah I told them to use a condom last night while saying no babies yet," Shōta says with a snort.

Tenko gives Shōta a look, "You told them that? They were only cuddling on the couch, what if you put the idea of sex into their stupid hormonal brains?"

"You need to work on your observation skills. Hito was touching Zu inappropriately near the end of the movie and Zu was definitely reciprocating in some way based off the blushes that they were both wearing," Shōta explains and a scandalized look appears on Tenko's face.

"Oh my god! They were doing stuff right in front of us! Have they no shame?!" Tenko states loudly and Shōta smacks him.

"Damn, not so damn loud. And yes, they were. Hito is the one who initiated it though. Zu had this whole thing of having Hito come to him when he was ready because he didn't want Hito to feel rushed or pressured into doing something that he wasn't ready for or didn't want to do," Shōta points out.

"Awww! Zu is so sweet! I bet Hito really appreciated that," Keigo says with a wide smile.

"More than likely. They've been together since the end of June and now it's almost the end of February and this is the first time they've ever done anything sexual. And I'm not going to count make-out sessions in that so I'd say that they've been taking their relationship at a pretty healthy pace," Shōta says with a soft smile.

"Better than us," Touya laughs while gesturing between him and Keigo, "We like started fucking before we started dating."

Keigo starts laughing as well, "You two should have seen the look on Enji's face when he walked in on us and Touya just kept going while making eye contact with him."

The four of them all howl with laughter at the mental image and the memory of it. Their laughter not only caught Izuku and Hitoshi's attention but also Hizashi’s, who was deep in disguise and just wanting to be out and about instead of hiding during the day like he's been doing.

—

Izuku glares at the group in annoyance, "Why must they follow us on every single one of our dates? The fuck are we gonna do? Drop our drawers out in the middle of a public place and go ham?"

Hitoshi giggles at him, "Nah, I think they are doing it as a combination of boredom, curiosity, and being annoying brothers. Though, I'm not sure why Touya and Keigo are tagging along other than that they're nosey shits."

"Well, we're definitely going to fucking confront them later about it because damn. They've been following us since day one and all we did was go to the movies and went out for burgers and ice cream. Literally the most basic of freaking dates. They've even followed us to the cat café on multiple occasions," Izuku rants.

"Oh they're not harming anything by being weirdos," Hitoshi says while patting Izuku on the knee.

"Still going to confront them. I would really like for us to have our privacy," Izuku states and Hitoshi gives him a soft smile.

—

Hizashi was sitting on the opposite end of the group of four and he so badly just wanted to go up to them and cry and apologize. Doing that while on the train wouldn't be very smart though if a fight ends up breaking out. Hizashi has been trying to do good by acting as a vigilante but once you've murdered someone in broad daylight, you're immediately labeled as a villain and there's no going back. He just wants his friends back, he wants to apologize to Shōta the most for taking away the person that was the reason for his bright and joyous smiles. Seeing him genuinely laughing and smiling for once definitely warms his heart to see at least a small glimpse of the Shōta that he had fallen in love with even if that love was one sided. He knew he needed help mentally, he knew that his brain wasn't correct that there was something wrong with him. He knew that he couldn't just walk into a therapist office without immediately getting arrested, he's a wanted man for fucks sake, he's been hiding for a little over a year now. Maybe if he finds a way to earn Shōta's forgiveness or at least have Shōta pity him and use his father's power to get him the help that he needs then maybe things will get better for him.

The group of four keep their distance as they follow the pair into the mall along with Hizashi following in behind them. The four startle when Izuku pauses and turns to look at them with an annoyed look on his face. Izuku storms up to them, "Will you fuckers stop stalking us for once?! You've been doing this since day one and it's annoying the piss out of me! I want to actually have a day with just me and Hito for once!"

"Wait. So you've known this whole time?" Shōta asks.

"Yes! We're not freaking oblivious!" Izuku cries out.

"Calm down, Izu, like I've been telling you, they're just doing it to be a bunch of weirdos," Hitoshi says as he rubs Izuku's back.

"Well technically it started out to make sure the two of you didn't do anything inappropriate too soon then it kinda just turned into a habit," Tenko says in defense.

"Yes. I remember you saying 'to make sure Hitoshi doesn't pull any inappropriate moves too quickly' and that you'd have to nut check him like this, HI-YAH!" Touya says as he backhands Tenko in the crotch, causing him to double over on the floor while groaning.

Izuku and Hitoshi laugh at his misery. "Well I ain't got any nuts to check so sucks to suck!" Hitoshi says while laughing and Tenko shakily flips him off.

"We apologize. We'll leave you two alone from now on. Now that we're here though, we'll still probably just stick around and shop," Shōta says to Izuku.

"Good. And we don't mind you all being here just don't freaking follow us anymore otherwise," Izuku says before quickly using Black Whip to whack the three others in the crotches, bringing them down onto their knees and clutching themselves, "I'll do that again."

"Ugh, you're an ass, Zu," Keigo groans.

"Karma's a bitch. That's what you four get for stalking us over the past eight months, nosey fuckers," Izuku says before offering his arm to Hitoshi who quickly wraps his arms around it and the pair leave while they both laugh maniacally.

Hizashi sheepishly gets closer to the four but keeps his distance. Tenko is the first to recover followed by Shōta who actually makes eye contact with him and he knows that Shōta knows that it's him based on the breathing change and the wide eyed look.

Shōta feels a wave of panic wash through him as he makes eye contact with Hizashi of all people. This is no place for a fight of any kind. The longer the two hold eye contact the more Shōta can see that Hizashi is just as panicked as him. As the panic fades though, he can see that Hizashi doesn't look so good. He's thinner and looks almost sickly, definitely hasn't had a good meal in a long while. He could see a deep sadness in his eyes and part of him immediately gets pissed at that but the other part of him, the part of him that actually cares for Hizashi, his dimension's Hizashi to be exact, feels sorry for him.

"I'm going to go to the bathroom real quick. You three just wait here for me," Shōta says while maintaining eye contact with the blonde and uses an eye gesture to get Hizashi to follow him. He knows that the blonde is and can tell that he's staying at a safe distance. Once they're in the bathroom, he whips out his hidden capture scarf and drags him into one of the stalls and the pair are basically nose to nose in the small space. "Are you following me?"

"I wasn't until I saw you guys on the train. I usually only come out at night but I haven't been out during the day in so long that I just needed to," Hizashi answers softly.

Shōta takes a few calming, shaky breaths but he's trying his best not to just scream and cry at the blonde in hurt and anger. "Why, Zashi? Why would you do this to me? I was fucking happy. Why couldn't you just fucking be happy for me and just work on finding someone of your own?" Tears were running down Shōta's face, he didn't know why he was so devastated and torn up about this as he and Oboro never dated. Yeah they've shared a few kisses here and there in his dimension but they never did anything more than that. He realizes then the reason, he himself actually loved Oboro in his dimension but he just never admitted to himself.

Tears were running down Hizashi’s face as well, "Shō... I-I tried to be happy for you. I really did. Jealousy got the better of me when you two were openly affectionate with each other during that work study. I-I just snapped. You two always kept your kisses and stuff behind closed doors… I-I just… I'm so fucking sorry, Shō... I-I wasn't thinking when I snapped. As soon as I realized what I did… I ran... I hid... I feel so guilty. Oboro was my friend but I loved you as more than just a friend… I still love you and I know that I shouldn't because I hurt you in the worst possible way. I took away your happiness, I took away your love, your reason for truly smiling... I'm so sorry, Shō. I know something is wrong with my head and I want to get help but I can't... I'd be arrested as soon as I'm recognized, then I'd never get the help that I need."

Shōta is silently sobbing as he listens to Hizashi speak, not hearing the three enter the bathroom to see what's taking him so long. He was so hurt and angry and betrayed. He didn't know what to do other than to just stand in front of his love's killer and sob silently. After a couple of minutes of silence, he leans forward and rests his forehead on Hizashi’s shoulder, the blonde tensing up. "I'm so fucking angry and hurt by what you did. I'm never going to forgive you, Zashi. I don't think I'd actually be able to even if I really wanted to. I loved Ro. I still love him and-and I don't think I'm ever going to love someone like that again. I don't know if I'd actually be able to."

"I'm sorry, Shō. I really truly am. I never meant for my jealousy to just take over me like that and I know that I have no excuse either," Hizashi says as he leans his own head down, resting his forehead against the top of Shōta's. "I miss you all so much. But, I fucked up. I murdered my own friend in broad daylight. I murdered my best friend, the friend that I grew up with and I'm never going to forgive myself and I most certainly never expect you to ever forgive me, I don't want you to forgive me. I want you to hate me with every fiber of your being, I want you to make me fall out of love with you because I can't love someone that I hurt, it feels wrong, it makes me sick but I can't help but to love you, to want you, to be with you and by your side."

Shōta continues to sob but it's not silent anymore, "How-how the fuck can you ask that of me?! How can you ask me to hate you when it's not you that I hate?! It's what you fucking did to Oboro that I hate! It's what you did to me that I hate!" Shōta's angry and hurt sobbed out rant is cut off by Hizashi cupping his face and kissing him and Shōta just lets it happen before he finds himself returning the gesture. They both pull away from it and stare at each other in silent teary silence. "I'm never going to understand. If-if you knew something was wrong with you, why didn't you go to Hound Dog for help? That's literally the man's job. He could have helped you, Zashi. He could have helped you and-and none of this would be happening right now, none of it would have ever happened. We could be making plans for our agency and shit right now instead of bawling our eyes out in a bathroom fucking stall. And don't-don't ever kiss me like that again. Fucking sky daddy, dude, you don't do shit like that."

"I know I could've gotten help but I was in denial that there was something wrong with me," Hizashi explains, "And you kissed me back so how can you tell me not to kiss you when you're doing the same?"

"I'm not really in my right state of mind at the damn moment, Zashi. I'm literally in a confined space with my boyfriend's murderer, do you honestly think that I have a clear state of mind right now?" Shōta questions in annoyance.

"Well no but still. You did kiss me back," Hizashi points out. "Can-can I um, can I kiss you again?"

"NO!" Shōta shouts before grabbing Hizashi’s nipple and twisting it roughly.

"OW! Did you just give me a purple nurple?!" Hizashi yells out in pain.

"Yes!" Shōta answers and grabs both of them next and twists them again.

"AH, harder daddy!! Baby boy likey!" Hizashi moans loudly and Shōta punches him in the gut.

"Shut the fuck up! You're not supposed to like it, you damn pervert!" Shōta scolds.

"How about both of you get the hell out of that bathroom stall before it somehow turns into a hate fuck?!" Tenko suggests while giving the lock a jiggle.

Shōta quickly opens the stall and sees all three of them standing there, "How long have you guys been in here?"

"We heard the end of him saying that there's something wrong with him and if he tried to get help now, that he'd be arrested. We're safely assuming other stuff was said as well since we didn't hear the beginning of the conversation," Touya answers.

Hizashi has his head hung in shame. As the three stare at him. "We don't think we'll be able to forgive you either, Zashi. We do miss having you as a friend but you seriously fucked up. You killed our friend, we're honestly surprised that our group didn't just fall apart after what happened because Oboro was our fucking glue. He's the one that brought us all together with a shared dream," Keigo says softly and Hizashi nods his head.

"I don't want forgiveness. I want help. I want to get better. I-I want to try and repair our friendship after I get the help that I need. I never meant to kill him. I never meant to hurt anyone but I'm the villain and I should be fighting with you all right now. We should be battling it out but I can't bring myself to do it," Hizashi says in a whisper.

Shōta sighs in exasperation, "Because you're not a fucking villain. You've just got some damn screws loose that need to be tightened."

"We can talk to our dad to see about getting you admitted into a facility so that way you can get the help you need properly," Tenko offers out.

Hizashi looks at him with teary eyes, "You'd really do that for me?"

"Yes, just as long as you're being serious about needing help and wanting to get better," Shōta answers and Hizashi nods his head, "Then we'll talk to our dad about it."

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The day the acceptance letter came, Hitoshi went over to the Shigaraki residence so he and Izuku could view it together. The hologram was of Snipe, his homeroom and his Heroics teacher, congratulating him on placing first in the entrance exam and having one of the highest scores for the written portion of the exam as well.

Izuku is chuckling as he listens to the Pro speak, "You beat Bakugou, that's fantastic. I bet he's shitting a brick right now at being bested by someone without a 'flashy' quirk like his. Fucking deserves to get knocked down a few pegs." –Izuku then wraps Hitoshi up in a hug and pulls him close– "You did a fantastic job taking those bots out, mi hermoso amor."

Hitoshi blushes at the nickname, "Thank you, mi amor." He melts in Izuku's arms as the boy kisses him. Izuku is obsessed with kissing him and he loves being kissed by him as well. He loves the feeling that it gives him and the rush of heat that washes over his body when their tongues touch. 

Shōta enters the living room from the kitchen and that's what he's greeted with, a make-out session in progress. Seeing the two boys sucking faces has basically become a daily occurrence. The way Hitoshi melts into Izuku reminds him of how he'd melt into Oboro when the two would share one of their rare and random secret kisses. He wishes Oboro were alive and well in this world, he misses his cloud loving friend, or maybe boyfriend or maybe just love, his love cloud.

—

Off in a hidden lab somewhere in Japan, Oboro's eyes snap open and he tries to take a breath but finds that he can't as he's submerged in a tank of green liquid. This was the sixth time he's woken up and about to be the sixth time they knock him back out again. He keeps waking up as the mind control device isn't working on him. They had some freaky plague doctor looking dude reconstruct his brain using a little girl's quirk. It had been restored to its original state and instead of having all of his memories wiped, he retained them and all he wants to do is get out so he can go be with his Eraser love again and to apologize to Zashi for not being more considerate of his feelings towards Shōta. He should have helped his best friend find someone of his own but he had been so focused on loving up on Shōta that it didn't cross his mind at the time.

"Dammit. We need to get the device to work," a pudgy green haired woman complains. Oboro feels like he's seen this woman before but he can't put his finger on it.

"Lady Inko, there is only so much I can do," an old looking doctor with goggles states. Inko. That's right, Shōta's mother had snagged his body from the morgue the day of his death.

"Garaki. You are the smartest man I know, we need this to work. This is getting old. If it happens again, we'll just have to kill him off and try a different body. Only thing is, my stupid ex-husband has gotten Reverb admitted into a facility so the only way we could have him liquify another brain is if we manage to kidnap him out of there and influence his emotions with a quirk. We got lucky with Oboro because R.D. was jealous of his relationship with Shōta."

"We could repeat that," Garaki suggests.

"And how exactly are we supposed to do that? If we let him go, he'd just snitch," Inko seethes. "We're wasting time and resources. I already tried getting us a new body but Tenko caught me trying to kill Izuku."

Garaki sighs heavily, "Well, the boy is awake again anyways. Should we just go ahead and kill him now instead of waiting for next time? It might be better than wasting more resources."

Panic set in, Oboro didn't want to die again, he wanted to get out of there. He needed to get out of here and be back with Shōta, he just wanted to be cuddled up with him and kiss that deadpan face that only smiled for him.

"We might as well. It'd be easier this way anyways," Inko agrees to it. She walks up to the tank that Oboro is in, "It's such a shame too. You're a very handsome boy, you would have made a fine specimen." –she turns her attention back to Garaki– "Go ahead and do it, Garaki."

Oboro didn't want this, he needed to get out, he needed to escape. He wasn't about to let himself get killed again. He knows that he's screaming in the tank as he can see the bubbles escaping. He sees a swirling purplish black mass form above his head and then everything was black for a brief moment. He hears a horrified scream then nothing as he slipped into unconsciousness.

—

Shōta had gone back upstairs so he could start working on his third year checklist so he could start preparing himself for his Pro-Hero License. He's sitting criss-cross applesauce in the middle of his bed when the same black purple mist from the USJ starts swirling above his head and he jumps back in a panicked state. When he sees a naked, wet, tube filled Oboro fall through it and land on his bed, well, the most natural thing to do was to scream in a horrified manner. 

His bedroom door flies open and Tenko is standing there and the sound of rushing footsteps climbing the stairs could be heard then Izuku and Hitoshi are there. "Holy shit. Shō. Is-is that Oboro?" Tenko asks in horror.

"Y-yes! Oh my god!" Shōta shouts before checking Oboro's pulse and feels that it's starting to fade. He flips him over and realizes that he's not breathing so he gets him down onto the floor and starts working on CPR in hopes that he can get him breathing again.

"I'm getting dad!" Izuku says before rushing away to go next door where his father is having a talk and a spot of tea with Enji about their two youngest boys entering UA as first years. Izuku doesn't even knock on the front door, just invites himself in in a panic. "Dad!"

Tomura and Enji both rush out of the kitchen, "What's wrong?!"

"Dad… Oboro, Oboro is in Shōta's room, he's giving him CPR! I don't even know how he got there either but he's wet and naked and has tubes sticking out of body!" Izuku explains quickly before turning on his heel and rushing back to his own house with his father hot on his tail.

As soon as Oboro gets a single solid breath in, he begins coughing and vomiting up the green liquid that he was submerged in. He struggles to catch his breath as the coughing and vomiting fit is violent. He can hear relieved sounding sobs and his name being said in a familiar voice. Soon he's dry heaving and his breathing is raspy and shaky. He feels his face being grabbed.

"Ro? Oboro? Open your eyes for me if you can hear me, please," the familiar voice sobs out to him.

He slowly blinks his eyes open, his vision is blurry so he keeps blinking until it begins to clear up. He sees who's holding onto his face and it's a teary eyed Shōta, "Shō?" His voice is harsh and raspy but at least he's speaking.

Hearing Oboro's voice breaks Shōta. He doesn't care if Oboro is naked and wet. All he cares about is that he's alive. He pulls him close as he sobs, "Oboro… how? I thought-"

"Let's ask him later, Shō. We need to get him to the hospital," Tomura says gently and Oboro panics.

"N-no. No hospitals, doctors are evil," Oboro rasps out.

"Evil? Shirakumo, you need to be treated. You had this green liquid in your lungs and you have tubes sticking out of your body," Tomura argues as gently as he can as he doesn't want to upset the boy further.

Oboro shakes his head and struggles to move his arms as he just wants to cling to Shōta, "Garaki and Inko. Evil, very evil. I don't trust doctors, I don't want to be around doctors."

The three boys see their father turn absolutely furious at hearing those names. The man takes a calming breath before speaking again, "What about Recovery Girl? Will you allow her to treat you?"

Oboro is silent. He wants to trust the old woman. He really does but she's a doctor. Izuku seems to see his internal struggle, "I mean, I've been reading some medical books here and there. I bet I could pass off as a surgeon and remove those tubes myself."

Oboro pales at the thought, "Recovery Girl, please."

"Mi amor, you're so mean," Hitoshi scolds.

"Recovery Girl isn't going to hurt him and he knows that. It's the fact that she's a medical professional that's what was holding him back from making a decision," Izuku argues.

Hitoshi sighs, "Mi amor. You can't do that to someone who's obviously been mentally scarred. Might make things worse."

Izuku rubs the back of his neck sheepishly, "I didn't think about that. I'm sorry, Oboro. My brain to mouth filter doesn't work sometimes."

"It's okay. Can I um, can I have some pants, please?" Oboro asks softly.

"Yeah, one sec," Tenko says before disappearing for a moment then coming back a couple of minutes later carrying sweatpants. "Here you go, fresh out of the dryer."

Shōta takes the pants and helps him slip them on, with Oboro sighing at the warmth of them, "That's better. I can't really feel my limbs. I've been submerged in a tank for a long while."

Tomura lets out an exasperated sigh, "I'm gonna have to find those two and stop them before they succeed."

"Dad. What the fuck is mom doing?" Izuku asks.

"I don't know the exact details but she's basically trying to create an immortal hero. One that can be killed then brought back and reprogrammed each time as a form of improvements. The Hero Commission had stopped her once before when she was using AI to try and accomplish this but the AI developed a mind of its own and didn't want to do hero work. Well, she destroyed it when it wouldn't respond to the reprogramming," Tomura explains. "Now it seems that she's trying it on humans instead so I guess she's trying to make an immortal villain instead."

