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

They cancelled school the day after the USJ attack to increase security, which meant that Izuku was bored. Normally, he'd be taking notes on heroes or cool quirks that he saw on the news, but all that the news was covering was the attack and he... wasn't quite ready to think about that yet. He knew that he should analyze Shigaraki's quirk or Kurogiri's warp quirk or even the Nomu's mess of quirks, but every time he thought about the whole attack, he just froze. Hound Dog had pulled both him and Mei aside before they left school the day before and warned him that something like that might happen and that it was normal and expected, but he still felt guilty and frustrated. He didn't understand it! It's not like the villains' quirks weren't interesting! He just... couldn't bring himself to think about them without panicking about the fact that he'd challenged a powerful villain or thinking through everything he did wrong that led to Thirteen and Eraserhead being hurt.

Thirteen: It's not your fault, kiddo...

What he really wanted to do was work on his quirk reports for the first years, but that required the notebooks in his workroom and the students' files, which could only be accessed from a UA computer. He'd already emailed Nezu asking if he could come in and work on them, but had been told to take a well-deserved rest, so he'd, only half-jokingly, texted Mei and asked if she'd be down to help him break into UA.

Power Loader: Mei!

She'd said 'no'.

Power Loader(sighing in relief): Thank goodness. (then he froze) Wait why'd she say no? Is she okay?

Vlad: Huh so Aizawa's not the only one who acts like a dad.

Power Loader: Sekijiro Kan!

So here Izuku was, scrolling through his keep watching section of Netflix for the fifth time because nothing sounded good. It sucked.

Izuku was just debating whether it'd be worth it to get takeout for lunch when someone started pounding on the door. Izuku jumped a foot in the air and somehow ended up hiding behind the couch. Had the villains found him somehow? Was his poor attempt at a persona not enough to hide him?

(everyone tensed except Toga)

Toga: Hm... I don't think Shiggy or Kurogiri would knock if they've tracked him down so we don't have to worry! (that made everyone a little calmer)

Izuku frowned as the person outside knocked again. Shigaraki wouldn't knock. He'd just disintegrate the door. Same with Kuroguri. If he knew where Izuku lived, he'd warp straight into the house. But if it wasn't the villains, then who could it be?

"Izu-kun! I swear to God, if you went to UA on your own!"

Mei: Oh phew it's just me.

Twice: Yeah Toga called it! I knew all along!

Izuku squeaked and raced to throw open the door and let Mei in. She already had her arm raised to knock again while Shinso stood next to her looking slightly lost. Mei didn't waste any time pushing past him and dragging him back into his apartment by the hand.

Shinso: You dragged me along didn't you Hatsume?

Mei: Guess so.

"M-Mei-Chan!" Izuku stuttered. "Not that I'm not happy, but why are you here?"

"Making sure you don't do something stupid, apparently." Shinso deadpanned.

"Hey!" Izuku gave him a glare, then started grumbling under his breath, "It's not like I would have broken into UA on my own, that'd be stupid."

Hound Dog: Breaking into UA at all is stupid!

Shigaraki(insulted): Excuse me you mutt!

Shinso raised an eyebrow, "Like breaking into UA at all wouldn't be."