Layers Of Suffering (Tokoyami BNHA)

Sorrowful Lies

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~Hawks~

Hawks felt terrible. He never wanted this to happen. He should've been more careful. He should've placed more attention to the well being of his students.

How can he even be a hero, if he himself can get his own students in trouble?

Most of all, why Tokoyami? His determination was unrivalled. He was the best student to teach, yet the one to go.

"Ughh! I'm such an IDIOT!"

He treated Tokoyami like his child, like a dad.

In other words, he lost his son...

Hawks sat on his bed, his wings curled inwards, covering himself like a blanket. He felt depressed and helpless...

(Few months ago...)

"Hmm, this year's students are quite on the interesting side" Hawks smiled, his eyes looking for a favourite.

Hawk was at home, looking through the TV. He rarely ever look at the UA Sports Festival, much less personally find someone to pick for an intern. In fact, this was his very first time he watched the sports festival.

Usually, it's the other way round. Many come to find Hawks for an intern, many left...

"Well, I can already spot who's the winner, unsatisfyingly." Hawks noted as he ate a potato chip.

Well, Hawks still skips through most battles. Some were quite uneventful. Sure, there were some interesting fights like Todoroki and Midoriya, Bakugo and Uraraka but nothing that he can improve, nor does he have the motivation to...

Until one student catches his eye... In fact, he already saw him from the beginning. Well, he was kind of hard to miss, placing top 10 for the 1st round. (7th)

Tokoyami Fumikage.
A student with a bird for his head.

"Wow... Emo Bird got 7th. Guess he wasn't just for show."

Giving all the attention to Tokoyami only meant that he was going all out on critiquing the teen. (To be honest, there wasn't much to be said truthfully, since Tokoyami battles were extremely quick and one-sided, until the last fight with Bakugo. Yet Hawks managed to find fault in him anyways.)

"No, no, no! You can't just brute force! You supposed to use dark shadow as your attacker while checking your surroundings... You were lucky Momo was inexperienced."

"Ugh, the ground isn't your only move Tokoyami, utilize the air too! You're basically a bird, use it to your advantage!"

"No! Never approach your enemy without thinking! Try to hide your weakness and misdirect your enemy! You're blatantly showing off your weakness to your enemy!"

Yet...

Hawks was secretly rooting for him, he was definitely biased towards him because he looked like a bird, like him. He was cheering silently for him like he was his son.

He felt unusually proud to find him standing on the podium, receiving the 3rd place.

It was the first time he ever felt emotionally attached to someone. He felt related. He wanted to help...