"Failed six times then they were trying to kill me and now I'm here. I had woken up in the tank, I'd wake up each time I'd snap myself out of the mind control device, and well, they were tired of wasting resources on me so they went to kill me and I didn't want to die again then a black swirling mist developed over my head and now I'm here. I kept thinking about how much I just wanted to be cuddled up next to Shōta so yeah," Oboro explains before going into a coughing fit, not having talked for so long hurt one's throat.

Oboro melts into Shōta as he holds him close. He's missed Shōta so much and it's obvious that Shōta has missed him as well. "Oh Ro. You-you had a forced manifestation," Shōta says softly, "You were desperate to escape and fighting to live so your body helped you by manifesting a new quirk."

Shōta was so glad that Oboro was alive but he knows that once he's able to be alone with him, he's going to have to inform him that this world's Shōta is gone. That they had swapped places. He hopes that Oboro will accept him once he explains that he loved him in his world as well. He'd rather not lose him again in any way, shape or form. He really wanted to kiss him but whatever liquid was on him absolutely reeked.

"Let's get him to Recovery Girl," Tomura says as he moves to pick Oboro up. "Zu, would you mind staying here and cleaning your brother's room, please? Do whatever you need to do to get this smell out of the house as well."

"Can do!" Izuku chirps before turning to Hitoshi, "You up for a science lesson, mi hermoso amor?!"

"Do I have a choice?" Hitoshi asks.

"Nope!" Izuku laughs maniacally and Hitoshi groans as he follows Izuku.

Tomura, Shōta, and Tenko all rush Oboro over to UA. They are greeted by both Recovery Girl and Nezu. Shōta explains things to them as the medical bots carry Oboro to the infirmary. Chiyo has them all stay out as she takes Oboro back to get to work on him. Shōta stays in the hallway with his head hung in thought. He had no idea of how he was going to tell him about himself. He had no idea how he was going to tell him how Hizashi is in a facility with no visitors allowed until further notice. Just the thought of Hizashi reminds him that he's going to have to tell Oboro that they had shared a kiss while breaking down. He was never prepared to have to tell anyone else about him being from some other dimension. Tenko and Hitoshi were one thing but he never thought he'd be telling someone that he had believed to be dead this information.

"Tomura-kun, where will the boy go? He was living in the system so he has no family and I don't think it'd be ethical to stick him back into the system," Nezu asks Tomura.

Shōta and his father make eye contact and Tomura's eyes soften, "I think it'd be fine if he stayed with me, Nezu. The boys are in their third year now, they'll be moving out and getting their own places once they've become established after graduation."

Nezu nods his head, "Very well then, I can get that set up. Tsukauchi is on his way. I already asked him to bring Oboro-kun's death certificate so we can prove that the boy is indeed alive so we can get it nullified and voided."

Shit. Was all Shōta could think. He didn't have a problem with Oboro living with him. The problem is that he's not this Oboro's Shōta. Tenko nudges him before whispering, "How are you going to explain who you are to him?"

"No idea. I just hope he doesn't hate me," Shōta whispers back.

"Why would he hate you? You clearly love him," Tenko points out.

"Aware but I'm not his Shōta," Shōta argues.

"I bet he'd take the news just like Hitoshi. Accept it then get to know this version of you," Tenko says with a reassuring smile.

Shōta smiles softly at the thought, "Yeah. That sounds nice. Now I just need to figure out how to tell him that me and Zashi kissed while we were basically emotional wrecks."

"Then tell him exactly that. That you two were having an emotional conversation, Zashi smooched you and you smooched him back," Tenko suggests. "It's not like you freaking cheated on Oboro. You thought he was dead."

"It's not that, Ten. It's the fact that I kissed his freaking killer," Shōta states in exasperation. "How can I say, 'yeah me and Zashi were in a confined space and I was screaming at him then he kissed me and I let him then I kissed him back'?"

"Um, you say it exactly like that, stupid. Honesty is the best policy," Tenko says with a smirk.

"You're not the one having to tell him this shit, Ten," Shōta grumbles.

"You'll be fine," Tenko says. "Touya and Keigo are blowing up the group chat right now. And shit. We also need to figure out a way to tell Zashi. He's not allowed visitors yet and it'd be best to tell him now instead of later that way he doesn't like relapse."

"We'll have to talk to dad about it," Shōta says softly as he stares at the door leading to where Chiyo is operating on Oboro. "I was just thinking about Ro too. I saw Zu and Hito kissing and the way Hito just melts onto Zu reminded me of how I used to melt into my world's Oboro when we shared one of our secret kisses. We weren't together in my world but I have a feeling that it would have eventually progressed to that."

"Yeah, probably once alcohol got involved," Tenko giggles.

"Oh shut the hell up," Shōta growls, "don't be throwing out the truths."

Oboro wakes up a few hours later and sees Shōta sitting in a chair and using the cot he's on as a pillow as he sleeps. He wills his hand to move and it moves easily and that makes him smile that he can move his limbs again. He lightly brushes Shōta's hair to the side so he can look at his face. When Shōta blinks awake at the action, he can't help but to smile wider, "Hi Shō."

"Hi, Ro," Shōta whispers back.

"How have you been doing?" Oboro asks.

Shōta sighs, "Well. Not too good. But I have some things that I need to tell you and you can make the decision for yourself. Izuku had this same conversation with his boyfriend minus some things that don't pertain to me though."

Oboro didn't like the sound of that but nods his head anyway. Shōta takes a deep breath before telling him everything. Oboro didn't know what to think as he listened. It all sounded so crazy and far-fetched but he believed it especially when Shōta started telling him about how he and his dimension's Oboro would sneak kisses. He was slightly hurt at the news that Shōta had shared a kiss with Zashi but he understood why and how it happened so he let it go. This may not be his Shōta but this Shōta could become his, he just needs to get to know this one instead, "I wouldn't mind getting to know this version of you, Shō."

Shōta gives him a soft smile, "I was hoping that you'd say that." 

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A couple of days pass and Oboro comes home with Shōta. Tenko, Touya, and Keigo had all gone shopping and got clothes and other necessities for him. They were so happy to have him back and alive. All For One was able to talk the doctors into letting the boys go and see Hizashi to let him know that Oboro is alive, hoping that maybe it'll help him heal in some way.

So that's where they were headed, they were on their way to the facility. Shōta was holding Oboro's hand as the cloud user was very nervous about going and seeing the person who had originally killed him. Part of him hopes that this encounter will be a positive one and the other part of him just wants to turn tail and run. 

Oboro stops walking the moment they are within a few feet from the entrance, "I can't. What if he loses his shit again? He'd end up killing me again."

Shōta gives his hand a light squeeze, "It'll be okay. They can go into his room first and inform him that you're alive and how you're alive. Then if he wants to see you, then we can go in. I know he feels guilty for what he did and that he misses you. I'm not justifying what he did to you, I'm just trying to make sure everyone heals properly."

Oboro stares at him for a long moment as if thinking everything over in his head, "Okay. Just as long as he doesn't speak loud around me then okay."

The group all nods in understanding and they continue on with making their way inside. They show the front desk their IDs and sign in before making their way to Hizashi’s room. The three boys knock and enter first, leaving Shōta and Oboro outside in the hallway for now. They stand in silence as they can hear Tenko talking. They know the moment he informs him that Oboro is alive when Hizashi yells out a horrified sounding 'what?!'. Oboro couldn't help but to flinch at the raised voice and Shōta could hear Touya and Keigo telling Hizashi to stop yelling as Oboro is out in the hallway and has possibly frightened him.

Shōta pulls Oboro into a comforting hug. He never really hugged his Oboro in this manner and he really wishes that he had because it feels nice, especially when the hug is returned. "It'll be okay, news like this is shocking. I literally screamed like a girl when I saw you fall through that portal. Never expected to see my not so dead boyfriend fall onto my bed while completely nude."

Oboro snorts, "Yeah, I think I remember hearing your girlish scream before I slipped into unconsciousness."

"Shut up," Shōta grumbles into his shoulder. Goosebumps prickle at his skin when he feels Oboro's fingertips brush up underneath the back of his shirt and lightly graze over his skin. "What-what are you doing?"

"Touching you," Oboro whispers into his ear.

A blush begins to form on Shōta's face, "Ro. We're standing in the middle of a hallway in a hospital. Can't do things like that."

Oboro hums softly and Shōta fights off the urge to melt into him because the combination of Oboro still touching him coupled with that hum made his body feel like Jell-O and he's never felt like this before. "What if I wanna get you riled up for later tonight?" Oboro whispers.

Shōta bluescreens, "L-like for-for s-sex?"

"Yes. If you want to," Oboro answers softly.

Shōta now has a deep blush on his face, "I've-I've never had sex before, Ro."

Oboro freezes at that. He and the other Shōta had sex every weekend, granted it took a bit for that Shōta to stop being self-conscious but their sex life was pretty active after that. "You and the other Oboro never?"

Shōta shakes his head, "Only ever kissed each other."

Oboro thinks for a long moment, he didn't know that this Shōta was a virgin and he didn't know if he felt comfortable actually wanting sex until Shōta was ready for that. "Would you like to try it out or are you not comfortable with the idea yet? I'll respect your answer either way."

Shōta wants to but he's not sure if he's ready either. Oboro just came back into his life not even a full seventy-two hours yet. He doesn't really know this version of Oboro, they haven't even kissed yet either. "Can-can I think about it then give you an answer later?"

Oboro nods his head, "Of course you can. Just know that I'd be okay either way, I can wait for you to be ready."

Shōta just relaxes into the embrace as they wait in the hallway. It's a few minutes later that the door opens and Keigo invites them in. Oboro is still nervous so Shōta walks in front of him and enters the room first with Oboro following after him. When he and Hizashi make eye contact, he wants to run but Shōta has him by the belt loop so he can't.

"Hi Ro," Hizashi says softly.

"Hi Zashi," Oboro responds back, internally grateful that the blonde isn't running at him or being loud.

Hizashi breaks eye contact and looks down at his lap, "I'm sorry, Ro. I-I didn't mean for my jealousy to get the better of me. I just snapped. I'm sorry."

Oboro stares at him for a long moment, "I should've been a better friend. I knew how you felt about Shōta. I should have helped you find someone for yourself but I didn't think of that until it was too late to go back. So I'm sorry for not being more considerate of your feelings."

Hizashi looks up at him, "I think you keeping signs of affection private was plenty considerate. I just have an issue with wanting things to just be mine and only mine. I wanted Shōta but you had him and he most certainly didn't want me. Like Shōta told me the other day, if I knew something was wrong with me, I should have gone to Hound Dog. That's why the man is there."

"Well, you definitely got lucky. You're here now so just work on getting better. It'll take time but I'm confident that you'll turn around," Oboro says with a small smile, one that Hizashi returns. Oboro fidgets for a moment before stepping further into the room then approaching Hizashi and wrapping him up in a hug where the blonde immediately starts sobbing. 

The rest of the guys all join in on the hug as well. "The gang's all here," Touya sniffles. 

"Shut up. Don't ruin the moment," Shōta grumbles.

"So grouchy," Keigo teases.

"Yeah, we just need to stick green fur to him and stuff him in a trashcan," Tenko states.

"Oscar the Grouch," Hizashi giggles wetly.

"If you all are gonna gang up on me, imma just leave," Shōta threatens.

"If you try to leave, it'll turn into a hostage situation because you're not allowed to leave," Touya giggles.

"I'll have Izuku beat you all up then," Shōta makes a new threat.

Hizashi snorts, "That string bean? What's Izuku gonna do?"

The hug breaks up as Tenko bursts into a fit of laughter, "Dude, Izuku not only beat his bully bloody, he also went to his boyfriend's school and beat the fuck out of his bullies too. He's absolutely ripped, he's more muscular than all of us and we're in our third year."

"I tagged along with him to the beach during his last few days of him clearing it off and I watched his ass pick up a damn full sized refrigerator and he carried that bitch to the scrap yard for money," Shōta adds on.

"His boyfriend definitely seems to love being all up on him. Catching a feel of the muscles," Oboro comments.

Tenko rolls his eyes, "You haven't even gotten the full experience of their relationship yet. Bearing witness to make-out sessions is a daily occurrence. Pretty sure they don't know the definition of having their own personal space anymore."

"They're still in the honeymoon phase," Touya laughs.

"Whatever," Shōta grumbles, "We're not here to talk about Zu, We're here to hang out til they kick us out."

They all stay and talk until the staff deems the visit enough and has them leave. Classes were going to start in a couple of days. It was Sunday so orientation day was tomorrow for the new school year. Nezu was able to enroll Oboro back into UA and has put him in Class SH as the cloud user is a year behind now and will need the peace and quiet so he can catch back up, hopefully with Izuku's help, he will.

They make it home, eat dinner and settle down for the night as they all needed to get to school at a decent time. This was Oboro's first night home and Shōta has never shared his bed with anyone before so when Oboro cuddled up close to him in a spooning position, he felt a little crowded. He didn't say anything though as he knows that it's a new experience for him and he wanted to be able to cuddle with his boyfriend, he just needed to get used to the idea of actually cuddling with someone. He rolls over so that he's facing him to see if that helps and it does a little bit.

When Oboro tilts his head up and kisses him, he melts into it. It's been so long since he's been kissed and this Oboro feels just like his. "Have you thought about it, Shō?" Oboro whispers when he pulls away from the kiss.

"I um. I don't think I'm ready just yet. I want to get to know this version of you first before doing things like that," Shōta whispers back. "I'm sorry."

Oboro smiles softly, "It's okay, you have nothing to be sorry about. Just bust a move when you feel like you are. I'm not gonna rush you."

"But you're wanting to," Shōta argues.

"Yeah but that's just my dick talking. I can show restraint and wait," Oboro says as he pulls Shōta closer while humming softly. "Let's just snuggle and go to sleepies, we have school in the morning. I love you, Shō."

"I love you too, Ro," Shōta whispers as he relaxes in the embrace. Maybe having your personal space invaded isn't so bad after all.

The next morning, they all get dressed, have breakfast and head to school. Hitoshi is standing just inside the UA gates waiting for Izuku and the two boys disappear into the school, Izuku telling Hitoshi that he'll walk him to class. Class SH is located in the Support Department area of the school so the group of friends takes Oboro there first before heading to Class 3-A.

Izuku gets Hitoshi to Class 1-A's door and can hear yelling. It's like déjà-vu, Bakugou and Iida. Hitoshi groans in exasperation, "Can we switch places, Izu? You take this class and I'll take yours?"

Izuku hums as he fake thinks, "Yeah, no. You'll be fine." He slides the door open with a bang, startling those who are in the class and glares at Bakugou, "Katsuki, get your nasty ass feet off the fucking desk, that's rude. Iida, shut the fuck up and mind your business. Let Snipe get onto him, the man is the teacher not you."

Bakugou takes his feet off the desk quickly, "Who the fuck do you think you are, you damn nerd?! Can't bark orders at me!"

"You're right, I can't but I can, however, beat the shit out of you again. It was quite thrilling," Izuku says with a deadpan voice and expression. Bakugou tisks at him and faces forward with a pout on his face. Izuku turns to Hitoshi with a bright smile, "Have fun with orientation, mi hermoso amor. I'll see you in a bit." 

Izuku leaves to head to his own class and Hitoshi enters 1-A and looks at the board and sees that he's seated behind some dude with balls for hair. He walks past Bakugou then the boy behind him and sits right in front of Shōto. At least he's familiar with the peppermint haired introvert. 

The boy with balls for hair turns around and looks at him with an odd look on his face, "Why do you smell girly?"

"It's called a shower. You should try it sometime, you look crusty," Hitoshi retorts and Bakugou snorts before laughing.

"No you asshole. You smell like perfume," the boy argues.

"Ever think that I might have a sister or a mother who wears perfume? Ever been stuck on a train next to a woman who wears a heavy amount?" Hitoshi questions angrily, he doesn't understand why it's any of this boy's business as to what he smells like.

The boy huffs then turns back around. Hitoshi feels a light tap on his arm and sees that Shōto is passing him a small note. He takes it and opens it up to read it, 'I know you're trans but the rest of the class doesn't know and I have a feeling that that boy won't be very accepting. I know you like smelling nice for Zu but if you don't want anyone finding out, I'd stop wearing perfume at school. I have some cologne at home that you can have if you still wish to smell nice for him. P.S. I only know because I overheard you two talking about it. I think you and Zu are cute together.'

Hitoshi blushes lightly, he doesn't mind anyone in the Todoroki family knowing that he is because he knows that they won't tell anyone his business. He quickly writes a note back, 'Thank you. I'll think about the cologne. I'm not a huge fan of smelling masculine but if I feel like that I need to switch, I'll let you know.' He passes the note back to him and hears a whispered 'okay, you're welcome'. 

He's slightly startled when he hears a little flame ignite and turns to see that Shōto has burned the note. Shōto stares at him with a deadpan expression, "Just in case someone sees it. A secret needs to stay a secret."

Hitoshi nods his head in agreement before turning back around and Snipe enters the classroom the moment the bell rings. After Snipe introduces himself, they all head to orientation and take their seats. He sees that they are seated next to Class 1-B and next to them is Class SH and can see Izuku and Oboro sitting next to each other with Oboro looking extremely nervous and uncomfortable but Izuku has a comforting hand on his hand so he hopes that it's enough to get Oboro through the orientation.

After the orientation was finished, they headed back to class to collect their syllabi and their belongings so they could head home. The girls all come bounding up to him. 

"Hi! I'm Ochako Uraraka! I um, I hate to break this to you but we saw your boyfriend holding hands with that boy with the fluffy blue hair," Uraraka informs him.

"Yeah? That's Oboro Shirakumo, he's his older brother's boyfriend. It's been a while since Oboro was in school so he was nervous," Hitoshi states. "So, my boyfriend was not cheating on me, he was being supportive. Maybe don't assume shit about people you don't know."

"Are all three of them gay?" Bakugou asks.

Hitoshi glares at him, "No. Izuku is pan, Shōta is gay, and Tenko is straight." Hitoshi immediately feels like he said the wrong thing when Bakugou's eyes widen and looks him up and down for a moment.

"Good to know," Bakugou says as he turns away and leaves.

The class all starts leaving and Shōto walks with Hitoshi. "Pretty sure Bakugou figured you out as soon as you mentioned Zu being pan," Shōto points out.

"I think so too. I just hope he doesn't say anything," Hitoshi says with a sigh.

"I can kill him for you," Shōto offers, "No one would suspect the quiet one."

Hitoshi snorts, "No one ever suspects the quiet ones but I don't think murder is necessary."

"Murder who?" Izuku asks as he joins up with them.

"Pretty sure Bakugou figured out that Hitoshi is trans," Shōto deadpans. "Mineta was questioning him earlier as to why he smelled girly as well."

Izuku sighs, "Well as big of a dickhead that Bakugou is, he wouldn't tell people something that's clearly a secret. As for Mineta, that's just creepy. Who the fuck sniffs strangers?"

"Well, he was perving on the girls," Hitoshi says while wrinkling his nose.

"Pretty sure he looked up Hagakure's skirt to see if she was invisible down there too," Shōto adds on.

"Fucking disgusting. Nezu had the private stalls installed right, Izu?" Hitoshi asks.

"Yep! So you're all good, the only way anyone would peek at you is if they climbed to the top of the stall and looked in like that," Izuku says with a smile. "We should all go get a coffee. The invite is for you as well Shōto since you never hang out with us."

"I don't want friends," Shōto deadpans.

Izuku and Hitoshi both roll their eyes, "Yeah okay Mister Homeschool. You say that but now that you're in a classroom setting, it'll be inevitable, you'll have a group of friends before you can blink your eyes."

"I do not believe that," Shōto says while shaking his head, "But I will join you for coffee, I've never tried it before so it should be interesting."

