Quiet (Deaf Bakugo/Kiribaku)

The first appointment

Bakugo POV

After class Aizawa drove me home where my mom was waiting for me. From there we headed straight there, even though my appointment wasn't for another hour and it was only 15 minutes away. I was too anxious to do anything else, I just wanted this to work. I wanted to hear again, to be a good hero. I wanted to hear Kiri actually say he loved me, I wanted to hear the old hag yelling again. I wanted to hear damn Deku whining. I just wanted to hear again. As the time got closer, I got both more anxious and more excited. Anxious about whether or not this would work, and excited that it could work. I needed this to work. 

Eventually, it was time. I met with doctors and they ran tests. After what felt like an eternity, they told me they wouldn't know for sure how well they would work or for how long they would work, but it was a solution. A temporary one, but still a solution. 

I left with a normal pair of hearing aids. Normal in the way that I couldn't wear them for training. I called Aizawa and he said he would put a rush on some from hero support so I could start using them asap. I was more than happy,  not only could I hear again, but I had hope. I had hope that one day I could be a hero. A real hero, not just some charity project to make agencies look good. Unlike Present Mic. who came on the hero scene with perfect hearing, even now, he can still hear. When he came into my dorm that night, he told me how he learned sign in preparation for that day. He knew it was coming, and that it was inevitable. He wanted to be ready, just like I did. 

I thought about telling people but ultimately decided not to. They would all find out tomorrow anyway. I decided that I would enjoy it tonight. It felt good to hear again after so long. I hated the silence.