3rd POV

Izuku let out a small grunt, grabbing his head. "Damn, that hurts." He whispers. Opening his eyes, he sees Bakugo sitting beside him. Smiling.

"I didn't know you had the ability to swear." I chuckle. "How do you feel?"

He thinks for a moment. "I-i'm fine." A moment passes. "So, I'm assuming Aizawa t-told you some things?" He looks down at his hands, ashamed once again of his past.

"Yea. He told me. He doesn't seem to know much about what happened over the years though." Izuku clenches hit hands together at the memories. "I won't tell anyone. You should be the one to tell people when you're ready." His green haired friend looks up to him and smiles.

"Th-thank you Kacchan." Bakugo blushes hearing his old nickname. "Hey are you ok? You look a little hot." This only makes his blushing worse.

"I-i'm fine nerd." The smaller boy smiled again, chuckling at his friend.

"Ah! Midoriya! Good morning!" Nezu hops up onto a chair. The sudden voice makes Izuku  jump slightly, Bakugo noticed, he felt a small pang of sadness. "I brought the tools, shall we turn of this pesky device?"

Izuku clutched his throat looking panicked. "It's ok, I know." I place a hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him. He nods slightly.

"O-ok." Izuku took a breath in and pulled down the hem of his shirt again. He laid down and turned his head slightly so Nezu could open the panel. The boy kept his eyes closed, tears welled in the corners of his eyes.

"Do you want to hold my hand?" Bakugo asked, extending a hand out to Izuku. He nodded and hesitantly grabbed Bakugo's hand holding it tight.

"Ok, I'm going to start now." Nezu got to work, opening a small panel on the collar. As the panel opened, as small shock travelled down Izuku, slightly stinging Bakugo as well. The boys yelped slightly at the sting.

"What the hell was that?"

"I-it was just the collar doing it's job." Izuku said in a small voice. "It w-was never meant to c-come off. J-just keep going, I'll be fine." Nezu and Bakugo shared a nervous look, but Nezu continued. Bakugo grabbed Izuku's hand again, but Izuku pulled away.

"I don't want to hurt you."

"You won't." Izuku looked up at him. His striking red eyes now more caring and soft. They join hands again.

After about ten minutes, Nezu cuts a certain wire, and the collar unclasps from Izuku's neck. The movement scares Izuku and he gasps. Everyone stares at the open collar, shocked. Izuku sits up, holding, pulling the collar away from his neck. As the metal choker is removed, it reveals skin rubbed raw from the constant electrocution and contact.

Izuku reaches a hand to his neck, not quite touching the raw skin. He winces in pain, "Ah, it stings." He looks down at the collar on his lap. It's now in two pieces, showing the intricate technology hidden within. The sight brings tears to his eyes. "I-is.. is it really o-off?" He stutters through sobs. 

Nezu runs off to grab Aizawa as Bakugo comforts him. Izuku quickly pulls Bakugo into a hug and sobs into his shirt. Backugo holds the frail boy close to his body, sitting on the bed with him.

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Aizawa POV

"As you can see ther-"

"AIZAWA!" Nezu throws the door open, slightly out of breath. "It came off!"

My eyes grew wide when the realization hit me. "Everyone stay here." I ran out of the room without another word.

When I get to Recovery girl's office, I see Bakugo and Izuku holding eachother close.

"What happened? Is he ok? Izu, are you hurt?" My questions flew at them, I was in parent panic mode.

Bakugo laughed a bit. "Chill Eye bags, he's fine." I felt myself relax a bit. I noticed the collar in two pieces on the bed. I turned my attention to Izuku, placing a hand on his back. Just as I did he released Bakugo and threw himself onto me. I held him in a tight hug.

We stayed like that for a few minutes, as we pulled away I saw his neck. "Oh Izuku, your neck." He smiled slightly.

"It's ok. I-it just stings a little. I-i'm ok." This kid.

"We will have Recovery girl patch you up, then we can go to class. Sound good?" He gives me a beaming smile and a small nod.

Recovery girl bandaged his neck, not wanting to use up any more of his energy. He threw on his uniform shirt and the three of us walked back to class. I open the door and my class starts freaking out.

Kanimari rushed to me. "Sensei we thought you died!" Ashido was next to him violently nodding in agreement. A few other students swarmed me asking questions. I'm too tired for this. I felt Izuku behind me trying to hide from the commotion. I know he's too tired for this.

"Everything is fine. Go sit down." They start to walk back until Bakugo steps through the door. Crap! He has bloob on his uniform! I didn't even notice! 

"Bakugo! There's blood on your shirt!" Kirishima shouted this, and brought everyones attention to him.

Bakugo looked unfazed. "Don't worry about it." And with that he walked to his desk, dragging Izuku behind him. They both took their seats and I continued with the lecture acting as if nothing had happened. I'll let those two decide if they tell anyone. 

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Izuku POV

Class ended and I found myself struggling to stay awake. My head kept bobbing forward, making my struggle obvious to the rest. As the bell rang for lunch, Ururaka came up to my desk with two other people. 

"Hey Deku, you seemed really tired today. Are you ok?" I rubbed my eye and smiled.

"Yea, uh, I-i was just running a little late today." She didn't seem to fully believe me, but didn't push.

"Alright. Well, I was wondering if you wanted to come to lunch with us." I looked at them a bit hesitant. "Oh! This is Atsui and Iida. Sorry, I forgot you probably haven't met yet." I waved at the two.

"H-hi. I'm Izuku M-midoriya."

"Hi there Midoriya, you can call me Tsu, ribbit." She smiled at me.

"Hello Midoriya. I'm Iida, I will be your class rep." Iida said, waving a stiff arm through the air.

"What's a class rep?" I ask, genuinely confused. The three look at me with the same confusion.

