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Tsuyu's Story: Don't Croak

As days passed from Ashido's memories, everyone knew that soon they would spend another night together, going through Tsu's memories. The class already knew very little about their friend, only Uraraka ever getting close enough to be able to understand her even a little bit. Basically, all they knew was, her name, to call her Tsu, and facts about her quirk. A few people know some things about her family, but not the whole class.

The class was pretty much unable to prepare for what they could see, but they would have to get used to it, seeing as how the majority of the class is closed off, just like Tsu.

The day finally arrived for Tsu's memories to be revealed to the class. Everyone was once again falling into their new routine. Movie night sleepover in the common room, with snacks and jokes. The movie soon passed, and everyone settled in to sleep.

"Is there anything you want to say beforehand Tsu?" Iida questioned.

"No. I'll be fine," Tsu responded, before throwing a blanket over herself, "my memories should speak for themself."

Ochako took Tsu's hand in hers, giving a small squeeze and soft smile. Tsu reciprocated the smile back, before all lights in the room were turned off.

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Back in the abyss, the class stood, waiting for the memories to begin. Suspense filled the air as the first memory came into view.

A young Tsu, with a tadpole tail, sat in her living room, playing with toys. It was raining outside, with sounds of soft pitter patter on the windows. Tsu had been lining up some blocks, when suddenly a loud clap of thunder happened.

She let out a scream before covering her ears, with her parents running into the room quickly. There they found her, rocking back and forth, silently crying while covering her ears.

The memory faded as her parents moved to comfort her. With the abyss around them once more, Tsu stood in the middle of her friend group.

"I never was fond of thunderstorms. Just the rain part," Tsu stated in her normal monotone voice.

"I understand how you feel," Iida responded.

"Are you also," Tsu started before they pulled into another memory. This time at a doctor's office. Tsu sat on the couch with her parents in the office, as the doctor looked through some papers.

"Well," he started out, handing the papers to Tsu's parents, "the tests do show that Tsuyu is autistic. Any accommodations she will need for school will take time to identify and implement, but at least we have the diagnosis."

"Will this change anything?" Her father asked.

"It will at most just change how things are handled. Triggers will be noticeable and you as a family can work to avoid them. You'll also be able to accommodate for when she has a meltdown and know what to do to help. She's still the same person as before the diagnosis," the doctor responded.

"Will we have to worry about any kind of bullying? She already has a mutation quirk, that's already going to lead to some problems," her mother asked.

"There will likely be bullying. Most people don't understand unfortunately," the doctor responded. "I can advise talking with the administration, but that's most of what I can advise."

The memory faded from there, heading into snippets of Tsu's social life at school from there. Unfortunately the doctor was right. Many kids did not understand her autism, leading to bullying. But she never really paid attention to them.

The memories faded back to the abyss for a short second. During that time, Iida just gave Tsu a small nod. The memories lead into the next one, where Tsu was in her room with her closest friend at the time. Habuko was laying on Tsu's bed, rattling on about something that happened at school that day. Tsu was never one for gossip, but she loved hearing Habuko speak. The girls were each other's first true friends.