It wasn't a phase, for some reason, everyone actually liked Izuku, for god knows what reason.

"It's cause you're cute!" Usagi says, a sweet pretty girl with a bunny quirk, all it gives her is ultra sensitive hearing and a heart that's not too calm, Izuku thinks she's the one that's cute, he's seen her face on a picture before, she's cute, Izuku's not, he has scales.

"I bet you would be cuter if you brush away the bangs off your face."

"How'd you know I have bangs?"

"From the picture your mama showed us."

"It's cause you have a cool quirk, duh." Katsuki says, like it's something so obvious, Izuku still 100% believes that he's just lying to him.

"I know what that look says, stop being so fucking stupid Deku! I said your quirk is cool, because I'm saying it, of course it's true!" Katsuki insists, "Why do you look more unconvinced now?! Oi Deku, my quirk is cooler than you! Don't let me have to remind you! I'm still cooler and better than you, stupid!" Katsuki says, hitting his head. It hurt a bit but not by much.

Izuku had also grown horns, at first they were just a weird bump on his head, he's not sure where they came from or why they're there, and then he thought that that was it, for some reason the universe wanted him to have a villainous quirk and is trying to make him look like a villain even more! Who else would have horns aside from demons and monsters?!

"Oh, cool horns, can I touch them?" Kenji asked, the person that can turn his fingers really long. What.

"You wanna touch them?"

"They look cool."

"What looks cool?" Another kid asked, soon enough, everyone wants to touch the cool horns on Izuku's head and it makes him nothing but baffled, horns are like, the least exciting thing to be excited about, Tsubasa has really really cool wings- then again, for some reason, hasn't he been missing from class for a week? Izuku wonders when he's gonna come back, hopefully soon, he misses sharing snacks with the boy.

Defeated, he thinks his friends really are just well, he just thinks they're stupid, for liking someone like him, someone with a scary quirk like this. They should be shunning him, he's even acting awful towards them! They entered elementary, most of them going to the same school together, when cleaning, Izuku purposely only gathers all the dirt he's got into one spot and then leaves it there, that's annoying, right?

"Well, we cant let you do all the work, thanks for making it easier for us, Deku-chan!" Usagi says, scooping up the dirt like it didn't bother her that Izuku was just planning to leave it there.

Next annoying thing, "Kacchan, give me the meat on your tray." He says to Katsuki, extortion. Katsuki stares at him, then takes the meat off his tray and places it on his plate.

"Oh, you can have mine too."

"You can have mine too! I eat too much anyways-"

"Me too! Here you go Deku-kun-"

"I heard snakes don't eat veggies, I'll take this-"

"Oi, anyone else want to give Deku-"

Izuku stares at the pile of meat now on his tray, his vegetables gone, Katsuki stole it from him, someone also took his rice. He was so dazed he just ate in silence.

Next was PE. He has shirt in the bag but-

"I forgot my shirt, can I borrow yours-?" Katsuki practically shoves the T-shirt on him with absolutely no hesitation, it was a size too big on him.

"...Don't you need an extra one? You get really sweaty, Kacchan."

"Stupid, we have classes next, we're just gonna change back to our uniforms."

"...Kacchan, why do you have an extra one then?"

"S-Shut up and just wear what you're given Deku! Stop being ungrateful!" Katsuki screams at him, his face red, probably from anger, atleast Izuku knows he's annoying him.

They played dodgeball, Izuku was on Katsuki's team and Izuku didn't move at all, literally Katsuki was doing all the work here-

"You did great Deku-kun!"

This is definitely just going a bit too far.

"I don't understand why people like me so much." He murmurs, "I can turn people into stone, even if it's a cool quirk, that doesn't explain why they like me so much."

"Rough day?" Izuku startles when suddenly there's a new voice right next to him, what the hell?!

"Sorry, I thought you noticed me, too deep in thought?" The boy with purple hair said, not that Izuku knows that he has purple hair, I'm just saying it so you may have a guess on who this character is.

"O-Oh... I guess..." Izuku murmurs, still looking down.

"So, you can turn people to stone huh?" The kid said, he has big eye bags despite being only a kid, eyes too tired for someone only 6 years of age.

"I guess I can." Izuku murmurs, "I can turn them to stone by looking at them in the eye or looking at them for too long." He says, "but, it doesn't make sense, why do people not hate me for it or anything?"

The child with purple hair, raises a brow.

"...So, you want people to hate you?"

