Gone

                                    

                                          

The three new friends watch as police go over the campsites, worry eating away at them from the concern of their fourth friend.
The day had started off without much to say. They'd woken up, eaten breakfast with their parents, and then trickled into their meeting spot. But when Midoriya still hadn't shown by the time Shinso, who was the third to stumble into the clearing, did, the worry that had been building since the first of them arrived reached its peak..
They may only have been friends for a few days, but they're also the only ones to actually act like friends to the others. Between people discriminating against Shinso's quirk, Jiro's mutation, and Kodai's condition, what 'friends' they managed to get in the past were really just the ones who weren't mean to them. Or those who were least cruel.
So they were understandably concerned when the one who's the most worried about having friends, who apologizes anytime she even thinks they might be upset with her about something extremely minor -like when she tripped on a root and thought they would get mad at her for slowing them down- is last. Every time they've met up she's been the first one there, or at least tied for first the one time Jiro had decided that she'd try to beat her there.
When she still hadn't shown up after a few minutes after Shinso, they'd gone to her campsite and asked her mother, who was cooking some eggs on a portable stove, where she was. To say they were surprised when she tilted her head and said she was with them is an understatement. And after they'd convinced her that, no they weren't playing a prank on her and Izumi was really missing, she'd immediately called the police. Not long after, Izumi's father walked out of their tent and Inko Midoriya practically collapsed onto him as she sobbed her worries out.
Shinso, who was the most suspicious of other people due to them pretending to be his friend so they could say he brainwashed them when they did something bad, noted the flash of irritation on his face that was gone by the time Mrs. Midoriya looked up at him.
It's now past noon, and the police still haven't found any sign of the girl. Though Shinso has certainly developed his suspicions...
"Her dad did something." He crosses his arms as he glares at the man where he's reassuring his wife.
Jiro shakes her head. "Why would he do something like that? He's her dad." To her, the thought that a parent would willingly hurt their child is so foreign that it's never even entered her mind.
A shame that Shinso has experienced it himself.
"The same reason that my dad tried putting a muzzle on me," he scowls at the memory. He's lucky that his mom walked in, because his dad had started hitting him when Shinso wouldn't let him put it on. A panicked call to the police later and the man was out of the house and out of their lives within the hour. "Quirk discrimination. Or in her case, a lack of one."
Kodai looks at him with slightly widened eyes. For others, it would be equivalent to their mouth hanging open. "Your dad wanted to muzzle you?" Her eyes twitch as she does her best to glare at where his parents are being interviewed by the police.
Seeing the misunderstanding, he clarifies. "Not him. My mom remarried after about a year. He's actually one of the cops who showed up that night to take that bastard away."
"But then why would he wait until now? Wouldn't he have done it back when she was first diagnosed?" Jiro is spinning one of her jacks in a tight circle as she tries to contain her nervousness. As much as she wishes otherwise, she can't argue with Shinso since he's speaking from experience. But it just doesn't make sense to her why he'd wait until now to get rid of her. And get rid of her how?