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***Trigger warning*** Abuse!!! I will mark the section to skip if you need to I tried to put more emphasis on the emotional and psychological abuse than the actual physical abuse. 💀 This is how I will mark the action too skip in case you can't handle it. It will be at the beginning and the end of the section.

Bakugo's POV

"Bakubro could I come over a little early today?" Kirishima's voice was low and all traces of his usual happy self were gone, the hair on my arms stood up. 

"Let's go," he follows me and I look Deku in the eyes and he has Eri up on his shoulders. We were just dropping her off with Eraserhead so he could take her out for dinner. The old hag told him they needed the three of us home this weekend so he wanted to spend time with her throughout the week, it's only fucking Wednesday. I hated it but today it was useful, something tells me I don't want her to hear what Red was about to tell us. 

When we finally got to Deku's room we closed the door behind us and I made sure to lock it. Somehow we spend more time in Deku's room than mine. Suddenly Kirishima had his arms wrapped around me and he was bawling his eyes out. I will end up killing that metal extra!

Kirishima's POV

I can't, not again. Why is he doing this to me? Why won't he leave me alone? I'm not hurting anyone I swear! 

Once the door was locked my arms were around Bakubro and the dam holding my tears back broke. I felt him tense up but instead of flinching away, I just cried even harder. Bakubro wrapped his arms around me holding me in place for several minutes, but the tears just weren't stopping. 

He seemed to finally give up and the next thing I know he picked me up like a small child and carried me to the bed laying me down and crawled over me, cradling me with Midoriya on my other side so I was in the middle of a cuddle sandwich. Somehow even without Eri here it just felt natural to just let Midoriya and Bakubro take away my heartache and replace it with this calm understanding and this feeling of belonging, two things I desperately needed right now.

Midoriya please never hate me so that I can always feel at least this little love in my life. Please. 

"Shh, we have you, don't worry any more." Bakubro whispered in my ear while running his fingers through my hair. The action was more soothing than I would have ever thought, the sobs that had been racking through my body calmed to just a slight trembling.

"It's okay Kiri, no one can hurt you now." Midoriya added rubbing circles in the palm of one of my hands while he curled around me. I don't deserve you, either of you. I'm awful, a freak of nature, I'm worse than a villain.

"Tell me who hurt you, I'll end them." Bakubro hissed, it was almost like he could hear my thoughts. I couldn't answer not yet, so I only shook my head. It was too hard to tell them that my family... That my family... 

"It's okay Kiri, WE are your family now. Don't worry, we will always love you," Midoriya's words hit the nail on the head, my sobs redoubled and I just couldn't hold onto either Midoriya nor Bakugo tight enough. They went well past being bros a long time ago. What could I really call them that would even come close to what they mean to me? 

Deku's POV

Kirishima's thoughts were all over the place and since I have been training with Kacchan using 'The All Might' it was easier to actually read people's minds. I'm not very good at it, not by a long shot. But I did find that if their thoughts involved me they were a lot easier to read, in fact it was almost like they were shouting at me.

Kiri was begging for love and acceptance right now. It was worse than with Tetsutetsu, at least with him it was just surface deep. This, this was a monster just trying to understand; monster, freak, disgrace, hate. Dear All Might there was so much hate and none of it coming from Kiri himself. Someone did this to him and Kacchan was seeing what I was seeing.

"Kiri," my voice was soft, gentle, anything at all to help him even a little bit. "We need you to tell us what happened but take your time. We are here for you and we are not going anywhere. Do you understand?" He nodded his head weakly at my words and just cried for what felt like hours. 

Finally he was calming down and I made a choice and Kacchan agreed. "Kiri do you know how we do 'The All Might'?" His eyes, all red and puffy now from crying looked up at me as Kacchan continued to run his fingers through his bright red hair. 

He just shook his head no, Kacchan and I had been keeping it a secret from everyone and although there were several guesses none of them were quite right and none of them really understood the move on a basic level. 

"I'll tell you but you can't tell anyone," Kiri nodded his head, a small attempt at a smile but it didn't fool either of us. I told him how I did it; using my telekinetic/telepathic quirk. That when someone was thinking about me or at me it was easier to understand them. His eyes even all red and puffy were wide with shock but he wasn't upset he seemed super excited actually...

"So can you do 'The All Might' with anyone then?" His voice was hardly above a whisper. 

"I haven't tried, but if and only if you want, I can probably see what happened? I might even be able to bring Kacchan in as well but I don't really know. This is all guessing remember, I've never done this before." He nodded his head and lowered his eyes as if thinking about it. 

He looked up at Kacchan and in the smallest voice I have ever heard in my life asked, "Is it really okay?" 

Kacchan pulled him closer in his arms and now Kacchan and I had him held tight in our arms. I picked up my phone and sent a message in the group chat. 

Deku: Training on our own today. You can do it!

Before tossing my phone on the side table and looking back at Kirishima's confused eyes. "Close your eyes, this might take a while. Relax, Kacchan and I won't let anyone or anything hurt you. Do you understand?" He nodded slowly, he looked exhausted but he leaned his head back and very loudly I heard it. 'Midoriya.'

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Bakugo's POV (Kirishima's actually)

I woke up to pounding on the door, an angry voice I recognized but didn't know was screaming on the other side. "Get up you faggot! You will finish your hero training even if you die doing it!" The voice was low pitched and I opened my eyes to see a room I both recognized and didn't at the same time. 

I dragged myself out of bed and quickly went into the bathroom and looked in the broken mirror, my bright red hair doing some terrible bed head thing that looked ridiculous. I give myself (Kirishima) a small smile before getting ready for school. Today will be good. I can feel it!

Breakfast was just a piece of toast and I ran out of the house before a plate broke against the door. I try to ignore it though after all I'm going to UA! 

When class is over I head to the dorms but then I get a message from my mom. 

Mom: Home now

I started to freak out a bit and ran all the way home and when I opened the door there he was. My dad was standing there obviously drunk swaying in the living room, a belt in his hands. I freeze up. I thought something was wrong that they needed me, not this. Not again. Why? Tears are already in my eyes before the belt hits me the first time. It doesn't hurt I use my quirk to protect myself but that doesn't make it any easier. Why? Why? Why?

"Dad why? Why can't you just love me?" 

"You're worse than any villain, don't call me dad!" He slurred before lashing the belt like a whip at me again. Somehow even drunk he has never hit my uniform, not once. He has never hit the symbol of UA and he has never once cursed at my school for letting me attend. I can't help the tears spilling out of my eyes.  How can who I love make me worse than a villain? Am I really that bad? 

My mom watches the whole thing with a half hearted glance every once in a while. Why can't they just love me?  Am I really not good enough? Why can't my mom and dad just accept me for who I am? I'm not a villain I swear! The tears running down my face showed no signs of stopping as the world became dark again. How long did he beat me this time?

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I blink the tears out of my eyes, Red has had to deal with all that? This whole time? I pull him closer to me, it looks like he has fallen asleep while waiting for Zuki and I to finish. 

'We can't let him go back!' I wipe furiously at my eyes trying to rid myself of them. Deku just nodded his whole face covered in tears. I watched as he turned around and picked up his phone sending a text. 

I will never let anyone touch Kiri again, and certainly not that monster he calls a father. 

'Send a text to my dad too,' Deku nods not looking up. Never again. I take Kirishima's phone and edit the contact marked dad and change the number to my dad's and then I do the same with the contact marked mom. Fuck it all, I have a brother now.