Deku

I didn't even try to squirm out of Dabi's grip. I let him lead me. I couldn't stop thinking about how I had pretty much betrayed the whole class, in a way. After experiencing heartbreak from the lyrics prank I thought wasn't real, I had chosen to join Dabi. I knew the risks involved. I knew the consequences. But during that time, I had become someone entirely different from my normal self. I had become someone I never knew existed. It was like this....this thing....had been waiting to be discovered. Or like it had been asleep, waiting for the day it could wake up. And when it had....it took over. The usual, real Izuku hadn't been there. That thing had. And it worries me. What if there's more to it? What if there's another monster like that somewhere deep down? Would I ever be able to go back to Bakugo and the others? Would I even survive Dabis plans? I didn't know. And not knowing anything about that scares me.

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A little while later, Dabi had led me to our destination. For the first time since we started walking, I looked up at the building, no longer lost in my own head. But it wasn't the HQ Dabi and I had shared. "Wait-you never said anything about-!" I exclaimed, still looking up at the building. I couldn't believe he'd take me here, of all places! Well....maybe I could, actually. "Oh, shut it, kid. And come on. Don't want Shiggy throwing a hissy-fit because we're late." He gripped my wrist a bit tighter-not tight enough to hurt, but tight enough to make sure I didn't run off. I swallowed, nervous and scared-terrified, even-as he led me into the hideout for the league of villains.