Hisashi nearly choked on his tea as he read the header of the trending page on the current largest Hero forum in Japan. "Sir Nighteye's Secret Son?" He groaned to himself as clicking on the page opened up to start with a large blown up picture of Mirai and Izuku together walking out of the hospital. Katsuki was also in the picture, half cut out of the shot with his face blurred but it was clearly him which dated the picture back to the 18th, weeks ago.
Reading farther, it became clear why the poster had waited so long to post after taking the picture. Apparently they had done some "digging into" which he read clearly as stalking on who Izuku was before they posted. According to their "investigation," Izuku was secretly the son of Inko and Mirai, which first of all gross, and his supposed father, aka himself, was not actually on an extended trip to the States but a fictional person created to cover up the secret. Yeah, that would be an easy enough misconception to correct.
HereThereBeDragons replied
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Izuku's actual father here. Could you please stop shipping Sir Nighteye with my wife? Sir Nighteye happened to be involved with the case that put Izuku in the hospital in the first place. Thanks.
DetroitSmashed replied
OMFG that is such a cute picture!
Original Poster IveConnectedThem replied
I see I have made a mistake after all. I was under the impression that since Izuku lived with your wife she was his biological mother. Thank you for correcting that mistake.
Hisashi felt his brain short circuit as he watched as the theories shifted from why Inko and Mirai would hide their secret relationship to people seemingly having come to the conclusion that Izuku was his and Mirai's son. Ideas on how this was possible ranged from the ridiculous such as one of them being "hit by a Quirk" that gender swapped them for an extended amount of time to the far more plausible, Izuku was a test tube baby and Inko was a close friend and their surrogate.
Before he made everything even worse, he decided it would probably be a good idea to call Inko to warn her and Izuku. "Hisashi? Did you need something, you're normally asleep by now."
Hisashi checked the time, ah right, it was really late everywhere in America right now. "Apparently Izuku is Mirai and my secret love child." He heard Inko choke in surprise at his dead panned delivery. "Yeah, that was about my reaction. At least they aren't saying you are in a secret relationship with Mirai anymore."
"I-what? Hisashi, what the hell are you talking about?"
"You and Izuku should pull up Japan's biggest Hero forum. Izuku should know which one I mean."
"Hold on. Izuku!" Hisashi listened as Inko set the phone down momentarily to go find their son. He couldn't help but snicker to himself at how ridiculous the whole situation was. There was a panicked "What the Hell!" before he heard the sound of running feet and the phone being picked up.
"What the hell Dad!"
"I couldn't have put it better myself."
"Why did you even respond to that post? You probably just made the whole thing worse! If someone had dug a little deeper into things originally, some third party could have easily proven that Mirai was my uncle but now that they have gone off down this rabbit hole we are never going to hear the end of it!"
"Well, to be fair, I really shouldn't be awake right now. It is way past my normal bedtime."
"Really Dad? That is what you are going to go with?"
"I'm on California time right now so yes."
"Unbelievable. I'm going to see if I can do some better damage control. Go to bed." With that the call disconnected.
---MiM-MiM-MiM---
Izuku glared at his Mom's phone in his hand. He looked up at a small smothered laugh to see his Mom in the doorway. "Sorry honey, you just look so much like your father like that."
Izuku sighed and handed over her phone. He was not sure how he felt about that comparison anymore. As much as he loved his Dad, the fact that the man was the supervillain was something that he was struggling to wrap his brain around. It didn't help that this was the sort of nonsense that the man more typically got up to. "I'm going to text Kacchan and the others."
"You boys have fun. I'll let you know when dinner is ready."
"Thanks Mom."
It Probably Was Izuku's Fault
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: @everyone Emergency Meeting!
Some truly cursed information has come to my attention that I need you all to suffer with the knowledge of
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: really selling this for us izuku
The Fucking Responsible One: Just spit it out Nerd.
I Am Speed: I am listening.
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: So I would highly recommend that none of you go on to any of the major Hero forums right now
Kacchan, someone took a picture of us leaving the hospital together
Well more a picture of me and Uncle Mirai
The Fucking Responsible One: You're fucking kidding me.
Why the fuck did someone take picture of the two of you together and wait to post it?
