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Midoriya is on the rooftop, trying to ground himself from the rough day he had. Let's be honest, the rough life he had since he was diagnosed quirkless at the age of four. From the physical and emotional abuse caused by his peers and teachers, being called weak and useless on a daily basis, getting the pity looks from his mother and overall being forgotten about society or for worse being told that death will cause everyone relief because he the quirkless Deku will be gone.
The only reason why Midoriya hasn't given into the despair or listened to everyone is because of his dreams of wanting to become a hero. It's so frustrating to hear everyone tell you to give up, and your dreams are impossible. So there he is, Midoriya on the rooftop, staring up at the sky on the edge, trying to drown out the pain so he can see tomorrow.
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Erasehead is working his night shift, It's already three in the morning. He has less than an hour left of his shift, having already captured numerous villains and petty criminals , making the last stretch of patrol, Eraser sees something In the peripherals of his vision, A child sitting on the edge of a roof. Erasehead has been a seasonal underground pro hero for at least 10 years now, but cases like these always sink his heart. He notices that this child looks resigned but peaceful at the same time. Therefore, Eraser treaded slowly, on edge, and ready to act fast if needed to. Slowly dropping onto the rooftop and slowly creeping towards a child to not scare them off, ask softly but firm tone, "Would you please get down from the edge, so we can talk, kid?"
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Midoriya froze, too lost in his thoughts when he heard the voice behind him. his thoughts were racing.'Who was behind him? Are they friendly or villain, am I in trouble? Oh, kami, whatdoid-'
" Kid, can you hear me? Can you please focus on breathing with me? "
"I'm so sorry, I don't know what is happening to me, why can't I breathe?"
" It's okay, kid, I'm here with you. You're not alone, okay? Just follow my breath." The man said while putting my hand to his chest to match his breath and pull me down from the edge to the ground of the rooftop.
Slowly, Midoriya started to breathe regularly. When he was ground, he noticed that the man had never left his side. Taking this time to analyze the man, he noticed the man's disheveled look, a scarf around his neck, a taller average build, yellow goggles peeking out of his scarf. Wait, scarf yellow goggles, messy hair scary looking, is this the undergroundproheroEras-."
"Hey, kid back with me? I can hear you mumbling about something with my capture scarf."
"Holy shit, you're really Eraserhead? OMGOMG "
"Okay, so you know who I am. Great makes this easier, but how do you know me? You shouldn't knowho i."
"Well, it's because you're the coolest underground hero ever, and you fight the majority of the time quirkless, and you're the biggest inspiration for me to become a hero, well besides All Might of course. "
"Okay, that was a lot, but okay, since you know who I am, can I get your name, or am I going to keep calling you kid, kid?"
"Oh, my name is Izuku, sir. Sorry for mumbling, I know people find it creepy and irritating ,"
" Nah,it's okay kid you don't have to apologize for that. And please drop the sir, which makes me sound old, kid. "
" Oh, okay, sir, are you still going to call me kid? Huh, Eraser-san ?"
Eraser sighed to himself. 'The kid is not going to drop the honorifics, is he?' chuckled' right, so Izuku mind telling me why you're up here? It seems rather daunting up here?"
" Oh yeah, forgot we were up on the rooftop. Um, I was up here to clear my mind / Eraserhead, sir ! WAIT, I WASN'T Going jump if that's What you're thinking Of course youwerethink that you probably Seems many cases like those . That's probably why Erasehead is here. He probably thinks I'm a jumper . I'm not sir, I promise, Oh Kami, I'm wasting your time just by being here with you. You're most likely still on patrol, and here you are with me. I'm not going to jump. I can't do that to my mom. She still loves me, right ? She would care if I was gone ... But what if her love is truly a pity? Would she be happy if I was gone ? Will everyone be happy? No stop, STOP IT. I can't think like this, and even if I did, I still need to become a hero first, or that will mean everyone was right. That I am the stupid useless Deku that can'tdoanything right, oh no I can't even die right Why am I thinking like this Why am I spiriting again / why can't I stop why is everyone always right?!......... please help! "
"IzUKu BREATHE," Erasehead yelled out, abruptly stopping all thoughts.
"It's okay, lzuku. I got you. I'm right here. I won't leave you. Izuku , you have been so strong for so long and hurt by so many others. so strong, you'll make a fine hero with your determination and intelligence. It's okay for you to cry it all out, all of that pain you hold. that doesn't make you weak at all. Izuku, you're going to be okay. No one is up here to hurt you. You're safe with me , so cry out the pain. I have you."
And with that, Izuku cries his heart out. For the first time in a long time, he hasn't felt so comforted and safe. But, here he is in the arms of a hero holding him , comforting him with the sweet words he had long for all this time. Therefore, without any more convincing, Izuku broke down in the hero's arms. curling himself into the hero almost in the way of a small child looking for comfort from a parent. With that, Izuku promptly passes out, due to all the turmoil of feelings, for once feeling SAFE.
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Erasehead, while cradling and comforting this small hurt child he doesn't know what to do. When hearing that the kid is quirkless, he quickly understood that the original protocol would do more harm, then help the kid. But right now, the only thing on Eraser's mind is to provide comfort and protect the child at all costs. He'll be damned if he leaves this child with someone incompetent , and that would cause more harm to this child.