Mha and squid games! high school! Izuku is only 16 years old yet he is running for his life. Mostly running from the debt he owes his childhood crush and bully Katsuki. A delinquent and one of the higher ups in a gang. After breaking one of his gauntlets from his hero costume while trying to take notes in his hero notebook, (definitely not to fawn over how awesome bakugou is) , Izuku has to pay him back but has no money. He dad officially left his mom 4 years ago and stole all their funds making Izuku work his ass off at age 12 with his mom just to be able to pay the rent. Sometimes they don't even have enough money for food! All Izuku wants is to have his mom live in a nice home with good healthcare since she's already getting too old. To what measures will he go to get the money, what will he do? Alternating POV with Shouto Todoroki his forced to participate in his fathers business . Since the age of 6 he's been preparing for the moment when he goes to do some (what his father calls) "real work". His dad ships him off to Korea to "help" his "friend" with a top secret project. What he's not expecting is to meet someone who would change his life.