"Well no, not really but- doesn't it make sense that they should? Shouldn't there be someone telling me that I have a villainous quirk?" He murmurs, "what's going on?" The kid sighs.

"You should be glad, not many kids are blessed with nice friends like you."

"It's not that I'm ungrateful." Izuku pouts, "I just don't think it makes any sense."

"Tell me about it, I can brainwash people." The kid murmurs.

"Oh, hypnosis..." He murmurs, "Oh yeah, that doesn't sound..."

"People... don't like me for it."

"Ah, transfer to my school! I swear they won't hate you!" Izuku insists, "if you're looking for a place where everyone is nice- you should try Orudera Elementary! It's almost kinda creepy how nice people are there!"

"Hm, I guess I can try..." Shinso murmurs.

"Yeah! I'll introduce you to everyone and everything!"

"Are you allowed to talk to strangers?"

"We're both kids."

"Oh, right."

The next week, they had a new transferee.

"My name is Hitoshi Shinso, I can... brainwash people to do my bidding if I talk to them." He says, as menacing as he can, like Izuku expected, everyone started to look at the new kid, kinda starry-eyed.

"Sounds kinda cool, what do you think, Deku?" Katsuki asks, tapping his shoulder since Katsuki sits behind Izuku.

"...It sounds cool." He murmurs.

"Cooler than explosions?"

"Maybe? Brainwash sounds pretty cool. Explosions sound powerful and stuff but brainwash." Izuku murmurs, Katsuki raises a brow. Izuku doesn't notice  the seething glare Katsuki gives Shinso.

Later on at lunch, like promised, Izuku introduces Shinso again, dragging the purple haired teen to their table, everyone greeted them like it's no big deal but Bakugou was still giving him a harsh glare.

"My quirk is cooler than yours." Bakugou says, "explosions are cooler than hypnosis."

"Whatever you say." Shinso says as he continues to eat his food, oh someone gave him extra pudding. How nice.

For some reason, Bakugou has grown snappy at Hitoshi, he didn't put back his chair after cleaning the space underneath, he tends to single him out in dodgeball too and everytime he gets a higher grade on quizzes and seatworks ( which is almost every time since his grades are always perfect ), he turns to Shinso and ask him his grade then proceed to boast about how his grades are higher.

"Is it a fight? Is it a fight you want?" Shinso asks.

"I thought you'd never fucking ask-"

"Kacchan! I need help with my shoelaces again!" Shinso watched as Bakugou quickly ignored Shinso and went on to help ( and tease ) Deku out with his shoelaces.

Huh.

"Have I told you that you're cute?" Shinso asked to Izuku,  Izuku blushes, not that anyone can tell since no one can still look at his face but Bakugou slams his hand down the table and stands up.

"Stop teasing Deku! All you're doing is annoying him, it's not fun for him!" Bakugou says.

"I'm just asking if I told him. It's not like he's-"

"Deku's cute!" Bakugou screams, then his face explodes in red realizing what he just said.

"Kacchan looks red... you made him really angry, Shinchan..."

"Y-Yeah-! Y-You made me angry-" Bakugou sputters, "meet me at the back of the school later!" He says, taking his food tray away and sitting on another table, he looks really mad. Izuku sighed.

"Why do you rile up Kacchan like that...?" Izuku pouts, "he'll just end up mad... you know...?"

Shinso blinks at him and pets his head.

"You're a good person."

"Huh?"

Shinso meets with Bakugou at the back of school later, Izuku follows, it's obvious that he's following but they purposely act like he's not there, Bakugou seems really tense though.

"I don't know what you're trying to pull, I'm the only one allowed to mess with Deku here." Bakugou growled, "unless you wanna pick a fight, stop messing with him."

"When did I mess with him?"

"D-Do you even need to ask?! It's when you said that thing earlier!"

"What thing?"

"Not what thing- just apologize!"

"But I don't know what you're talking about." Shinso says, tilting his head, "I can't apologize for something I don't know about."

"Just say sorry! I'll blow you up if you don't."

"Alright. I'm sorry."

"Hmph, took you long enough."

"Have I told you how I think Deku's cute?"

"STOP FUCKING MESSING WITH ME-"

Izuku winced as Bakugou slammed Shinso to the wall, geez. He can't really hear what they're saying from here, what are they talking about?

"Deku is ugly and stupid! So don't call him that!"

"But I think he's cute, why should you care? Do you like him?" Bakugou sputters.

