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

Jirou: Looks like they've finally backstabbed us.

Kaminari: I hope we take it well.

Shiguro stretched and closed up his pawn shop. Not too many villains had come into his shop this time around, only those two kids, but somehow he'd ended up with less inventory than normal even though he could have sworn he brought the same amount. He hoped that the kids had at least had time to have fun with the weapons he sold them before the heroes came after them today. Maybe they had even captured a few objectives! They were nice kids and they didn't really deserve to be betrayed like this, but this was just the way the game was played.

Well, at least they'd know to be more careful about who they trust in the future.

Hound Dog(snorting): Oh they will, but not because of you, because of Shadows.

Mirio rubbed the sleep from his eyes as he walked into the kitchen for breakfast. Even though it was ridiculously early, the snitch was already sitting at the table. He was young, probably no more than 12 or 13, and obviously hadn't slept well judging by the bags under his eyes.

Midoriya(sputtering): I'm fourteen!

Inko: Which isn't that far off, baby.

Izuku Midoriya. Nezu must be feeling extra sadistic to make the snitch a middle schooler, especially one who was quirkless and couldn't defend himself. What if they had tried attacking him?! He could have gotten seriously hurt!

Mirio(wincing): Sorry for underestimating you Midoriya.

Midoriya: That's the whole point and I'm used to it.

Mirio understood the lesson that Nezu was going for, more or less. Not all villains were the incarnations of evil that hero society sometimes made them out to be, and sometimes didn't want to be villains at all. That was why there were programs that helped villains start on the path of redemption so that they could rejoin society as productive individuals. Giving valuable information to the heroes was a part of that process, even when the villain in question was a poor little quirkless kid who just deserved to have a normal life away from all this. Sure, Mirio theoretically knew that Midoriya was just an actor for some contracting company or another, but it still hurt Mirio's heart that there were probably kids out in the world in the same situation, so he'd just have to treat Midoriya the exact same as he would any of those children.

Toga: It's nice that there's programs to help kids in bad places.

Spinner: I just wonder where that was for us.

He nodded resolutely and gave a bright smile, "Good Morning Midoriya! Have you eaten breakfast yet?"

Midoriya must not have noticed Mirio come in, because he flinched at the sound of his voice, "Uh, not yet."

Thirteen: Sure, definitely didn't notice.

"Well, then, let's fix that!" Mirio walked over to the cupboard and got out two muffins, then tossed one to Midoriya. "Eat up!"

"T-thank you." Midoriya gave him a shaky smile. "Not just for breakfast. For, um, everything. For trusting me. It really means a lot."

Midnight: Yup, now that they've trusted him, he can definitely beat them so much easier.

Mirio smiled a little more genuinely, "Of course! I mean, that's what heroes are for right? Getting good people out of bad situations! And you've done a lot to help us too, you know. We were all talking about it last night and at this point, we've basically got the rest of the exercise in the bag! We have most of the villain's objectives here at the agency, which means that they'll have to come here to get them and we'll have the upper hand, especially now that we have you to tell us all their weaknesses. Honestly, by this time tomorrow, the exercise will be practically over!"