Shōta spots Izuku and Hitoshi walking with Shōto and smiles. He's glad that Shōto is finally willing to hang out and talk with other people his age for once. "Looks like Shōto is becoming friends with Zu and Hito."

The rest of the boys turn and look at the scene. "Fucking finally. Damn introvert. He's been watching those two hang out and stuff from a distance since Hito entered the picture. We kept telling him to go and hang out with them but he'd either say 'I'm not a third wheel' or 'I don't want friends'," Touya rants in exasperation.

"Well he's hanging out with them now. Zu and Hito will be good first friends for him," Tenko says as he pulls out his handheld to start playing a game as they walk.

"Yeah and next thing the Todoroki household knows is Shōto unleashing his inner Zu and sassing Enji," Shōta chuckles.

Keigo starts laughing, "I'd pay good fucking money to see that asshole's reaction to getting sassed by Peppermint Pattie!"

"I bet I could imitate his most possible reaction," Touya says before clearing his throat and going into a wide legged stance and producing a large amount of flames as he yells, "SHŌTOOOOOO!!!"

The boys all burst into laughter and the shout catches the three boys' attention who all turn around to see what's going on. "I believe they are making fun of Endeavor," Shōto guesses.

"The man shouldn't make himself an easy target," Hitoshi says and Izuku starts laughing as a small smirk forms on Shōto's face. Maybe making friends wouldn't be so bad after all.

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The following day, Nezu recruits Izuku and Oboro to go assist Snipe in the two first year classes Q.A.Ts. Class A would be going first. Izuku is wearing coveralls that he has undone the top of and has it cinched around his waist with his tool belt as he has been tasked with improving the security bots and other security measures around campus; Nezu and The Hero Commission are making preparations to have the dorm system installed on campus for the students who wish to use them instead of traveling to and from home.

Oboro has changed into gym clothes as his new hero costume isn't finished yet. "You're not gonna put on gym clothes, Zu?" Oboro asks him.

"Nah. I'll be fine. Not like I'm participating in this. I'm just there to check out their hero costumes. The only one I'm confident of is Toshi's cause I made it along with his support items," Izuku answers as they walk down the hall to head out to the P.E. fields where Snipe will have his classes.

In the 1-A classroom, Snipe is telling them what they'll be doing that morning, "'Ight ya hellions, we'll be doin' a Q.A.T while wearin' yer hero costumes that way we can check fer adjustments an' such. A couple boys from Hero Class SH will be assistin' with it."

Iida stands up while chopping his arm, "There's another hero class?! Why is this class not listed in the school's pamphlet?!"

"Hero Class SH are for people who are gonna become 'Hidden Heroes'. Like Pro-Hero All For One for example, he's a Hidden Hero. One boy is in the class 'cause he was selected by Nezu 'imself an' the other boy is well, he's in protective custody an' no, he's not a criminal. He was presumed to be dead but escaped from where he was bein' held. Both boys are nice, the younger one will retaliate if ya piss 'im off though so try an' be polite to 'im," Snipe explains before opening the area where the costumes are being stored, "Grab yer costumes an' meet me out on the field when y'all are finished changin'."

Snipe leaves the class as they all hurry and grab their cases and head to the locker rooms to change. Hitoshi quickly slips into one of the private stalls and quickly gets to work on getting changed just in case the pervert of the class decides to try and peek at him. He's almost finished with getting changed when he hears a hard smack and a yelp.

"The fuck you think you're doing, you fucking pervert?!" Bakugou yells. Hitoshi is about to snap at him then he realizes that Bakugou isn't talking to him.

"Well I wanna know why he's the only one in a private stall instead of being out here with the rest of us!" Mineta yells back.

"Some people aren't fucking comfortable changing in front of others so fuck off with that shit! First you were being a perv with the girls and now you're being a perv with the boys?! Fucking disgusting and I can tell you right now that if you mess with that insomniac, the nerd will fucking kill you. He has the quirk for it, no one will find your body cause it'll just be a pile of dust!" Bakugou shouts out.

Mineta scoffs and stomps away. Hitoshi had quickly finished getting dressed as the yelling match occurred. He cracks the stall door open and meets Bakugou's eyes. "Why are you protecting me?" Hitoshi whispers to him.

Bakugou steps closer to him and whispers back, "Because he's a sicko and if he finds out then everyone will find out and I have a feeling that you don't want people knowing unless you tell them yourself."

"Yeah. Thank you," Hitoshi continues to whisper.

"Whatever," Bakugou huffs before turning and walking away.

As the class all starts heading out to the field, a couple of the other boys notice how Hitoshi's costume looks a lot nicer than theirs. "Hey bro, um, we couldn't help but notice how nice your costume looks. All of us had our costumes made by the same support company so we don't get why yours looks more professional," Kirishima points out and everyone's eyes are on him.

"My boyfriend made my costume and my support items so the support company didn't make any of my stuff. He's a bit of a perfectionist so he took his time making it for me," Hitoshi explains.

"Aww! That's really sweet of him!" Mina gushes.

"I find that inappropriate! You took away a job from the support company!" Iida says while chopping his arm.

"My boyfriend is going into Support so I don't see an issue with it," Hitoshi huffs. He ignores Iida as the boy continues to yell at him. He spots Izuku in his greasy coveralls and shirt and has to contain his excited wiggle. He enjoys Izuku's hardworking dirty side.

Izuku glares at Iida, "Stop fucking yelling, Iida, damn. I don't even know what you're even yelling about."

"He's mad because you made my costume instead of the support company," Hitoshi explains and Izuku rolls his eyes.

"Big whoop. My mother made my first costume so I don't see what the damn issue is," Izuku grumbles.

"How would you have a costume if you're not even in the Hero Course?!" Iida asks angrily.

Izuku gestures to himself, "How do you think I got like this and how do you think I wiped the floor with those examinees during the entrance exam? Wanted the costume so I could train in private because part of me wanted to join the Hero Course but I decided otherwise even though I'm still technically going into Heroics." Iida is still fuming as Izuku turns to Snipe, "Might wanna start the class before I challenge him to an old fashioned round of fisticuffs."

Oboro snickers and Snipe snorts before explaining to the class on what they are going to be doing with Oboro demonstrating. Hitoshi didn't think the assessment was very fair as it's more geared to those with physical quirks. The class all starts running through the tests as Izuku takes notes on each of them. Izuku wasn't very impressed that their costumes in this dimension are exactly like their costumes in the other dimension. He's going to have to work on the girls' costumes first because damn, they are teenagers, not adults, they shouldn't have costumes like that. There must be some serious perverts at the support company.

When they got to the ball throw, Hitoshi knew that he wouldn't be able to throw the ball very far. Snipe did say that they could use their quirks however they see fit. He looks over at Oboro. "Ro, do you know what my quirk is and what it does?"

"Yes, why?" Oboro asks and the class becomes confused.

"Could I use my quirk on you?" Hitoshi asks, he doesn't want to use his quirk on the cloud user if he doesn't like the idea of being controlled.

Oboro is confused for a moment then realizes what Hitoshi is trying to do, "Sure! I don't mind! I kinda wanna know what your quirk feels like!"

"What's your quirk called?" Hitoshi asks while lacing his quirk into his voice.

"Cloud!" Oboro chirps out before going slack faced, causing the class to all gasp.

"Use your cloud to throw this ball for me," Hitoshi orders and Oboro walks up to him while producing a cloud. He places the ball on the cloud and sends it up until the robot announces the distance. 

Hitoshi releases Oboro from his quirk and Oboro looks at Hitoshi with an excited smile, "Holy shit that was awesome! Zu! Did you see that shit?! Has he ever used his quirk on you?!"

The two boys laugh at his excitement. "Calm down, Ro. And yes, he's tried but his quirk doesn't work on me, I slap myself out of it."

"Ya do?" Snipe asks and Izuku gestures for Hitoshi to demonstrate.

"Shiba Inu Café after school?" Hitoshi asks.

"Sure!" Izuku answers before going slack faced. A black tendril worms its way out of his knuckles and slaps him across the face, breaking the hold of Hitoshi's quirk, "See?! Doesn't work on me!"

"See new shit everyday," Snipe mumbles.

—

Shōta is having his own new experience during the first day of classes by heading to the USJ. He has to take some calming breaths as they ride the bus over there. This facility is the last place he wants to go to, his last experience was god awful. Tenko seems to see that something is wrong, "Shō, you okay?"

"No. The USJ is where that nomu basically killed me. I don't want to be here right now," Shōta whispers as he works on his breathing.

"It'll be okay, I highly doubt that there are nomu in this dimension since me and dad aren't villains here," Tenko whispers back.

"I know but still," Shōta says softly as he looks out the window, hoping that this USJ trip doesn't go like his last one. They arrive and Shōta really really doesn't want to go into that building but he follows his class anyway. They get to the part where the USJ incident happened and nothing bad happens and class continues on as planned. They work in teams to rescue the robot practice dummies and clear up debris from a mock villain attack. They all leave the USJ in one piece and Shōta lets himself relax on the way back to school. All he wants to do is snuggle up next to Oboro and take a nap.

—

Class B goes about doing the same thing as Class A in regards to the Q.A.T. Izuku has to jump back from Monoma almost touching him, "Do not copy my quirk, it's dangerous."

"I was kinda wanting to use that black tendril thing of yours to throw the ball," Monoma says.

"I get that but I don't know if you can copy stress induced manifestations. The only one that's not stress induced is my Decay," Izuku informs him and the class all stares at him with wide eyes.

"Is your home life bad? You should tell the teacher," Kendo suggests in concern and Izuku shakes his head.

"My home life is great. I did it to myself whilst training privately. That trashed beach that got cleared off, that was me. Cleaned it as a form of strength training," Izuku explains. 

"Why would you do that to yourself, man?" Tetsutetsu asks.

"I was sick of being bullied and being treated like a villain so I trained myself to get stronger then I beat him bloody the next time he pushed me around. Also went and beat up my boyfriend's bullies as well since they were also treating him like a villain," Izuku answers and Snipe stares at him in surprise.

"Shigaraki, you're too much like yer father," Snipe scolds jokingly.

"Pretty sure my father was treated like a villain as well with a quirk like his. Proved them all wrong though and now he's been a Pro-Hero for almost twenty years," Izuku says with a fond smile.

"Oh I'm sure he was," Snipe says with a soft sigh. "Anyways, see any costumes that need improvements?"

"Yeah. All of them," Izuku answers, "UA either needs to go with a new support company or have the support department here do it."

—

Shōta was so glad to go home. His bed was calling his name. It was just Shōta and Oboro heading home as Tenko was going to the arcade with Touya and Keigo while Izuku was going to the new Shiba Inu Café with Hitoshi. They arrive home and see a note on the table from Tomura saying that he's already at work as he's trying to find Inko's whereabouts. Shōta heads upstairs with Oboro following behind him. 

The pair change out of their school uniforms and Shōta flops face down on the bed with a sigh, "Hello bed, oh how I missed you."

Oboro giggles as he lays down next to him, "Does your bed mean that much to you?"

"Yes. It's the best place to sleep," Shōta says into the pillow.

Oboro giggles a bit more before reaching over and lightly rubbing Shōta's back, "Had a long day?"

"You can say that. So in my dimension, before I was brought here, I had taken my students to the USJ and that's when a group of villains attacked and they had brought a nomu with them. A nomu is a reanimated corpse that is made from different body parts. Anyways, the thing attacked me, crushed me into the cement then boom, I woke up at my desk in UA aged down and all that jazz. Izuku was brought here the same way too. He had attacked the nomu that had attacked me and it had grabbed him by the skull," Shōta explains before telling him what they did today, "So for Heroics today, we went to the USJ and I was on guard the entire time because I was so afraid that it was going to happen again but it didn't. Thank fuck."

"Aw babe, that's awful. But at least you can rest easy now that you know that there's none of those nomu things here. They sound scary," Oboro says as he moves closer and cuddles up against Shōta.

Shōta rolls over as he doesn't want his face to be squashed into the pillow. He can smell the scent of petrichor so he knows that Oboro has been using his quirk today. He's always loved the smell of rain, especially when it's coming from Oboro. He doesn't even realize that he's lightly nuzzling Oboro's neck and that a deep blush is forming on the cloud user's face. It doesn't take long for the two to start kissing and Shōta can tell that it's different than before then he realizes why it's different as Oboro moves them into a more intimate position. Part of him wants to stop him but the other part wants to find out where it's going. 

He wants to hide himself away once Oboro gets their clothes off then he remembers that he gave Izuku all the condoms and lube. He lightly pushes Oboro's chest. "Is something wrong?" Oboro whispers.

"Yeah, I gave Zu all the condoms and lube that I found in here. If we're going to do this we need stuff," Shōta whispers back.

"Then we'll go steal some of it back," Oboro says as he stands up and slips his shorts on. Shōta quickly follows suit and the pair head to Izuku's room to see if they can find out where he's keeping everything.

It doesn't take Shōta long to find the stash inside the younger teen's nightstand drawer. "Got it," Shōta says as he grabs a few condoms and one of the bottles of untouched lube and they quickly leave to go back to their own room. Shōta was nervous as he got back into a comfortable position on the bed as Oboro got the plastic wrap off the lube before placing some between his fingers, warming it up.

Oboro moves back over him and smiles softly at Shōta's nervous form, "It's okay, babe, I'll be gentle, I promise." –Shōta nods his head then flinches when Oboro touches him with the lubed up fingers– "Gotta relax, Shō, I don't wanna accidentally hurt you." Oboro starts kissing him again to help distract and relax him. Once he does, he pushes his fingers in and slowly gets to work. "How does that feel?"

"Feels weird," Shōta whispers as he hides his face, he can't believe he's doing this and that he's being touched like this. He had accepted a long time ago that he was fine living a life without sex but now here he is aged down in a different dimension and getting fingered. 

"Feels weird in a good way or a bad way?" Oboro asks softly. "Your body seems to be liking it."

Shōta blushes deeply and keeps his face hidden, "Good way." A small moan escapes as Oboro goes faster, "Very good way." Shōta didn't even know that he could make a sound like that but he did and they kept escaping. He takes a peek at Oboro and sees that he's opened up a condom and is now slipping it on himself. Shōta blushes deeply at never actually seeing what Oboro looks like with an erection. He's seen him nude on multiple occasions but never like this, it was slightly intimidating.

Oboro spots him peeking, "You think you're ready, babe?" Shōta's face feels like it's on fire when he makes eye contact with him and nods. Oboro replaces his fingers with his cock and Shōta turns his head to the side and grips the sheets as Oboro slowly works on bottoming out. Once he was all the way in, he leans forward and turns Shōta's head so he can kiss him. He's glad that this Shōta is reciprocating as the other one wouldn't during their first time, he just laid there and took it, the second time they had sex, then that Shōta was a little more confident and had initiated it. This Shōta is kissing him back, pulling him closer and moaning especially when he starts moving. When he picks up the pace, he sits up and holds onto Shōta's hips and smirks as he starts moaning his name. Oh yeah, sex with this version of Shōta is going to be interesting.

Shōta can see the small smirk on Oboro's face and it makes him feel funny in a good way. He's never experienced anything like this before and he's a lot more sensitive than he had imagined. He's so glad that he went with it because it feels amazing. He didn't even care that he was making a mess on himself as he cums. He definitely loves that dark, hungry look that Oboro is giving him right now, it may look out of place on Oboro's face but he finds it sexy in the moment. 

Oboro leans back down and kisses him passionately as he finishes. He doesn't usually finish this quickly but it's been a long while since he's had sex and it didn't help that Shōta was moaning the way he was nor did it help that Shōta had that soft pleading look on his face either. When he pulls out, he feels Shōta's legs shaking, "You okay, babe?"

Shōta nods his head, "Yeah. That-that was really good. You feel really good."

Oboro smiles at him softly, "You feel really good too. You sound really good too with that moaning you were doing. That's new for me and I liked it, it let me know that I was pleasuring you right."

Shōta blushes and looks away, "I didn't even know that I could sound like that. That's embarrassing."

"It's not embarrassing, it's sexy," Oboro teases and Shōta pushes his face away as he makes a kissy face at him. "Let's go take a shower and soak together. It might help you not be sore tomorrow, I got a little carried away. I said that I'd be gentle with you but as soon as you started moaning my name, yeah. I'm sorry, Shō."

Shōta shakes his head, "Don't apologize. It felt really good. But yeah, a shower and a soak sounds nice."

—

Izuku and Hitoshi arrived about twenty minutes after Shōta and Oboro did so that Izuku could get to work on redesigning the first year hero costumes and Hitoshi wanted to help him. They were sipping on their to-go drinks when they both choked on them when they heard the moaning start from upstairs.

Deep blushes form on both boys' faces. "Um. Is-is that Shōta and Oboro fooling around or does Tenko have a girlfriend that we're not aware of?" Hitoshi asks.

Izuku goes to answer but the moan answers the question for them when they hear Oboro's name, "Holy fuck okay, we're leaving." They quickly gather the supplies and their drinks and go outside on the patio. Izuku still has a blush and a look of shock on his face as he has now heard what his teacher turned brother sounds like in bed.

"I-I wasn't that loud was I?" Hitoshi asks sheepishly.

"No. Yours were soft little whimper type moans that's like porno volume moans in there," Izuku answers.

"Good thing your dad isn't home. I highly doubt he'd want to hear one of his sons getting plowed like that," Hitoshi says and Izuku bursts out into laughter.

"He'd probably leave just like you and I did," Izuku laughs.

Chapter Text

The next day of school, Izuku is showing Nezu and the President of the Commission the improvements that he's done to UA's security system. "So, I used a similar program that I had designed when arming my home except, it's on crack. There's an anti-decay program, more firewalls, I created new anti-viruses to go along with the firewalls. I have it set to signal The Police Force and the Pro-Heroes of this area, including the teachers within the school. I'm also designing a tunnel to add to The UA Fortress that will serve as an evacuation route off the school grounds to the nearby forest as there's a cave there that leads to the neighboring city. I'll even design entrances to the tunnel from different locations around the campus so that way everyone has a chance to get down there and escape. For the dorm system, I'm just going to use the same security program that I use at home as the security system for the school itself will serve as the first line of defense. Now I do have offensive measures designed as well for the outer wall but, I'll leave the decision to you two if you two want the offensive measures created and installed."

A feral grin formed on Nezu's face as he listened to Izuku explain everything that he's doing, "Very impressive, Izuku-kun. I'm glad that you've taken the initiative to start planning out other security measures to add onto what you're already doing. These plans will be a big help."

"I agree. Would you possibly be willing to do this for the other Hero Schools that we have here in Japan?" the Commission President asks. "The Commission will pay you handsomely for your services." 

Izuku raises a brow at that, his interest has been piqued at the mention of receiving money. He could save that money so he can buy a house and stuff for him and Hitoshi. "Sure, I can definitely do that."

"Perfect. We'll even cover your hotel rooms and meals as well. Your UA ID will work at the other school gates once I inform the schools that you'll be arriving to install the new systems into their schools. I'd also like for you to design tunnels for the other schools as well so they can get them installed into their own schools. I'm not sure about the offensive measures as we don't have a large threat on our hands. If a villain like that does rise up, we'll install them then," the Commission President explains what she would like done for the schools.

"Yep! No problem! I can definitely save the designs for the offensive measures for later use," Izuku chirps out. "When would you like for me to start on the other schools?"

"Tomorrow if you would, this is the order in which I would like for you to go: Shiketsu, Ketsubutsu, Isamu, Seiai then lastly Seijin," the President answers.

Izuku writes down the order of schools, "Alright, I can definitely do that for you. It'll probably take me two or three days at each school but I'll get them all done."

"Of course. Feel free to take your time while doing this," the President says. "Well Nezu-san, it looks like everything here is good to go for the dorm system to be installed here. Be sure that your teachers release the forms for their students to be reviewed by their parents. If they choose to allow their kids to stay on campus then the cost of them living here will be part of the tuition that they are already paying so it'll basically be free housing for them."

