A Resemblance of Sunshine

“Why, sensei? During our apprehension test, you said I couldn’t be a hero with my power, and you were right! You were right but you didn’t expel me and I don’t understand why. I-I… I’m not a hero, I can’t be one. I can’t move forward or do better, become better, because I keep failing with everything I do. I’ve been training as much as I can, I pay attention in class, I’m trying so hard but none of it matters because it all still falls apart. There’s no way for me to make this quirk my own; I don’t deserve it, and I don’t deserve any of the opportunities I’ve been given. You should have expelled me but you didn’t and I’ve made it all so hard for you and everyone else and I'm s-sorry for not being enough and a-and and”Or: Izuku wakes up, feeling anxious and insecure. Aizawa, 1A's doting father, comforts him and finds out some things about his Problem Child.