Chapter 8 - I understand...but I'm dreaming, right?

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All Izuku can do is to stare at the white creature seated in front of him. He can't speak, nor close his mouth from gaping. The said creature chuckled, before introducing himself.

"Am I a dog, a mouse, or a bear? But most importantly-"

"You're the principal." Izuku blurted out. His eyes widened on what he had done before he mentally smacked himself. The two of them stared for a while, where Nezu had a trace of a smile in his face, and Izuku getting red from embarrassment.

"A-ah, sorry Nezu-san! I don't mean to interrupt!" He flailed his arms around trying to say he meant no offense but then he stilled when the principal clapped his paws- his eyes shining in...is that amusement?

"I'm honestly impressed! I've never talked to someone who can guess what my introduction will say!" The principal exclaimed, and Izuku became more flustered.

"W-what? N-no, no! I didn't guess it! I-...uh, how do I explain this...I kinda knew from the news and interviews that you are a chimera of some sort before going here? And uh... obviously you're the principal so I just blurted it out...so yeah, I had some prior knowledge- it's not really a guess." Izuku didn't know exactly why he began explaining himself to the principal just because he interrupted his speech, but he sure feels he's an idiot right now. The principal tilted his head a bit, expressing his interest, and urged the green-haired boy to continue.

"And how did you come to the conclusion that I'm a chimera? Do tell."

Izuku is clearly sweating now from the pressure the principal was emitting all the while still wearing his smile. It felt like he was being tested. He gulped, and looked down on his lap and started to twirl his fingers again. Goddamn, how he wished he had his fidget spinner with him, but he kinda left it in his bag in the classroom because he was avoiding his classmates for lunch. Idiot, didn't learn from his mistakes on leaving his valuables behind and letting his guard down. And because of that, he landed himself in the infirmary again. Just like in his school in the earlier days. He hopes his bag is still intact when he comes back to the classroom.

"Uh...first of- sorry if what will I say can be quite offensive or possibly triggering, is that you had different features of animals that can't match into one. You can be a dog by the paws, but not exactly a dog because you had other features that don't match a dog. You can be a mouse by the eyes, but not exactly a mouse either. Am I even making sense?" Izuku muttered before snapping up to himself, hoping that the principal somehow caught on what he was saying.

The principal nodded and held out his paws to signal him to continue, and Izuku sighed.

"Second of is that from your scar..." Izuku hesitated, biting his tongue to prevent himself from spilling anything more. The principal tensed slightly when the scar was mentioned but quickly relaxed because he was now quite intrigued by what Midoriya means by that, or what he deduced from it. He tapped the boy's leg to continue, and Izuku looked at him unsure.

"Are you sure...you want to hear it? It might be quite silly for me to assume, but if it's true I don't want to offend you or even cause unpleasant memories on you." He asked, not looking at the other's eyes.

"Go ahead Midoriya, I'm sure I'm not going to be offended on what you are thinking of." Nezu tried to give him a reassuring smile, but that made Izuku more nervous- so he bowed his head and spoke.

"Uh...okay, if you say so. One thing is for sure though, I know for a fact that scar isn't from any battle as a hero. You are a hero most on the backlines providing information and debriefs of the frontline ones, so I highly doubt that came from a battle. Plus the scar was too clean-cut to even consider it came from a battlefield." He stopped for a moment to see if the principal was following, before continuing, "But I think your scar might have came from a sharp object slicing through your eye...presumably a scalpel, with how the scar ran through your eye." He sighed, the picture that scar paints obviously wasn't a good one. "So...one thing I knew that you are a chimera, and you are experimented upon- possibly. Sorry for the assumption if it was wrong." He finished.

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