It's the day of the cultural festival, you fucking stalkers! The day where Shouta can't stop me from eating all I want!

Oh, and the perfect place to cause trouble.

Let me tell you: I have invested WAY too much of my time and energy into this! I did all of the cases for today ahead of time (by ahead of time, I mean, I spent the whole night doing them), so I can do today without any interruptions. I have huge plans for today to the point that I don't know how I managed to sneak this past Maijima, but I did! That's all that matters!

Basically, there is a lot of shit to do and start today.

And it all starts at four o'clock in the morning by making candy apples with passion!

"PUT ME ON YOUR SHELF!

DISCIPLINE MYSELF!

DON'T LET THE SPARKS DIE OUT!

SHATTERING EVERYTHING!

THAT HAS REFLECTIONS OF-" That's when the music cuts off. I spin around to see Shouta having unplugged my radio. He holds the plug and glares me down like I just destroyed his favorite sleeping bag, "What gives, mate?!"

"I am trying to rest when the obnoxious brat next door starts screaming a song at four in the morning. I'll let you figure out the problem." Shouta growls out.

. . .

"AW, YOU WANTED TO JOIN! CAT, PUT IT BACK-!"

"I will shutdown CAT if you play that ridiculous song."

"Uh, CAT, do a backflip!" CAT meows and does just that. Impressive, right?

Shouta watches me with a sigh, "You should be sleeping."

"It's not my fault you decided to tell Maijima to specifically not soundproof the wall between us."

"It was to make sure you weren't staying up doing something like this!" Oh shit, he is pissed. I woke up the dumpster driver at the wrong time.

"And you thought you could prevent that somehow? That's the biggest joke since Trump went into the office."

"Kid, sleep."

"Adult, no."

"What are you even doing?"

"I'm working bitch!" I make sure to sing it.

"On?"

"Candy apples!" He raises an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"It's a surprise!"

Shouta leans heavily against the wall, looking like he is about to pass out, "Did you even sleep?"

"If you consider blinking sleeping as it involves closing your eyes, I am always sleeping."

"So none."

"Whatever you want to believe in, Sho."

"Do you have any cases to do today?"

"Nope! I did them all last night!" I watch him nod slowly.

"Since you can't seem to take care of yourself, you're with me tonight."

"No."

"Izuku, you told me you were going to sleep multiple times the past couple of weeks but didn't because of work. You are 16. You are pushing yourself with all this. Have you even looked at yourself?"

"Why would I?"

"You look horrible."

"Wow, the confidence booster I needed!"

"Izuku...I'm just going to say it; I'm worried." Shouta, this is supposed to be a fun chapter! Not an angst chapter! Fine, whatever. However, that's the most straight-forward he has been about this kind of thing, so I'll give him points.

"About?" Shouta sighs at my comment.

"Your mental health. You've been through a lot of shit, and you haven't slowed down. I am asking you to take care of yourself and to feel free to talk to us. Take a couple of days to break."

"This seems sudden."

"I have been planning on talking to you about this eventually. It just appeared now."

"If it chills your nuts, fine."

Shouta shakes his head, "I am going to hope you are taking this seriously. You're still with me tonight."

"Yeah yeah, let me make my apples!"

"Just be quiet and let one of us sleep."

"Rock-a-bye baby, time to sleep tight-" My beautiful singing gets interrupted by Shouta slamming the door.

Salty!

Back to work, folks!

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Eight In The Morning

Bless, the sun is out! After I made those candy apples, I went to the support lab with Mei to inspect our inventions to make sure they didn't take a shit on us overnight. As I am a support course student, I have to show something off. I might as well do a show with my new arm! Because of the timing, that means I have to dance and do my morning assignment one arm less.

At least I have Mister Stub.

Currently, I am chilling on top of a seemingly abandoned building in my public hero costume (readjusted with one sleeve fixed comfortably). Why?

I am capturing Gentle Criminal and La Brava. Remember that significant incident that I said the two were going to do? That's today! With my wonderful intelligence, I figured out the first place they were going was this place!

You see, Gentle Criminal and La Brava are known for going to drink a quality of tea based on the size of their operation. As they have reported this is the biggest one yet, I figured they were going to get some nice-ass tea. I decided to go to the best tea person I know besides Nezu Momo and pick her brain.

This abandoned shop serves the best tea. That's an oxymoron if I have ever heard of one!

With all that explained, what's the plan?

I'm trapping them. No dramatic fight. Nothing amusing. I'm just trapping them.

Look, I know that's what everyone wants. Some heroes even extend fights just for media coverage! However, my first goal is to prevent death, injury, and damage. That's why I focus on intelligence rather than patrol. It allows me to reduce all that by substantial numbers.

Less death, injury, and damage mean less of a headache for the rest of us.