"Understood. I'll let my staff know so they can tell their students," Nezu says with a small bow.

The President returns the bow then gives Izuku a bow as well, "Thank you for your help, Young Shigaraki."

"It's no problem at all, ma'am," Izuku says as he gives her a bow.

Lunch rolls around and Izuku joins up with Hitoshi and Shōto who have now joined the other five boys. "So, how's class been for you, mi amor?" Hitoshi asks.

"It's good. I will be gone for a couple of weeks though because the Commission President hired me for a job," Izuku says and everyone stares at him in shock. "She liked the security system that I created for UA so she's having me go install it at the other Hero Schools. I'm gonna be getting a big fat paycheck."

The table begins to buzz in excitement asking where he's going first and what all he's going to do. Lunch ends on a good note and everyone returns to class. Hitoshi was a little sad that he wasn't going to get to see Izuku for a couple of weeks while he goes off to do this job.

Shōto taps on Hitoshi's shoulder once they are back in class, "We can hang out together until Zu gets back from that job."

Hitoshi nods his head, "Okay, yeah we can do that. I'm just not allowed to walk home by myself because of the crime rates so if we hang out, Endeavor will either have to drive me home or we part ways before it gets dark."

"I'm sure my mom can drive you home. My dad is an ass and would more than likely wave you off," Shōto says.

"Figured as much. Your dad needs to stop being a dick," Hitoshi states.

"I know. Zu said that I should call him a giant flaming pile of donkey shit but I don't know if I should," Shōto says while scratching his cheek lightly.

"Why not?" Hitoshi asks.

"Because then he'd lose his shit," Shōto answers. "And I'm afraid of what he might do."

"I highly doubt he'd do something given the fact of who his neighbor is. Shigaraki-san would end your father's career in the blink of an eye. Now that man is scary even when he's in dad mode and fooling around," Hitoshi points out and Shōto nods his head.

"That's all true. But I still don't know. I don't usually like starting arguments," Shōto says.

"Your boyfriend's dad is scary?" Mina asks with a frown.

"Well. He's more intimidating than he is scary," Hitoshi answers. "It's just who his dad is that makes him scary."

"Who's his father?" Uraraka asks, "We know he's a Pro-Hero but we've never heard his hero name mentioned."

Hitoshi and Shōto both shake their heads, "Legally we can't tell you without the man's permission."

"Then how come you two get to know?" Hagakure says with a pouty tone.

"Cause the man introduced himself to me using his hero name and Shōto is literally his neighbor," Hitoshi answers. "Probably introduced himself to me like that to put the fear of God into me."

"The man could probably pull a Thanos, snap his fingers and you're gone," Bakugou grumbles. "I thought my life was over the last time he stepped foot on my doorstep after the nerd beat me up."

"Oh yeah? Did he threaten your life or something?" Hitoshi questions.

"It was a final warning type thing. If I fucked up again then I'd basically be in Gen Ed instead of this class," Bakugou answers and Hitoshi and Shōto both pull the same face knowing exactly what he's talking about, All For One would strip him of his quirk.

"Damn. Solid threat. Wish he'd do that to my dad. Maybe he wouldn't be a hotheaded ass anymore," Shōto says and Hitoshi snorts.

"I don't think Shigaraki-san would want it anyways," Hitoshi giggles.

"It's probably tainted so I wouldn't blame him," Shōto says with a small smile.

Shōta and Tenko groan as they make their way to Class 1-A, the new group of Heroics students needed to learn about some of the Hidden Heroes, like their father. They have the non-disclosure contracts in hand for the students to sign, basically if they go to the public about any of the Hidden Heroes names then it's life in prison. The heroes are a secret for a reason.

Snipe opens the door to the classroom as the bell rings and invites the two boys in and now the class is all staring at them in surprise. "Class, these two boys are Shōta and Tenko Shigaraki. They're from Class 3-A and are here to talk about the Hidden Heroes," Snipe explains to the class.

Shōta starts passing out the non-disclosure contracts, "You all need to sign these non-disclosure contracts first before we start talking. Hidden Heroes can not have their identities revealed to the public, if their names get out then their careers and lives are over and all the work they've been doing goes right out the window. Revealing the name of a Hidden Hero is a life sentence in prison. As Heroes-in-training, it's important to know everyone you work with, including Hidden Heroes so that's why we're here. We're going to tell you a few of the more well known names of the Hidden Heroes."

Hitoshi sighs as he signs the contract, he knows that they're going to mention his father as well since he's a Hidden Hero who had graduated from Shiketsu. He also knows that they are going to mention their own father since the man is ranked number one.

Once the contracts have all been signed and collected, Hitoshi shrinks down in his seat when Tenko makes eye contact with him, "Oooh Hitoooo! Come here!"

"No thank you," Hitoshi grumbles and Snipe chuckles from his place at his desk.

"Yes, come up here. You can tell your classmates about your own father," Tenko says and now the class is all looking at Hitoshi with wide eyes.

Hitoshi groans in exasperation as he gets up and trudges up to the front of the class, "My dad is Pro-Hero Sandman, his quirk is called Anesthesia. He's ranked number three in the Hidden Hero charts. His real name is Tsukikage Shinsou."

"Yep, and you all know Principal Nezu, quirk is High Spec. He's ranked number two in those charts," Tenko adds.

"Then there's our father, Pro-Hero All For One or Tomura Shigaraki, quirk All For One, ranked number one," Shōta deadpans and the class is all sitting there with their mouths hanging open in shock. 

The class is all silent for a long moment before they all begin to talk loudly over each other. Shōta sighs heavily as he pinches the bridge of his nose. He can't believe what he's about to do but he really needs them to shut up before he gets a headache. He activates his quirk while shouting, "Quiet!"

They all flinch back and retake their seats. Once they are all quiet and settled, Tenko starts laughing, "Oh my god, Shō! Were you a teacher in your past life?!"

Shōta whips around and smacks him, "Shut up, Ten!"

Tenko continues to laugh, "Oh calm down, I'm just teasing!"

"Maybe if they weren't a bunch of Problem Children I wouldn't have to unleash my inner teacher," Shōta growls out.

"Oh knock it off you two. No need for sibling nonsense," Snipe scolds them.

"Bro, you're dating the son of All For One?! And you've met and talked to this man?! What does he even look like?!" Kirishima asks in excitement and the class all starts buzzing again.

Hitoshi rubs the back of his neck as he blushes, "Um well. He looks like Tenko but taller and buffer."

"Hey! I'm plenty tall and buff!" Tenko says in betrayal.

"Zu is taller and buffer than you so get real ya shrimp," Shōta chuckles and Tenko pouts.

"Says the other shrimp," Tenko huffs and Shōta glares at him.

"How'd you even meet your boyfriend anyways?!" Mina asks and Tenko starts laughing as Hitoshi blushes and turns away.

Shōta slaps Tenko, "You're still an ass for that you asshole and you also still haven't apologized to them either."

"Why do I need to apologize if it worked?" Tenko asks.

"Because you invaded Zu's damn privacy to do it," Shōta retorts.

Tenko rolls his eyes before answering Mina's question, "They met in a game and were online chatting. I pretended to be Zu and invited Hito over for a sleepover."

Hitoshi is hiding his face in his hands while still blushing deeply, "Shut the hell up, Ten, I freaking hate you I swear." Hitoshi quickly goes back to his seat and hides his face in his arms. Shōto reaches forward and lightly pats Hitoshi on the back as a form of comfort.

"Do any of you brats have questions that aren't about my little brother's relationship with your classmate?" Shōta asks in annoyance because of course that's what these nosey brats would grasp onto and make a huge fuss about it. He's glad that they actually start asking questions that aren't about Izuku and Hitoshi's relationship.

They get finished with the lessons about Hidden Heroes for both classes and Shōta and Tenko leave to go back to their own class. Shōta was ready to go home and go to sleep. "Miss teaching?" Tenko whispers.

"Yeah. Plan on becoming a teacher again anyways. It's what I enjoy doing. Teaching and threatening to expel brats, they go hand in hand," Shōta answers and Tenko snorts.

"You're awful. You sound like one of those sadistic teachers like Pride," Tenko chuckles.

"Because I am one of those sadistic teachers. Got like that because I don't want to teach kids who are reckless and stupid. They need to show me that they have what it takes to become a hero. I'm not going to teach a kid how to be a hero only for them to go out and get killed," Shōta rants.

"Well, you sound like a good and caring teacher. I'm sure you'll be a fine teacher again when the time comes," Tenko says with a soft smile.

Chapter Text

A week passes by and UA has the dorm system built up quickly with most of the students moving into them. Once Hitoshi was settled, he wanted to get a shower then noticed that there was no private shower stall, just the community showers and baths. He sighs in defeat and leaves the shower room as he isn't about to get a shower out in the open like that. He'll have to go and talk to Nezu about having one installed for him to use.

"Not gonna get a shower?" Bakugou asks as he spots him still filthy. "You're all sweaty and shit from moving in."

"I can't. Well, not during the day at least. There's no private shower stall or room," Hitoshi whispers.

"I can stand guard if you make it quick," Bakugou offers.

Hitoshi stares at him in confusion, not really expecting the blonde to actually be nice to him like that. Hitoshi nods his head, "Yeah, I'd really appreciate that. Thank you."

"Whatever. Just make it quick. The only one I'm concerned about seeing you is that purple perv," Bakugou grumbles as Hitoshi quickly makes a beeline straight back to the showers.

Hitoshi feels so much better and is getting dressed when he hears arguing outside in the hallway. "Bakugou! You can't block the door like that! Move so we can get a shower!" Ojiro demands.

"I will in a minute, monkey boy! Shinsou is in there, he should be getting dressed," Bakugou barks back.

"Oh so you're just standing guard out here then or something?" Mineta asks, "We're all dudes, we all have the same equipment so just let us in."

"Not until he's finished. If he doesn't fucking change in front of us, what makes you think he's going to want to be fully fucking naked in front of us?" Bakugou asks in annoyance.

"Just leave it be. Hitoshi was in there first so let him finish. I'm sure he's just getting dressed now since I don't hear any water running," Shōto says, siding with Bakugou on this.

Hitoshi quickly finishes getting dressed and double checks everything to make sure he doesn't leave any of his stuff behind then makes his way over to the door and opens it. "I was getting dressed. Couldn't wait just a couple of more minutes? I was only in here for ten minutes tops."

Mineta wrinkles his nose at him, "Again with smelling girly! Like I know you're fucking gay but you don't need to use girl shit!"

"Pretty damn sure I'm allowed to use and smell however I fucking wish. It's my damn body, I can do as I please with it," Hitoshi retorts angrily and finishes making his way into the hallway and looks at Bakugou. "Thanks for standing guard, I appreciate it."

"Whatever you already fucking thanked me, ain't gotta do it again, shit," Bakugou grumbles as he storms away.

Ojiro and Mineta go into the shower room with Shōto standing in the hallway with Hitoshi and whispers to him, "So Bakugou knows you're trans?"

Hitoshi nods his head and whispers back, "Yeah, he figured it out on his own. He's been keeping Mineta away from me."

"Well, at least he's not being a dickhead about it," Shōto says before turning and heading into the shower room.

Curfew was close so Hitoshi just went straight to his room and got himself comfortable. One of the things he did was remove his binder. He sighs in relief once he has it off again. He swears that wearing a binder is worse than a bra and he'd totally do without either if they were smaller but no, he got cursed with C cups and he knows that they'll go up a size once he and Izuku start talking about having a family together and actually having kids with him. Definitely plans on chestfeeding if he's able to, he wants to have that kind of bond with his babies, then he can have his top surgery. He wishes Izuku would get done with this job already, he's tired of just texting back and forth with him. He wants to cuddle and he's been extremely horny the past couple of days so he wants Izuku to love up on him intimately as well. He sighs and rolls over in an attempt to go to sleep.

It's three days later that Hitoshi sneaks downstairs after curfew so he can shower as he has to wait to see if the school board will allow a private shower stall to be built. So for now, Snipe has given him permission to break curfew so he can shower in peace. He took his time in the shower as everyone was asleep so he didn't need to worry about being disturbed. He wanted to rub one out but Izuku was due back tomorrow so he wanted to be sexually pent up for him so he can orgasm like he did the first time that they had sex. He gets dried and dressed and goes back upstairs to his room so he can get some sleep, especially now that he feels clean and refreshed.

Izuku moves into the 1-A dorms the day that he arrives back to UA with the help of his brothers and a bot to carry some of his stuff. Hitoshi relaxes in his arms as they cuddle closely. "Oh, mi amor, I missed you so much."

"Aww! I missed you too gatita but now I'm back and have a big ol' paycheck to cash in and save so I can buy us a house after graduation," Izuku says softly as he wiggles them around to get more comfortable.

"Doesn't a house cost more money than that?" Hitoshi asks.

"Well yeah but I'm sure that I'm going to be getting more jobs to do and such," Izuku answers. "It's enough for a down-payment though so that's already one foot in the door."

Hitoshi smiles softly, he's so grateful to have Izuku in his life especially with the white haired boy making future plans that they will definitely follow through with. He's a little disappointed that Izuku isn't trying to start anything dirty with him as he was hoping that he'd be horny too. He glances down at Izuku's crotch and sees that he has a hard-on then looks back up at Izuku who has his eyes closed and is relaxing. The last time they had sex, Izuku was the one who went down on him so he makes the decision to go down on Izuku this time. He feels him tease up for a moment as he rubs him through his shorts before moving and pulling them off Izuku.

Izuku is watching him with a half-lidded gaze as Hitoshi runs his tongue up his length before taking him fully into his mouth. He reaches down and places his fingers into Hitoshi's hair and tilts his head back slightly so they make eye contact, "Make it sloppy, gatita. I also wanna check out your gag reflex so take as much of it as you can."

Hitoshi moans softly and gets to work on sucking Izuku off. He finds that he doesn't have much of a gag reflex as it disappears the longer he deepthroats him for. He tenses up as Izuku grabs his head with both hands and starts thrusting upwards. Hitoshi never thought that he'd like being manhandled like this but here he is moaning softly from around Izuku's cock and soaking through his own briefs. He can't help the pleasured groan that escapes as Izuku's orgasm spills into his mouth. It was slightly sweet with a bit of saltiness so he didn't mind swallowing it.

Izuku smirks at Hitoshi as he watches him swallow, "Very sexy gatita, now lay down, let me pleasure you." Izuku waits for Hitoshi to lay down before he starts kissing and stripping him out of his clothes and binder. He takes his time kissing and lightly rubbing his hands over Hitoshi's body. He wanted to see if he could get Hitoshi to beg for him.

Hitoshi wiggled and moaned softly under Izuku's touches. It was teasing him and he was already so sensitive as he's very pent up and just wanting Izuku to start doing something other than just body worshiping him. "Izu... please, more... please." He feels Izuku shiver so he has a feeling that that's what Izuku was after so he begs a little more, "Wanna feel your tongue... please Izu... eat me out." He lightly bites his lip and shivers as Izuku looks at him with a dark hungry look.

"You beg so beautifully, gatita," Izuku all but purrs out before swiping his tongue against Hitoshi's erection and does it again when he jolts. This time he slips a finger in and focuses on his erection and spot at the same time. He moans as Hitoshi pulls on his hair in an attempt to pull him away.

Hitoshi is gasping at the sensitivity of what Izuku is doing to him. It feels good but he doesn't want to finish yet and he knows that he's going to if Izuku keeps going, "Izu... Izu... gonna make me cum." All he gets is a pleasured moan in response and one of his thighs in a tight hold, preventing him from closing them completely especially when Izuku becomes more vigorous. He does a whining sounding moan as Izuku sucks on him as he can't hold back his orgasm anymore. He's panting and staring at Izuku with a half-lidded stare once he finishes.

Izuku kisses Hitoshi's inner thigh before he sits up and rubs his tip against Hitoshi's entrance, "Hope you're ready to get blissed out, gatita, Imma bout to fuck you like an animal."

Hitoshi nods his head without thinking, "Yes... yes please."

Izuku has them locked in a kiss to muffle Hitoshi's moans as he slips in and doesn't hold back. He didn't even put a condom on this time and he feels like that was a bit of a mistake as it feels too good without it and he knows he isn't going to last as long especially with the pace that he's going at. He's already came once so he doesn't know if he'd be able to pull out then go back in without going soft in the middle of it. He still can't get over how perfect Hitoshi is, he loves everything about him and he's so glad to have him in his life. He especially loves it when Hitoshi smiles at him, it makes him melt seeing the normally tired, deadpan expression transform into something bright, warm, and lively. 

He can feel himself getting close and he sits up so he can pull out but Hitoshi locks his legs around him, "I gotta pull out."

"No… Inside... Please," Hitoshi whines and Izuku's eyes widen and attempts to pull out again only for Hitoshi to tighten his hold, "No... Stay in."

Izuku can't help the smirk that forms on his face as he grabs Hitoshi's hips and puts himself as deep as he can go, "If you want me to breed you, Imma do it properly." He stays in place after he finishes and is breathing heavily as he stares down at Hitoshi who looks like he's on cloud nine. Izuku turns his head so he can kiss him properly. He makes sure that it's soft and gentle as a form of some kind of aftercare as they can't exactly go down stairs and shower together. "You okay, gatita?"

Hitoshi nods his head, "Very okay, mi amor. That felt so good."

Izuku lightly rubs his hands up and down Hitoshi's sides, "That's good. Feel better now that you got all that pent up horniness taken care of?"

Hitoshi hums as he nods his head and pulls Izuku down so that the two of them can cuddle. He relaxes in Izuku’s arms and he knows that he's about to fall asleep as he can feel himself starting to drift. He knows that they'd probably get into trouble if Snipe comes in here but he doesn't really care at the moment. He jolts a bit when Izuku whispers to him.

"You know I wasn't wearing a condom, right?" Izuku asks.

"Yes, I know," Hitoshi whispers back.

"And what if you fall pregnant? We're fifteen, we'd be sixteen year old parents," Izuku asks as he's slightly worried about that, he doesn't know if he's ready for parenthood.

Hitoshi shakes his head, "I'm on the good shit birth control. I highly doubt that I'd get pregnant mi amor and if I do… then we'll just have to figure out the parent thing because there's no way in hell that I'd ever give up one of our babies. It'd be over my dead fucking body."

Izuku tightens his hold on him, "I wouldn't make you do something like that anyways, mi hermoso amor. A baby between us would be very cute and precious."

Hitoshi nods his head in agreement and makes himself comfortable again so that he can go to sleep. He knows that it's going to be the best sleep of his life too.

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Class A was all downstairs having a study session. Shōto and Bakugou were both growing suspicious of the amount of time that Mineta has been gone for. Their guts telling them that there's something afoot. Their suspicions in the purple perv increase when he makes his reappearance with a creepy grin on his face.

"So guys, there's a secret hottie among us," Mineta says as he wiggles his phone around. "Saw her last night and just a few minutes ago getting some action."

Shōto and Bakugou both pale as Mineta pulls up a photo of Hitoshi getting a shower last night then swipes it to a video of Hitoshi and Izuku having sex. Both boys move at the same time but Bakugou is faster and snatches Mineta's phone and quickly deletes both things. 

Mineta lets out an indignant squawk, "What the fuck?!"

"I should be fucking asking you that, you fucking pervert!" Bakugou roars angrily. "Why the fuck would you take photos and video of him like that?! Do you have a fucking death wish?! Because the nerd will fucking murder you!"

Mineta scoffs, "First off, it's 'she' not 'he' because Shinsou is a fucking girl, not a dude and two, I already have copies of that stuff and have already sent it to the class chat."

The class is all staring in wide eyed shock and all pale when they see that Mineta has in fact sent it to the class chat. Bakugou has Mineta by the shirt collar and growls in his face as he speaks, "Fucking delete everything. NOW!"

Mineta laughs at his anger, "Like hell am I going to delete that gold! Shinsou is the daughter of a Hidden Hero! I can make money off the video! Oh wait! I already am since I posted it to PornHub!"

