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Izuku sat on his bed as Mina swirled around in the chair at his desk, and Toru laid on the ground, making light in her hands and changing its color. The trio wasn't sure what to do today. Hitoshi was apparently out of town with his dad, and Himiko still hadn't resurfaced. Mina spoke softly, pulling her partner's attention. "Izuku, when Toru was getting One for All. what did you talk to Nezu about?"

Izuku sat up a bit as Toru crossed her legs and stopped laying down. The teen cleared his throat and said. "Well... when we all confessed. I told you two about a friend who I lost."

The girls nodded, and Izuku took a deep breath. "When I was four, my friend Katsuki Bakugo and I both developed our quirks. He could sweat nitroglycerin and make it explode, and I could produce gas that puts people to sleep."

Izuku sighed and looked at his notebooks on the bookshelf. "He was always kinda aggressive personality-wise, but after his quirk came, he started getting physically aggressive. People praised him constantly for his ability to be a hero, and some of them said the same about me at first. As time went on, he got this ego and thought everyone was beneath him. He started bullying people he saw as weaker. Once we were in middle school, others joined his side to keep him from picking on them."

He looked at Mina and could see the worry in her eyes, and Toru's posture spoke volumes. He gave them a sad smile as he kept talking. It was all coming out now, and he couldn't stop it even if he wanted to. "I couldn't stand by and do nothing, so I got in his way a lot. I became his main target, and others decided I was easy to go after. They spread rumors and accused me of using my quirk on others. The teachers at Aldera didn't care about me. They saw my quirk as villainous, so they sided with Bakugo."

Toru got up and sat next to Izuku, hugging him. "I never realized how bad you had it before coming to my school."

Izuku's shoulder shook as he thought back to everything he had to deal with before meeting Toru and Mina. The pink girl herself was on his other side hugging him as well as Izuku kept talking.

"N-Nemuri caught Bakugo attacking me one day. The police warned him since it was the first official time he got caught. H-he ignored it and attacked me again. I got hurt and ended up at UA to get treated." Izuku rubbed his eyes as tears started to stream down his face. "They helped me. He got in trouble again, but I asked Nezu to go easy and not report it to the police."

His girlfriends tensed, and Mina asked. "Why would you do that? He sounds like a huge asshole who doesn't deserve it."

Izuku chuckled. "He really was, but he used to be my friend, and I saw potential in him to be a good hero. I also knew he would end up a vigilante or, worse, a villain if he was kept out of hero schools. I don't know if my old friend will ever come back, and frankly, I don't think I care anymore. I have Nemuri, Hirooki, you two, Hitoshi, and Himiko. I just don't want him to realize where he went wrong before he hurts anyone else. I asked Nezu why he listened to me back then, and he gave his reasons. it's stuff I probably shouldn't talk about to others."

Toru squeezed him as she said. "Well, hopefully, he becomes a better person, and if he doesn't, I'll fry him with my laser beams."

Mina giggled. "I'll melt what's left with my acid, and no one will be the wiser."

Izuku laughed as his tears dried, and he hugged them closer. "You two are more than I ever thought I'd have. I'm glad you're here. I-I love you two so much. Thank you for being in my life."

The girls blushed hard and buried their faces in his shoulders as they muttered their love for him and each other. After a bit, Mina stood up. "Alright, come on, we're going to the park and going on a walk. We can't just sit around here all day."

Izuku and Toru smiled as they got up and followed Mina out the door.

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Izuku sat in Hitoshi's kitchen as his friend was putting together some dinner. Izuku had offered to help, but Hitoshi admitted he doesn't work well with others in the kitchen. As Izuku waited, he asked. "How have you been? I feel like we haven't hung out outside of school in a while."

Hitoshi shrugged, "I'm good, and don't worry about it. I don't need you guys around all the time. I'll let you know if I feel like doing something."

Izuku chuckled and petted a black cat as it hopped onto the table. "If you say so. Hey, how many cats do you have?"

Hitoshi looked at the black cat on the table before turning back to what he was doing. "Three. Shadow who's on the table, Coco and her sister Vanilla who are somewhere."

"You're lucky your place allows pets. I'm pretty sure Nemuri would have gotten something by now if she could have one." Izuku said as Shadow purred and stretched out in front of Izuku.

Hitoshi snorted. "I don't think my dad could handle living somewhere without his cats."

"It's only logical. Studies prove pets help with a person's mood. As a pro, I need to be at the top of my game physically and emotionally. The cats help with that."

Izuku looked up to see a very tired and disheveled man standing in the doorway. He looked at Izuku and said, "You're Nemuri's kid. We haven't met yet. I'm Shota Aizawa."

Izuku nodded. "Yeah, uh I"m Izuku Midoriya. Hitoshi told me about you; you're Eraserhead. It's nice to meet you, sir."