I set up a contraption above the door, which was a bitch with one arm but thank above for feet, that drops a quick-suppressant net on top of them. CAT will then come out and tie them up.

Such a cute yet practical plan!

SO BORING TO WAIT, THOUGH!

I already saw them go in in horrible disguises. I just have to wait for them to come out.

How long does it take to get tea?!

Finally, they come out. I pull the rope to drop the net on top of Gentle Criminal and La Brava.

"CAT, tie, please!" I say out loud to my visor. I hear a meow as I watch CAT roll over and pull the net with the two of them shut.

Mission Success! I hop down and land in front of them.

"Next time, you might want to consider investing in better disguises. I could tell who you two were, and even if I couldn't, you two were suspicious AF." Not that there will be a next time, but I am trying to be polite here. "Don't bother trying to get out because the net you are in a quirk-suppressant net. Follow me with the net, CAT. Oh, and while you are at it, search La Brava's face in the system."

When we are about to start walking, Gentle speaks up, "Please leave La Brava out of this. I brainwashed her to follow me. She has done nothing wrong!" Now this is interesting

La Brava interrupts, "Please, no! Gentle, you're my light! Please don't leave me!"

Gentle looks at her the best he can, "La Brava, I am not going to make you suffer for my misdeeds." Rephrase, this is REALLY interesting.

Then, she starts crying, "No, no, no! I need you, Gentle!"

That's when La Brava's entire file pops in my right eye. I don't need that. While they figure that out, I pull out my phone and scroll to the two things I need.

Manami Aiba - Quirk: Love - Love allows Manami to power somebody by telling them that she loves them. The power the recipient receives is based on how much she is in love with them.

"Huh. If the times were more advanced, that would be a viable excuse. However, as quirk research is trash, that's not possible. Also, that would just add years to your sentence, Gentle. " I say out loud, making them both go quiet with confusion. I start ambling with CAT following with the two.

No offense, but I would like to talk to them. Thank God there are no people around!

"Wait, Gentle, that's Midoriya!" La Brava exclaims.

Gentle starts to include me in the conversation, "What do you mean?"

"Some quirks like La Brava's affect the person emotionally as well as physically. With her quirk, it's possible that it adapted to her emotions so she can find someone to help quickly. That probably got some discrimination unintentionally, huh?" I turn around a moment to see her nod, "That's why this generation is trash. Quirk Therapy isn't working, and people are investing in the wrong shit.

It's useful to note that La Brava is getting arrested for hacking anyway, so stop being dramatic lovers cuz you're fucked anyway.

By the way, I am a big fan of your work! I love that you go after businesses that don't get their shit straight! If I didn't have to arrest you, I wouldn't. But apparently breaking the law is bad, so here we are."

Both of them are quiet in shock. It takes a couple of minutes of walking for them to snap out.

I quickly get bored with the silence, "You would work out well as an activist, Gentle. You have the right reasons, but you did it wrong. I know we are doing it a similar way for our beliefs, but doing hero or villain work does not always prove something or make people happy. Sometimes it's being there or a different way of fighting. I certainly wouldn't be a public hero if I could avoid it. However, I have to prove that quirkless people are capable. La Brava is a fantastic hacker. I would accept her under my tutorage.

Who knows? Maybe once you two get out, I can help."

"Why?" Gentle asks.

"Why?"

"Why wouldn't you want to be a hero? Don't you want fame and glory?" The usual thing you hear from hero wannabes, especially the public ones.

"No. I want rights for quirkless, and I want to help others without my every decision being questioned. We may be similar people, but we were raised in different environments. People just want you to follow, but you have to force your own path with blood, sweat, and tears. Even then, you might not make it. I am lucky. "

Silence. Then.

"I'm sorry, La Brava. I should have never brought you into this."

La Brava quickly intercepts him, "It's okay! As long as I am with you, I am happy! I never had it until now! You're the only one who accepted me!"

It's kind of heart-warming. I don't consider these people villains. They aren't delusional. They are like me in a sense. Fuck the Hero Commission because some people are redeemable, and they should be for how shitty society is at times.

We arrive at the police where they take them into custody, but before Gentle leaves, he faces me, "Midoriya, your chat taught me some things, and for that, I thank you. I wish you better luck than I have had in the hero course."

With that, Gentle Criminal and La Brava are taken away...

WHY DID I HAVE TO ARREST DECENT PEOPLE?! WHY NOT SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY STARTING SHIT?!

Hell, the only reason I get away with it is that I hack it off my criminal record!

Sigh.

It's people like them that show that our society is flawed. You can't look at one side of the situation. You have to look at both.

Hopefully, I can fix that.

. . .

NOW LET US FORGET THAT SHIT!

IT'S TIME TO DESTROY THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL!