THE REAPER || BOKU NO HERO ACADEMIA FANFIC ||

REALIZATION [PART 69]

||3rd POV||

Once the lunch bell rang, most of Class A was choosing their hero agency for the internship. When Midoriya opened the door, he was met with All Might who exclaimed with a dread expression on his face, "I am here! In a bizarre position!" Midoriya raises a brow as he asked out of bewilderment, "What's the matter? Why are you such in a hurry?" All Might ignored his question and motioned him, "Come with me for a moment." To which Midorya nods while stuttering, "R-right..."

They walk to an empty corridor and All Might said, "Getting straight to the point, you've got an offer from a hero!" This causes Midoriya to freeze and utter out, "Huh? What? Really?!" All Might answered as sweat dripped from his forehead, "Yes. The hero's name is Gran Torino. He was a teacher at U.A. for only a year. The man who was my homeroom teacher along with Ayato." Midoriya froze when he heard this but All Might continued, "He knows about One For All, too. In fact, he probably asked for you because of that."

Midoriya was shining from excitement but couldn't help but ask, "Someone else knows about One For All?" All might spoke in his usual tone, "Gran Torino, along with Ayato, was the sworn friend of my predecessor. He retired a long time ago, so I forgot to count him..." 

Suddenly, All might started to shake and mutter to himself, "Was it because I wrote of you when I sent him the letter? Or because he couldn't just stand by and watch my inadequate teaching...? If he went so far as to use his old name to make an offer... It's scary... Too scary..." He slaps his trembling legs as he protests, "Stop trembling, legs!" Midoriya had a bewildered expression on his face as he watched All Might try to stop himself from trembling.

After All Might gave Midoriya the note, he couldn't help but question just before All Might left, "Did something happen with Ayato this morning?" All Might froze as he answered shakily, "He was fired from his hero company yesterday and he also received a deadly cold earlier this morning..." Midoriya felt his heart stop when he heard it, his fist clenched around the piece of paper, "Why was he fired from his company?"

All Might answered silently, "...His female identity was exposed throughout the entire country during the sports festival." Midoriya was silent and All Might tried to reassure him, "He's still a hero though but just without a company at the moment, so he still had patrols but since he's sick, he won't do that for a while." And with that, they both parted ways. Midoriya hurried towards the infirmary and slowly opened the door when he reached it. 

His heart skipped a beat when he saw the scene in front of him, Ayato was staring blankly out of the window with a dead look in his eye. The setting sun shone on him, giving him a golden tint. His chest was covered by a black shirt but what caught Midoriya's attention was the medication bottles on the bedside next to him. Slowly, Ayato turned towards him with a small noticeable smile.

"I see that you've come to check on me, Midoriya. I can reassure you that I'm fine, it's just a small cold." Ayato said as he got up from the bed, his legs swing over the bed's side and got up. He grabbed the medication bottles and places them in his pockets, he turned towards the silent green-haired teen with a dead look. He walked past Midoriya out of the infirmary, leaving him there.

Ayato was already outside the school grounds and heads straight home, he did bump into a few civilians and apologized a few times. When he bumped into someone, he gave them a small 'sorry' but the person grabbed him the shoulder. Ayato looks over his shoulder at the person and notices the pale blue hair under the black hoodie, yet his eyes remained dead as they stare into his red eyes. Shigaraki gripped his shoulder tightly as he felt his heart drum in his ears, he felt furious when he saw the brunette not react. 

Ayato asked him in a monotone voice which caused Shigaraki to freeze, "Can you let me go? I want to go home and get better with my cold..." Shigaraki's hand fell from his shoulder and he notices the pale skin and dark rings under his dead golden blue eyes. Ayato turned away and emerged with the rest of the crowd, leaving Shigaraki to his own thoughts.

Meanwhile, when Ayato got to the front door, he felt a headache hit his head. He opened the door and closes it when he was inside, slowly and steadily, he heads towards his room and plopped onto his mattress. Immediately, he was in dreamland and he didn't notice that something happened to his body.

[NEXT MORNING]

The sun shone into the room and the sound of the wind blew, a groan was heard around the room and a figure ripped the covers off of their body. They head towards their closet to change but stopped by the mirror, their eyes widen when they saw their reflection. Steadily, her fingers touch the mirror while the other touched her cheeks, testing if this was reality. Soon enough, tears flowed from her eyes which got their spark back and a hiccup surround the room.

She sank to her knees as she cried happily, out of nowhere, Aito slammed the door open and saw her crying figure. He sighed out of relief as he leaned against the doorframe, his hand was on his face as he muttered, "Thank god that you're back to normal..." She looked over her shoulders at the male as she continued to cry, "I'm back, Aito. I'm female again."

At least that was something which made her life a bit better...