Shota waved him off. "Aizawa is fine. I'm not working right now. What are you two doing?"

Hitoshi's glanced over as Aizawa grabbed a few jell packs from the fridge. "We're just catching up and eating dinner. His mom is out on a date, and his girlfriends have family stuff to do, so he's all alone tonight. I took pity on him and let him come over."

Izuku scoffed, "You make me sound desperate for human contact. All I did was ask if you wanted to hang out."

Hitoshi nodded. "The desperation was evident in your voice. It's ok to admit to it. There's no shame in wanting to be around people."

Shota shook his head as he started making coffee. "Nemuri says you're going for UA. Have you thought of asking her for a recommendation?"

Izuku scratched his chin. "I'm not sure. I didn't know if UA teachers could recommend people."

"They can. We just don't do it a lot. I offered to recommend Hitoshi but-"

"But I declined. I've already decided I want to get in through the normal exam even if it'll be hard." Hitoshi said as he plated up dinner.

Shota shrugged and poured his coffee into a travel mug, and headed for the door. "It's your choice. You two have fun and don't mess up my apartment. I'll see you in the morning Hitoshi."

Hitoshi put the plates down as he said. "See you, tomorrow dad."

After Shota was gone, Izuku groaned and said. "Shit, I forgot to ask for an autograph."

Hitoshi chuckled as he started to eat. "Guess you'll have to ask when you see him again."

Izuku stared at his friend with a flat look. "I've known you since our first year. We're halfway done with our second, and this was the first time I met him. I have a better chance of running into him at UA than I do in his own apartment."

Hitoshi laughed as he pushed Shadow away from his dinner. "True."

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Izuku yawned as he walked into his apartment. He had stayed at Hitoshi's longer than he thought, and it was late. He was just glad it wasn't a school night. As he walked by the kitchen, he noticed the light on and stopped expecting to see Nemuri up. The silver eyes of Hirooki were not what he was expecting to see. Hirooki slowly stopped drinking the glass of water and smiled. "Hey... your home."

Izuku nodded, his tired brain not really clicking things into place. "Yeah... goodnight."

"...Goodnight."

Izuku went to his room and slipped into his pajamas before laying down and getting comfortable. He closed his eyes and felt sleep creeping into his mind until it came to a grinding halt, and his eyes shot open. 'That was Nemuri's shirt they were wearing. Also, it's like two am... fuck I should have stayed at Hitoshi's.'

Izuku struggled to fall asleep after that and spent almost two hours staring at his ceiling, letting his mind go blank as he refused to think about anything now. He fell asleep eventually and woke up the next morning feeling tired but unable to go back to sleep. Though he closed his eyes and refused to get up anyway. He was not going to participate in any awkward morning run-ins. He'd just stay in bed till someone texted him or knocked on his door.

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Nemuri sipped her coffee as Hirooki sat across from her and smirked. "So is he gonna just stay in his room all morning?"

Nemuri sighed. "I wouldn't blame him." She covered her face. "I can't believe you two ran into each other last night."

Hirooki chuckled. "I'm just glad he didn't realize I wasn't wearing pants. That would have been embarrassing."

Nemuri groaned and let her head hit the table. "I didn't think he was coming home."

Hirooki patted her head. "It's ok. This is all normal stuff. Besides, it's not like I'm trying to move in. This will still be your and Izuku's space. I just stopped by for longer than usual."

"I guess you're right." Nemuri picked her head up to see Izuku walking into the living room. "O-oh good morning Izuku."

Izuku stopped and smiled a bit. "Hey... uh, I gotta skip breakfast. Toru said she had something to talk about. I'll be back later."

"Tell her I said hello and make sure you eat something. You gotta stick to that diet your trainer gave you."

"I will," Izuku called out as he put his shoes on and left.

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Toru groaned as she woke up and rolled out of bed. Her extended family came over and stayed way too late. She had desperately wanted Izuku and Mina there, but her grandparents were... old fashioned. While they wouldn't have had a problem with her dating either Izuku or Mina, they would not have understood the three of them together. She walked into the bathroom as she let her quirk roll across her skin. Ever since she got One for All, her quirk felt like a tensed muscle, so she would 'stretch it' by refracting light all over her body and changing its color as she stretched her actual muscles. Toru reached down and splashed some cold water on her face to help her wake up before looking back up and screaming.

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Izuku looked around the beach, trying to spot his invisible girlfriend. He checked his phone and saw she said she was on her way. It was odd, though, that she hadn't texted in the group chat. Maybe she was going to plan something for Mina's birthday. It was coming up soon.

