Stars Will Fade

TBHKxBNHA Blurb

• Izuku's bullies force him into the girls bathroom on the third floor of Aldera junior high and force him to attempt to summon Hanako-san.

• It actually works but only Izuku can see Hanako. Also Hanako's a boy? Much confusion? Izuku's only gonna judge a little though.

• After laughing at Izuku and putting him down, the bullies exit stage left and leave Izuku with the newly summoned ghost boy.

"Talking to yourself, Deku?" Izuku flinches at Fingers sharp tone, backing up minutely and attempting to make himself smaller in the hopes that his aggressor would lose interest quickly when Izuku proved to be a poor choice of target. Fingers grin sharpens to match his tone.

"You really are as uselessly delusional as everyone says. Do everyone a favor and jump off a bridge or something." His words, though sharp, are almost casual and they sting all the more for it.

• "Hanako-san of the Bathroom at your service! But you can call me Hanako-kun~!"

• Hanako proceeds to ask what Izuku's wish is, and Izuku explains that he doesn't have a wish, that his friends forced him to do this, but thinks for a moment anyway about wishing for a Quirk, ultimately deciding against it.

• "Hmmmmm~? Those guys didn't seem much like your friends to me~." Hanako looked thoughtful, noting to himself that friends don't tell friends to go die. Or call them useless. "Hey~! If you wished for it, I could make them leave you alone! Do you want that?" Hanako sing-songs.

"T-thank you but n-no, thank you. T-they j-j-just... getalittleroughsometimesisall!"

Hanako looks doubtful but doesn't press the issue, instead focusing his attention on getting the very obviously bullied kid in front of him to make some sort of wish. Hopefully one that would improve his bully situation, price be damned.

• Hanako brings up the matter of Izuku's wish again, insisting that since he was summoned a wish has to be made and granted.

"For every wish I grant, however, there's a price that corresponds, so think carefully~." Hanako drawls, floating languidly in a circle around Izuku. Izuku shudders at the chilled presence brushing softly against his skin.

• So Izuku thinks on it and thinks some more, muttering up a storm under Hanako's observant eye and eventually reaching a decision.

"Could I... Could I wish for a-anything?" Izuku finally stutters out. Hanako's smile is soft when he answers.

"Almost anything, so long as it's harmless. All I need is your full name and wish~."

"M-my name is Midoriya Izuku a-and I... I want a-a f-f-friend!" Izuku clenches his eyes shut tight and can feel as his face quickly heats with a blush. Hanako hums, pulling a notebook and fountain pen from his gakuran jacket, jotting down Midoriya's name and wish.

"Alright~! Do you have anyone in mind? Or would just anyone do~?" Hanako's tone is suggestive and Izuku's sure he resembles a tomato by now, covering his face with his arms in a futile attempt to hide how red its become.

• Izuku explains once calm that, no, no one comes to mind. He's Quirkless, he says, which means no one in school will give him kind words or waste their time on a useless Deku like him.

"Quirkless, huh?" Hanako says, tapping his pen against his notebook. When he was still alive, Quirks weren't a thing. No human (barring Exorcists) had any sort of superpower like people nowadays have. They were utterly ordinary.

"That's rare now, eh?" And Izuku nods.

"O-only 20% of the worlds population i-is without a Q-Quirk. Most w-w-without one usually don't live p-past high school."

"And there's no one who would want to be your friend?" Izuku shakes his head.

"No one."

And wow this kid was reminding Hanako more and more of himself. That was generally never a good thing.

• As Hanako thinks and ponders, Izuku suddenly looks like he has an idea.

"H-Hanako-san?"

"Hmmmmm? Yeeesssss~?"

"Could I..... Wish for you to be my f-friend?" Izuku's voice is quiet but hopeful.

Hanako falters for a moment, stunned, before bursting into a fit of giggles so strong he briefly forgot how to float, knees hitting the bathroom floor with a dull thud as he held himself around the middle.

"Y-y-you do-don't...?" Izuku starts but Hanako interrupts.

"I-it's not that!" Hanako bites out through his laughter. "Consider your wish granted, Shortstack~!" Izuku wilts with the relief rushing through his blood.

"S-shortstack?" Izuku questions as Hanako manages to remember how to float.

"Duh, you're tiiinnnny~!" Hanako sing-songs and Izuku looks embarrassed. "And as for the matter of your price~." He puts a hand to his chin in mock thought, smiling playfully all the while.

"I could use you~." Izuku feels like he could die from the embarrassment.

"I'll have you be my human assistant~!" Hanako winks, huffing out a laugh when Izuku sighed in relief.

"Oh~? Were you thinking something dirty, Shortstack~? Naughty naughty~."

• Hanako keeps Izuku on his toes the entirety of their friendship.