My Hero Academia: Aspirations

Chapter 42

Aspirations
Chapter 42

"Leave her alone!"

"I'm afraid I can't do that."

"She's just a child!"

"She might be a child now, but she's our legacy. One day you'll come to see that everything I've done is for the best."

The morning after having sex with Aizawa and confessing to Hawks was somehow even harder than the day before it. Not in a physical sense, though you were still sore too, but in an emotional way. The dream you had was choppy. You could hear a voice so familiar that it hurt but you couldn't place it. And you'd heard your mom's fear. Even as you woke up, you could feel the ghosts of her arms around you as though trying to shield you. With all the emotions of the nightmare raging inside of your head, you had a hard time dealing with the task you'd set for yourself today. The confrontation. 

Multiple times as you walked to the nurse's room, you thought you would lose your nerve. Your heart certainly felt like it was going to rebel and abandon the war effort. Even your throat was trying to give you the cold shoulder by tightening up. Your steps felt shaky as you prepared to handle one of the most nerve racking decisions in your life.

When you'd finally gotten there, you felt like you were going to faint. So you took a seat at the table and waited for the weakness to fade. It didn't leave completely but everything became a lot more manageable by the time your aunt could sit down with you.

"Dearie me, are you feeling well? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"I'm fine. I just need to talk to you."

"If it helps, I already know what you want to talk about," Recovery girl said with a smile. "I take it Aizawa wasn't that upset about your Taiwanese experience?"

That...was not how you expected the conversation to start. Though you still felt anxious over what you planned to say, you couldn't help but feel embarrassed too. You really would rather not discuss what did or did not happen in Taiwan with her anymore than you already had. You really didn't want to discuss Aizawa's stance on it either. You didn't exactly know what he thought nor did you feel like he had any right to judge you either way. At least no more than any other person in the world.

"I take from your silence and cute blush that it wasn't too bad," she teased despite not having given you much time to answer. "Good. Good. Yamada made sure no one interrupted you two; not for lack of trying on Nezu's part."

"...w-what?"

Recovery girl nodded as though you needed some type of confirmation. "He wanted to discuss some notes or something. Yamada practically had to spell it out for him. Silly man. He's such a genius but he can be so dense sometimes. What's the point in all those olfactory receptors and cute fuzzy ears when he just ignores what they tell him?"

"...so all the teachers know."

You were in hell. It felt like you were in some kind of hell. It was almost as bad as the idea of turning up to an important class naked. In some ways it was even worse. Not only did everyone know that you'd been naked...but that Aizawa had been inside of you. It felt like a far more intimate type of knowledge than anything else. Though you supposed it could have been worse.

"I wouldn't say all the teachers found out yesterday."

Thank god.

"But I'm sure Yamada has teased Aizawa enough by now that everyone has gotten the idea."

Never mind. No more thankfulness.

"So, tell me, did he convince you to withdraw from that hideous breeding program?"