I Am Speed: I don't understand?
Who is your Uncle Mirai and why is a photo worth freaking out over?
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: he's sir nighteye
their faces are almost identical so there is no way that you can't see the fact they are related when they are standing right next to one another
The Fucking Responsible One: Glasses has a point though
What about that is "cursed information"?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: They are shipping him and my Dad together
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: lol
that's great
i will have to mention that at dinner tonight
I Am Speed: I have to ask, what do you mean by shipping?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Shipping refers to the act of pairing two or more characters or in some cases real people with one another regardless of any possible relationships they might or might not be in
I Am Speed: Thank you for the thorough explanation
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: i knew i wasn't the only internet trash here
spill, who is your otp?
mine is now erasermic
the mutual pining in this apartment is hilariously bad
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: I thought they were already in a relationship?
I Am Speed: If from what I understand about the situation from my brother is correct, the two of them are currently just roommates.
I believe his exact words on the subject were something along the lines of how he didn't understand how Yamada was brave enough to talk your uncle into moving in with him but too much of a coward to admit he has been in love with him since they basically met.
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: oh wow that is even worse than i thought
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: We should think about doing something about that at some point
We're getting off topic though
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: oh right, people shipping the symbol of evil with the symbol of peace's former sidekick
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: ?!
Hitoshi!
I Am Speed: I'm sorry I feel I might have missed a joke here?
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: whoops
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Hitoshi, I can hear the sarcasm in that text from here
I Am Speed: I'm sorry, but are you accusing Midoriya's father of villainy?
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: technically, all might is the one who named him that so make of that what you will
The Fucking Responsible One: I leave for five fucking minutes.
Nerd the Hag and my old man have been informed.
Now what the fuck is this about Uncle Hisashi being the the fucking Symbol of Evil?
And why does Eyebags know about it before me?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Sorry Kacchan I have been trying to process the fact my Dad is more or less a literal dragon that I was waiting a bit to tell you
Don't tell my Mom
Dad has until we start at UA to come clear himself
Hitoshi knows because he was the one who put the idea in my head to even think about asking him about it
The Fucking Responsible One: Eyebags, what the fuck did you say?
And a "literal dragon"?
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: i just asked if he was secretly the kid of one of the top 10 heroes or a s+ rank supervillain
i was tired of him breaking my brain so i just threw the most off the wall idea out there
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: My Dad is a dragon in the sense that he is secretly ancient and likes hoarding things like Quirks, knowledge and money
All the properties he makes money off of for us he bought himself over two centuries
He also has been hiding the fact I have an adopted older brother
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: that's new
I Am Speed: I'm sorry did you say he hoards Quirks?
Like people because of their Quirks?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: No just the Quirks
Dad's real Quirk is called All for One
It lets him take and gift Quirks
Dad predates the Quirk Wars so most of his Quirks are from before then when Quirks were still viewed as a bad thing to have
A lot of people gave up their Quirks to him for a chance at what was a normal life then
The Fucking Responsible One: Most?
Not all?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: All Might is apparently the latest in a series of people who have been fighting him over the years
They have been passing around my dead Uncle Yoichi's Quirk since he died
Dad is still really messed up about that
He gave Uncle Yoichi an energy stockpiling Quirk to help him recover from a long term illness only for him to die in a fight Dad had with the man who took the Quirk and refused to return it despite the fact he wouldn't survive without it
I Am Speed: I will be honest, if I had found myself in a similar position as your father, I would likely not handle things the more heroically.
The Fucking Responsible One: So are those fuckers the only ones that are calling Uncle Hisashi a Villain because if that is the only reason he is seen as one, they can fuck off.
Your dad is one of the nicest damn people I know.
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: wow all that is fucked up
you tell the detective all this already?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: He knows most of the story from All Might's side of things
I guess the next time I see him in person I could fill in any blanks but I think he might have figured it out mostly on his own
I doubt he would have let the topic slide otherwise
While he might not really know Dad personally, he is apparently good friends with Uncle Shouta
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: can confirm
the detective crashed over at the apartment while working with aizawa on my case
it apparently happens often enough that the man keeps some of his stuff here
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Ծ_Ծ
You don't think that the detective is part of what is keeping Mic and Uncle Shouta from dating?
