Just A NightMare (BNHA/MHA x OC) | PAUSED

Chapter 21 - The Shadow

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In the end, Mizuki had literally broken one of Kirishima's ribs with her own two little fingers, but he had broken both of her fingers so it's fair, right? Well, since it was nothing too serious, Recovery Girl managed to cure them, but she said to leave it bandaged for a day anyway, and she also gave them a lot of candy to eat to have more energy too, which worked with Kirishima but Mizuki was still exhausted, not just because of that, but because of everything that was going through her head at that moment.

'What exactly was that? Was it my quirk? Another quirk? Is it possible to have more than one quirk? It's dangerous? Will I have to learn to control it? What if I end up hurting someone by accident? What if it hurts me? What if-

'A̴̢̪̻̒́͌Ḧ̵͖͓͎́̕͝H̴̟̺̞̓͝ Ÿ̸͙̘́̓̿O̵̝͊͘͜͜͠Ú̴̺͙͌͠ T̵͕͖̫̈́̀͋A̴̞̞̿̈́͜͝L̸͍͇͕̓͌͛Ḱ̸̘͙͌̕ T̴̡͔̙̽̿͝O̴̡̺̿̾͝O̸̘̟͍̾̒ M̵͔͔̻͌̕͠U̵̟͔͎͑̚͠C̵̢̠͔͐́͌H̵͎̘̫͐͆!̸̻̟͖̒̔̕' the voice screams irritated in the girl's head. 'It was me, okay?! That boy was driving me insane!'

"I-It was you?!" the girl squeaks, scaring Kirishima as they walked to the classroom.

"What?" he asks confused as the girl laughs nervously.

"N-Nothing! Sorry..." she looks away.

"Hey, it's okay! You apologized a thousand times already." he tries to calm the girl down while she says sorry again.

Kirishima sighs worriedly as they walk silently down the hall. Arriving at the classroom, Kirishima opens the door and then the class fusses asking what happened or if they were okay.

"We're fine! It was just an accident, nothing much!" Kirishima smiles brilliantly as always soothing his classmates.

Mizuki ignores and sits quietly in her place. She sighs wearily as she looks at her two hands on the desk. 'Did the shadow do that? Does that mean that thing can control my body? Hurt people? Scare them?'

"Masuda, are you all right?" Iida looks at the girl, a little worried. He didn't see exactly what had happened, but the girl was wearing that look of fear again, and he hated seeing her like that.

"Iida, I think there's something inside me." she whispers hugging herself and not looking at the boy.

"What do you mean?" he asks quietly, even more worried. No, she wasn't well at all...

"I-I don't know... I just know that there is something or... someone." she closes her eyes tightly. 'Who are you?! Why don't you answer me, shadow?!'

"It's going to be okay." he says calmly making the girl finally look at him, surprised. "Whatever it is, you're very strong Masuda, and you have people around you to help. So it will be just fine, I promise."

"Y-You can't promise that..." she looks into his blue eyes.

"You're right, I can't." he smiles slightly. "But I can believe."

"Believe..." she continues to watch him, and then smiles slightly. "I... see." she laughs lightly. "Thanks Iida, you're really amazing."

"T-Thank you." he smiles slightly and fixes his glasses. "If you need to talk, you can always come and talk to me."

"Okay." she smiles gently, feeling much better. For some reason, it was like Iida always knew what to say to make her feel better, and she really admired his effort.

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Upon hearing the first bell ring, she gets up from her seat and picks up her backpack, ready for English class.