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It was already dark outside while Izuku waited in his room for his mother to come home. The moment Inko entered the house, he got nervous. He started walking circles in his room and talking to himself.
"It's okay, you can do that, Izuku. You have good arguments, as long as I don't need to say which school everything is going to be ok... Right?" He took a long nervous breath and decided to talk to his mother now.
He slowly started to walk towards the kitchen The moment he reached it and spotted his mom he asked her. "Mom, can we talk about something?"
"What do you want to talk about?" She turned around and focused her attention on him.
"Well... It's a difficult theme" Izuku said nervously. When Inko gestured for him to continue he said. "I- I want to go to high school."
"You want what?!" She asked and looked at him angry and surprised at the same time.
"I know y- you don't want me to be s-seen by others but... I have the feeling I can't c-continue with homeschooling..." she looked at him with a serious and skeptical expression ,,...a-and no one is gonna notice a-anything about me. I've gotten really good at hiding it." He began to fiddle with the corner of his shirt
Inko took a deep breath "when do you need to apply"
"In a-about 6 months?"
"If you behave for the next few months I'll let you apply but don't bother me with school problems or anything else." She said harshly. Then she concentrated on the food she was cooking for herself
Izuku started to smile brightly he wanted to screech out of happiness but suppressed it. "Thank you sooo much"
He left for his room. The moment he was alone he jumped out of happiness. "Now I only need to train for the exam" he said happily. "oh I need to stay silent" he whispered to himself.
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The rest of the day he developed a training program for the next 6 months. The program was detailed with exercises, set times and diet considering his available resources. Every week was planned based on his ability and the progress that he was supposed to make. He even set the time he is supposed to wake up, do work for school, do chores at home and go to sleep. As long as he follows his program he should be able to succeed in the entrance exam.
After he created his program he started to analyse the past exams of UA.
Every year they do something new for the exam. Based on Izuku's analysis it's highly possible that ist gonna be a fight in a city setting because of the place and resources of UA. It could be a fight against the other applicants, but Izuku thought of the high risk of seriously hurting each other which is why he put that idea aside. It may be a fight against teachers but there are more than 1000 applicants every year and the implementation could be too difficult.
He thought of many possibilities though till he got an idea "Oh... it could be robots" he started smiling. That's the easiest possibility. 3 years ago they also used robots in a rescue scenario and UA has a high budget and high-quality technology.
He hopes his theory is right. But at the same time, he thinks he isn't smart enough to outsmart UA.
Now he only needed a place to train so his mother wouldn't see him. Most things he can do in his room while his mother is at work but he can't train his quirk at home or at a place where someone could see him.
"Well... mom is still at work for at least 3 hours" he realised overthinking his options. Izuku puts on clothes and binds his wings. After he looks in the mirror to check if he looks like a human he goes out. Izuku is searching for a place to train. He needs to be fast because soon he will reach his time limit.
Today he used his small wings for the time he cooked food and sat with his mother together while watching TV, Without he wouldn't have been able to bind them in front of Inko. Normally he regenerates his quirk in the evening but if he wants to start training tomorrow he needs to go outside and find a place to do his training. He should at least have an hour left. And even if someone saw him, who would care about an animal?
He walked through the streets thinking of a place no one would go. "Wasn't there a beach full of trash?" He walked to the Dagobah beach.
When he reached the beach he directly smelled the trash. "Oh, it's really disgusting here..." he looked around the beach,...I can work with that." He started muttering to himself thinking about using the trash in for his training.
"Fuck... my time limit." Izuku runs towards his home. Trying to be fast because his wings started to ache. When he exceeds his time limit too far his wings slowly start turning back into the big form.
When he's almost there he encounters an ongoing villain fight that is blocking his way home. "Fuck what do I do now?" his time limit ran out and his wings already started to grow bigger under the bindings. He needed to unbind his wings. Before someone can see him he looks around for an alley and runs towards one, hiding around a corner.
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Hawks Pov:
"Hawks we send you a location. Go there and support the already acting heroes!" Hawks heard the voice of his handler in his earpiece.
"Yes, sir" Hawks spreads his wings and starts flying towards the villain fight. His giant red wings carry him fast through the sky. When he reached the location he noticed that Kamui Woods and Mount Lady had the situation under control. He decided to go on the lookout for civilians overcrossing the barricades. While he made sure the civilians behaved he whispered to himself. ,, At least today there are no hero fans that are running over the barricades just to be near a hero"
For some minutes, she just watched over the small crowd building at the barricades "What's wrong with that boy?" He spotted a child nervously looking around. He looks like he's in pain and struggling with something. "suspicious"
He narrowed his eyes watching as the boy walked into an alleyway. Hawks decided to follow him. The kid could be on the same side as the villain and he wants to make sure that he's okay.