"Of course no! As if anyone would have a crush on a stupid ugly Deku like him! He has scales!"

"So you don't mind if I like him?" Bakugou fumed.

"You're not allowed to do that!"

"Why not? I just want to have a crush on him, what's so wrong with-" Shinso paused, realizing Bakugou is about to cry.

"Okay, I won't have a crush on him anymore."

"G-Good! Stupid- fuck you! Took you long enough- stupid doodoohead! Eat shit!" He says before running away.

"Kacchan looks really upset..." Izuku mutters to himself as he watched the scene, "I wonder what they talked about..."

The next day, Bakugou had been clingy to him, fetching Izuku from his home and dragging him to school, in class, Bakugou shoved whatever items Izuku was planning to borrow the moment he uttered it and at lunch, usually Bakugou sits to the seat across from Izuku but Katsuki made Izuku sit next to him this time, whatever happened must've really upset Bakugou to make him so clingy so of course Izuku indulged him a bit, he's only being a good friend, there's nothing wrong with that.

"Kacchan, here." Izuku said, holding a piece of meat to him, Bakugou huffed and angrily ate it.

"That food is for you Deku. I have my own lunch, stop feeding me."

"But Kacchan, you keep eating it anyways, it's fine, right?"

"Shut up! Just don't do it again!" Izuku does it again and Bakugou eats it again.

"..." Shinso watched the fruit of his actions, sitting from across of them, lazily eating his food, just one thing he knows is that Izuku can be quite oblivious but then again, it's Bakugou he's dealing with, it's probably a given that he won't know anything from how the blond was acting.

"Deku, I want some meat too." Shinso says, Izuku took a piece with his chopstick and was about to feed it to him but Katsuki already grabbed one and plopped it on Shinso's plate unceremoniously.

"Oh." Izuku says, eating the meat he was planning to give, Katsuki glared at Shinso harshly, for a kid, he looked really scary, well, it's food, Shinso took it and bit it. It's low quality beef patty, yeah, it's okay if Izuku can have it, he took it in his chopsticks and forwarded it to Izuku.

"You can eat it."

"Oh- Thanks I guess-" Izuku was about to eat it but Bakugou angrily bit it off before Izuku can open his mouth again to eat it.

"Don't eat half eaten shit, Deku."

"But Kacchan, didn't you do just that?"

"Don't fucking do the same as me then! Only I can do it!"

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At the age of 6, Izuku wasn't exactly the brightest child.

Well he is, kind of.

He can probably recite every single word of every single paragraph of every single of every single book he has read, write a summary ( although in handwriting that's not very legible yet ) and give a thorough analysis of each. The problem is that Izuku only studies what he wants and remember what he wants.

"Deku, study." Katsuki grits his teeth, pushing their textbook of history to him, Izuku picks up the book with disinterest before tossing it away- Katsuki catches it.

"Deku! Your grades are failing!"

"I don't wanna study that, that's boring." Izuku huffs, "who cares if I fail it's only a minor subject, I just need to take summer classes-"

"You're not going to summer class! You promised you and your mom will go to Hokkaido with us this summer!"

"Go by yourselves." Izuku huffs.

"No! You're coming with us so you have to pass this test!" Izuku groans.

"Kacchan... I don't wanna, please?" Izuku says in that soft, puppy voice that always makes Katsuki give in but not this time.

"No, study, or I'll keep annoying you until you do." Izuku groans.

"Fine,  if I get a passing grade, will you leave me alone?"

"Pinkie promise?"

"Pinkie promise." Izuku pouts, relenting.

"You also have to pass Science too! And Math! And English-"

"Fine fine! I'll pass all of them, shoo!" Izuku huffs, shooing him away.

Truth be told, Izuku doesn't break his pinky promise, although Katsuki stares at the spot where he once was, at the top of the class rankings but somehow- somehow Izuku didn't get a single answer wrong on any of the exams and passed it all with hundreds while Katsuki got a question or two wrong on some exams.

"I deserve a reward." Izuku murmurs, "I managed to pass everything, don't I get a treat?" Shinso stares at him.

"I have a some jerky." He says, taking out a pack and placing it on his desk.

"Mhm, thanks, I'm sleepy, I don't wanna study again." Izuku murmurs.

"You know, you should study a lot more, you can be top of class."

"I'm 6, I just wanna eat meat, chase butterflies and play chase with my friends."

"Fair point."