"Fucking take that shit down now, you fucker! You have no fucking business doing what you've done!" Bakugou screams out as he shakes Mineta violently.

Upstairs, Izuku was smiling softly and had the lower half of his face buried into Hitoshi's hair as he lightly ran his fingers through the purple hair. He was about to go to sleep himself when he heard Bakugou screaming about something. He sighed heavily, hoping that the blonde would shut up but had a feeling that he wasn't until either him or Snipe got onto him. He grabbed Hitoshi's phone off the nightstand to check the time as he was hoping that curfew is upon them so Snipe could usher everyone to bed. He saw that there was a message in the group chat so he clicked on it and he was on his feet in an instant, not really caring that he had just rudely jostled Hitoshi awake at the sudden movement and scrambled to get his shorts and shirt on.

"Izu? What the heck was that for?" Hitoshi mumbled sleepily.

"Just stay here. Try and go back to sleep, I need to take care of an emergency," Izuku said as he made his way over to the door.

"Emergency? Do you need help? I can help you," Hitoshi asked as he got up and started quickly getting his own clothes on.

Izuku grabbed him and made him sit back down on the bed, "No mi hermoso amor, I got it. I promise it won't take very long." Hitoshi nodded his head and stayed seated on the bed as Izuku quickly left. 

The shouting was still going on and Izuku didn't even realize that he had small black wisps of Black Whip flickering around him as he made his way down the stairs and into the common room. He sees Bakugou holding Mineta by the collar demanding that he delete the items and Izuku blue screens for a moment when Mineta says that he's posted the video online. Once he's back to reality in the next second, he's snatching Mineta from Bakugou while using Black Whip and immediately uses his forehead as a weapon to smack Mineta in the face, the sound of the pervert's nose breaking being prominent. 

"I'm going to fucking kill you if you don't get rid of that shit right fucking now. I'll make sure to take you somewhere secluded first before I do it as I don't want your classmates to be involved," Izuku threatens with a calm coldness to his voice.

Mineta laughs at him, "Oh really?! You're going to kill me?!" 

Izuku quickly pulls one of his gloves off and grabs Mineta by the throat, leaving his middle finger up, "All I need to do is put my last finger down. Delete everything now or you're fucking dust. You will be my final reason to become a fucking villain and I can tell you right now, society doesn't need or want me as a villain because I'll make sure it is ceases to fucking exist. I will destroy everything including myself. This planet will be nothing but a fucking rock floating in dead space."

The room is deathly still as Mineta shakily pulls his phone back out and makes sure that Izuku is watching as he goes through and deletes everything. "The cloud too, you fucker," Izuku growls out. Mineta gets the cloud pulled up and deletes it from there as well. Izuku lets him go, just letting him fall on the floor. "Do shit like that again," Izuku starts then leans down closer to him as he growls out the rest, "and I will fucking kill you and I will make it fucking painful." He straightens up and glares at the class, "Same goes for the rest of you fucks and I better not see or hear you all treating Toshi differently either, the repercussions of it won't be very fucking pretty either." He glances down at Mineta, "I'll be letting Snipe and Nezu both know about this in the morning. Plenty of witnesses even if you did delete everything." 

He quickly leaves the common area to go back upstairs and hopes that Hitoshi never looked at his phone before the stuff was deleted. His heart breaks once he reaches the door and hears sobbing. He gently opens the door and slowly makes his way into the room, "Gatita?"

"They-they all know… they-they know I'm a freak," Hitoshi sobs.

"No no, no you are not a freak Toshi, there's a lot of transgender people out there and none of them are either. You're Hitoshi Shinsou and you're my love, nothing is ever going to change that. If any of them don't like it, I'll take care of them, you won't need to worry your handsome little face, gatita," Izuku soothes softly as he lays down and pulls Hitoshi into his arms before kissing him lightly. "I made sure that everything is gone, my love. It's all taken care of, I promise." Izuku sighs sadly as Hitoshi just sobs into his chest. He knows that there's only so much that he can do in order to soothe him.

Shōto and Bakugou make their way up the stairs as the class all scolds Mineta on his behavior and that they are on Hitoshi and Izuku's side. The two get to Hitoshi's door first but realize that the room is empty so they then move onto Izuku's room and hear Hitoshi crying.

"He definitely saw the messages before they got deleted. I was kinda hoping that Zu was being nosey about the message while Hito slept or something like that," Shōto whispers.

Bakugou sighs as he rubs his face, "I tired to protect him from that fucking perv. Just never imagined that the fucker would basically stalk him in order to get a look at him. Sick fucker. And he had to fucking climb all the way up here from the second floor to even do what he did. I feel like the fucker planned this shit, like he noticed Shinsou gone while we were all downstairs and made it his mission to seek him out. I kinda just want to go to Snipe now and let the man know cause damn."

"Me too. I don't think something like this should wait but I get why Zu is waiting as he came back up here to check on Hito," Shōto says in agreement.

Shōto reaches for the door and opens it slowly. He makes eye contact with a teary eyed Izuku and just decides to invite himself in with Bakugou following behind him, the blonde closing the door. Shōto just climbs onto the bed on the other side of Hitoshi and cuddles him from behind. Bakugou just stands there awkwardly and flinches slightly when he and Izuku make eye contact, "Just lay down, Kacchan. It's not that hard." Bakugou just nods his head and cuddles Izuku the same way Shōto is doing for Hitoshi.

Hitoshi sniffles, "What-what are you two doing in here?"

"We wanted to check on you," Shōto answers.

"Also wanted to ask for permission to go and tell Snipe because we don't think that this should wait til tomorrow," Bakugou adds and Izuku sighs heavily.

"Yeah. Might as well. Was already going to be getting into trouble for even having sex in the dorms to begin with," Izuku says before kissing Hitoshi on the forehead. "Toshi's been telling me that you've been protecting him from Mineta. Why?"

"Because it wasn't anyone's business to begin with. Like yeah I know but that's because as soon as Shinsou mentioned you being pan and I really looked at him, it just kinda clicked in my head. Also because I owe you. I was a fucking dick to you for no reason other than that I was pissed that our Wonder Duo dream went out the window once your quirk manifested. I'm sorry, Izuku."

Izuku laid there in silence for a long moment before speaking again, "Thank you. Not just for protecting Toshi for me when I'm not around but for also apologizing to me. So thank you."

"Yeah. It's whatever. You don't need to thank me. Just trying to be a decent fucking human being," Bakugou grumbles.

There's a knock at Izuku's door and Snipe opens it up and sighs at the sight before him. He enters the room and shuts the door behind him. "Ya know. I would be pissed that ya two had sex in the dorms even though there's a rule statin' that ya can't but y'all are also hormonal teenagers so it's gonna happen an' it's gonna keep happenin' even after ya've been caught so the rule is garbage anyways. Came to the dorms for curfew an' everyone started tellin' me that Mineta took inappropriate photo an' video of ya an' exposed ya to the class an' such. The only thang I can do is expel 'im. It'll be up to yer father on whether or not charges are pressed. Even though the physical evidence has been deleted, they still wouldn't be able to use it cause you're a minor. I know All For One has a polygraph quirk in his arsenal as it was gifted to 'im from the previous user of the quirk before the woman passed so both of yer parents are gonna be involved in this."

"My dad already knows that I'm sexually active and I'm one hundred percent gonna get in trouble for breaking the school's rules but that's whatever," Izuku says with a slight shrug.

Hitoshi fidgets nervously, "My dad knows too it's just.. he kinda made a rule about keeping my sex life private. I mean yeah I told him but I needed to so that he could take me so I could get on birth control so I don't know how he's going to react to this."

Snipe gives the two a soft smile, "Kinda hard to keep it private when ya have a pervy ass classmate who's been tryin' to peep at ya since the start of school."

Chapter Text

The next morning, all three boys were in Nezu's office waiting for their parents to arrive. Snipe had left to go get Bakugou and Shōto as the two boys were actively trying to protect Hitoshi whilst Izuku was gone on the job. Nezu is staring at Izuku with an unreadable expression on his face and Izuku has his head hung. 

"Izuku-kun," Nezu says softly and Izuku looks up at him. "Just like your father. He and your mother did inappropriate things on campus as well. And I know for a fact that both of your brothers and a lot of the other students here who are in a relationship have had sexual encounters on campus as well. So, since the Sports Festival is coming up, your punishment for both of you will be that you're not allowed to participate this year. I will decide on what kind of jobs that I would like for the both of you to do during the Festival instead."

"Then how will we get scouted?" Hitoshi asks.

"I'm sure your own fathers will put in offers for the both of you as well as some of the teachers here so you needn't worry about not being scouted," Nezu says with a slight paw wave before turning to Mineta. "You on the other hand are expelled from UA. Me and your homeroom teacher both agree on that. What you did is a crime. Highly inappropriate and a crime. Filming and photographing minors is illegal and the fact that you posted it on an adult website is even worse. Once your parents arrive, it'll be up to Shinsou-san and Shigaraki-san on whether or not they want to press charges. Hidden Heroes not only need to protect themselves but also their children. If they press changes, I do hope your family will be able to hire a good lawyer."

Mineta's parents arrive first and Nezu has them both sign non-disclosure contracts after explaining to them that Izuku and Hitoshi's parents are both Hidden Heroes. The two had paled at the information and quickly signed the contracts. 

Tomura arrives next and immediately goes up to Izuku and pops him upside the head, "I was hoping that at least one of my children would keep his genitalia to himself while at school." He turns to Hitoshi next, "I'd pop you as well but I'll let your father handle you himself."

When Tsukikage arrives, he stares at Hitoshi with a blank expression on his face and Hitoshi shrinks in on himself. This is the first time that Izuku is meeting this man and can't help but to shrink away as well. The man is a lot more intimidating than he had imagined especially with the glare that he was giving him. "Dad, stop. Izuku didn't start it, I did. He has a thing where he wants me to initiate as he doesn't want me to feel pressured into doing something that I don't want."

Izuku watches the man's glare disappear as Tsukikage turns his attention back onto Hitoshi, "You should know better than to screw around on campus. I also said that I don't want to know your bedroom business but here I am, learning that my son has done inappropriate things on campus and was peeped on by some kind of pervert. While I do appreciate Izuku being respectful in regards to your needs, it would have been better if you both could've at least waited two more days and then you'd both be home for the weekend."

"I'm sorry, dad," Hitoshi says softly and Tsukikage pats him on the head.

"It's fine. Just keep your bits and hands to yourself while on campus," Tsukikage says then looks at Izuku, "Same for you, keep your junk and hands to yourself. I'm sure your father has already told you that before I arrived." 

Izuku nods his head as that's basically what his father said, just in his own way. Izuku can't help but study the man for a moment, definitely more masculine and rugged looking than Hitoshi. More tired looking and seemingly emotionless with how blank he's able to hold his expression. The only thing Hitoshi and his father have in common is the hair and eyes, basically identical with Tsukikage's hair being slightly longer and pulled back into a messy bun.

Snipe arrives back with Shōto and Bakugou in tow and the adults all stare at them in confusion. "Why are Shōto and Katsuki in here?" Tomura asks.

"These two boys here have been protectin' Hitoshi from Mineta while Izuku was gone for that job that he was doing for the Commission so they have more information in regards of stoppin' Mineta from pervin' on him," Snipe explains and the two Pros nod their heads in understanding.

"And how do we know that our son actually did what you all are accusing him of?!" Mineta's father shouts angrily.

"He literally sent that shit to the class chat and bragged about it," Bakugou growls out.

"And where exactly is this evidence?!" Mineta's father demands.

"Forced him to delete everything," Izuku answers.

"Then you have nothing on our child!" Mineta's father shouts. "Just word of mouth!"

"It's illegal to use explicit images of a minor as evidence. So even if the video and photo still existed, they wouldn't be used in this," Nezu explains to the man while brushing down his fur, not really appreciating this man yelling in his office.

"Well... well Shigaraki threatened to kill me! Did you all know that?! He had one of his gloves off and had his hand around my throat threatening to put his last finger down!" Mineta cries out.

All the adults' eyes are wide and staring at Izuku whose expression is blank, "So? You thought what you did was fucking hilarious and were refusing to delete anything. I'd do anything to protect Hitoshi even if that means making myself a villain. You deleted everything, I let you go, the end."

Bakugou and Shōto both snort and Snipe smacks both of them. "Oi, don't smack us! That shit's hilarious!" Bakugou says in a scandalized tone.

"The end," Shōto chuckles and that gets Bakugou, Hitoshi, and Izuku to all start snorting and covering up their mouths in order to keep their laughter at bay.

"I don't find this funny! You threatened my son's life over a photo and video!" Mineta's father shouts angrily.

"And your son exposed my boyfriend's naked body to the entire fucking class and posted it online for adults to see! That's not only illegal but also highly inappropriate! Your son's room is on the second floor and my room is on the fifth floor, your son had to go out of his fucking way in order to get that video! He stalked my boyfriend into the shower room after curfew, the time in which he was given permission from his homeroom teacher to go downstairs to shower in fucking peace, but nope! Your son had to be a fucking creep and photograph my boyfriend when he was minding his own damn fucking business! Your complete disregard for your son's behavior is absolutely fucking disgusting! I bet you're some kind of damn fucking pedophile! Did your son send that stuff to you as well?!" 

"He did not!" Mineta's father shouts back.

"False," Tomura growls. "Your answer to that question was false."

"Excuse me?!" Mineta's father asks.

"One of my quirks is a polygraph quirk," Tomura answers and the man pales, then backs away when Tsukikage turns on him.

"You have nude images of my child?" Tsukikage growls as he steps closer to him. Hitoshi has already started crying again and is holding onto Izuku as Shōto and Bakugou move to stand in front of the pair in order to shield them.

"Give me your phone," Tomura demands and the man shakily pulls out his phone and hands it to him. "What have you done with this stuff?" 

"Nothing yet," Mineta's father answers.

Tsukikage takes the phone and goes into it and starts deleting everything, "Nezu-san, can you please call Tsukauchi? I'm going to be pressing charges against both of them."

Nezu picks up the phone and starts dialing, "You four boys should leave, please. If we need anything, we'll let you know."

The four boys nod and leave. They stay out in the hallway even when Tsukauchi arrives just in case they are needed. Hitoshi has a twisted feeling in his belly and whispers to Izuku, "If All For One has a polygraph quirk, then how'd you get away with your other quirks?"

"Him obtaining the quirk is recent so it's all good, love," Izuku whispers back and Hitoshi nods his head in understanding. 

They stay out in the hallway until the adults all exit the office. Mineta and his father are both in handcuffs as they are escorted out of the school. Tsukikage turns to the two boys, "I'm assuming that neither one of you want to stay here tonight, huh?" 

"Not really. I don't think I can be around my classmates right now," Hitoshi answers softly. "I'm still sorry, dad."

"It's okay, Tosh. I'm not even mad at you, a little disappointed that you couldn't just wait a little longer for the weekend but I get it. We were all hormonal teens at one point in our lives. But from now on, just hold out until the weekends, okay?" Tsukikage says as he pulls Hitoshi into a hug who sighs in relief and returns it.

"Me on the other hand, I'm just mad at myself cause I should have seen it coming. Also apparent that I need to take both of you to work on your situational awareness," Tomura grumbles.

"My situational awareness is just fine, thank you berry much. I was just… momentarily distracted," Izuku says in defense and Tomura just rolls his eyes at him playfully.

"Still need to be more aware of your surroundings even if you are 'momentarily distracted'," Tomura chuckles.

Tsukikage snorts, "Just go pack your bags. You can both come along with me since AFO is going out on a mission." 

"Can you two come with us to the dorm? Just in case our classmates mess with us, please?" Hitoshi asks and gives them puppy dog eyes. Izuku sees the puppy dog eyes and joins in on it.

The two men just sigh. "Fine, but make it fast ya brats," Tomura says as he makes a gesture for the boys to get a move on.

They lead them back to the dorms and the class is all about to jump on Hitoshi and Izuku with questions until they spot the two men and immediately back off. The two boys disappear upstairs as the class all stare at the two Pros. They can't tell who they want to be more intimidated by, Sandman or All For One. 

The door to the dorm opens up and it's Tenko, "I wanna leave campus too, dad!"

Tomura turns to him, "Why? What's your excuse for wanting to leave?"

"I um, I just wanna be at home?" Tenko says sheepishly.

"Yeah no. Suck it up. You can last one more day," Tomura tells him and Tenko pouts. "The only reason you want to leave campus is so you can play video games til you pass out."

"No! It's just... it's just she won't leave me alone!" Tenko whines.

Tsukikage bursts out into laughter, "Aw Tenko! Do you have a little admirer?!"

"She ain't no damn admirer! More like personal question central! She's all up in my business!" Tenko shouts in defense while blushing and the two men laugh at him. "Stop laughing!"

"Just have Shōta glare at her or sic one of her brothers on her or something. You'll be fine with just one more day, Ten," Tomura says while chuckling. Tenko pouts at him and stomps away.

Tsukikage is chuckling at the boy's antics, "Who's he even trying to get away from?"

"Fuyumi, the Todoroki sister. She had made two casseroles the other night and brought one over. Tenko liked it and told her as such. So now she's made it her mission to actually get to know him. Saying 'a way to a man's heart is through his stomach'," Tomura answers while laughing.

"See that's where he messed up. Never tell a woman that you like their cooking cause then you'll never shake them," Tsukikage chuckles.

Izuku and Hitoshi make their reappearance with backpacks in tow and follow the two men out and to the parking lot. Izuku tells his dad bye before the man leaves, then he gets into the car with Hitoshi and Tsukikage. As they are driving, Izuku speaks up, "So um, this mission that my dad's going on, he found my mother's location?"

"Unfortunately no. This mission is something unrelated to that one. We're still trying to find her without having to involve Shirakumo in this since he has that new quirk of his. He explained it as all he did was think of being with Shōta and boom, the portal opened up and he was there. We're not fully sure on all the implications of the quirk yet," Tsukikage answers.

Izuku hums as he thinks for a moment, "Well. Oboro has been to my house before so the quirk may be coordinate based. Like he either needs to have been at the location before, as in seeing where exactly he's going or, he needs to be given written coordinates from a map. From one standpoint it can seem like it's a quirk that'll just take you anywhere all willy-nilly but in reality, it may be a lot more complex than that. Forced manifestations are quirks developed out of desperation, the sheer power of needing and fighting for survival so most of the time, they are more difficult to master and understand as they can be more complex than they seem."

"You have some forced manifestations," Tsukikage points out.

"Exactly, so I know exactly what I'm talking about. A couple of them took me a hot while to figure out but once I got it, then I was good to go. Oboro may need to start actually training with that quirk so he can learn more about it. There may be a chance that his subconscious remembers or may have seen where he was taken to. Would probably have to utilize someone who's able to tap into repressed memories," Izuku suggests and Tsukikage nods his head.

"I can see why Nezu would choose you to be in Class SH. You're not even fully aware of what is going on in this mission and yet you're able to just think of things that have honestly not even crossed our minds yet," Tsukikage compliments then nudges Hitoshi. "When you have kids with him, be prepared to have brats that'll out smart ya. They'd be pains in the ass."

Hitoshi giggles and nods his head, "Already mentally preparing myself to also be sassed like no one's business. I think the sassy dramatics are hereditary."

Tsukikage and Hitoshi both laugh at Izuku as he gasps dramatically, "How dare you! Dishonor on you, dishonor on your cow!"

"See?" Hitoshi giggles. They arrive at the Shinsou residence and Hitoshi starts introducing Izuku to their cats and birds. "So the two Siamese cats are Si and Am and the two budgies are Bo and We."

"They're very cute, Toshi," Izuku compliments and gives the animals all a little head scratch. "I'm assuming that we're gonna have a bunch of animals too when we get our house?"

"You better believe it," Hitoshi giggles and Izuku just smiles at him fondly.

