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Not everyone is born lucky.
Not everyone has a silver spoon, a quirk, a good family, a place to call home.
Not everyone is lucky or perfect or good.
And everyone is certainly not created equal.
But.
Everyone does have a story.
And this? This is the story of Izuku Midoriya.
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Izuku considered himself a lucky child.
He had a great mama, a really great friend in Kacchan (despite Kacchan's insistence that they weren’t friends, he was just being silly) and his teachers always gave him stickers on his drawings in class!
His teacher had said yesterday that he had “real talent!” Which made him super happy but when he asked what a fake talent would be the teacher didn’t have an answer and just laughed at him. That was ok though cause he could ask mama after the doctor!
…
Izuku had completely forgotten about asking his mama what a fake talent is after the doctor had told him he was quirkless.
Had diagnosed him as quirkless like it was some kind of disease like the flu Izuku had had last winter. But that couldn’t be true! He had to have a quirk! How else would him and Kacchan be hero partners! The doctor was wrong, Izuku was sure of it.
Izuku was pulled out of his thoughts by the door closing behind him. He had apparently missed the whole ride home but here he was and he could hear his mama crying in the kitchen. He hurried after her, ready to stop her crying cause she shouldn’t be sad! The doctor was wrong, he had to be!
“Mama? Mama it’s alright!” He said as he rounded the corner into the kitchen to see her sitting at the table crying. “The doctor is wrong! I’m just late but I’m gonna have a quirk! And you won’t have to cry then! I’m gonna have a quirk and be the best hero ever, like All Might!”
To Izuku’s surprise, his mama only started crying harder.
“Oh Zuzu… the doctor is right, you’re quirkless honey, you won’t get a quirk.”
Her voice shook between her sobs and he couldn’t help but feel confused. How could she believe that? He was supposed to get a quirk and be a hero!
But… what if the doctor was right? What if he didn’t get a quirk? Could he still be a hero? There was support gear, so even without a quirk as long as Izuku worked really hard he could still be a hero!
“Well… well I’ll work really hard then! And use support gear! I can still be a hero like that! I can still help people!”
He was determined to do whatever it took for him to still be a hero. To still help people. But his heart dropped when mama spoke again.
“Izuku don’t be ridiculous! You’d die without a quirk even if you somehow cheated your way into a hero school! You’ll never be accepted without a quirk, honey, you’re too fragile.”
Izuku felt like he couldn’t breathe. His mama always supported him and his dream, but without a quirk all that didn’t matter? Tears started welling in his eyes. Mama was supposed to believe in him- he was her hero! But, mama said he can’t be a hero. He was fragile now, he would have to cheat to be a hero and that’s not a good thing to do so he’d basically be a villain at that point. What was he supposed to do though? Being a hero is all he ever wanted.
He looked over at the table again but mama had disappeared into her room even though it was dinner time. He walked over to her door to knock and ask but heard her crying on the phone. Sniffing, he went to his own room, looking around at the All Might posters and decorations.
Izuku went to bed hungry that night, falling asleep to the muffled sounds of his mama arguing and crying on the phone.
Maybe Izuku wasn’t so lucky after all.