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: given that he is on team erasermic that would be a no
he spent part of the morning after muttering under his breath that he should just lock the two of them in a closet together until they figure things out
it was low key hilarious
The Fucking Responsible One: If you two are just going to scheme about getting the two of them to hook up I'm going to dip out for now.
Nerd, your costume will be done by the time you get back from visiting Tokyo.
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Shit
Kacchan we need to change my cosplay
The Fucking Responsible One: Obviously.
I am making you a proper suit now.
Since your cover is blown you are going as your better dressed Uncle.
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Kacchan you can't be serious!
That is the exact opposite of what we should be doing!
The Fucking Responisble One: Nerd, you realize that the whole reason you weren't going to to it already was because you didn't want to draw attention to how much you look alike.
Since that is not something we need to worry about, our costumes will go better together.
You will need different hair gel though and some fake glasses
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: what is this about costumes?
I Am Speed: I will admit to being curious as well.
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: We are going in cosplay to HeroCon as Best Jeanist and now apparently Sir Nighteye
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: that is fucking adorable
you think i could steal one of your uncle's extra scarves and go as a half assed version of him to tag along with you guys?
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: You would have to ask
Kacchan can make you what you need too
The Fucking Responisble One: I only agreed to help you with your costume.
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: I mean, we already have all the stuff to make it for him since I was going to do Eraser first
The Fucking Responisble One: Fucking fine.
Eyebags I need you to come over so I can measure you for your shit.
Coffee Is My Lifeblood: can do
I Am Speed: I am not sure who I would go as myself if you guys don't mind me tagging along as well
My brother's costume is similar to the costume I plan on using as a Hero myself so I want to do something different to hopefully blend in more
Besides I would have to alter the costume with my Quirk in mind anyways
I Feel So Attacked Right Now: Right as a Legacy Hero you probably should do something to not draw too much attention to your connection to your family either
Are there any other Heroes that you wouldn't mind dressing up as?
I Am Speed: I am not sure.
I suppose I will have to think about it.
---MiM-MiM-MiM---
Izuku shuffled his feet awkwardly on the train platform as he waited for his new babysitter for the next week to finish being dismissed by his teacher. All things considered, it could have been worse. After the attack two weeks before, his uncles, parents and pretty much everyone else had collectively decided that he was no longer allowed to go anywhere by himself for the foreseeable future. Izuku had been extremely lucky that he had come away from the derailment with only a minor head injury. Privately Izuku thought his Quirk must have had something to do with his surprising lack of injuries but given that the only people he could discuss that possibility with were Katsuki and perhaps his father, he didn't mention it aloud.
It took only a moment from dismissal before Togata had crossed the platform over to Izuku. "Heya Midoriya! Are you all ready to go?"
Izuku nodded. "Yeah. I'm sorry that you got roped into this, Togata."
The blonde just gave him a smile. "It's all good! I gotta say, I was surprised when Sir called me to ask about escorting you to his agency to start my internship this year. Though if I'm being honest, I think he was even more surprised when I recognized your name. Do you know what this is all about? Are you involved with his current case or something?"
Izuku blushed and buried his face in his backpack strap. "You could say that. I'm sort of not allowed outside right now without someone to watch my back since out of two of the three times I was outside of the apartment last month on my own, I got sort of caught up in Villain attacks. While the odds of something like that happening again are low, no one in my family wants me going anywhere by myself until I can be taught some basic self defense."
Togata scratched his head at that. "Is that why Sir gave me blanket permission to use my Quirk from now until we got to the agency?"
Izuku nodded before noticing the train pulling into the station. A sudden nervousness began to claw at him at the idea of getting on a train again. "That一that's us. We can talk more once we are on board."
Togata, having clearly caught the nervousness in his voice, rested a gentle hand on his shoulder. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah. Sorry it is just the last time一the last time I was on this train一"
Izuku saw Togata's eyes widen as he took in a small sharp breath, likely having put two and two together. "It's okay Midoriya, I'm here to help keep that from happening to you again! Come on. I'm sure we could find somewhere close to the front to sit."
