Chameleon - Shoto ASD fic -

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You don't even deserve a bed. 

I know. 

-morning-

I wake up, and immediately notice that Midoriya is gone. I look at the window, and see that the bars have been moved back into place. Must've left in the night.

I get up from the floor, and sit on the bed. It still smells like Rosemary.

I open my phone, and am met with a tirade of messages.

Elphaba: What the hell did you say to Deku? He's been crying non-stop!

Tongue 4 Dayz: What happened??? Deku's a mess?!

Exploding Dandelion: WHAT THE HELL DID YOU SAY ICYHOT

Pikachu: Dude, are you okay? What's happened?

I sigh, turning off my phone. I'm actually kind of relieved that everyone's treating me the same. Or maybe it's because they don't know what happened.

There's a knock at the door. 'Yeah' I say, and it unlocks, revealing Mic.

'Hey Sho, how'd you sleep?' He asks. 

On the floor.

'Decent' I said. 'Well, I've made some breakfast, wanna join?' I'm not really hungry, but I don't want to hurt his feelings.

'Sure' I say, smiling. I follow him into the kitchen.

'Shouldn't you be at UA?' I ask. He smiles. 'Well, I think it's best is one of us is home for a little bit. This week is my week! And I'm very excited!' He says with a grin.

Yay. he gets to babysit your suicidal ass.

'So who's teaching English?' I ask. 'Got a substitute' he smiles. 

You're ruining everyones schedules. Escpeically when Aizawa babysits you. Who's going to train them?

I try and shake the thoughts out of my head. 'Here you are!' He says, plopping down a plate with eggs, bacon and toast on it.

'Thanks' I say, staring at it. 'Oh, I almost forgot!' He says with joy, clapping his hands. 'Today is cat day!' Cat day?

Oh yeah. I get a cat. I force a smile. 'Cool, thanks' I say. Mic continues cleaning up.

'Mic?' I ask. 'Yeah kiddo' he says, not turning around. 'Does everyone know?' I ask. He immidiately stops what hes doing, and slowly turns around.

'N-no. Well, not exactly'. He pauses, and I can tell he's trying to find the right words. 'Obviously myself, Aizawa, Hitoshi know, as well as Midoriya and...Backugo'.

'Oh'.

You nearly killed him you villain.

'Do you, did he say...' I trail off. Mic pulls up a chair, sitting next to me. 'I'm not going to lie to you Shoto. He told us everything'.

You are a villain.

I look down, avoiding his gaze. 'But! We know that you weren't thinking properly. That's what Backugo told us'.

He defended me?

'So what has everyone else been told?' I ask with sincerity.

'Well, just that you went for a late night walk and lost control of your quirk' he says matter of factly. I smile. He laughs.

'I know, not very believable, but that's what we're working with' he says.

'I'm sorry' I say. Mic pulls me into a hug. 'It's okay Sho. Besides, this isn't my first suicide rodeo'.

I pull away, looking confused. He smiles. 'Do you know how we came to adopt Hitoshi?' He asks. I shake my head.

'Well, Aizawa was out doing hero work. He was following some drug trafficking villain, and he saw a boy wander into the woods. Something didn't sit right. So he abandoned the villain, and followed the boy. He lost him pretty quickly, so began searching for him. Eventually, he found him...well...you can imagine'

I gasp. That's horrible. 'He pulled him down, and ran with him to the nearest hospital.' I guess that explains why Aizawa was so cut up about my attempt.

'I'm so sorry, I had no idea'. I mumble. 'It's okay, you didn't know' He says. 'Are you sure me being around Hitoshi is the best thing right now? I mean, considering his past and everything' Mic sighs.

'We did discuss this with him, but he's determined to help. And we think it could help him too, but for now, he's staying at the dorms in the teacher's flat with Shota'.

You've pulled this family apart. They are broken because of you.

'Okay' I say, but it comes out hollow. Mic suddenly stands up. 'THE SAUSAGES' He cries, running over to the oven. I watch him grab the gloves and hastily pull out the tray.

My phone buzzes.

Natsuo: I'm really sorry for the way I acted. Can we talk?