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Izuku unfortunately did not have a happy childhood. Cliché as it may sound, his parents practically abandoned him; his father mistreated him for no reason that he clearly remembers and his mother also for God knows what other reasons...
What he does remember is that one day he exploded in anger... And everything went down the drain.
His quirk manifested as he cried loudly on the floor because of how his mother had taken a razor to hurt the 4 year old boy who just snapped.
And then, a drop of saliva, from the abundant accumulated in his mouth, ended up brushing against his warm breath, which unleashed the disaster.
A huge explosion occurred and the enormous flame disintegrated unprecedentedly that family he had. Among the ashes, the police found him unconscious.
It was when the national security commission showed up with an offer as he was transported to a hospital.
"We can make you a formidable hero and give you a new home, just follow us."
He had nothing, but he had always dreamed of being a hero. Who would say no to such an opportunity?
That boy with the horrible past soon became an agent...
...
The firemen were fighting the blaze at full speed. To tell the truth, the disaster was of little concern, but the fact that a pregnant woman was trapped inside and would be charred to death if they did not gain access.
The civilians were cornered in annoyance as the hero Backdraft did his best on the first floor to keep the building from collapsing.
As the fire captain became alarmed at the impending danger, a hand landed on his shoulder and made him look away.
Nearly vacant green eyes directed his full attention as he recognized the owner. He sighed in resignation as he saw that he was the one they connected with in the face of unavoidable situations.
"I got this." Were the words of the 18 year old hero in a smart suit who suddenly opened his mouth, and then let his particularity do it all.
Pyrokinesis. A Quirk that bordered on the absurd in the face of people and potential threats. A boy who could practically avoid incidents from the slightest heat index.
He was "Napalm". The promising youngster who had broken into the top 10 a few days ago.
He began to inhale noisily from his throat and all the fire inside the building went towards him as if it were an unstoppable force. There was no wind, and yet the flames flew uncontrollably into his mouth, gathering all in swirls inside his mouth until it became a small yellow ball. Then he closed his mouth and swallowed deeply, covering with his hand is to tighten the muscles in his cheeks, expelling black smoke between his lips at the apparent belch that loomed and like a gentleman he avoided.
"I will continue on my patrol. You can report that I didn't participate, as it's not his fault I couldn't stop him. See that?" the boy pointed towards the columns the captain observed, noting that the structure looked shoddy. "The owner of this building is probably responsible for this whole mess. It was inevitable..."
As many firefighters saluted him respectfully, the boy withdrew with nothing more to say, and with his serious, almost frightening look on his face as he walked away.
The captain only sighed. It was to be expected from a Todoroki.
...
Izuku entered the commission office, noticing how everything was in constant motion. Agents were coming and going and he was just resting after his duty. Kaina and Keigo would kill him if they saw him patrolling all day.
As he moved towards one of the chairs and let himself be, he noticed that someone was looking at him and he didn't even disguise it. Bah, he wasn't even trying to be inconspicuous with those huge bunny ears.
"Hey, Napalm. What's up?"
He simply turned to ignore her. Of course, she didn't budge and jumped behind him into the seat in front of him. Successfully landing on the seat, she arranged her hair to the side and looked up at him with a suggestive smile. He sighed at that.
"Mirko-san..." He began in a flat tone.
"Rumi." She said with a blushing smile, expectantly.
"Usagiyama-san..." He replied with a sigh. "We talked about this..."
"Our wedding?! Because I'm still waiting for it!"
"I'm talking about I should stop doing that. It's no fun." He argued as he noticed she wasn't paying attention to him.
"I'm not kidding!" She replied with her cheeks puffed out and red from anger. "I like you, you need someone to give you love and I'm up for it!"
"Kaina told you about my life, didn't she?" He deduced with a frown.
She nodded repeatedly, which made him let out a groan of annoyance.
"Usagiyama-san, please. People are giving us mean looks..." He insisted pitifully.
"They don't look at us bad, they look at us with amusement. You play hard to get and I'm still here, not hearing about our date."
"Date?" he asked puzzled. "When will there be a date?" he hinted lazily.
"Tomorrow, on our day off, at this address! At this time! If you don't come, I'll cry!" She replied by sticking a paper in his hand and leaving the place victoriously. He just looked at the paper wearily as he hoped Keigo wouldn't make fun of him when he came back.
Great, he liked the madwoman...
...
And now, heading home. Keigo and Kaina were advancing with him towards the house that belonged to him with his adoptive parents.
The Todoroki's.
Izuku entered first, noticing something odd when the ones who made him pass were his "brothers in arms". Rei had greeted them with kindness and an excited smile, a rare thing since they always saw each other for dinner, which meant...
He tried stopping to think, but Keigo used his feathers to mobilize him, it was then that he knew...
He had fallen into a trap.
"Izuku, our date just got simplified! Your father invited me to lunch!"
Izuku looked with a betrayed expression at Enji Todoroki, AKA dad, wedding bartender and professional hero. Touya laughed cruelly, Shoto waved a hand at him as he ate. Fuyumi and Natsuo greeted him with amusement at how their brother was gathering smoke from his mouth in anger.
Finally, in the space he would occupy, Rumi Usagiyama was sitting and patting at abnormal speeds for him to sit next to her, expectantly with an excited smile and an emphasized blush.
In the end, this wasn't so bad... It could be worse.
And then the door opened and All Might appeared with a cake. The awkward silence helped so that no one knew that he himself forgot that tomorrow was his birthday.
Nah, this was the best thing he could have asked for in his entire life.