Izuku leaned into his senpai's touch acting as a grounding force as he guided the pair of them onto the train. He counted his breaths to try to stay calm as they found seats and the train began to crawl away from the station. It wasn't until they had passed the city's edge that Izuku felt himself begin to calm down again. "Thank you."
Togata gave a sad smile. "It's no problem. I wouldn't be surprised if another reason Sir wanted me to tag along with you was because he worried you might have a bad reaction to boarding a train again."
Izuku gave a dark breathless chuckle at that. "I wouldn't be surprised if that wasn't a factor."
"You said earlier that you are involved in Sir's current case…?" Togata trailed off, clearly fishing for information to try to take Izuku's mind off things.
Sighing, Izuku nodded and leaned his head back in his seat, eyes closed. He kept his voice low as he spoke. "He is currently working on getting All Might's Hero license revoked."
Izuku didn't open his eyes as he heard the sharp intake of breath from the boy beside him. "Why would he want that? Sir's like his biggest fan!"
"So was I until we discovered Quirkless is pretty much the same as worthless in his eyes. Even setting aside my personal connection with Sir, I'm sure you could figure out why such a sentiment might upset him personally."
"Oh wow. That is一wow. You are sure about that?"
Izuku opened his eye closest to the blonde. "Pretty sure. There is a detective with a lie detection Quirk that is helping out on the case that confirmed that I wasn't misinterpreting what he told me during our encounter. Additionally, All Might pissed off Nedzu by implying that since I don't have a Quirk, Nedzu had made a mistake in accepting me to UA so there is that too."
Togata ran his hand through his hair as he seemed to struggle to wrap his head around that thought. After a few minutes of silence between them, he spoke up again. "You said there was a personal connection between you and Sir…"
Izuku huffed, fighting off a grin. "Sorry, he made me promise to not tell you what it is. If you can't figure it out on your own, then you are out of luck until he tells you."
Togata gave an over dramatic sigh before throwing a hand up over his head in mock despair. "I suppose I will just have to suffer in the dark for now." Izuku snickered and tried to lightly shove the boy only to fail as his hand passed through the other boy's shoulder, his top half of his school uniform falling through him. "Oh no. How embarrassing." His deadpan tone of voice clearly revealed his true thoughts on the matter.
Izuku laughed at that. "You realize you're going to have to get redressed now."
The now topless boy shrugged. "There is no hurry. We are still about a half an hour away from the station."
Izuku swatted uselessly through the boy. "You're supposed to be representing UA right now. I doubt the school would appreciate you starting your internship half naked."
"I mean, to be fair, I can't do any worse than my first year Sports Festival. It is hard to go any lower than completely naked on national television."
Izuku had trouble regaining control over his laugher at that. "Oh I remember that! My Dad and I record and watch back the Sports Festival together every year. The sound he made when that happened一he choked on his own flames! I thought he was dying from how much he was coughing as he tried to talk after."
Togata laughed at that. "His flames?"
Izuku smiled, a familiar half truth leaving his lips without a thought. "My Dad has a fire breathing Quirk. He calls it Dragon's Breath. It is a passive emitter type Quirk that changes the chemical composition of his outward breaths into a natural flammable gas that he can ignite with sparks generated from the roof of his mouth like the ones Kacchan produces on his palms for his Quirk. Sometimes when he experiences a sudden large change in emotion, his control over his sparks slips and he can ignite when he doesn't mean to."
Togata grinned at that. "That is a cool breakdown of how his Quirk works. You have all that about his Quirk memorized?"
Izuku shook his head. "I don't need to. Dad helped me pick up his hobby of Quirk analysis when I was still pretty little. So long as I know a little about a Quirk, I can break any down like that easily enough."
"Could you do mine?"
Izuku nodded. "Your Quirk is called Permutation correct? It is a Transformative type Quirk that allows you to weaken the connections between the atoms that make up your body so that other atoms can pass between the gaps making you as good as intangible. Of course, your clothes don't change with you so you had to get your hero costume specially made like your gym uniform that you use when working out in more public places."
Togata grinned. "Impressive. That was spot on."
Izuku felt his face warm at the casual praise. "It's not that impressive really, anyone can do it with a bit of practice."
