#but uh. toga and uraraka are not coming off as two girls interested in the same guy anymore

[evilkitten3]

i don't know what's going on in bnha but why haven't they kissed yet

Wait is mha actually doing togachako??

no but what else am i supposed to call this

[purpleswans1]

Himiko Toga’s Love Language

It’s the 4th day of @villainmonth​ and the prompt is blood. Obviously, I decided to write a fic focusing on my favorite blood-loving high school girl. It fits into my Villain!Izuku AU shortly after the Stain arc.

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Three days after Izuku uploaded Stain’s manifesto, two people showed up at the bar asking to join the League of Villains. One of them was a man with a combustion quirk and was covered in scars. His name was Dabi and he didn’t get along with Tomura at all, which made Izuku like him immediately.

The other person who joined was a blond high school girl named Himiko Toga.She hadn’t been there for more than a minute and was already making Izuku’s life difficult.

“You’ve got such pretty green eyes. Not as pretty as blood-red, but it’s like looking over a dense forest.” She said, leaning her face in much too close for Izuku’s comfort.

“Ah, thank you?” Izuku said, hoping that would be enough to make her back off.

Toga’s face broke into a wide, toothy grin. “I like you! I want to see more of your blood!”

“Ummm… I’d rather you not.”

“Hey! Give Izuku some breathing room!” Uraraka shouted, running over to pull the new girl off him.

Once Toga was a reasonable distance from Izuku’s face, Uraraka ran back to him. “Deku, are you okay?”

Izuku waved her off. “It’s fine, it was no big deal. I’m sure Toga was just excited, right?” he asked, trying to give the new girl a chance to explain herself.

Toga, however, just looked at Izuku and Uraraka with a thoughtful expression. “Are you two together?”

“Wha-Whaaaa???”

“N-No it’s not li-like that! You’ve got it all wrong!”

Toga tilted her head. “But you two do like each other, right?”

Izuku opened his mouth to reply, but closed it when he realized he had no idea what was an appropriate response.

Uraraka was apparently just as flustered, since she didn’t say anything either.

Toga, however, just smiled creepily again. “We should be great friends!” she shouted, tackling Uraraka.

“Ah, good,” All For One’s voice spoke through the TV. “All of you should try to get along with your new allies.”

“Yay!” Toga cheered, still clinging to Uraraka. “Hey, Uraraka, is it? Can I see some of your blood?”

Izuku could already feel a headache coming on.

————-

For a while, Izuku tried to avoid Toga. This was easier said than done, since the girl enthusiastically ran up to him every time she saw him, but Izuku was used to retreating to his room and pretending to be busy. He wasn’t even pretending very often.

Eventually though, Izuku realized he needed some information that only Toga could provide. And so, he actually sought her out.

“Hey Toga?”

“Izukun!” Toga enthusiastically tackled him with a hug, throwing herself too far into Izuku’s personal space for comfort.

“Uh-um, can I ask you something?” Izuku said, trying to shrug off the uncomfortable position he was in.

“Sure! Can I cut you? It doesn’t even have to be a big cut.”

Izuku swallowed, and continued on like she hadn’t said more than the first word. “Well, I’m not sure if you’ve heard yet, but I’m usually in charge of planning the League of Villains’ operations ahead of time so everyone can use their quirks to their greatest advantages, and so we’re less likely to get caught off-guard by heroes…”

Izuku realized he was starting to mumble again. “Anyway, in order to plan I need to know what everyone’s quirks are as well as any obvious strengths and weaknesses in battle. I already know about Tomura-nii and Kurogiri’s quirks, and Dabi told me his quirk right off the bat but I don’t know yours yet, so could you please tell me what your quirk is and what it does?”

He really needs to stop talking so much when he needs something. According to Tomura, it creeped people out.

“Oh! You want to know my quirk? That’s easy! It’s called Transform and lets me turn into another person if I’ve drunk their blood.”

Izuku looked at her in shock. “You can transform into other people? That’s amazing! It’ll probably be really useful for surveillance and stealth missions, though we’d have to be careful that the original person doesn’t show up while you’re impersonating them…”

Toga smiled. “Yep! I’m an expert at impersonating people. I’ve never been caught in the act.”

Izuku’s mind whirled from the possibilities with Toga on the team until he remembered another detail about her quirk. “Wait, did you say your quirk was blood based?”

“It is. I can transform into a person for longer the more of their blood I drink.”

“So that’s why you’re so interested in other people’s blood?” Izuku had read somewhere that people are usually attracted to things related to their quirk. Whether this was because of the power it made them feel or a biological tick to ensure their quirk was discovered was still being debated by scientists.

“Uh-huh. I love seeing people covered in blood! And whenever I meet someone I like, I want to become them, so I need to get their blood. Like with Stainy, I wish I was able to get some of his blood so I could become him and truly know what he’s like!”

Well, this certainly explained some of her eccentricities. As well as why she had ended up as a villain. Society certainly wouldn’t be willing to accept a girl obsessed with blood, at least not right now. Izuku could sympathize with that.

“Thank you for telling me this Toga. If you really want, I’ll let you take a little of my blood.”

Toga squealed. “You’d really do that? Oh thank you, thank you Deku!”

“…Please don’t call me that. And you can only take a little. Don’t cut more than what can be easily fixed with a bandaid. And please use a clean knife or whatever.”

As Toga tracked down a clean scalpel and small jar, Izuku started to think of ways to help her get what she wanted without coming off as creepy.

———-

“Toga? I’ve got something for you.” Izuku said a few days later.

She eagerly joined Izuku in his makeshift office above the bar.

“First, Giran supplied this.” Izuku pulled out a complicated contraption containing large needles, two large cylinders, and a mask that only covered the mouth. “They’re state-of-the-art. If the needles stick someone, the suction mechanism will take their blood and store them in the cylinders. The cylinders then attaches directly to the mask, allowing you to drink blood for your quirk. This should give you an edge in battle situations, or when you’re able to collect a lot of blood from different people.”

Toga tried it on and looked in a mirror. “It’s not cute,” she said, disappointed.

“Sorry, it’s all I was able to get on short notice,” Izuku explained. He personally focused on functionality over style when choosing gear, but he should have figured the girl would think differently. “If it helps, I’ve got more things for you.”

Toga put the contraption down and returned to Izuku’s side.

Izuku pulled out a medical syringe, a blood sample tube, and a bandaid. “You can use this to get blood from someone if you aren’t in a combat situation, and especially if you’re friendly with the other person. Just attach the sample tube to the syringe,” Izuku popped the two pieces together, “put the needle in their arm or somewhere else appropriate,” he tried to hide the wince as the needle pierced his skin, “and let the blood flow. When you’re done, just remove the syringe, apply a bandaid, and pop the sample tube out of the syringe.”

Toga looked at the blood filling the sample tube with fascination, but frowned when Izuku pulled the needle out. “It isn’t as pretty as just cutting people up.”

“Maybe, but people would be more willing to let you take their blood with this method, plus it’s more subtle. I may try to find a stronger needle so you can stick it through a person’s clothes on the street and collect blood without alerting them too much,” Izuku explained. “Also, this method is used to get blood for medical tests, so we can get supplies by stealing from hospitals or doctors’ offices.”

Toga took the sample tube from Izuku, and eyed both it and the syringe. “I’m not sure how I like it, but since you went out of your way to get this for me I’ll try it. Maybe Uraraka will finally let me have some of her blood!”

Izuku smiled. “I’m sure that when you explain why you want to ‘become her,’ she’ll let you use the needle.”

“Alright! I’ll do that! Thanks, Deku.”

“…Again, I’d rather you not call me that.” At least not yet.