[The answer is probably just this part. Izuku is a black out drunk. He'd need help piecing anything like how he got up here, or why he was texting people with such confidence about his adorableness.]
Yeah. From kindergarten till, well I enrolled here. Coming here...was good.
[So he tilts his own head up a little, looking up at the stars with Todoroki.]
I...shouldn't say it doesn't effect me, but I want...want to say I'm not as timid anymore.
[Personally, Shouto doesn't understand why anybody would try bullying Midoriya. Then again, he's come a long way from the shy and nervous kid who could barely control his quirk.
It's not like Shouto's had a normal upbringing either. So he's not the right person to understand other kids.]
You've faced down a lot of villains. They've gotta be scarier than any bully.
[Shouto... doesn't get it, or at least not in the same way that Midoriya does. He's used to being isolated, but it was because he was put on a pedestal away from a normal average life.
Sometimes he wonders what that would be like. Especially when he sits here with Izuku leaning on his shoulder for support.]
You're not worthless. Besides, you were the one who told me to keep looking forward. It's your life.
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So, Midoriya gives another forced laugh, waving his hand a little as if trying to sweep it under a rug.]
Just...just boo...bullies from way back. It's not now!
And...back then the doctors had...misda...diagnosed me. Turns out my Quirk late bloomed. So, yeah I might as well have been quirkless.
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Is this like the time you told me All Might wasn't your father and you're trying to cover it up?
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[He nuzzles back into Shouto's shoulder, sighing.]
Tell me...what you think I'm trying to...to distract you from?
[There's no point in lying. And as it is right now, he's starting to lose his buzz and sobering up more and more.
Instead he's just going to see what the other boy has put together. Or if he's just going to respect his privacy on the matter.]
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[He stays exactly where he is, looking up into the sky.]
That you were bullied. [Because of course Midoriya has a quirk, why wouldn't he? Shouto's seen it in action.]
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[The answer is probably just this part. Izuku is a black out drunk. He'd need help piecing anything like how he got up here, or why he was texting people with such confidence about his adorableness.]
Yeah. From kindergarten till, well I enrolled here. Coming here...was good.
[So he tilts his own head up a little, looking up at the stars with Todoroki.]
I...shouldn't say it doesn't effect me, but I want...want to say I'm not as timid anymore.
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It's not like Shouto's had a normal upbringing either. So he's not the right person to understand other kids.]
You've faced down a lot of villains. They've gotta be scarier than any bully.
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[Izuku wants to think that went out the window a long time ago. Pain is a part of being a hero, after all.]
It's...the isolation. The things they said that I internalized. Or fought so hard not internalizing.
It just comes out, from the back of my mind.
[And becomes him acting like he has something to prove to everybody.]
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[Shouto... doesn't get it, or at least not in the same way that Midoriya does. He's used to being isolated, but it was because he was put on a pedestal away from a normal average life.
Sometimes he wonders what that would be like. Especially when he sits here with Izuku leaning on his shoulder for support.]
You're not worthless. Besides, you were the one who told me to keep looking forward. It's your life.
You carve it.
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[Another laugh.]
Maybe I should be joking that you're his love child? Actually, lets spread that rumor! I bet'll drive Endeavor nuts!
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I wish.
[Everybody: God I wish All Might was my dad.]
At this point everybody knows who my shitty old man actually is. It wouldn't catch on.
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I earnestly believe that. For all of us. I'm just a little low right now, and I think sobering up.
[Then, his face pales and his eyes dart back to the edge of the roof.]
Yeah, sobering up... Um, could you catch me if I fall over here in a second.
[Guess who's making a mad crawl for it because he's about to be sick? This little broccoli child.]
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[Shouto lets him, but he also just keeps a hand on the collar of Midoriya's shirt.]
Just don't fall.