Tsukikage sits at his laptop as he watches and listens to the two boys interacting with one another. It's been a while since Tsukikage last saw Izuku and the boy is very different from the last time he saw him. It was about two years ago and the boy was nothing but a shy and skittish string bean. Now he's taller, bulked up, hair stark white, and no longer shy and skittish. Tomura had informed everyone that Izuku is not his biological child but his brother's as Inko had cheated on him. The man still views and loves Izuku as his son and the longer Tsukikage studies the boy, he can see that Izuku is a good blend of the two Shigaraki brothers. Built like Tomura but has Yoichi's baby faced looks along with Inko's eyes. He can't help but notice that Izuku's pupils are losing their color along with the green of his eyes becoming lighter and brighter in color, he's not sure what to make of that but chooses to keep an eye on it while messaging Tomura about his concerns about the boy's eyes.

He zones out as he's messaging Tomura and is brought back to reality when he hears a squeak and a giggle and looks over at the couple and sees that Izuku has pulled Hitoshi into his lap and is holding him close. Actually seeing a smile on his son's face warms his heart and fills him with relief as he was genuinely growing concerned for his son's well-being after his son's mother committed suicide, leaving behind a rather transphobic note for Hitoshi to find. He had fallen out of love with the woman shortly after Hitoshi came out to them as her attitude and demeanor changed for the worse. He knows that Hitoshi just wanted his mother to love him as he was but it was obvious that she either didn't or simply couldn't. Tsukikage definitely misses his little girl but his little girl is his son and he's just glad that his child has found himself, that's all he cares about. He's also glad to know that his son has found someone to love him just as he is. He's glad that Izuku loves and respects Hitoshi and that he's never done anything to make his son uncomfortable or pressured by anything. He can tell just by watching the two of them, that Izuku loves Hitoshi and that Hitoshi loves Izuku. He knows that those two are going to have a promising future ahead of them.

Later that night, Tsukikage leaves for patrol, knowing that if anyone breaks in, Izuku will take care of them. Nezu had so proudly showed all the Hidden Heroes what Izuku is capable of by playing them all the video of the Entrance Exam and the white haired boy absolutely wiping the floor with the examinees. They're all just glad that Izuku is on the hero side and not the villain side as society would be doomed. They'd rather the villains be fucked than them.

Izuku and Hitoshi fall asleep while watching a movie together in the living room. A black crack forms and grows across the room before opening much like a zipper does when pulled apart from the middle. The other Izuku is standing there along with Hitoshi, Bakugou, Shōta and Monoma, who has clearly copied Kurogiri's quirk.

"You sure about this, nerd?" Bakugou whispers as Izuku steps into the room.

"Yes. It'll be safer here. All For One won't be able to come here as he doesn't have the coordinates to this dimension. One For All will be safer with the true Ninth user. I'll have just enough of One For All left to take All For One down," Izuku whispers back as he pricks his finger and drops a few drops of blood into the sleeping Izuku’s open mouth.

"Shouldn't we wake them up and tell them?" Hitoshi whispers.

"No. He'll figure it out on his own. Besides, One For All belongs to the Shigaraki blood-line and this body of his is more suited for the quirk especially with him being your world's First user's son here in this dimension. It's in his DNA to own it," Izuku continues to whisper, then they all grow quiet as the sleeping Izuku stirs and rolls over, pulling the sleeping Hitoshi closer to him. A smile forms on Izuku's face as he watches the other swallow in his sleep. They all stay still and watch to make sure the transfer takes. They all sigh softly in relief as they watch the glowing red lines trace over his skin along with some bright green sparks of energy. Izuku turns back towards the rift that they had made in the room, "Bastard can't steal a quirk that no longer exists. It's in safe hands now." He steps back through and the rift closes in a similar way in which it had opened.

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Izuku wakes up the next morning and he just feels... off. Something is different and he can't quite put his finger on it. The feeling is different in a familiar type way so he doesn't think much about it and goes about his day with Hitoshi. They end up spending the weekend together at Hitoshi's house and then they are back in the dorms that Sunday evening, something that Hitoshi has been dreading.

The girls all come bounding up to them the moment they enter the dorms. "Shinsou-kun! So um, us girls did some talking and well, if it makes you more comfortable, you're free to use our shower room. We know you're a boy but you still have your assigned birth equipment so we wouldn't be seeing anything new. Totally up to you and we're not meaning to offend you either, just compromising in order for you to feel more comfortable," Jiro offers and explains to him, the other girls all smiling and nodding their heads in agreement.

Hitoshi stares at her for a moment then looks at Izuku who just gives him a soft smile. He turns back to her, "I'll have to think about it. I do really appreciate the offer though and I'm not offended. I don't necessarily mind my bits and stuff. I just feel like a boy so I want that to reflect on the outside too."

"That's good, Shinsou-kun. Just let us know your decision, ribbit," Tsuyu says with a soft smile.

Hitoshi sighs in relief once he makes it to his room and gets his bag and stuff unpacked and put away. He pauses when he spots a note on the floor near his door. He didn't notice it before when he had first walked in so whoever slipped it under the door must have just done it. He picks it up, unfolds it and reads it. He feels his heart break and tears prickle in his eyes. He doesn't even realize that he's left his dorm room and is making his way up to Izuku's until he opens the door and invites himself in.

"Mi hermoso amor? What's the matter? Why are you crying, mi gatita?" Izuku questions softly as he lightly rubs Hitoshi's arms.

Hitoshi holds the note out to him as he sniffles, "S-someone slipped th-this under my door."

Izuku takes the note and reads it. He knows this handwriting and he's not impressed in the least bit. "Make yourself comfortable, love, I'll be right back."

"What are you going to do? Do you know who wrote it?" Hitoshi questions as he crawls into Izuku’s bed and makes himself comfortable.

"Yes, I know who wrote it. I'm just gonna have a little… chat with him," Izuku answers as he opens the door and leaves. He quickly makes his way to the asshole's dorm door and knocks on it roughly.

Iida opens the door with a scowl on his face, "You do not need to be knocking on my door like that."

"And you don't need to be writing and slipping transphobic notes to my boyfriend. What the fuck is wrong with you, Iida? You're really telling one of you own damn classmates to off themselves because you don't like how they fucking identify?" Izuku questions angrily while waving the note in Iida's face.

"I wrote no such thing! How dare you accuse me of something like that!" Iida shouts.

"Okay so, if I have everyone give me their notes and I compare everyone's handwriting to this note, it wouldn't line up with your handwriting?" Izuku asks, he knows that it's Iida's handwriting. There's only three people in the class who have extremely neat handwriting. Bakugou, Momo, and Iida. He knows that it's not Bakugou because he wouldn't waste his time writing a note when he can just scream it out at the top of his lungs. He knows that it isn't Momo as she was with the girls inviting Hitoshi to use their shower room. So the last one is Iida, someone who's very set in their ways with a black and white view.

"Completely unnecessary," Iida says firmly. "I did not write that note."

Izuku glares at him, "Okay. Just so you know, if we find any more notes like this, there will be hell to pay and I won't show any mercy," Izuku growls out before turning and heading back to his own dorm room so he can cuddle up with Hitoshi and get to sleep.

The next morning, Shōta, Tenko, Touya, and Keigo are meeting up with Izuku and Oboro as the six of them are being forced to help out with a joint lesson off campus with both first year hero classes. Shōta could tell that something is bothering Izuku so he nudges him, "What's wrong?"

"I feel... off. Like it feels familiar but I can't put my finger on what this feeling is," Izuku whispers.

"Are you getting sick?" Shōta asks and Izuku shakes his head.

"No, not that kind of feeling. Like my body itself feels different. It's been like this since I spent the weekend at Toshi's," Izuku answers.

They stand next to Snipe and Vlad as they explain to the two classes on what they are going to be doing that day. Izuku and Shōta both feel the hair on the back of their necks rising. Izuku whips around when Danger Sense starts going haywire. He's scanning the skies as everyone stares at him in confusion. Whatever it is, it's coming in fast as the buzzing in his head is getting louder. "Run! Everyone run! Something fast and dangerous!" Izuku shouts out and everyone falters, not knowing what's going on. 

Something large and bulky lands at a distance away from them, the dust cloud that it kicked up covering it. They all start backing away as it growls lowly and steps out of the dust. Shōta and Izuku both pale and feel their hearts drop into their stomachs. A nomu. Here in this dimension. It looks a lot different but they can tell that that's what this being is. They immediately cover their ears when it opens its mouth and lets out an unearthly screech.

"Fucking run damnit!" Izuku yells and everyone starts running. The nomu is gone in a blink of an eye and is now moving to attack the students. Izuku then cuts it off before it makes it to them and the two connect fists, creating large gusts of wind at the contact, "Back off, you fucker!" 

The students all continue to run with the teachers and the five other boys standing as the next line of defense as Izuku and this nomu go toe to toe. That's when Shōta notices the green sparks of energy flickering around Izuku just like he had when they were in their own dimension. "One For All," Shōta says out loud in shock.

"What?" Tenko asks.

"Izuku. He-he has One For All," Shōta explains and now everyone is staring wide eyed.

"But I have One For All, Yoichi gave me the quirk," Tenko says in confusion.

"Yes but Izuku is Yoichi's son so he has the DNA for it," Shōta states, he's making an educated guess as to why Izuku has One For All in this dimension. They go back to watching and being on guard just in case the nomu gets past Izuku somehow. They all know that they wouldn't stand a chance against it as it's on par with Izuku's speed and strength, something that none of them possess. Shōta can tell that Izuku has figured out why he's been feeling off, it's because of One For All. Shōta watches as Izuku attempts to get his glove off but the nomu isn't giving him much of a breather to do so and can tell that Izuku is growing frustrated with it. 

Izuku needed to create enough space so he could get at least one glove off. He has One For All back somehow and he's going to be asking the voice or the vestiges later as to why or how he has it back. He focuses more of the quirk into his leg and lands a hit, sending the nomu flying a good distance away. It's enough space for him to get the glove off and for the nomu to come screeching back towards him in anger. He mixes Decay with One For All as he slaps the nomu on the arm, instantly turning the whole being to dust. He stands there breathing heavily as he slips his glove back on. Danger Sense is no longer buzzing so he sighs in relief as he squats down and picks up a bit of the dust. This nomu looked a lot more human than the one he had witnessed before. The group approaches him slowly as he is still staring at the dust.

"You okay there, partner?" Snipe asks him softly.

"Yeah. I think I know who made this thing though," Izuku says.

"Who?" Vlad asks.

"Inko and Garaki. This thing was way too human. Like what they were trying to do to Oboro. Maybe I shouldn't have dusted it. Could have used it to lead us to them so they can be arrested," Izuku explains with a sigh.

"I might be able to use the DNA in the dust with my portals. Like a DNA recognition type thing," Oboro suggests. "That is, if the DNA is still intact."

"I might be able to copy something from it," Monoma offers. "If the DNA is still intact, I can see what kind of quirks it had because it definitely had multiple."

"We need to wait for my dad to get here. He's the one in charge of this mission," Izuku says.

"Your brother, if he's even your real brother, just said that you're some guy named Yoichi's child!" Iida says while chopping an arm in his direction.

"Yeah. Our piece of shit mother cheated on All For One with his own damn brother and passed me off as his child. This was recently learned and my dad still views and loves me as his child so that's who I am, I'm the youngest son of All For One so get over it. My family dynamics have nothing to do with you," Izuku says in annoyance. 

"How do you have One For All if Yoichi gave me the quirk? It makes no sense," Tenko asks as he's so confused by this. He knows that he still has One For All as he can still feel the full strength of the quirk that was given to him still there so nothing has changed. "I know for a fact that I never passed it to you, I'd be a lot weaker if I had."

Izuku shakes his head, "I don't know. I'll figure it out later."

All For One and Sandman both arrive with Tomura swearing and cursing up an angry storm that they had failed to get to Inko and Garaki before they were successful and the fact that they sent it to attack UA speaks volumes. They are either after Oboro, Izuku or both of them. Tomura is just as confused as his son is as to why Izuku now has One For All, a stronger and more powerful version of it. 

"Well, you are technically his son so there's a chance that it was there the whole time and only surfaced like this when you became serious. That's the only thing I can think of but then where would your Decay have come from? Would it be another one of your stress induced quirks? It makes no sense," Tomura wonders aloud as he looks Izuku over.

"I honestly have no idea. I'm just as baffled by this as you, dad," Izuku says, he truly doesn't know yet. Hopefully his father just accepts it as it is and doesn't question him later as then Tomura will know that he's lying.

"It'll be alright. One For All and All For One are tricky quirks to understand DNA wise. There's a good chance that you have some sort of version of Transference or Stockpile," Tomura says with a soft smile. "It's yours to figure out for yourself just like me and Yoichi had to do with our own quirks. If you ever need help with it, just let me know."

Izuku nods his head and helps them collect all the dust before the wind carries it off somewhere. They needed to test it to see if the DNA is still intact as they are hopeful that Monoma will be able to see what sort of quirk or quirks that it may have had. Hitoshi slowly comes up to Izuku and Izuku gives him a soft smile, "Are you okay, love?"

Hitoshi nods his head and wraps Izuku up in a hug and rubs his face against his chest, "I was so worried about you fighting that thing."

Izuku returns the hug and holds him close, "It's okay, gatita. I took care of it. We'll find them soon and stop them before they make another one."

Hitoshi was still clinging onto him when they went back to the dorms. Izuku had soundproofed his room in hopes that Jiro or Shoji wouldn't eavesdrop on their conversations. So it was Izuku, Hitoshi, Shōta, Tenko, and Oboro all in Izuku's dorm room. Izuku is leaning against the wall with his eyes closed as he goes into his mindscape so he can talk with the vestiges. 

"Hello again, Ninth. I've missed you quite a bit," First says to him.

"What? How? I-I thought the other Izuku had you," Izuku says in confusion.

"He, Shinsou, Bakugou, Monoma, and Aizawa came to this dimension using Kurogiri's quirk. He said 'the bastard can't steal the quirk if it no longer exists'," First explains to him.

"So this is my One For All?" Izuku asks in disbelief.

"Yes. This body that you have now is also more suited to house it since you are technically a Shigaraki in this world along with you being the Yoichi of this world's son. Explains why your body took to it so fast and how you haven't broken any bones even while using it at one-hundred percent," First answers.

"Is it truly safe here? What if All For One comes here searching for it?" Izuku asks in concern.

"I don't think that will be a problem," the voice says as it joins the conversation. "The final battle is taking place right now as we speak. Izuku had been dragged away from the main battle but he made his way back to it and he and Bakugou are taking on All For One together."

"I hope he'll be okay. He gave the quirk up so he's only fighting with whatever flames are left," Izuku says with worry lacing his voice. He doesn't even realize that he has tears running down his cheeks as everyone watches him in concern.

"I believe that he'll be alright. He's plenty strong and knows its weakness," the voice soothes.

"'It'? What do you mean by that?" Izuku asks.

"All For One and Tenko are now one being. All For One has used Tenko's body as a host body, so he became a parasite," the voice explains.

"Yo, what the fuck? That's seriously fucked," Fifth says as he now joins the conversation.

"I agree. The man is sick in the head, always has been and always will be," Second grumbles.

"At least in this dimension, he seems to have his head screwed on properly. Still a bit wary of him. I won't fully trust him until I see for myself that he isn't some kind of secret villain," Third says in agreement.

"Needn't worry about that. Tomura Shigaraki is not a villain in this world. Inko definitely is though and she is the one who created that super being. She is furious right now as that was the only one she had made successfully and now it has been destroyed. She did not plan for Izuku to be there during the test she was running," the voice confirms their suspicions.

"So you know her location?" Izuku asks.

"I do. It's located in the basement of Yokohama Hospital. It's being disguised as a morgue," the voice answers.

"That's close. No wonder that thing got here so quickly. It was just a hop, skip, and a jump," Izuku says. "Okay. I think I have a plan. Oboro will just need to be good at acting because of my dad's quirk." Izuku lets his eyes snap back open and sees that everyone is looking at him in concern. "So, the original Izuku of this world figured out a way to come here and passed One For All back on to me in order to protect it. So One For All no longer exists in my old dimension. According to the voice, they are in the final battle against 'it'. The voice called it an it because well, All For One basically turned into a parasite and is using Tenko's body as a host body. I also know where Inko is, she's in the basement level of Yokohama Hospital."

The mention of the hospital seems to click in Oboro's head, "That's right. They told me the name of the hospital when I first woke up after my brain got put back together. Garaki said it to be exact. He said 'Welcome back to the world of the living and welcome to Yokohama Hospital's secret little experimental lab'. Like he legit bragged about it. Having my brain and shit messed with for so long affects the memory a bit," Oboro says sheepishly.

"It's alright. It happens. That means you won't need to act when you tell our dad the location of the lab. All you'd need to say is that someone had mentioned the hospital and you remembered it, simple," Izuku says while nodding. "You're gonna be the ticket to their arrests, Ro and you'll be able to get the justice you deserve."

"While that's all great and all, can we go back to the fact that you said that AFO became a parasite and is using that world's Tenko as a host fucking body?" Tenko asks in disbelief and Izuku nods his head. "What the actual fuck is wrong with your world?"

"Everything. Everything is wrong with that world," Izuku answers, then notices that Shōta is zoned out so he knows that the voice is now speaking to him.

"Shōta. The mist villain that had brought the nomu and the other villains into the USJ that day was Oboro. AFO and Garaki had turned him into a high end nomu. They were originally after you the day Oboro was killed," the voice informs him.

Shōta fights back his tears, "My Oboro is a nomu?"

"Yes. I'm sorry, Shōta. After the war, they do plan on seeing if they can return him to his normal state but they are not hopeful as he's technically a reanimated corpse," the voice explains to him.

Shōta can't hold back his tears anymore and chokes out a sob. Oboro is immediately on him, "Shō? What's wrong?"

Shōta shakes his head, "Just the voice telling me about the mist villain in my world. It's my Oboro. All For One and Garaki turned him into a nomu after he was killed. They were apparently after me that day but Oboro had gotten in the way of the falling building. After the war, they are going to try and fix him but they're not hopeful."

Oboro just holds him close, not really knowing what to say about that information other than just holding Shōta in silence. Sometimes no words are better.

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The next morning, Shōta goes with Oboro to tell his father about the hospital. Luckily, Oboro worded it in a way that came off as if he had remembered it on his own. Shōta sighed in relief once All For One immediately took off to go and form a raid team. Hopefully Inko and Garaki are still there and haven't changed locations. Today was going to be a busy day especially with Oboro rejoining their class for at least the Heroics lessons. The cloud user definitely got mixed reactions and welcomes which is understandable given the fact that it's not everyday that you see your dead classmate back to the world of the living after watching him die on live television.

Shōta was just glad that it was Pride as their Heroics teacher this year instead of All Might. The blonde is an idiot teacher even in this world here. Nezu was still acting as the law and ethics teacher on top of being the principal because the rodent has yet to find a good hero to fill that spot yet. After Heroics was law and ethics so Shōta approached him after class before the rodent could slip into the vent system to go to his next class.

"Nezu, I want the law and ethics position after I graduate," Shōta says bluntly, he wasn't going to beat around the bush, he wanted his old job back teaching his subject.

Nezu's ears flicker a bit and his nose does a little wiggle, "Oh? You want to become a teacher, Shōta-kun?"

"Yeah, I do. I like law and ethics so I definitely wouldn't mind teaching it," Shōta answers.

"Have you started any college courses to get your teaching degree?" Nezu asks.

"Yes. I'll have my Bachelor's in teaching before this school year ends," Shōta answers because it's true, he started a self paced college course as soon as possible once he got himself situated in this new dimension. It hasn't taken him too terribly long to complete all the courses since he already knows all of the material. 

Nezu hums as he studies him for a moment, "I wouldn't mind testing you myself. Let's say that this test could take place in two weeks time, that should be more than enough time for me to formulate a test for you and for you to cram for it even though I'm not going to tell you what exactly it is that I'm going to be testing you on."

