Sincere Affection (Various!My Hero Academia x Reader)

The Talk

(Y/N)'s P.O.V.

"...is there a possibility of you having a Quirk, Ms. (L/N)?"

All I could do was stare at the principal, meeting his eyes as he stared back at me; his words repeated in my head, with only the sound of my heartbeat to accompany them. The atmosphere of the room felt as if it got thicker, though it was hard for me to tell if the principal was even affected by it. Is it... is it getting hard to breathe in here, or is it just me...?

My feet felt frozen to the floor, more than when I entered the room, but I knew I couldn't leave even if they weren't.

I wasn't sure on what to say. Do I tell the truth? Do I... do I lie? W-what do I do?!

For the first time ever, there was someone sitting right in front of me, who was seriously considering the possibility of me possessing a Quirk, and wasn't using the idea to make fun of me, or even thinking that it was just a lie; even though my mind was filled with unorganized, frantic thoughts, this was one that stuck out to me through the noise in my head.

Someone was taking this concern seriously, and that someone was also able to do something about it.

It was almost enough to make me cry, but I wasn't sure if they were tears of joy, or tears of fear.

I tried my best to keep my composure, clasping my hands together in front of me, and refocused all of my attention on the principal, who I realized was still waiting for me to answer. Come on... you can go out and say it...!

My body tensed up as I felt my cheeks go warm from the expectant look on the principal's face.

I shook my head.

It felt like time stopped as my mind registered my body's action; the set-up for a confession about Charm was perfect, and my body decided to continue to deny it. ...why? Why did I do that...? Why can't I just say "yes"?!

The sound of the principal letting out a small hum made time continue to flow, and I redirected my focus onto him.

"...it took you quite a bit of time to deny the possibility of you having a Quirk, Ms. (L/N)." Principal Nezu paused for just a moment, a brief look of thought appearing on his face. It only took a few seconds for his smile to return, and I felt myself tense up again as he raised his head to look at me. "That must mean that there is something more to this than just... "no", isn't there?"

My eyes widened as I stared at the principal, and it was obvious that I was caught off-guard by his insistence.

Anyone else would have accepted my initial denial, but... Principal Nezu was smarter than that.

I wasn't sure whether or not to be happy about this, though I felt a weight lift off my chest at the thought of getting one more chance to tell the truth; since I had already gone past the stage of denying it, and it didn't work, the only thing that was left for me to do was to confess to my Quirk's existence. This is what I've always wanted! ...how hard can it be?

"U-uh, yeah..." My mouth was dry, and my voice felt unstable, ready to crack at any moment. "The... t-the thing is... uh..."

As I averted my eyes from the principal, an insecure feeling rising in my chest from his attention as I felt my words get stuck in my throat, I felt my hands slide against each other a little. I rubbed them on my blazer, trying to dry them off while I glanced around the principal's office.

The sound of my voice stuttering to get anything resembling a word out made me cringe, but I tried to push through it.

"I-I... it's j-just that..."