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

V:TGG 15 The hospital

"Green's fine." He decided finally. It didn't need to match his vigilante gear, but green was his vigilante color, so it made him feel... useful? Not like a deku who got his arm broken at school and got his mother accused of child abuse. He was so stupid.

Kamakiri: No you're not...

The cast took longer to put on than Izuku had thought it would. It had to dry in-between the various layers, but by the end, he had a semi-comfortable cast that encased his arm from the elbow down. Now if only he actually had friends to sign it.

Everyone(wincing): Ouch...

"Alright, Midoriyas, you're almost good to go. I'll just send in the nurse who can go over how to care for the cast."

"Thank you so much." Mom said.

The doctor smiled, "My pleasure."

Once they were alone, the same awkward silence fell that had dominated the whole afternoon. Inko looked over at Izuku and wondered how to bring up what she'd started thinking about while Izuku had been getting his X-rays.

"I don't think that school is working." She said finally.

Everyone: Yeah, it's definitely not.

Izuku looked at her, "What?"

"The school." She said. "I don't think it's a good fit. If they knew what those other kids were doing to you and blamed you instead of doing anything to stop it, then..." She sighed, "but I know how close you've always been with Katsuki. I don't want to separate you from him."

Mitsuki(scoffing): Yeah, about that...

Izuku bit his lip and Inko could see his brain working overtime as he debated what to say.

"I-I don't think Kacchan would miss me."

Inko felt her heart break all over again. Had Katsuki...? She'd hoped that he had protected Izuku because he wanted to be a hero, but with how broken Izuku sounded, and how convinced he seemed that Katsuki wouldn't miss him, then... oh, her poor baby.

Bakugo(muttering): Sorry, Auntie Inko.

Inko(firmly): Katsuki, I'm not the one you should be apologizing too.

Bakugo(glancing at Midoriya before looking away): ...I know.

"We could look into transferring you to a different school." She said.

To her surprise, Izuku shook his head, "There wouldn't be any point. I'm the problem and that's going to be the same wherever I go. Going to a new school would just mean I'd be quirkless and the new kid."

Joke: I wish he was wrong...

Inko frowned. Unfortunately, she saw Izuku's logic. The bullying had started because he was diagnosed quirkless and Izuku was right, that wasn't going to change. She'd like to believe that a new school would be better and kinder, but... kids were cruel. There was a good chance his new classmates would be just as bad or even worse than the ones he had now. She couldn't do that to him.

But she also couldn't, in good conscience, send him back to Aldera. Not after how they'd had the audacity to blame him for being bullied. But what other options were there?

Nezu: How about an online school?

"What if we could find something online?" She suggested. "You can't be bullied by other students if there are none."

Izuku looked skeptical, "Does something like that even exist?"

Spinner: Yeah. I schooled online at one point actually. Worked pretty well to avoid bullies until they figured out cyberbullying.

Inko shrugged, "I don't know, but if it does, would you at least look into it? See if it's something you'd be interested in?"

Izuku thought for a long moment and Inko was starting to get worried she'd somehow said the wrong thing when Izuku smiled, "Okay, Mom. I promise I'll look into it when we get home."

Hagakure: He's smiling... ouch my heart...

"Tomorrow." Inko said. "When we get home, we're not going to worry about anything except eating dinner and watching TV. deal?"

Izuku laughed, "Deal."

There was a knock on the door and the nurse walked in, "Hello, Midoriyas. I'm here to give you some instructions, then you'll be good to go. That cast needs to stay on for about six weeks to give your arm adequate time to heal. Keep it dry and don't participate in any sports or vigorous activities that could irritate your arm until you get the cast off. Make sure to call us if you think anything is wrong and that's about it! You're free to go."

Monoma: So looks like no vigilantism.

Midoriya(freezing): Uh oh.

Mom thanked the nurse and they left. Izuku felt his stomach twist as he mentally reviewed the instructions. He wasn't allowed to do any physical activity that could jostle his arm for the next month and a half. If he did, he could reinjure his arm, which would just cause more trouble for everyone and put Mom through all this worry all over again, and he couldn't do that to her.

So what was he supposed to do about his vigilantism?

Midoriya(standing up and looking at Aizawa): Aizawa-sensei I'm so sorry!

Aizawa(perturbed): ...Why are you apologizing, problem child?

Midoriya: Viridian's going to take a break from being a vigilante and this is right after the other you realizes he's suicidal! (everyone realized what he meant and Aizawa groaned, rubbing his head, already feeling a headache.)

Shoji(wincing): Ouch. Poor sensei.

Mic: This is going to be so hard to watch...

Vlad: You mean more than it already is?

Jana: Anyway next story.