BNHA: The Masked Hero | [DISCONTINUED]

Chapter 20: "The One Behind the Door"

It's been a few days since I've been attending U.A., and my encounters with Mr. Aizawa's students grew. My training sessions with class 1-A caused me to interact with them more, but our conversations were always kept short.

There were very few of them that would often try to speak to me though; Uraraka would often come by to greet me at my classroom before running off to her own, other times, Midoriya would come by to speak to All Might, but he would end up asking me about my studies. It's usually those two who visit me, but I always bump into that blond or meet eyes with that son of a hero.

Other than the training sessions, I'd often see Bakugou more than I thought would be needed. He always glares at me, and sometimes he would try to start a fight with me every time I get 10 ft close to him, but I would always speed walk away. 

He really reminded me of Yomu, but less obnoxious. 

Todoroki, on the other hand, has been giving me weird stares ever since that day we were doing that boulder training session with the class. Every time I try to question his odd act, I would always be interrupted or he would be walking away to another direction.

Was it because of my performance with them during training? If so, I'd wish they would just tell me what's bothering them instead of them treating me like I'm kind of alien- much like my old school.

"Hana~" a voice cooed.

I stared at the brunette who was sitting next to me while I chewed on my food. It was lunch time and I always ended up sitting with Uraraka, Midoriya, and Iida. The three were the only ones that I wasn't uncomfortable with, well- less awkward with, thanks to them being friendly and all.

"How's your private sessions?" Uraraka asks with wonder. Her face was as bubbly as usual.

"Fine," I respond before taking a sip of my cup of ice water. "Just like a normal day in class, except it's just me there. All Might often leaves because of the other classes he has to teach."

Her brows sudden went low and her expression changed. She then asked me a question I didn't expect her to say. "Don't you get lonely?"

I stopped myself from taking a bite from my teriyaki chicken and instead stared at it. My eyes shifted towards her. 

Lonely? 

I never really thought about it. I'm used to being alone and doing everything by myself. I was often left alone ever since I was little, but I don't know. Mari is too young to understand a lot of things, so I usually face my problems on my own. Some people who grew up isolated would probably want interaction with other due to loneliness, but the thought has not really bothered me for awhile until now. 

I always push myself away from others due to the fear of my identity being revealed, but to wish to have friends and trust someone? 

The image of a red haired boy came into my mind. 

Eiru.

"I guess," I say unsure, "I'm used to being alone though." I wasn't trying to express what I really felt since it seemed wrong for me to spill my emotions.

From the side of me, I could tell Midoriya was giving me a strange look. A look that matched Uraraka's. 

Iida coughed which caused the two to immediately look at him. With one of his hands pressed to his lips due to the cough, he glances at me and puts his hand down. "You must focus a lot on your studies then," he was trying to change the mood, "without anyone around to distract you- I mean."

I began to play with my food with my chopsticks. I suddenly didn't feel like eating. My appetite disappeared. I've been sitting with them for a while now since I attended the school, but this was the first time they were asking me these kind of questions.