Togata, still grinning, shook his head. "You know, my friend Tamaki has a hard time accepting well earned compliments too. Not to worry, that just means I have a lot of practice at letting people know how great they are."
---MiM-MiM-MiM---
By the time they disembarked at the station in Tokyo, Izuku felt like melting into the floor from all the praise the older boy had dumped on him. While they hadn't known each other long, Togata had clearly come to the conclusion that Izuku was some sort of super genius from Katsuki's off hand remarks at the gym from when they crossed paths.
When the pair walked in the front door of the agency, Izuku could still feel the blush painting his cheeks. Izuku watched as his uncle, who had been awaiting their arrival with Bubble Girl and Centipeder at the front desk, raised his brows with a small puzzled expression faintly lining his face. "Lemillion, I see you were successful in keeping your charge for this morning unharmed."
Togata grinned and dipped into a short bow. "It was no trouble at all, Sir. Midoriya was a pleasant companion for the journey."
Izuku saw that strange look flicker over his uncle's face again. "That is good to hear… You will be with Centipeder for the rest of the morning for patrol and the following paperwork. Go get changed, Izuku and I will be seeing you at lunch. We'll be in the gym if you need us before then." With that he gestured for Izuku to follow him back.
Izuku flashed a grin at Togata, who had a rather puzzled look on his face as he seemed to look between his mentor and younger companion, before hurrying to catch up to his uncle's side. "You know it is a bit mean to not just tell him."
"If he cannot put the clues together himself then that just shows that he needs to work on his investigative skills more. He has a good enough head on his shoulders that he should be more than capable of figuring it out without having to be told."
"You told Bubble Girl and Centipeder who I was though."
"Technically I only told Bubble Girl. She was more than happy to inform Centipeder herself in my absence. That aside, given that I thought you would be traveling down here more, I was only logically to inform them as to why I had an extra teenager hanging out here that shares such a strong familial resemblance."
"I guess that is fair. So what are we doing today?"
"What I had hoped to be doing after your last visit; I am going to teach you how to throw a proper punch. If you can get enough proper combat forms down by lunch time and still have the energy, I was going to see about having you and Togata do some light sparring. Togata's forms have gotten sloppy since I last saw him based on what I saw of his performance in the Sports Festival this year but given that most of the time I would have hoped we could use for teaching that last year was more focused on solving his Quirk control issues, that is not surprising. You can drop your bag over here."
Stepping into the small private gym, Mirai pulled off his suit coat and tie to carefully drape them over the bar of a weight rack. Suddenly, it made more sense as to why Izuku had been asked to wear a set of workout clothing today. "You're not going to change?"
"While my clothing may appear to be just that of normal business attire, they are still made like any other heroics outfit. As such, they are perfectly suitable for working out in today."
A strange picture of Mirai working out in a public setting wearing his full suit appeared in Izuku's head. "You don't always work out in your suits right?"
Mirai smiled and ruffled Izuku's hair. "As funny as that would be to do, I wear more normal workout attire when I go on my morning runs or if I workout elsewhere. Doing so would just draw a bit more attention to myself than necessary. Come on, let's begin."
---MiM-MiM-MiM---
This was starting to get a little frustrating. Togata Mirio studied Sir Nighteye and the mysterious Midoriya Izuku over his dinner that evening as the two laughed over something the younger greenette had said. They had the same laugh.
He just couldn't figure it quite out. If Midoriya hadn't spoken about his father and his Quirk earlier, he would have sworn that Sir was secretly the other boy's father. He certainly looked and acted the part, but it was clearly not so straightforward. Maybe he was Midoriya's biological father from a previous relationship of his mother's? The hero had asked casually about how the boy's mother was doing over lunch and had referred to the woman by her given name so the two of them must know each other on a somewhat personal level. But why would Midoriya refer to the man by his presumably given name almost exclusively?
"Mirai, maybe you should just tell him." Mirio snapped out of his thoughts to a concerned look on the face of the younger boy.
Sir seemed to study Mirio intently for a moment over the dining room table. "I suppose if he has at least gotten close enough to the truth it would likely be for the best. I can already tell that you likely won't be able to sleep tonight until the mystery has been solved."