"How about one week from today? I don't need two weeks," Shōta bargains because he knows that this test has already started and it seems that Nezu knows that he knows that it has.

Nezu stares at him with a raised brow, "Intriguing. Okay, Shōta-kun. Pass my little test and the position is yours." 

Shōta smiles to himself as Nezu slips into the vent system as he knows that he's got his job back as the law and ethics teacher. He leaves the classroom to go to lunch and Tenko and Oboro are waiting for him. "What's got you smiling like that?" Tenko asks.

"Back in business," Shōta says with a smirk and Tenko vibrates in excitement.

"I'm confused," Oboro whispers.

"Was the law and ethics teacher in my dimension so I'm taking Nezu’s little 'hiring test' in order to get my job back here in this one," Shōta explains. "I've already passed the first one. He says that he's going to give you two weeks but you have to bargain with him and say one week because he likes a teacher who is flexible on a short time span."

"That sounds like a lot of work," Oboro comments and Tenko nods his head in agreement.

"To play the mind game, you have to become the mind game," Shōta says in a mysterious sounding tone, causing the two boys to giggle.

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Izuku is working on his own stuff in the SH Classroom. He doesn't have much of an appetite today and he told Hitoshi as such when his love came into the classroom to try and drag him away to the cafeteria. He tried not to laugh when the purple haired boy disappeared then came back with two trays of food in tow. Hitoshi has eaten his but Izuku's was still untouched until Hitoshi was sticking chopsticks of food into his face. Izuku just scowled at it.

"Mi amor, if you eat your lunch… I'll suck you off this weekend and I'll let you throat fuck me too," Hitoshi whispers out the last part and the blood immediately rushes to Izuku's member.

Izuku grabs Hitoshi by the hips and gets as close as he can to him before whispering into his ear, "Are you telling me that you liked that last time?"

"Yeah, I like it when you manhandle me, makes me want you to do more of it like pulling my hair, maybe smacking my ass," Hitoshi whispers back and smirks when he feels Izuku shiver along with his very obvious boner being pressed against his hip.

Izuku has his mouth on Hitoshi's neck, the promise of action makes him want the action sooner than later. He lightly starts digging his teeth into Hitoshi's neck and then starts biting down harder when he pulls a moan out of Hitoshi. He pulls away from biting Hitoshi and starts nuzzling him instead because he knows that if Hitoshi keeps moaning, he's going to end up dragging him into the classroom closet and taking him to pound town. "Dammit. I just wanna take you into a confined space and pin you against the wall," Izuku mumbles.

"Then what's stopping you?" Hitoshi whispers back and smirks again when Izuku lets out a whine, knowing that neither of them are allowed to have sex on campus, especially after they've already been caught.

"You know what's stopping me and you know that we can't be having sex on campus. You're teasing me on purpose," Izuku whines as he rubs himself against Hitoshi's hip before scooping him up and setting him on the desk where he grinds into him like that.

Hitoshi puts his hands over his crotch, preventing Izuku from doing what he was doing, "Yeah, I am teasing you. I want to make sure that you're nice and pent up for this weekend cause I want to be fucked stupid."

Izuku pulls away and presses his face into Hitoshi's chest as he groans. Neither boy realizes that the six other guys have entered the classroom to hang out until the end of lunch bell rings. "Why are you doing this to me, Toshi? So mean," Izuku continues to whine.

"Cause teasing you is fun now eat your lunch or no sexy time for you this weekend," Hitoshi says as he pushes Izuku face out of his chest so he can look him in the eye.

"Wanna be fucked stupid, huh?" Keigo teases and both boys jump out of their skin.

"Didn't you two literally just get into trouble for screwing around on campus and now we're walking in on a dry hump. Really?" Shōta asks in a scolding manner. He definitely feels like he needs to wash his eyeballs with soap and holy water now after witnessing that.

"Toshi started it thank you very much," Izuku says in defense as he stuffs food into his mouth and hides the lower half of his body away from the others.

"Technically, I was making a simple bargain with you to get you to eat your lunch, you're the one who started putting your hands on my body," Hitoshi argues in his own defense.

"Looked like two active participants from where we're standing," Oboro points out and the others all nod their heads.

"So very naughty naughty!" Touya teases as they make their way further into the classroom. "This is how babies happen boys! Better start keeping your genitalia to yourselves!"

"I'm too young to be an uncle!" Tenko says in agreement, "and Dad's too young still to be a grandpa!"

"It would be a cute baby though," Shōto says softly.

Izuku stares mainly at Touya and Keigo as he has chosen them to be his first targets, "Have two laid an egg yet? That's how baby phoenixs are born. When a daddy flame and a mommy feather love each other very much, they fuck each other in front of an angry flaming bastard, and an egg appears in their nest and they begin to await the arrival of their chick."

The others all begin to howl with laughter as Touya and Keigo stare at him with mouths dropped open in shock. Izuku turns on Shōta and Oboro next, "Why the hell are you two porn stars laughing?! Toshi and I had to flee the other week because someone, who we all assume would be as quiet in bed as he is outside of the bed, is in reality, not so quiet with the porn star volume moans." 

Now Shōta and Oboro are staring at Izuku with their mouths dropped open and with deep blushes on their faces, not having known that Izuku and Hitoshi were there that day. Izuku turns on Tenko next, "And you! You stop running away from Fuyumi, you know you wanna get to know her as more than a friend and neighbor, Ten. I'm not stupid, I've seen the way you blush and smile at her everytime she comes trotting up to you being all cute and shit. You're just acting like you don't like it."

The two Todorokis in the room are staring at a blushing Tenko in shock. Izuku finally turns on Shōto last, "And last but not least, you Shōto. You got the hots for Sero, I see the way you look at him. You like that he's laid back and chill and you definitely like it when he speaks in Spanish while cooking Spanish dishes. When he's in the kitchen, you're in the kitchen following him around like a puppy."

Now everyone is staring at Shōto in utter shock. The peppermint haired boy has a deep blush on his face at being called out. Hitoshi is definitely staring at him in surprised shock because he never realized it and he's actually in the class with both of those boys. Shōto fidgets nervously, "Do you think Sero likes me too?"

Izuku smiles softly, "Yeah. I think he does since he also follows you around like a puppy when you're making cold soba for the zillionth time."

"Cold soba is good though," Shōto says in soft defense.

Later that same day, All For One calls the boys into the conference room at UA and informs them that Inko and Garaki are no longer at that lab. They had bugged out but it's a good start to start searching each and every hospital in Japan in hopes of finding their next lab before they manage to make another super being. They could all tell that Oboro was disappointed as he wanted them captured so he could get justice for all the pain that they've caused him. 

The next thing brought up is that they have found the little girl that Oboro had mentioned before. She's a captive in a Yakuza. Her quirk isn't listed but they did see her outside of the facility for a brief moment before she was forcefully dragged back in. It was clear that the news hurt both Oboro and Shōta.

"I'm claiming her. She's my kid now. I'll be eighteen in November, I'll adopt her," Shōta declares and everyone looks at him in utter shock.

"Shō, you want a kid?" Tomura asks in surprise.

"She needs someone who will care for and love her properly and someone who will be able to help her with her quirk," Shōta answers softly. "Besides.. she needs to be with one of the people that she's saved. Can show her that her quirk can help people and that it's good."

Oboro is smiling softly at Shōta, "You're so sweet, Shō." The other Shōta was never like this, that Shōta had voiced his distaste in children and how he hated the idea of ever being a parent but this Shōta is stepping up to bat without actually knowing this little girl. This Shōta also wants to become a teacher and help teach the next generation. Oboro can't help but to feel like he's falling in love again and with a better version of Shōta.

"I thought you didn't want kids," Tomura says in confusion.

"Changed my mind. I want to adopt this kid after she's rescued. She's going to need loving parents and I feel like me and Oboro would be good parents for her," Shōta declares firmly.

Tomura smiles softly at him and nods his head, "Alright. If you feel this strongly about it then you are free to do so."

They go back to the dorms and Oboro is all over Shōta, "Oh Shō! You're so sweet and loving! Oh man, we're going to be parents and this little girl could easily be passed off as ours too. She's got the cutest red colored doe eyes and the longest silver colored hair, she's absolutely precious, Shō."

Shōta relaxes into Oboro as he continues to nuzzle and kiss on him, "I didn't think you'd be this excited about this."

"Of course I am. The other Shōta didn't like kids and hated the idea of being a parent. Me and him got into many arguments about it because I want kids, I love kids. That's one of the reasons I want to become a hero, I want to be someone that kids can look up to and strive to be. And you, you actually like kids, you want to be a parent and you have a love for teaching as well."

Shōta gives him a soft smile, "I became a teacher because the other Oboro kept pointing out how nurturing and kind I am towards kids and kittens. He said that I'd make a fantastic parent and teacher. So I did one of the two things. And now that I'm here, I'm going to make sure that I'm able to become both."

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The mission to rescue the little girl who brought Oboro back is upon them quickly. Shōta is nervous as hell as this is his first raid mission in this new dimension. He knows how raids go though so he's confident in his abilities, he just needs to get over his jitters. The raid starts and he makes his way through the Yakuza members in order to get to the entrance of the building. He needs to go find that girl and save her.

He makes his way through the halls with the team he's been assigned with and realizes that they're running in circles. He activates his quirk in hopes of it possibly being a quirk and his sights set on a spot on the wall and the halls change back to normal. The villain is cuffed and they continue on their way.

Something is bothering him though. He doesn't feel the presence of the voice anymore. He's gotten so used to it being there that it just became part of him. Part of him is going to safely assume that everything in his old dimension has come to some sort of conclusion and that the voice no longer needs to be there. He was kind of hoping that it'd inform him of which side won the war.

They come across an open space and he spots the little girl being dragged by one of the Yakuza members. He uses his capture weapon to snatch ahold of the member to get him away from the girl. He knocks him out and he gently approaches the little girl.

“Hi there, I'm Eraserhead but you can call me Shōta if you would like,” Shōta says as he squats down in front of her. “The heroes are here to save you from the bad guys.”

“I'm Eri,” Eri says softly as she holds her own hands against her chest. 

Shōta takes his goggles off and places them on her head. “You can keep those if you'd like. I think Oboro would like to see you having them.”

“Oboro?” Eri asks as she keeps the goggles from sliding down her head.

“Yeah. Do you remember a boy my age with fluffy blue hair that looked like a cloud?” Shōta asks and she quickly nods her head. “He's my boyfriend.”

“Almost husband?” Eri asks.

Shōta nods his head, “Yes, my almost husband. He's going to be very excited to see you. You saved his life. You're his hero.”

Her eyes light up a bit. “I'm a hero?” 

“You are. One of the greatest heroes out there,” Shōta says with a soft smile. “Would you like to come with me and get away from all these bad guys?” She nods her head and Shōta scoops her up to start making his way to an exit.

They find an exit and Shōta takes Eri over to an ambulance so they can get her to a hospital. Shōta rides with her so that she's not at the hospital alone. He wants to be able to take her home as soon as possible but he has a feeling that she's going to have to stay for a little while under observation. 

He receives news that Inko and Garaki were hiding out at the Yakuza location and the two have been arrested. He had a sneaking suspicion that they may have possibly turned to the people who had Eri. Having her close by would make their experiments easier and the Yakuza wouldn't have to risk Eri being spotted by taking her from one location to the next.

After a while, a feeling of impending doom starts prickling at the back of his mind. He can feel the hairs on the back of his neck standing on end so he gets up to just walk around the room. He does a double take when he looks out the window and sees a giant black crack in the sky in the distance. He feels that it's over by UA but he can't say for sure.

—

Izuku is in his classroom working on his own stuff and he can't shake off a feeling that he has. The feeling of dread is sitting heavily on the back of his mind and the voice is suspiciously quiet. He's always felt it there but for some reason, he no longer senses its presence. He's not sure if it's because of what's going on in the other dimension but he's going to safely assume that's what it is.

He feels an odd shift and feels a familiar hand land on his shoulder in his mindscape. “Young Midoriya, long time no see, my boy,” All Might says with a smile and Izuku feels his heart shatter.

“You…-” Izuku starts but he can't bring himself to finish the sentence.

“All For One broke through and got to me,” All Might informs him. “There is no need for tears, Young Midoriya. I am still here with you.”

“This All For One here is different,” Izuku says as he changes the subject.

“I know, my boy. Young Shigaraki informed us of everything and how he left the One For All quirk in this dimension to keep it safe,” All Might explains.

“Who's winning?” Izuku asks and All Might gives him a sad look.

“It wasn't looking too good, my boy,” All Might answers.

There's another shift and Izuku can smell the long ago familiar scent of his Kacchan and turns his head. His throat tightens as he stares at him. He doesn't know how Bakugou is here within his mindscape.

“Kacchan,” Izuku says as tears pour down his face. 

“Stop your blubbering, Deku. Still such a damn cry baby,” Bakugou growls as his closed fist bumps him in the chest. “Now you have two of me. Can't get enough of Dynamight, can you?” 

“H-how are you here?” Izuku asks.

“I temporarily received One For All from that Nerd. My soul was still part of the quirk and now you have my quirk as well,” Bakugou explains.

Izuku pulls his gloves off and focuses on heating up his palms until there's some sparks. “Shit. I don't know how I'm going to explain away another quirk, especially with another Kacchan around.”

“You might not be able to keep it a secret anymore, Deku,” Bakugou says. “You can't keep coming up with excuses.”

“Yeah but then Sensei will be exposed as well,” Izuku points out.

“He could just throw you under the bus,” Bakugou suggests and Izuku scowls at him.

“Sensei isn't going to do that, Kacchan. We're practically siblings and care about each other as such. I've been here for over a year now and living with him,” Izuku argues.

Izuku startles as the door to his classroom opens up and his dad steps in. “Holy shit, you scared the hell out of me, dad.”

“Didn't mean to spook you, Zu,” Tomura says as he approaches him. “I need to ask you something though since we actually have some time alone.”

“Okay, what would you like to ask me?” Izuku asks.

“When were you planning on telling me?” Tomura asks.

Izuku stares at him in confusion. “I'm confused. Tell you what?”

“When were you planning on telling me that you're not you?” Tomura reiterates his question and Izuku pales and he feels like his heart is going to explode. “When you gave me your analysis notebook about that being you fought, you kept referring to it as a nomu and that this one was different from the first one you and ‘Aizawa-Sensei’ encountered at the Unforeseen Simulation Joint before being swapped here.”

Izuku is trembling as he steps back and away from him. He can't get the words out of his mouth. He wrote down too much of his ramblings without realizing it. He starts shaking his head as tears run down his face.

“Calm down, calm down. I'm not going to hurt you, Zu. I just want to know the truth, the whole truth. Please,” Tomura says, he goes to reach out to comfort Izuku but the boy is quick to put distance between them. 

Izuku swallows thickly before confessing to everything. There's no point in lying when he's been caught and he did it to himself. He maintains his distance from him even though the man attempts to get closer to him. “... in my dimension, you and Tenko are the villains after the One For All quirk. There's a war going on right now. UA versus the League of Villains. According to my dimension's All Might, the heroes are losing. It's probably because the other Izuku came back here and gave me back my version of One For All. I'm the Ninth wielder of the quirk. It's gone through two more before coming back to me so it's stronger now.”

“How long have you and Shōta been here?” Tomura asks.

“That day when Hitoshi first came over,” Izuku answers. 

“Who knows?” Tomura asks.

“Hitoshi, Tenko, and Oboro,” Izuku answers. “I'm sorry. We should have told you but you're part of this world. We didn't want to disrupt it more than we already have.”

Tomura holds up his hand and shakes his head. “No, I understand why you two didn't. It's alright. If it came to light sooner, I more than likely would have thought you two were having some sort of psychological breakdown.”

Izuku stands there fidgeting for a moment as he holds back his tears. “Do… do you hate us?”

Tomura looks over at him in shock. “No, of course I don't hate the two of you. Why would you think something like that?”

“We're not your kids,” Izuku answers as he sniffles.

Tomura stands up and Izuku finally allows him to get close and pulls him into a hug. “Yes you are. Just a different version. You're still the same Izuku and he's still the same Shōta. Just because you two are different, doesn't mean I'm going to love you two any less.”

“I love you,” Izuku sniffles.

Tomura can feel Izuku's words ring true in his head and holds him closer. “I love you too. No need for tears, Zu. It's okay. I promise.”

Izuku relaxes as his back is rubbed in a soothing manner. “I didn't have a father in my life when I was growing up. The closest person I had as a father figure would have been Kacchan's dad.”

“Well, you have me now so you don't need to worry about something like that anymore,” Tomura says with a soft smile; he wants to know what he did wrong in order for two of his children to just… swap out with other versions of themselves.

Izuku has an odd feeling creeping up his spine before Danger Sense shoots through his skull and he's quick to put space between the two of them. It shoots through his head again and he cries out in pain as the quirk has never acted like this before.

“It's coming from outside!” Fourth informs him and Izuku quickly moves over to the window and his heart hits his stomach as there's a giant black crack in the sky.

“What the hell is that?” Tomura asks as he joins him at the window.

“It's a dimensional rift,” Yoichi informs Izuku. “I believe All For One is trying to come here.”

“All For One,” Izuku answers. “He's trying to come here. That's why the voice is gone. The voice was a quirk of some kind and he probably took it and is using it to come here.”

They head outside and the other students and teachers all start joining them. Izuku and Tomura are at the front of the group and Hitoshi makes his way through the crowd to whisper to him. “That's not who I think it is, is it?”

“It is,” Izuku answers. “I know it is.”

The crack opens up wider and All For One in Shigaraki's body is standing there. A wicked grin forms on his face. “There you are! You thought you could hide from me, Izuku Midoriya?! You thought playing a game of switch-a-roo will prevent me from finding you?! 

The Ninth holder of One For All, Deku, I made it a personal mission not to let anymore of you bastards slip through my fingers after the Fourth evaded me for eighteen years and then you had the audacity to seek refuge in a different dimension! I should just kill you and let the quirk die with you but where would the fun in that be?! I like the chase!”

Izuku goes to step forward but Hitoshi grabs his hand. Izuku turns and looks at him and gives him a sad smile. “I have to, Love. I'm sorry.”

Tears well up in Hitoshi's eyes as he grips onto him tighter. “I can't lose you. Please, Izu.”

“You're not going to,” Izuku says before kissing him. “I may be a Deku but I still know how to kick ass.”

“No. You should leave this to the Pros,” All Might states as he steps forward and All For One laughs.

“You think you can beat me, Toshinori Yagi?! I already killed the other version of you! What makes you think you stand a chance against me?!” All For One taunts.

“He's here for me so just… let me. Please,” Izuku says. “Everyone needs to get down to the bunker and activate the anti-decay. He has the same decay quirk as I do. That's why I installed it in the security systems for the schools.”

“I've been curious about that,” Nezu says with a hum. 

“I didn't exactly trust what I was being told,” Izuku says with a wink. “Growing up quirkless, you don't trust anyone.”

Izuku starts walking forward and some mirage-like images appear on either side of him before they become more clear, revealing them to be the past users. Eight figures on one side of him and two on the other side; one of the figures not being fully developed.

“Ah. It looks like that other Izuku brat is still alive,” All For One muses. “I guess his little boyfriend was fast enough to snatch him away from death's door.”

“Ah, shut your parasitic ass trap, bastard!” Bakugou barks out. “You power hungry fuckface!”

“Kacchan! You're not helping!” Izuku scolds.

“No no. He is a fuckface,” Second says.

“Would you fuck that face?” Fifth asks.

“No. I'd rather fuck a cactus,” Sixth deadpans. “A cactus fuck I can recover from.”

“Good thing I'm asexual and dead,” Fourth states.

“Y'all are making this very difficult. I might actually die,” Izuku says in annoyance.

“Nah! I don't think so!” Seventh says.

“If you're competent enough, you won't,” Third says.

Bakugou starts laughing at that, “He called you stupid, Deku!”

“No he didn't, Kacchan,” Izuku argues.

“Yes I did,” Third states and Bakugou laughs harder.

