Quirkless Rejects

Prep For The Yakuza Attack

Izuku opened his eyes but quickly shut them do to the light. He peeked one open, then the other, and looked around. This... wasn't his bed... It was his dad. And Izuku was sitting in his Dad's lap leaning against his chest while Dad leaned against his bed asleep with Honey having her front paws and head draped across Izuku's legs. It was odd but somehow Izuku didn't want to move. So he laid his head back down against his father's chest and closed his eyes once more.

He listened as the members of the Quirkless Rejects walked by and conversed with each other. Izuku felt a slight breeze so he cracked his eyes open. His door... was gone. He didn't think much of it, his head felt fuzzy, so he just closed his eyes again and fell asleep.

Izuku awoke again with someone combing their fingers through his hair. It felt good. He hummed in content. The hand paused for a second before continuing. He heard a few whispers and cracked open his eyes. Grimlin and Doom were putting a new door where his old one used to be. That's nice of them. It didn't even register that everyone who had walked by had witnessed Dad being, well, a dad. Izuku decided to finally lift his head. When he did, Dad stopped combing his bangs and met his viridian eyes with his own.

"Morning, kid," Dad said softly.

"Mmmmmorning, Dad," he hummed tiredly. He felt Dad's chest vibrate as the man chuckled. "Are you feeling better now?"

"Better now?" Dad's forehead furrowed.

"Do you not remember...?" Izuku shook his head. "Remember what?"

Dad shook his head and patted Izuku's leg. "Nothing. Now get up, my legs are asleep. It's 1 in the afternoon and I've been here since 2 in the morning."

"ONE!?" Izuku scrambled to get off. He stood up waaaaaay to quickly and stumbled back but caught himself. He closed his eyes and put a hand on his head and one on his chest.

"You okay, kid?" Dad asked, standing up. Izuku nodded slightly. "Yeah-" he breathed in deeply, "- just give me- a second to- breathe." He took one more deep breath and let his hands fall. "Man, my head suddenly just throbbed or something. It's okay now but wow..."

Dad patted his shoulder. "You had a long night and your hard-of-breathing probably didn't help. You know, your breathing is scary when you sleep, there were so many times I thought you actually weren't breathing at all."

Izuku laughed. "My bad, my bad! I'll try to not die in my sleep some other time." Dad whapped him upside the head. "Come on, kid, you have to contact the other leaders, right?" Izuku's eyes widened. "You're right! Thanks, dad!" Dad waved and left, closing the new door behind him. Izuku was quick to get into costume. He looked at himself in the mirror. The greenette didn't know exactly how he felt, or if he felt anything at all for that matter, but what he did know is that his chest felt much lighter.

Today was going to be a good day.

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Izuku tapped his sunglasses as he stood before the monitor. They hadn't been working recently, though he had a feeling why. He shrugged. He stood on the stage with the QR logo behind him, they had recently got it painted on the warehouse wall behind the stage. A few of the members milled around but all were silent as they all knew this was an important meeting with the branch leaders. He waved at a few of them as Ruske set up the projector and translating devices. They grinned and waved back.

"Alright, Chief," Ruske huffed. He stood up. "You are all set." "Thank you, Ruske." He dusted off his vest and straightened his mask and sunglasses. "All good." Ruske nodded and pressed the call button. It rang for a second before America's leader popped up. Then the screen split when Russia's leader joined. Soon he had five other leaders in the chat, the five he had set for this time. He couldn't very well do all of the leaders of every country all at once so he had timed schedules for different sets. He would be contacting the second group after this one. Izuku had a full day booked.