My Hero Academia: The Knull Reality

1. Abnormal Day

A Quirkless teenage boy named Izuku Midoriya was running late for school. Not only had he spent the entire previous night studying for today's Foreign History exam, but he had also neglected to set his alarm clock before he went to sleep. Making matters worse, his single mother didn't have a car yet, so he was forced to run like hell if he wanted to even get on time to 1st Period (as Homeroom period had already passed by now).

Running to the absolute best of his ability, Midoriya took several shortcuts that he had mapped out in his head when running late in the past. After about 5 minutes of nonstop running, he finally saw his familiar school building in the distance, Aldera Junior High.

Unfortunately, his constant sprinting and usage of shortcuts didn't matter, as the 1st Period bell had already rung 10 minutes ago. An embarrassed Midoriya slowly trudged out to the main office as his teacher demanded, as the incessant snickering of his classmates shortly followed. Getting his late pass, he then went back to the classroom and took his seat, the giggling of his classmates continuing.

"Alright alright, settle down, we have an important exam for today." The teacher declared, cutting through the laughter like a chainsaw. He began handing out the worksheet to everyone, with a face that said "hope you studied, or you're dead". Midoriya breathed a refreshed sigh of relief. Sure, he had been late to school, but he had studied all night for this test he was surely about to crush.

Some time later, the teacher collected the test sheets, announcing that he would grade them tomorrow. Midoriya became slightly anxious but hopeful nonetheless, if he had to wait till tomorrow to get a test grade, what did it matter if he smashed through it anyway? The hopefulness of his most-likely passed exam was completely obliterated when the infamous bully (and Izuku's former childhood friend), Katsuki Bakugo greeted the Quirkless boy, using his Explosion Quirk to scare Izuku into falling onto the floor.

"What are you smiling for with that proud-ass grin Deku!? " Bakugo erupted, startling even some of his own accomplices. "N-Nothing Kacchan! I was just h-happy because I thought I-I did g-good on the test! That's all, I swear!" Midoriya spouted out defensively at his bully, not wanting to anger him further. This defense just irritated Bakugo even further, and he sure made it known. "What the hell did you just say, Deku!? You think you-re better than me!? You think you got a higher score than me? No way!" Bakugo blasted, pointing his finger at Midoriya, "you can't even become a hero, what makes you think you could score high on an exam you damn nerd?"

Midoriya opened his mouth in protest but gave up halfway through, realizing that continuing the volatile dialogue with Bakugo wouldn't be worth it. Bakugo just scoffed at Midoriya's silence, before stealing his backpack and spilling its contents all over the floor. As the class emptied, Midoriya refilled his backpack as he headed out for his next few periods.

After his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th period, Midoriya sat down in the cafeteria for lunch. He had worked pretty hard this week so he had a lot of allowance money to spend for Friday's lunch, so he purchased some good snacks and high-quality ramen that was actually flavored and wasn't just stringy dough in water like what was provided at the "free" lunch line.

However, just because he was enjoying this special half-hour break to eat didn't mean there wouldn't be trouble, Midoriya had learned to always keep a sharp eye out for any bullies in his vicinity, so he could quickly move to another table if needed. Bakugo was an obvious danger, so Midoriya was glad that the menacingly explosive blond was easy to make out in a crowd, especially in the cramped cafeteria.

But thankfully, besides the first period, today was an easy day. No bullies to worry about, no threat of his food getting taken away and thrown on the floor, (or shoved down his mouth to forcibly choke him, because let's face it, the bullies at this school were borderline sociopathic).