~I've recently studied Japanese Honorifics, so hopefully I've applied them correctly. To those who understand honorifics, I hope this clears things up.~

Izuku grinned, his eyes shut in his common "ray of sunshine" grin. Tomura felt himself grin as well, considering how contagious Izuku's happiness often was. Kurogiri picked up another glass and instantly began cleaning it. Izuku turned to him, briefly wondering if Kurogiri had just started to re-clean glasses considering how little glasses he ever actually used.

Maybe it was a bartender thing?

"You're supposed to be smart, Izukun. Where'd all your smartness go?" Tomura asked with a chuckle. Izuku gasped and spun back around to face Tomura, eyes wide with disbelief.

"Tomura-nii! That's mean!" Izuku accused, pouting slightly.

"The truth is always very painful, Izukun," Tomura chuckled. Izuku huffed, glaring at him before turning to face the clock on the wall, eyes widening in alarm.

"Ah! I'm going to be late for school!" He cried, quickly gulping down the rest of his juice before scrambling off his seat to pick up his bag. Tomura blinked before turning to the clock himself, silently confirming that Izuku was indeed going to be late for school unless he bolted now.

"You should keep better check of time," Tomura lectured plainly, hiding his amused grin as he drank from his own glass. Izuku glared at him, before attempting a small smile, sighing slightly.

"I suppose that's what I get for visiting so early in the morning," Izuku muttered, roughly chucking his backpack onto his shoulder.

"You should visit more often," Kurogiri stated. "You're always welcome here."

"Thanks, Kurogiri-kun! I appreciate it!" Izuku grinned, his eyes sparkling.

"Tell me if that bastard Kacchan does anything to you today so I can kill him." Tomura growled. Izuku snapped his head in his direction, glaring lightly, but his eyes held warmth, appreciating just how well loved he was by the one he considered an older brother. But still, murder was unacceptable. He opened his mouth to say something back but Kurogiri cut him off.

"Do you want me to take you to school? I could warp you there without any trouble and it'd save you plenty of time," Kurogiri offered, not wanting the two boys to argue when Izuku was clearly running low on time.

"No, it's fine. You really shouldn't do that though, Kurogiri, you could get arrested. You know quirks are banned unless it's self defense," Izuku said. Tomura snorted but didn't turn around or say anything. Izuku sent a quick glance to him before turning back to Kurogiri. "Thanks for the offer though. And thanks for the drinks! Bye!" Izuku opened the door, immediately running out with a small wave. Tomura watched him leave through the corner of his eye, his smile long gone.

As soon as the door shut, Tomura returned his gaze to his drink. Several minutes passed in silence, the only noise the clinking of glasses as Kurogiri cleaned Izuku's glass.

"He's far too innocent," Tomura stated dryly after a while. Kurogiri nodded, silently agreeing with his words. "Do you think he'll survive with the way he keeps going?" Tomura didn't look up from his drink, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. Kurogiri stared at him, expression unreadable. With a sigh, he placed the glass on the counter.

"Perhaps. He's gotten this far after all, hasn't he? That has to count for something," Kurogiri stated. Tomura frowned. Silence engulfed the room once more as Tomura lost himself in his thoughts.

"His dream is annoying," Tomura growled out after a while. Kurogiri waited for him to elaborate, knowing the teen needed to get whatever was on his mind off his chest. "I don't understand why he's so intent on becoming a hero."

"I know there's more to it, but one of the reasons he wants to become a hero is prove everyone wrong, after all. You of all people know how much he's hated upon for being quirkless and for having a dream. Even if he let that dream go, I heavily doubt the bullying would stop. They all believe he can't do anything so he a major part of him wants to prove them wrong and that he can do something," Kurogiri explained. He knew this was a sensitive topic for Tomura, seeing as when he first found about Izuku's dream he had had a major fit and destroyed everything he could get his hands on, following by several weeks of sulking and tantrums at the slightest upset. When Izuku finally managed to get to him, him bringing up wanting to be like All Might had only worsened things for the worst. His hate for the 'Symbol of Peace' had only intensified beyond belief during that time. Mentioning All Might around the explosive teen was deadly to new extremes.

If it had been anyone other than Izuku, one of the only people he ever only opened up to and thought of as a little brother, Midoriya Izuku would have been dead several times over. Whilst Tomura still valued Izuku dearly, he had hated the one he thought as a brother for ever wanting to be like All Might. He was extremely unnsupportive of Izuku's dream, but Izuku being Izuku, persisted that he didn't need anyone to believe in him and kept perusing his dream regardless.

Tomura, secretly - although it wasn't as secretive as he thought it was - just wanted Izuku to finally have his dreams crushed and become a villain, however harsh that sounds. He wanted Izuku to see just how unjust the justice system actually was and fight alongside him to achieve his goal. Although Izuku may not have a quirk, he had so much potential - even Sensei himself believed that and hoped for Izuku to follow Tomura one day - and was capable of so much more than he let on. His analyzing skills were amazing and even both Tomura and Kurogiri had learnt a lot about analyzing quirks to find their strengths and weaknesses. In some cases, Izuku had even showed Tomura how to find a way to cancel out certain quirks.

While Tomura was occasionally tempted to just force Izuku into the villain world, he knew that he could not do that, one of the main reasons being that he didn't want to hurt his little brother. On top of that, Sensei had taught Tomura that someone like Izuku would be surely hard to break, to force him into something he didn't want to do. Even Sensei himself wanted Izuku to be a villain and had met the boy on several occasions, even being the boy to be a great influence to Tomura and stimulating his growth to levels not even he could have helped Tomura reach so quickly.

With a heavy heart, Tomura dreaded the day Izuku might actually become a hero as he would know it was only a certain amount of time before the two clashed and may become enemies. He wanted to spend as much time with Izuku before that day though, as he did not want to lose him. He could only pray that Izuku was finally see the darkness behind society before he actually became a hero.

Tomura sighed, losing himself in his drink before getting up to return to bed. Kurogiri didn't question him, knowing that he had only gotten out of bed to begin with was because Izuku had come to visit.

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Here's chapter one, not even a week after I published the prologue.

And thanks for the views, greatly appreciated!

- Lilly