Izuku turned as he heard footsteps behind him and stopped as a pretty girl smiled at him. Her face was splashed with freckles, and her eyes were different colors. The left one was a bright green, nearly the same shade as his own eyes, and her right eye was a coral pink. Like her eyes, her hair was two-toned. The left side was coral pink with streaks of brown, and the right side brown with streaks of coral pink. "Hey~ what are you doing here?"

Izuku's eyebrows furrowed, and tried not to blush as the very pretty girl got closer. Her voice sounded familiar but off in some way, so he couldn't tell who it sounded like. "Um, waiting for my girlfriend... Do I know you?"

He groaned internally as the girl threw her arms around his shoulders.  'Why do all the really forward girls run into me?'

"What's your girlfriend look like?"

Izuku tried to back away but found her grip stronger than he thought. "U-um invisible... around your height... and build..."

"Invisible? So you don't even know what your girl looks like? How do you really know if you like her? She could look like anything."

Izuku's look hardened. "Doesn't matter. I love her for who she is, not what she might look like."

The girl blushed hard and released him before covering her face and groaning. Her voice stopped sounding off, and Izuku's eyes widened as she disappeared and spoke. "Oh my god, I can't do this. I was gonna mess with you, but that was so sweet, and ugh, I love you so much."

"Toru?!"

The invisible girl became visible and showed her face again as she smiled. "Surprise."

Toru stared at her boyfriend as he went through several emotions and variations of emotions while his mouth hung open like a fish. "I... you. You were. Are visible and... you look so cute."

She blushed as he cupped her cheeks and looked closer at her face. "You have freckles."

Toru giggled and tried to keep her focus on her quirk and not her boyfriend getting very close to her face and staring at her intently. She idly remembered the intense look he had when he won her the stuffed rabbit. He was currently doing that face as he inspected her now visible features. "You... How did this happen?"

"U-um well. I was stretching and using my quirk. I told you how tense it felt in the morning and when I looked in the mirror this morning, I saw my face." She gave him a quick peck on the lips before putting some space between them so she could focus on something other than his eyes. "After the panic subsided, I managed to do it again and showed my family. Then I decided to try and tease you but you... well, you're too sweet, and I couldn't handle it."

Izuku blushed and cleared his throat. "Well, you and Mina aren't gonna be around all the time, so I need to deal with forward people who hit on me by myself. They need to know how much I love you two and that I'm taken."

Toru closed the distance and kissed him again so he wouldn't see her embarrassed face. She held the kiss a bit longer than usual and felt herself relax and become invisible again as Izuku wrapped his arms around her waist. Toru pulled back and rested her head on Izuku's chest. "Stop being such a sweet nerd. I'm trying to focus on my quirk here."

Izuku chuckled, "Sorry... so you need to focus on your quirk to be visible?"

Toru nodded but didn't try to move away as she said. "Yeah, it's easy, and it'll probably become second nature if I keep trying, but... well, when you say the things you do, I get all flustered and lose control."

"Sorry... we should go tell Mina," Izuku said, stepping back so he could look at her.

Toru wanted to just cuddle Izuku, but she knew if they went to Mina's, she could have both of them cuddle her... "Yeah, let's go see Mina right now."

As they walked, Izuku asked. "Are you gonna try and prank her like you did to me?"

Toru tapped her chin. "Hm, no... I don't think I could handle whatever Mian would say. She'd probably see right through my attempt anyways. I'll just show off when we're in her room."

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Izuku knocked on the door and stepped back. He had texted Mina on their way over to make sure she was available. The door opened to reveal a tall, well-built man with pink skin and three horns poking out the top of his black curly hair. His eyes were pink with black sclera, and they scanned the two teens before a smile broke out across his face. "You two must be Midoriya and Hagakure. Mina's partners, right?"

Izuku nodded "um yeah..."

The man held his hand out. "I'm Nakita, her older brother. It's nice to finally meet you two. Wish we could have done so sooner, but it's been crazy for me."

Izuku shook his hand then Toru did as well as she said. "It's ok... is Mina busy? We wanted to talk to her."

"Oh, did she do something?"

"N-no, it's nothing serious," Izuku said, waving his hands frantically.

Nakita laughed, "I'm only messing with you. Come on in; she's in her room. You know the way up?"

Izuku nodded and walked in. They stopped and said hello to Yuki as she held the newest member of the family Yashiro, a boy with a crown of horns poking out of his pink and black hair. His eyes were black with gold irises. They stared up at Izuku and Toru as the teens looked at him. Yuki smiled as she said, "he's a great kid, but honestly, I'm hoping when his quirk comes in, it's acid. Dealing with things melting occasionally is a lot better than a child who can read or affect emotions."

Toru laughed. "Maybe you'll get that rare occurrence, and his quirk won't be like either of yours."

Yuki gave her a deadpan look. "Please don't joke about that."

Izuku chuckled a bit. They moved on as Yashiro started to squirm and cry. Yuki sighed as she started to care for her child's needs.

