Traumatized

IZUKU POV

"So I heard you had your first combat exercise today how did it go?"

Mama Joke, Pops, and I were all sitting at a table enjoying our dinner. Pops had his normal expressionless expression on. Apparently he hadn't told Mama Joke the real reason for coming over tonight. I was trying to remain as calm and nonchalant as possible, while Mama Joke was just excited to get to spend time with her 'two favorite guys'.

"It went alright. I know one of the guys isn't the biggest fan of me and I'm sure today's training didn't help." I let out a nervous laugh.

She looked at me confused. "What happened?"

"I think I shattered his confidence because he lost to someone who identifies as quirkless."

Pops let out a cough to interrupt. "Maybe it's because you put a blade to his throat."

"YOU DID WHAT!?" Mama Joke slammed her hands on the table catching me off guard.

"It was nothing serious. I tied a wire to the blade that was connected to his teammate that was lying unconscious in a tub of water."

She looked at me with a serious expression . "What was the kids' quirk?"

"Electrification."

"IZUKU ARE YOU AN IDIOT!? YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES." She turned her gaze to Pops. "Shota, why didn't you stop this?"

He took a sip of his drink. "I wasn't in charge of that class today and besides, the kid wasn't in any danger."

She looked at him confused. "How exactly do you know that?"

"Because the wire was made with a Teflon coating so it doesn't conduct electricity. It was all for show to give me the advantage."

She looked back at me before letting out a sigh. "Well I guess that's fine, but it's scary how much you're thinking like Shota in combat situations."

"Well someone has to think so it might as well be me."

Mama Joke let out a laugh from my statement. "That's true. Still don't you think you took it too far with the knife? What if he fought back and got seriously hurt?"

"That wouldn't happen, he's not the type to fight back when things look bad, well at least not yet. And besides, even if he did I wouldn't let that happen. I know better than anyone how much pressure a blade needs to cut."

The room seemed to become enveloped in a dark atmosphere after my last statement. It was obvious neither Mama Joke or myself knew what to say.

"Well since we're already on that topic, isn't there something you'd like to tell us?" Pops spoke up causing an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach.

Mama Joke looked at Pops confused before a look of uneasiness spread across her face causing her to enter mother mode. "Izuku what's going on? Is everything alright? Did something happen? Is there anything I can do?" She leaned across the table taking my hands into hers as she looked in my eyes. I could see the look of worry in her eyes.

It had been awhile since I had seen her this deep in her mother mode. It was comforting but also made me feel a little uneasy. I shook my head and let out a sigh. "Yeah everything's fine there's just something I need to tell you?"

She kept the same expression as she sat back into her chair letting go of my hands. "Of course you can tell me anything."

I shot a quick glance at pops and he just nodded. Taking a deep breath I looked to the ground. "Do you remember the girl I told you about when we first met?"