Mirio slumped in a bit of relief at that. "That's true, sorry, it just really bugs me. I can tell that you are obviously closely related by blood. You two share too much in common mannerism and appearance wise for me to not notice the connection when you are right next to each other. Are you biologically father and son maybe?"
Sir looked a bit startled at the response but that earned laughter from Midoriya. Slowly Sir seemed to consider that as he studied Midoriya's face. "I am beginning to see why Inko thinks you pass as my son more than her's." He cleared his throat and shifted his attention back to Mirio. "That is close but not correct. His mother happens to be my elder sister. The two of us share many similar features so it is understandable where the confusion might come from but believe me when I say he looks just as much like his father's son as he does mine evidently."
Cackling, Izuku struggled to control himself to get out a question. "Are you sure I am not secretly Dad's and your secret love child?"
The look on Sir's face was a cross between bewildered and horrified. It was probably the most expressive Mirio had seen the man's face outside of laughter which made him join the other boy's laughs out of pure surprise. Sputtering, the man tried to recompose himself. "You don't really think that people might think that, do you?"
Izuku shrugged with a strange and wildly unhinged looking grin. "I mean, weirder stuff has happened thanks to Quirks. Besides, test tube babies are a thing too, so it is not like same sex couples haven't had bio-kids before."
Mirio watched as his mentor just lowered his face into his hands. "Please don't tell me there aren't people out there that think you are actually my son."
"I would, but that would be a lie. I really don't recommend going on the Hero forums right now. There are few trending threads online thanks to you spending your weekend with me when I was hospitalized the first time. Dad noticed before I did and tired to do some damage control by using photos of himself so that people could see that I overall look more like him but all that did was make everyone think he is your secret husband. He just thinks it is kinda funny."
Sir shook his head with a sigh. "Of course he does. Hisashi loves stupid internet drama."
"Hey, look on the bright side, no one knows how we are actually related and at least Mom is not caught up in the drama."
"Does Inko even know about this?"
Midoriya laughed. "Who do you think Dad called as soon as he stumbled across everything? Shouta knows too since Hitoshi apparently mentioned it at dinner last night just to see his and Mic's reactions. It was pretty funny apparently."
Sir seemed to give Midoriya a half hearted glare at that. "Why did you wait so long to mention this to me then? This is the sort of thing I would have liked to have known earlier."
"Mom thought I should wait to mention it until dinner today so that your day didn't get thrown off if it didn't come up earlier. Dad said that we still have another day or so until mainstream media picks up on the 'story' so there wasn't a rush to bring it up yet."
Mirio decided now was just as good of a place as any to chime in to remind the pair he was still there. "What makes him so sure about that?"
Midoriya just flashed Mirio an apologetic grin. "My Dad threw money at the problem. While he can't do much to keep various non mainstream news sources from picking up the story, he can at the very least delay it from spreading to the mainstream ones for a few days."
Mirio blinked in surprise at that. "I didn't realize your family had that kind of money. I mean, I know heroics pays well but I didn't think it paid that well unless you were pretty high ranked."
Sir hummed in agreeance and chimed in. "That is correct, Hisashi's family just happens to be old money. As the last surviving member of his family, he inherited a significant amount of properties both here in Japan and overseas in America. There is quite a bit of money to be made in real estate even with the price of insurance for Quirk related damages."
Mirio considered that information. "I guess that means I should save up for a house when I start to make money."
Midoriya flashed Mirio that wild grin again. "If you want to make a good return on investment sooner than that, I would recommend buying up as much limited edition All Might merchandise as you can. As soon as he retires, which will be soon, all that stuff will be worth a whole lot more money."
Sir seemed to give Midoriya a softer smile at that. "I see we have made similar plans as to what to do with our collections then."
Midoriya shrugged. "As much fun as it would have been to burn all that stuff, I know how much it's worth even now. I figured I could reinvest into merchandise for better heroes." He smiled more genuinely at Mirio. "You will have to let me know when you have hero merchandise of yourself made. I want to be able to show my support."
Mirio felt his face heat up at that. "Only if you promise to do the same for me. I want to be able to return the favor."
Izuku's grin got even brighter. "It's a deal."