We're all defective

This Isn't Me

Bakugo POV

I sit in the waiting room of the hospital waiting for the ENT (Ears, Nose and Throat) specialist to call us in. My old hag sits to the left of me, reading one of the magazines from the magazine rack beside the chair, while my old man is watching the news that is on the small TV, hanging from the ceiling. I don't even bother doing anything as I would need my hearing and I don't want to read anything as I don't like to read.

A doctor with deer antlers walks in, she has dead straight, short, brown hair with white freckles and a little deer tail, that I notice when she turns around. She guides us into her office and I take a seat, my parents on both sides. I can see her lips moving but I don't understand a thing that she is saying. She then grabs a whiteboard and writes down a few sentences;

'My name is nurse Sohma. Today I'm gonna take some measurements of your ears so we can get some custom hearing aids for you. While I'm at it, would you like to think of a design? Any particular colour?'

I nod to show that I acknowledge that she is trying to help and let her do her work, with no fuss, although I do flinch from the cold sensation of the medical gloves and the feeling of someone touching me. After about a minute, she has finished doing what she has to do. Once done, I take the whiteboard from her and a pack of coloured whiteboard markers. I set to work, sketching up a rough design of what I want. Once done, I show the board to her; I've decided for it to try and replicate my hero outfit. Dark green with an orange X taking up the whole interior. She seemed to like the design as she took a photo of it. She erased the board and wrote her next few words;

'I love the design very much. I will see what I can do to make the design on your hearing aids. There are a few tests that we have to go through before I can get you fitted, but I will send off your measurements and design so you can get them customised. Alright?'

I give a nod and she guides us to another room. This one was clearly for hearing testing as there were many different things within the room that look really high-tech and expensive. Too bad if I decided to blow them up... >:3

I sat down in the chair and she got to work on the tests.

Once all of the tests had been completed, I was given a pair of plain hearing aids to wear until my custom ones had been made to fit my measurements. I was a bit upset about it. Nurse Soham had told me that I would have to limit the usage of my quirk and to try and keep yelling and loud noises to a minimum, but if it couldn't be helped, all I had to do was turn down the volume.

On the way home, my mother was telling me how I would be going back to school next week, so that I could get used to a louder environment to try and find the right volume level for school. Even though I could hear her, I still ignored but gave a nod of acknowledgement towards her. I wasn't looking forward to next week.

No.

Not. At. All.

-----Time skip is replacing Bakugo's non-existent anger management course-----

I had made sure that I had left extremely early from home so that I could get to class early without drawing unnecessary attention to myself. I had succeeded in that first step and am now, currently, sitting at my desk, staring out the window and messing with the volume levels of my hearing aids, all while adjusting my hair so that it covered them. I was lucky that the hearing aids were the same colour as my hair, so I wouldn't have to worry if they showed a little bit, but I didn't want to take any chances.

Not even 5 minutes later, everyone else came in, talking and yelling and laughing. They clearly didn't notice me there, in which I didn't care, but I still winced and turned my hearing aids down. I heard a gasp and, just my luck, the whole class was around me immediately. Their voices were so loud and it was causing me to flinch and wince, un-noticeably, as well as sending a throbbing pain through my already damaged eardrums. Aizawa walked in and ordered everyone to give me my personal space and take their seats.