“Now now! Young Midoriya is very smart and resourceful!” All Might says loudly as he comes to Izuku's defense. “I know my boy will win this!”

Izuku can tell that All For One is getting annoyed by the vestiges all goofing around. He doesn't know why they are acting up unless it's to annoy All For One further. He doesn't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Izuku looks back behind him and makes eye contact with a teary eyed Hitoshi as Tomura is practically dragging him along with him. He gives him a smile and signs to him that he loves him, only causing Hitoshi to cry and fight harder and for Tomura to just put him over his shoulder. Izuku really doesn't want to leave Hitoshi behind but if it happens then he'll just have to make his death worth it. 

“Aw, how precious. Too bad you won't be alive to go back to him,” All For One taunts. 

Izuku gives him an annoyed look, “You know, I was really enjoying my life here and you just had to show your ugly ass face here.”

“Oh? Have you now?” All For One muses.

“Yes. I finally have people who love me so I'm going to do this dimension a favor and end your life before you fuck it up,” Izuku says before activating his quirk and launching himself into battle.

—

Shōta has himself at the hospital window and all he wants to do is scream and freak out as he sees All For One emerge from the black crack in the sky. He really starts panicking when he sees Izuku up in the air and begins his battle with the villain. He's not there to help Izuku. He's nowhere near the battle. He doesn't even think his quirk works from this distance.

Shōta startles as a portal opens up in the hospital room. He sighs in relief when he sees that it's Oboro. “Shō,” Oboro says as he approaches him.

“We need to go help Izuku. We need to go,” Shōta says as he starts trying to urge Oboro to take him to the location.

“No. We need people who know how to fight him. Take me to your home, Shō. Let's go get backup from those who know best,” Oboro says.

Shōta glances over at Eri who is staring at the two of them in confusion. He steps away from Oboro and kneels down in front of her, “I'll be back as soon as I can, okay? Your future Oji needs help and me and Oboro need to go and get that help, okay?” 

Eri nods her head. “You promise you'll be back?”

“I promise,” Shōta says as he holds up his pinkie. “I pinkie promise.”

She wraps her pinkie around his and nods her head again. Shōta stands up and pats her head before turning back to Oboro. “Okay, let's go.”

He grabs his hand and Shōta just focuses on being back with his Hizashi. He's the only solid connection he has back in his own dimension. Everything is dark for a few minutes before they arrive and all eyes are on them.

“Who's able to fight?!” Shōta asks. “Izuku needs help! All For One switched dimensions!”

“Holy shit,” Mic says as his hand hovers around Oboro's face but the cloud quirk user puts some distance between them quickly. “What's wrong?”

“The other version of you killed him originally, Zashi. He's leery. Just give him some space,” Shōta explains and Mic is quick to step back and give Oboro some breathing room.

“A lot of us can still fight, Sensei. We've lost Bakugou though,” Kirishima informs him. 

“The other Izuku doesn't have any more embers of One For All and he's severely injured. He won't be able to help unfortunately,” Shinsou informs him.

“That's fine. We only need able bodies,” Shōta says.

“Bakugou has a vestiges form with Izuku,” Oboro says and Shōta looks over at him.

“What do you mean?” Shōta asks.

“When Izuku started approaching All For One, all the vestiges manifested around him. Bakugou was one of them. He has Bakugou's quirk in his arsenal,” Oboro explains.

“They must have shared the quirk at some point then,” Nezu says with a hum. “Will you bring them back here once the battle is over?” 

“Of course I will,” Shōta says and Nezu nods his head. “Let's go, Problem Children.”

—

Izuku just wants to keep All For One from getting too close to the ground. While he tested the anti-decay system with his own quirk, that doesn't mean it'll fully work against this version of Decay. He just needs to keep moving faster than All For One and cutting off his path. He hasn't done much quirk training, he got too comfortable in this world and grew a bit lazy so quirk exhaustion is something he needs to worry about.

He sees a hand enter his mindscape and is quick to cut off its path to the past users and decays it. His eyes widen when All For One loses a hand before it regenerates. Another issue that he has to deal with.

—

“He didn't even touch him and his hand decayed,” Hitoshi points out as he holds onto Tomura's arm.

“Izuku has his own little world inside him from the looks of it. All For One reached in there to try and take a quirk but obviously failed,” Tomura guesses. “You can tell that he didn't expect Izuku to be able to defend from the inside as well.”

They all watch as a giant black crack forms and the ground starts shaking before a giant comes through it along with worn and battered Pro-Heroes and hero students. They spot Oboro, Shōta, and an adult Present Mic up on a cloud so they know that the two went and got backup. 

“Holy shit! Other us!” Kirishima says in shock as he spots himself, Shinsou, and Monoma on the giant. 

“His costume looks cool,” Hitoshi says and he can tell that his other self is controlling the giant.

They watch as Izuku goes over to where Shōta and Oboro are and speaks to them before another giant portal opens up behind All For One and they all work on pushing him back through it along with the three boys.

“They pushed him back to his own dimension,” Tomura declares as he starts comforting Hitoshi again.

“That appears to be the case but we shall stay here until we know that the battle is over. We don't know if that All For One will push back and return,” Nezu says and Tomura nods in agreement. 

—

Izuku knocks his forehead into All For One's as he keeps him from getting too close to the flying fortress. He never thought he'd be back in this dimension but he is. He slingshots All For One away with Black Whip and Fa Jin to create some breathing room.

“You look so different, Deku,” Uraraka says as she gets closer to him.

“Eh. I just look like my father in that dimension,” Izuku says as he steels himself as All For One charges back at him. 

The villain gets smacked away again but this time by the Shinsou controlled giant. “How do you plan on getting rid of him, Izu– Deku?” Shinsou asks.

Izuku gives him a smile, “I'm dating a Hitoshi too so it's fine if you call me by my given name and as far as getting rid of him… I think I'm going to let him in.”

“Wait, hold up. What do you mean by that?” Monoma asks.

“His hand appeared in my vestige world within me and I affected him on the outside from within. If he's in my vestige world, I'd have more control over him there,” Izuku explains.

“That sounds really risky,” Todoroki points out. “What if he gets you instead?”

“Then that's something I'll deal with if it comes to that,” Izuku answers. “Here he comes again!”

Izuku just opens himself up mentally and unleashes Black Whip to hold All For One in place. He sees the villain's hand enter and he grabs him by the wrist and pulls him the rest of the way in. The faceless villain stands before him and the rest of the vestiges and Izuku can see Shigaraki behind All For One, trying to sever their connection. 

“Foolish boy, letting me into your space like this will be your downfall,” All For One growls.

A smirk forms on Izuku's face. “This is my space and I can manipulate it however I please,” Izuku points out. “You're my bitch now so be a good boy and stop being a brat.”

“You little shit!” All For One roars out before he goes to charge at Izuku.

Izuku wraps the vestiges and Shigaraki up with Black Whip and lifts them up out of the way as he touches the ground beneath him to start decaying his world. 

“Ninth! What are you doing?!” Second asks in horror.

“Rebuilding,” Izuku answers as the world crumbles and falls away. “I learned something about this quirk that makes it different than Shigaraki's, it can restore as well. That's why Shigaraki's skin is all jacked up and mine isn't. He's missing part of the quirk factor.” He starts rebuilding it and the scene is of a peaceful meadow. The vestiges’ chairs all appear in an open area and Izuku can see how All For One is frozen in place as his eyeless face stares in his direction so he starts making his own approach. “I'm a lot smarter than I let on to be. I've studied quirks enough to figure out their inner workings. I know how the quirk factor is determined by a singular piece of the DNA ladder. Since this is my world, I have control and say over what happens here. That also means, I can break you down to the molecular level and destroy your quirk factor.”

—

Everyone on the outside watches the scene before them. They have no idea what's going on as everything seems to now be at a standstill. That silence is broken when All For One starts screaming and struggling to get free before he practically vanishes.

“Holy shit. What the hell is Midoriya doing?” Kirishima asks in shock.

“Izuku is a lot more intelligent than he lets on to be. In this new dimension, he's in a special Heroics class that once he graduates, his identity and everything about him becomes confidential. Only those who directly work with him, know who he is. His existence is practically wiped from the civilian eye,” Shōta explains and everyone stares at him in shock. “Also, All For One in our dimension is one of those heroes and is our father. Izuku has more than likely studied him due to our close proximity and is using what he learned against this one.”

All For One reappears but he looks vastly different so they don't feel that's All For One anymore. 

“Are you okay, Shimura-san?” Izuku asks and the man stares at him while trying to collect his bearings.

“What did you do?” Shigaraki asks.

“I got rid of All For One. He's gone and so is that Decay quirk,” Izuku answers. “You're free of him but you're now also quirkless.”

“I didn't ask for your damn help, you NPC!” Shigaraki snarls.

“Really? Still doing the video game lingo? Figured you'd have trashed that talk after a year,” Izuku deadpans as he rolls his eyes. “Are you really not grateful that I got rid of that asshole for you?” 

Shigaraki's eye twitches at that. “Just fucking put me down, damnit. Not like I can fight anymore.”

“No. I have all day,” Izuku answers as he crosses his legs and sits there floating in mid-air.

“Are you fucking serious right now?!” Shigaraki asks in annoyance and Izuku just stares at him as a smug look forms on his face. “Fine! Damn! Thank you!”

“No no. That's not what I'm talking about,” Izuku says. “It was you who swapped me and Shōta out for different versions of us. You needed to find an Izuku and Shōta that would help you.”

Shigaraki stares at him in shock. “How… how did you know?”

“It made me curious as to how the voice knew some of what it was telling me and the manner in which it spoke sounded like an NPC in a video game giving information about a quest and then it vanished shortly after it informed me that All For One took over your body. I connected the dots,” Izuku explains. “A dimension viewing and transferring quirk, how rare. I feel like it manifested sometime after All For One gave you that screwed up Decay quirk. A forced manifestation that you used to your advantage and went undetected by All For One because he didn't think to keep check on your quirk factor.”

“Mother fucker,” Shigaraki says in defeat.

“No thank you. I'd rather not,” Izuku says as he starts landing them onto the ground. “But you are welcome. You're free now. To an extent. I'm not sure what's going to happen to you now.”

“We'll have to talk to Mera about it. For now, he'll be put in a holding cell until he decides since he's the acting President,” Mic informs them. “Not sure why you didn't verbally ask for help.”

“He was watching me. Everywhere I went, he had his eyes and ears on me. The quirk was my best bet,” Shigaraki explains.

“I'm sure Mera will listen to your side of the story but let's go. Everyone needs medical and rest,” Mic says.

“Me, Oboro, and Izuku are going to go ahead and go now,” Shōta announces. 

“You're not staying?” Mic asks in confusion.

“I don't really have anything here for me now plus I have a daughter to get back to. I pinkie promised her,” Shōta says with a soft smile. “Besides, it looks like the other Shōta is waiting for you over there.”

Mic glances over at the doors to the now landed flying fortress and spots Aizawa standing there waiting. “Yeah. He is. Maybe we'll all see each other again but on better terms,” Mic says with a smile.

“I'm sure we will. See you, Zashi,” Shōta says before Oboro portals the three of them away. 

Hitoshi is immediately on Izuku as they arrive in the bunker. He holds him close and gently pets his hair to comfort him. He gets a look of surprise on his face as Tomura pulls him into a hug next and he relaxes.

“That was fast, Izuku-kun. How did you do it?” Nezu asks and Izuku looks out and sees that his classmates and teachers are waiting to hear his answer.

“I let him into my vestige world and I killed him there. I studied this version of him enough to know how to beat the other one,” Izuku explains.

Tomura snorts at that. “So you figured out my weakness and used it to your advantage. Resourceful and terrifying at the same time.”

“Eh, I wouldn't worry about it unless you go villain,” Izuku teases and the man ruffles his hair.

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—New World—

Izuku sighs softly as he snuggles up in bed next to Hitoshi and makes himself comfortable. He kisses his shoulder as Hitoshi lets out a sleepy grumble and rolls over to cuddle closer to him. He's not sure how much closer they can get in the little twin sized bed in his dorm room but he's not complaining. He loves the cuddling and the closeness. 

He's just relieved that he's here to stay and that he and Shōta aren't going to be forced back to their old dimension. They've made new lives here. Better lives for the both of them. While they still had to deal with their old dimension's villains, the issue was resolved quickly and without harming anything in this one. He's just glad that his dad still loves him as he is. That's what he was most worried about. He didn't want to lose the father that he's gained.

He lightly plays with Hitoshi's hair as he relaxes. Today has been a long and exhausting day and he's certainly ready for some well deserved sleep. His eyes start slipping closed and he quickly lets sleep take him.

—

Shōta and Oboro are both on the couch in Eri's hospital room. He's leaning up against Oboro as the pair watch their soon-to-be daughter sleeping peacefully. He smiles softly as Oboro interlaces their fingers together and kisses his forehead.

“I'm so happy that you get to stay here. I was seriously freaking the hell out at the thought of losing you all over again,” Oboro whispers to him.

“You and Hitoshi are probably the main reason my dad and Nezu aren't going to the HPSC about this. They know you need me and it was extremely obvious that Hitoshi needs Izuku,” Shōta whispers back.

“Hitoshi was literally fighting your dad, he was so distraught,” Oboro says in agreement. “It seriously hurt to watch and hear him crying like that. I never want to see Hitoshi like that again.”

“Are you saying you weren't?” Shōta asks.

“Oh I most certainly was, I was just better at keeping it contained cause I didn't want the guys getting upset,” Oboro answers. “They took the news surprisingly well.”

“They've seen weirder shit,” Shōta teases and Oboro lets out a snort.

“That's for damn sure,” Oboro says. “We should go visit Zashi tomorrow. Just the two of us.”

“Yeah,” Shōta says sleepily. “I think he'd like that a lot.”

The next day, Shōta and Oboro head straight to the facility to visit Hizashi. Shōta's glad that Oboro suggested it so he's going to take it as a sign that Oboro is starting to get better himself. He knows that it'll never be the same between the two again but something is most definitely a lot better than nothing. They head up to his room once they sign in and knock to be invited inside.

“Hey, I didn't expect to see you two here today. Where's the rest of the guys?” Hizashi asks.

“Eh, they didn't tag along today. We also didn't invite them. I just wanted it to be the three of us without Larry, Curly, and Moe being dumb dumbs,” Oboro says and that gets Hizashi to giggle a bit.

“I have a feeling that this is a serious conversation,” Hizashi says with a sad smile.

“If you take it that way then yeah, it can be,” Oboro says and Hizashi waits to hear what he has to say. “I don't think I'm ever going to get over what you did to me, Zashi but that doesn't mean that I don't love you. You're still my best friend, nothing is going to change that part.” 

Hizashi has tears running down his cheeks. “So… so you're here to say goodbye to me?”

“What? No? Our friendship isn't over, Zashi. We're still gonna hang out and talk and stuff. I'm just meaning… you hurting me the way that you did. Mentally, I don't feel like I'm ever going to recover from that,” Oboro explains. “I… I don't remember the whole thing. I just remember my whole body going numb, seeing you using your quirk on me, and then waking up in the basement in a hospital being experimented on. When I woke up and that doctor welcomed me back to the world of the living, I was just emotionally crushed by that because I knew at that moment that you had ended my life. Every time I woke up in that tank, I kept thinking about what I should have done differently with you. How much I wanted to be back with Shōta and you and the rest of the guys. How I just wanted to walk up to you and hug you and tell you that everything will be okay because I want to fix the problem. Anyways… emotionally, I feel like I can heal from it and move past it in my own time but mentally, it's always just going to be there that it happened.”

Hizashi is wiping the tears off his cheeks. “You don't hate me?” 

Oboro gives him a soft smile. “I could never hate you, Zashi. I only hate what you did. Not you. You're my best friend and I love you.”

“I love you too, ‘Boro,” Hizashi sniffles as Oboro wraps him up in a hug that Shōta joins in on. “I love you, Shō… as a friend, of course.”

“No homo but I love you too, Zashi,” Shōta says and that gets the other two to start laughing and snorting.

“Says the gay man,” Hizashi laughs and Shōta hides his smile as he tries not to laugh at their laughter.

“Definitely love this side of you, Shō,” Oboro compliments and Shōta blushes softly.

“Mawwige is whut bwings us togevveh today,” Hizashi says.

“Wike a dweam wifin a dweam,” Oboro says as he joins.

“Wuv too wuv will fowwow you forwever so tweasure your wuv,” Shōta says, then the three burst out into more laughter.

—

Izuku and Hitoshi have decided to go down to the beach with the rest of Class A and are watching them all wrestle and chase each other in the sand and water. “Why do I feel like we're the parents of the class?” Hitoshi asks.

“We probably are but they haven't said anything about it yet,” Izuku answers in amusement. “It's such a nice day out today.”

“This beach is nice too,” Hitoshi says.

“Ah, you're welcome,” Izuku says with a wink and Hitoshi gives him a confused look. “This is the beach I cleared off as training.”

“Oh! Okay. Good job, love. It looks great,” Hitoshi compliments with a soft smile. “Didn't realize it was this beach.”

“Yeah. All these shops around here are new. Once I got it cleaned, people started to come back,” Izuku says. “We should check the shops out and see what there is.”

“And leave the children unattended?” Hitoshi asks and Izuku giggles at that.

“If one of them gets hurt, it was their own damn fault,” Izuku says in amusement. “They're not our legal responsibilities.”

“You're so mean, Izu,” Hitoshi giggles as they stand up.

“We can't baby them forever. They are all big girls and boys,” Izuku says, then pats Shōto on the head. “Isn't that right, Roki?”

“Yeah. I can cook for myself which means I'm responsible for myself,” Shōto deadpans as he continues reading his book. “If one of them starts to drown, I'll save them, then scold them for their stupidity.”

“Careful, Roki. Your Endeavor is showing,” Hitoshi teases and Shōto wrinkles his nose at that. “Just give them a hug.”

Shōto rolls his eyes and goes back to his book as the two walk away. Izuku and Hitoshi head up to the shops to start window shopping. As they are looking around, Izuku wonders how everyone else is doing in his old dimension.

— Old World —

“This shit is heavy!” Shigaraki complains.

“Well, you have like five years worth of community service hours for destroying all this shit. The least you can do is clean it up,” Aizawa states.

“This is bullshit!” Shigaraki shouts as he kicks at a board.

“Definitely bullshit,” Mic says in agreement. “It's bullshit that we have to babysit you when we have better things to do.”

“Like what? Going off somewhere and fucking?” Shigaraki asks in annoyance.

“Yeah. Sounds about right. We could give you a show, right, Zashi?” Aizawa asks.

“Oh most definitely. I'll scream in a sexual manner and everything,” Mic answers and the two start laughing as Shigaraki gives them a disgusted look.

“Fucking weirdos,” Shigaraki grumbles before getting back to work on cleaning.

—

Midoriya blinks his eyes open and glances around the room in confusion. His eyes land on Shinsou who is sleeping in a chair next to what he now realizes is a hospital bed. Every inch of him hurts, especially his eye and chest. He wants to sit up but he can't find the strength to do it. He reaches his arm out and touches Shinsou's cheek, causing him to startle.

“Izu… you're finally awake,” Shinsou says in relief. “I've been so worried.”

“I'm okay. Just really really sore,” Midoriya says before Shinsou kisses him softly. “Who won?”

“We did. All For One escaped to your old dimension but the other Izuku went after him and kicked his ass. As soon as he joined the fight, it was over in like five minutes,” Shinsou explains to him. “He let All For One into his mindscape-y thing and kicked his ass there. Shigaraki is still alive and your brother and Mic are in charge of him since they volunteered themselves to straighten him out even though they've also been complaining about it.”

“Even in this world, they're fucking idiots,” Midoriya says as Shinsou lies down beside him. “I must have been out for a while.”

“Yeah. A month,” Shinsou says. “You're awake now though so it's up from here.”

Midoriya lets out a soft hum. “I wonder how everyone is doing back in my old dimension.”