Hawks slowly flew to the entrance of the alley and heard a rustling sound out of the last corner.
He watched as the boy removed the bandages around his body. Is he hurt? Why is he bandaged?
As the boy continued wings came through and the boy breathed out relieved. His feathers look broken and dull his flight feathers are short as if they were clipped. Did no one teach him how to preen his wing right? And why the Fuck did he bind them? That's unhealthy. Is he getting abused? Somehow it reminded him of his own past. His wings were bound by his handler so he could train in combat without his quirk. And he needed to learn for himself how to preen his wings until he got access to the internet at 15.
He was deep in thought about his past until his and the boys' bright green eyes met. The child looked afraid and his almost blue wings started to puff up out of fear. Oh, that's kind of cute the baby bird is trying to frighten me.
"Hey, it's ok. I just wanted to make sure you're fine I'm a hero" He held his hands up and pressed his wings to his body so he looked less threatening. He hopes the kid would feel safer like this "are you hurt anywhere? What happened?"
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Izuku's Pov:
Fuck someone saw me what do I do now? He started panicking on the inside I need to get away. He looked at the young hero again and noticed a pair of bright red wings on his back. They are beautiful. "he's like me" He said out loud without noticing.
"Yes, we are both avian" the hero stretched his wings out to show them. ,, What happened to your wings?"
Oh Fuck i didn't answer his questions. he realised and started to panic even more. ,,yes I'm fine. Everything's fine." He scrambled up and started to reach for his things to find a different way home. how am I supposed to walk around like this if I can't hide my wings? I can't put my shirt back on.
"hey kid are you sure? You don't look alright and why did you bind your wings?" Hawks asked again now pressing more for an answer.
"um... I-it's because o-of a m-medical reason" he said out of panic. His brain isn't working fast enough to find a plausible answer.
"medical reason? What the hell?"
"I-its just that my wings are weak a-and I c-can't use them properly. T-that's why I bind them so they aren't in the way."
" Interesting," said Hawks letting Izuku think he believes him ,,I guide you home you look pale"
" No, you don't need to i'm fine" Izuku said while waving his hands in front of him.
,,I insist I can't let a child walk around this late without a fitting shirt in such a dangerous region of the city"
I can't refuse "I'm really fine but if you want to..."
"Yes i want" the winged guy said. Izuku started to walk a detour towards home, closely followed by the young hero.
"Can I ask you something?"
"go on" the hero looks at him.
"Are you p-perhaps the number 3 Hero?" Izuku asks nervously. Trying not to be rude.
"Yes the one and only Hawks" the hero says proudly spreading his wings to show them off slightly.
That's such a bird-like behaviour. I also want to have such beautiful wings. Izuku sadly looked back at his own wings.
"Is something wrong?" Hawks is looking at Izuku with a worried look.
"N-no... I h-have another q-question" Izuku was really nervous not knowing if the question was appropriate but Hawks is the only one who could help him with this problem.
Hawks gestured for him to continue "I-I wanted to ask you h-how you preen your w-wings?" Izuku closed his eyes expecting to get yelled at. butt... Hawks just chuckled lightly.
"Well its hard to explain. I would love to help you but I don't think we have enough time now. Maybe we could meet another time this week?"
Izuku was surprised that the number 3 hero wants to help and even meet him again. "what? Really t-that would be really kind of you." Maybe Hawks is gonna be one of Izuku's favorite heroes.
"Does the day after tomorrow sound good?"
Izuku started smiling brightly at the thought of meeting him again and even learning more about his wings. "would it be ok if we meet at Dagobah Beach?"
"Yes totally let us meet at around 7 am if that's fitting for you?"
"Of course" Izuku nods his head fast
They both started to talk about Hawks' hero job while Izuku had already started to feel a bond between them. Maybe I feel a bond between us because we are both avian. He feels safe around him. In contrast, he reflects on the fact that he never feels safe at home and must suppress all his instincts.
While Izuku was deep in thought they finally reached his house. "That's my home thank you for bringing me."
"It's always a pleasure to help people in need. I see ya the day after tomorrow" with those words Hawks spread his wings and flew away at high speed.
Wow, how is he so fast? Izuku watched him until he was out of sight. Izuku remembered that his mom was about to come home so he ran home hoping that he would have enough time to fake that he was sleeping. If she finds me I'm never allowed to go to school again.
He safely made it home without Inko even noticing that he was outside.
Izuku couldn't sleep because he was thinking about his next meeting with Hawks and how beautifull his wings ar gonna be.