Backugo piped in. "Class rep leads the class and is basically in charge if Eye bags isn't around."

"Oh, well that's pretty cool." I smiled at them. "W-well, we should probably go to lunch then." I say quickly, trying to get the topic to change.

We walk into the cafeteria and see long rows of tables crowded with people. I notice a few groups staring at me and whispering amongst themselves. As we walked further in, the whispers seemed to grow. I could feel everyone's eyes on me.

"Hey isn't that the kid from this morning?"

"Yea, didn't he like, completely lose control or something?"

"Uh-huh. It was scary. He had a collar around his throat too."

"What's up with that?"

"Pretty weird if you ask me."

I felt my breathing speed up. I tried focusing on the conversation Tsu, Ururaka, and Iida were having, but the whispers from other students kept grabbing my attention. I pull my turtleneck a little higher, paranoid that someone will look. Suddenly, someone pokes me hard in the shoulder knocking me forward a bit.

"Hey, aren't you that kid that totally lost it earlier in the workshop?" The students around us went silent. I could feel my three classmates looking at me.

"N-n-n-no, th-that wasn't m-me." I stutter out. I take a step backwards from this random person. He had blonde hair and a nasty smirk. He pushed my shoulder again, making me stumble and fall to the floor.

"Leave him alone!" Ururaka grabbed his arm trying to pull him away. He shoved her back into a few people, bringing even more attention to the situation.

"Well Scarface, why were you freaking out? Shouldn't you be able to control your quirk by now?" My heart beat grew faster with every word. I started crawling back to get away from him, but he followed me. My back hit the wall, I used the window ledge to stand myself up.

"Come on. I know your ugly mug can talk, so spill."

"I-i-.." I could see green sparks starting to form around me. No. no. no. Not here. I need to calm down. I need to calm down now.

"Oo-hohooo, you're about to do it now, aren't you?" People started crowding around. "Well, if you won't say anything, lets see for ourselves." He reached forward and grabbed the hem of my shirt. I quickly grabbed his arm trying to stop him.

"N-no! D-don't!" He flung my arm away and used his free hand to pull down my collar. People gasped and took a few steps back.

"Haha oh shit." He let go of my shirt and let me fall to the ground. I looked into the crowd and saw a handful of my classmates had pushed their way through. They all saw. They are going to think I'm a freak. What am I supposed to tell them!? That I'm just an experiment?! A toy! 

I hear some yelling and it snaps me back into the real world. Everyone is distracted by the sound, so I use that opportunity to run. I heard someone screaming after me, but I didn't care. I needed to be away from people.

I found myself hiding in the bathroom. For some reason there was a large window in there, so I sat on the ledge and look outside with my knees tucked to my chest. 

"How am I ever supposed to be normal?" I whisper to myself. "I should have just been left there to die." I pull my legs closer and begin to cry, making no noise.

The bell rings, signaling the end of lunch. I can't face them. That was humiliating, and no doubt the ones who saw my neck have told the others. What am I supposed to do?

"Take my hand." I shoot my head up to find Bakugo a few feet away from me. He gives me a sad smile. "You never did stop your mumbling did you?" He walks up and sits across from me on the ledge. "I heard a bit about what happened, I swear I'll kick that guys ass. Aizawa found out too, so the guy is for sure going to be expelled." 

I just kind of nod to this information. "I'm sorry De- Izuku. I should have been there for you."

"It's not your fault." I say softly.

"No, I mean when we were kids." I look at him, a bit confused at this point. His eyes are glossy as he looks at me. "Th-the last day I saw you, you told me that I didn't care about you. I let horrible things happen to you at school, a-and, I did horrible things. I-i did- I do care about you a-and I just let you go. I had a horrible feeling that something was going to happen, a-and then..." He trailed off, tears in his eyes. "And then, you neve came back."

Realization hit me and without realizing it I said, "That was the day my dad sold me." Kacchan let the tears fall freely at this point.

"I-i'm sorry Izuku. I'm sorry I couldn't protect you." I untuck my legs and lean towards him, placing a hand on his face.

"Hey, it's ok. It's not your fault, plus, we were kids." His eyes meet mine. His bright ruby eyes could rival the sun. After a few seconds, his face goes red again. I cock my head to the side.

"Kacchan, your face is red again." I lift the back of my hand to his forehead. "Are you sure you feel ok?" He grabs my hand, and pulls me into a hug.

"You damn nerd, I'm fine." I smile and dig my face into his chest. He is so warm.

"You think you'll be ok to go back to class? I'm sure some of out loud mouth classmates are going to ask questions." I hesitate and slowly nod.

"I-it's o-ok. They were b-bound to find out eventually. I-i just h-hoped it would b-be a little later." I let out a huge yawn.

"You sleepy?" I nod gently. I feel my eyes growing heavy. "Want me to carry you to class?"

"No," I say quietly "I can walk." Kacchan grabbed my hand and led me out of the bathroom. I felt my face heat up and my heart skipped a beat. As we walked Kacchan seemed to notice and I touched my own forehead. I must have looked so confused. He stopped us in front of the door and looked deeply into my eyes. I felt my face heat up even more and put both of my hands to my cheeks.

"K-kacchan did you get me sick? My face won't stop heating up." He looks at me for a second and simrks, his cheeks going slightly pink.

"No nerd, I didn't get you sick." He then opens the door and we walk in.

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-same time in a warehouse the next town over-

3rd POV

"The signal is lost." 

"DAMNIT! Those pesky heroes are ruining everything!"

"Shigiraki, calm yourself." Shigiraki growled at the order,  but did as he was told. "They may have gotten the collar off, but that won't stop us from getting our weapon back."

"What do you suggest we do, master?" A distorted smile grew across the masters face.

"Bring out the Nomu and let's make them regret every getting in our way."