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Mina opened her door as someone knocked on it and found her partners waiting on the other side. Mina smiled and pulled them into a hug and into her room. "Good to see you two. What's up? Could you just not stand the idea of not seeing me for a day?"

Izuku smiled and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek while Toru kissed her other cheek making Mina blush lilac. Izuku said. "Partly, but also Toru has something she wants to show you."

Mina raised an eyebrow as Toru stepped back and shook her hands, making her silver bracelets jingle. Mina chuckled. "Should I get some shades, so I don't go blind?"

Toru laughed. "Maybe. Izuku acted all cool, but I knew he thought I looked hot."

Mina looked at Izuku, who blushed and cleared his throat. "Just show off already, Toru."

Toru giggled, and Mina turned her attention back to her girlfriend as she glowed, and slowly as Mina's jaw dropped, Toru became visible. Her heterochromatic eyes stared at Mina's black and pink eyes. "Tada. What do you think?"

Mina walked up and cupped Toru's face. "You look so cute, and you have freckles. Oh my gosh, my partners are a couple cuties with freckles!" Mina leaned in closer and whispered to Toru. "Though you were cute even before you could do this."

Toru blushed hard, and Izuku walked up as he said. "I told her pretty much the same thing."

Mina ruffled Toru's hair. "We really do have the cutest girlfriend whether or not she's visible."

Toru's face blushed more, and Izuku said, "If you fluster her too much, she'll lose focus and turn invisible."

"Don't tell her that!" Toru whined as Mina grinned mischievously.

The pink girl made Toru look at her before kissing her suddenly before whispering, "I love you, Toru."

Mina giggled as Toru stepped back and turned invisible after covering her face with her hands. Mina laced her fingers between Izuku's and said. "So I guess One for All did this to her?"

Izuku nodded. "Yep. Seems like it. We should probably tell Nezu and All Might."

Mina leaned her head on his shoulder as Toru collected herself. "Maybe later. For now, let's tease our girlfriend and spend the day together."

The teens snuggled close on Mina's bed with Toru in the middle and watched movies on Mina's laptop for most of the day.

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Nemuri sighed as she sat down, ready to eat with Izuku. Her son chewed his lip before saying. "So... Do you think I should take the recommended exam for UA?"

Nemuri tapped her chopsticks on the table and hummed. "It would probably suit you better. Mina would do good in the standard, and Toru... she's gonna have a hard time in either practical exam."

Izuku chuckled, "I doubt it. She uh... learned some new moves recently."

"Oh, what can she do now?"

"Shoot lasers."

Nemuri choked on her rice and drank some water before staring at Izuku. "What?"

Izuku nodded "she can refract light and fire lasers. They're invisible unless she adds visible light to it."

Nemuri cleared her throat. "Well, then I'd say she'll do fine in the standard exam."

Izuku nodded. "So uh... will you recommend me for the UA exam when we get to that point."

Nemuri nodded. "Of course I will. I'll make sure you're prepared for it. In the meantime, let's keep up your training and try not to let your girlfriends distract you from your studies."

Izuku blushed a bit and said, "I promise they won't."

Nemuri smiled. "Good, now let's eat."

Notes:

So this is gonna be some stuff that's on my mind. it's all pretty unprompted and maybe some TMI but it's been on my mind so yeah.

before the TMI stuff, I'll let you in on a secret. I've had Toru's visible appearance planned out since I introduced her family. I've just been waiting for the moment I could reveal that everyone's cute invisible girl has freckles. (freckles are one of my favorite things to see on characters.)

I've been thinking about ships a lot. I can ship Izuku with pretty much every girl. when it comes to guys... idk I can't really get into them. not that I'm against them I just don't feel like I could write them or enjoy them.

m/m ships I do like are Kirishima/Bakugo, I haven't read any but I like the idea of Kaminari/Shinso or Kaminari/Sero. I saw a Bakugo/Shinso one that seems kinda nice. though when it comes to Bakugo I mainly see him as aro/ace, with Kirishima or maybe Camie but I need a fic of him with her to be sure.

I'm honestly a simp for any w/w ship. and of course Poly is love Poly is life for me. I'm actually reminding myself all the time with my other two fics that they're not poly stories.

enough about ships onto depression and the real world. I'm not looking for sympathy or anything I just feel the need to put this out in the world and make it real but yeah writing fanfiction is the one thing keeping my depression from being worse. also, I really need to find a real job but I have no idea what to do or look for especially because I'm anxious and unsure of myself when it comes to new work. that's enough of that though I don't wanna dwell on it.

if you read this note you don't need to comment on the depression stuff. like I said it was just for me to vent and feel better. thanks for your support in reading this far. I can't wait for the next chapter and all the ones after that. also hopefully I can write some Blood in HIs Veins this week.