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(Rat God has added Deku to the chat)
Rat God: oh dear wrong number
Deku: ?
Deku: wut
Rat God added Vampire Who?
Deku: that’s like way off
Rat God: I noticed
Cat Bastard: who’s deku?
Deku: accidently acquired companion
Rat God: I misclicked and added them by accident
Deku: same difference
Deku: wait what are you doing awake? It’s 1 in the morning?
Rat God: oo witching hour
Cat Bastard: why are you awake
Rat God: I too wish to know
Deku: the ping woke me up
The ping, had in fact, not woken him up. He was already working on some freelance analysis for extra cash when the ping called for his attention. Seeing as he had been hunched over the computer for 8 hours, he welcomed the distraction. He was 300,000.00 yen (2120.93 dollars) richer, but 6 hours tireder. With school in the morning as well as hero fight chasing, he really needed more sleep.
Rat God: sorry but you answered much too fast for that to be true. Quick lie though.
Deku: ?
Deku: slander?
Deku: whatever I’ll just leave now
(Deku has removed Deku from the chat)
Rubbing his eyes, he turned back towards the screen. He still had a couple more files to go though, as well as work on his own personal projects. Oh! He almost forgot, there was still math homework to do. He was way a head of the class, already finished with collage material but he hadn’t tested out. Mostly because even though he was smarter than the whole class, he was marked down.
Clicking open his contact labeled dabi, he scanned to make sure he didn’t have any new commissions. Getting a notification that a new Eraserhead fight video was up, he quickly switched gears to work on that. Not even a minute later a ding brough his attention back to his phone.
(Rat God has added Deku to the chat)
Deku: wat
Cat Bastard: yeah what
Rat God: I’m afraid your much too interesting. I admit you peaked my curiosity
Deku: what is my life anymore
Deku: you do realize I’m a stranger right
Cat Bastard: yeah, we can’t use this chat for important things anymore
Rat God: was it going to be used for anything important anyway
Cat Bastard: touché
Deku: nah but seriously, you’re strangers and I’m not supposed to talk to strangers per the advice of my 2nd grade teachers
Cat Bastard: are you in second grade
Deku: 4th actually
Deku: jkjk
Deku: 3rd actually
Deku: aeg give me a break It’s 1 am and I’ve been watching a hero fight on repeat before they take it down again
Deku: I’m not as funny as I am usually
Deku: barely managed to find it my gwad
Cat Bastard: there was a hero fight recently?
Rat God: what do you mean take down
Izuku leaned back and debated trying to remove himself from the chat again. Looking at the grimy security camera footage he had downloaded safely, unable to be traced. Judging from the names they were probaly teenagers. It would probaly be safe to share with them. Who was he kidding, izuku practically jumped at the chance to share his obscure knowledge on underground heroes.
Deku: you wouldn’t know him, underground dude
Deku: you guys ever heard of Eraserhead? Probaly not. He had a big fight tonight, and someone got it on camera.
Deku: but his publicity team works fast, so I have to comb and download just as fast whenever footage pops up
Deku: like seriously, his publicity team is good
Deku: once they wiped footage completely a minute and 14 seconds after it was published
Deku: it means my sleep schedule is crap, but anything for a hero that cool
Deku: so, worth it
Cat Bastard: oh
Cat Bastard: I have actually heard of him
Cat Bastard: are you a fan?
Deku: huge
Deku: biggest out there I’d say
Deku: I would litterly kill for that hero
Deku: his fighting styles unique, he’s the most efficient in the business, and he’s underground
Deku: which in my opinion means he is criminally underrated
Rat God: interesting
Cat Bastard: I didn’t think he had any fans
Cat Bastard: you know, being underground
Cat Bastard: y u so intersted in downloading his fights?
Deku: I just like to watch hero fights
Deku: sometimes I analyze them but it’s not anything good
Deku: i just think they’re neat
Rat God: increadibly intersting
Rat God: and you manage to find and download these fights without being caught
Deku: yea
Deku: not gonna tell you how tho
Deku: since its u know, a major security breach
Deku: but I’ve got like 3 years worth of shakey camera footage and the occasional security cameras footage
Rat God: wow
Cat Bastard: stalker much?
Deku: ahhhh it’s not creepy I swear!
Deku: I just think he’s really cool and it’s not like I can commission merch for him
Deku: u know cause he’s underground
Deku: this is all I have to get excited about for him
Deku: and all the footage is password protected with enough failed attempts will wipe it completely
Deku: so don’t worry about it used against him
Deku: it’s just he’s my favorite hero and the only time I see him in action are these grainy shots
Deku: it’s all I have to fan about
Cat Bastard: ok I get it I guess
Cat Bastard: still creepy tho
Deku: 凸 ( ͡❛ ︹ ͡❛)凸
Cat Bastard: good god where did you get that
Cat Bastard: it’s horrendous
Deku: What this 凸 ( ͡❛ 👅 ͡❛)凸
Cat Bastard: I regret everything
Cat Bastard: Just kich him rat man
Rat God: No ❤️
Deku: Rigged
Deku: Alright we’ll it’s late
Deku: So I’m going to actually go to bed now
Deku: If you would kick me, that be great
Rat God: And again, no
Deku: And again, rigged
Flipping his phone, Izuku headed to his dirty mattress, covered in a couple holely and bloody blankets. Being homeless was less than ideal but at least he had found an abandoned warehouse close enough to a working speakerbox to leach electricity off of. It got cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and he was never full, but at least he was alive. Going to bed with a smile on his face for the first time sence he was 4, Izuku went to bed