MHA/BNHA react to For The Want of A Nail by Clouds part 1

Izuku grabbed his bag and bolted as soon as he heard the bell. A small part of him knew that his classmates might not reject him right off the bat, this was UA after all, but the larger part of him knew that wasn't very likely. These kids were still human, which meant that they would still see him as weak and defenseless now that they knew he didn't have a quirk, just like Katsuki had.

Shinso: Gotta hate biases, whether or not they're intentional.

He hadn't even noticed Mei chasing after him until she grabbed him by his arm and spun him around to face her, "Izuku Hacker Midoriya, just what do you think you're doing?"

"Breaking out the middle name? This must be serious." Izuku chuckled nervously. "You do realize I might have a real middle name, right?"

Inko: Well he doesn't but...

Mitsuki: Someone's going to have to forcibly break him out of his shell.

Inko: That sounds very violent...

"It's too late to change it now, Izu-kun, your middle name is Hacker." Mei dismissed. "Now, why'd you run away like that?"

"Why do you think?" Izuku couldn't help snapping, but then forced himself to take a deep breath. He wasn't used to letting himself feel frustrated about things like this, but that still wasn't any reason to take things out on Mei. "I... I'm sorry, Mei-chan, but believe me, it's better if I can just avoid... everything that was about to happen. People don't tend to react kindly when they learn I'm quirkless."

Mei: Well you can't avoid your classmates forever!

"You have to give people a chance to be good, Izu-kun!" Mei stomped her foot. "You can't just run away because you assume people are going to hate you! What if I hadn't forced you to listen after you told me? Would you have run away then too?"

"Yes!" Izuku was only able to hold himself back from yelling because he remembered they were still in the hallway. "Look, you're the exception. All my life, the second anyone has learned that I was less evolved, they've turned on me. Everyone. Even my own mother started seeing me differently. I'm tired, Mei-chan. I don't... ugh! I just didn't think I wanted to deal with that today, ok?"

Inko: Oh Izuku...

Midoriya: I'm okay now, mom. I promise.

Mei looked as shocked as Izuku felt at his outburst. He hadn't really realized that all that was bubbling under the surface when he ran away from his classmates. He'd just thought he was... scared? He didn't know, but now that he was thinking about it, he realized that his frustrated self was probably more honest than he was used to being with himself. He was tired. Sick and tired of the constant betrayal that came with people abandoning him. He didn't want to do it anymore.

Hagakure: And here I thought Cheat Code was one of the better ones...

Hound Dog: All of these stories has issues. Midoriya isn't going to outgrow a lifetime of discrimination instantly.

"Izuku..." Mei's expression shifted from something almost like pity to a determined glare and he had to take a step back as she grabbed his arm and started dragging him back toward the classroom. "No. I'm not gonna let my best friend run away from potential allies just because he's scared of a little rejection! Any good inventor knows that you can't let a few explosions drive you from the lab!"

Mitsuki: Yes, go get him some friends!

"I'm not an inventor!" Izuku dug his heels in and tried to yank his arm back, but Mei had years worth of muscle from hauling around tools and materials, so all he did was slow her down. "I'm an analyst. I use past data to make predictions! And all my data is pointing to this not being a good idea!"